Focal Points
Operational co-determination rights
Individual employment law
Data protection under employment law
Amancaya Stapylton is Certified Employment Law Specialist at vangard in Hamburg, specializing in corporate co-determination law, individual employment law and data protection under employment law. In her work, she is determined and persevering in her commitment to her clients, but also empathetically responds to the other side. She likes to use her experience from large international law firms to negotiate in English. In her job as well as in her private life she appreciates teamwork and a fair cooperation.
Languages: German, English
Career
Admission to the bar, 2021
Legal traineeship at the District Court of Frankfurt am Main
Research assistant at Freshfields, Frankfurt am Main
Legal traineeship at CMS, Frankfurt am Main
Education
Second state law examination in Frankfurt, 2020
Legal traineeship at the District Court of Frankfurt am Main, 2020
First State Examination in Law in Frankfurt, 2018
Law studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Publications
Co-Author, Germany Chapter, The Littler International Guide
Articles and entries
Blogpost
EU Commission issues an adequacy decision for the US
July 2023
- Amancaya Stapylton
The EU's two previous attempts to reach data protection-compliant agreements with the U.S. failed before the European Court of Justice. On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission announced that it had issued an adequacy decision for the US
Blogpost
The ›Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework‹ - Finally a legally secure data transfer to the USA?
May 2023
- Amancaya Stapylton
- Jan-Luca Jorzyk
On May 11, 2023, the EU Parliament has now submitted a resolution proposal in which it criticises the efforts made by the US to date. This blog entry provides background and details recent developments in regards to this topic.
Blogpost
The "shut down" for data processing in the employment relationship or much ado about nothing?
April 2023
- Amancaya Stapylton
- Jan-Luca Jorzyk
The central - and probably most well-known - norm in German employee data protection law is Section 26 German Dazta Protection Act (BDSG). According to Section 26 (1) BDSG, personal data may be processed if this is necessary for the establishment, implementation or termination of an employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfillment of other rights and obligations under employment law.