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What information is needed from companies in relation to the Whistleblower Directive? A storm in a teacup or an urgent need for action? Originally, the EU Whistleblower Directive was supposed to come into force by December 17, 2021. However, the legislative process has been

Is Dropbox actually GDPR-compliant?I In the final part of our series on Cloud-Services, transfers to third countries, and data protection: we take a look at the provider Dropbox. This is also a U.S. company, which is why, before using it for the first time, Standard contractual clauses completed and supplementary

Data protection in company sales Is data protection important in M&A transactions? Or is it "nice to have" and can be neglected in favor of "hard" business facts? These questions can be answered quickly. Legally compliant data protection is definitely a business factor. In the event of violations

Are Amazon—Server GDPR-compliant? Cloud-Cloud computing is becoming increasingly popular. The leading providers in this market are all based in the U.S., including Amazon Web Services (AWS). Will personal data transferred from German and European companies to the USA, it requires

Google Drive and GDPR Google Drive is one of the best-known file hosting services. Google Drive enables its users to save documents in the Cloudsharing files and collaborative editing of documents. Google Drive includes Google Docs,

Privacy and Security at Cloud-providers Cloud and data protection according to "Schrems II”; does that even make sense anymore? Yes, as long as certain rules are followed, it’s still possible. What exactly needs to be taken into account in the area of „data protection—Cloud“—provider," this outlines

Control of personal data The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) grants the persons concerned a number of rights so that they can exercise control over the Processing of their personal data and thus of their personal rights protected by fundamental rights. These rights

What does a Data Protection Officer (DPO) can? A few years ago, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force. In the course of this law, many new regulations were introduced, including those requiring the appointment of a data protection officer (DPO) by the company.

Society for Data Protection and Data security (GDD) e.V. On November 18, 2021, the annual data protection conference (45th DAFTA) of the German Association for Data Protection and Data security (GDD) e.V. took place. This year, the symposium, which was once again held digitally due to the pandemic, was once again able to impress with its