On May 28, 2020 the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, “BGH”) decided on the “Planet49” case regarding cookies (see decision in German here, reference number I ZR 7/16). The decision follows upon the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) of October 1, 2019 (see our publication regarding that ruling). On July 6, 2020 the reasons of the BGH decision have been published and we have summarized those in this client alert.
On Monday 15 June 2020, our Baker McKenzie TMT industry group experts hosted a virtual webinar session on the EU Consumer Protection Law Developments impact on the TMT Industry. Our specialists dove into the developments of the EU Consumer Protection Law and brought to light the impact that this will…
From July 12, 2020 the Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of June 20, 2019 on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services (P2B Regulation) will apply. It will have direct effect in EU member states. Providers of online intermediate services…
We will provide you with regular updates on all relevant legal developments regarding the Coronavirus disease in Germany. Please find on the link below our tenth edition of our guideline. Our team is ready to navigate you through these challenging times. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our…
We will provide you with regular updates on all relevant legal developments regarding the Coronavirus disease in Germany. Please find on the link below our eighth edition of our guideline. Our team is ready to navigate you through these challenging times. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our…
We will provide you with regular updates on all relevant legal developments regarding the Coronavirus disease in Germany. Please find on the link below our sixth edition of our guideline. Our team is ready to navigate you through these challenging times. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our…
We will provide you with regular updates on all relevant legal developments regarding the Coronavirus disease in Germany. Please find on the link below our sixth edition of our guideline. Our team is ready to navigate you through these challenging times. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our…
We will provide you with regular updates on all relevant legal developments regarding the Coronavirus disease in Germany. Please find on the link below our fourth edition of our guideline. Our team is ready to navigate you through these challenging times. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with our…
In December 2019, the Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (“Whistleblowing Directive”) entered into force. Member States are required to transpose the Whistleblowing Directive into national laws (“National Implementation Acts”) and to apply such National Implementation Acts as of 17 December 2021. The National…
EDPB – Guidelines on the Territorial Scope of the GDPR (Art. 3) and on Representatives (Art. 27) – Now adopted after public consultation The European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) has published the adopted version of its guidelines on the territorial scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The guidelines…