
Interview on Safe Harbor and EU-US Privacy Shield |
Thomas Lucas-Nülle in conversation with Dr.
Thilo Weichert and Andres Dickehut.
Published in Das Produktkulturmagazin, Issue Q1 2016 (English).
Bremen, April 11 2016. In business, the
marketing department often has to take care of customer data. A task which not
only requires legal sensitivity in obvious sectors such as health and security,
but also in any other consumer areas. As regards to safeguarding privacy it may
be decisive for a company to both strengthen its own reputation as well as that
it requires a safe haven from immense regulatory fines. Whether one focuses on
the Safe Harbor, Privacy Shield or the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),
in any case data protection equals brand protection.
Read the full interview (free download)
Dr. Thilo Weichert is Lawyer, Political Scientist and board member of the German Association for Data Protection (DVD). He was Data Protection Commissioner of Schleswig-Holstein for 11 years. Previously he was an advisor to the civic committee for the dissolution of the state security (BAS).
Andres Dickehut is a managing partner of Consultix, which he co-founded in 1994. He focuses on digital marketing, customer engagement, CRM and e-commerce and advises brands such as Lieblingstasche, Payback, PayPal, Jacobs Coffee, Nivea, Milka, LG Electronics or Whiskas.

Das Produktkulturmagazin issue Q2 2016.
Consultix GmbH has its headquarters in Bremen and operates at international level as a provider of marketing and IT services. The German, owner-managed company was founded in 1994 and delivers web-based services and software for customer relationship management (CRM), customer loyalty systems, digital marketing and e-business. Flagship is ProCampaign Customer Engagement Platform. Global brands trust Consultix and its solutions, advice and extensive customer support. Alongside its digital business solutions, Consultix provides dedicated hosting as well as cloud services in its own high-security data centers in Germany. Consultix is technology leader in the field of personal data and has received several awards – also as the first CRM provider – for its pioneering role in the area of data protection and data security, including “EuroPriSe”, the European Privacy Seal, and TeleTrust’s “IT Security Made in Germany” (ITSMIG) seal.
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