Day: February 7, 2023

Should there be a “reject all cookies” button in the cookie banner? Many people find the banners that ask for consent to the use of various cookies when visiting a website annoying. A “reject all cookies” button does not exist on many websites. Rather, you have to navigate through a settings menu and disable the … Read more

Data Protection and WhatsApp As a daughter company of Meta (formerly Facebook), WhatsApp has often been criticized because of massive concerns about data protection and privacy. Despite all the data protection concerns: according to studies (including here), 85 percent of customers would like to be able to contact companies via WhatsApp. Due to the popularity … Read more

Is a contract necessary between controllers who are not joint controllers? If personal data is exchanged between companies or if two or more companies use a common data pool, which is often found in group constellations, the GDPR regulates two case constellations: processor (Art. 28 GDPR) and joint controllers (Art. 26 GDPR). A company is … Read more