Telecommunications law
We advise providers of videoconferencing systems, IP telephony, and chat programs on all issues relating to telecommunications law.
We are happy to assist you, review your legal questions individually, and develop the legal requirements that must be observed for you. We help with the establishment and development of processes to ensure compliance with the TKG and TTDSG and guide you through the jungle of regulations and laws. You are welcome to contact us for help with setting up a new system as well as clarifying individual questions regarding data protection in the telecommunications sector.
Particular hurdles in terms of data protection and compliance arise when companies are to be classified as telecommunications providers when providing online services. Then, not only must data protection and data security be ensured, but, for example, telecommunications secrecy must also be maintained and obligations towards the Federal Network Agency must be complied with.
With the reform of the Telecommunications Act in December 2021, these requirements have become even stricter. In particular, many service providers are now affected by telecommunications law regulations, who previously only had to consider the data protection regime of the GDPR. This is because so-called Over-The-Top services (OTT services), which enable communication via the internet, are now also providers of telecommunications services within the meaning of the Telecommunications Act. Examples include providers of live chat programs and video conferencing systems. Whereas up to now, the processing of personal data could lawfully take place on the basis of a data processing agreement, the provider is now itself responsible for data processing and must adapt and, if necessary, revise its contracts and technical measures.
The qualification as a telecommunications provider entails a variety of obligations that must be met and whose compliance is checked by the Federal Network Agency. Closely linked to this is also the consideration of the requirements of the TTDSG (Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act), which was newly created in December 2021 and applies at the interface of telecommunications and data protection law. The implementation of these extensive legal obligations regularly presents companies with challenges, as it is not only the protection of personal data that must be considered, but potentially also the obligation to record and store certain data, the support of authorities in investigative proceedings, and last but not least, compliance with legally mandatory customer protection regulations, which are also becoming relevant in the B2B sector.
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How to find us
Our law firm in Mannheim is located at P7, 22.
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