Data protection law – Compliance & Law

Compliance Manager Liability – BGH Ruling

By horak Attorneys at lawPosted on 21. June 2022Posted in Compliance, Compliance Book, Compliance goals, Compliance Management, Compliance Management System, Compliance Management Systems, Compliance Officer, Compliance Organisation, Compliance Recommendations, Compliance Regulation, Compliance Risks, Compliance Strategy, Corporate Law, Data protection law, Emergency Compliance, Environment Law, Functional dimension, GeneralitiesTagged AktG, Compliance, executive board, German stock corporation act, liability duties compliance, outsourcing, responsibilitiesNo Comments

About the liability and role of the compliance management In German law, there is no explicit legal obligation to comply. Only companies in the financial sector are obliged to set up a compliance organization in accordance with Section 32 of the German Securities Trading Act. However, the duty of care pursuant to § 76 (1) […]

Good to know: Compliance regulations applying to gifts and invitations

By horak Attorneys at lawPosted on 13. May 2022Posted in Compliance, Compliance Book, Compliance goals, Compliance Management, Compliance Management System, Compliance Management Systems, Compliance Officer, Compliance Organisation, Compliance Recommendations, Compliance Regulation, Compliance Risks, Compliance Strategy, Corporate Law, Data protection law, Emergency Compliance, Environment Law, Functional dimension, Generalities, Insurance Law, Labour Law, Liability lawTagged allowed, benefits, business environment, Compliance, Compliance regulation, gifts, guidelines, invitations, shape, standards, value limits, zero tolerance limitsNo Comments

Compliance and gifts and invitation in a business environment: What is allowed? Are there clearly defined value limits for gifts in business transactions? The national and international anti-corruption laws do not standardise clearly defined value limits with regard to the permissibility of accepting or granting benefits in business transactions. Therefore, many companies set limits in their […]

Data Protection Act – How the French Legislation takes action against GOOGLE and FACEBOOK

By horak Attorneys at lawPosted on 6. January 2022Posted in Compliance, Compliance Book, Compliance goals, Compliance Management, Compliance Management System, Compliance Officer, Compliance Organisation, Compliance Recommendations, Compliance Regulation, Compliance Risks, Compliance Strategy, Data protection law, Generalities, Liability lawTagged act, Compliance, compliance officer, cookies, data protection act, deposit cookies, Facebook, fines, French case, google, guidelines, important matter, legal, refuse cookiesNo Comments

Data Protection and Compliance – An important matter With the motto “Refusing cookies should be as easy as accepting them” the official CNIL website settle down the latest news on some salty fines Google and Facebook shall pay after an infringement of freedom of consent: “websites such as facebook.com, google.fr and youtube.com offer a button […]

What is Compliance

By horak Attorneys at lawPosted on 19. October 2020Posted in Bank Law, Compliance, Corporate Law, Data protection law, Environment Law, Insolvenzrecht, Insurance Law, Labour Law, Liability law, Procurement law, Product liability law, Risk assessmentTagged Compliance, Compliance regulation, Compliancelaw, Creditworthiness, Kreditvergabe, Liability RisksNo Comments

Compliance in itself simply means that the applicable legal rules and recognised social values and standards are always adhered to in the context of all entrepreneurial activity. In light of the existing density of regulations for companies and entrepreneurs, cross-border activities, increasing regulation and, in particular, the special liability for management bodies, every company today […]