Privacy StatementThank you for visiting our website.Data protection and data security when using our website are very important to us. We would therefore like to inform you at this point which personal data we collect when you access our website and for what purposes it is used. Since changes in the law or changes to our internal processes may require an adjustment of this Privacy Statement, we ask you to read this Privacy Statement regularly. 1. The name and contact details of the person responsible.This Privacy Statement provides information on the processing of personal data on the website of the law firm below: Person in charge: HSK Herlitz Schmidt Kopf GmbH & Co.KG WPG StBG, Knesebeckstraße 68-69, 10623 Berlin Germany; E-mail: ; Tel.: +49 (0)30 88709700, Fax.: +49 (0)30 887097019 2. Personal DataPersonal data is information that can be used to obtain personal or factual information about you, such as name, address, telephone number or email address. Information by which we cannot establish any reference to your person is in principle not personal data. 3. Scope and purpose of the processing of personal data.3.1 Accessing the websiteWhen the following website is accessed www.hsk-berlin.de the user’s Internet browser automatically sends data to the server of this website and stores it in a “Logfile” for a limited period of time. Until automatic deletion, the following data will be stored without further input by the user:
The processing of this personal data is legitimate, pursuant to Article 6 para 1. Sentence 1, letter f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter GDPR). The law firm has a legitimate interest in data processing for the following purposes,
The data processing is explicitly not for gaining personal knowledge about the user of the website. 3.2 Contact FormUsers can send news to the law firm via an online contact form on the website. In order to receive a reply a valid email address is required. All other information can be provided voluntarily by the requestor. By sending the message via the contact form, the user consents to the processing of the transmitted personal data. The data is processed exclusively for the purpose of handling and answering enquiries via the contact form. This occurs on the basis of voluntary consent pursuant to Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a) GDPR. The personal data collected for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted as soon as the inquiry is completed and there are no reasons for further storage (e.g. subsequent commissioning of our law firm). 4. Transfer of dataPersonal data will be transferred to third parties if
In other cases, personal data will not be passed on to third parties. 5. Google MapsOur website uses Google Maps on subpages to display interactive maps and to create directions. Google Maps is a map service from Google. By using Google Maps, information about the use of this website including your IP address and the (start) address entered in the route planner function can be passed on to Google in the USA. When you visit a page that contains Google Maps, your browser connects directly to Google's servers. The map content is transmitted by Google directly to your browser and integrated into the website. Therefore, we have no influence on the amount of data collected by Google in this way. If you do not want Google to collect, process or use your data via our website, you can disable JavaScript in your browser settings. This prevents you, however, from using the map display. For further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and further processing and use of data by Google, your rights in this respect and settings options for privacy protection please refer to Google’s privacy policies under http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy/. 6. Your rights as a data subjectTo the extent that your personal data is processed when you visit our website, as a "data subject" you are entitled to the following rights within the meaning of the GDPR: 6.1 InformationYou can request information from us as to whether your personal data is processed by us. There is no right to information if provision of the requested information violates the confidentiality obligation pursuant to Section 83 StBerG (Federal tax advisory law) or if the information must be kept confidential for other reasons, notably because of an overriding legitimate interest of a third party. Deviating from this, there may be an obligation to provide information if your interests outweigh the privacy interests, especially in view of impending losses. Furthermore, the right to information is excluded if the data is only stored because it cannot be deleted due to legal or statutory retention periods or serves exclusively data back up or data protection control purposes, insofar as the provision of information would require a disproportionate amount of effort, and the processing for other purposes through appropriate technical and organisational measures is excluded. If in your case the right to information is not excluded and your personal data is processed by us, you can request information from us on the following:
6.2 Rectification and completionIf you find that we have incorrect personal data from you, you can request us to rectify this incorrect data immediately. In the case where your personal data is incomplete, you may request its completion. 6.3 DeletionYou have a right to deletion ("Right to be forgotten"), provided that the processing is not required for the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the right to information or for the fulfilment of a legal obligation or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, and one of the following reasons applies:
No claim for deletion exists if the deletion in the event of legitimate non-automated data processing due to the specific nature of the storage is not possible or is possible only with disproportionately high effort and if your interest in the deletion is low. In this case, instead of deletion, the data processing is restricted. 6.4 Restriction of processingYou can request a restriction of processing by us, if one of the following reasons applies:
Restriction of processing means that personal data will only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of significant public interest. Before we lift the restriction, we have a duty to inform you. 6.5 Data PortabilityYou have a right to portability of data, provided that the processing is based on your consent (Article. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a) or Article. 9 para. 2 letter a) GDPR) or on a contract to which you are a party and the processing is carried out using automated procedures. The right to data portability in this case includes the following rights, provided that this does not affect the rights and freedoms of others: You have the right to request that we send you the personal data you have provided to us, in a structured and machine-readable format. You have the right to pass on this data to another responsible person without any obstruction from us. As far as is technically feasible, you can request us to pass on your personal data directly to another person in charge. 6.6 ObjectionIf the processing is based on Article 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter e) GDPR (execution of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Article. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the person responsible or a third party), you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for specific reasons resulting from your particular situation. This also applies to Article 6, paragraph 1, Sentence 1 letter e) or letter f) GDPR based profiling. Once you have exercised the right of objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate grounds for processing, that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. You may at any time object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling in connection with direct advertising. After exercise of this objection right, we will no longer use the relevant personal data for direct marketing purposes. You have the opportunity to inform us of your objection informally by telephone, email or to our postal address listed at the beginning of this Privacy Statement. 6.7 Withdrawal of consentYou have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. Revocation of your consent can be notified informally by telephone, email or to our postal address. The legality of the data processing, which is based on consent until receipt of the revocation, is not affected by the revocation. After receipt of the revocation the data processing, which was based exclusively on your consent, ceases. 6.8 ComplaintsIf you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority competent for your place of residence or work or for the place where the alleged infringement occurred. 7. Integration of Third Party ContentOn our website there are hyperlinks to websites of other providers. When activating these links from our website you will be forwarded directly to the website of other providers. You can recognize this, for example, by the change of the URL. We cannot assume any responsibility for the handling of your data by providers on external websites, as we have no influence on how these providers handle your personal data. Please inform yourself about this directly on the websites of the respective providers. 8. Status and Updating of this Privacy StatementThis Privacy Statement is valid as of 25 May 2018. We reserve the right to update the Privacy Statement in due course in order to improve data protection and/or adapt it to changes in official practice or case law.
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