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Violations according to § 2 HinSchG (external ombudsman) →
Violations of criminal law, fine regulations or other legal provisions mentioned in § 2 HinSchG can be reported here.
Examples of this are
  • Bribery, (subsidy) fraud, breach of trust, theft or embezzlement,
  • Sexual offenses (e.g. sexual harassment),
  • Environmental offenses or environmental damage (e.g. illegal waste disposal),
  • tax evasion,
  • manipulation of business documents/balance sheets,
  • Violations of road safety regulations,
  • breaches of workplace codes of conduct and human rights (e.g. breaches of working hours or minimum wage),
  • Violations of occupational health and safety regulations,
  • money laundering and terrorist financing,
  • public health,
  • breaches of competition and antitrust law.
Data protection violations →
Involves breaches of data protection laws and regulations on the protection of personal data. This would include, in particular, cases involving large quantities of data or particularly sensitive data. Examples: 
  • the unlawful disclosure of business and trade secrets
  • the misuse of data
  • the insufficient access protection to sensitive data