§ 18 SächsDSG
Special duties
(1)1The Saxon Data Protection 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 operating in the Free State of Saxony, nor to any government or legislative body of the Federation or a Land. 2The Commissioner may not provide remunerated extra-judicial expert opinions. 3The Commissioner shall notify the President of the state parliament of gifts received in relation to the office. 4The President of the state parliament shall decide on the use of the gifts.
(2)The Saxon Data Protection Commissioner shall, for a period of two years after the end of his or her term of office, refrain from all acts and remunerated activities that are incompatible with the duties of his or her former office.
(3)1The Saxon Data Protection Commissioner and his or her staff shall be obligated, even after the termination of their activities, to maintain confidentiality regarding matters that have come to their knowledge in their official capacity. 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 Saxon Data Protection Commissioner shall decide at his or her discretion whether and to what extent he or she or his or her staff testify or make statements on such matters in court or out of court; after the end of his or her term of office, the approval of the serving Saxon Data Protection Commissioner shall be required.