Data protection officer raises the alarm: Berlin plans massive expansion of the bodycam use

Data protection officer raises the alarm: Berlin plans massive expansion of the bodycam use

according to a report by www.tagesspiegel.de,

As a citizen of Berlin, I am concerned about the plans of the black and red coalition to massively expand the use of bodycams at the police, fire brigade and regulatory offices. The data protection officer Meike Kamp has expressed “essential legal concerns” against the planned amendment to the Security Act, in particular to allow the police and rescue workers in apartments with regard to the project. She sees serious craftsmanship and legal errors in the design of the coalition and emphasizes the violation of the inviolability of the apartment and the judge's reservation.

In addition, the data protection officer criticizes other aspects of the draft law, such as the lack of regulation for professional secrecy and the lack of legal certainty when using and storing video recordings. She warns of surveillance pressure and emphasizes that the planned permanent adjacent to the evaluation of the regulation would "completely come into nothing".

As a resident of Berlin, I am concerned about the possible effects of this planned expansion of the use of bodycams and support the concerns of the data protection officers in relation to the violation of fundamental rights and the lack of legal certainty.