New Challenges to Data Protection Study - Country Report: Germany

European Commission DG Justice, Freedom and Security Report

61 Pages Posted: 12 Jul 2010 Last revised: 4 Mar 2014

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Douwe Korff

Oxford Martin School - Global Cyber Capacity Centre; Eur. Univ. Viadrina - Centre for Internet & Human Rights; Yale University - Information Society Project; London Metropolitan University

Date Written: May 15, 2010

Abstract

This report is one of 11 country reports produced for the "New Challenges to Data Protection" study, commissioned by the European Commission, and describes the ways in which German data protection law addresses the challenges posed by the new social-technical-political environment described in Working Paper No. 1, by Dr Ian Brown.

NB: The final report, an executive summary of the final report, both by Douwe Korff and Ian Brown (et al), and one of two working papers, as well as two further country reports (on France and the UK) and a Comparative Chart, all by Douwe Korff, all also produced for the New Challenges study, can be found separately on the present ssrn page. The other working paper, by Ian Brown, can be found on his ssrn page: http://ssrn.com/author=892424.

Keywords: Privacy, Data Protection

Suggested Citation

Korff, Douwe, New Challenges to Data Protection Study - Country Report: Germany (May 15, 2010). European Commission DG Justice, Freedom and Security Report, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1638959 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1638959

Douwe Korff (Contact Author)

Oxford Martin School - Global Cyber Capacity Centre ( email )

University of Oxford
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United Kingdom

Eur. Univ. Viadrina - Centre for Internet & Human Rights ( email )

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Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg 15230
Germany

Yale University - Information Society Project ( email )

P.O. Box 208206
New Haven, CT 06520-8206
United States

London Metropolitan University ( email )

London
United Kingdom

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