Police in social networks

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Police in social networks
The Paderborn police are on Facebook, X, Instagram and WhatsApp.
The NRW police are on YouTube.

Before you subscribe to our channels, please read the following information on data protection. There you will also find the links to our channels.

Important information and our netiquette can be found on the right-hand side.

We are on WhatsApp!

With WhatsApp you can only read along but not reply. Your data remains anonymous. We cannot see the names or phone numbers of our subscribers. If you receive private messages from the police via WhatsApp, always assume that it is a suspected scam.


Follow us on Instagram!

Because of the idea behind the Instagram network, the Paderborn district police authority does not communicate in the same way as on the already established Facebook and X channels, where everyday topics from press releases and public relations work as well as preventive messages predominate.

Instagram lives from high-quality photos and videos; operational events and the news situation play a rather subordinate role there. The Paderborn District Police Authority's profile on Instagram therefore contributes to image building and the positioning of the Paderborn District Police Authority as an attractive employer.


Become our Facebook fan!

Facebook privacy policy

By clicking on "Like" you become a fan of this page, which is visible to the administrators of the page as well as to your friends and possibly other Facebook users. This applies in particular to "likes" or comments on our posts, which are also visible to non-registered visitors and non-fans of this fan page. Even if you are not or do not become a fan of this page, you can leave comments or "likes" on our posts that are visible to others and the administrators of the fan page.

However, this information is neither evaluated by the administrators nor recorded elsewhere. The statistics that Facebook makes available to the administrators are output in aggregated form and do not allow the administrators to draw any conclusions about personal data. In this context, please also note the data usage guidelines at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ and make the appropriate privacy settings in your account! Please check exactly what information you publish!

What Facebook learns:
It is not known exactly what data Facebook stores in detail and how the company uses this data. What is certain is that Facebook not only stores data that is entered directly by users, but also records the actions of Facebook users - presumably without gaps.

Facebook also

  • gathers the most important data of the computer system from which a user logs into the network - including IP address, processor type and browser version including plug-ins and
  • every visit to websites (widget data) on which a "Like
  • button" is installed. The IP address is also transmitted. If the
  • visitor to the third-party site is a Facebook user and has already logged in to Facebook from the same
  • computer, Facebook can also
  • determine their identity.

This enables Facebook to investigate the preferences, inclinations and contacts of its users very precisely and beyond Facebook usage.


Follow us on X!

Privacy Policy X

With one click, you become a follower of this account, which is visible to the administrators of the page as well as to your friends and possibly other users of X. This applies in particular to tweets.

However, this information is neither analyzed nor recorded elsewhere by the administrators of the police account. The statistics that Twitter makes available to the administrators of the police account are output in aggregated form and do not allow the administrators to draw any conclusions about personal data. In this context, please also note the data usage guidelines at https://www.twitter.com/privacy/ and make the appropriate privacy settings in your account! Please check exactly what information you publish!

What X learns:
It is not known exactly what data Twitter stores in detail and how the company uses this data. What is certain is that Twitter not only stores data entered directly by users, but also records the actions of Twitter users - presumably without gaps - and passes them on to third parties.

X also learns

  • the most important data of the computer system (log data) from which a user
  • user logs into the network - right down to the IP address, processor type and
  • browser version including plug-ins and
  • every visit to websites (widget data) on which an X button
  • is installed. The IP address is also transmitted. If the visitor to the third-party site is an X user and has already logged in to X from the same computer, Twitter can also determine their identity.

This enables X to investigate the preferences, inclinations and contacts of its users very precisely and beyond X usage.

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