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.
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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).
Bavarian DPA (BayLDA) calls for German company to cease the use of 'Mailchimp' tool
The "ruling" presented in the "Standard" concerns a remedy procedure concluded without formal supervisory...
German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information presents Activity Report
Professor Ulrich Kelber, the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI), presented the...
BvD comments on the draft bill of the TTDSG
The German Association of Data Protection Officers (BvD) has submitted a statement to the German Federal Ministry for...
National Insights: Marketing & Privacy
Personalised advertising – not only data protection or competition law. Why?
Targeted advertising is more interesting for both the company and the advertising recipient. However, advertising targeted at the addressee also raises data protection issues, and a tension arises between address-related marketing and data protection.
Record number of applicants: 49 entries for DAME 2020
The Data Protection Media Award, which comes with a prize money of 3,000 euros, honors entries that explain data...
Collecting Data in a Pandemic-hit Europe
At the "DPO Autumn Conference" 2020 organised by the BvD and the subsequent Authorities' Day, around 200 data...
BvD Fall Conference 2020
For the fourth time, the BvD, together with the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision and the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Baden-Württemberg, invites you to the BvD Fall Conference.
Application period for Data Protection Media Award “DAME” 2020 starts
The competition, initiated by the Association of Data Protection Officers Germany (BvD), is now in its fourth year....







