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Judgment of the Federal Court of Justice: Schufa must become more transparent

According to a ruling of the Federal Court of Justice, four cases must be renegotiated.

Original: Urteil des Bundesgerichtshofs: Schufa muss transparenter werden

Justice 12 independent outlets · 40 articles translated from German

What outlets write

  1. Neue Ruhr/Rhein Zeitung (NRZ) 21 October, 09:57
    «The BGH negotiates the Schufa score»
  2. stern 21 October, 04:04
    «On Wednesday (8:45 a.m.) the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) in Karlsruhe will judge the information claims of citizens against the Schufa»
  3. Deutschlandfunk 21 October, 12:37
    «The Schufa economic information agency must, in certain cases, inform consumers of how their assessment has been carried out»
  4. Hamburger Abendblatt 21 October, 15:10
    «Judges now made it clear when interested parties could receive information on the calculation»

Reactions

In Saxony, private plaintiffs requested information on the calculation of their value, and the Oberlandesgericht Dresden largely gave them the right.

stern 21 October

Who reports

12 independent outlets · 40 articles

official channels Bundesgerichtshof
public Deutschlandfunk tagesschau (ARD-aktuell) ZDF heute
commercial stern Berliner Morgenpost Hamburger Abendblatt Ostthüringer Zeitung Thüringer Allgemeine Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (WAZ) ntv WirtschaftsWoche Braunschweiger Zeitung Neue Ruhr/Rhein Zeitung (NRZ) Westfalenpost Der Spiegel