On 5 July 2017, the new German Data Protection Act (BDSG-new) was officially published in the Federal Gazette. BDSG-new will fully replace the current German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and is intended to adjust the German legal framework to the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Both BDSG-new and the GDPR will become effective 25 May 2018.
Some of the most important provisions of BDSG-new relate to sensitive data, employee data protection, the obligation to appoint a data processing officer and the use of scoring data.