Court in the Akten

Explore two innovative projects aimed at increasing transparency in private companies and government institutions in this 40-minute conference talk from the 35th Chaos Communication Congress. Discover how OpenSchufa attempts to reconstruct the scoring procedure of Schufa, a German private credit bureau, and learn about their initial findings. Examine the OffeneGesetze project, which provides free access to all German Federal Law Gazettes since 1949 for unrestricted use, and the potential legal challenges it faces. Gain insights into the methods and tools used to shed light on corporate practices and improve access to public information, presented by Arne Semsrott, Stefan Wehrmeyer, and Walter Palmetshofer.