Prof. Dr. Alexander Golland

Of Counsel Düsseldorf

Address

PwC Legal

Georg-Glock-Straße 22

40474 Düsseldorf

Contact

Tel.  +49 211 981-7342

Email  E-Mail

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
I offer

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
  • "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