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Data Protection

Using personal data responsibly has a high priority at the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI). We want users to know when the FLI collects and uses which data.

As an authority of the Federal Republic of Germany without legal capacity, the FLI operates a website at the domain www.fli.de where it informs the public of its activities and makes information easily available to the public.

We process personal data only to the extent necessary. Which data are needed and processed for what purposes and on what basis depends on the type of service you choose and for what purpose the data are needed.

We have put technical and organizational safeguards in place to ensure that we and our external service providers comply with data protection law.

The FLI processes personal data in compliance with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) and the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

1. General Information

1.1 Responsibility and Data Protection Officer

Responsibility for the processing of personal data lies with the

Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
Südufer 10
D-17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems
represented by the president
E-Mail: leitungsbüro-fli@~@fli.de

If you have specific questions about how your privacy is protected, please contact the external Official Data Protection Officer

Philipp Herold
Mein Datenschutzbeauftragter.de
Rudolf-Diestel-Straße 10
23617 Stockelsdorf
E-Mail: Datenschutz@~@hub24.de

or the Coordinating Officer - Data Protection at FLI:

Kati Cornelius
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut
Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
Südufer 10
D-17493 Greifswald - Insel Riems
E-Mail: Koordinierungsstelle-Datenschutz@~@fli.de

1.2. Personal data

The term "personal data" means all information related to an identified or identifiable natural person. Natural persons are considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by linking them to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data or an online reference number.

1.3 Protection of minors

Anyone younger than 16 should not submit personal data to us without the consent of their parents or guardians. If these data are needed in order to visit the FLI, number 5.2 applies. These data are not shared with third parties.

1.4 Legal basis for processing personal data

The FLI processes personal data in carrying out its assigned responsibilities in the public interest. Its public responsibilities include in particular informing the public and thus making information available to the public through its website. The legal basis for processing in this case is Article 6 (1) (e) of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation in conjunction with the relevant national or European law and with Section 3 of the BDSG. If personal data must be processed in the individual case to meet a legal obligation, Article 6 (1) (c) of the GDPR applies as well, in conjunction with the relevant legal provision on which the legal obligation is based.

If we obtain consent from the data subject to process personal data, Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data needed to fulfil a contract with the data subject, Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR also serves as the legal basis in the individual case. The same applies to processing needed to carry out pre-contractual measures. The FLI acts as a contracting party under civil law in particular with regard to staff recruitment and procurement.

If vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make it necessary to process personal data, Article 6 (1) (d) GDPR serves as the legal basis.

2. Data processing related to visiting this website

2.1 Data collection

Every time someone accesses our website and retrieves a file, data are temporarily saved in a log file.

Specifically, the following data are stored:

  • date and time of retrieval (time stamp) and the IP address of the device or server requesting access
  • details of the request and destination (log version, HTTP method, referrer, user agent string)
  • name of the file retrieved and amount of data transferred (requested URL and query string, size in bytes)
  • whether the request was successful (HTTP status code).

According to Article 6 (1) (e) GDPR in conjunction with Section 5 of the Act on the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI-Gesetz), we are also required to store data past the time of your visit in order to protect against attacks on the FLI’s Internet infrastructure and federal communications technology. These data are analysed and, in case of attacks on the communications technology, needed to initiate legal and criminal proceedings. These data are deleted as soon as they are no longer needed for official purposes.

Data logged when the FLI website is accessed are shared with third parties only if we are legally obligated to do so, or if needed for legal or criminal proceedings in case of attacks on federal communications technology. Otherwise these data are not shared with third parties. The FLI does not combine these data with other data sources.

2.2 Session cookies

Cookies are used on the web pages of the FLI, which are valid for the time you visit our website. This is necessary for technical reasons. Cookies are used on the basis of Article 6 (1) (e) GDPR in conjunction with Section 3 BDSG in the context of informing the public in order to provide information on the FLI’s assigned tasks as needed.

Session cookies are small units of information which a website provider saves to the random access memory of the visitor’s computer. A session cookie contains a randomly generated, unique identification number, known as a session ID. A cookie also contains information on its origin and how long it may be saved. These cookies are unable to store any other data.

Session cookies are deleted when you end the session, by closing your browser window or leaving the web page.

Every Internet browser can show you when cookies have been stored on your computer and what they contain. The websites of the Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information and the Federal Office for Information Security offer more detailed information.

Some cookies are permanent, in order to remember website visitors returning after a long absence. They are stored as text files on the hard drive of the visitor’s computer. We do not use such cookies on our website.

Most browsers accept cookies by default. However, storage of cookies can be disabled, or the browser can be set up to store cookies only for the duration of the individual Internet connection.

2.3 Web analysis

Based on Article 6 (1) (e) GDPR in conjunction with Section 3 BDSG, the FLI analyses information on website use for statistical purposes in the context of informing the public and in order to provide information on the FLI’s assigned tasks as needed.

It does so using the web analysis service Matomo/PIWIK.

When individual pages of our website are retrieved, the following data are stored:

  • two bytes of the IP address of the user’s retrieving system (anonymous)
  • the web page accessed
  • the website from which the user arrived at the the web page retrieved (referrer)
  • the sub-pages retrieved from the web page retrieved
  • length of time spent on the page
  • how often the web page was retrieved

For our web analysis, no cookies are placed on users’ computers. Nor are the data shared with third parties.

If you do not want these data from your website visit to be stored and analysed, although they are entirely anonymous, you can opt out below with a mouse click.

In this case, an opt-out cookie is saved to your browser, which means that Matomo will not collect any more session data.