DAME 2025Enter the Data Protection Media Prize now and win!
The DAME Data Protection Media Prize, endowed with 3,000 euros, recognizes creative and journalistic work that communicates data protection in an understandable and vivid way - whether as a film, podcast, print article, song, media platform or video clip. The aim is to promote the responsible handling of personal data and to anchor the topic more firmly in the public eye. Journalists, creatives and representatives of youth organizations, initiatives or associations can take part.
Pupils and students are also invited to apply: The "Special Youth Prize" of 1,500 euros will once again be awarded for them.
All German-language contributions that were first published after December 6, 2024 can be submitted. Whether reportage, animated film or social media format - the decisive factor is that the contribution presents data protection topics in an understandable way for the respective target group. Entries with an advertising character or product placements are excluded.
The conditions of participation and the registration form can be found on the website datenschutzmedienpreis.de
Submissions are now open. All entries received by December 5, 2025 at 12:00 noon will be considered. The award ceremony will take place in May 2026 as part of the BvD Association Days in Berlin.
The annual DAME Data Protection Media Prize is a project of "privacy4people", the non-profit limited company of the Professional Association of Data Protection Officers in Germany (BvD). The prize has been sponsored by the DATEV-Stiftung Zukunft since its inception. The Data Protection Foundation and the German Donations Council donate a special prize. The media partner is the EU initiative klicksafe.
The jury for the DAME 2025
Eric Hohenadel, klicksafe youth juror
Stefanie Rack, klicksafe education officer, Rhineland-Palatinate Media Authority
Frederick Richter, Chairman of the Data Protection Foundation
Dr. Christoph Bausewein, Deputy Chairman of the Board of BvD e.V. and Managing Director of privacy4people
Lars Kolan, Head of Office, German Donations Council e. V.V.
Tobias Meisel, Consultant at DATEV-Stiftung Zukunft
Barbara Thiel, former State Commissioner for Data Protection of Lower Saxony
Heike Troue, Director of the Rhineland-Palatinate Consumer Advice Center
Maria Christina Rost, State Commissioner for Data Protection of Saxony-Anhalt
Further information from klicksafe
