employment germany data-protection
Is who your employer is a public/accessable knowledge in Germany
<p>Assuming you don't have LinkedIn or any social network that says who your current employer is, can your previous employer somehow find out through a certain source or access this information from somewhere to learn who you are currently employed with? Or how.</p>
<p>For example, there are agencies in Germany such as Job-Center, Agentur für Arbeit, or immigration-office that normally have such information, but I wonder if they would disclose such information given your previous employer's query from them.</p>
<p>In general, how easy it can be for a previous employer to access such knowledge about you in Germany.</p>

<h1>That is private.</h1>
<p>Who you work for is not information that is disclosed publicly by any state actor in Germany, just like your taxes. In fact, that or who you are employed at is often regarded as personal and private information.</p>
<h1>Nigh impossible through agencies</h1>
<p>Public agencies like the Fiskus (tax), Agentur für Arbeit, and immigration are not allowed to give any information about a person to anyone but that person or another agency that has the right to that information.</p>
<p>Yes, (generally speaking) the tax office may not even say that a person <strong>exists</strong> (or doesn't) and what their tax number is to anyone but the person in question.</p>
