Two International Views on Privacy Regulation Privacy ProtectionIn Germany: RegulationsAnd Methods Andreas Biihrn C.L.A.S.S. GmbH, Starnber~ Germany Andreas.Boehm@class.de rivacy protection in Germany. follows a bureaucratic hierarchy. First there is the federalism, which separates the domains of the Federal Government and the States. In the Federal Act of Privacy Protection (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) the regulations for private enterprise and for the federal institutions are given. Therefore in the German privacy protection a separation between business and government exists. The regulations for the institutions of the federal states are provided in the respective State Acts of Privacy (Landesdatenschutzgesetz). Thus there exist three domains in the legislation of privacy protection: federal institutions, state institutions and business. It has to be noticed, that the private domain of the citizen is not concerned. p agency" (speichernde Stelle). This institution is the owner of the data facts. Consent in the collection and saving of data facts Without the consent of the individual in the collection and saving of his or her person related data facts, the collection and the saving are not allowed. The only exeeption is if the individual has already heard from other sources about the collection. The commissioner for privacy protection As provided
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