Master's Thesis from the year 2017 in the subject Law - European and International Law
Intellectual Properties grade: 1 0 Steinbeis University Berlin (SIBE) language: English
abstract: The Thesis focuses on the legal perspective of Transnational Data Protection. Here
the scope of the thesis is limited to the provisions and interdependencies of the European
Union (EU). Matters of national legislation of EU Member States are implicitly mentioned or
characterized but not within the scope of the thesis. Within the current business as well as
administrative environment the topic of data protection is a crucial factor for business
public reception and security. The Snowden incident the Safe Harbor Ruling of the European
Court of Justice and ultimately the introduction of the new European General Data Protection
Regulation in May 2018 poses potential threat scenarios for businesses and require responsive
actions on the respective management level. While the importance of data protections is now an
omnipresent and a commonly known issue it is still a rather neglected topic. It often bears
the stigma of nuisance and implies costly implementation of measures and processes. Nonetheless
corporations companies businesses and governmental agencies have to adhere to data protection
regulations the demands of the digitalization and social pressure. Therefore the abidance by
Data Protection Law has incrementally gained a more essential role within company's and
administration's structures during the last years. This is especially true for transnational
contexts. Here Data Protection Management encompasses privacy compliance and organizational
privacy management as part of the information security risk management. Essentially the
objective and responsibility of Data Protection Management in the context of transnational data
flows in the EU are based in its the legal framework. Within the current business environment
the topic of data protection is a crucial factor for business public reception and security.
Businesses and governmental agencies have to adhere to data protection regulations. Therefore
the abidance by Data Protection Law has gained a more essential role within company's and
administration's structures. This is especially true for transnational contexts. Data
Protection encompasses privacy compliance and management as part of the information security
risk management.
