Germany: Adopted Federal Data Protection Act
Description
Adopted Federal Data Protection Act
On 12 May 2017, the Federal Data Protection Act aligning the data protection laws to EU General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Directive with Respect to Law Enforcement was adopted. The Act would establish the data subject rights…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2017-02-02
under deliberation
2017-05-12
adopted