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- 06.09.2010 EU: Recertification under the "Cookie Law" made more difficult
- 24.08.2010 D: Google Analytics offers improved data protection
- 24.08.2010 D/US:Safe Harbor
- 16.08.2010 D: The use of SCHUFA scores is problematic
- 06.08.2010 D:Credit scoring and data protection
- 22.07.2010 D/US: The desire for data faces a fine
- 20.07.2010 D : Data mishaps
- 09.07.2010 D: Data protection and efficiency are not in contradiction, or the case of the "BA"
- 06.07.2010 D: North Rhine-Westphalia Intelligence Service refers to risk of economic espionage
- 09.07.2010 D: Federal Court of Justice ruled on the specific damages caused by the loss of data
- 01.07.2010 D: Conference of data protection officers calls for security policy
- 04.06.2010 D: Payment by online direct debit with signing a receipt
- 04.06.2010 D: German Federal Court of Justice decides on security measures for private WLAN access
- 04.06.2010 D: New developments concerning employee data protection
- 19.03.2010 EU: ECJ hands down judgement on the independence of the German data protection supervisory authorities
- 19.03.2010 D/EU:Users with Local Administrator Rights as a Danger for Company's Data Protection
- 22.03.2010 EU: Guidelines on Video Surveillance
- 04.03.2010 D: Structure of constitutionally compliant data retention - part 2
- 04.03.2010 D: Data Retention Unconstitutional - Part 1
- 04.03.2010 EU/US: Safe Harbor Agreement – trust is good, control is better...
- 19.02.2010 EU: Commission introduces new standard contractual clauses
- 19.02.2010 D: Remote security cameras the focal point of data privacy
- 19.02.2010 The employee as a core component of the security process
- 12.02.2010 D: Auditor's Right of Access and Data Protection
- 27.01.2010 D: State Labor Court of Cologne on employee photos on the homepage
- 29.01.2010 D: Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) concerning Video Surveillance
- 28.01.2010 D: Traffic Monitoring and Person Identification
- 20.01.2010 D: Responsibility for data protection issues is increasingly consolidated
- 14.01.2010 D: The financial authorities' right of inspection only applies within the scope of the statutory retention obligations
- 12.01.2010 D: Cologne Higher Regional Court on advertisements as a means to win back former customers
- 17.12.2009 EU: Recast of the Telecommunications Directive (2002/58/EC) as of 12/18/2009
- 09.12.2009 Digital Identity CEO Forum for Egypt
- 09.12.2009 ZertiFa 2009
- 23.11.2009 EU: Gallway Project on accountability in Data Protection
- 16.11.2009 D: Form-based consent in advertising by mail - option of striking is sufficient
- 23.10.2009 D: Mass screening costs Deutsche Bahn AG 1.1 million Euros
- 06.10.2009 D: Some security ultimately cheaper than none
- 05.10.2009 D: Extent of the Examination by the Supervisory Authorities for Consents
- 23.09.2009 D: HanseNet ordered to store communication data
- 22.09.2009 EU: Red Herrings, Part 2
- 09.09.2009 EU: Red herrings in a sea of digital hoaxes
- 09.09.2009 D: Draft of an Employee Data Protection Act
- 26.08.2009 D: An opt-in consent must also be precisely formulated according to general law and must not unilaterally discriminate against the party concerned.
- 25.08.2009 EU: App... because it just works
- 14.08.2009 D: Continuing trade in illegal data
- 13.08.2009 D:2B Advice GmbH - the privacy benchmark, together with TÜViT, inspected and evaluated Deutsche Telekom's invoicing process.
- 13.08.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Seizure of profits, higher penalties and new offenses subject to a penalty
- 12.08.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Obligations in the event of unauthorized access to personal data
- 10.08.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Limited ban on tie-ins
- 06.08.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Consent and electronic consent to the use of personal data for advertising purposes
- 05.08.2009 D: The Latest about Video Monitoring in an Employment Relationship?
- 04.08.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Supervisory Authority Measures - order, prohibition
- 03.08.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Data Protection Officer - dismissal protection and promoting technical qualifications
- 30.07.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Data reduction and data economy
- 28.07.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Personal Data
- 27.07.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Contractual and equivalent cases of mutual trust
- 27.07.2009 US: Self-destruction date for digital information using Vanish
- 17.07.2009 D: German Federal Constitutional Court on the seizure of e-mails on Provider servers
- 16.07.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Outsourced Data Processing
- 14.07.2009 D: Changes and amendments of the BDSG 2009: Data Protection in Employment Relationships
- 14.07.2009 D: Google Streetview blurs raw data of aggrieved parties
- 03.07.2009 D: No Data Protection Audit Act - list privilege with restrictions shall continue to apply
- 01.07.2009 D: Birds that twitter in the morning are caught by the cat 2.0 in the evening?
- 29.06.2009 EU: 15 Years of Baseline Protection – Microsoft Corporation sees greatest risk to personal data in the loss of data storage media
- 12.06.2009 D: Suitability of measures, in this instance: publication of agricultural subsidies on the Internet
- 10.06.2009 D: No civil law claim to retained data
- 08.06.2009 D: Scoring system for the assessment of creditworthiness is regulated
- 02.06.2009 New version 3.5 of 2B Secure
- 28.05.2009 D: The Federal Labor Court on the prohibition on the use of evidence obtained by listening in on telephone conversations
- 27.05.2009 D: Solvency of KiK employees was reviewed on a quarterly basis
- 16.05.2009 E: Criminal investigation proceedings into credit card data
- 11.05.2009 D: BGH [German Federal Court of Justice] on email monitoring
- 11.05.2009 D: German Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) on searches of premises occupied by operators of internet forums
- 02.05.2009 D: Ruling by the BAG (Federal Labor Court) on video surveillance
- 28.04.2009 D: The use of secretly recorded conversations
- 09.04.2009 D: Executive management accepts responsibility for data protection breaches.
- 02.04.2009 D: Secret recording of conversations
- 26.03.2009 D: The directive governing data retention is disproportionate
- 23.03.2009 New ISO standard for the pseudonymization of health information
- 12.03.2009 D: Co-determination and Confidentiality Agreements
- 12.03.2009 US: A New Approach to Protecting Privacy in a data driven world
- 10.03.2009 European Standardization
- 09.03.2009 D: Progress on employee data protection
- 02.03.2009 D: Legitimacy of data transfer to SCHUFA (a German credit information agency)
- 20.02.2009 D: The Conference of Data Protection Commissioners of the Federation and the State criticizes the Federal Office for Information Security/BSI act)
- 20.02.2009 EU: The European Court of Justice adjudicates on data retention
- 16.02.2009 D: Modification proposal of the Federal Council of Germany on the BDSG
- 13.02.2009 EU: CEN Conference on Standardization in the field of Data Protection and Privacy
- 12.02.2009 Update D: Data preservation - reforms at the turn of the year
- 10.02.2009 UK: Christopher Graham confirmed to be the new Information Commissioner
- 06.02.2009 D: The Call for an Employee Privacy Protection Law is Getting Louder
- 30.01.2009 EU: Hustinx, regarding the announcement of data protection violation
- 23.01.2009 EU: Operators of search engines compete for data protection
- 19.01.2009 UK: storage of traffic data becomes mandatory
- 07.01.2009 D: Car manufacturer is rebuked by the Baden-Wuerttemberg supervisory authorities for data protection
- 30.12.2008 EU: New European Data Protection Assistant Supervisor
- 19.12.2008 D: Microsoft Corporation Redmond obtained the seal of approval for data protection for its Windows Software Protection Platform (SPP) from ULD, Unabhängiges Datenschutzzentrum Schleswig-Holstein (independent data protection authority center).
- 18.12.2008 D: IT maintenance contracts and data protection
- 18.12.2008 D: Loss of credit card information at the Berlin Landesbank (regional bank) After credit card data has been lost at the Berlin Landesbank (LBB), public demand for a powerful data protection supervisory agency has increased.
- 11.12.2008 CH/USA: Safe Harbor now applies to Switzerland as well
"We attach great importance to concentrated technical competence and lean processes. That is why we appointed an external 2B Advice Privacy Officer. You can rely on the 2B Advice team for both their subject-matter and technological expertise as well as their experience in professional project management."
By:Jakob M. Hess CEO
Pfaff AQS