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TDDDG (EN)

Telecommunications and Digital Services Data Protection Act
TDDDG-EN · official text on Gesetze im Internet (German original) — English text is eucite.com's own translation

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This English text is a careful, terminology-researched translation prepared by eucite.com — not an official government translation. The German original linked above is the legally authoritative text.

Sections

Part 1 General Provisions

• Section 1 — Scope of the Act
• Section 2 — Definitions

Part 2 Data Protection and Protection of Privacy in Telecommunications

Chapter 1 Confidentiality of Communications

• Section 3 — Confidentiality of communications — secrecy of telecommunications
• Section 4 — Rights of the end-user's heir and of other authorised persons
• Section 5 — Prohibition on interception; duty of confidentiality of operators of radio equipment
• Section 6 — Transmission of messages involving intermediate storage
• Section 7 — Requiring production of an official identity document
• Section 8 — Misuse of telecommunications installations

Chapter 2 Traffic Data, Location Data

• Section 9 — Processing of traffic data
• Section 10 — Determination and billing of charges
• Section 11 — Itemised billing
• Section 12 — Faults in telecommunications installations and misuse of telecommunications services
• Section 13 — Location data
• Section 13a — Compliance with duties under Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 as of 12 July 2023

Chapter 3 Notification of Incoming Calls, Calling Line Identification Presentation and Suppression, Automatic Call Forwarding

• Section 14 — Notification of incoming calls
• Section 15 — Calling line identification presentation and suppression
• Section 16 — Automatic call forwarding

Chapter 4 End-User Directories, Provision of End-User Data

• Section 17 — End-user directories
• Section 18 — Provision of end-user data

Part 3 Data Protection in Digital Services, Terminal Equipment

Chapter 1 Technical and Organisational Precautions, Processing of Data for the Purpose of the Protection of Minors and for Providing Information

• Section 19 — Technical and organisational precautions
• Section 20 — Processing of personal data of minors
• Section 21 — Subscriber data
• Section 22 — Disclosure procedure for subscriber data
• Section 23 — Disclosure procedure for passwords and other access data
• Section 24 — Disclosure procedure for usage data
• Section 24a — Compliance with duties under Articles 10 and 11 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1543 as of 12 July 2023

Chapter 2 Terminal Equipment

• Section 25 — Protection of privacy in terminal equipment
• Section 26 — Recognised consent management services, end-user settings

Part 4 Criminal and Regulatory Fine Provisions, and Supervision

• Section 27 — Criminal provisions
• Section 28 — Regulatory fine provisions
• Section 29 — Jurisdiction, tasks and powers of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
• Section 30 — Jurisdiction, tasks and powers of the Federal Network Agency