Hans-Joachim Wahlbrink
Joachim Wahlbrink (* 13. March 1953 in Osnabrück ) was State Commissioner for Data Protection of the State of Lower Saxony .
Career
Joachim Wahlbrink grew up in Osnabrück. After starting his career in the Lower Saxony tax administration, studying law in Bielefeld and Münster and completing his legal traineeship in Lower Saxony, he mainly worked in the Lower Saxony Ministry of the Interior and in the Lower Saxony State Chancellery - there also as the official data protection officer. Most recently, Wahlbrink worked in the Ministry of the Interior in Hanover as head of department in the area of municipal supervision.
On June 21, 2006, he was elected by the 15th Lower Saxony State Parliament as State Commissioner for Data Protection and appointed for a term of eight years. He served from June 30, 2006 to 2014.
In 2010, Wahlbrink had several thousand surveillance cameras checked by ministries, municipalities, cities, the judiciary and the police, and found that the surveillance technology was being used largely unlawfully.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Big Brother in Lower Saxony - data protectionists criticize video surveillance Die Tageszeitung from April 20, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wahlbrink, Hans-Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wahlbrink, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lower Saxony State Commissioner for Data Protection |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osnabrück |