Compliance with data protection regulations in Germany, including the General Data Protection Regulation, is monitored by two authorities. Firstly, by the company’s own data protection officer, who is responsible for ensuring that everything that happens in the company is in compliance with data protection. On the other hand, the federal and state data protection commissioners monitor whether the General Data Protection Regulation, the Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act and the Federal Data Protection Act are being complied with.