§ 86 AufenthG: Collection of Personal Data
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This rule is about personal data. That is information about you as a person.
Some authorities are responsible for this law. They are also responsible for other laws on immigration law. These authorities may collect personal data about you. This is allowed if they need the data for their tasks. The tasks come from this law. Or they come from other laws on immigration law.
There is also specially protected personal data. This is set out in Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. Normally, nobody may process this special data. This is prohibited.
Even so, the authorities may also collect this specially protected data. But this is only allowed in individual special cases. And only when the authority really needs this data for its task.
Die mit der Ausführung dieses Gesetzes betrauten Behörden dürfen zum Zweck der Ausführung dieses Gesetzes und ausländerrechtlicher Bestimmungen in anderen Gesetzen personenbezogene Daten erheben, soweit dies zur Erfüllung ihrer Aufgaben nach diesem Gesetz und nach ausländerrechtlichen Bestimmungen in anderen Gesetzen erforderlich ist. Personenbezogene Daten, deren Verarbeitung nach Artikel 9 Absatz 1 der Verordnung (EU) 2016/679 untersagt ist, dürfen erhoben werden, soweit dies im Einzelfall zur Aufgabenerfüllung erforderlich ist.
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