Designing digital platforms in compliance with the law Forum on digitalization law and Industry 4.0

Digital platforms are considered a key technology. In times of the coronavirus crisis, a company's digital orientation is more important than ever. Digital platforms play a key role in this. For example, they can be used to network existing products, enable direct customer contact and implement services via subscription models. New business models can also emerge, e.g. with regard to the handling of data and a switch from individual sales to subscription models. Regardless of how digital platforms are used, legal framework conditions must be observed.

At the same time, this digitalization poses additional technical challenges. On the one hand, the IT system must be adapted in order to be able to provide the new services, whether through in-house resources or by integrating third parties. Secondly, the digital platform creates new technical risks. It is therefore important to avoid serious data breaches and to install a system that is easy enough to manage in day-to-day business.

In addition, the legal framework is currently undergoing considerable change due to various legislative amendments. These changes will soon come into force and should therefore be taken into account now when designing and developing the platform.

These legal issues relating to the design of digital platforms will be addressed in a compact format at this year's online event. The speaker will report on his legal experience from various projects.

An excerpt from the topics

• Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

  • Legal framework conditions

  • General terms and conditions, terms of use

  • Usual clauses

• New legal regulations in 2021

  • Platform-to-Business Regulation of the EU

  • Omnibus Directive

  • Amendment of sales contract law in the German Civil Code due to the Sale of Goods Directive (overview)

  • Amendment of the German Civil Code on digital content and digital goods due to the Digital Content Directive (overview)

• Dealing with data

  • Legal requirements for handling customer data

  • Legal options for use for own purposes

  • Anonymization, pseudonymization, avoidance of consent, order processing (AVV)

• Data protection / compliance / e-commerce

  • Integration of sub-service providers and third-party software

  • Cookies and tracking

  • B2B and B2C e-commerce aspects

• Open source software and software development

  • Implementation of the open source license conditions

  • Avoiding liability when commissioning external parties

• Afterwards: opportunity for questions

Date

The event will take place on Thursday, 18.02.2021 (17:00 - 18:30).

Participation in the event is free of charge. Please register as soon as possible.

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Online event

The event will take place online this year. The technical details for participation will be announced later.

Further information

You can find the special data protection information here. Image above by: Gerd Altmann under Pixabay.