The German Government approved a draft law to improve enforcement of certain data protection law provisions that aim to strengthen consumers’ protection. In particular, the draft law empowers consumers and business associations to commence actions against and issue warnings to companies who impermissibly collect, process or utilize personal data.
The draft law, “Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur Verbesserung der zivilrechtlichen Durchsetzung von verbraucherschützenden Vorschriften des Datenschutzrechts” needs still to be passed by the German Parliament.
The press release by the German Federal Ministry for Justice and Consumer Protection is available in English at http://www.bmjv.de…
More information is available at http://www.corderycompliance…
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