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Carsten Kociok is a data privacy expert with a wide-ranging practice representing domestic and international clients on complex legal issues. He advises clients across all industries on a wide variety of complex matters, including international data transfers, data privacy compliance, litigation, cybersecurity and data breach response. Carsten is a recognized expert on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other EU and German data privacy laws and a leading specialist in the field of financial technology laws.

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On August 27, 2020 the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) announced that it approved the first ‘code of conduct’ in the Netherlands, the Data Pro Code. The Data…
Continue Reading Dutch Data Protection Authority approves Code of Conduct for Data Processors in the ICT Sector

On Sept. 24, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decided that the “right to be forgotten” does not require a search engine operator to carry out…
Continue Reading EU Limits Territorial Scope of ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ on the Internet

On July 29, 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) found that a website operator using a social media plugin is a joint controller with…
Continue Reading CJEU Finds Website Operators Using Social Media Plugins Are Joint Controllers

While many are still digesting the changes brought about by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new privacy regulation is already on its way. The Regulation…
Continue Reading The ePrivacy Regulation: The Next European Initiative in Data Protection