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Kiel (dpa) - According to the will of the Conference of Consumer Protection Ministers (VSMK), customers should be better protected from damage caused by software errors in the future.
The federal government should examine appropriate measures, said Schleswig-Holstein's consumer protection minister Claus Christian Claussen (CDU) after the end of the conference on Friday.
In addition, product liability law should also include digital damage in the future, including data loss.
According to Claussen, the product liability law is based on an EU directive from 1985 and is no longer up-to-date in view of technical progress - especially with a view to the growing importance of software compared to hardware.
The northernmost federal state currently chairs the VSMK.
The conference took place digitally.
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