The judicial institutions of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia take the protection of your personal data very seriously. You have therefore the right to know which data we collect and when, as well as how we use them. We have taken technical and organizational measures to ensure that data protection regulations are observed by us as well as by external service providers..

As we continue to develop our websites and implement new technologies in order to improve our services for you, it may become necessary for us to modify this privacy policy. Therefore we recommend that you occasionally re-read this privacy statement.

The use of the websites of the judicial institutions of North Rhine-Westphalia is basically possible without disclosing personal data. Exceptions apply only in the following cases:

  • When you order information materials, the personal data entered by you are used only for the transmission of the requested publication by the Ministry of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia and by the company commissioned to distribute these brochures  externer Link, öffnet neues Browserfenster / neuen Browser-Tab (German page). Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties.
  • Newsletter signups and memberships in the different forums will be stored only for the period of registration or membership. If you sign out, these data will immediately be deleted. Only in the fiscal courts of Düsseldorf, Munster and Cologne, there is the possibility to order a newsletter.