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Facebook, Inc. v. StudiVZ Ltd. was a federal lawsuit filed on July 18, 2008, by Facebook, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against StudiVZ Ltd., a UK company with its principal place of business in Germany. StudiVZ had launched a website which was alleged to be visually and functionally similar to ...
One of StudiVZ's central functions was the "gruscheln" (a mix of the German words grüßen = to greet, and kuscheln = to cuddle). It was much like the poking function on Facebook where users can send each other notifications. In 2008 StudiVZ launched its chat function called "Plauderkasten" (= chitchat box). [9]
A Facebook spokeswoman said in a statement: "The dataset is old and appears to have information obtained before we made changes last year...There is no evidence that Facebook accounts were compromised." [208] Facebook's privacy problems resulted in companies like Viber Media and Mozilla discontinuing advertising on Facebook's platforms.
German Academic Scholarship Foundation, branch office, Berlin. The selection process is extremely rigorous and only those students who show outstanding academic and personal promise are chosen. The Studienstiftung awards scholarships to fewer than 0.5% of German students. [9] It is often referred to as Germany's "secret elite university". [10]
where = German grade, = best possible score in foreign country's grading system, = lowest passing score in foreign grading system and = obtained foreign grade (to be converted into German grade). The resulting value is rounded to the next German grade (e.g. 1.6 is rounded to the German grade 1.7 and 2.4 is rounded to 2.3).
Operator of the German express way network. Deutsche Bahn: full ownership Germany: DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH: full ownership Germany: Hapag Lloyd: 23.2% Hamburg: Airbus: 12% [3] 28% total with France and Spain Commerzbank: 15,6% KfW: Volkswagen Group: 12.7% Lower-Saxony: 20% of voting rights KfW Bank: Full Ownership German government
Association of North German Universities (Verbund Norddeutscher Universitäten) Complete list of German universities – Higher Education Compass (Hochschulkompass) German Universities – Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) Universities in Germany For PhD — Ranking, Fees, and Scope in 2025
Reisebank, Frankfurt (100% DZ Bank) Siemens Bank GmbH, Munich, 100% (Siemens Financial Services) Toyota Kreditbank GmbH, Cologne; Umweltbank, Nuremberg; VEM Aktienbank AG, Munich; Volkswagen Bank, Braunschweig