Data protection notice
In accordance with Art. 13 and 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR (Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, DSGVO), we below inform you about the manner and background to the processing of your personal data in connection with our activities. Unless otherwise specified, the following information applies equally to all persons affected by the data processing.
Responsible body
Government Legal Services
Peter-Kaiser-Platz 2, 9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +423 236 6031
Email: info.rdr@llv.li
Website: www.rdr.llv.li
You can address questions about data protection directly to us or to the data protection department as our data protection officer.
Contact details of the data protection officer
Data Protection Office
Peter-Kaiser-Platz 1
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +423 236 73 08
Email: datenschutz@regierung.li
Website: www.fds.llv.li
Purpose of the processing
The primary purpose of processing personal data is to fulfill the mandate incumbent on us under the Government Legal Service Ordinance (Verordnung über den Rechtdienst der Regierung, LGBl. 2013 No. 199). This mainly includes:
- Government legal advice
- Legistic review of legal provisions
- Publication of legislation and maintenance of the law database at www.gesetze.li
- Updating the annexes to the Customs Treaty and other treaties with Switzerland
- Safeguarding the interests of the state in accordance with the Maintenance Advance Act (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz, UVG)
- Training of interns
Legal bases
The legal bases for processing activities are in particular:
- Ordinance on the Government Legal Services (Verordnung über den Rechtsdienst der Regierung, LGBl. 2013 No. 199), in particular Art. 2;
- Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, DSG, LGBl. 2018 No. 272), in particular Art. 4;
- Maintenance Advance Act (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz, UVG, LGBl. 1989 No. 47);
- State Personnel Act (Staatspersonalgesetz, StPG, LGBl. 2008 No. 144), in particular Art. 45 et seq.
Categories and origin of the processed data
The following personal data is collected, recorded and processed in the course of our activities: First name, surname, address, telephone number and e-mail (for interns also occupation, marital status, education, employment and training certificates).
As part of the enforcement of the Maintenance Advance Act (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz) the following data is also processed: Data of relatives (first name, surname, date of birth, address, telephone number, e-mail, relationship to this relative), proof of income (wage statements/pay slips/income confirmations of self-employed persons), maintenance titles (only relevant extracts), proof of enforcement proceedings against the maintenance debtor as well as school, training and study certificates of the applicants.
If the data does not originate from voluntarily submitted personal documents (e.g. application documents), it will be transmitted by other responsible offices of the Liechtenstein National Administration or the Court of Justice.
Recipients
We only transfer your data to other public bodies in cases prescribed and permitted by law. Recipients of personal data are in particular the Office of Human Resources and Organization in personnel matters and, in the area of advance maintenance payments, the Courts of law and the Office of Finance.
Storage period
The storage period for data processing is based on special legal requirements for retention periods or the Archiving Act (Archivgesetz). If the purpose of the data processing has been achieved and there are no legal retention periods preventing the deletion of your data, the personal data is generally forwarded to the deletion concept. The deletion concept is as follows: As a rule, files are stopped immediately after they have been processed and marked as completed in the system. Final deletion takes place after the specified legal retention period has expired and provided the documents are not classified as archive material. As a rule, deletion takes place ten years after the file has been closed; this period is based on the Law on Persons and Companies (Personen- und Gesellschaftsrecht, PGR).
Rights of data subject
When your personal data is processed, you have various rights under data protection law: access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability, objection, complaint to the supervisory authority.
You can exercise your rights by submitting an informal application or request to the one responsible without giving reasons. However, it is recommended that you submit the application or request in writing or in a secure electronic form.
1. Right to information
With the right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, you as the data subject can request information from the data controller about which data about you is stored or processed by the data controller You will also receive additional information from the controller, e.g. about the purposes of processing, the origin of the data if it was not collected directly from you, or about the recipients to whom your data is transmitted.
The right of access enables you to maintain an overview and therefore control over which of your personal data is processed, for what purpose and on what legal basis.
2. Right to rectification
If you discover that your personal data is incorrect, you can demand that the controller rectify it without undue delay in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR. Immediately means without undue delay on the part of the controller, which means that a certain amount of time must be allowed for the request to be processed
3. Right to deletion
With the right to deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, you can in principle request the controller to delete your personal data without undue delay if one of the grounds in Art. 17 (1) a) to f) applies, e.g. the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of the processing, consent has been withdrawn, an objection has been successfully lodged, the processing was unlawful, etc. However, there may be exceptions to the right to deletion, which are listed in Art. 17 para. 3 GDPR. The controller must regularly check whether statutory retention periods or the Archiving Act (Archivgesetz) preclude deletion.
4. Right to restriction of processing
The right to restrict processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR can only be asserted under certain conditions, which are listed in letters a) to d) of the article. For example, if you request the rectification of your incorrect data or have objected to the processing, the processing of your data must be restricted by the controller until its verification has been completed. Furthermore, processing must be restricted if you expressly request restriction instead of deletion due to unjustified processing. Processing must also be restricted if the controller no longer needs your data for its own purposes, but you still wish to use it to pursue your own claims.
5. Right to data portability
If you have provided your data to the controller, you can request that you receive this data in a commonly used, machine-readable format in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR. This is intended to make it easier for you to transfer your data to another controller. The right to data portability applies if the processing is based on consent or a contract and is carried out using automated procedures
6. Right to object
Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR grants you the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, by way of exception, to data processing which is lawful in itself, provided that the legal basis for the processing of your data is a weighing of interests on the part of the controller whose interests have prevailed in the weighing of interests carried out
7. Right to lodge a complaint
If you, as the data subject, believe that the data processing is unlawful, you can lodge a complaint with the r supervisory authority at any time.
Contact details of the data protection supervisory authority
The supervisory authority responsible for data protection in Liechtenstein is the Data Protection Authority with the contact details:
Data Protection Authority for the Principality of Liechtenstein
Städtle 38
P.O. Box 684
FL-9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +423 236 60 90
Email: info.dss@llv.li
Website: www.datenschutzstelle.li
Further information on data protection, in particular regarding the website of the Liechtenstein National Administration, can be found in the Data Protection Declaration.