englischCyber espionage is established state practice. Even 10 years after Edward Snowden, it raises questions of public international law, which this work examines. While there is hardly any evidence of limiting norms in the law of international relations, cyber espionage affects human rights [...]

englischBig Data applications increasingly process sensitive health data. This trend puts the health data protection law in Germany and the EU to the test. Roman Schildbach comprehensively examines whether the current legal framework can balance the great opportunities of Big Data for health with [...]

englischIn the early days of data protection supervision, supervision of processing in the public and non-public sectors was predominantly carried out by different authorities in the states. Today, this division of supervision (the so called “Trennungsmodell”) is only found in Bavaria. Both the [...]

englischIn particular, information requirements and processing provisions raise the question of whether they have a competition law component. The author answers these questions by considering the meaning and purpose of data protection over time. In doing so, he focuses on the provisions of the GDPR [...]

englischThe General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was intended to harmonize Union data protection law in a far-reaching way. Contrary to this goal more opening clauses were included. This paper examines the use of selected opening clauses of the GDPR, taking the Federal Data Protection Act [...]

englischAs a matter of fact, the expansion of very high capacity networks is a central challenge of the present. However, political goals and the reality of expansion are far apart. In answer to the question of feasibility, this thesis examines various approaches to accelerate the expansion of [...]

englischThe phenomenon of Artificial Intelligence (AI) gains increasing relevance in contract and tort law. Addressing these subjects requires some essential knowledge about AI. This work briefly depicts technical aspects of AI and possible measures. It shows that implemented AI is nothing else as a [...]

englischOnline adblockers have kept German courts and legal literature busy for years. The discussion peaked when the German Federal Court rendered ist decision „Adblocker II“ in 2018. While this judgment clarified the legal situation with regard to unfair competition law, there are still several [...]

englischOften data are called the ‚oil of the 21st century‘. They are crucial for the added value of many business models in the information economy. Especially personal data become de facto assets without the law reacting to this development significantly. This present work examines how this trend [...]

Die alltägliche Benutzung von Informationstechnologie verschafft dem Nutzer schon lange nicht mehr nur die von ihm gewünschten Informationen. Mit der ständigen Onlinenutzung von Geräten – wie Computer, Smartphone und Tablet – wird der Nutzer selbst gleichsam zu einer wertvollen Informationsquelle. [...]