What does telecommunications secrecy mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n Telecommunications secrecy, together with the secrecy of correspondence and mail, is protected under the constitutional provisions of Article 10 of the Basic Law. Telecommunications secrecy protects the right of the individual vis-\u00e0-vis the state to shield non-public communications in order to enable the unobserved exchange and transmission of facts, opinions and thoughts. It is protected by law in particular by Section 206 of the German Criminal Code (StGB), which sanctions the violation of postal or telecommunications secrecy. The provisions on fines and penalties in the TDDDG (Sections 27, 28) are also relevant.<\/p>\n Telecommunications secrecy plays an important role in day-to-day business, for example when it comes to the protection and legally compliant processing of personal data.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Telecommunications secrecy, together with the secrecy of correspondence and mail, is protected under the constitutional provisions of Article 10 of the Basic Law. Telecommunications secrecy protects the right of the individual vis-\u00e0-vis the state to shield non-public communications in order to enable the unobserved exchange and transmission of facts, opinions and thoughts. It is protected by law in particular by Section 206 of the German Criminal Code (StGB), which sanctions the violation of postal or telecommunications secrecy. The provisions on fines and penalties in the TDDDG (Sections 27, 28) are also relevant.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-41218","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nPractical example<\/h2>\n