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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Cloud computing is currently a major trend in information and communication technology (ICT). Cloud Computing provides enterprises with the possibility to purchase software, storage capacities and computational power specifically via the Internet. This is technically nothing new. A more flexible software and data utilization is possible with Cloud Computing, which the functionality, duration and numbers…
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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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IT outsourcing transactions must be legally supported. Depending on the content of the specific project, local, national and international IT outsourcing can be involved in advising on the general IT law, data protection law, professional law, antitrust law, intellectual property rights and intellectual property rights. Our IT outsourcing practice includes the outsourcing of simple or…
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The most famous sales and trading modern platform eBay has left its initial legal uncertainties in the past; now all the questions and problems have been clarified by the court and the legal framework has been strengthened. This concerns e.g. questions regarding the liability of eBay itself, rights and duties of buyer and seller, delimitation…
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The legal relationships of Facebook users (as well as in relation to third parties) are constantly changing as a result of new “provisions” (General Terms of Use of Facebook), special agreements, and new opportunities advertised or offered by Facebook, as well as amendments to the jurisprudence and legislation. This sort of „flood“ of regulations is…
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