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Scam tactic in the name of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI)

A scam tactic is currently being used in which allegedly BfDI employees are supposed to help with recovering money lost on crypto exchanges.

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Data Protection at the Border – The new European Information Systems

Over the near future, the European Union (EU) will introduce new information systems for border surveillance. Find out more about EES and ETIAS, the two most important new systems.
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Competence of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI)

Germany has a federal system of data protection supervision, which consists of the data protection supervisory authorities in the federal and state (“Länder”) governments. In addition, in the area of broadcasting, press, churches and religious communities, there also exist separate supervisory bodies.
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Current Information

Current and archived releases and events from the BfDI can be found here

Current events

105th Plenary Session of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)

take place as a video conference.

The meeting will take place as a video conference.

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International Conference of Information Commissioners (ICIC)

Berlin

Unter den Linden , 10117 Berlin

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Press releases

Berlin Group adopts working papers on LLMs and data sharing

The International Working Group on Data Protection in Technology (IWGDPT), the so-called "Berlin Group", has adopted two new working papers under the chairmanship of the BfDI: a paper on so-called "Large Language Models" (LLMs) and a paper on "Data Sharing".

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Global Privacy Assembly adopts resolution for trustworthy international data traffic

The conference from 28 October to 1 November in Jersey adopted recommendations on trustworthy international data traffic or Data Free Flow with Trust (DFFT).

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Short Profile

Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider

The biography of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

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Prof. Dr. Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider lehnt am Türrahmen