Questions tagged [germany]
Jurisdiction of Germany.
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Is this a pyramid scheme? If so, how do I stop it?
A dear, yet very naive friend of mine has fallen into the hands of what I think to be a pyramid company (operating from switzerland). I've talked with this friend of mine for a while yet she is ...
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In Germany, is there a reward for reporting possible tax fraudsters or money launderers to the authorities?
I could well be wrong and I don't want to go into specifics here, but...
Let's assume I know of a business that in reality generates a few hundred thousand euros in revenue and yet shows a P+L with ...
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Visa application refused in Germany
I am from Mauritius and was supposed to take employment in Germany on the 23rd January in Dusseldorf. I was told by my company, who confirmed with the foreign office, that i should not require a visa ...
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German Tax for foreigner student
If you are a foreigner (US citizen) living abroad in Germany to attend a school, what kinds of taxes are required if you are also involved in the following business: You receive your own/family money ...
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Can a landlord ask me to see my luggage when moving in?
I am moving into a new home where landlord is living close by.
I paid the rent and when I was about to move in, I came to get the key and the landlord told me that I cannot get it because I did not ...
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Legal issues around digital mirrors in public transportation? [closed]
Public transportation comapany in our city has recently installed monitors in its vehicles and from time to time monitors are used as digial mirrors: digital video from the video cameras in the ...
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What is a 'arbeitnehmerueberlassung' German working contract?
I've been a contractor/consultant for years - I'm familiar with the issues tax authorities have across Europe with regards to consultants being considered as an employee or as a contractor but I have ...
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If under investigation for a minor incident, how do I answer immigration questions about my criminal history?
My friend caused a hit-and-run involving slight damage to another vehicle (allegedly and without her knowledge) and received a letter from police for investigation.
She consulted a lawyer and carried ...
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Can a lawyer charge the business fee (Geschäftsgebühr) when my interaction with amounts only to an e-mail exchange?
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Last year I had a problematic tenant in our (owned by my mother) apartment in Germany. He was repeatedly late/not paying the rent and not responding to phone calls or letters. Around the ...
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What is the retention periods for employees data in Germany?
Being concerned by my privacy and the data held by my former employers, I am wondering how long German companies can keep data about their employees?
The question is quite open on purpose, since I ...
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What is the meaning and the implications of Art. 27, GG (German Basic Law)?
What is the meaning and the implications of Art. 27, GG (German Basic Law)?
Alle deutschen Kauffahrteischiffe bilden eine einheitliche Handelsflotte.
I suspect it has something to do with maritime ...
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Is it illegal to bypass user agreement window?
I have a download page with many files. If a user clicks on the download button of a file, then a window with user agreements shows, and you can only download the file by pressing the I agree button, ...
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Does the "German Hacking law" deny the opportunity to do private penetration testing?
Would the possession of a Rubberducky Stick or an Pineapple router get you in trouble (even if you don't have evil intentions) with the new German anti-hacking law?
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Correct spelling in ToS
May I correct spelling issues in my ToS without prior notification?
According to §308 (5) BGB I need a "Fingierte Erklärung" (fictitious statement) with a time limit for the user to acknowledge and I ...
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Were Nazi atrocities legal according the German law of the time?
I have recently had a discussion with a German who claims that Nuremberg trials were entirely based on ex-post-facto laws, and all the atrocities Nazis did were legal according to the Germany's and ...
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Will I have problems if I accept two job offers in two different EU countries?
I am non-European and I have never lived in France. I recently got a job offer from a company in France and I signed it. A few weeks later, I received another job offer from a company in Germany.
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Is a verbal agreement to start the hiring process (i.e., "preparing the contract") binding?
Is a verbal agreement to start the hiring process with a German company in Germany binding by the German law? In other words, does one have to sign the contract once it is ready?
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Partial payment of registration fee required?
I am a 17-year-old student. In summer 2016, I registered for a MUN (Model United Nations) in Friedrichshafen, Germany. After two months, I lost interest in attending the conference set for October ...
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Keeping a user's agreement to service terms after the account was closed?
When new users sign up on my software as a service platform they have to agree to the terms and conditions. That they did so is stored in a database record along with the revision of the legal ...
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Ask people for WhatsApp address book consent; what to do when declined?
I have first posted this question on Super User. Since I tagged it with Android (as I use WhatsApp on Android) it got migrated to Android Enthusiasts. There one decided that it was not on-topic for ...
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Under which German laws is it illegal to mock foreign rulers?
I read this (to me) strange article in the Washington Post saying a German comedian would go on trial in Germany for mocking the Turkish president.
It appears from the article that it's this whole ...
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Is it normal for German Landlords to intercept internet traffic?
After reading https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/136543/landlord-will-be-watching-my-data-traffic-as-mentioned-in-the-lease-agreement I was wondering if this realy is common in germany?
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Fine and contract-renew after NOT receiving an invoice
First things first, let's provide a little bit of background to my question:
3 Years ago I moved to Germany, where I pay my taxes. Since the first year I didn't understand very much about this topic, ...
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Is it really illegal for Google to keep unblurred Street View imagery made in Germany and even in European Union?
If so, what exact laws are responsible for it?
I'm a big fan of Google Street View and I have heard that it's illegal in European Union and in Germany to keep street view imagery in unblurred form ...
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Is it perjury if I accidentally make a false statement under oath, but fail to correct it once I realized?
This answer claims that you are required to correct an accidental false statement made under oath:
When you become aware that a statement made under oath was false
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Is it legal to write PhD theses for other people?
I got an offer from a newspaper to make my story public on how I wrote a lot of PhD's for paying customers. Do I have to fear legal consequences and what would happen if I make it public (without ...
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German legal prostitution and sexual harassment laws?
How do laws against sexual harassment look like in places like Germany where prostitution was not only decriminalized, but legalized, and brought to a level of a professional occupation?
could a job ...
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How do i report an Email crime in Germany?
A couple of German companies are making money off my name. Since they do not care about my requests to remove my name from their sites and Google refuses to remove them from the Google search I would ...
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Do I have the right to get a copy of the source code I wrote during an internship? (Germany)
I did an internship in a small software company in Germany and wrote mainly two programs, one which is just an example to learn the language which has no monetary value and another one which could be ...
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Landlord promised partial refund of apartment rent - how can I enforce this?
I currently live in Germany and I have rented an apartment for three months with monthly cost 450 euros. The deposit/caution was 1,200 euros.
My problem is that my landlord (let's call him Bob) is ...
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Using business-only software API without being a business
I wanted to try out the Google Cloud Vision API for free, but there was this notice:
This service can only be used for business or commercial reasons. You are responsible for assessing and ...
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Is using a qualified electronical signature an option or a right legally seen?
Nowadays, many countries have introduced the idea of qualified electronic signatures (QES), which are digital signatures which also need to meet some special requirements to ensure the public-key to ...
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Commercial autonomous (delivery) robot using sidewalks
Is it legal to operate a commercial autonomous robot on public sidewalks (and street crossings) to deliver pizza for example? The robot would not operate directly on roads or streets where it could ...
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How do I file a criminal complaint in Germany?
How can I lay a criminal complaint before the governmental prosecutor according to § 158 (Strafanzeige; Strafantrag) StPO? Need I follow a particular format? where do I send it? Can I submit an ...
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May dogs run around without leash in Schleswig-Holstein?
A website tells me that a general leash force isn't legal:
Entgegen landläufiger Meinungen ist eine generelle Leinenpflicht für
Hunde in Deutschland nicht rechtmäßig (Beschluss OVG Lüneburg
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Anmeldung, how do homeless people solve the German puzzle?
In Germany, one is legally obliged to register somewhere within 2 weeks of moving in (except for tourists up to 3 months) however, it has proven extremely difficult in Berlin to find a place to live ...
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Equivalent of the Austrian “bedingt” and “unbedingt” in English law
What is the correct English legal translation of the words unbedingt and bedingt when referring to a court sentence? E.g.:
Jemand wurde zu vier Monaten bedingt verurteilt.
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What if the law changes after your proces begins?
What would happen if there is a law change and those laws had had an influence on your case? Some scenarios, what would happen:
The law you are sued for is deleted ...
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What if I'm convicted for defamation that turns out to be true?
Suppose someone sues me for defamation and I'm pronounced guilty, and I serve time in prison. Then after my sentence is complete it is discovered that the defamatory statement I made was true?
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Why may the German government decide if Jan Böhmermann will be prosecuted?
According to the German ZEIT ONLINE article Bundesregierung prüft Strafbegehren der Türkei, Turkey requested that Germany prosecutes the German citizen Jan Böhmermann over a poem, and now German ...
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Product name: legal laws about patent rights
I would like to start an English newspaper in Denmark. I'm not very creative with names. I would like to use a derivative name of big English newspapers. But I don't know if it's legal. So I saw that ...
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Is Schmähkritik illegal in Germany and what could happen?
Jan Böhmermann made a Schmähkritik about the president of Turkey, Erdoğan. Is that illegal, what could happen? Could Erdoğan actually sue ZDF and the satirist? What would happen, if he would do that?
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Clarification of "Custodial Person" law in Germany?
I will be traveling to Germany from the United States for 2 weeks with my 15 year old cousin. I will be 23 years old at the time of travel. I am curious to know, for those 2 weeks, would I be ...
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Is it possible to sue the German government because of a break with the IFG (TTIP)?
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is heavily debated. It's still debated behind closed doors! Citizens may not get a look at the documents; a few German politicians have - after a ...
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How to react to a non-formal copyright complaint in Germany?
Our team is going to host a new web application with user generated content. We are wary of a scenario where a user uploads copyrighted material and the copyright owner comes after us. We are located ...
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What is the charge for minor hit and run?
A car scratches one parking and one standing car slightly (with less then 5mph speed) and drives off. Afterwards the police come and inspect the vehicle and take samples of the scratches.
The person ...
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Are PayPal reminders even valid by German laws?
What I learned so far about financial claims of outstanding payments and the ways to enforce it is:
You need, at least, to let the person receive 2 reminders which have to name a reasonable period (...
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What counts as "Reisebedarf" at German gas stations?
According to the Ladenschlussgesetz, gas stations in Germany are allowed to be opened during the night and Sundays, but are only allowed to sell gas, car things (like oil) that are needed for people ...
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I'm in USA, seeking to license to German manufacturer. Should I worry about using a German NDA?
I am working to license a technology for which I have US patent pending (I am in USA). I have a potential licensee in Germany. I would like to work with an NDA, not least to protect the option of ...
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Invalid information in Impressum on German web site
What are the possible legal implications, and what possible recourse is there for a visitor from outside Germany, when a German website has an Impressum section with invalid contact information?
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