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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

German Federal Labor Court Grants Damages Under the GDPR for the Use of Employee Data: 7 Things for Companies to Consider

On May 8, 2025, the Federal Labor Court Bundesarbeitsgericht (“BAG”) issued a significant ruling concerning an employee’s claims for damages due to unlawful data transfers within a corporate group. The BAG ruled that works...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Guidance from E.U. Supervisory Authorities on Data Processing in a Time of COVID-19

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and a number of European data protection supervisory authorities have recently issued guidance on processing personal data, including special categories of personal data (i.e., health...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

German regulator issues record fine for keeping personal data too long

The Data Protection Supervisory Authority for the state of Berlin (Die Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, “Supervisory Authority”) recently issued a fine for GDPR violations against Germany’s...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Federal Cartel Office vs. Facebook: When Data Privacy and Competition Law Collide

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On 7 February 2019, the German competition law regulator, the Federal Cartel Office (FCO), concluded a lengthy investigation into Facebook. It found that the company abused its dominant market position by making the use of...more

King & Spalding

EU Data Protection Authority Rewards “Exemplary Cooperation” With Moderate Fine

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On November 21, 2018, the data protection authority of the German state of Baden-Württemberg (“LfDI”) imposed a fine of EUR 20,000 on a German social media company for failing to encrypt user passwords, the first fine issued...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - September 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Sixth Circuit's decision to allow injury-in-fact to be established by alleging a "substantial risk of harm" in a data breach case, New York state's...more

McGuireWoods LLP

German Case Fails to Address Key Issue Regarding Software ‘Copyleft’

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Caution remains the watchword for incorporation of “copyleft” software into proprietary software projects, as a German court has declined to provide insight into the reach of the influential free software license, the General...more

Alston & Bird

German DPAs to Create Model Processing Records for GDPR Compliance

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On May 25, 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enters into force. One of the major changes the GDPR introduces is a duty for in-scope controllers and processors to maintain written records of processing...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - June 2016"

In this edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the impact of Brexit on EU data protection, court rulings on cyber insurance policy exclusions and coverage gaps, recent statements from the FTC and the...more

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