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31 Mar 2016

Data & IT Law Monthly March 2016: Data protection and competition law or discovery under the new EU regime

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in March 2016!   Data protection and competition law – the case in Germany This month, the German Competition authority (Bundeskartellamt) decided to initiate proceedings against Facebook
29 Feb 2016

Data & IT Law Monthly February 2016: Data & Pre-contractual Information Duties or Facebook’s non-users tracking

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in February 2016!   Europeans may sue US agencies that violate privacy laws In February, the US Senate had passed the Judicial Redress Act. The act
31 Jan 2016

Data & IT Law Monthly January 2016: Private Messages at Work or Injunctions in Germany

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in January 2016!   Germany might enable organization-brought injunction suits JD Supra published an interesting article about a situation in Germany. Data Protection Authorities had to deal
31 Dec 2015

Data & IT Law Monthly December 2015: Data Protection in China or EU General Data Protection Regulation

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in December 2015!   The agreement on the General Data Protection Regulation compromise text After several years of negotiations and preparations, The Permanent Representatives Committee of the
30 Nov 2015

Data & IT Law Monthly: November 2015

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in November 2015!   The legal regulation of virtual currencies in over 60 countries The law firm Perkins Coie LLP had published an interesting overview of the
31 Oct 2015

Data & IT Law Monthly: October 2015

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in October 2015!   Safe Harbor invalidated by the Court of Justice The most important thing happening in the area of data protection law, at least
30 Sep 2015

Data & IT Law Monthly: September 2015

The overview of interesting Data & IT Law articles and news in September 2015! Safe Harbour framework status challenged The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General Yves Bot had stated, that the Safe