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Federal Press Office files suit against data protection commissioner

The Federal Press Office has decided not to accept the order to shut down the German government’s Facebook page. It is appealing the order, which was issued by Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber.

Kelber: Data protection cannot be complied with

Kelber has ordered the Federal Press Office to take the federal government’s Facebook page offline within a four-week period. The reason given for the order is that data protection regulations are not being complied with – and cannot be complied with in the cooperation with Meta. In this regard, Kelber points out that personal data of users is processed on a large scale and transferred to non-EU countries without their explicit consent. There is also no processing agreement between the German government and Meta, which is legally required.

The federal government does not share Kelber’s view. It pointed out that, in its opinion, Meta was exclusively responsible for processing the data and thus in the sense of data protection law. For this reason – and because the federal government sees the fan page as an important public relations tool that it does not want to do without – the decision was not accepted.

Action before the Cologne Administrative Court

The Administrative Court of Cologne, as the competent authority, now has the task of clarifying the legal situation in the matter. The decision is likely to be eagerly awaited in that it is a kind of test case that could subsequently create legal certainty in the operation of Facebook pages. Until the court’s decision, the page will remain online. This is due to the fact that the law does not provide for the possibility of ordering direct enforcement in the case of notices against authorities.

Simon Lüthje

I am co-founder of this blog and am very interested in everything that has to do with technology, but I also like to play games. I was born in Hamburg, but now I live in Bad Segeberg.

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The Federal Press Office has decided not to accept the order to shut down the German government’s Facebook page. It is appealing the order, which was issued by Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber. Kelber: Data protection cannot be complied with Kelber has ordered the Federal Press Office to take the federal government’s Facebook page … (Weiterlesen...)

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