I was implying all 3 of the above:

- we learned the hard way that data will be used to kill people, during the Nazi regime

- we learned it again in the GDR with the Stasi being a little less obvious but still ruining people's livelihoods

- and German comes up with compound words for such things

East Germany was not Soviet. Under influence/control of the Soviets, yes, but not part of the Soviet Union.