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On 3 November 2017, the German regulator for the financial sector, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority ("BaFin"), published a new circular titled Rundschreiben 10/2017 (BA) vom 3. November 2017 – Bankaufsichtliche Anforderungen an die IT (in English: Circular 10/2017 – Regulatory Requirements for IT-Systems – "BAIT").

On November 21, the Data Protection Authority of Baden-Württemberg issued the first fine under the GDPR in Germany against a social media provider for violating data security requirements

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 German Competition Authority (Bundeskartellamt) published the final report of its market inquiry on messaging and video services.

Just published in the New York Law Journal: William A. Tanenbaum and Dr. Matthias Orthwein, LL. M. (Boston) examine the Chinese AI model DeepSeek's dual-edged implications for international business.

By judgement dated 13 October 2022 (docket No. I ZR 111/21), the Federal Court of Justice [Bundesgerichtshof, BGH] rejected the claim of several scientific publishers against Telekom...

Reuters reported about "Bitkom surveyed 503 top managers and security chiefs from across Germany's manufacturing sector" ...

Reuters reported about "Bitkom surveyed 503 top managers and security chiefs from across Germany's manufacturing sector" ...

Implementing the NIS-2 Directive (EU 2022/2555) and the Critical Entities Resilience ("CER") Directive (EU 2022/2557) into national law, Germany is reinforcing the security and resilience of its critical infrastructure, creating new compliance challenges and opportunities for organizations operating in or serving the German market.

nxtAssets GmbH is expanding the investment universe by launching its first physically-backed exchange-traded products (ETPs) on Bitcoin and Ethereum.

In Germany, the Federal Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser, considered two amendments to the Constitution as part of an ambitious plan to strengthen cyber security across the nation.

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Researchers at Sophos have recently encountered a new malware developed to terminate EDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) processes in an attack using Ransomhub ransomware.

Perhaps emboldened by the Article 29 Working Party's late July announcement that European regulators will not challenge the program's adequacy for at least a year.

According to a press release dated 16 May 2017, and following the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) preliminary ruling in Case C-582/14 dated 19 October 2016 ...

By judgement dated 20 September 2022 (docket No. C-793/19, C-794/19), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the German regulations on the preventative storage of location...

In the September 2017 edition of its monthly journal, the German Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) published a statement on the insurability of cyber extortion payments.