Privacy Ticker August 2023

The August issue of our Privacy Ticker deals with changes in Legislation, the current case law , regulatory investigations and enforcement actions and opinions.

Topics in this issue are:

Changes in Legislation

• Amendment of the Federal Data Protection Act

Case Law

• Federal Labour Court: Extraordinary Dismissal Due to Insult in WhatsApp Group
• Higher Labour Court of Baden-Wurttemberg: Inadmissibility of Evidence if Private Use of E-Mail Account is Permitted
• Leipzig Regional Court: Unlawful Printing of User Photos on Reminders by Dating Portal
• Berlin Administrative Court: Secret photos of Teachers Justify Written Reprimand
• Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe: E-Mails in Business Dealings do not have to be Particularly Encrypted

Regulatory Investigations and Anforcement Actions

• Fines of EUR 215,000 for Processing Sensitive Employee Data

Opinions

• Data Protetion Authority of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Considers Tesla Dash Cam and Sentry Mode Inadmissible
• Short News on Windows 10 and 11, Issued by the Bavarian Data Protection Authority

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