Germany: Data Protection

After the Council and the European Parliament have reached an agreement in the trilogue negotiations on the so-called Pharma Package in December 2025, the texts of the provisional agreement (comprising a new regulation and a new directive) have now been published.

In the digital economy, data and business processes are an essential basis for value creation. The increasing outsourcing of central functions – such as financial accounting, payroll accounting, payment processing, IT hosting, data center operations, and cloud services – increases the risk profile of organizations.

Interne Untersuchungen sind ein essenzielles Instrument, um potenzielles Fehlverhalten in Unternehmen aufzudecken, Schäden abzuwenden und notwendige...