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Associate

Manuel Poncza

Languages
German, English, Dutch
Consulting focuses
  • Data Protection Law
  • Information Technology (IT)
  • Cyber Security
  • IT Security
  • Internet Law
  • IT-Outsourcing Tech-driven transactions
  • Open Source Projects
  • Telecommunications Law
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Vita

  • Admitted to the Bar since 2021
  • Education and former activities
  • Certified IT-Compliance Manager (TÜV) 2022
  • Certified IT Security Officer (TÜV) 2022
  • Specialized course in information technology law 2020-2021
  • Legal Clerkship, Higher Regional Court Koblenz 2018-2020
  • Support Lawyer at Kremer Rechtsanwälte, Cologne 2019-2020
  • Research Assistant, Institute for law and policy, University of Trier 2018
  • Research Assistant, Chair for civil and labour law, University of Trier 2014-2018
  • Legal Studies, University of Trier 2013-2018
  • Co-Founder of a renewable energy company 2011

Qualifications & Certifications

  • Certified IT-Security-Manager (TÜV)
  • Course CompTIA Security+
  • Course CompTIA Network+
  • Certified IT-Security-Beauftragter (TÜV)
  • Certified IT-Compliance Manager (TÜV)

Professional Career

Manuel Poncza is a lawyer in Cologne. He advises national and international clients, especially from technology-related industries, on all areas of data protection and IT law. He focuses in particular on IT and cybersecurity law (see here Schutz vor Cyber-Attacken – Prävention und Incident Response (in German language)), where he assists clients in particular in setting up data protection and IT security governance, planning and legally compliant construction of network infrastructures, testing hardware and software products, and managing and following up on cybersecurity incidents.

Manuel Poncza regularly publishes on data protection and IT security law and is co-author of the commentary Paschke/Rücker, Data Governance Act.

Affiliations

  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

Manuel Poncza's Distinctions

Leaders League 2023

Publications

2023

Nachhaltige Digitalisierung geht nur sicher. Oder überhaupt nicht!
Northern Business School, Article, August 16, 2023, together with Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Norbert Gronau (Uni Potsdam); TeleTrusT-Geschäftsführer Dr. Holger Mühlbauer; Nils Schmidt, Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht und Vorstand im DFK; Mirko Knappe, Vorstand Norddeutsche Bildungsstiftung (NBS) 
Das neue KRITIS-Dachgesetz: Überblick zum neuen Referentenentwurf
Update Data Protection No. 151 by Michael Kuska, LL.M., LL.M., Manuel Poncza
Cybersicherheit: Die Umsetzung der DSGVO wäre eine gute Grundlage für die NIS-2 Richtlinie gewesen
IT Finanzmagazin, July 18, 2023
Die Open-Source-Bereichsausnahme im Entwurf des Cyber-Resilience-Act
Zeitschrift für Product Compliance (ZfPC) 2023, pp. 117-123 by Markus Lennartz, Manuel Poncza, Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler
Strengthening Cybersecurity in Critical Sectors - What Changes the NIS 2 Directive Will Bring
Update Data Protection No. 136
Der Entwurf des Cyber Resilience Act
Zeitschrift für Product Compliance (ZfPC) 2023, pp. 44-50
Datenschutzrechtliche Grundlagen der sog. "Penetration Tests"
Zeitschrift für Datenschutz 2023, 8
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2022

Cyberattacks – Effective prevention and appropriate response in the event of an attack
Update Data Protection No. 123 by Dr. Hans Markus Wulf, Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler, Manuel Poncza
Transatlantisches Datenabkommen – kommt der Privacy Shield 2.0?
Update Datenschutz No. 120 by Manuel Poncza, Julian Rosenfeld, Dr. Philip Kempermann, LL.M.
Einsatz von KI-Systemen im Gesundheitswesen
Klinik Einkauf 2022, Issue 05, Volume 04, October 2022, pp. 48-49 by Manuel Poncza, Markus Lennartz
Der Entwurf des EU Cyber Resilience Act
Update Datenschutz No. 118
Germany: The revised draft of the eWpRV and its potential impact on the eWpG
OneTrust DataGuidance, March 2022

2021

Red Warning Level – The Log4Shell Vulnerability
Update Data Protection No. 107 by Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler, Manuel Poncza
Die Folgen von Cyberangriffen – ein Überblick
Wirtschaftsraum Hanau-Kinzigtal, November 2021, 10 f.
The German Federal Network Agency activates “Lex Huawei”
Update Data Protection No. 104 by Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler, Markus Lennartz, Manuel Poncza
5G-Mobilfunk: Baker-Mandantin Rakuten baut Netz für 1&1
Juve Online, August 11, 2021
New EU Standard Contractual Clauses in Force - How Companies should now correctly proceed when using US Cloud Services
Update Data Protection No. 99 by Dr. Hans Markus Wulf, Dr. Thomas Jansen, Manuel Poncza

2020

Fristlose Kündigung nach Missbrauch von Kundendaten
HR-Performance 2020, p. 64 f., together with Sascha Kremer

Lectures

2023

Rechtliche Hürden beim Umgang mit Cyber-Angriffen
Breidenbach & Frost Fachtagung Cyber Security im ÖV, June 30, 2023, Cologne, together with Michael Kuska, LL.M., LL.M.
Cyber Resilienz per EU-Verordnung
Kölner Kreis, June 21, 2023, together with Dr. Lutz Martin Keppeler
Cyber Resilience als Product Compliance-Anforderung
14. Europäische Druckgerätetage, June 20, 2023, Fürstenfeldbruck
NIS-2 Richtlinie
Cyber Insurance Conference, June 1, 2023, Borussia Park Mönchengladbach, together with Michael Kuska
Der Entwurf des Cyber Resilience Act und dessen Konsequenzen für KMUs
IHK Cologne, March 14, 2023

2022

Der Umgang mit Kundendaten
As part of a series of lectures on data protection law, June 30, 2022

2021

Die Folgen eines Cyberangriffs
As part of the lecture series "Kurz mal Recht" of the Hanau Chamber of Industry and Commerce, November 25, 2021

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