27 June 2017
German Commissioner for Data Protection publishes recommendations for automated and connected cars
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/germany/german-commissioner-for-data-protection-publishes-recommendations-for-automated-and-connected-cars

07 August 2017
Germany: Employee monitoring by keylogger software unlawful except in case of severe suspicions
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2017/germany/employee-monitoring-by-keylogger-software-unlawful-except-in-case-of-severe-suspicions

23 March 2020
COVID-19: Data Protection in Germany FAQs – our view
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/covid-19-data-protection-in-germany-faqs

View our COVID-19 Frequently Asked Questions on Data Protection in Germany.

03 July 2020
German Data Protection Authority imposes another major GDPR fine
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2020/germany/german-data-protection-authority-imposes-another-major-gdpr-fine

11 February 2019
Facebook - at the cross-roads of data protection and competition law
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/facebook-at-the-cross-roads-of-data-protection-and-competition-law

On Thursday, 7 February 2019, Germany’s competition watchdog Bundeskartellamt (German Federal Cartel Office, FCO) handed down its long-awaited decision on Facebook. It took the FCO nearly three years to conclude the ...

13 December 2019
GDPR fine against a telecommunications provider in Germany - here are the key facts
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/dsgvo-bussgeld-gegen-einen-telekommunikationsanbieter

On Tuesday, 9 December 2019, the German Federal Data Protection Commissioner announced in a press release that he had imposed a fine of EUR 9.55 million on the telecommunications service provider 1&1 Telecom GmbH.

09 May 2019
Video identification and liveness checks in the financial sector
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/germany/video-identification-and-liveness-checks-in-the-financial-sector

Video identification and liveness checks in the financial sector

12 September 2018
Belgium implements the GDPR: new Privacy Act published and in force
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2018/belgium/belgium-implements-gdpr-new-privacy-act-published

On September 5, 2018, the much-anticipated Belgian Privacy Act ("BPA" or the "Act") implementing the GDPR and repealing the Privacy Act of 1992 was published in the Belgian Official Gazette.

30 July 2019
CJEU Fashion ID Case: Thumbs down to Facebook's "Like" feature
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/cjeu-fashion-id-case-thumbs-down-to-facebook's-like-feature

The decision (case C-210/16) deals mainly with the issue of “joint controllership” between Facebook and website operators using Facebook's 'Like' button on their website. The highest EU court decided that the operator ...

03 October 2019
Planet49: CJEU Rules on Cookie Consent
www.twobirds.com/en/news/articles/2019/global/planet49-cjeu-rules-on-cookie-consent

On 1 October 2019 the Court of Justice of the European Union (the 'CJEU') delivered its judgment in Planet49, a case analysing the standard of transparency and consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies.