§ 18 SDSG
Rights and duties
(1)1The State Commissioner for Data Protection shall refrain from all acts incompatible with the duties of his or her office and shall not engage in any other remunerated or unremunerated activity incompatible with his or her office during the term of office. 2In particular, the Commissioner may not, in addition to his or her office, hold any other remunerated office, engage in any trade or profession, nor belong to the management, supervisory board or administrative board of any profit-oriented enterprise, nor to any government or legislative body of the Federation or a Land. 3The Commissioner may not provide remunerated extra-judicial expert opinions. 4He or she shall notify the President of the state parliament of gifts received in relation to the office. 5The President of the state parliament shall decide on the use of the gifts.
(2)1The State Commissioner for Data Protection shall be obligated to maintain confidentiality regarding matters that have come to his or her official knowledge. 2This shall not apply to communications in official dealings or regarding facts that are publicly known or that, by their nature, do not require confidentiality. 3The State Commissioner for Data Protection shall take the decisions pursuant to Section 59 of the Saarland Civil Service Act for himself or herself, former State Commissioners for Data Protection and his or her staff on his or her own responsibility. 4Where a civil servant or a judge is appointed as State Commissioner for Data Protection, the rights and obligations established by the service relationship shall be suspended for the duration of the term of office, with the exception of the obligation of confidentiality and the prohibition on accepting rewards and gifts.
(3)In the competences established by this Act, the State Commissioner for Data Protection shall represent Saarland in court proceedings.
(4)1The State Commissioner for Data Protection may address the state parliament at any time. 2He or she may attend the sessions of the committees of the state parliament and comment on matters of relevance to data protection.
(5)The State Commissioner for Data Protection shall be subject to the audit by the Court of Auditors insofar as his or her independence within the meaning of Article 52(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 is not thereby impaired. zur Einzelansicht § 18