Cease-and-desist notice for newsletter by Milan GbR (04.07.2001 - 09:10 Uhr)

On behalf of the GDSI Hanover, the law firm Klinkert & Kollegen has sent several providers of email newsletters a cease-and-desist declaration together with a cost notice for DM 1286.21. Among others, the company Milan Computersystems is affected, which asked for the name of the newsletter subscriber in addition to the pure eMail address in order to keep track. According to the GSDI, however, the Teleservices Data Protection Act (Paragraph 4, Paragraph 1 TDDSG) points out that as little personal data as possible should be collected and used. While the GDSI says it is dedicated to the fight for more data protection, thanks in part to the report in the trade journal C't, a counter-front of those affected is forming, which is considering a class action suit against the GDSI and its board member Felsmann as part of an association. It is currently being examined to what extent the warnings correspond to a collective warning (now fortunately no longer permissible in Germany) and the suspicion could arise from this that the GDSI could possibly have been founded out of this motivation. We are also interested in finding out whether other companies are affected by this series of warning letters so that we can keep you informed. Send your eMail to Ali Goukassian.

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