bka.de

Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office — the central body of the criminal police. 109 requests, 1 domain. BundesSans and BundesSerif served locally. Matomo via an opt-in checkbox. matomo.js loads locally (+102 ms), but no tracking requests appear in the HAR — consent has not been given. Wanted-person notices (Fahndungen) — all data local.

Request timeline

+98 ms · CSS load

addon_cookiebanner.css and addon_fahndungen.css — styles for the cookie banner and wanted-person notices load as part of the main CSS bundle.

+102 ms · Matomo JS

www.bka.de/SiteGlobals/Frontend/JavaScript/addons/matomo.js — Matomo JS loads locally, as a built-in CMS addon. It does not initiate any external requests.

+170 ms · JS and fonts

global.js — the only main JS file. BundesSansWeb (Regular, Bold, Italic) and BundesSerifWeb (Regular) — served locally from /static/fonts/.

No external domains

109 requests — all to www.bka.de. Fahndungen (wanted-person notices) with photos of wanted individuals — all local. Set-Cookie — zero.

Declared versus actual

✓ Matomo/PIWIK — documented with an opt-in checkbox and Art. 6(1) DSGVO — declared

✓ IP anonymization — 'two bytes of the IP address are anonymized' — declared

✓ Double opt-in for the job newsletter — documented — declared

✓ Contact form (Kontaktformular) — Art. 6(1)(a) Einwilligung — declared

Context

BKA (Bundeskriminalamt) is Germany’s federal criminal police office, the central body of the criminal police. It coordinates investigations into international crime, terrorism, and cybercrime. It publishes a Fahndungsportfolio — wanted-person notices with photographs of individuals being sought. Sensitivity is high: site visitors may be victims, witnesses, or persons otherwise interacting with the criminal justice system. HAR: 109 requests, 1 domain.

Matomo as a CMS addon — no external requests

matomo.js loads locally from www.bka.de/SiteGlobals/Frontend/JavaScript/addons/matomo.js at +102 ms — as a built-in part of the CMS, not an external resource. This matters: a request to a file on the proprietary domain does not mean tracking has been activated. There is no tracking request to a Matomo server (matomo.php) in the HAR — the user has not given consent, and the analytics tool is not activated.

The policy describes Matomo with opt-in: “Diese Daten verarbeitet das BKA nur, wenn Sie der Verarbeitung zustimmen bzw. die Webanalyse aktivieren. Es wird Ihnen hierfür beim erstmaligen Aufruf der Seite ein entsprechendes Auswahlfenster angezeigt.” CookieBannerExtended.html loads at +427 ms with options for “Webanalyse aktivieren” / “Webanalyse deaktivieren.”

Fahndungen — wanted-person notices, local

BKA’s homepage includes active wanted-person notices: photographs related to the “Doppelmord Bistro Raun” case, as well as a “SpurlosVerschwunden” (missing persons) section. All images — /SharedDocs/Bilder/DE/IhreSicherheit/Fahndungen/ — are hosted locally. There are no external services (Facebook, Twitter) for distributing the wanted-person notices — which would be problematic from the standpoint of transmitting data about visitors seeking information on criminal cases.

addon_bitv.css and accessibility

The list of CSS files includes addon_bitv.css — styles for BITV 2.0 (Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung, Germany’s web accessibility standard). Accessibility is implemented through proprietary styles, with no external SDKs.

Conclusion

bka.de is the seventh zero result in the German series. The federal criminal police office has built an architecture consistent with the sensitivity of its content: one domain, local Matomo as a CMS addon, correct opt-in, wanted-person notices with no external dependencies. The pattern among Germany’s federal security bodies is consistently reproduced: Bundespolizei, BAMF, BBK, BMJV, BND, BSI, BKA — all seven with zero external domains.

Evidence

How to verify: download the file and compute its checksum — sha256sum file.har (Linux, macOS) or certutil -hashfile file.har SHA256 (Windows); it must match the one shown. The conclusions apply to the scope of this measurement — see the limitations of the method.

Original (audit)

HAR file: de/bka-de-2026-05-29.har

SHA-256: 9c77c4d00d2eeb2421dc30c36136c393729d4104d68ba55d40129ffb05921f44

HAR files are stored on EU infrastructure (Proton Drive). SHA-256 is published for integrity verification.

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Step 1. Data access request (GDPR Art. 15)

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Тема: Запрос доступа к персональным данным (ст. 15 GDPR) — bka.de

Кому: [укажите адрес компании — DPO / поддержка / юридический отдел]
От: [Ваше имя], [контактный email]

Прошу предоставить доступ к моим персональным данным, обрабатываемым в связи с использованием сайта bka.de.

1. Категории данных и цели обработки (ст. 15(1)(a)-(c))
Прошу предоставить информацию по всем категориям, целям и получателям обработки моих данных на этом сайте — независимо от того, выявлены ли на сегодняшний день какие-либо несоответствия.

2. Получатели, сроки хранения и передача за пределы ЕЭЗ (ст. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
Прошу также указать полный список третьих лиц-получателей, применимые сроки хранения по каждой категории и правовые основания передачи данных за пределы ЕЭЗ, если таковая происходит. Полный технический разбор с доказательствами (сохранённый сетевой журнал, контрольная сумма SHA-256) опубликован по адресу: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/de-bka-de/

3. Автоматизированная обработка и профилирование (ст. 15(1)(h))
Прошу сообщить, применяется ли в отношении меня автоматизированное принятие решений или профилирование, и если да — раскрыть логику такой обработки.

С уважением,

[Ваше имя]
[контактный email]
[Страна]


[Дата]

Subject: Data access request (GDPR Art. 15) — bka.de

To: [insert the company's address — DPO / support / legal department]
From: [Your name], [contact email]

I request access to my personal data processed in connection with the website bka.de.

1. Categories of data and purposes of processing (Art. 15(1)(a)-(c))
I request information on all categories, purposes, and recipients of my data processed on this site — regardless of whether any non-compliance has been identified to date.

2. Recipients, retention periods, and transfers outside the EEA (Art. 15(1)(c)-(d), 46)
I also request the full list of third-party recipients, the applicable retention period for each category, and the legal basis for any transfer of data outside the EEA. The full technical audit with evidence (saved network log, SHA-256 checksum) is published at: https://gdpru.eu/en/audits/de-bka-de/

3. Automated processing and profiling (Art. 15(1)(h))
Please state whether I am subject to automated decision-making or profiling, and if so, disclose the logic involved.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[contact email]
[Country]

[Date]