Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Bier, Christoph
• Kömpf, Simon
• Beyerer, Jürgen

Titel

A Study on Corporate Compliance with Transparency Requirements of Data Protection Law

Ist Teil von

• Data Protection and Privacy: (In)visibilities and Infrastructures, p.271-289

Ort / Verlag

Cham: Springer International Publishing

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Modern information systems reach a degree of complexity which is inscrutable for citizens. The transparency regulations of data protection law try to counteract this. However, it is unknown how effective these regulations are. To our knowledge, there is no convincing study on the state of corporate compliance with transparency regulations available. We set up a quantitative and qualitative study with a sample of 612 representative companies. We evaluated the transfer of personal data, the compliance with transparency requirements on commercial e-mails, and the compliance with requirements derived from the right of access. In the process, we took advantage of automated analysis with e-mail honeypots but used also individual assessments of information provided by companies. We found out that most companies do not transfer personal data without consent. Requirements on commercial e-mails are fulfilled as well. However, the situation of the right of access is much worse. Most information provided by companies is insufficient.