New Challenges to Data Protection Study - Country Report: Germany

Abstract

This report is one of 11 country reports produced for the "New Challenges to Data Protection" study, commissioned by the European Commission, and describes the ways in which German data protection law addresses the challenges posed by the new social-technical-political environment described in Working Paper No. 1, by Dr Ian Brown.NB: The final report, an executive summary of the final report, both by Douwe Korff and Ian Brown (et al), and one of two working papers, as well as two further country reports (on France and the UK) and a Comparative Chart, all by Douwe Korff, all also produced for the New Challenges study, can be found separately on the present ssrn page. The other working paper, by Ian Brown, can be found on his ssrn page: http://ssrn.com/author=892424.