Data and Consumer Protection and the Protection of Minors

Extensive European and national rules and regulations on data and consumer protection and the protection of minors tend to have not only positive effects on the groups of individuals being protected. They also result in legal uncertainty, costs and bureaucracy. Accu-sations of the infringement of protective regulations are frequently made by competitors, customers or competition watchdogs, with expensive written warnings being issued and even criminal pro-ceedings being instituted by state authorities.

The use of modern means of communication, efficient technologies and programs, the opening up of new customer groups, the digitisation of data, knowledge and information results not only in greater market penetration, increasing turnovers and profits. It also increases the danger of statutory violations, particularly in the extremely complicated field of legislation governing data and consumer protection and the protection of minors. This ranges, for exam-ple, from the special (information) obligations of the operator of an Internet portal and the regulation of advertising, through a check of the Internet behavior of employees and the treatment of personal data in the case of outsourcing, to the marketing of video and computer games. The main focus of the advice and support we provide concerns the company's rela-tionship with customers, supervisory authorities, watchdogs and competitors in complying with data and consumer protection legislation, as well as the provisions of the laws on the protection of minors.

The range of services we offer includes:
  • Written warnings and litigation
  • General terms and conditions and standard contracts
  • Official procedures and authorisations
  • Advice on business models, club systems
  • Data protection concepts, in-house and external data protection watchdogs
  • Release of cinema films, computer and video games
  • Protection of minors, youth protection officers
  • Outsourcing
  • Personality rights: Right to privacy, Freedom of information
  • Indications of prices and compulsory labeling requirements
  • Web audit, website credit obligations
  • Advertising measures for on- and offline products, in-game advertisements