What is the Digital Services Act?
On the 14th The Digital Services Act (DDG) came into force on May and has replaced the Telemedia Act (TMG). At the same time, the Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG) was renamed the Telecommunications-Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG).
The Digital Services Act is the German addition to the EU’s Digital Service Act and in this form of attempt to prevent illegal content on the Internet. It affects all website operators, web developers and agencies.
Adjustments to the imprint and privacy policy necessary
The change in the law requires a change to the imprint of your websites. From now on, the imprint obligation will be regulated in Section 5 DDG (instead of formerly Section 5 TMG). Nothing changes in terms of content. All you have to do is name the laws correctly. To simplify future adjustments, we recommend that you completely do without specifying the paragraph in the imprint.
The new legal names must also be correctly stated in the privacy policy. This means that TTDSG becomes TDDDG. You do not need to make any changes in content.
