Social data protection - dealing with particularly sensitive data

Dr Beate Schulte zu Sodingen

Lecture

Event on: 17.11.2026

Time: 09:00 - 12:00

Speaker: Lawyer Dr Beate Schulte zu Sodingen
Organiser: NST knowledge transfer GmbH

Content of the event

Data protection is playing an increasingly important role in municipal practice. Every day, public sector employees have to deal with (sometimes highly sensitive) data from citizens or other public administration employees.

The data subjects often have no choice: they are obliged by law to make their data available.

What is it about?

The fragmentation of data protection law into federal and state provisions on the one hand, and general and sector-specific special law on the other, further complicates the issue.

This is all the more true in the social sector because the „life story“ of the person concerned often has to be disclosed to the authorities to a large extent.

In this training course, participants will gain an up-to-date overview and practical tips on how to „live better“ with data protection.

Focal points:

Overview of general data protection law

Scope of application of the GDPR
Concept of personal data
Data protection principles
GDPR in relation to the new BDSG

Right of access to information and data protection law

Social data protection
Social data protection according to SGB X
Social secrecy
Supplementary sector-specific regulations

The brains behind the event.

Dr Beate Schulte zu Sodingen

is a lawyer and partner at „Dombert Rechtsanwälte Part. mbB“ in Potsdam and advises local authorities and independent organisations on childcare law, among other things. She also works in the field of subsidy law.

Social data protection - dealing with particularly sensitive data