Sebastian Dienst
Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer), Associated Partner
Sebastian Dienst is an associated partner based in Noerr’s Munich office and a member of the practice group Digital. Sebastian has wide-ranging expertise in advising on data law, especially in the areas of data compliance governance, data compliance by design, data breach management and data litigation. As an editor and author, he contributes to various practical handbooks and commentaries on data law.
Distinctions
- "Next Generation Partner" in data law
Legal 500 Germany, since 2025 - "Rising Star" in IT law and data protection
JUVE, since 2024/25 - Shortlisted as "Tech & Media Rising Star of the Year"
Legal 500 Germany, 2024 - "Rising Star" in data protection law
Legal 500 Germany, 2020-2024 - One of Germany’s best data and IT lawyers
Handelsblatt/Best Lawyers, since 2020 - Associate Sebastian Dienst, who is extremely active in the field of data protection, is also recognised on the market
Legal 500 Germany, 2019 - “Outstanding knowledge of the GDPR. Easy to reach, pragmatic and pleasant to work with”
Legal 500 Germany, 2019 - “Senior associate Sebastian Dienst is regarded as an ‘excellent newcomer’ with impressive ‘business focus and good networking’”
Legal 500 Germany, 2018
My insights
Career
At Noerr since 2014
Admitted to the Munich Chamber of Lawyers
Publications
- Data Litigation (Dienst/Stegemann)
https://www.data-litigation.com/ - European Data Case Law Update
RDV 2026, 131 - European data protection case law in numbers
Schwartmann/Jansen/Köhler, Casebook European Data Law, 2026 - Data Litigation - Datenrechtliche Streitkonstellationen aus Unternehmensperspektive (Dienst/Stegemann/Deutinger)
EuDIR 2026, 107 - Digital Omnibus: Großer Wurf oder grober Unfug? Ein Überblick und Meinungsbild zur geplanten Renovierung der DSGVO (Dienst/Hartl/Steinberger)
BB 2026, 1165 - Datenschutzrechtlicher Auskunftsanspruch und Rechtsmissbrauch, Anmerkung zu EuGH, Urt. v. 19.03.2026 - C-526/24 (Dienst/Deutinger)
EuZW 2026, 410 - Haftung eines Cookie-Drittanbieters bei fehlender Einwilligung des Seitenbesuchers, Anmerkung zu OLG Frankfurt a.M., Urt. v. 11.12.2025 - 6 U 81/23 (Dienst/Brandt)
Rdi 2026, 268 - Kein Unterlassungs- oder Schadensersatzanspruch bei widersprüchlichem Verhalten, Anmerkung zu LG Ellwangen, Urt. v. 05.12.2025 - 6 O 80/25 (Dienst/Hartl/Deutinger)
GRUR-Prax 2026, 221 - Commentary on Section 38 (data protection officers) and section 39 German Federal Data Protection Act (certification) (Rücker/Dienst)
Gola/Heckmann/Rost, DS-GVO/BDSG, 4th edition 2026 - Internationale Datentransfers im neuen Datenrecht (Dienst/Hartl/Vogel)
ZD 2026, 10 - Internationale Datentransfers im neuen Datenrecht – (Papier-)Tiger oder Copy Cat? (Dienst/Hartl/Vogel)
Bernzen/Heinze/Steinrötter, DSRI Herbstakademie 2025 - On immaterial damage in the event of a violation of the GDPR, comment on Federal Court of Justice, judgment of January 28, 2025 - VI ZR 183/22 (Dienst/Sundermann)
ZIP 2025, 2042 - Commentary on Article 32 Data Act (DA) (International governmental access and transfer) (Dienst/Vogel)
Paschke/Schumacher, Data Act (DA), 2025 - European General Court (EGC) on damages for delayed access and unauthorized transfer of personal data to third countries, comment on EGC, judgment of January 8, 2025 - T-354/22 (Dienst/Hartl/Vogel)
GRUR-Prax 2025, 194 - FCJ on immaterial damages under the GDPR in the event of loss of control, comment on FCJ, judgment of November 18, 2024 - VI ZR 10/24 (Dienst/Stegemann)
GRUR-Prax 2025, 153 - ECJ on the use of the salutation for customer communication under the GDPR, comment on ECJ , judgment of January 9, 2025 - C-394/23 (Brandt/Dienst)
GRUR-Prax 2025, 152 - Non-material damage in the case of mere fear of disclosure of personal data to third parties, comment on ECJ, judgment of June 20, 2024 - C-590/22 (Dienst/Stegemann)
ZIP 2024, 2693 - Commentary on Article 31 DGA (international access and international transfer) (Dienst/Vogel)
Paschke/Rücker, DGA, 2024 - Employee data protection on the brink
FAZ, 20.04.2023 (https://www.faz.net/aktuell/karriere-hochschule/buero-co/eugh-urteil-der-beschaeftigtendatenschutz-auf-der-kippe-18830163.html) - Datenschutz im Internet der Dinge (Rücker/Dienst)
Bräutigam/Kraul, Rechtshandbuch Internet of Things, 2021 - Lawful processing of personal data in companies under the General Data Protection Regulation
Rücker/Kugler, New European General Data Protection Regulation, 2018 - E-Commerce und das Internet der Dinge (Dienst/Falke)
Bräutigam/Rücker, Rechtshandbuch E-Commerce, 2016 - Klarnamenpflicht bei Facebook – Der Streit um die Anwendbarkeit des deutschen Datenschutzrechts geht in eine neue Runde
juris PraxisReport Datenschutzrecht 2/2015, note 6 - Gültigkeitsfristen von Online-Gutscheinen bei Groupon & Co. (Dienst/Scheibenpflug)
VuR 2013, 83 - Zivilrechtliche Rechtsfragen bei Gutscheinkäufen auf Online-Gutscheinplattformen (Couponing) (Dienst/Scheibenpflug)
JurPC Web-Dok. 147/2012, paras 1-103 - Der verdeckte hoheitliche Zugriff auf informationstechnische Systeme – Rechtsfragen von Online-Durchsuchung und Quellen-TKÜ (Albrecht/Dienst)
JurPC Web-Dok. 5/2012, paras 1- 65 - Der praktische Fall: Elektronischer Müll? (Braun/Dienst)
VR 2011, 168 - Fach- und Sachkunde der Beauftragten für den Datenschutz – Praktische Hinweise zu § 4f BDSG (Albrecht/Dienst)
JurPC Web-Dok. 19/2011, paras 1- 36
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