Microsoft 365 and § 203 StGB: How to Get the Professional Secrecy Addendum

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Most law firms, practices and clinics have long had their most sensitive data in the Microsoft cloud, just not in Azure. It sits in Exchange Online, in Teams chats, on SharePoint and in OneDrive: client correspondence, doctors’ letters, findings, pleadings. § 203 of the German Criminal Code (StGB) applies to this data just as it does to any Azure database. A license bought via self-service in the admin center, however, does not come with the required confidentiality obligation from Microsoft.

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Microsoft 365 and § 203 StGB: How to Get the Professional Secrecy Addendum