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Experts also expressed opposing views on the government's plan to institutionalize the DSK in the BDSG. Schröder recognized "no legislative competence of the federal government" here. Gregor Thüsing, director of a legal institute at the University of Bonn, on the other hand, encouraged the MPs to continue on the "good interim path" they had taken. However, the DSK reform had left "little more than white ointment". Without substantial regulations such as the establishment of a permanent office, it remains a placebo. However, a law is not necessary for this. Richter and Paal also argued that the DSK should be able to coordinate more coherently on data protection issues and become more organized.

As DSK chairman, Roßnagel took up the cudgels for the committee's demand that the support of an office should also be enshrined in law. This is the only way to become independent of a federal state "that may not want to participate". Ultimately, the aim is to further strengthen the existing voluntary cooperation and to transfer the knowledge of the annually changing chairs. Specht-Riemenschneider asked the parliamentarians to "never again complain about an inconsistent interpretation of data protection law" if the DSK is not strengthened.

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