The blog article was published on their website. In the website’s imprint, the Australian subdivision is listed. The blog post was written in German, I received the invoice from their German entity.

I’m not sure if I should mention the firm here, as I would lose my anonymity here. Besides, knowing the name wouldn’t really be helpful…

I wouldn’t call it a case study. In their view, they are still in the right. In their blog article, I am portrayed as a ‘young, dreamy freelancer who is childish and doesn’t want to listen to lawyers’ advice.’ They also altered some facts. For instance, they claimed I said, ‘I found other information on Facebook!’ which I never did. What I actually said was that I found information contradicting their stance on a government forum (a reply by a government representative) and from a government employee I spoke to in person.

I will try, thank you. I believe their headquarters is in Germany and they have a subdivision in Australia. I’m not sure which government is now responsible. I have contacted the data privacy offices in both countries.

Interesting but sounds too good to be true. What’s the catch?