German privacy regulator welcomes cautious approach to oversight reform
By Sara Brandstätter ( September 30, 2026, 14:42 GMT | Comment) -- Germany’s government should weigh the costs and legal constraints of centralizing privacy oversight against any efficiency gains, the chair of the country’s body of privacy regulators told MLex. Tobias Keber said he favors closer cooperation within the existing system and warned that a major overhaul could take years to implement.Germany should weigh the cost and duration of any move to centralize privacy oversight against the benefits it would bring, the privacy commissioner for the state of Baden-Württemberg told MLex, after the interior ministry set out the options it's considering....
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