In the following, we will inform you in accordance with Art. 13 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) about the collection and further processing (e.g. storage) of personal data when using the law firm's website and about your rights. Personal data are all data that are directly or indirectly personally related to you, e.g. B. Name, address, email addresses, user behavior.
Information about the person responsible
Responsible is: Dr. Axel Linneweber, LL.M.
You can find the contact details in the imprint.
Your rights
As far as relevant, you have the right according to Art. 12 ff. GDPR regarding the personal data concerning you:
• Information desk
• Correction or deletion
• Restriction of processing
• Objection to processing
• Data portability
You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority.
If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future without affecting the legality of the processing carried out based on the consent until the revocation.
Right to object:
If your personal data is based on legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR are processed, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data with future effect in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided there are reasons for this that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which the law firm will implement without specifying a particular situation.
Collection of personal data when visiting the law firm's website:
Insofar as personal data is collected on the website, this is always done on a voluntary basis as far as possible.
When using the website for information purposes only, we collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you want to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security; The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR: IP address, date and time of the request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific page), access status / HTTP status code, amount of data transferred, website from which the request comes, browser, Operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software.
Contact phone number and call tracking:
If you call via any contact phone number provided, we will save your phone number for the purpose of call tracking. Calls are forwarded directly to the assigned destination number. When a call is made, information about the time, date and duration of the call and the destination number is collected. The caller's phone number is saved. In no case is the content of the conversation saved. The stored data is made available to us and transmitted. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (implementation of pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests, because for reasons of quality assurance and customer loyalty it is necessary to temporarily save and understand the call information). Cookies: When using the law firm's website, cookies are stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the location that sets the cookie (here by us). They serve to make the Internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests). Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. This includes session cookies in particular. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This allows your computer to be recognized when you return to the law firm's website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser. Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time. You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and e.g. B. refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. We would like to point out that you may not be able to use all functions of this website. Use of the contact form: If you contact the law firm using a form provided on the website, you must provide a valid email address and your name (you can also use a pseudonym here first) so that we know who the request came from and to be able to answer them. Further information can be provided voluntarily. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR (implementation of pre-contractual measures if the requests are contractual) or Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR (your voluntarily given consent).
Deletion of data:
Stored personal data becomes available after the purpose for which it was collected ceases to exist (e.g. completion of the contact request; termination of the contractual relationship) and provided there are no retention periods (in particular professional, tax and commercial retention obligations - the legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.c GDPR) or z. B. Limitation periods for data that may be useful for legal prosecution (the legal basis is Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR), deleted immediately.
Disclosure of data:
We only transmit or disclose your personal data to or towards third parties if:
• according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR have expressly consented to this,
• this according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you (e.g. transmission to service providers required for the execution of the contract, in particular telephone number service providers, post office, authorities, courts, experts, tax consultants etc.),
• for the transfer according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c GDPR, there is a legal obligation (in particular professional, tax and commercial obligations to submit information, e.g. to the tax office, public prosecutor's office, commercial register), and
• the disclosure according to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of us or third parties, in particular the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims (e.g. transmission to collection services, lawyers), unless your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms protect the protection of personal data require, outweigh.
Recipients of the data may also be service providers used, whose services we rely on to operate our business (e.g. technical service providers such as software maintenance, telephone system providers, tracking number service providers, software from Google LLC) and to fulfill our contractual obligations and which only process the data subject to instructions; Such service providers work for us as part of order processing.
Google tools:
If the following services of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google") are used, we would like to point out that an agreement on order processing has been concluded with Google to ensure secure data transmission. Google is also committed to complying with the Privacy Shield Agreement between the EU and the USA on the collection, use and storage of personal data from the EU member states. The company Google, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries in the United States, has certified that it complies with the relevant Privacy Shield principles. You can find more information about the certification here:
Further information on data protection by Google can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy
The measures listed below and used by us are based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR, insofar as this is not done as part of order processing. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tools. ReCAPTCHA version 3 is implemented on this website. Their use is subject to the data protection declaration https://policies.google.com/privacy and the terms of use https://policies.google.com/terms from Google.
Google Maps:
If the website uses the Google Maps map service via an API to display a map, it is necessary to save your IP address in order to use the functions of Google Maps. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make it easier to find the places we have indicated on the website. The terms of use for Google Maps and more information can be found here:
If SSL encryption is used for inquiries via this website for security reasons, you can recognize this by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from "http: //" to "https: //" and by the lock symbol in Your browser line. If SSL encryption is activated, the data that you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.
We would like to point out that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. when communicating by email) can have security gaps. It is not possible to completely protect data from third-party access.