BfDI (Germany) - 16-536/007

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BfDI - 16-536/007#0176-Verwarnung
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Authority: BfDI (Germany)
Jurisdiction: Germany
Relevant Law: Article 58(2)(b) GDPR
Type: Investigation
Outcome: Violation Found
Started: 12.05.2022
Decided: 27.01.2023
Published: 22.05.2023
Fine: n/a
Parties: ITZBund
National Case Number/Name: 16-536/007#0176-Verwarnung
European Case Law Identifier: n/a
Appeal: Not appealed
Original Language(s): German
Original Source: https://fragdenstaat.de (in DE)
Initial Contributor: Frank F

The use of Cloudflare violates Art. 44 DSGVO.

English Summary

Facts

he responsible party or processor used Cloudflare to secure the website for the Census2022.

Holding

The DPA believes that the transmission of data, in particular. - Date and time of access, - name of the requested file, - web page from which the file was requested, - access status {e.g. e.g. file transferred, file not found), - the web browser used and the operating system, - the lp address of the requesting device, - online identifiers (e.g. device identifiers, session lDs}. Unlawful and a violation of Art. 44 GDPR.

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English Machine Translation of the Decision

The decision below is a machine translation of the German original. Please refer to the German original for more details.

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