If a landlord has stored tenants’ names and telephone numbers on a phone and communicates with tenants via WhatsApp, they must comply with the GDPR. This was decided by the Wiesbaden District Court.
The BGH had first referred the question to the ECJ and has now issued the unsurprising final ruling: Consent by means of preset checkboxes is invalid.
Anyone who integrates social plugins on their website, such as the well-known “Like” buttons, is (jointly) responsible for the collection and transfer of data.
Companies are liable for data protection breaches by all employees, not just legal representatives. Regulations in national law that restrict liability would currently contradict this.
Video surveillance in a dental practice that can be entered without hindrance is subject to strict requirements in terms of necessity under data protection law.
According to the Advocate General of the ECJ, users must give active, informed consent to allow cookies (opt-in).
The tenant of an apartment does not have to tolerate the installation of cameras or corresponding dummies in the hallway. The resulting violation of the general right of personality could also not be justified by the fact that the landlord wanted to protect his property – without a specific reason, purely as a precaution.
BGH: Doctor rating portal must delete a doctor’s profile. The reason: www.jameda.de is not a neutral information provider.
New EU General Data Protection Regulation for 2018. A questionnaire from the Bay. State Office for Data Protection to help you implement the changes.
New EU General Data Protection Regulation for 2018: A questionnaire from the mv State Office for Data Protection Supervision is intended to help medical practices with implementation.
