Data protection in Germany

Regime

GDPR

Transfers from the EEA

Inside the EEA: personal data moves freely under the GDPR, no transfer mechanism needed.

Supervisory authority

Die Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI)

Sources: European Data Protection Board, members and European Commission, adequacy decisions, checked 2026-09-17.