Deutsche Telekom Data protection strategy

The legal regulations form a basis for concrete measures.

In order to achieve a high level of data privacy worldwide, data privacy at Deutsche Telekom must be very well organized both nationally and internationally.

Since May 25, 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation is applicable. Before the entry into force of the new regulation Deutsche Telekom already took data privacy very serious.

A standardized data protection law is coming into force across the EU. But what does this new general regulation mean for Deutsche Telekom and its subsidiaries? Group Privacy has now drawn up a set of standardized rules for the Group as a whole: the Binding Interpretations.

Deutsche Telekom has developed data privacy principles for the "Internet of Things" and "Industry 4.0".

Deutsche Telekom's guiding principles regarding big data.

Rules for the use of "WhatsApp" at Deutsche Telekom.

Current measures and data protection incidents.

DT publishes how the company is obliged to cooperate with government agencies. Please follow the link to the menu, which you can use to select the required subsidiary directly.

An article by Dr. Claus-Dieter Ulmer, Global Data Privacy Officer and Senior Vice President Group Privacy.

Interview with Dr. Stefan Pütz, Head of Network & IT Security at Telekom Security.

The first GDPR-based data privacy certificate for cloud services is here.

A working paper of the Data Protection Focus Group of the Platform Security, Protection and Trust for Society and Business at the Digital Summit 2019.

The Board areas Data Privacy, Legal Affairs and Compliance and Human Resources will be merged with the beginning of 2020. Birgit Bohle will head the new Board area.

Deutsche Telekom has published guiding principals for artificial intelligence regarding data protection.

Guideline on the Implementation of Technical and Organizational Data Protection Measures.

Independent data privacy experts advise the Management Board of Deutsche Telekom.

This is how the Group ensures a high level of data protection.

Technical Security and Data Privacy in a Single Process.

The general data protection regulation has created a good basis for data processing in the European Union on the basis of uniform rules. Experience to date shows, however, that the intended harmonisation is in jeopardy. The experience of the Deutsche Telekom Group has therefore shown that improvements are necessary.

Statement of Deutsche Telekom on the occasion of the hearing of the Committee for Digitisation and Innovation - "Ensuring high data protection standards - supporting industry in the implementation of the European data protection reform" of the state parliament with application examples for pseudonymised data processing in the telecommunications environment.

Plea of European Telecom Data Privacy Officers and Heads of Privacy of Europe’s leading telecommunications operators on e-Privacy Regulation.

New technical developments come along with further challenges for data privacy. Here you can find our position and how we can ensure that your data is secure in future.

Statement on the Guidelines on the right to data portability of the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party.