Data Protection

Offices, administrative authorities, public institutions of the country as well as other legal entities subject to the supervision of the Liechtenstein State Administration (LLV) or third parties acting on behalf of the LLV process personal data. These institutions, referred to as public entities hereafter, are subject, unless otherwise provided by law, to the respective national special legislation as well as the provisions of the Liechtenstein Data Protection Act (DSG) and the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The Data Protection Officer for the State Administration is responsible for implementing and ensuring compliance with data protection regulations by the public entities mentioned above.

Information according to the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, in particular Articles 12 to 14 GDPR:

Which data about you is processed and how it is used depends largely on the relationship you have with one of the above-mentioned public entities or which public entity is processing your data for which purpose.

Below you will find general information about data protection for all public entities. Subsequently, remarks on the use of the website integration.li are listed.

General information on data protection for all public entities

Responsible party

The responsible party for the use of the website integration.li of the State Administration is the State Administration itself, and the respective public entity is responsible for the specific data processing.

This privacy policy is valid for the entire Liechtenstein State Administration and its offices:

Data Protection Officer for the State Administration

Questions regarding the personal data processed about you in the Liechtenstein State Administration can be answered by both the relevant administrative office and the Data Protection Officer for the State Administration.

Data Protection Office

Government Chancellery

Peter-Kaiser-Platz 1

P.O. Box 684

FL-9490 Vaduz

Phone 00423 236 7308

E-Mail: datenschutz@regierung.li

Website: www.fds.llv.li

Specific information on essential terms, data processing, and legal bases as well as the rights of affected persons

Definition of personal data and sensitive data

Personal data are all information related to an identified or identifiable natural person. Fully anonymized information is not considered personal data. A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be directly or indirectly identified, in particular through assignment to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, an online identifier (IP address), or one or more special characteristics that express the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity of that natural person.

Personal data primarily includes information such as your (correct) name, address, or phone number. Your email address may also be included as long as it contains your name and allows your identity to be determined. Information without any reference to your identity, such as age or gender alone, is not considered personal data.

Sensitive data are personal data that reveal racial and ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership. The processing of genetic data, biometric data for the unique identification of a natural person, health data, or data concerning the sexual life or sexual orientation of a natural person also falls within the category of sensitive data.

Data subject

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the data controller.

Collection and processing of personal data

Generally, you can use the website integration.li without actively providing personal data. However, certain personal data is processed automatically. Details regarding automated data processing can be found further below under the section: General information on visiting the website.

The collection and processing of personal data by the Office for Social Services takes place in accordance with the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the national data protection law, and the respective national special law. The processing of personal data by a public entity may occur through various methods such as collection, storage, use, transmission, linking, making available for retrieval, or deletion and destruction.

Legal basis

The activities of the offices of the Liechtenstein State Administration are based on a respective legal mandate. The specific laws are usually listed on the website of the respective office or linked with the applicable regulations and laws. The legal bases for processing your personal data result at least from Article 6 paragraph 1 e) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in conjunction with Article 4 of the Liechtenstein Data Protection Act (DSG). These legal bases allow the Liechtenstein State Administration to process your personal data required for fulfilling its tasks.

Disclosure of data to third parties

Data will only be disclosed to third parties within the framework of the legal provisions. Services from third-party providers may be utilized, who will then be required as processors to comply with data protection regulations and requirements. The processor is a natural or legal person, authority, institution, or other entity that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

In certain circumstances, public entities may also jointly determine data processing with other controllers. Joint responsibility is also governed by the provisions of the GDPR and the DSG.

Data transfer to a third country / outside the EU

Should we transfer personal data to service providers outside the EU, this will only occur if the EU Commission has confirmed an adequate level of data protection in the third country or if other adequate data protection guarantees, such as EU standard contractual clauses, are in place. A list of third countries and international organizations with an adequate level of data protection can be found in Annex 1 of the Data Protection Regulation (DSV).

Duration of storage and deletion of personal data

Your data will be stored by the respective public entity of the State Administration for as long as necessary, taking into account legal retention periods required for the specific fulfillment of tasks. An overview of the legal retention periods is available on the website of the supervisory authority, www.datenschutzstelle.li under the Services section.

Data stored by the State Administration will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for their intended purpose and legal retention obligations do not oppose deletion. If the data of the affected persons are not deleted because they are required for other legally permissible purposes, their processing will be restricted.

Your rights as a data subject

1 Right to information:

You have the right to obtain information informally and without justification about the personal data stored about you at any time. This also applies to their origin, recipients, and the purpose of storage. You receive this information free of charge (Article 15 GDPR). Requests for information about your stored data should be directed to the respective responsible public entity or to the Data Protection Office.

2 Correction, restriction of processing, deletion, complaint, and withdrawal of consent:

In addition, you have further rights, such as the right to correct inaccurate data, restriction of processing, and deletion of your personal data (Articles 16 GDPR, 17 GDPR, 18 GDPR). In the event of suspected illegal data processing, you can file a complaint with the supervisory authority responsible for us, the Data Protection Office (DSS), www.datenschutzstelle.li, at any time. If you have given your consent to the State Administration, you can generally withdraw it at any time with effect for the future (Article 7 GDPR).

3 Right to object:

As far as we process your personal data not on the basis of consent but due to a legal fact such as Article 6 paragraph 1 e) GDPR, you can object to the future processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation (Article 21 GDPR). The existence of a particular situation is subject to individual assessment.

Should you exercise your rights mentioned above, we will check whether the legal requirements are met.

General information on visiting the website integration.li

Voluntary personal information

Our processing of personal data from our users is limited to those data necessary for providing a functional website as well as our content and services. The processing of personal data from our users occurs only for the purposes agreed with them or where otherwise a legal basis (within the meaning of the GDPR) exists. Only those personal data that are actually necessary for carrying out and settling our tasks and services, or that you have voluntarily provided to us, are collected. These include:

Contact data (e.g., email address)
Content data (e.g., text entries)
Usage data (e.g., visited webpages, interest in content, access times)
Meta/communication data (e.g., device and browser information, IP address)
Data in connection with online forms (e.g., applications, notifications)

Once you access a page of our website or the online services embedded in our website, the IP address, the URL of the accessed page, the date and time of access, and information about the browser (program, version, PC or mobile, etc.) are stored on our web servers in so-called log files (web server logs). These logs serve solely for technical purposes – e.g., to investigate technical problems – and for information security; they are not evaluated otherwise or linked to other data. These log data are automatically deleted after 48 weeks.

Purpose of processing

Provision of the relevant website, its functions, and content Response to contact inquiries and communication with users Provision of the services described in the content Security measures Measurement of reach and statistics

Relevant legal bases regarding the website

The legal bases for data processing regarding our website are the provisions contained in Liechtenstein legislation for fulfilling the tasks of the Liechtenstein State Administration.

Deletion of data through visiting the website

The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in processing according to Articles 17 and 18 GDPR. Unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy, the data stored with us will be deleted as soon as they are no longer necessary for their intended purpose and no legal retention obligations oppose deletion.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website to make our service user-friendly. Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. This allows us to recognize your browser on your next visit.

If you do not wish this, you can set your browser to inform you about setting cookies and allow them on a case-by-case basis. However, we would like to point out that deactivation may lead to you not being able to use all features of our website.

Emails sent to us

Please note that, subject to an explicit agreement and configuration, emails sent to us are not encrypted.

If you wish to transmit confidential or sensitive information, please contact the relevant office in advance to arrange a secure method for data transmission.

Web Analysis Tool Matomo

We analyze the use of our website with the web analysis tool Matomo. This is solely for optimizing the website in terms of user-friendliness and providing useful information about our services. There is no merging of this data with other personal data sources or disclosure to third parties.

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR.

There is no personal evaluation. The analyses are based on anonymized datasets.

Your Questions

If you have any questions or comments as a data subject regarding the processing of your personal data by the State Administration, please contact the relevant administrative office or directly the Data Protection Officer of the State Administration using the contact details provided above.

Supervisory Authority as Complaint Instance

In the event of a complaint you wish to file concerning the Liechtenstein State Administration, the Data Protection Office serves as the supervisory authority and can be reached as follows:

Data Protection Office Principality of Liechtenstein

Städtle 38

P.O. Box 684

FL-9490 Vaduz

T +423 236 60 90

info.dss@llv.li