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  • Dr Jens Bender
    Head of Division
    Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Germany

ABOUT

A mathematician by training, Jens worked since 2007 at the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI), since 2015 as head of the "eID technologies and chip cards" division. Dealt there with the topics of electronic identities, public key infrastructures, ID cards and passports, especially in the areas of conception, security specifications and international standardization as well as European coordination. Since 2021, Jens serves as Head of Division "Technological Data Protection, Data Security" for the German Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (BfDI).