Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

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Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit
Abbreviation	BfDI
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 1978 (46 years ago) (1978-01-01)
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency (Operations jurisdiction)	Germany
Operations jurisdiction	Germany
Legal jurisdiction	The BfDI is a completely independent authority not being under any external supervision.
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia
Agency executive	Ulrich Kelber
Website
http://www.bfdi.bund.de

The Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI, German: Bundesbeauftragter für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit), referring to either a person or the agency they lead, is tasked with supervising data protection as well as acting in an ombudsman function in freedom of information. The latter was introduced with the German Freedom of Information Act on 1 January 2006. In 2016, it became an independent federal agency in accordance with EU regulations.^[1]