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Germany avoids opening the EU “cookie jar”

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 10 2013

Germans are famous for their baking tradition and known for their punctuality. That is why it could be regarded as surprising that the 2009 EU

German court rules Apple’s privacy policy violates German law

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 8 2013

On April 30, 2013, the regional court of Berlin enjoined Apple Sales International, which is based in Ireland, ("Apple") from relying on eight of its

Yes, I really am Angela Merkel

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • May 4 2013

Facebook can keep forcing its German users to disclose their real names in order to register for and continue using the social network, after an

German regulator fines Google over privacy violations

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Germany
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  • April 27 2013

A German privacy regulator has fined Google Inc. 145,000 (around $189,000) for violating the country's data protection laws. The Hamburg

The lessons of the "Street View" imbroglio: know what data you collect and don't collect data you don't need

  • Baker & Hostetler LLP
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  • Germany
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  • April 25 2013

The unintended capture of personal data by Google Street View has resulted in a German Data Commissioner imposing a $189,000 fine on Google this

Google Inc. fined for Street View by Hamburg DPA - there is more to the street than meets the eye

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Germany
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  • April 24 2013

According to a press release Monday, the Hamburg Officer for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued a fine in the amount of 145,000

German court rejects DPA’s appeal, finds Irish law applicable to Facebook in Germany

  • Hunton & Williams LLP
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  • Germany, Ireland
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  • April 24 2013

On April 22, 2013, the higher Administrative Court of Schleswig issued two decisions rejecting an appeal by the data protection authority of

Google fined by German Data Protection Authority over WiFi data collection

  • Covington & Burling LLP
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  • Germany, USA
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  • April 23 2013

The data protection authority in Hamburg, Germany, issued an administrative fine in the amount of 145,000 against Google for its illegal WiFi

Cloud computing for the German market a rough line legal comparison

  • Bird & Bird
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  • Germany
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  • April 18 2013

Cloud Computing raises many questions as to the contractual requirements under German law. The issues around licensing usage rights, warranties and

Navigating the patchwork: when is European data privacy law applicable to US companies?

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • European Union, France, Germany, USA
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  • April 17 2013

Are social media companies based in the United States subject to European data privacy laws? Two recent judicial decisions - one in France and the