Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Digital Services Act by a large majority. The DSA was intended to lay down the basic rules for all providers on the network. However, as was the case with the Commission's draft and the Council's direction, the Parliament's position also includes numerous special regulations in addition to the horizontal foundation. The response has been mixed.
By Falk Steiner
In the dispute over cookies, the Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDPA) was supposed to facilitate centralized consent solutions. However, an expert opinion commissioned by the Ministry of Economics leaves the hope of legally secure and at the same time practicable solutions for consent management in the distant future.
By Redaktion Table
Optimism among German companies in China is waning. Challenges weigh heavily on the market environment: Covid entry restrictions, concerns about politicization and decoupling, or staffing issues. Nevertheless, hardly any company wants to leave the People's Republic. Many even plan further investments – and want to localize their operations more.
By Christiane Kuehl
For electronic prescriptions to become a reality, industry, physicians, pharmacists, health insurers, and insured persons must all pull together. Whether they are willing to do so, however, is questionable. Many EU countries have already made much more progress with electronic prescriptions.
By Eugenie Ankowitsch
Negotiations on a successor to the Privacy Shield are in full swing. But the basic problem remains almost impossible to solve: Without changes to the legal framework in the USA, the project will hardly be able to stand before the CJEU. Jordan Francis argues for an interim solution with comparatively minor changes.
By Redaktion Table
