Germany passes data protection, privacy law for telecommunications

Germany's Parliament passed a data protection and privacy law for regulating telecommunications and telemedia, Euractiv reports. The Data Protection Act brings the country's rules in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation. Social Democrat MP Falko Mohrs said the new bill helps make the legal situation in Germany "clearer and more consistent" as requirements were previously split between the Telemedia Act and the Telecommunications Act.