Germany: Expansion of the remedial powers of the data protection agency
Progress
Current status
under deliberation
18 May 2021 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Germany
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Proposed remedial power expansion introduced to parliament
The German liberal party, FDP, introduced a bill into parliament which would expand the remedial powers of the German data protection agency (BfDI). If adopted, this bill would empower the agency to stop data processing by non-compliant data handler…
Event type
law
Action type
introduction
Government branch
legislature
Government body
parliament