[PeterStuer]

When I consulted in European financial services ICT (credit scoring and automated descisioning for asset based finance, AML etc.) the German data had an explicit regulatory restriction that data could only be obtained for one specific transaction and that that consent was not transferable. We obtained the data on company X explicitly for transaction Y. We could not pass on the data, nor simply reuse it for another purpose.

Has that changed?

[gab_]

I only work with public data and not personal data, even if it is publicly available. Anyone can look at the Unternehmensregister, the data that is uploaded there is not for a specific purpose. This data is there to inform e.g. customers, suppliers, creditors, employees etc. about the company's activities.

[slightwinder]

Public availability doesn't automatically mean free usage. The German copyright still applies. Which specific license or usage right do those data have?

[gab_]

As I understand it, the data in the Unternehmensregister is not subject to traditional copyright law. They are publicly accessible, but with the restriction that they may not be used to set up a register of their own where the companies publish the data.