The district social office of Neunkirchen is in criticism for massive data protection violations. Since 2017, the authority of social assistance recipients has been asking for flat-rate declarations of consent to the inspection of their bank accounts as part of the further approval of benefits under the 4th chapter of the Social Code (SGB XII) – a procedure that experts regard as legally inadmissible and highly anti-data protection.
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The district social office of Neunkirchen is in criticism for massive data protection violations. Since 2017, the authority of social assistance recipients has been asking for flat-rate declarations of consent to the inspection of their bank accounts as part of the further approval of benefits under the 4th chapter of the Social Code (SGB XII) – a procedure that experts regard as legally inadmissible and highly anti-data protection.