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Data and privacy in Germany

Data and privacy in Germany

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Data and privacy in Germany

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- [Instructor] Now we'll cover the Federal Republic of Germany, where serious breaches are punished by imprisonment for a maximum period of two years. There are actually three types of breaches in Germany. While minor breaches have no administrative or financial penalty, moderate breaches have an administrative financial penalty of up to 50,000 euro, and serious breaches can have a penalty of up to 300,000 euro. The Data Protection Act is applicable to all federal public authorities, state public authorities, and all non-public entities that are processing personally identifiable information. The Act does not show any significant limitation to the scope of PII. This means all data, practically all data, that provides information about personal or factual relationships of an identified or at least identifiable natural person are covered by the Data Protection Act. In fact, according to the Data Protection Authority,…

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