Privacy policy

Information according to Art. 13 f. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

1. general information on data processing by the state police

Below you will find information on the processing of your personal data by the State Police and the rights to which you are entitled:

1.1 Responsibilities and contact details:

Thecontroller within the meaning of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act (DSG) is

National Police of the Principality of Liechtenstein
Gewerbeweg 4
P.O. Box 684
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +423 236 71 11
E-mail: info(at)landespolizei.li

Contact details of the company data protection officer:

Data Protection Office
Government Chancellery
Peter-Kaiser-Platz 1
P.O. Box 684
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +423 236 73 08
E-mail: Datenschutz(at)regierung.li

1.2 Collection and storage of personal data and the purpose and use thereof

1.2.1 Data processing for the fulfillment of legal tasks (sovereign administration)

The state police collects and processes personal data in this area in particular to fulfill the following legal tasks:

Averting and preventing danger;
Preventing criminal offenses;
State security;
Assistance in the event of accidents and disasters;
Determining the whereabouts of missing persons;
Investigations into criminal offenses;
Investigation of administrative offenses;
Enforcement of road traffic legislation;
enforcement of the penal system;
Supervision of the nationwide emergency medical service;
Enforcement of weapons and explosives legislation;
Providing enforcement assistance to other provincial and municipal authorities.

The processing of personal data in these areas is governed by the relevant legal provisions, namely:

Police Act, LGBl. 1989 No. 48;
Ordinance on the Information Systems of the Provincial Police, LGBl. 2016 No. 202;
Ordinance on personal security checks, LGBl. 2009 No. 316;
National SIS Ordinance, LGBl. 2011 No. 140;
Code of Criminal Procedure, LGBl. 1988 No. 62;
National Administrative Administration Act, LGBl. 1922 No. 24;
Road Traffic Act, LGBl. 1978 No. 18;
Administrative Fines Act, LGBl. 1995 No. 179;
Ordinance on Administrative Fines, LGBl. 1996 No. 154;
Ordinance on the technical roadside inspection of commercial vehicles, LGBl. 2008 No. 70;
Ordinance on the Working, Driving and Rest Periods of Drivers of Motor Vehicles for the Transport of Goods and Passengers, LGBl. 2011 No. 197;
Ordinance on the Control of Driving and Rest Periods of Drivers of Motor Vehicles for the Transport of Goods and Passengers, LGBl. 2009 No. 220;
Ordinance on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods by Road, LGBl. 1998 No. 57;
Weapons Act, LGBl. 2008 No. 275;
Weapons Ordinance, LGBl. 2009 No. 166;
Swiss Federal Act on Explosive Substances, SR 941.41;
Swiss Ordinance on Explosive Substances, SR 941.411;
Prison Act, LGBl. 2007 No. 295;

The personal data processed within the scope of the sovereign administration will be transmitted to other national and municipal authorities in accordance with and as required by the relevant legal provisions, in particular to

the Liechtenstein Public Prosecutor's Office
the Princely Court of Justice;
the Immigration and Passport Office
the Motor Vehicle Inspection;
the Office of Economic Affairs;
Office for Social Services;
Office for Health;
the National Treasury; and
the government.

In accordance with intergovernmental agreements or other legal bases, such data is also transmitted to foreign security authorities and organizations (possibly also in third countries), in particular to

the Swiss Border Guard Corps;
Police authorities in Switzerland and Austria;
Police authorities of the Schengen member states;
INTERPOL and EUROPOL.

If personal data is transferred to security authorities or organizations in third countries, this will only take place if this is expressly provided for in an intergovernmental agreement and equivalent data protection requirements are in place.

Personal data in this area is also transferred to private bodies and persons in accordance with and as required by the relevant legal provisions, in particular to

Hospitals and doctors;
therapeutic and social services.

The personal data processed by the National Police in this area is processed for as long as it is required for the fulfillment of tasks or for evidence purposes, or as long as statutory provisions stipulate certain deletion periods, such as the Ordinance on the Information Systems of the National Police or the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Before the data is deleted, it is offered to the National Archives in accordance with the provisions of archiving law.

Within the National Police, only those employees have access to the personal data who need this data to fulfill a specific legal task.

1.2.2 Data processing outside the sovereign administration (private sector administration)

Outside of the fulfillment of statutory tasks, the National Police only collects and processes the necessary personal data. This may vary depending on the group of persons. The state police collect and process the following data in particular:

Personal details, such as first name, surname;
Address and contact details, such as address, e-mail address, telephone number;
Information that is specifically required for the fulfillment of a contract or business relationship.

The State Police collects and processes this personal data in particular for the following purposes

Correspondence with you;
Fulfillment of a contractual obligation with you;
invoicing;
Processing or assertion of or defense against any existing (liability / public liability) claims; or
fulfillment of other purposes for which you have provided us with the data.

In principle, the state police will collect this data from you. However, it is also possible that the State Police may process personal data that has not been collected directly from you, but e.g. from third parties or public sources.

The legal bases for the collection and processing of your personal data in this area are in particular

Art. 6 para. 1 let. b GDPR (performance of a contract and implementation of pre-contractual measures);
Art. 6 para. 1 let. c GDPR (fulfillment of a legal obligation);
Art. 6 para. 1 let. f GDPR (safeguarding the legitimate interests of the national police or a third party);
Art. 6 para. 1 let. a GDPR (consent of the data subjects).

The National Police reserves the right to further process personal data collected for one of the above purposes for other purposes, provided that this is compatible with the original purpose or is provided for by law.

Within the National Police, only those employees have access to your personal data who need this data to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected.

Your personal data will also be passed on to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill the purpose on which the survey is based, in particular to the National Treasury and the government.

Data will only be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area within the framework of adequacy decisions of the European Commission or if this is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures or fulfillment of a contract, if you have given us your express consent, if this is necessary and prescribed for important reasons of public interest.

The data processed by the National Police in this area will only be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purpose. This does not apply to any longer statutory retention and documentation obligations (e.g. under the PGR or the SteG/MwStG). Longer processing may also be required for reasons of preserving evidence, in particular until the expiry of limitation periods.

1.3 Right to withdraw consent

If you have consented to processing by the National Police by means of a corresponding declaration, you can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. This does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

1.4 Rights of data subjects

According to the GDPR and the Data Protection Act, you have the following rights

To obtain information about the purposes of processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details. meaningful information about its details;
to request the rectification, completion or erasure of your personal data that is incorrect or not processed in accordance with the law
require us to restrict the processing of your personal data;
in certain circumstances, to object to the processing of your personal data or to withdraw the consent previously given for the processing;
to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller
to know the identity of third parties to whom your personal data is transferred; and
to lodge a complaint with the Liechtenstein Data Protection Authority(www.datenschutzstelle.li.).

The above does not apply to personal data processed in the context of state security. In this area, however, you can request that the data protection authority check whether the national police are lawfully processing data in the context of state security. A request to this effect must be submitted directly to the data protection authority(www.datenschutzstelle.li).

1.5 Supervisory authority

The National Police is subject to the supervision of the Liechtenstein Data Protection Authority in matters of data protection law. Its contact details are as follows:

Data Protection Authority Principality of Liechtenstein
Städtle 38
9490 Vaduz
Tel. +423 236 60 90
info.dss(at)llv.li
www.datenschutzstelle.li

2 Supplementary information on data processing in connection with the operation of the website

This section describes the processing of personal data in connection with the website of the National Police, including all directly related internal data processing. The legal provisions applicable in Liechtenstein apply.

2.1 Provision of the website and creation of log files

2.1.1 Description and scope of data processing

Each time the website is accessed, the system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The following data is collected:

IP address;
referrer URL
Host name of the accessing computer
File retrieved;
Date/time;
operating system; and
browser used.

The data is also stored in the system's log files. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

2.1.2 Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (safeguarding the legitimate interests of the national police or a third party).

2.1.3 Purpose of the data processing

Users' personal data is only processed to the extent necessary to provide a functional website and its content and services.

Further processing of the aforementioned data takes place exclusively in anonymized form for statistical purposes, for technical evaluations, for the optimization of the server infrastructure, to determine the frequency of access (e.g. certain times of day), to determine the number of visitors to the website, to determine the number of visitors to the website and to determine the number of visitors to the website. This is done to determine the frequency of access (e.g. at certain times of day), to draw conclusions for improving user-friendliness and functionalities and for reasons of data security.

Temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session.

The data is stored in log files to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data is used to optimize the website and to ensure the security of the information technology systems of the state police. There is no personal evaluation of this data. Furthermore, we do not use this data for any other purposes (e.g. for advertising).

2.1.4 Data transmission

We do not pass on personal data that we collect or information that you transmit to us via our website to third parties. Unless we are legally obliged to pass them on (to state institutions and authorities).

The State Police website contains links (hyperlinks) to the websites of other website operators. The State Police has no influence on how other website operators handle the processing of personal data on their websites. The State Police cannot accept any responsibility for this or for their content.

If the State Police commissions third parties to maintain the website, their access to personal data will be limited to what is necessary. The agents are bound by the data protection declaration of the State Police and by confidentiality.

2.1.5 Duration of storage

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of the collection of data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, this is the case after six months at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are deleted or anonymized so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.

2.1.6 Possibility of objection and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, the user does not have the option of objecting or removing the data.

2.2 Use of cookies

The website of the National Police uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables the browser to be uniquely identified when the website is called up again.

An anonymous session identification number of the website is stored in the cookies of the state police. They also store statistics and user-specific settings, such as the language and pages visited. With the help of these cookies, it is possible for user settings to be available over several page views.

Cookies are stored on the user's computer and transmitted by it to the website of the National Police. As a user, you therefore have full control over the use of cookies. You can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies by changing the settings in your Internet browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website to their full extent.

2.3 Web analysis through Matomo (formerly PIWIK)

The State Police uses the open source software tool Matomo (formerly PIWIK, www.matomo.org) on the website to analyze the surfing behavior of users. This tool is installed on a web server of the company commissioned with our website and stores visitor data and statistics only on servers in Liechtenstein. The national police adhere to the principle of data economy and only collect the data that we need to improve our website, namely

Part of the IP address (no inference to your person possible);
File retrieved;
Date/time;
operating system;
browser;
resolution; and
possible search terms.

The processing of users' personal data enables the state police to analyze the surfing behavior of users. By analyzing the data obtained, the State Police is able to compile information about the use of the individual components of the website. This helps the state police to continuously improve the website and its user-friendliness. These purposes also constitute the legitimate interest of the State Police in the processing of data within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. By anonymizing the IP address, the interest of users in the protection of their personal data is sufficiently taken into account.

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for recording purposes, i.e. within one week. This does not apply to data backups, which can be stored for a period of up to one year.

If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie is stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit our site again.

2.4 YouTube

Our website uses plugins from YouTube, which is operated by Google. The operator of the site is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.

When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited.

YouTube can also store various cookies on your device. With the help of these cookies, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to our website. This information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud attempts. The cookies remain on your end device until you delete them.

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube's privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

2.5 Google Maps

This website uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The National Police has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy findability of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

3. additional information on data processing in connection with the use of the state police app

This section contains additional information on data processing when using the state police app for Android or IOS devices.

When an emergency call is made via the app, the following data is transmitted

Cell phone number;
Location of the cell phone.

The call can also be recorded by the state police.
Data processing when using the app's emergency call function is carried out for the purpose of fulfilling statutory duties and documenting police action (Art. 6 para. 1 let. e GDPR and Art. 31 para. 1 PolG).

When using push notifications, you must specify after installing the app whether you wish to receive future push notifications from the national police (change of radar locations and police-relevant messages) and the national command staff for emergency messages. You can cancel this setting on your device at any time. When you activate push notifications, a unique token ID is generated that is linked to your device. The token ID number does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about other personal data and is decoupled from your device as soon as you log out of the push service. A new login generates a new token ID.

Your token ID is stored in an Amazon Webservices (AWS) database at the server location in Frankfurt (DE). This token ID is required to send messages to your device as push notifications via Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS).

Further information on the GDPR compliance of the Amazon Simple Notification Service and other Amazon services can be found here:
https://aws.amazon.com/de/compliance/gdpr-center/

The legal basis for the processing of this data is Art. 6 para. 1 let. a GDPR (consent).

4. applicable version

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2021.