Data protection in the asylum procedure ,
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entered into force on 25 May 2018. In addition to the Federal Office's obligation to provide information, it has additional obligations to provide information under Articles 15 to 22 and Article 34 GDPR.
If you apply for asylum, you are obliged by law to provide the Federal Office with certain personal data. Your asylum procedure may have to be discontinued if you do not do so. It is also possible that your asylum application will be denied or that your benefits as an asylum-seeker will be reduced.
The Federal Office will use your data for further processing in your asylum procedure, and will pass them on to courts and other public authorities. The Federal Office is entitled and obliged to do so by law. The data may also be transmitted to other countries and non-governmental organisations. This will naturally only take place if it is necessary and legally permissible for your asylum procedure. The information provided during the asylum procedure is not disclosed to the authorities of your country of origin.
Your data will be erased at the latest ten years after your asylum procedure has been completed, or after you have left Germany.
You can find out at any time what data we have concerning you and how we process them. You can also request the rectification of your data. Please send us an e-mail if this is the case.
The Federal Office may collect data if it needs them in order to carry out its work. These data are processed at the:
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Frankenstraße 210
D-90461 Nürnberg
There is a data protection officer at the Federal Office with responsibility for data protection. His address is:
Datenschutzbeauftragter (Data Protection Officer)
Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
Frankenstraße 210
D-90461 Nürnberg
You can send any complaints to the following address:
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Husarenstr. 30
D-53117 Bonn