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New law on cease-and-desist letters New law from the German government is intended to protect companies from dubious cease-and-desist letters from "cease-and-desist teams" and thus also prevent the establishment of bogus companies set up solely for the purpose of issuing cease-and-desist letters. The Federal Minister of Justice, Katarina Barley (SPD), would like to strengthen the fair

Data protection breach with email distribution lists by A. Navidy / J. Baeck If an open distribution list is used to send emails in a commercial environment, there is a risk that this will be considered a data protection breach by the supervisory authorities and that a data protection fine will be imposed. Fine is occupied.

Article 91 GDPR by C. Dorner With almost no fanfare, the two major churches in Germany - the Protestant Church and the Roman Catholic Church - have reformed their data protection laws and brought them into line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) adapted. The default

Free data protection event by D. Zier The second meeting of the IAPP KnowledgeNet Chapter Rhine-Ruhr was organized by 2B Advice in Bonn. KnowledgeNet Chapters are regional network meetings of the International Association of Privacy Professionalsthe global professional association of data protection experts. KnowledgeNet Chapters

Data protection professionals under one roof by M. Schröder With more than 40 participants, the first meeting of the newly founded IAPP KnowledgeNet Chapter "Rhine-Ruhr" was a complete success. Data protection professionals from the law firms Oppenhoff & Partner are jointly responsible for organizing the regular meetings,

Version 5.5. of 2B Advice PrIME by D. Zier 2B Advice PrIME 5.5 provides the 1,500 license holders with a complete list of all possible data protection management measures, which users can prioritize and work through for their own company.

New feature for 2B Advice PrIME by D. Zier The new version of 2B Advice PrIME online services is ready! The new version of the 2B Advice PrIME online services is now available to all subscribers of the service package with the new platform for

Which data protection training courses are worthwhile? by D. Zier Data protection training courses are required by law. It is one of the core tasks of data protection officers and is the most effective protection against data protection breaches. Despite this, 22 percent of companies only train their employees once when they are hired. 42

Results are a decisive plea for the introduction of data protection officers throughout Europe by D. Zier The data protection officers of German companies see an urgent need for political action. 69 percent consider the existing data protection laws, particularly in the areas of Cloud Computing, international data processing and