{"id":25722,"date":"2022-05-07T13:07:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sicoda.de\/whistleblowing-system-your-provider-with-legal-expertise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T18:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:09:59","slug":"whistleblowing-system-your-provider-with-legal-expertise","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.sicoda.work\/en\/whistleblowing-system-your-provider-with-legal-expertise\/","title":{"rendered":"Whistleblowing system: Your provider with legal expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Your whistleblowing system from a provider with legal expertise<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At SICODA,<\/strong>we don’t just carry<\/strong> IT security, compliance and data protection in our name; we also burn for their implementation.<\/strong> Recently, compliance management was expanded by the EU to include the protection of whistleblowers. As a result, we have upgraded our offer to include an absolutely secure and legally compliant whistleblowing system. As your provider with 18 years of legal experience, we are happy to support you with the introduction of an appropriate whistleblower platform within your company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a whistleblowing system?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Whistleblowers, whether they are employees, suppliers or customers, reveal wrongdoings in companies.<\/strong> Through their courageous and valuable tips, they contribute to increasing transparency in companies and thus to uncovering white-collar crime. With their courageous comments, they also denounce ethically questionable practices, such as inhumane working conditions or child labor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A whistleblowing system protects whistleblowers from reprisals.<\/strong> It allows whistleblowers to submit tips confidentially and anonymously if they wish, without fear of punishment or reprisals. For a long time, this was not the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the current legal situation regarding whistleblowing systems?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, the EU has acknowledged the importance of whistleblowers<\/strong>. For their safety, the EU Directive “on the protection of people who report violations of Union law”, in short the Whistleblower Directive<\/u>, entered into force on December 16, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 21, 2021, the deadline for transferring the European directive into German law expired. However, the Grand Coalition was unable to agree on a text for the Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG)<\/u> during its period of office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, even if currently there is no corresponding law in Germany, the EU directive is already valid in this country. According to the coalition agreement of the current governing coalition, the EU Whistleblower Directive will soon be adopted into national law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who needs a whistleblowing system?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Whistleblower Protection Act obliges legal bodies in Germany<\/strong> to introduce a whistleblowing system by law. For the time being, this only affects organizations, such as companies and unincorporated associations with 250 or more employees. From December 1, 2023, onwards, the introduction of a whistleblower platform will also be mandatory for companies with 50 or more employees or annual sales of more than 10 million euros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no employee or sales limit for financial service providers<\/strong>. For them, a whistleblower system is mandatory based on their service alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Municipalities with a population of 10,000 or more and public institutions<\/strong> must also provide an anonymous reporting system as of the end of 2023. Experts also advise municipalities with up to 10,000 inhabitants to introduce an appropriate whistleblowing system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The whistleblowing system offered by a trusted provider<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our compliance whistleblowing system meets all whistleblower data protection, data and legal security requirements<\/strong> as well as your demand for a customized solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The advantages you have with the SICODA whistleblowing system<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Data security <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The protection of whistleblowers can only be guaranteed if the whistleblowing system behind it is 100% secure and therefore absolutely confidential.<\/strong> Neither the reading nor the tracing of hints can be permitted. As lawyers for IT security, compliance and data protection, the security of your data is part of our DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correspondingly, our whistleblowing system meets<\/strong> the highest standards in terms of security<\/strong>. This is ensured by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n