Tag: General Data Protection Regulation
Schufa: This law could make you more influential – economy
The woman who recently made the Schufa headlines is sitting in the living room of a western German city that has already been decorated for Easter. She is not the…
The Bavarian Cybercrime Central Office will initiate more than 18,000 proceedings in 2023 – Bavaria
The Bavarian Cybercrime Central Office (ZCB) initiated 18,433 proceedings last year. The Bavarian Ministry of Justice announced on Tuesday in Munich that she managed to achieve the first relevant nationwide…
Credit agency Crif: Schufa rival threatens trouble with data protection officers – economy
The plain building of “Crif GmbH” is located in the north of Munich, directly on the federal highway. From the outside, no one would suspect that there was a company…
Data protection violations: Tiktok has to pay a fine of 345 million euros – Economy
The popular video service Tiktok has to pay a fine of 345 million euros – imposed by data protection officers. It is based on an investigation into the handling of…
The Schufa is nervous – economy
An impending judgment by the ECJ puts the credit agency under pressure. The court examines whether the assessments by Schufa violate the General Data Protection Regulation. Now she has sent…
Meta against cartel office: German office may continue to annoy Zuckerberg
Among many lawyers it is simply called “the Facebook case”. The daring – some say bold – solo effort by a German authority against one of the most powerful corporations.…
Five years GDPR: Why data protection violations have hardly been punished
Meta has just been fined billions because data flows from Europeans to the USA. Five years after the start of the General Data Protection Regulation, fines are rare. A balance…
Thanks Snowden: 10 years after the revelations, Meta has to pay a lot of money – economy
Ten years ago, Edward Snowden risked everything. His job, his relationship, his free life in America. He revealed that the internet, where most people goofily chatted and otherwise left secrets…
EU data protection: Meta considers record fine to be wrong – Economy
It is the largest fine that has been imposed in the EU on a tech company for data protection violations: The Facebook group Meta is to pay a fine of…
Meta thinks record penalty is wrong – economy
It is the largest fine that has been imposed in the EU on a tech company for data protection violations: The Facebook group Meta is to pay a fine of…