Attach 2 - German Privacy Statement

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

OF

GERMAN PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT

The Government of the United States of America considers itself especially obligated to protect individual privacy. The Department of Defense (DoD), as part of the executive branch, attaches great importance to the protection of personal data, which have to be collected from employees, contractors and third parties within the scope of official requirements. DoD agencies abroad are complying also with the respective national data protection laws.

In view of the threat posed by international terrorism, US Forces agencies are attempting to provide maximum protection against terrorist attacks for personnel, equipment and accommodations. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to limit access to the accommodations and to ensure that authorized persons only have access. For this purpose, an ID-Card containing biometric data (digitized photo and two finger prints) - the Installation Access Control System Card was introduced, making a fast and certain personnel identification possible.

Your personal data collected on Application Form 190-16A under Item 4 to 10 and 13 to 25 will be stored in a regional data base of the Installation Access Control System (IACS). This also applies to the digitized finger prints and the photo. The Office of the Provost Marshal is responsible for the data base.

The data will be used exclusively for individual identification in connection with access to and presence on US Forces installations. The data will be protected against unauthorized access by state of the art access control systems and will be accessible only for the category of personnel responsible for installation protection. By applying the screening device in order to compare the encrypted data on the ID-cards to the data in the data base, the authenticity of the ID-card will be verified.

The data will not be transferred to agencies outside of the Federal Republic of Germany. This does not apply to the transfer of data to activities of the US Forces located in Europe for identification purposes in connection with granting access to installations of the US Forces in those countries. The recipient is not authorized to transfer the data any further. Data will be transferred to agencies of the Federal Republic of Germany only if permissible under the statutory provisions of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In the case of termination of employment with the US Forces, respectively, if access to the installations within the scope of official or contractual purposes is no longer required, the personal data will be transferred to a secure data archive and will be deleted entirely after 5 years.

Other data than those requested upon application will not be collected. The applicant is authorized to demand free-of-charge information from the responsible IACS Office concerning the data stored about him/her and, if applicable, may demand correction.

The Head Works Council of the Local Nation employees of the US Forces has consented to the collection, storage and utilization of personal data in connection with the introduction of the new Installation Access Control System.

I have taken notice of the above Privacy Act Statement. I am aware that my refusal to consent may result in denial of access to the installations. This may result – with further consequences - in my inability to comply with my obligations.

I consent to the storage of my data in the IACS data base.

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