


Liability of the Managing Director for Information Security in the Company
Liability of the managing director for information security in the company Nowadays, it is hard to imagine a company without IT and digital business processes. However, in addition to the many advantages of digitization, it also offers high risks: If every...
Digital certificates from 2023
Digital credentials The Online Access Act (OZG) stipulates that citizens and companies must be able to use all administrative services directly, easily and securely online by the end of 2022 at federal, state and local level. An initial implementation project...
Are GDPR fines - insurable?
Are GDPR fines - insurable? Compared to its legal predecessor, the GDPR contains stricter sanction mechanisms. The aim of this is to ensure that the provisions of the GDPR are actually complied with. Article 83 of the GDPR contains a sanction option: The...
Recording of video conferences and online events permissible?
Recording of video conferences and online events permissible? In times of online events and video conferencing / home office / home schooling, numerous meetings now take place in digital form via hopin, Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, BigBlueButton and...
Controller and processor - GDPR basics
Controller and Processor - GDPR Basics The terms "controller" and "processor" are central to the GDPR. Whoever is a controller or processor is subject to the corresponding obligations under the GDPR. But from when exactly...
When is a data protection officer mandatory?
Appoint us as your external data protection officerDon't hesitate to contact us and look forward to your free initial consultation. Contact When is a data protection officer mandatory? In almost every company, personal data is...
Personal data is not for the garbage can
Personal data is not for the garbage can Everyone knows the situation: the mailbox is overflowing and the advertising letters end up in the garbage can, or it's time to empty the filing cabinet in the company again. However, documents that contain (third-party) personal data such as...
Is a first-aid book / accident book compliant with data protection?
Are first-aid books compliant with data protection? In many companies, you will find a first-aid book near the first-aid kit. This contains forms that are filled out as soon as an employee suffers an injury of any kind. There,...
App Tracking Transparency Framework from Apple - More privacy in iOS 14.5?
App Tracking Transparency Framework from Apple - More privacy under iOS 14.5? Not only websites, but also mobile apps use tracking. The data thus obtained is used to specify advertising and is exchanged with advertising networks for this purpose. They use...
Are attacks on mail servers = reportable data protection incidents?
Are attacks on mail servers = reportable data protection incidents? In early March 2021, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Exchange had security vulnerabilities. Microsoft Exchange is a mail server product that is used millions of times worldwide, it was...