Recklinghausen police in the social media

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However, this information is neither evaluated by the administrators nor recorded elsewhere. The statistics that Facebook makes available to the administrators are output in aggregated form and do not allow the administrators to draw any conclusions about personal data. In this context, please also note the company's privacy policy and make the appropriate privacy settings in your account! Please check exactly what information you publish!

What Facebook learns:
What data Facebook stores in detail and how the company uses this data is not exactly known. What is certain is that Facebook not only stores data that is entered directly by users, but also records the actions of Facebook users - presumably without gaps.

Facebook also collects...

• the most important data of the computer system from which a user logs into the network - including IP address, processor type and browser version including plug-ins and every visit to websites (widget data) on which a "Like" button is installed. The IP address is also transmitted.
• If the visitor to the third-party site is a Facebook user and has already logged in to Facebook from the same computer, Facebook can also determine their identity.
• This enables Facebook to investigate the preferences, inclinations and contacts of its users very precisely and beyond Facebook usage.

Important note:
We expressly reserve the right to remove comments that violate applicable law or morality from this page and to report this to the platform operator. In cases of criminal relevance, this will also result in criminal investigation proceedings. Comments that are not written in German will be deleted if necessary. If comments contain links and/or references to other pages, these will be deleted for security reasons.

Instagram users share their user profile pictures and communicate either via so-called microblogs or by sharing or commenting on their audiovisual content. Since October 2019, registration has been mandatory on the website, similar to the mobile application.

The police in NRW publicly maintain various profiles on Instagram, which can be found via search. Many police authorities have an Instagram profile. As a rule, similar profiles are offered at the bottom of the selected profile so that you can browse through other police profiles from there.

Information on data protection when using Instragram

When accessing the police services, personal user data, i.e. data with which you can be personally identified, is collected. Please note that the scope of the data transfer depends on whether you access the Instagram page anonymously or are already logged in with your own Instagram profile.

In its privacy policy, Instagram describes in general terms what information Instagram receives and how it is used. There you will also find information on how to contact Instagram. The privacy policy is available at the following link https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875. We do not know how your data is processed or used in detail.

Polizei NRW uses the technical platform of Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlow Part, CA, 94025, USA. Instagram is part of the Facebook group of companies and shares infrastructure, systems and technology with Facebook and other Facebook companies (https://www.facebook.com/help/111814505650678?ref=dp).

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The channel is a one-way communication. We post content to the channel. There is no chat or comment function. As the owner of the channel, we can only see how many subscribers we have. We do not see who or which phone number has subscribed to our channel.

We cannot and will never write you personal messages on WhatsApp. If someone writes to you and claims to be from the police, always assume that they are a suspected fraudster.

Please read our privacy policy: https://lafp.polizei.nrw/datenschutzerklaerung

We also draw your attention to WhatsApp's terms of use and data processing guidelines: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/privacy-policy-eea?lang=de_DE

What data Meta stores and how the company uses this data is not exactly known. It can be assumed that Meta not only stores data entered directly by users, but also records user actions.

Make appropriate privacy settings and check exactly what information you publish.

With one click you become a follower of this account, which is visible to the administrators of the page as well as to your friends and possibly other users of X (Twitter). This applies in particular to Xe (tweets).

However, this information is neither analyzed nor recorded elsewhere by the administrators of the police account. The statistics that X (Twitter) makes available to the administrators of the police account are output in aggregated form and do not allow the administrators to draw any conclusions about personal data. In this context, please also note the company's privacy policy and make the appropriate privacy settings in your account! Please check exactly what information you publish!

What X (Twitter) learns:
What data X stores in detail and how the company uses this data is not exactly known. What is certain is that X not only stores data entered directly by users, but also records user actions - presumably without gaps - and passes them on to third parties.

X (Twitter) also learns...

• the most important data of the computer system (log data) from which a user logs into the network - including IP address, processor type and browser version including plug-ins and every visit to websites (widget data) on which an X button is installed. The IP address is also transmitted.
• If the visitor to the third-party site is an X user and has already logged in to X from the same computer, X can also determine their identity.
• This enables X to investigate the preferences, inclinations and contacts of its users very precisely and beyond X usage.

Important note:
We expressly reserve the right to report comments that violate applicable law or morality to the platform provider and, if necessary, to have them removed from this page. In cases of criminal relevance, this will also result in criminal investigation proceedings. Comments that are not written in German will be deleted if necessary. If contributions contain links and/or references to other sites, we reserve the right to report these to the platform provider and, if necessary, to delete them for security reasons.

Welcome to the social media pages of Recklinghausen Police. We would like to provide you with current and general information as well as insights into our day-to-day work. The world is colorful and diverse - and that's why we very much welcome the fact that social networks provide a platform for exchange and discussion. We look forward to engaging with you on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. On our pages, you will find press releases and reports on current police operations, important general information, information on current checks and key areas of police work.

This is us - working for you on social media

We are active for you on social media from Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 16:00. During this time, the social media team reads comments and messages and looks forward to interacting with you. Outside of these times, our social media channels are managed by the control center.

Important information:

Always call 110 in urgent cases.

We ask you not to publish any information about criminal offenses or personal data on social networks. If you would like to give a tip or report a crime, please use our online watch or go to the nearest police station. In appeals for witnesses or wanted persons, you will also always find the relevant police station with telephone contact details.

Netiquette

We ask everyone to remember that real people are communicating with each other here. To ensure a constructive exchange on our social media channels, the community agrees on the following common values and rules of conduct:

• We respect our fellow human beings. We comment responsibly. We are constructive and polite.
• We only comment on the current post topic.
• Questions and ideas are welcome.
• Disagreements are part of life. We argue on a factual level and don't get personal. We criticize opinions and actions, not people.
• Before commenting/tweeting, we put ourselves in the other person's shoes. We check whether we would also say the sentence to a person's face in a conversation.
• If we are provoked or treated unfairly, the contacts presented above are the people to talk to.
• We stick to verifiable facts and are careful with assumptions, especially accusations.
• We stand up for the Basic Law and an open, democratic society.
• We express ourselves clearly and comprehensibly. Irony and sarcasm can easily be misunderstood if you can't see/hear the other person.
• We accept that "you" has become the common form of address on the German-speaking web and don't get annoyed if we are not addressed as "you".

The internet is not a legal vacuum!

We do not tolerate:

• insults, abusive language and degrading statements,
• illegal content, e.g. incitement or instruction to commit crimes; statements harmful to minors; statements that violate personal rights or content that infringes the copyrights or data protection rights of third parties,
• inflammatory, racist, obscene, discriminatory or pornographic content,
• misleading claims and untrue statements of fact,
• content that is linked to viruses, Trojans or harmful websites, Trojans or harmful websites or are otherwise likely to impair the use of the site or the user's IT system,
• spam / copy&paste of own comments,
• contributions with personal data, commercial contributions and third-party advertising,
• links are generally not permitted and will be hidden or deleted by us. This is to prevent users from being redirected to fraudulent sites, e.g. through subsequent changes to stored websites.

As the police, we stand for law and order. You can and may expect the same from us on the Internet! In the case of comments that violate the law, we initiate appropriate proceedings, hide the comments and block the user. If you notice any possible legal violations on our pages, please inform us.

Users whose comments have been hidden or deleted or whose account has been blocked or blocked can informally inquire about the reason for the measure. Please send us an email to do this. In addition, the terms of use of the respective social network and our privacy policy apply.

We hope you enjoy sharing your opinions!