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What is DSGVO?

DSGVO is the German name for the GDPR — Datenschutz-Grundverordnung — and refers to exactly the same Regulation (EU) 2016/679, not to a separate German law.

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  • Datenschutz-Grundverordnung
The same regulation under its German name, with German law and a Bavarian supervisor around it.

Compliance

DSGVO, explained

This entry covers what applies around the regulation in Germany. What the regulation itself requires — lawful basis, controller and processor, the rights of data subjects — is explained under GDPR, the main entry.

The two abbreviations cause real confusion in procurement, where a German questionnaire asking about DSGVO conformity and an English one asking about GDPR compliance are asking the identical question and sometimes receive different answers from the same vendor.

How Enclessa uses it

Quavon, the German company that operates Enclessa, is established in Rosenheim, so its supervisory authority is the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht. Enclessa’s legal pages are the German set, because the seller is a German company: an imprint under § 5 DDG, a privacy notice under Articles 13 and 14, a data processing agreement under Article 28, and terms drafted to the German standard for business terms. Those pages are drafts pending review by counsel and are marked as such on the site.