Data protection is not a hindrance to progression
In a significant development, the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, located in Stuttgart, has agreed on a joint data protection bill. The Greens, CDU, SPD, and FDP have come together to establish new rules for data handling in light of European Court of Justice judgments on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The details of the new committee's composition were not disclosed, but the bill is expected to address standard data protection provisions and enforcement mechanisms, tailored to the state's specific needs.
Thomas Hentschel (Greens) emphasised that data protection is not an obstacle but a means to protect without blocking. He further explained that the bill would ensure the rights of data subjects, such as the right of access, rectification, blocking, portability, and the right to complain to a supervisory authority.
Jonas Weber (SPD) described the proposed regulation as "lean" and "efficient," while Andreas Deuschle (CDU) stated that good representation of the people in 2025 will increasingly take place online.
However, the AfD intends to reject the bill, claiming that members of the new committee will receive more money. Speakers from the Greens and SPD strongly disagreed with the AfD's stance.
The specifics of the bill's provisions beyond data handling were not discussed. It's worth noting that a Staatsanzeiger subscription is required to subscribe to topics and save articles for further reading.
For those seeking the exact provisions of this specific joint data protection bill, searching official legislative documents or government press releases from Baden-Württemberg dated around 2025 would be necessary, as the current search results do not include this information.
The State Data Protection Officer, Tobias Keber, was not mentioned in this paragraph in relation to the bill. The state parliament will handle violations instead of the state data protection officer.
The quote "You're not changing a perfectly good tire at full speed" is not a fact and was not attributed to anyone in this paragraph.
The new data protection bill, a result of collaboration between the Greens, CDU, SPD, and FDP, aims to address standard data protection provisions and enforcement mechanisms in the Data-and-Cloud-Computing technology sector, as outlined by Thomas Hentschel (Greens). The bill is also expected to ensure the rights of data subjects, including the right of access, rectification, blocking, portability, and the right to complain to a supervisory authority. Notably, the AfD has stated its intention to reject the bill, citing disagreement with the proposed compensation for members of the new committee. In an unusual turn, the state parliament will handle violations instead of the State Data Protection Officer, Tobias Keber, according to the information in this paragraph.
