Laws, courts and authorities
DSK
Abbreviation for Datenschutzkonferenz
In short and in plain language
The DSK is the joint body of the German data protection offices.
They work at federal and at state level. They are independent.
It puts out decisions and guides. These show how the offices read data law.
For firms, this gives a sense of the rules. Examples are cookies, consent or client data.
Definition
The DSK is the German Data Protection Conference, the body of the independent federal and state data protection authorities. It publishes resolutions and guidance on how the authorities interpret data protection questions. For businesses this guidance offers orientation, for example on cookies, consent or customer data.