The Legal extension uses the following concepts and properties to define laws, authorities, and jurisdictions.
This page provides the following legal concepts:
Copyright © 2025 the Contributors to the Legal Concepts for Germany (DE) Specification, published by the Data Privacy Vocabularies and Controls Community Group under the W3C Community Final Specification Agreement (FSA). A human-readable summary is available.
Contributors: (ordered alphabetically) Harshvardhan J. Pandit (AI Accountability Lab (AIAL), Trinity College Dublin), Julian Flake (University of Koblenz). NOTE: The affiliations are informative, do not represent formal endorsements, and may be outdated as this list is generated automatically from existing data.
The LEGAL-DE extension extends the Data Privacy Vocabulary (DPV) Specification to represent laws, authorities, and other legal concepts in DE jurisdiction.
The canonical URL for LEGAL-DE extension is https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de, the namespace is https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#, the suggested prefix is legal-de, and this document along with source and releases are available at https://github.com/w3c/dpv.
DPV Specifications: The [DPV] is the core specification within the DPV family, with the following extensions: Personal Data [PD], Locations [LOC], Risk Management [RISK], Technology [TECH] and [AI], [JUSTIFICATIONS], [SECTOR] specific extensions, and [LEGAL] extensions modelling specific jurisdictions and regulations. A [PRIMER] introduces the concepts and modelling of DPV specifications, and [GUIDES] describe application of DPV for specific applications and use-cases. The Search Index page provides a searchable hierarchy of all concepts. The Data Privacy Vocabularies and Controls Community Group (DPVCG) develops and manages these specifications through GitHub. For meetings, see the DPVCG calendar.
To cite and understand the structure of DPV, the article "Data Privacy Vocabulary (DPV) - Version 2.0" (2024) describes the current state of DPV and extensions from version 2.0 onwards (open access version here). The earlier article "Creating A Vocabulary for Data Privacy" (2019) describes how the DPV was developed (open access versions here, here, and here).
Contributing: The DPVCG welcomes participation to improve the DPV and associated resources, including expansion or refinement of concepts, requesting information and applications, and addressing open issues. See contributing guide for further information.
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The Legal extension uses the following concepts and properties to define laws, authorities, and jurisdictions.
This page provides the following legal concepts:
Laws are represented as instances of dpv:Law, and are associated with their jurisdictions using the [LOC] taxonomy and dpv:hasJurisdiction relation. The webpage for the law, if available, is indicated using foaf:homepage, and the temporal start and end if available, is represented using dct:temporal relation with an instance of time:ProperInterval.
| Term | law-BE-BbgDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Brandenburg Data Protection Act (BbgDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-BE-BbgDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The state representative for data protection and the right to inspect files in Brandenburg | ||
| has jurisdiction | Brandenburg | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-BE-BlnDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Berlin Data Protection Act (BlnDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-BE-BlnDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information | ||
| has jurisdiction | Berlin | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-BW-LDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | State Data Protection Act (LDSG) (BW) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-BW-LDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has jurisdiction | Baden-Württemberg | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-BY-BayDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Bavarian Data Protection Act (BayDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-BY-BayDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision , The Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection | ||
| has jurisdiction | Bavaria | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-HB-BremDSGVOAG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Bremen Implementing Act for the EU General Data Protection Regulation (BremDSGVOAG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-HB-BremDSGVOAG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen | ||
| has jurisdiction | Bremen (state) | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-HE-HDISG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Hessian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act (HDSIG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-HE-HDISG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information | ||
| has jurisdiction | Hesse | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-HH-HmbDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Hamburg Data Protection Act (HmbDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-HH-HmbDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information | ||
| has jurisdiction | Hamburg | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-LSA-DSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Law on the protection of personal data of citizens (Saxony-Anhalt Data Protection Act - DSG LSA) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-LSA-DSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | State representative for data protection in Saxony-Anhalt | ||
| has jurisdiction | Saxony-Anhalt | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-MV-DSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Act to adapt the State Data Protection Act and other data protection regulations in the area of responsibility of the Ministry of the Interior and Europe Mecklenburg-West Pomerania to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and to implement Directive (EU) 2016/680 | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-MV-DSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Mecklenburg-West Pomerania | ||
| has jurisdiction | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-NI-NDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Lower Saxony Data Protection Act (NDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-NI-NDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony | ||
| has jurisdiction | Lower Saxony | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-NW-DSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | North Rhine-Westphalia Data Protection Act (DSG NRW) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-NW-DSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| has jurisdiction | North Rhine-Westphalia | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-RP-LDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | State Data Protection Act (LDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-RP-LDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The state commissioner for data protection and freedom of information in Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| has jurisdiction | Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-SH-LDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Schleswig-Holstein law for the protection of personal data (state data protection law - LDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-SH-LDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | Independent State Center for Data Protection Schleswig-Holstein | ||
| has jurisdiction | Schleswig-Holstein | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-SL-SDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Saarland Data Protection Act | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-SL-SDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | Independent Data Protection Center Saarland - State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information | ||
| has jurisdiction | Saarland | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-SN-SächsDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Law for the Protection of Informational Self-Determination in the Free State of Saxony (Saxon Data Protection Act - SächsDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-SN-SächsDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | The Saxon data protection officer | ||
| has jurisdiction | Saxony | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
| Term | law-TH-ThürDSG | Prefix | legal-de |
|---|---|---|---|
| Label | Thuringian Data Protection Act (ThürDSG) | ||
| IRI | https://w3id.org/dpv/legal/de#law-TH-ThürDSG | ||
| Type | rdfs:Class, skos:Concept, dpv:Law | ||
| Broader/Parent types | dpv:Law | ||
| Object of relation | dpv:hasApplicableLaw | ||
| Date Created | 2022-03-30 | ||
| Contributors | Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Harshvardhan J. Pandit, Julian Flake, Julian Flake | ||
| has authority | Thuringia state commissioner for data protection and freedom of information | ||
| has jurisdiction | Thuringia | ||
| See More: | section LEGAL in LEGAL-DE |
DPV uses the following terms from [RDF] and [RDFS] with their defined meanings:
The following external concepts are re-used within DPV:
E.g. in EU, there are rights, legal basis, etc. in GDPR, DGA, and so on. Provide a consolidated list of these in the EU extension (/legal/legal-eu.ttl) for convenience of use. A bunch of SPARQL queries over extensions should be able to do this.
The German “Gesundheitsdatennutzungsgesetz” (GDNG) regulates many aspects of the use and access of health data in Germany. An extension for the EHDS is currently being worked on. Addressing national legislation at the same time would be very helpful for German initiatives such as the Medical Informatics Initiative (MII).
The DPVCG was established as part of the SPECIAL H2020 Project, which received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 731601 from 2017 to 2019. Continued developments have been funded under: RECITALS Project funded under the EU's Horizon program with grant agreement No. 101168490.
Harshvardhan J. Pandit was funded to work on DPV from 2020 to 2022 by the Irish Research Council's Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant#GOIPD/2020/790.
The ADAPT SFI Centre for Digital Media Technology is funded by Science Foundation Ireland through the SFI Research Centres Programme and is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through Grant#13/RC/2106 (2018 to 2020) and Grant#13/RC/2106_P2 (2021 onwards).
The contributions of Harshvardhan J. Pandit have been made with the financial support of Science Foundation Ireland under Grant Agreement No. 13/RC/2106_P2 at the ADAPT SFI Research Centre; and the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) which is supported by grants from following groups: the AI Collaborative, an Initiative of the Omidyar Group; Luminate; the Bestseller Foundation; and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
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