GermanyTelekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz, Protection of Privacy in Terminal Equipment
Also known as TTDSG, Telekommunikation-Telemedien-Datenschutzgesetz.
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In force since .
A device storage and tracking consent rule binding public and private bodies.
As of .
What it requires
- Obtain the end user's consent, given on the basis of clear and comprehensive information and in the manner the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires, before storing information on the end user's terminal equipment or accessing information already stored there.
- No consent is required where the storage or access serves only to carry a message over a public telecommunications network, or is strictly necessary to provide a digital service the user explicitly requested.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
Private right of actionNo
Penalty structure
TDDDG § 28(1) Nr. 13, (2).
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- Currency
- EUR
- Fixed cap
- 300,000
Who enforces it
Enforcement body
The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit) supervises compliance with this section where the storage or access is carried out by a provider of telecommunications services or a federal public body; the Act does not name the competent supervisory authority for another operator's storage of or access to information.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Consent, Disclosure
What this law does
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Section 25(1) permits storing information in an end user's terminal equipment, or accessing information already stored there, only where the end user has consented on the basis of clear and comprehensive information, with the information and the consent given in the manner Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)) requires.
Section 25(2) excepts storage or access whose sole purpose is carrying a message over a public telecommunications network, and storage or access strictly necessary for a provider of a digital service to supply a digital service the user explicitly requested. The Act was enacted on as the Telekommunikation-Telemedien-Datenschutzgesetz (TTDSG) and took effect on .
The Gesetz zur Durchführung der Verordnung (EU) 2022/2065 (the German Digital Services Act implementation act) of renamed it, with effect from , to the Telekommunikation-Digitale-Dienste-Datenschutz-Gesetz (TDDDG), without changing this section's substance.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
Official text, Bundesministerium der Justiz and Bundesamt für Justiz, gesetze-im-internet.de
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