IT law is a cross-sectional matter that encompasses many areas of law, such as copyright law, civil law, trademark/domain law, telecommunications law as well as public law (especially e-government) and procedural law. In order to allow yourself a legally safe framework it is suggested to consult a specialized IT-Law legal team as many areas of…
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The term IT law has acquired its own meaning since 2006 with the introduction of the title specialist lawyer for information technology law in § 14 FAO in 2006. Today, the terms IT law and computer law are only used when referring to collective works primarily founded in the 1990s. The magazine Computer und Recht…
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What is an imprint? An imprint contains a summonable address of the owner of a website on the internet, so that legal claims against him or her can be enforced in court. The obligation to provide a so-called „provider identification“ (imprint obligation) already existed before the GDPR and results from Section 5 of the German…
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The General Data Protection Regulation allows any subject to request information on what data is stored or processed about them pursuant to Art. 15. If such information is requested, the data controllers must provide the data they have collected in a timely and complete manner, otherwise the requiring subject would be entitled to claim damages.…
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Social Network: When it’s possible to permanently deactivate a user´s account? If you have already gotten your account deactivated, or if you received a warning: The Germans OLG of Dresden took the final decision on this case. For the original and complete version of the case: OLG Dresden, final judgement of 08.03.2022 – 4 U 1050/21.…
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has been in force since 25 May 2018, has tightened data protection law in the EU and brings new business challenges. As a data protection law firm, we are there for our clients in all matters relating to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and national, European…
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Facebook may terminate user accounts without prior warning only in exceptional cases: The Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court has largely upheld the appeal of a user of the social network „Facebook“ against a judgment of the Mannheim Regional Court of June 24, 2020, which dismissed the action. Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court, Judgment dated 04.02.2022 – 10…
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Termination of online contracts by electronic means: is this legally accepted in Germany? In its ruling of 29 April 2021, the Regional Court of Hamburg declared a clause providing for electronic communication only to be invalid. According to the case, a consumer advice centre had criticised the general terms and conditions clause of an online…
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Due to the creativity of gaming-participants, Online Law brings constantly new legal challenges up, which we are more than ready to solve with our specialist attorneys. The current legal questions around gaming show the rapid development in all aspects of Games Law. Of course, the classic console games still exists, but the trend towards online…
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