Data protection and digitalization must not be played off against each other. For far too long, data protection has been used as a killer argument and has blocked innovations and digital projects, said Saxony-Anhalt's Digital Minister Lydia Hüskens (FDP) on the fringes of the first Central German Data Protection Day in Magdeburg. The data protection commissioners of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia emphasized that data protection can be successfully communicated in the economy.
"The more knowledge you have about the topic, the less it is seen as an obstacle," said Saxony-Anhalt's data protection officer Christina Rost. Data protection needs its own lobby. "I would like data protection to form a sensible guard rail for data use and for both to find a balance with each other."
