Karl Michael Betzl

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Karl Michael Betzl (* 1947 in Augsburg ) is a German lawyer and business graduate . From February 1, 2006 to October 17, 2008, he held the office of data protection officer for the Free State of Bavaria .

School and job

Betzl was born in Augsburg in 1947, grew up there and went to school there. He then studied law in Munich and Regensburg . He completed his studies with the second state examination as the best in his year. After completing his doctorate , he began his professional career in 1974 as an assistant at the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance. He later moved to the Bavarian State Chancellery , where he worked on the commission for the dismantling of state tasks and administrative simplification as well as in the field service of the Bayerische Landesbank. In 1982 he became legal advisor to the Bavarian state parliament.

Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection

After the then Bavarian state data protection officer Reinhard Vetter retired, the state parliament elected Betzl as his successor with 108 of 147 votes in February 2006.

In his inaugural address to the Bavarian State Parliament on February 14, 2006, Betzl stated:

The biggest shortcoming in data protection is the word "data protection". The term is somehow anemic and partly negative. He trivializes the real issue. It is not the data as such that should be protected, but the autonomy of the individual. [...] Data protection is control of power, data protection is protection of the individual, data protection is protection of freedom, data protection is protection of informational self-determination.

Liechtenstein tax affair and the consequences

Betzl was suspected of being involved in the Liechtenstein tax affair . Betzl's private and business premises were searched on February 20, 2008 on suspicion of tax evasion . Betzl then let his official business rest.

On October 17, 2008, he gave up his position as Bavarian data protection officer because of the tax affair and was dismissed by the then President of the State Parliament, Alois Glück .

The public prosecutor's office closed the case against a monetary requirement of 15,000 euros. Betzl does not have a criminal record.

Others

According to unconfirmed media reports, in November 2008 Betzl's wife was a civil servant at the BND , the authority that bought information on tax-relevant data from a former Liechtenstein bank employee.

Web links

Wikiquote: Karl Michael Betzl  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report on the homepage of the Bavarian State Parliament  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bayernlandtag.de  
  2. ↑ Bavaria has a new data protection officer - the Bavarian state parliament elected the Berlin lawyer Dr. Thomas Petri.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bayernlandtag.de  
  3. ^ The farce with the tax investigation ( memento of August 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), FTD, August 19, 2009
  4. ↑ Tax DVD charges top officials . In: Spiegel . February 20, 2008.
  5. ↑ Bavaria's data guardian Betzl suspended after tax raid . In: Handelsblatt . February 20, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Betzl, Karl Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and business graduate
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg