bundesnetzagentur.de

Context

Bundesnetzagentur is the Federal Network Agency, regulating Germany’s electricity, gas, telecommunications, postal, and railway markets. It reports to the BMWi. Known for a number of high-profile decisions, including banning children’s smartwatches with an eavesdropping function (2017) and overseeing algorithmic discrimination in networks. HAR: 109 requests, 1 domain.

The rejection-of-tracking formula — a third instance

The policy contains the same declaration used by BGH and BfDI: “Techniken, die es ermöglichen, das Zugriffsverhalten der Nutzer*innen nachzuvollziehen, werden nicht eingesetzt” — with the addition of the gendered *innen symbol, reflecting current style conventions in German state documents. This is not a coincidental match in wording: it is anchored in ITZBund and DSK guidance for state sites that forgo analytics.

IP anonymization in the log file

Unlike many other sites in the series, Bundesnetzagentur explicitly states that IP addresses in server logs are anonymized: “IP-Adresse, anonymisiert.” Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO (berechtigtes Interesse in ensuring IT system security). The log-retention period is not stated in the policy.

The old woff format

The BundesSans and BundesSerif fonts are stored in .woff format — the predecessor standard to .woff2. This is one of the few signs that the site runs on an older version of the federal CMS platform. The principle of local hosting is nonetheless upheld.

Conclusion

bundesnetzagentur.de is the fourteenth zero result in the German series. A regulator that oversees compliance in the telecommunications industry — including network users’ privacy — applies the standard of rejecting tracking on its own site. Institutional consistency, characteristic of Germany’s federal platform.