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Hotlinking img as profile picture
I have an img on my website which is used as the profile picture of the user.
It is embedded as <img src="${Hotlink}".
The user can specify an URL and that is used as his profile picture.
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Are foreign sellers exempt from consumer protection laws?
German law offers certain protections for online buyers, essentially the right to return the goods for a refund within 14 days and a certain warranty within 2 years of purchase.
I was under the ...
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Can I use a pseudonym in the Impressum of a non-commercial website?
I am creating an online forum where users can communicate and exchange ideas with no public content. This means that the website does not have any commercial activities, and it does not engage in any ...
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File hosting user agrement [closed]
I want to host a small website on my server where friends (and friends of friends) can upload files to get a link so that other can download those files again. Exactly like a filehosting service.
No ...
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"Impressumspflicht" outside Germany for individuals
This is another "Do I need an Impressum" question in a special case.
I understand under German law, an impressum is required for all websites except strictly non-profit-oriented websites for ...
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Blackmailing from Germany [closed]
I don’t know from where I should start but I am from Arabic Sudan and my Ex BF who lives in Germany is blackmailing me with private photos and videos he threat that he with post all over and send it ...
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Is the game company required to help and take actions for a player who got scammed in the game for virtual currencies?
According to the answers in this question, you are legally responsible when scamming someone for virtual goods in a game. However, in most of the cases it is very hard to actually get any information ...
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Is it GDPR-compliant to require *public* publishing of personal info as condition for access to a service?
Background: For roughly 2 decades I've run my own private email infrastructure for myself, open source projects, and a few other individuals over business internet service intended for such usage. I'...
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Can you get sued for someone else modifying a website you own?
I own a website and domain and i've given someone access to modify it (developer). I am not a business and the person who has access is not paid for the job.
Recently the person who has access ...
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Public WiFi - when do you have to delete stored user data?
Note: I originally thought of this for germany, but if you have examples from other countries those are also welcome, since im interested in the topic in general.
So lets say im using a public WiFi, ...
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Ignore an invoice issued by an internet registration
I have registered for a training which is going to be organized in Germany. The registration was done by a form in which I have mentioned my personal information, my address, and the company I work ...
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'Right to be forgotten' denied due to insufficient identification
I registered for a free online service with fake data while being underage.
Years later I request to have the account deleted, using the e-mail address I registered with. However, to identify me as ...
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Website using Phonenumber, frequently getting phone calls from strangers
A website is using the mobile/cellphone number of a relative in their contacts. He's getting phone calls from strangers multiple times a week, sometimes even multiple times a day. He's not to familiar ...
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Just how different is the legal situation in Germany under GDPR compared to previously with respect to running a website?
A frequent statement with respect to making German websites GDPR-compliant is that barely anything has changed in Germany with DSGVO (the German version of GDPR) and the previously applicable national ...
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Do Github Projects by Germans Require an "Imprint" (Link) in their Readme?
As is discussed in various places, German law requires an "imprint"/"Impressum" (a page with some contact information, such as a physical address and an e-mail address, on the person responsible for ...
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Would Germany extradite someone for looking at blasphemous content online? Hypothetical question.
If someone watched or looked up something online that is offensive to a particular world religion, and he was in an "unfree" country and then he travelled to Germany, would Germany extradite him upon ...
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To whom does the German 'Impressumspflicht' apply?
'Impressumspflicht' is a law in Germany forcing people running a website to publish personal information like name, address, email, telephone number and so forth. If it is a commercial website, even ...
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Monopoly on Internet acces
I am interested in the legal section of my current situation. If I can do something or if it is worth it.
Let's start with key informations:
Location: Germany
Reason: ISP Problems
So I am moving in ...
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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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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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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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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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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?
The ...
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Legal basis for distancing from internet services
Our private team of gamers has a small gaming community. In order to increase our reach of people and to let our community grow, we do provide some users with free Minecraft servers, as well as ...
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Rules for Pseudonoyms?
What are the rules for pseudonyms, especially when used online? May I use a Ph.D. in my alias even if I don't have one? May I use a royal title in my pseudonym? Could I be sued for it and what would ...
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Is "elektronische Post" (§ 5 Telemediengesetz) necessarily email?
§ 5 of the Telemediengesetz (German) lists what, for instance, website providers have to include in the typically called Impressum of the website.
The second sentence of (1) is:
Angaben, die eine ...
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Is viewing pornographic content with questionable consent of depicted person illegal?
Many pornographic sites have a community that is uploading videos to the site. Some of the most well-known sites like pornhub.com and xhamster.com are an example for such websites.
There are several ...
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