The cross-media data experiment “Made to Measure – A Digital Search for Traces” wins the Data Protection Media Award and with it prize money of 3,000 euros
Laokoon Group awarded the DAME 2021
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BvD welcomes “Privacy Shield” follow-up agreement, but warns against exaggerated expectations
Brussels and Washington have reached an agreement in principle on a revised successor agreement to “Privacy Shield,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden announced on March 25th during Biden’s visit to Brussels.
New video format for schoolchildren: “Data Protection – Easily Explained”
The initiative “Datenschutz geht zur Schule” (Data Protection Goes to School) published 18 individual videos on data protection topics that had previously only been taught in classrooms as part of awareness-raising events.
“Networking again at last”
Conflicting views and long-awaited personal conversations marked BvD fall conference and Authorities Day in Munich It...
5TH BVD FALL CONFERENCE – “BUSINESS MEETS SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY”
Data protection congress in Munich on challenges of the digitalized workplace Data protection …
Five demands of the BvD for the Bundestag elections receive media attention
Under the title "Moving our country forward," the German Association of Data Protection Officers (BvD) published a...
Annual volunteer meeting of the BvD’s “Privacy Goes to School” initiative once again held digitally
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BfDI: Facebook pages of federal authorities are not compliant with data protection regulations
Facebook does not ensure that these sites are compliant with the GDPR. The Federal Data Protection Commissioner (BfDI) Ulrich Kelber is therefore calling for the pages to be shut down by the end of the year.
International data transfer: Cross-border monitoring by data protection supervisory authorities in Germany
The data protection supervisory authorities of several German states are conducting jointly coordinated checks to ensure compliance with data protection law requirements on international data transfers by companies to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area (third countries).
National Insights: Legal counselling of DPOs in Germany
Activity of the designated DPO: No conflict with the Legal Services Act. In its decision of 12 March 2021, the North...
BvD DPO Spring Congress 2021
In 2021, the BvD DPO Spring Congress will be held under the motto “Next Level Data Protection – The Privacy Officer as a Pilot in Digitalization” and will take place as an online conference on May 19 & 20, 2021.
DPO’s activities do not constitute a violation of the Legal Services Act – NRW Lawyers’ Court confirms BvD’s legal opinion
In a position paper, the BvD explains why the activity of the appointed data protection officer (DPO) does not constitute a violation of the Legal Services Act (RDG).