The NRW Police take the protection of your personal data very seriously. In this Privacy Policy, we would like to give you an overview of how we guarantee the protection of your data, what data is collected for what purpose, and how it is used. In order to improve our service for you, we are constantly enhancing our website and implementing new technologies. This may necessitate changes to this Privacy Policy. Hence we recommend that you re-read this Privacy Policy from time to time.
You can find the responsible data protection officers of the individual departments here:
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia by e-mail at Referat12 [at] im.nrw.de or via the address:
Ministry of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia
Data protection officer
Friedrichstraße 62 - 80
40217 Düsseldorf
Telephone: 0211 871-01
Telefax: 0211 871-3355
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia by email at poststelle [at] im.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Aachen by e-mail at datenschutz.aachen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Aachen
Data protection officer
Trierer Straße 501
52078 Aachen
Telephone: 0241 9577-0
Telefax: 0241 9577-20555
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Aachen by email at poststelle.aachen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Bielefeld by e-mail at datenschutz.bielefeld [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Bielefeld
Data protection officer
Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 46
33615 Bielefeld
Telephone: 0521 545-0
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Bielefeld by email at poststelle.bielefeld [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Bochum by e-mail at datenschutz.bochum [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Bochum
Data protection officer
Uhlandstraße 35
44791 Bochum
Telephone: 0234 909-0
Telefax: 0234 909-1111
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Bochum by email at poststelle.bochum [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Bonn by e-mail at datenschutz.bonn [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Bonn
Data protection officer
Königswinterer Str. 500
53227 Bonn
Telephone: 0228 15-0
Telefax: 0228 15-1211
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Bonn by email at poststelle.bonn [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Borken by e-mail at datenschutz.borken [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Borken
Data protection officer
Burloer Straße 91
46325 Borken
Telephone: 02861 900-0
Telefax: 02861 900-5409
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Borken by email at poststelle.borken [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Coesfeld by e-mail at datenschutz.coesfeld [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Coesfeld
Data protection officer
Daruper Straße 7
48653 Coesfeld
Telephone: 02541 14-0
Telefax: 02541 14-226
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Coesfeld by email at poststelle.coesfeld [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Dortmund by e-mail at datenschutz.dortmund [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Dortmund
Data protection officer
Markgrafenstraße 102
44139 Dortmund
Telephone: 0231-132-0
Telefax: 0231-132-9486
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Dortmund by email at poststelle.dortmund [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Duisburg by e-mail at datenschutz.duisburg [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Duisburg
Data protection officer
Düsseldorfer Straße 161-163
47053 Duisburg
Telephone: 0203-280-0
Telefax: 0203-280-1009
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Duisburg by email at poststelle.duisburg [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Düren by e-mail at datenschutz.dueren [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Düren
Data protection officer
Aachener Straße 28
52349 Düren
Telephone: 02421 949-0
Telefax: 02421 949-2099
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Düren by email at poststelle.dueren [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Düsseldorf by e-mail at datenschutz.duesseldorf [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Düsseldorf
Data protection officer
Haroldstr. 5
40213 Düsseldorf
Telephone: 0211-870-0
Telefax: 0211-870-4405
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Düsseldorf by email at poststelle.duesseldorf [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis by e-mail at datenschutz.ennepe-ruhr-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat des Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreises als Kreispolizeibehörde
Data protection officer
Hauptstraße 92
58332 Schwelm
Telephone: 02336-9166-0
Telefax: 02336-9166-2799
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis by email at poststelle.ennepe-ruhr-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Essen by e-mail at datenschutz.essen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Essen
Data protection officer
Büscherstr. 2-6
45131 Essen
Telephone: 0201-829-0
Telefax: 0201-829-2849
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Essen by email at poststelle.essen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
Data protection notice for WhatsApp:
The channel subscription does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the respective person.
We do not know what data WhatsApp / Meta collects overall and for what purposes it is processed.
If you install and use this service, you agree to the respective terms and conditions, over which we have no influence. These generally include access to telephone numbers and the contacts stored on the mobile device. Data is stored on the servers of the messenger service. We would like to point out that we unfortunately have no influence on the data protection regulations and settings of this platform. For more information, please refer to the provider's privacy policy.
Users cannot send messages to us. We use WhatsApp exclusively to disseminate police information / press releases using the 1-channel method (broadcast).
Data is neither stored nor is personal data transmitted. Contacts are neither stored nor shared.
- Registered office: WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?lang=en#privacy-policy
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Euskirchen by e-mail at datenschutz.euskirchen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Euskirchen
Data protection officer
Kölner Straße 76
53879 Euskirchen
Telephone: 02251 799-0
Telefax: 02251 799-349
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Euskirchen by email at poststelle.euskirchen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Gelsenkirchen by e-mail at datenschutz.gelsenkirchen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Gelsenkirchen
Data protection officer
Rathausplatz 4
45894 Gelsenkirchen
Telephone: 0209-365-0
Telefax: 0209-365-2019
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Gelsenkirchen by email at poststelle.gelsenkirchen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Gütersloh by e-mail at datenschutz.guetersloh [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Gütersloh
Data protection officer
Herzebrocker Straße 142
33334 Gütersloh
Telephone: 05241 869-0
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Gütersloh by email at poststelle.guetersloh [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Hagen by e-mail at datenschutz.hagen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Hagen
Data protection officer
Funckestraße 41
58097 Hagen
Telephone: 02331-986-0
Telefax: 02331-986-2069
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Hagen by email at poststelle.hagen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Hamm by e-mail at datenschutz.hamm [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Hamm
Data protection officer
Grünstraße 10
59065 Hamm
Telephone: 02381 916-0
Telefax: 02381 916-1199
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Hamm by email at poststelle.hamm [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Heinsberg by e-mail at datenschutz.heinsberg [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Heinsberg
Data protection officer
Carl-Severing-Straße 1
52525 Heinsberg
Telephone: 02452 9200
Telefax: 02452 9201009
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Heinsberg by email at poststelle.heinsberg [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Herford by e-mail at datenschutz.herford [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Herford
Data protection officer
Hansastr. 54
32049 Herford
Telephone: 05221-888-0
Telefax: 05221-888-1209
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Herford by email at poststelle.herford [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Hochsauerlandkreis by e-mail at datenschutz.hochsauerlandkreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Hochsauerlandkreis
Data protection officer
Steinstraße 27
59872 Meschede
Telephone: 0291-9020-0
Telefax: 0291-9020-1230
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Hochsauerlandkreis by email at poststelle.hochsauerlandkreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Höxter by e-mail at datenschutz.hoexter [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Höxter
Data protection officer
Bismarckstraße 18
37671 Höxter
Telephone: 05271-9620
Telefax: 05271 962-1298
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Höxter by email at poststelle.hoexter [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Kleve by e-mail at datenschutz.kleve [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Kleve
Data protection officer
Kanalstraße 7
47533 Kleve
Telephone: 02821-504-0
Telefax: 02821-504-1295
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Kleve by email at poststelle.kleve [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Köln by e-mail at datenschutz.koeln [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Köln
Data protection officer
Walter-Pauli-Ring 2-6
51103 Köln
Telephone: 0221 229 0
Telefax: 0221 229 2002
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Köln by email at poststelle.koeln [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Krefeld by e-mail at datenschutz.krefeld [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Krefeld
Data protection officer
Nordwall 1 - 3
47798 Krefeld
Telephone: 02151 634-0
Telefax: 02151 634-1029
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Krefeld by email at poststelle.krefeld [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Lippe by e-mail at datenschutz.lippe [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Lippe
Data protection officer
Bielefelder Straße 90
32758 Detmold
Telephone: 05231-609-0
Telefax: 05231-609-1190
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Lippe by email at poststelle.lippe [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
Data protection notice for WhatsApp:
The channel subscription does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the respective person.
We do not know what data WhatsApp / Meta collects overall and for what purposes it is processed.
If you install and use this service, you agree to the respective terms and conditions, over which we have no influence. These generally include access to telephone numbers and the contacts stored on the mobile device. Data is stored on the servers of the messenger service. We would like to point out that we unfortunately have no influence on the data protection regulations and settings of this platform. For more information, please refer to the provider's privacy policy.
Users cannot send messages to us. We use WhatsApp exclusively to disseminate police information / press releases using the 1-channel method (broadcast).
Data is neither stored nor is personal data transmitted. Contacts are neither stored nor shared.
- Registered office: WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?lang=en#privacy-policy
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Märkischer Kreis by e-mail at datenschutz.maerkischerkreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Märkischer Kreis
Data protection officer
Friedrichstraße 70
58636 Iserlohn
Telephone: 02371/9199-0
Telefax: 02371/9199-4791
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Märkischer Kreis by email at poststelle.maerkischerkreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
Data protection notice for WhatsApp:
The channel subscription does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the respective person.
We do not know what data WhatsApp / Meta collects overall and for what purposes it is processed.
If you install and use this service, you agree to the respective terms and conditions, over which we have no influence. These generally include access to telephone numbers and the contacts stored on the mobile device. Data is stored on the servers of the messenger service. We would like to point out that we unfortunately have no influence on the data protection regulations and settings of this platform. For more information, please refer to the provider's privacy policy.
Users cannot send messages to us. We use WhatsApp exclusively to disseminate police information / press releases using the 1-channel method (broadcast).
Data is neither stored nor is personal data transmitted. Contacts are neither stored nor shared.
- Registered office: WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Privacy Policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/?lang=en#privacy-policy
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Mettmann by e-mail at datenschutz.mettmann [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Mettmann
Data protection officer
Adalbert-Bach-Platz 1
40822 Mettmann
Telephone: 02104-982-0
Telefax: 02104-982-1018
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Mettmann by email at poststelle.mettmann [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Minden-Lübbecke by e-mail at datenschutz.minden-luebbecke [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Minden-Lübbecke
Data protection officer
Bielefelder Straße 90
32758 Detmold
Telephone: 05231-609-0
Telefax: 05231-609-1190
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Minden-Lübbecke by email at poststelle.minden-luebbecke [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Mönchengladbach by e-mail at datenschutz.moenchengladbach [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Mönchengladbach
Data protection officer
Krefelder Straße 555
41066 Mönchengladbach
Telephone: 02161-29-0
Telefax: 02161-29-20149
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Mönchengladbach by email at poststelle.moenchengladbach [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Münster by e-mail at datenschutz.muenster [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Münster
Data protection officer
Friesenring 43
48147 Münster
Telephone: 0251 275-0
Telefax: 0251 275-2196
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Münster by email at poststelle.muenster [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Oberbergischer Kreis by e-mail at datenschutz.oberbergischerkreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Oberbergischer Kreis
Data protection officer
Hubert-Sülzer-Straße 2
51643 Gummersbach
Telephone: 02261-8199-0
Telefax. 02261-8199-209
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Oberbergischer Kreis by email at poststelle.oberbergischerkreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Oberhausen by e-mail at datenschutz.oberhausen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Oberhausen
Data protection officer
Duisburger Straße 375
46049 Oberhausen
Telephone: 0208-826-0
Telefax: 0208-826-3350
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Oberhausen by email at poststelle.oberhausen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Olpe by e-mail at datenschutz.olpe [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Olpe
Data protection officer
Kortemickestraße 2
57462 Olpe
Telephone: 02761-9269-0
Telefax: 02761-9269-3390
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Olpe by email at poststelle.olpe [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Paderborn by e-mail at datenschutz.paderborn [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat als Kreispolizeibehörde Paderborn
Data protection officer
Riemekestr. 60-62
33102 Paderborn
Telephone: 05251-306-0
Telefax: 05251-306-1099
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Paderborn by email at poststelle.paderborn [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Polizeipräsidium Recklinghausen by e-mail at datenschutz.recklinghausen [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Polizeipräsidium Recklinghausen
Data protection officer
Westerholter Weg 27
45657 Recklinghausen
Telephone: 02361-55-0
Telefax: 02361-55-1019
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Polizeipräsidium Recklinghausen by email at poststelle.recklinghausen [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Rhein-Erft-Kreis by e-mail at datenschutz.rhein-erft-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Der Landrat des Rhein-Erft-Kreises als Kreispolizeibehörde
Data protection officer
Willy-Brandt-Platz 1
50126 Bergheim
Telephone: 02233 52-0
Telefax: 02233 52-3409
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Rhein-Erft-Kreis by email at poststelle.rhein-erft-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer of the Kreispolizeibehörde Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis by e-mail at datenschutz.rheinisch-bergischer-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or via the address:
Kreispolizeibehörde Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis
Data protection officer
Hauptstraße 1-9
51465 Bergisch Gladbach
Telephone: 02202 205-0
Telefax: 02202 205-280
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact the Kreispolizeibehörde Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis by email at poststelle.rheinisch-bergischer-kreis [at] polizei.nrw.de or in writing at the address give in the Imprint.
Your rights as a user
You have the following rights with regard to the personal data that concerns you:
- right of access,
- right to rectification or erasure,
- right to restriction of processing,
- right to object to processing,
- right to data portability.
To exercise your rights as a user with regard to your personal data, please contact your authority by e-mail or in writing (see contacts below).
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (www.ldi.nrw.de). You may contact the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia by e-mail at poststelle [at] ldi.nrw.de (poststelle[at]ldi[dot]nrw[dot]de) or via the following address:
State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
P.O. Box 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Telephone: 0211 384 24-0
Fax: 0211 384 24-10
Note on data protection
Personal data is collected when you use our information services. This is necessary for technical reasons in order to guarantee you all of our website’s functionalities and the security of our site (legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. e GDPR).
The purpose of processing is to fulfil the tasks assigned to the North Rhine-Westphalia Police by law. The legal basis for the processing of personal data is derived from Section 3 (1) of the Data Protection Act of North Rhine-Westphalia (DSG NRW) in conjunction with Article 6 (1) (e) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), without prejudice to more specific legal provisions. Accordingly, the processing of personal data is authorised if it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Controller. If you have consented to processing, the data processing is based on Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR.
Protocol or log files
The NRW Police website is hosted by ]init[ AG für digitale Kommunikation.
]init[ Aktiengesellschaft für digitale Kommunikation
Köpenicker Straße 9
10997 Berlin
Telephone +49 30 97006 0
Telefax +49 30 97006 135
E-mail: init [at] init.de
www.init.de
Each time the website’s content is accessed, data is temporarily stored there in so-called protocol or log files, which may allow identification. The following data is collected each time the website is accessed:
- Date and time of access,
- name of the internet service called up, the resource called up and the action used,
- the query made by the client,
- the amount of data transferred,
- a notification as to whether the request was successful,
- the IP address and port of the accessing computer, and
- client information (browser, operating system).
This data from the log files is used to defend against and analyse attacks on the portal and is stored for up to 48 hours directly for, and only accessible to, administrators. After that, it is only available indirectly via the reconstruction of backup tapes and is permanently deleted after six weeks.
Citizen service, e-mail and consent
We offer you various access options to make contact with the NRW Police – via contact forms or by using email addresses. When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide must be stored so that we can respond to your request.
Should you use these methods of contacting us, entering your personal data is expressly voluntary and – if you are over 16 years of age – the storage and processing of your personal data associated with your entry is with your consent (legal basis is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a in conjunction with Art. 8 (1) GDPR). Persons under the age of 16 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians (legal basis is Art. 8 (1) GDPR). We do not request personal data from children or young people. We do not knowingly collect such data.
If you contact us directly via email, we ask you to note your consent in your email.
For enquiries via email or contact form, the following data may be stored:
- Salutation,
- surname,
- first name,
- email address,
- street,
- house number,
- postcode,
- town,
- telephone number,
- subject,
- your message,
- timestamp,
- user,
- IP address.
We only use the personal data you enter for the purpose you have requested and only within the state government or the authorities, departments and institutions commissioned with the respective service.
We delete personal data that we receive by email or contact form as soon as storage is no longer required for the purpose being pursued by you or in connection with the administrative processes triggered by it and the applicable retention obligations (Annex to the File Regulations for the Division of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (AktO); Circular of the Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs - 51 - 17.05 - dated 25 July 2016).
Use of cookies
The website uses what are referred to as “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. They are used to make our website more user-friendly and effective for you.
You can prevent the use of cookies by setting your internet browser so that it does not accept cookies. However, you can also specify in your browser whether you wish to be advised about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, or whether you exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases, or in general. You can also activate automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. How you do this depends on your browser.
Web analysis
This website uses the web analysis service Matomo. Matomo uses cookies that are stored on your computer. These files do not cause any damage, but allow us to analyse your use of our website in an anonymised form. The information collected by the cookie is stored on our server. Your IP address is anonymised before it is saved so that it can no longer be traced back to you. The information obtained will not be passed on to third parties.
If you do not agree to your data being analysed and stored, you can prevent this by deactivating the following check box. In this case, what is called an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser that prevents your usage data being stored. However, if you delete your cookies, the opt-out cookie will be deleted as well and hence needs to be reactivated the next time you visit this website.
Sharing of personal data
Data that has been logged when accessing the NRW Police’s Online Police Station or collected for a special service will only be passed on to third parties outside the state government
- if we are obliged to do so by law or by order of a court or public prosecutor or
- if disclosure is necessary for legal or criminal prosecution in the event of attacks on the state government’s internet infrastructure.
However, we would like to expressly point out at this point that the use of social media that can be accessed via this website – with prior consent – may also involve the transmission of personal data.
Social media
Data protection in social media is important to NRW Police. You should therefore read our social media data protection information before using the links to the police’s social media offerings.
General information on data protection
In the course of enhancing the website, changes to this Privacy Policy may become necessary. Hence we recommend that you re-read this Privacy Policy from time to time.
General information on data protection may be found on the website of the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia: www.ldi.nrw.de
We would like to point out that operators of third-party websites linked to from the portal may collect and analyse the data of visitors to these websites.
You can find the legal notice here.