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Competitors are permitted to issue warnings – Rulings by the Federal Court of Justice I ZR 186/17 / I ZR 222/19 / I ZR 223/19   Competitors and consumer protection ...

OLG Oldenburg rejects claims for damages in connection with the Facebook data breach The Higher Regional Court (OLG) Oldenburg has dismissed claims for damages by

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Legal Aid for Lawsuits Seeking the Removal of a Warning Letter After Termination of Employment: Legal Framework and Recent Ruling The removal of a warning

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No data protection obligation to remove a warning letter after termination of employment – Decision by the LAG Niedersachsen The Landesarbeitsgericht Niedersachsen (judgment of June

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Processing of sensitive health data in the employment relationship in the context of the GDPR The collection and use of health data in the workplace

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Misleading advertising claims and data protection shortcomings at Immobilienscout24: Judgement of the Berlin Regional Court On 15.09.2023, the Berlin Regional Court (Case No. 52 O

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After the termination of an employment relationship, both employees and employers regularly face the question of to what extent personal data may continue to be

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Data scraping on Facebook: OLG Frankfurt awards 200 euros for non-material damages In its judgment of April 24, 2024 (Ref. 6 U 79/23), the Higher

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Consumer protection associations granted right to take legal action in case of data protection violations In its judgment of March 28, 2024 (Case No. I

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BGH enables competitor lawsuits for data protection violations With its judgment of March 28, 2024 (Case Nos. I ZR 222/19 and I ZR 223/19), the

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Data protection assessment of the use of aerial photographs for determining stormwater charges The question of the data protection admissibility of using aerial photographs of

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Tax offices may review rental contracts without tenants’ consent – Significance of the Federal Fiscal Court ruling of February 18, 2025 The question of whether

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Data protection implications when publishing photographs of living spaces in real estate exposés In recent years, legal disputes concerning data protection in the marketing of

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Current requirements for securing invoice delivery by email In its judgment of February 10, 2025 (Ref. 12 U 9/24), the Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court significantly

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Opening of Jurisprudence in the Area of Non-Material Damages: New Standards Set by the Federal Court of Justice With its decision of 19.11.2024 (Case No.:

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Federal Court of Justice defines leading case procedure in the context of data scraping: Legal course setting in the digital environment By order dated November

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No individual enforcement of sanctions against data protection supervisory authorities – Background to a current CJEU judgment In its decision of 14 March 2024 (Case

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ECJ confirms: GDPR violation does not automatically trigger a claim for non-material damages In its decision of June 14, 2024 (Case No.: C-300/21), the European

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Schleswig-Holstein Higher Regional Court: Meta may continue to use customer data for AI training for the time being On August 13, 2025, the Schleswig-Holstein Higher

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Missing anonymization of court decisions in a state legal database: Liability risks according to the Hamburg Regional Court In its judgment of June 16, 2025

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