The federal government’s “Chief Information Officer”, Markus Richter, demands legal authority “just once”. Citizens and companies should be given the right to hand over their data to the administration only once, Richter writes in a guest article for the new C’t-te newsletter d.digital. Authorities should therefore exchange the information they store with each other in accordance with data protection rules, instead of making repeated requests to applicants.
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“Once only” refers to all data that citizens and companies provide to the administration, for example birth certificates, salary slips or permits. In mid-November, federal, state, and municipal umbrella organizations adopted “just once” as their guiding principle. First Joint Digital Strategy Held. “A legal claim would be appropriate to place particular emphasis on the mission statement,” Richter writes in his article, which you can read in full in the free d.digital newsletter.
The one-time authorization requires only “strict data protection measures,” Richter writes. The planned data security cockpit will provide users with transparency and control over how their data is used by the administration.
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pressure will be put on officials
As part of registry modernization, the federal and state governments are already developing a system for data exchange between authorities (National Once Only Technical System, NOOTS). The federal and state governments are also negotiating a state treaty that would bind officials to use the system. However, as per the current draft, most authorities will have to join NOOTS only after the technical and legal requirements are met.
An enforceable legal claim for Once Only would be a much stronger instrument to put pressure on the authorities. A model of such a rule can already be found in the current Online Access Act: it grants all users “the right of electronic access to federal administrative services”. However, eligibility only applies beginning in 2029; In addition, the state and municipalities are responsible for many administrative services. Before the law was passed, experts had called for more comprehensive legal authority. The next federal government must now introduce a legal “just one time” entitlement.
(CWO)
