German study reveals data protection failings in online platforms


Billen noted in particular the 'serious shortcomings' in social networks and messenger services found in the survey conducted for the ministry by Goettingen University. — dpa

Many of the online platforms in use in Germany do not meet the standards set by the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), according to a survey commissioned by the Justice Ministry.

"Nowhere near all the services have implemented the GDPR and certainly not completely," Justice Ministry secretary Gerd Billen told the Thursday edition of the Handelsblatt business daily.

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