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1. Contact Person

Person Responsible

Federal Office of Justice
Adenauerallee 99 – 103
53113 Bonn
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 228 99 410 40
Fax: +49 (0) 228 410 5050

E-mail address: poststelle@bfj.bund.de
De-Mail (secure e-mail address for those living in Germany): post@bundesjustizamt.de-mail.de

Data Protection Office

Federal Office of Justice Data Protection Officer
Dr Helia-Verena Daubach
Adenauerallee 99 – 103
53113 Bonn, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 228 99 410-5853
Telefax: +49 (0) 228 410 5050 or +49 (0) 228 410 4601

E-Mail: bdsb@bfj.bund.de

2. Information in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

2.1 Details regarding the information

In compliance with our duty to inform, we would ask you to take note of the following as applies to each individual case:

a) Purposes of the processing, legal basis, categories of personal data and legitimate interest in data processing

Personal data is processed by the Federal Office of Justice exclusively for the purposes of performance under the law of its duties as a public authority. The specific purpose and the legal basis for processing, the categories of personal data and, if the data is being processed in accordance with Art. 6 (1) f GDPR, the legitimate interest(s) being pursued by the Federal Office of Justice or a third party, shall be communicated to the person concerned either

aa) while dealing with any matter for which a file has been prepared, or

bb) in item 2.2 of this data protection declaration, or

cc) on the website of the Federal Office of Justice in the form of an individual data protection notice related to that specific part of the organisation, which can be found by navigating to the links in item 2.3 of this data protection declaration

To the extent that the person concerned can already reasonably be expected to be aware that the Federal Office of Justice has certain categories of personal data (such as name and address) stored about him or her, there is no need for these individuals to be informed separately thereof.

b) Recipients or categories of recipients of personal data, and transmission of data to third countries

Recipients or categories of recipients of personal data, and the intention to transmit this personal data to a third country (defined as States outside of the European Union, the Agreement on the European Economic Area or Switzerland), shall be communicated to the person concerned either

aa) while dealing with any matter for which a file has been prepared, or

bb) in item 2.2 of this data protection declaration, or

cc) on the website of the Federal Office of Justice in the form of an individual data protection notice related to that specific part of the organisation, which can be found by navigating to the links in item 2.3 of this data protection declaration.

Within the Federal Office of Justice and in co-operation with its processors under Article 28 GDPR, only those members of staff who are directly involved with the processing of the matter on the grounds of their professional duties shall have access to the personal data in question.

c) Duration of storage

The length of time for which the personal data will be stored cannot always be ascertained directly after it has been received. The length of time depends on which category the matter falls into. The Federal Office of Justice is generally bound by the following retention periods:

a) Thirty years in the case of written documents of fundamental or general significance, e.g. so as to ensure that rights and duties in respect of third parties are complied with, significance for the authority’s continued business, i.e. precedents

b) 20 years in the case of the preparation and legal construal of administrative regulations

c) 15 years in the case of implementation tasks of legal effect going beyond that of the individual authority

d) 10 years in the case of case files, individual matters, executive functions of no legal effect going beyond that of the individual authority

e) 3-5 years in the case of tasks carried out jointly with other authorities, special thematic files, matters for the General Register (Allgemeines Register)

f) 1 year in the case of matters which are for immediate filing away

g) the duration of storage of personal data in the official registers run by the Federal Office of Justice is governed by the following provisions:

  • Sec. 19 Subsec. 2 No. 2, Sec. 24, Sec. 29 Subsec. 2, Secs. 45 to 47, Sec. 56b Subsec. 3 Act on the Federal Central Criminal Register (Bundeszentralregistergesetz) in the case of the Federal Central Criminal Register (Bundeszentralregister)
  • Sec. 63 Act on the Federal Central Criminal Register (Bundeszentralregistergesetz) in the case of the Youth Educative Measure Register (Erziehungsregister)
  • Sec. 64a Subsec. 5, Sec. 64b Federal Central Criminal Register Act in the case of the former Criminal Register of the German Democratic Republic (former "East Germany") (ehemaliges Strafregister der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik)
  • Sec. 152 and Sec. 153 Trade Regulation Act (Gewerbeordnung) in the case of the Central Trade and Industry Register (Gewerbezentralregister)

  • Sec. 494 Code of Criminal Procedure (Strafprozessordnung) in the case of the Central Register of Proceedings conducted by Public Prosecution Offices (Zentrales Staatsanwaltschaftliches Verfahrensregister)

    The duration of storage of the data required to enable data processing in the above registers is governed by the following provisions:

  • Sec. 21a Subsec. 2 sentences 3 and 4 Act on the Federal Central Criminal Register in the case of the Federal Central Criminal Register.
  • Sec. 59, Sec. 21a Subsec. 2 sentences 3 and 4 Act on the Federal Central Criminal Register in the case of the Youth Educative Measure Register.
  • Sec. 150d Subsec. 2 sentences 2 and 3 Trade Regulation Act in the case of the Central Trade and Industry Register.
  • Sec. 493 Subsec. 3 sentence 4 Code of Criminal Procedure in the case of the Register of Proceedings conducted by Public Prosecution Offices.

d) Rights of persons concerned

The person concerned shall have the right to obtain from the Federal Office of Justice confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed, and, where that is the case, access to the personal data as per Article 15 GDPR.

They also have

a) the right to rectification of inaccurate data as per Article 16 GDPR

b) the right to erasure of data as per Article 17 GDPR

c) the right to restriction of processing as per Article 18 GDPR

d) the right to data portability as per Article 20 GDPR, and

e) the right to object to data processing as per Article 21 GDPR.

You will find more information on the rights of persons concerned here.

e) The right to withdraw consent

The person concerned shall have the right to withdraw the consent upon which the processing of his or her personal data is based at any time, without this affecting the lawfulness of processing which had occurred based on the consent that had been given prior to its withdrawal.

f) Right to make complaints

Persons concerned shall have the right to make a complaint to the competent supervisory authority about any unlawful processing of their personal data at the Federal Office of Justice. The address of the authority in question is as follows:

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Graurheindorfer Straße 153
53117 Bonn
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 228 99 7799 0
Fax: +49 (0) 228 7799 5550

E-mail address: poststelle@bfdi.bund.de
De-Mail [secure mail]: poststelle@bfdi.de-mail.de

g) Obligation or necessity to provide personal data

Whether the personal data is required by law or as the result of a contractual obligation or is necessary for the conclusion of a contract or whether the person concerned is free to decide as to whether or not to provide his or her personal data, and the consequences which a failure to provide such data would have it for such an individual, shall be communicated either

aa) while dealing with any matter for which a file has been prepared, or

bb) in item 2.2 of this data protection declaration, or

cc) on the website of the Federal Office of Justice in the form of an individual data protection notice related to that specific part of the organisation, which can be found by navigating to the links in item 2.3 of this data protection declaration

h) Sources of personal data

The source of the personal data shall be communicated to the person concerned either

aa) while dealing with any matter for which a file has been prepared, or

bb) in item 2.2 of this data protection declaration, or

cc) on the website of the Federal Office of Justice in the form of an individual data protection notice related to that specific part of the organisation, which can be found by navigating to the links in item 2.3 of this data protection declaration

i) Automated decision-making

The Federal Office of Justice shall not subject individuals to any decision which is based solely on the automated processing of personal data, nor shall it subject individuals to any automatic profiling

j) Use of data for purposes other than those originally intended

In the event that the Federal Office of Justice intends to use personal data for purposes other than those for which the data was originally intended, this shall be communicated to the person concerned before further processing takes place, stating the new purposes and all information relevant under Article 13 (2) and Article 14 (2) GDPR, either

aa) while dealing with any matter for which a file has been prepared, or

bb) in item 2.2 of this data protection declaration, or

cc) on the website of the Federal Office of Justice in the form of an individual data protection notice related to that specific part of the organisation, which can be found by navigating to the links in item 2.3 of this data protection declaration.

2.2 Further information

a) Queries from citizens

In order to be able to answer queries from citizens, the Federal Office of Justice requires, as a minimum, the contact details of the person making the query. The data transmitted for this purpose is only used to the extent it is needed to answer the query. It is not forwarded to any third party unless the person making the query has consented to this or the Federal Office of Justice is required to forward the data either by law or by a binding court decision. Such processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) e GDPR in conjunction with Sec. 3 Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG). The data shall be deleted one year after the date on which it is last processed. This does not apply to data relating to matters under the Freedom of Information Act (Informationsfreiheitsgesetz). Data gathered for these purposes shall generally be deleted after ten years.

b) Ordering information brochures

The Federal Office of Justice requires the name and address of anyone ordering information brochures from it, so that it can send the brochures out. The data transmitted is used exclusively for the purposes of processing the order. It is not forwarded to any third party unless the person making the order has consented to this or the Federal Office of Justice is required to forward the data either by law or by a binding court decision. Such processing takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1) e GDPR in conjunction with Sec. 3 Federal Data Protection Act. The data shall be deleted one year after the date on which it is last processed.

c) Registering for events at the Federal Office of Justice

The following personal data is required to register to take part in events at the Federal Office of Justice: First and last name, address, e-mail address, date of birth, place of birth. This data is passed on to the Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) for the purposes of access control at the event. It is not forwarded to any other third party unless the person registering for the event has consented to this or the Federal Office of Justice is required to forward the data either by law or by a binding court decision. The data is processed on the basis of Article 6 (1)e GDPR in conjunction with Sec. 3 Federal Data Protection Act and, where applicable, Sec. 25 Subsec. 1 sentence 1 in conjunction with Sec. 23 Subsec. 1 No. 1 Federal Data Protection Act. The data shall be deleted after ten years.

d) Making or disputing claims

The Federal Office of Justice processes personal data necessary for the purposes of making or disputing claims both in court and in out-of-court procedures as per Article 6 (1) sentence 1 (e) GDPR in connection with Sec. 3 Federal Data Protection Act. Further information under Article 13 and Article 14 GDPR can be found in the individual data protection notice of the organisation unit involved in making or disputing a claim (see point 2.3 of this declaration below); the information provided in respect of the Federal Office of Justice’s involvement in out-of-court procedures shall apply mutatis mutandis to court proceedings. In particular, the Federal Office of Justice gathers data from the Residents’ Registers kept by local authorities in Germany as required by the Federal Residents’ Registration Act (Bundesmeldegesetz – BMG) in cases where the place of residence or whereabouts of one of the parties to the proceedings is unknown.

e) Carrying out tendering

The Federal Office of Justice, when carrying out tendering on a national level within Germany and on an EU-wide level, processes the personal data sent by applicants and participants as part of the tender process. The legal basis for the processing is the legal requirement to carry out tendering as per Article 6 (1) sentence 1 (c) and Article 3 GDPR in conjunction with Sec. 55 Federal Budget Act (Bundeshaushaltsgesetz – BHO). The processing of personal data takes place in the organisational units of the Federal Office of Justice responsible for the tendering process in a particular case. Data is only forwarded or passed on to other persons or institutions in the event that the person concerned has given his or her consent or if there is a legal provision which requires or allows it. In the case of natural persons who submit a successful offer in the tendering process, data may, under certain circumstances, have to be passed on in accordance with Sec. 19 Subsec. 4 Minimum Wage Act (Mindestlohngesetz – MiLoG) for the purposes of obtaining a disclosure from the Central Trade and Industry Register (Gewerbezentralregister); where required by law, the identity of the successful tenderer(s) may have to be made known to the unsuccessful tenderers, in accordance with Sec. 134 Act on Anti-Competitive Practices (Gesetz über Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen – GWB); they may also have to be named as part of retrospective notice of contract (Sec. 30 Ordinance on Minimum Thresholds in Tendering (Unterschwellenvergabeverordnung – UVgO)), and, in the event of an EU-wide call for tender, this information may have to be disclosed to the European Union (Sec. 39 Tendering Ordinance (Vergabeverordnung – VgV)). The length of time for which the personal data is stored is governed by the applicable time limits as set out in budgetary law.

f) Online presence

Every time a user accesses the online presence of the Federal Office of Justice, and every time a file is accessed, a log is created on behalf of the Federal Office of Justice by the Federal Information Technology Centre (Informationstechnikzentrum Bund), An der Küppe 2, 53225 Bonn, Germany, containing non-personalised data, which is processed and saved in a data log file for 30 days. The data shall be deleted after thirty days. No IP address is stored.

The following individual items of non-personalised data are saved every time a part of the online presence is accessed:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Date and time of access ("time stamp")
  • Query details and destination address (protocol version, HTTP request method, referrer, user agent string)
  • Name of the file accessed and the amount of data transferred (URL entered including query string, size in bytes)
  • Report as to whether access was successful (HTTP response status code)

The data is only saved for statistical purposes and analysed to improve the services on offer. The data is not used for any other purposes or forwarded to any third parties.

E-mail addresses and passwords provided as part of a request for access to areas of the Federal Office of Justice’s online presence requiring a user name and password are only saved until the end of the calendar day on which such data is transmitted and used for the purposes of providing user details and for ensuring the correct functioning of user authorisation. The data is processed in accordance with Article 6 (1) e GDPR in conjunction with Sec. 3 Federal Data Protection Act.

When an individual site is fetched by the system, temporary cookies are used for the purposes of facilitating navigation. The session cookies do not contain any personal data and are deleted once the session has expired. No technologies, such as Java applets or Active-X-controls, are employed to make it possible to track which items users have accessed.

Our online presence makes use of links to the websites of third-party providers. The Federal Office of Justice does not have any influence on the extent to which the third-party providers comply with data protection legislation. Users should thus always check the data protection policies of the provider in question.

Postal addresses and e-mail addresses that are provided as part of queries or orders for information materials are only used for related correspondence and dispatching of materials, and are deleted thereafter. The data is processed in accordance with Article 6 (1) e GDPR in conjunction with Sec. 3 Federal Data Protection Act.

Please see the individual data protection notice on the Federal Office of Justice website concerning electronic applications for Certificates of Conduct (criminal records checks) or disclosures from the Central Trade and Industry Register.

g) Newsletters

The Federal Office of Justice has a newsletter which can be subscribed to free of charge. In this context, the Federal Office of Justice only processes personal data gathered for the purposes of sending the newsletter.

The Federal Office of Justice only uses personal data in this context for the purposes of sending the newsletter.

To sign up for the newsletter, individuals must enter their e-mail address. The personal data is provided directly by the individuals concerned.

The data is processed on the basis of consent given as per Article 6 (1) a GDPR.

The registration system uses a separate confirmation e-mail, meaning that users have to click a link in an e-mail (know as "double opt-in") in order to complete registration, thus ensuring that the person registering actively wishes to receive the newsletter.

During the registration process, the data is processed and stored on behalf of the Federal Office of Justice by the Federal Information Technology Centre, An der Küppe 2, 53225 Bonn, Germany, and a confirmation e-mail for the purposes of completing registration is generated, which is sent to the e‑mail address provided. If the registration is not confirmed by clicking the link in the e-mail within 24 hours, the data is deleted.

Only once the link in the e-mail has been clicked and the registration thus confirmed is the data stored for the purposes of sending the newsletter.

The personal data is saved on behalf of the Federal Office of Justice at the Federal Information Technology Centre, An der Küppe 2, 53225 Bonn, Germany. The data is not used for any other purposes or forwarded to any third parties.

If the subscriber no longer consents to his or her data being stored for these purposes and thus no longer wishes to receive the newsletter, consent to the data being processed for the purposes of sending the newsletter can be revoked at any time.

The subscription to the newsletter is then cancelled and the data provided is deleted.

Cancel newsletter

Use the above link to cancel a subscription to the newsletter. This requires the e-mail address which was used when registering.

It is not possible for the newsletter to be sent without the e-mail address of the subscriber.

2.3 Individual data protection notices

The website of the Federal Office of Justice contains individual data protection notices in compliance with our duty to inform as per 2.1 a, b, g, h and j above. Please use the links below for the data protection notice (in German only) of each individual organisational unit:

The Federal Office of Justice on Social Media
The Federal Office of Justice uses its accounts on social networks in order to inform you, the user, about the services and information it offers. Should you wish to, you are able to communicate with the Federal Office of Justice directly via the platform in question.

As such, the Federal Office of Justice’s social media channels supplement its website. If you prefer, you can use these platforms as an alternative means of communication with the Federal Office of Justice. They are listed here: Overview of the Federal Office of Justice’s social media accounts.

You, the user visiting the website, can only access any of the Federal Office of Justice’s social media channels via a link to a site operated by a third party. The Federal Office of Justice does not use any plugins on its websites, nor does it use any of the other interfaces offered by the networks in question to allow their services to be embedded within websites.

As soon as you access the social media profile of the Federal Office of Justice on a given network, the general terms and conditions of business of the respective operators apply, as do their data processing guidelines. The Federal Office of Justice only processes user data on its social media accounts if users get in contact with the Federal Office of Justice – for example by leaving a comment or sending a direct message.

If this is the case, then the following applies:

Purpose and legal basis
The legal basis for the processing of data, which has been confirmed as being constitutional, is Section 3 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG - Bundesdatenschutzgesetz). This legal provision allows for the processing of personal data if this is necessary in order to complete a task which is in the public interest. The processing takes place for the purposes of the Federal Office of Justice’s public relations work. The task in question is in the public interest. User data is only processed if this is necessary for public relations work.

Recipients of the personal data
When comments are added or direct messages sent, the recipient of the personal data is the social media platform in question.

Editorial tasks (publishing posts, writing direct messages, comments, reacting to posts, logging and answering enquiries) are carried out directly by the Federal Office of Justice.

Transmission to third countries
The Federal Office of Justice hereby expressly makes it known that when you visit one of its social media channels, items of personal data are transmitted to the social networks in question. These services process personal data in accordance with their business models; the data may be saved and/or processed outside the Member States of the European Union. The Federal Office of Justice has no way of influencing the data processing carried out by these companies, in particular how the data is used, whether it is transmitted to third parties, and for how long it is saved. We therefore recommend that you check carefully which personal data you make available to social networks. We accept no liability for the conduct of the social network providers, nor for that of third parties. Further information on the processing of personal data by social media providers can be found in the data protection declarations of the providers in question:

Duration of storage
Comments you write underneath the Federal Office of Justice’s social media posts or which are addressed to the Federal Office of Justice are saved by the relevant network until you delete them yourself.

The Federal Office of Justice deletes direct messages sent by you three months after the end of the calendar year in which the message was sent to the Federal Office of Justice.

The Federal Office of Justice cannot influence how third party providers used by social networks process data. The Federal Office of Justice is not responsible for the data processing of these companies, which may be located outside of the Member States of the European Union.

The following applies to the social media channels used by the Federal Office of Justice:

LinkedIn

For information purposes and in order to publish posts, the Federal Office of Justice uses the technical platform and products/services offered by LinkedIn, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (https://www.linkedin.com). The Federal Office of Justice has no way of influencing the content or the scope of use of the data collected by LinkedIn. For more information in relation to this, the Federal Office of Justice refers to LinkedIn’s data protection declaration: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Making your personal data available
There is no legal requirement that says you have to make your personal data available, which means that whether or not you make it available is your own personal decision. The Federal Office of Justice only processes user data on its social media accounts if users get in contact with the Federal Office of Justice, for example by leaving a comment or sending a direct message. If you do not wish for your personal data to be processed, you can choose not to communicate with us via our social media accounts.

3. Information in accordance with Sec. 55 Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutz-Gesetz)

a) Purposes of processing

Personal data is processed by the Federal Office of Justice exclusively for the purposes of performance under the law of its duties as a public authority. They are

  • The running of the Central Public Prosecution Proceedings Register
  • Exercising the powers of the Federal Ministry of Justice as per Sec. 74 Subsec. 1 Act on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters (Act on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters), relating to requests from abroad, and making requests to other States in matters of mutual assistance in extradition, re-extradition and enforcement, and decisions on other requests for legal assistance made by and being made to foreign States; mutual legal assistance with international criminal courts and other international and supranational institutions; and of making reports to the Federal Ministry of Justice including proposals for decisions in cases of particular importance
  • Assessment of requests for search notices from foreign States prior to their being added to the German system of search notices, in cases in which the Federal Criminal Police Office is required to involve the Federal Office of Justice and the Federal Foreign Office
  • Assessment of search notices handed over by the Federal Criminal Police Office in the Schengen Information system, which may result in the barring of any arrest on the basis of the search notice (known as "flagging")
  • Assessment of cases handed over by the Federal Criminal Police Office as to whether a request should be issued for an international search notice
  • Assessment of the proposed decisions with regard to the approval of requests from abroad and with regard to the submission of requests to authorities abroad if the authorisation to approve or to submit requests to authorities abroad has been transferred to the governments of the Länder, and a Land authority, with regard to item No. 8 of the Agreement on Competence [of authorities] (Zuständigkeitsvereinbarung 2004), because of the particular importance of the individual case, consults with the Federal Government prior to the approval or submission of an outgoing request
  • Preliminary assessment of the requests for international legal assistance submitted to the Federal Office of Justice or the Federal Ministry of Justice, for which the competence for approval lies with the Länder
  • Deciding on requests made under Sec. 5 Subsec. 1 to Subsec. 3 Act on International Cooperation to Implement the Sanctions Law of the United Nations and on International Cooperation in Criminal Law on the High Seas (Gesetz über die internationale Zusammenarbeit zur Durchführung von Sanktionsrecht der Vereinten Nationen und über die internationale strafrechtliche Zusammenarbeit auf Hoher See)
  • Interfacing in proceedings against individuals with immunity from proceedings in Germany’s domestic courts (notifications under No. 195 (1) sentence 3 of the Guideline for Criminal and Regulatory Fining Proceedings (Richtlinie für das Strafverfahren und das Bußgeldverfahren) and notifications as per No. 41 (3) No. 1 of the Order on Communications in Criminal Proceedings (Anordnung über die Mitteilungen in Strafsachen))
  • Carrying out the tasks of one of the Federal Government’s contact points in the European Judicial Network in Criminal Matters, the contact point for EU judicial co-operation in Joint Investigation Teams, contact point for the EU network of Asset Recovery Offices and for the worldwide asset-recovery network CARIN, the contact point of the European network of contact points in respect of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, and the tasks of a Eurojust contact point (at the same time being responsible for the functioning of the Eurojust National Coordination System), and that of a contact point for co-operation in tax crime law under the terms of Tax Information Exchange Agreements; reports to the Federal Ministry of Justice including a proposal for a decision in particularly complex cases
  • Contact point under the Framework Decision on Supervision of Probation
  • Recognition and enforcement of financial penalties handed down by authorities in other EU Member States on the basis of Council Framework Decision 2005/214/JHA of 24 February 2005 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties
  • Regulatory fining proceedings under the Act to Improve Enforcement of the Law in Social Networks (Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Rechtsdurchsetzung in sozialen Netzwerken)
  • Regulatory fining proceedings under the Act on Alternative Dispute Resolution in Consumer Matters (Gesetz über die alternative Streitbeilegung in Verbrauchersachen)
  • Conducting regulatory fining proceedings under Sec. 334 Commercial Code (Handelsgesetzbuch) and other provisions (including any enforcement proceedings)
  • Conducting disciplinary fining proceedings, especially those under Sec. 335 Commercial Code (including any enforcement proceedings)

b) Rights of persons concerned

The Federal Office of Justice must, upon the application of any person concerned, provide information under Sec. 57 Federal Data Protection Act as to whether the Federal Office of Justice is processing data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the person concerned has a right to receive this information as per Sec. 57 Subsec. 1 Federal Data Protection Act.

Further to this, the person concerned has the right to rectification, erasure and restriction of processing of his or her data as per Sec. 58 Federal Data Protection Act.

c) Recourse to the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

The person concerned may, at any time, under Sec. 60 Federal Data Protection Act, contact the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information. The contact details are as follows:

Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit)
Graurheindorfer Straße 153
53117 Bonn, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 228 99 7799 0
Fax: +49 (0) 228 7799 5550

E-Mail address: poststelle@bfdi.bund.de
De-Mail [secure mail]: poststelle@bfdi.de-mail.de

4. Rights of persons concerned

The Federal Office of Justice processes personal data in execution of its duties. The person concerned has the right to request from the Federal Office of Justice confirmation as to whether it is processing his or her personal data and, to the extent that this is the case, has the right to be informed about the processing of such personal data as per Article 15 GDPR and Sec. 57 Federal Data Protection Act. Furthermore, he or she has a right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR and Sec. 58 Federal Data Protection Act), erasure (Article 17 GDPR and Sec. 58 Federal Data Protection Act), restriction of processing (Article 18 and Sec. 58 Federal Data Protection Act), data portability (Article 20 GDPR) and the right to object to the processing of data (Article 21 GDPR).

Queries can be addressed to:

Bundesamt für Justiz (Federal Office of Justice)
Division I 5
Adenauerallee 99 – 103
53113 Bonn, Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 228 410 40
Fax: +49 (0) 228 410 4515

E-mail address: datenschutz@bfj.bund.de

The following contact form can be used for queries.

Go to contact form (German website)

General note

Translations of these materials into languages other than German are intended solely as a convenience to the non-German-reading public. Any discrepancies or differences that may arise in translations of the official German versions of these materials are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes.Translations of these materials into languages other than German are intended solely as a convenience to the non-German-reading public. Any discrepancies or differences that may arise in translations of the official German versions of these materials are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance or enforcement purposes.