Our Privacy Policy
The Federal Ministry of Justice considers the protection of personal data to be a very serious matter. We would like to assure you that your personal data will be handled in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act and the Teleservices Data Protection Act. We would like you to know which data we collect and when, as well as how we use those data. We have taken technical and organisational measures to ensure that both we as well as external service providers comply with the provisions governing data protection.
As we continue to develop our website and implement new technologies in order to enhance our services for you, it may become necessary for us to amend this privacy policy. Therefore we recommend that you occasionally re-read this privacy policy.
Accessing Our Website
Every visit to the
website of the Federal Ministry of Justice is stored in a log
file. The following information is stored in the log file for a
maximum of 14 days:
- Name of file accessed
- Date and time of access
- Amount of data transmitted
- Notification of whether the file was accessed successfully
The stored data are analysed solely for the purpose of optimising our internet service.
If you order informational materials, newsletters, autograph cards or brochures, we ask you for your name and other personal information. You are free to decide whether or not to submit this information. We store your information on highly secure servers in Germany. Access to these data is limited to a small number of authorised persons who are responsible for the technical, commercial or editorial operation of the servers.
Transmission of Personal Data to Third
Parties
Data collected from visits to the Justice
Ministry’s website and stored on log files are transmitted
to third parties only when required by law or court decision, or
in cases when attacks on the Ministry’s internet
infrastructure make it necessary to forward such data for
purposes of legal action or criminal prosecution. We do not
transmit data for other commercial or non-commercial purposes.
When you order informational materials, the personal data you submit are used only within the Federal Ministry of Justice and by the company commissioned to distribute the brochures. We do not provide these data to third parties without your explicit consent.
Use of Cookies
Certain pages use cookies, although it is not always possible for
us to indicate this to you. Most web browsers are configured to
accept cookies automatically. However, you can deactivate the
automatic acceptance of cookies or configure your web browser to
accept cookies only for the duration of a single internet
session.
Protection of Minors
Persons under 18 years
of age should not transmit personal data to us without the
permission of their parents or persons entitled to exercise
parental authority. We do not request personal data from children
and youths. We do not knowingly collect such data and do not
transmit such data to third parties.
Links to External Websites
Our website
contains links to external websites. We have no control over
whether the operators of these linked websites comply with data
protection laws.
Contact
For further information regarding
the handling of personal data by the Federal Ministry of Justice,
please contact the data protection officer for the Federal
Ministry of Justice:
Mr. Wilhelm Siebels
Adenauerallee 99 - 103
53113 Bonn
Tel.: 030 / 18 580-0
Fax: 0228 / 99 580-83 25
e-mail: siebels-wi@bmj.bund.de
Berlin, June 2008
