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The website of the German federal tax office is not GDPR-compliant:

https://twitter.com/jdvhouten/status/1488481039630704644

Seems premature to sanction private businesses when EU governments have not yet been able to come fully into compliance. Perhaps the changeover is more difficult than anticipated? As others allude below, it might make sense for the relevant EU-based alternatives to come online/scale up.

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>The website of the German federal tax office is not GDPR-compliant:

The German government is, in general, a joke when it comes to websites and doing things online instead of fax/mail/paper.

That’s not how the GDPR is written. It may seem premature, but someone has to be first to be ruled against in order for the interpretation to come into being, same as the Supreme Court and any other interpretive judicial systems.

That the private fine is essentially a token throwaway amount reflects that the court isn’t trying to throw the book at them; one can imagine the court will be much more upset about the government instance you highlight if it remains unaddressed.

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