Title: REPLY MARTIN MEINTS (ICPP):

Reply Martin Meints (ICPP):

Introduction

The perspective of this reply differs from the perspective of the initial articles: It represents the personal opinion of a technically educated citizen with experience in IT project management in the public as well as in the private sector. The author currently works in the office of a privacy commissioner in Germany where the application of profiling in the public and private sector and the corresponding application of privacy protection laws are a practical aspect of everyday work. 

In consideration of the articles by S. Gutwirth/P. de Hert and Mireille Hildebrandt, firstly I give my opinion on the applicability of data protection law on profiling and on possible limitations. Additionally I point out a few application scenarios where profiling plays a major role today or may do so in the future. The findings are summarised in the conclusion.