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Top data protection officer sounds the alarm: Why is Leipzig City Hall still on Facebook?
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Von Pia Lucchesi
Dresden / Leipzig / Berlin – The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Professor Ulrich Kelber (53, SPD) recommends that the federal government and federal authorities turn off their Facebook fan pages by the end of the year. “A data protection-compliant operation of a FacebookFanpage is currently not possible, “said Kelber. Means: There is a risk that Facebook sucks data and uses or sells it for advertising purposes. How are Saxony’s government and, for example, the City of Leipzig deal with the topic?
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The Facebook page of the city of Leipzig was particularly worthwhile during the corona pandemic, because concerned citizens could ask their questions directly here. © Image montage: Ralf Seegers, screenshot Facebook / City Administration Leipzig
The handling of user data by Facebook is also viewed critically in Leipzig City Hall.
City spokesman Matthias Hasberg: “On the other hand, we have the task of bringing administrative actions and political decisions in the interests of strengthening democracy to as large a target group as possible. Unfortunately, there are currently hardly any better ways to reach them than the aforementioned social media which can no longer be reached via the classic channels of media work such as the press with their decreasing circulation. “
Leipzig’s press office made a conscious decision to run a Facebook fan page despite the existing concerns. Hasberg appreciates that social media allow direct interaction with citizens.
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He says: “During the pandemic, for example, we can answer people very directly questions about applicable corona protection regulations.”
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Facebook users should be aware that handling data is unsafe
Leipzig’s press spokesman Matthias Hasberg is not a big Facebook fan. On the other hand, he appreciates the possibilities of social media to get in touch with the citizens of Leipzig quickly and easily. © City of Leipzig
Almost 45,500 people like the Facebook page of Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (46, CDU). Photos and texts report there from his performances.
The editorial team of the press office of the State Chancellery looks after the channel.
Sometimes the MP writes himself. Government spokesman Ralph Schreiber (50): “The Saxon State Chancellery monitors developments at the federal level very closely and complies with the notification obligations – as far as possible – by means of a corresponding data protection declaration and the inclusion of the fan page in the processing directory. We refer to our data protection declaration separately on the processing of personal data in the context of the use of social networks. ” There is also a link to the data protection declaration at sachsen.de in order to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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The Ministry of Culture uses the same modus operandi. Kultus spokesman Dirk Reelfs: “It should be clear to every user that the company’s handling of personal data is to be classified as insecure according to our data protection ideas and assessments.” All articles on the Kultus fan page are written by Reelfs and his team.
“Bye-bye, Facebook”, neither the state government nor the city administrations of Leipzig, Dresden or Chemnitz want to say at the moment.
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Cover photo: Image montage: Ralf Seegers, screenshot Facebook / Stadtverwaltung Leipzig
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