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Adopted German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG)

The draft Law on Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (“TTDSG”), proposed by the German Cabinet in February 2021, was endorsed by the German Parliament and adopted by the Federal Cabinet on 20 May 2021. The Act replaces the exi…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2021-02-12
under deliberation

On 12 February 2021, the German cabinet published its proposal for the German Telecommunications-…

2021-05-28
adopted

The draft Law on Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Telemedia (“TTDSG”), proposed by …

2021-12-01
in force

On 1 December 2021, the German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG) entered int…