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by heipei 2813 days ago
OK, I get that lawsuits would be a good example of "liability", but my question is this: Are you really not liable for the things you mentioned (GDPR, customer data) if you're the CEO of a UG/GmbH and it falls back on you because you're the one that designed the whole product?
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Only if they can prove that you willingly or carelessly neglected your duties as a CEO. These are very narrowly defined, though: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GmbH-Geschäftsführer-Haftung