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Federal Ministry of the Interior. 112 requests, 3 domains — all state-owned. social.bund.de — a state Mastodon server. multimedia.gsb.bund.de — a state media server. ReadSpeaker — 10 files served locally. Matomo opt-in via the matomoTracking cookie. No tracking appears in the HAR. Full compliance.
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Federal bodies' Mastodon server. social.bund.de. State infrastructure.
GSB media server. twemoji emoji. State infrastructure.
Context
BMI (Bundesministerium des Innern und für Heimat) is the Federal Ministry of the Interior, overseeing Bundespolizei, BKA, BfV, BBK, BAMF, and other agencies covered in this series. Responsible for internal security, migration, civil protection, and constitutional order. HAR: 112 requests, 3 domains.
social.bund.de — state Mastodon
BMI’s homepage displays a feed of posts from the ministry’s Mastodon account. social.bund.de is the state Fediverse server, operated within the bund.de infrastructure. Three requests: BMI’s account avatar, an image attachment to a post, a thumbnail image. This is not a third-party service: social.bund.de sits within state infrastructure, just like www.bmi.bund.de. The data transfer is between state servers. The policy contains a Social Media section but does not mention social.bund.de as a distinct technical recipient of data when the homepage loads.
multimedia.gsb.bund.de — Government Site Builder
multimedia.gsb.bund.de is the media server of Government Site Builder, the central CMS platform for federal bodies. One request: a twemoji emoji 👉 (1f449.png). Technically, this is the same state infrastructure as www.bmi.bund.de. Not explicitly mentioned in the policy.
ReadSpeaker — a fully self-hosted implementation
BMI goes further than BBK: ReadSpeaker is hosted not as a single JS file, but as a complete package of 10 files: Core.js, PlayerAPI.js, HL.js, ui.js, Config.js, Facade.js, Styles.css, Common.Settings.js, pub.Config.js, Customization.js — all served from www.bmi.bund.de/static/readspeaker/. Not a single request to external ReadSpeaker servers on page load. The IP address is transmitted only when “Vorlesen” is clicked — exactly as documented in the policy.
Matomo — opt-in via the matomoTracking cookie
The policy describes the mechanism in detail: the cookieBannerClosed cookie records that the banner was interacted with, and matomoTracking (value true/false) records the user’s statistics choice. “Nur dann wird das Javascript von Matomo geladen und ermöglicht statistische Auswertungen.” There are no Matomo requests in the HAR — consent has not been given, and the analytics tool is not activated.
Conclusion
bmi.bund.de is the eighth zero result in the German series. The ministry that oversees most of the agencies covered in this series reproduces the same standard: state hosting, local fonts, ReadSpeaker with no external calls, and Matomo with correct opt-in. The two additional domains (social.bund.de, multimedia.gsb.bund.de) are state infrastructure, not third-party services. Using a state-run Mastodon server instead of Twitter/X for the social widget is a deliberate choice in favor of infrastructural independence.
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Тема: Запрос доступа к персональным данным (ст. 15 GDPR) — bmi.bund.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 bmi.bund.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-bmi-bund-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) — bmi.bund.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 bmi.bund.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-bmi-bund-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]