At the beginning of June 2022, the Federal Supreme Court (BGH) decided, contrary to its previous case law, to what extent platforms such as YouTube can be liable for copyright infringements by their users. In the run-up to this decision, the BGH had submitted several questions on platform liability to the Court of Justice of… Read more »
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Podcast: What do fonts have to do with data protection?
The jungle of legal requirements when building a website is now becoming even more dense for website operators: In a ruling dated 20 January 2022 ( Case 3 O 17493/20), the Regional Court of Munich I decided that the use of dynamic fonts without a corresponding legal basis from the GDPR can lead to a… Read more »
(Deutsch) Podcast: Der Data Act – EU-Kommission schlägt Datengesetz vor
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Podcast: DMA and DSA – EU institutions agree on “digital constitution”
After politically contentious negotiations, the EU Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers agreed on final versions of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA) in March and April 2022. The DMA is intended to regulate large online platforms and open them up to competition. The DSA serves, among other things,… Read more »
J!Cast: ECJ on the legal standing of consumer associations under the GDPR
” width=”220″ height=”55″ /> In this new episode of the ITM Podcast, the two research assistants Owen Mc Grath and Klaus Palenberg discuss the ECJ ruling on the standing of consumer associations to sue for data protection infringements. The ECJ has ruled that even after the introduction of the GDPR, consumer associations can rely… Read more »
(Deutsch) Podcast: Renate Künast und das BVerfG
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The EncroChat-Hack: Is hacked evidence usable in a criminal case?
In the new episode of the ITM Podcast, research assistants Justin Rennert and Owen Mc Grath discuss the hack of cell phones from the provider EncroChat. Because of its offer of anonymous and encrypted use, EncroChat’s cell phones and chat programs were particularly popular in the criminal milieu across Europe. French investigative authorities had already… Read more »
J!Cast: Is the right of access under the GDPR unlimited?
In this new episode of the ITM Podcast, research assistants Owen Mc Grath and Nicolas John talk about the right of access for data subjects as set out in Article 15 of the GDPR and the possibility for data controllers to restrict or refuse access. With the help of the central data subject right of… Read more »
(Deutsch) J!Cast: Juristische Ausbildung, Legal Tech und Datenschutz in Österreich
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Podcast on armenian copyright law
In this new episode of the ITM Podcast, our research assistant Justin Rennert talks to Coco Aro about Armenian copyright law. Coco, a high school student from Münster, has been doing a student internship at the ITM for the past two weeks. He has Armenian roots and speaks the Armenian language. For this reason, he… Read more »