§ 20a BlnDSG
Processing of Personal Data for Purposes of Parliamentary Oversight
(1)The processing of personal data by authorities and other public bodies shall be permissible where it is requested by the House of Representatives, its constitutional organs, its members or the parliamentary groups of the House of Representatives in the performance of their tasks. Personal data may only be processed for these institutions in the fulfilment of their tasks where no overriding private interests in confidentiality compellingly preclude this. This authorisation shall also apply to special categories of personal data within the meaning of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679; in such cases, the appropriate parliamentary confidentiality precautions shall be taken where necessary.
(2)Insofar as it is necessary in the context of participation in the fulfilment of the tasks of a committee of inquiry of the House of Representatives, the parliament of another Land or the German Bundestag, the controller may order that personal data, including by derogation from provisions on their erasure or destruction, shall not be erased or destroyed for a limited period. This shall also apply where a committee of inquiry has not yet been established but has already been requested in the parliament. The order may also include files and other official documents that do not contain personal data. The order shall not exceed a period of two years; extensions for a period of no more than one year each shall be permissible. The order shall be made by the head of the controller, shall be in writing and shall state reasons. The order and its reasons shall be communicated to the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. This shall also apply to each extension. The controller shall, by suitable technical and organisational measures, ensure that the processing of personal data whose erasure or destruction has been omitted on the basis of an order pursuant to sentences 1 or 2 is limited to participation in the fulfilment of the tasks of the committee of inquiry. zur Einzelansicht § 20a