Conference of the independent data protection authorities of the federal and state governments

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The Conference of the Independent Data Protection Authorities of the Federal Government and the Länder (in short: Data Protection Conference , DSK ) is a body that deals with current issues of data protection in Germany and takes a position on them. The conference consists of the Federal Data Protection Commissioner , the country's data protection officer of the 16 states and the President of the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Inspectorate .

General

The first conference took place on December 7, 1978 under the Hessian presidency. Originally it was just a regular meeting of government data protection officers. Over the years, however, these meetings acquired a quasi-institutional character, so that today the conference is no longer just an event, but an independent institution. Their composition, tasks, forms of action and their working methods are laid down in rules of procedure.

The cooperation and coordination of the data protection officers forms a counterweight to that of the ministers (e.g. the Conference of Interior Ministers ) that should not be underestimated . Like this, the data protection conference is also divided into various working groups. For example, the working group “Technical and organizational data protection issues” (AK Technik) prepared working material for the conference in connection with the question of the introduction of biometric features in passport documents by meeting at the beginning of 2002 at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) in Darmstadt and discussed the scientific principles there; Towards the end of the year it then met at Bundesdruckerei in Berlin and discussed various identification systems. The Düsseldorfer Kreis , once a joint body of the highest supervisory authorities that monitor compliance with data protection in the non-public area in Germany, was transformed into a working group of the conference called AK Wirtschaft (Düsseldorfer Kreis) based on a resolution of the 95th data protection conference in 2018. converted, its sub-working groups upgraded to independent working groups.

The conference summarizes the results of its work mainly in decisions and resolutions. The resolutions require a 2/3 majority, all other decisions are made by the conference with a simple majority. The joint positions of the conference are not legally binding. However, due to the technical competence and authority of the conference participants, they have factual effects on the development of data protection.

The chairmanship changes annually - usually in alphabetical order of the federal states and the federal government. In 2020, the Saxon data protection officer Schurig will hold the chair.

Standing working groups of the conference

Bureaus (Chairman Hessischer BfDI and LDI Nordrhein-Westfalen)
Employee data protection (Chair LfD Lower Saxony)
Data protection / media competence (Chair of Thuringian LfDI)
Europe (Chair of BfDI )
Health and Social Affairs (Chair of LfD Bavaria)
Fundamental questions (chair BfDI)
International data traffic (chair of the Berlin BfDI)
Justice (Chair LfD Bavaria)
Banking Industry (Chair LDI North Rhine-Westphalia)
Media (Chair LDA Bavaria and Berlin BfDI)
MS Office 365 (Chair of the State Commissioner for Data Protection and File Inspection Brandenburg)
Organization and structure (Chair of the Hessian BfDI)
Sanctions (chair of the Berlin BfDI)
Schools and educational institutions (chair of Thuringian LfDI)
Security (chairman ULD Schleswig-Holstein )
Statistics (Chair LDI North Rhine-Westphalia)
Tax Administration (Chair LfD Hessen)
Task Force Facebook Fanpages (Chair ULD Schleswig-Holstein)
Activity reports under the GDPR ( chaired by Hamburg BDI)
Technology (Chair of LfDI Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Handling of complaints according to Art. 77 GDPR ( chaired by Hamburg BDI)
Transport (chairman BfDI)
Insurance industry (chairman LfD Lower Saxony)
Administration (Chair of the State Commissioner for Data Protection and File Inspection Brandenburg)
Video surveillance (Chair LfD Baden-Württemberg)
Advertising and address trade (chairman LDA Bavaria)
Economy (Düsseldorfer Kreis) (Chair LDI North Rhine-Westphalia)
Science and Research (Chair LfD Hessen)
Workshop of the supervisory authorities (chair changes annually)
Certification (chairman ULD Schleswig-Holstein)

Conference dates and locations

Since it first met in 1978, the conference has met more than 90 times. The chair changes annually.

No.	date	Meeting place	Chair
41.	7th / 8th March 1991	Bonn	BfD Alfred Einwag
42.	26./27. September 1991	Weimar	BfD Alfred Einwag
43.	23/24 March 1992	Stuttgart	LfD Baden-Württemberg Ruth Leuze
44.	1./2. October 1992	Stuttgart	LfD Baden-Württemberg Ruth Leuze
45.	16./17. February 1993	Berlin	LfD Berlin Hansjürgen Garstka
46.	26./27. October 1993	Berlin	LfD Berlin Hansjürgen Garstka
47.	9/10 March 1994	Potsdam	LfD Brandenburg Dietmar Bleyl
48.	August 25, 1994	Potsdam	LfD Brandenburg Dietmar Bleyl
49.	9/10 March 1995	Bremerhaven	LfD Bremen Stefan Walz
50.	9/10 November 1995	Bremerhaven	LfD Bremen Stefan Walz
51.	14./15. March 1996	Hamburg	LfD Hamburg Hans-Hermann Schrader
52.	9/10 November 1996	Hamburg	LfD Hamburg Hans-Hermann Schrader
53.	17./18. April 1997	Munich	LfD Bayern Reinhard Vetter
54.	23/24 October 1997	Bamberg	LfD Bayern Reinhard Vetter
55.	19./20. March 1998	Wiesbaden	LfD Hessen Rainer Hamm
56.	5th / 6th October 1998	Wiesbaden	LfD Hessen Rainer Hamm
57.	25./26. March 1999	Schwerin	LfD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Werner Kessel
58.	7th / 8th October 1999	Rostock	LfD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Werner Kessel
59.	14./15. March 2000	Hanover	LfD Lower Saxony Burckhard Nedden
60.	12./13. October 2000	Braunschweig	LfD Lower Saxony Burckhard Nedden
61.	8/9 March 2001	Dusseldorf	LDI North Rhine-Westphalia Bettina Sokol
62.	24.-26. October 2001	Muenster	LDI North Rhine-Westphalia Bettina Sokol
63.	7th / 8th March 2002	Mainz	LfD Rhineland-Palatinate Walter Rudolf
64.	24./25. October 2002	trier	LfD Rhineland-Palatinate Walter Rudolf
65.	27./28. March 2003	Dresden	LfD Saxony Thomas Giesen
66.	25./26. September 2003	Leipzig	LfD Saxony Thomas Giesen
67.	25./26. March 2004	Saarbrücken	LfD Saarland Roland Lorenz
68.	28/29 October 2004	Saarbrücken	LfD Saarland Roland Lorenz
69.	10/11 March 2005	Kiel	ULD Schleswig-Holstein Thilo Weichert
70.	27./28. October 2005	Lübeck	ULD Schleswig-Holstein Thilo Weichert
71.	16./17. March 2006	Magdeburg	LfD Saxony-Anhalt Harald von Bose
72.	26./27. October 2006	Naumburg	LfD Saxony-Anhalt Harald von Bose
73.	8/9 March 2007	Erfurt	LfD Thuringia Harald Stauch
74.	25./26. October 2007	Saalfeld / Saale	LfD Thuringia Harald Stauch
75.	3rd / 4th April 2008	Berlin	BfDI Peter Schaar
76.	6./7. November 2008	Bonn	BfDI Peter Schaar
77.	26./27. March 2009	Berlin	LfD Berlin Alexander Dix
78.	8/9 October 2009	Berlin	LfD Berlin Alexander Dix
79.	17./18. March 2010	Stuttgart	LfD Baden-Württemberg Jörg Klingbeil
80.	3rd / 4th November 2010	Freiburg in Breisgau	LfD Baden-Württemberg Jörg Klingbeil
81.	16./17. March 2011	Wurzburg	LfD Bayern Thomas Petri
82.	28/29 September 2011	Munich	LfD Bayern Thomas Petri
83.	21./22. March 2012	Potsdam	LfD Brandenburg Dagmar Hartge
84.	7th / 8th November 2012	Frankfurt (Oder)	LfD Brandenburg Dagmar Hartge
85.	13./14. March 2013	Bremerhaven	LfD Bremen Imke Summer
86.	1./2. October 2013	Bremen	LfD Bremen Imke Summer
87.	27./28. March 2014	Hamburg	LfD Hamburg Johannes Caspar
88	8/9 October 2014	Hamburg	LfD Hamburg Johannes Caspar
89.	18./19. March 2015	Wiesbaden	LfD Hessen Michael Ronellenfitsch
90.	September 30th / 1. October 2015	Darmstadt	LfD Hessen Michael Ronellenfitsch
91.	6./7. April 2016	Schwerin	LfD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Reinhard Dankert
92.	9/10 November 2016	Kühlungsborn	LfD Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Reinhard Dankert
93.	29./30. March 2017	Goettingen	LfD Lower Saxony Barbara Thiel
94.	8/9 November 2017	Oldenburg	LfD Lower Saxony Barbara Thiel
95.	25./26. April 2018	Dusseldorf	LDI North Rhine-Westphalia Helga Block
96.	6-8 November 2018	Muenster	LDI North Rhine-Westphalia Helga Block
97.	3rd / 4th April 2019	Neustadt / Hambach	LfDI Rhineland-Palatinate Dieter Kugelmann
98	6./7. November 2019	trier	LfDI Rhineland-Palatinate Dieter Kugelmann
99	May 12, 2020	video conference	LfD Saxony Andreas Schurig

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Saxon data protection officer takes over chairmanship of the German data protection conference . In: Saxon data protection officer . Retrieved February 6, 2020.

[1] Saxon data protection officer takes over chairmanship of the German data protection conference . In: Saxon data protection officer . Retrieved February 6, 2020.