The focus: data protection or useful analysis?

The focus: data protection or useful analysis?

In Bremen, the police have initiated a public search after a suspected attacker who is said to have attacked a person on open road last week. The event caused a sensation in the city and alerted the population.

The investigators have published a video that shows the suspicious man to obtain information from the population. The act that was directed against the physical integrity of a person, took place in a strongly frequented area and could potentially have had other witnesses.

commitment to a data protection -compliant analysis

In another context, Radio Bremen Surf behavior can be used. These technical elements make it possible to analyze user behavior without allowing conclusions to be drawn about individual persons. Users also have the option of contradicting data acquisition and transmission.

Furthermore, the website offers the function of notifying external content only after a new approval. If this function is activated, a connection to the provider is established, while the consent is obtained again when deactivated. The external content includes this regulation, among other things, platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.

In addition, The Federal Commissioner for data protection and the freedom of information Statistical evaluation are used, usually no personal data may be recorded in order to be able to act in accordance with the leg. The use of these technologies is relevant to data protection law and requires the consent of the users согласно § 25 paragraph 1 Tddddg.