Guide to German Online Law
am 15.02.2007 von German American Law Journal :: American Edition
CK - Washington. The intrusive German online statute has been extensively revised in January. Based on the assumption that consumers are idiots, the statute requires numerous burdensome disclosures from active users of the Internet. Except for the Internet-savvy Supreme Court, courts have been racing to construe the old statute as requiring identifying disclosures not only from product and service vendors.
They--and accompanying Internet lore--expand the reach of the statute to submit also non-commercial forums, informational sites and bloggers to its reach. Essentially, they ask that all who present anything on the Internet throw their personal identifying information to the sharks, such as phishers and stalkers.
The revised statute, Telemediengesetz 2007, consolidates and updates various laws. There is speculation that it may lead to even more cease-and-desist actions for even the most minor infractions. A well-known German blogger, …
Diet Targets Privacy
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On January 18, 2007, the Berlin parliament approved a draft statute, Telemediengesetz, to replace current statutes governing Internet and media activities. Among provisions supposedly beneficial to consumers are rehashed priva…
Stop the Impressum Craze
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Supreme Court in Karlsruhe displayed common sense when it scrutinized the scope of statutory obligations to publish identifying information on certain web sites. On July 20, 2006, it rebuffed the pixel pickiness expressed…
Internet Contact Data Explained
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. A 2007 decision recently added to the MIR index reminds the author of crazy German laws and an unimaginative decision. The spam-friendly statute on the identification of internet users, Telemediengesetz, also requires web wri…
Tolling Statute
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the cabinet in Berlin agreed to amend the tolling statute for criminal prosecutions. Currently, the statute is not tolled if a defendant moves abroad, even as the prosecution pursues extradition measures. As revised,…
Torts and Arbitration
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. An American arbitration clause provided by contract for retail securities transactions does not cover tort claims arising under the German statute for investor protection, the Düsseldorf appellate court decided on Decemb…
Legal Guide to IT Projects
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. German law blog author Arne Trautment announced the release of his new book on IT projects under German law: iBusiness Projektvertragsleitfaden. His and the publishers descriptions introduce a valuable practical guide for neg…
Access to Data at ISP
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Piercing the layers of personal data protection in Germany, and much of the European Union, depends on the statute that applies to the origin, type and location of data. Generally, the law of personal information is person-cen…
Phone Surveillance Rules
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. One of the many revised German laws that entered into force on January 1, 2008 governs the expanded authority for phone taps in the criminal procedure code. The statute is available from Bundesanzeiger Verlag as a PDF with th…
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