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EU Commission brings suit against Germany

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 18 2008

On November 22, 2007, the European Commission brought before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) an action against the Federal Republic of Germany for failure to fulfil its obligations under the second sentence of Article 28(1) of Directive 9546EC (Case C-51807), which requires national data protection authorities (DPAs) to be independent

Safe harbor: more stringent requirements for the transfer of data to the USA

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • June 15 2010

When German companies transfer personal data to companies outside the EU then they have to fulfill the stringent requirements of the Federal Data Protection Act

ECJ to clarify position on sale of 'used' software licences

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • March 11 2011

The sale of 'used' or 'second-hand' software licences has been a contentious area in recent years

German court rules on data retention and submits questions to ECJ

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • April 28 2009

On March 16, 2009, the German Administrative Court of Wiesbaden published a February court decision (Az. 6 K 104508 WI) requesting the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to assess the compatibility of the Data Retention Directive (Directive 200624) regarding the retention of telephone and Internet data with basic constitutional rights

New employer obligations for whistleblower programs in European operations - next stop Germany

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, USA
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  • September 18 2007

There are more developments in the direction of a pan-European whistleblower model for U.S. companies operating in the E.U

German DPAs adopt resolutions on proposed U.S.EU free trade zone, social networks and EU data protection

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • March 20 2013

On March 14, 2013, the 85th Conference of the German Data Protection Commissioners concluded in Bremerhaven. This biannual conference provides a

Planned EU data protection reform effect on German and international businesses

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • February 16 2012

The EU data protection regime is subject to comprehensive reform plans aimed at strengthening individuals' rights and creating uniformity on data protection rules in all EU member states

European and German privacy laws and cross-border data transfer for e-discovery in the United Statesare these systems compatible?

  • Mayer Brown LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, USA
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  • June 8 2011

European companies involved in litigation in the United States often struggle to balance conflicts between EU and US approaches to data privacy protection

German privacy agency seeks to ban Facebook "like" feature on business sites

  • Loeb & Loeb LLP
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  • European Union, Germany, USA
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  • September 8 2011

The data protection authority for the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has ordered businesses within that region to "shut down their fan pages on Facebook and remove social plug-ins such as the 'like'-button from their websites"

The German implementation of the new European cookies rules

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • August 22 2011

On August 3, 2011, the German Parliament received a new Bill from the Federal Council of German States (Bundesrat) proposing a revision of the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz

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