Dr. Roland Steidle, LL.M. (Lancaster)

Since 2026
Partner at Rimôn Falkenfort

2010 – 2026
Partner in a national law firm

2009 – 2010
Partner in a major international law firm

2005
Doctorate, University Kassel

2004 – 2009
Lawyer in a national boutique law firm 

2002 – 2004
Research Assistant at Chair of Prof. Roßnagel, University Kassel

Since 2002
Admitted to the bar

2001
Second State Examination in Law, Rhineland-Palatinate

1999
First State Examination in Law, University of Heidelberg

• Several years of legal advice to a consortium in the arbitration proceedings of the federal government against a motorway toll operator for approximately 6 billion euros
• IT outsourcing of a leading insurance service provider to an operator of data centres for several hundred million euros
• Advising a leading IT service provider on procurement procedures vis-à-vis the public sector, in particular in the area of secure public authority radio (TETRA BOS), the digital health card and toll projects abroad
• Support in the market entry of an international credit agency in Germany, including the acquisition of national credit agencies
• Advice on the simultaneous introduction of almost 80 SAP modules in one of Europe's largest SAP projects at a public contracting authority, including negotiations on conciliation committees lasting several years

• Review of the Practical Handbook of IT Security Law (Hornung/Schallbruch), 2nd edition 2024, NOMOS, Baden-Baden, to be published in ZD 2025
• Handbook on Data Protection on the Internet (ed., together with S. Jandt), 2nd edition 2025, NOMOS, Baden-Baden, including the chapters (i) personal reference and data processing on the Internet, pseudonymization and anonymization, (ii) international Data Processing (together with U. Assmus), (iii) Cloud Computing Services, (iv) advertising (together with H. Skistims), (v) network and information security, (vi) fraud prevention and credit agencies, (vii) online banking: cover queries, payment initiation and account information services
• Digitization and Personal Reference – Theses on the Further Development of Data Protection Law in a Digital World, in: Man – Technology – Environment: Responsibility for a Socially Acceptable Future, Festschrift for Alexander Roßnagel on the occasion of his 70th birthday, 2020, NOMOS, Baden-Baden, 2020, 267
• General Data Protection Regulation and Intelligent Personal Assistants: A Study of Data Protection Obligations Governing the Priciples for the Processing of Personal Data, its Transfer to Third Countries and its Utilisation for Marketing Purposes, 2018
• Vulnerability of the Information Society - Review of Design Proposals and Theses from 1988, Andelfinger, U., Hammer, V., Pordesch, U., Roßnagel, A., Steidle, R., Verlag kassel university press, 2015 (In a retrospective, five authors assess whether the theses from 1988 are still valid today and whether the design proposals are effective. For download of the "Review of Design Proposals and Theses from 1988" see provet.org)
• Legal Attacks and their Judicial Evaluation, in: Rotraud Gitter, Volkmar Lotz, Ulrich Pinsdorf, Alexander Roßnagel (eds.), Sicherheit und Rechtsverbindlichkeit mobiler Agenten, 2007, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 185
• Ablauf, Aufgaben und Rolle der Simulationsstudie MAP, in: Rotraud Gitter, Volkmar Lotz, Ulrich Pinsdorf, Alexander Roßnagel (eds.), Sicherheit und Rechtsverbindlichkeit mobiler Agenten, 2007, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, 147
• The simulation study ArchiSig - Simulation study on the evidentiary suitability of electronically signed documents, in: Alexander Roßnagel, Paul Schmücker (eds.), Evidential electronic archiving - Do electronic signatures offer legal certainty?, Economica, 2005, 187 (together with S. Fischer-Dieskau, U. Pordesch, A. Roßnagel)
• Multimedia Assistants in Operation - Data Protection Requirements, Legal Regulation and Technical Design Proposals for Mobile Agent Systems, Dissertation, 2005, Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden
• Discussion Reports of the Alcatel SEL Foundation Conference 2004 - Reorganization of Media Law - New Legal Framework for Convergent Technology?, in: Alexander Roßnagel (ed.), Reorganization of Media Law (together with F. Hallaschka), Volume 30, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2005
• Discussion Reports of the Alcatel SEL Foundation Conference 2003 - Alliance of Media Law and Information Technology, in: Alexander Roßnagel (ed.), Technik für User - Rechtliche Regelung für eine nutzergerechte Technik (together with S. Paul), Volume 28, Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2004

• Removal of the personal reference by means of encryption by cloud users, in: DuD 2015, 536 (together with U. Pordesch)
• One Device Fits All? - One device for multiple employers. Legal Assessment and Recommendations for Action at BY1D, in: CR 5/2013, 338 (together with S. Jandt)
• Against anarchist IT outsourcing! Web Services and Information Security: A Contribution to Dropbox & Co. in the Company, Study 7/2012, 40 pp. (together with U. Pordesch)
• Do we need new EC standard contractual clauses for "global outsourcing"?, in: CR 10/2009, 632 (together with T. Fischer)
• Data protection in the use of location-based services in companies, in: MMR 2009, 167
• Chrome with Scratches - Google's Web Browser and Data Protection, in: DuD 2009, 47 (together with U. Pordesch, K. Seitz, J. Steffan)
• Im Netz von Google - Web-Tracking und Datenschutz, in: DuD 2008, 324 (together with U. Pordesch)
• The Use of Location Data for Location-Based Services, in: Alcatel Lucent Foundation Volume of the Institute for European Media Law (EMR), Mobility and Context - Future Developments of Mobile Communication in Technology and Law. Publication series of the Institute for European Media Law (EMR) EMR 2008
• Outsourcing in the banking sector - new regulatory requirements according to § 25a KWG and MaRisk, in: WM 50/2007, 2313 (together with T. Fischer, J. Petri)
• The Manufacturer's Declaration for Signature Application Components - A Facilitation for the Dissemination of Electronic Signatures?, in: MMR 2/2006, 68 (together with S. Fischer-Dieskau)
• Biometrics at the workplace - secure control procedures versus escalating control potential, in: AuR 6/2005, 201 (together with G. Hornung)
• The Duty to Maintain Insider Directories from the Perspective of Informational Self-Determination, in: WM 19/2005, 868 (together with W. M. Waldeck)
• Security at the workplace through biometrics, in: info Sicherheit 1/2005, 5 (together with G. Hornung)
• Proof on the silk bit string? - The long-term storage of electronic signatures on the test bench in: MMR 7/2004, 451 (together with S. Fischer-Dieskau, A. Roßnagel)
• ArchiSig Study: Long-term evidential value of signed documents – short communication, in: DuD 12/2003, 786 (together with S. Fischer-Dieskau, U. Pordesch)
• Long-term archiving system for e-signatures, in: Kurzmitteilung CR 11/2003, 869 (together with S. Fischer-Dieskau)
• Electronically signed documents as evidence in civil proceedings, in: MMR 11/2002, 709 (together with S. Fischer-Dieskau, R. Gitter, S. Paul)

• Strikes at Amazon: What can I do if my parcel is late? In: Die Welt of 23.12.2013
• Obligation to report cyberattacks, in: Creditreform 2/2013, 43
• More legal certainty with social media policies, in: E-Commerce Magazin, 3/2011, 42
• Commercial Use of Smart Meter Data, in: ew - das Magazin für die Energie Wirtschaft, 12/2010
• In doubt for the buyer, comment on Ebay judgment regarding damages, in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of 10.04.2010
• Spam: the digital plague and the frustration with the e-mail, comment in: F.A.Z. of 12.07.2005 (together with J. auf dem Hövel)
• Insider directories and the protection of fundamental rights, in: Börsen-Zeitung of 15.12.2004 (together with W. M. Waldeck)