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Law and data protection

OLG

Abbreviation for Oberlandesgericht

In short and in plain language

An OLG is a higher court in a German state.

It mainly looks again at rulings and orders of the regional courts.

One example is an order from Hamburg. It is about when an employer can have a review on the web removed.

Definition
An OLG is a German Higher Regional Court, which mainly decides appeals and complaints against decisions of the regional courts. In Hamburg it is called the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court. One of its orders deals with when an employer can demand the removal of a review on a portal.

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