Privacy Officers Network
07 November 2005
Berlin, Germany
Overview
Introduction to German Data Protection Law (in particular main differences compared to Directive EC 95/46)
This meeting provided a roundtable with:
- Germany's Federal Data Protection Commissioner, Herr Peter Schaar, who is also Chair of the European Union's Article 29 Data Protection Working Party
- Two of the leading Land (state) Data Protection Commissioners, Berlin's Dr. Alexamder Dix and Hessen's Mrs. Regine Hillenbrand-Beck
- Dr. Hansjuergen Garstka, Berlin's recently retired Berlin Commissioner, and the first in Europe to approve a Binding Corporate Rules scheme