eperi appoints Jens Feller as Partner Alliances Manager
Eperi® has appointed Jens Feller as Partner Alliances Manager. The appointment is part of the company’s strategy to give top priority to its partner business. Feller will rapidly expand the partner network to meet the increasing demand for GDPR-compliant use of cloud solutions.
Encryption protects against data protection emergencies
By the summer vacations, schools in Baden-Württemberg will have to abolish Microsoft 365 or demonstrably operate it in compliance with data protection regulations. There is a great deal of concern and similar scenarios are looming in other federal states.
MS 365: Impending data protection emergency at schools
Schools in Germany could be facing a data protection emergency: According to Dr. Stefan Brink, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg, he has ordered “the use of ‘MS 365’ in schools to be stopped” or clear proof of data protection-compliant operation to be provided. Accordingly, he expects schools to offer pupils alternatives to the “MS 365” Cloud service for school use by the 2022 summer vacations or to secure this service with suitable means.
Data protection emergency threatens schools
“Dr. Stefan Brink’s initiative is clearly to be welcomed. It draws the consequences required by the EU from the GDPR and the Schrems II ruling and undoubtedly creates clarity for all parties involved. Since the start of the pandemic over two years ago, tools and solutions such as MS 365 have largely been used in circumvention of applicable data protection regulations. The fact that the ministries of education have not managed to “find a solution […] that does justice to the interests of pupils, parents, teachers and schools” for over two years is one of the worst jokes in official IT use. It also annoys me as a father of school-age children.” Elmar Eperiesi-Beck CEO Founder eperi®.
New US_EU Privacy Shield Agreement far off in the Distance
With its current ruling on surveillance, the Supreme Court makes it clear that there will be no new EU-US Privacy Shield agreement.
Equistone acquires majority stake in eperi
Private equity funds advised by Equistone Partners Europe have acquired a majority stake in eperi®. Elmar Eperiesi-Beck, founder and CEO of eperi®, will continue to lead the company as CEO and retain a significant stake in the company. The new partnership focuses on the further scaling and internationalization of the company as well as a targeted buy-and-build strategy.
