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14. September 2023

legitimis knowledge

Knowledge is public, a common good, in data protection as everywhere else. We want to support and contribute to this principle and launch our "legitimis Knowledge" on legitimis.com. Under our premise "simply get more knowledge", we want to provide ...
14. September 2023 in Allgemein

legitimis knowledge

Knowledge is public, a common good, in data protection as everywhere else. We want to support and contribute to this principle and launch our "legitimis Knowledge" on legitimis.com. Under our premise "simply get more knowledge", we want to provide ...
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19. July 2023 in Allgemein

A low threshold for DPF certification

On July 11th, 2023, the new agreement on the transfer of personal data between the EU and the US was adopted, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework or DPF for short. This ...
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22. June 2023 in Allgemein

13 years of legitimis - data protection is a marathon, not a sprint

On the occasion of legitimis' anniversary, we take a critical look back at the development of data protection law in recent years. "Data protection is a marathon, not a sprint with the finish line in sight" - says ...
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19. May 2023 in Allgemein

Everything remains different - Cologne Regional Court on cookie banners

External data protection officers are repeatedly confronted with the question from the marketing department: "Is the format of this cookie banner now GDPR-compliant?". The data protection officer then typically answers with ...
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12. April 2023 in Allgemein

ChatGPT and data protection

There are now a number of chatbots based on artificial intelligence. The most popular and apparently the first is ChatGPT. A conversation-based platform that is currently being used with great enthusiasm, especially ...
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8. March 2023 in Allgemein

Refusal to sign the declaration of commitment to data protection

In its activity report 2021, published at the end of 2022, the Bavarian data protection supervisory authority (BayLDA) addressed the question of whether employees can refuse to sign the data protection declaration of commitment. This declaration of commitment is signed at the start of employment, ...
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24. February 2023 in Allgemein

Thought of the interface?

Much is written about the documentation requirements in the GDPR. First and foremost is the register of processing activities. This overview of the processing of personal data is many things in one. Documentation of ...
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13. January 2023 in Allgemein

A place for data protection on the company intranet

In addition to training and documentation obligations, the external data protection officer in the company has the challenge of positioning the topic of data protection appropriately in the company's daily routine. After all, he must be accessible to every employee and his topics...
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15. November 2022 in Allgemein

Immaterieller oder materieller Schaden?

Die Herausforderung als Datenschützer und als Verantwortliche Stelle ist natürlich das Abwenden und Vermeiden von Schäden bei Betroffenen einer Datenverarbeitung. Während die Bemessung eines materiellen Schadens sich als relativ leicht…
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5. October 2022 in Allgemein

Interessenkonflikte beim betrieblichen Datenschutzbeauftragten!

Ein betrieblicher Datenschutzbeauftragter hat die Aufgabe, das betreffende Unternehmen hinsichtlich der datenschutzrechtlichen Pflichten zu beraten und die Einhaltung der Datenschutzvorschriften zu kontrollieren. Diese Funktion dürfen gemäß Art. 38 Abs. 6…
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