Cookie banner in Germany
Cookie banner plays a central role in ensuring compliance with the GDPR. Certain requirements must therefore be met when creating them that are contained in the verdict of the Regional Court of Cologne (LG Köln v. 19.1.2024, 6 U 80/23, 33 O 311/22). What are the requirements for the cookie banner? To enable users to […]
Cybercrime and the exposure of personal data. What does the reinforcement of consumer rights mean for companies?
The European Court of Justice has ruled in cases of cybercrime when and under what conditions a company owes compensation for the unauthorized disclosure of personal data caused by cyber attack. The basis of the decision On 5 July 2019, it was reported that there was an unauthorized access to the information system of the […]
Caution when doing business with a UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Many Polish enterprises are unaware of the certain risks involved in doing business with an Unternehmergesellschaft, shortened to UG (haftungsbeschränkt). This can have serious consequences for suppliers, contractors or other contractual partners of the Unternehmergesellschaft, as in many cases the Unternehmergesellschaft companies do not have sufficient creditworthiness. What is the Unternehmergesellschaft? The Unternehmergesellschaft is a […]
German courts impose penalties for breaches of the information obligations of employees and applicants. What do employers now have to consider with regard to the GDPR?
The Duisburg Labour Court and the Baden-Württemberg Labour Court have already imposed fines of 750 and 2,5000 euros respectively for breaches of employers’ obligations to provide information to former employees and applicants in accordance with Art. 82 I GDPR. A breach is deemed to have occurred if a person suffers a loss of control over […]
Online stores in Germany must ensure that customers can order goods as a Guest.
Participants at this year’s Conference of German Data Protection Authorities passed a resolution that consumers should not be required to create a customer account when shopping online. According to the data protection regulations, customers should always be free to decide whether or not they want to provide their personal data. The practice of “forcing” them […]
Legal representation in the field of intellectual property law and e-commerce in Germany
When regulating every area of our lives, the law must keep pace with the speeding technology. For this reason, the individual offer of E-commerce operators should not only be tailored to increasingly demanding consumer tastes, but also optimized from a legal point of view in both technical and customer service aspects and, last but not […]
In 2013, Grau Law firm as a consulting partner to the Polish Ministry of the Economy and Poland, the CeBit Partner Country 2013
In 2013, Grau Law firm was consulting partner to the Polish Ministry of the Economy and Poland, the CeBit Partner Country 2013. CeBIT, the world’s biggest trade fair for information technology, took place from March 5 to 9, 2013, in Hannover, Germany. Poland was this year’s CeBIT partner country. Its central exhibition stand in Hall […]
