Press Releases - Forum Privatheit

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26. February 2020

Press Release Forum Privacy: Development of the GDPR must keep pace with technological development
Forum Privacy: Development of the GDPR must keep pace with technological development Eliminating deficits and strengthening data protection – the EU Commission should use the opportunity to initiate improvements in the forthcoming evaluation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which is due on 25 May 2020. Since the review of the GDPR must also take into account the comments of third parties, legal experts of the German research consortium “Forum Privacy” have developed concrete proposals for improvement in their latest policy paper “Evaluation of the GDPR”.

12. February 2019

Press Release: Automated license plate checks only within narrow constitutional limits
On 5 February 2019, the 'Bundesverfassungsgericht' (Federal Constitutional Court) announced that the Bavarian Police Task Act is unconstitutional insofar as it allows the police, without further restriction, to automatically record the license plates of all passing motor vehicles by means of a license plate reading system, to store them briefly together with information on location, date, time and direction of travel, and to compare them with license plates from the search database. Experts from the "Forum Privatheit" research association have analyzed the ruling and comment on its effects.

30. January 2019

Press Release: Political micro-targeting needs regulation to avoid harm for democracy
The German research consortium Forum Privacy invited experts and interested citizens to discuss the highly topical question of whether and to what extent political micro-targeting damages democratic processes - and how regulatory authorities should respond.

15. November 2018

Press Release: How targeted disinformation can be detected and stopped
In the policy paper series of the research association "Forum Privatheit" scientists of the DORIAN project publish a paper explaining how disinformation, also known as fake news, can be contained.

18. October 2018

Press Release: 'If you don't talk about ethics when it comes to digitalization, you'll lose your orientation'
At a panel discussion of the "Forum Privatheit" research association, experts and citizens in Munich discussed what is necessary to give digitalization a direction that also adequately takes into account the interests of data.

11. October 2018

Press Release: The chances of digitalization are immense, but require active political and social shaping
In the debate on the future of data economics, the research association "Forum Privatheit" discusses possible solutions for a balance between the common good, economic interests and consumer protection.

2. July 2018

Press Release: Privacy co-responsibility for organizations that embed Facebook
Rechtsexperten des Forschungsverbunds „Forum Privatheit“ beleuchten die langfristigen Auswirkungen des EuGH-Urteils zu Facebook-Fanpages: Neben sozialen Netzwerken gehören auch Suchmaschinen, Messenger- und Kurznachrichten-Dienste auf den Prüfstand.

30. May 2018

Press Release: New tracking methods are accessing more and more data without users noticing it
The tracking of user activities on the Internet is a known data protection problem. In the meantime, however, there are a number of new tracking methods that are invading the privacy of the user unnoticed. There are hardly any effective ways to protect yourself. In its new white paper, the research association "Forum Privatheit" analyses these new tracking methods and sheds light on the economic, legal and social consequences. Ich bin ein Textblock. Klicken Sie auf den Bearbeiten Button um diesen Text zu ändern. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

23. May 2018

Press Release: General Data Protection Regulation: Innovative rules, but no new era of data protection
The scientific expert committee "Forum Privatheit" has been analysing the origin, the contents and the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation for years. The researchers will summarise their findings when it comes into force on 25 May 2018.

23. March 2018

Press release: 'We must not leave the welfare and woe of democracy to individual Internet companies.'
In response to the recent Facebook data scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica, the expert panel "Forum Privacy" calls for more effective consumer protection, regulation and education.