Prof. Dr. Alexander Golland

Of Counsel Düsseldorf

Data Protection and Cybersecurity IP/IT

Address

PwC Legal

Georg-Glock-Straße 22

40474 Düsseldorf

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Tel. +49 211 981-7342

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Qualification

Professor for business law, especially law in the area of digitalisation, at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Lecturer of data protection law at the University of Oldenburg
Lecturer for data protection law at FernUniversität in Hagen
Editor of the specialist journal “Datenschutz-Berater”
External expert for the European Data Protection Board
Lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) until 2021

Expertise

German and European data protection law
Telemedia and platform law
IT security law

Languages

German
English

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About me

Alexander Golland advises companies on all aspects of German and European data law and data protection. He has authored numerous specialist publications, is editor of the specialist journal “Datenschutz-Berater” (Data Protection Advisor) and is an external expert for the European Data Protection Board. Furthermore, he teaches data protection law at the University of Oldenburg, at FernUniversität in Hagen and at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences. He has been recognised as a “top lawyer for data protection law” by the journal WirtschaftsWoche for his legal work.

Career

Since 2022: of counsel at PwC, Düsseldorf
Until 2021: lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) at PwC Legal, Düsseldorf
Until 2018: legal clerkship (Rechtsreferendariat), district of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm with positions in – among others – Düsseldorf, Brussels and Washington, D.C.
Until 2018: doctorate on social networks and the application of the General Data Protection Regulation
Until 2016: employed at an international law firm focusing on data protection, Düsseldorf
Until 2015: research associate at Ruhr University Bochum
Until 2013: student in Bochum and Budapest

Publications

Kommentierung von Art. 94 bis 99 Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, in: Taeger/Gabel (Hrsg.), DSGVO – BDSG – TTDSG, 4. Aufl., Frankfurt am Main 2022
Das Telekommunikation-Telemedien-Datenschutzgesetz. Cookies und PIMS als Herausforderungen für Website-Betreiber, in: NJW 2021, S. 2238-2243
Datenschutzrechtliche Anforderungen an internationale Datentransfers, in: NJW 2020, S. 2593-2596
Die „private“ Datenverarbeitung im Internet. Verantwortlichkeiten und Rechtmäßigkeit bei Nutzung von Plattformdiensten durch natürliche Personen, in: ZD 2020, S. 397-403
Datenschutzregulierung als Eingriff in Wertschöpfungsmodelle, in: Ochs/Friedewald/Hess/Lamla (Hrsg.), Zukunft der Datenökonomie, Wiesbaden 2019, S. 45- 68
Gemeinsame Verantwortlichkeit in mehrstufigen Verarbeitungsszenarien, in: K&R 2018, S. 433-438
Datenverarbeitung in sozialen Netzwerken (zugl. Diss.), Frankfurt am Main 2019
Der räumliche Anwendungsbereich der DS-GVO, in: DuD 2018, S. 351-357
Das Kopplungsverbot in der Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, in: MMR 2018, S. 130-135

Mentions

“Leading lawyer for data protection” – Kanzleimonitor 2024-2025
“Best Lawyers: Data Security and Privacy Law” – Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers 2024
“Top lawyer for data protection law” – WirtschaftsWoche 2023
“Best Lawyers: Data Security and Privacy Law” – Handelsblatt / Best Lawyers 2023
“Leading lawyer for data protection” – Kanzleimonitor 2021-2022
“Top lawyer for data protection law” – WirtschaftsWoche 2021
“Leading lawyer for data protection” – Kanzleimonitor 2020-2021