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Governmental position

Law enforcement agency
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
AbbreviationBfDI
Agency overview
Formed1 January 1978 (47 years ago) (1978-01-01)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency
(Operations jurisdiction)		Germany
Operations jurisdictionGermany
Legal jurisdictionThe BfDI is a completely independent authority not being under any external supervision.
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Agency executive
Website
http://www.bfdi.bund.de

The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI, German: Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit), referring to either a person or the agency they lead, is tasked with supervising data protection as well as acting in an ombudsman function in freedom of information. The latter was introduced with the German Freedom of Information Act on 1 January 2006. In 2016, it became an independent federal agency under EU regulations.

Organization

Before the commencement of the German Freedom of Information Act, the title was "Federal Commissioner for Data Protection (BfD)".

The German Federal Government nominates him, and the German Bundestag elects him. During his time in office, he receives remuneration in the amount commensurate with a federal official in salary group B 11. In this regard, his status is that of a public law official but not that of a civil servant. The term of office is five years. He can be reelected once.

The Federal Commissioner's budget is accounted for in its budgetary section. The necessary personnel and facilities are to be made available to him under legal regulations. Given his independent status, positions at the Federal Commissioner are filled by himself exclusively.

Responsibilities

The Federal Commissioner is the German Federal supervisory authority in the meaning of Art. 51 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). According to Art. 52 GDPR, the Federal Commissioner is a completely independent supervisory authority. His tasks and powers are mainly based on Art. 57 and 58 GDPR and the Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz). His legal position and the procedure of his establishment are subject to the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act. His competence is limited to supervision of the entire public sector at the federal level and of telecommunications and postal services providers. The public sector of the Laender, as well as the remaining private sector, is supervised by the Data Protection Supervisory Authorities of the Laender. The Federal Commissioner publishes an annual activity report (Art. 59 GDPR).

The right to refuse to give evidence is available to the Federal Commissioner regarding persons and facts with which comes into contact in his capacity as Federal Commissioner (FDPA sec 13, para 5). He is also authorized to decide about his employees' refusal to give evidence.

List of commissioners

Ulrich KelberAndrea VoßhoffPeter SchaarJoachim JacobAlfred EinwagReinhold BaumannHans Peter Bull

See also

References

  1. Sertan Sanderson (17 June 2015), Commissioner slams data retention policies Deutsche Welle.

External links

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