VW Refuses to Give American States Documents in Emissions Inquiries (Published 2016)

Matthias Müller, who was appointed chief executive of Volkswagen after his predecessor, Martin Winterkorn, resigned in the wake of the emissions scandal.Credit...Reuters Citing German privacy laws, Volkswagen has refused to provide emails or other communications among its executives to attorneys general in the United States, impeding American investigations into the company’s emissions-cheating sc

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後半「プライバシー法が公益に反する場合が」という流れになっているが、前半では「ブラウンシュバイクの捜査当局は必要な情報を得ている」ともあり、犯罪関連には保護が適用されない除外規定があることは明らか。