Data protection requires more attention from authorities.

The Federal Data Protection Commissioner Peter Schaar has authorities "dramatic shortcomings" in dealing with sensitive citizen data. He calls for a radical improvement and simplification of the right to privacy for citizens.
  Cologne - The Federal Data Protection Commissioner Peter Schaar, the authorities in Germany to be more careful in dealing with sensitive data of citizens invited. In a review last year had been "some quite dramatic weaknesses identified" were Schaar said on Sunday in Germany radio. It was, for example, the transmission of data on disk gone.
The dispatch of data sent by post - as least for Landesbank Berlin - find sometimes in the public sector instead, criticized Schaar: "And the data are not even encrypted." This relates primarily subordinate federal authorities. Although this was the biggest weaknesses have been corrected before something happened. Nevertheless wants Schaar, according to its own words, is still more care.
The Federal Commissioner made for a more modern and better structured data protection law strong. The recently approved by the Federal Cabinet adopted the draft was a step in the direction. But it was not enough: "We need a general privacy right, which is much easier, better and clearer manner, including technological developments and risks even more into account than the privacy right, which is mainly from the last century," Schaar said that once again the anchor of the data requested in the Basic Law.
The year 2008, he described as "quite unique" in relation to data protection. "Since early 2008, new privacy concern incidents to the public," said Schaar in an interview with the Reuters news agency. "Almost one has the impression that we all were already victims of abuse data." About every citizen every day would be large amounts of data stored on the phone, using the Internet or through video cameras. "It worries me that even large companies are sometimes with the privacy not exactly take it."
In November, the blogs had a big scandal of the data made public Telekom: More than 17 million records from T-Mobile customers were stolen in 2006 - including politicians, ministers and TV stars. It was in 2008, became known that with customer data from call centers swinging good trade takes place.
Rework at BKA law expected
The expert also expressed the expectation that the Federal Constitutional Court again BKA rework the controversial law will require. His own constitutional doubt is only partially taken into account, Schaar said in the radio interview. Generally, however, there remains the problem of when and should be recorded when the recorded data should be stored BKA.
The law see a ban only if alone most intimate information from the core area of privacy incurred criticized Schaar. This was of course in the rarest of cases, so, so that the rule-exception ratio will be reversed. Given, he expects that the Federal another limitation will call.