On June 15, the Bavarian Data Protection Authority ("DPA") published a press release stating that the Administrative Court of Bayreuth ...

On September 26, the Bavarian Administrative Court decided that a social media company's custom audience feature for targeted advertising violated applicable data protection law

Facebook's 2014 Government Request Report reveals that Germany has the highest number of requests for user data per million Facebook users.

The judges had to deal with a case that took place before the new section 5a(4) of the German Act against Unfair Commercial Practices entered into effect on 28 May 2022.

Soziale Netzwerke und Video-Plattformen werden immer meinungsmächtiger.

On 5 April 2017, the German Federal Minister of Justice's new bill aimed at improving enforcement of rights in social networks ...

On 5 April 2017, the German Federal Minister of Justice's new bill aimed at improving enforcement of rights in social networks (Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Verbesserung der Rechtsdurchsetzung in sozialen Netzwerken; Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz – NetzDG, the Bill; see our previous blog) has, in a slightly revised version, been adopted by the Federal Cabinet (Bundeskabinett) and is now ready for discussion by the German Parliament.

The Bavarian Higher Administrative Court recently addressed the issue whether a pregnant employee can be dismissed without notice after having posted a critical statement about a client of the employer.

The Higher Labor Court of Hamm decided in its judgment of 10 October 2012 that a trainee was effectively dismissed without notice for good cause since he called his instructor a "slave driver and exploiter".

According to German telemedia law, each person and company maintaining an own website to sell goods or services is required to make available certain information.

The European Commission has strengthened its framework for combating illegal hate speech online through an enhanced Code of Conduct, building upon the success of its 2016 predecessor.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has ruled, upon submission by the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof, OGH)

On 12 July 2018, the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof – "BGH") ruled that a Facebook user account passes to the user's heirs (Case no. III ZR 183/17).

Germany's Competition Authority ("the Bundeskartellamt") has imposed far-reaching restrictions in the processing of user data on Facebook.

In the Court's view, the fact that a complex set of contractual T&Cs is only available in English language leads to the conclusion that the whole set of contractual T&Cs shall be deemed void...

On April 4, 2023, Germany's Federal Office of Justice ("BfJ") initiated proceedings against Twitter International Unlimited Company ("Twitter") on allegations of "systemic failure"...

The social media platform Twitter has been reportedly removing tweets at the request of users who believe their content has been wrongfully appropriated.

Snapchat, the fast-growing social media network/messaging app, has spawned some controversy over how copyright law is interpreted in the United Kingdom.

On February 13, 2020, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) published a proposal to soften the regulatory requirements for influencers

The Regional Court of Berlin held in a judgment of 16 January 2018 that Facebook's default privacy settings and parts of their terms and conditions were invalid.