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Germany’s Cyber Threat Landscape – Top 3 Lessons from the BKA Situation Report

August 1, 2022 By Daniel Felz

Germany boasts one of the world’s largest, most sophisticated, and international economies. Companies doing business in Germany are thus an increasingly relevant target for cyberattacks. Germany‘s Federal Criminal Police Office (Bundeskriminalamt or BKA) is the federal law enforcement agency charged with investigating cybercrime, and for coordinating federal-state cooperation in cybercrime matters.  The BKA recently published […]

Filed Under: Cyber Risk, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Data Security, Germany, Ransomware, Supply Chain, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cross-border, cybersecurity, Germany, ransomware

German DPA Announces GDPR Compliance Survey of Large Companies – Translation Provided

July 2, 2018 By Daniel Felz

Following a two-year grace period, EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on May 25, 2018.  For many companies, preparing for the GDPR was a multi-year project involving multiple teams and input or assistance from across the organization.  On this blog, we have outlined the items we have seen as particularly time- or […]

Filed Under: Data Breach, Data Protection, Data Security, Enforcement, GDPR, Germany, International, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: cybersecurity, Data Breach Notification, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, GDPR, GDPR Implementation, Germany, Regulatory Enforcement

Privacy Activist Challenges Data Collection for Internet Businesses

June 26, 2018 By Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team

Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems’ organization, NOYB – Center for Digital Rights, filed complaints against Google (Android), Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook on May 25th, the same day on which the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became effective. NOYB filed the complaints based on the GDPR with supervisory authorities in France, Belgium, Germany and Austria.  […]

Filed Under: Enforcement, ePrivacy, GDPR, Germany, International, Online Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Litigation Tagged With: GDPR

German DPAs Issue DPIA Blacklists; Many Companies Likely to be Affected

May 30, 2018 By Daniel Felz

The GDPR entered into force on May 25, 2018.  One of the GDPR’s core going-forward obligations is the duty to conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) over processing activities that create a “high risk” to individuals’ privacy.  DPIAs constitute an important aspect of GDPR compliance, as they arguably replace the notifications of processing systems and […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, GDPR, Germany, International, Mobile Privacy, Privacy, Regulation Tagged With: Big Data, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, European Union (EU), GDPR, GDPR Implementation, German data protection, German DPAs, Germany, Health Information Security, Regulatory Enforcement

German DPAs Publish Model GDPR Processing Records – Translations Provided

February 26, 2018 By Daniel Felz

In just under 100 days, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters into force. One of the major changes the GDPR introduces is a duty for in-scope controllers and processors to maintain written records of their processing activities.  Under Article 30 GDPR, companies will need to inventory all “processing activities under [their] responsibility” and […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, Enforcement, GDPR, Germany, International, Legislation, Privacy, Regulation, Uncategorized Tagged With: Article 30, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, EU Regulation, GDPR, German data protection, German DPAs, German Enforcement

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