Thorsten Ihler

Thorsten Ihler (born 1980) studied Law at the University of Hamburg, focussing in particular on the public law on information and communication as well as on the protection of industrial property. He began working for the Hans Bredow Institute as a student assistant in 2005 and was an academic staff member in the area of media and telecommunications law from March 2008 to September 2009. From May 2010 until May 2011 he worked at the department of data protection at the Federal Ministry of Justice, since 2011 he has been an articled clerk at the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Celle. Since October 2009 he has been freelancer for the institute. His research interests lie in the area of the protection of minors from harmful media as well as in the law on data protection.