a) When visiting the website
When you access our website, information is automatically sent to our website's server by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:
• IP address of the requesting computer,
• Date and time of access,
• Name and URL of the retrieved file,
• Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
• Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the name of your access provider.
The aforementioned data is processed by us for the following purposes:
• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring comfortable use of our website,
• Evaluating system security and stability, and
• For other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
b) When using our contact form
For any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. Providing a valid email address is required so that we know who the inquiry comes from and can respond to it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your inquiry has been dealt with.
Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if: • you have given your explicit consent to do so pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, • the disclosure is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in your data not being disclosed, • there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and • this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.
We use cookies for the operation of the website. These are files that your browser stores on your device when you visit our website. They serve to store data about your visit and for recognition, as well as for statistical collection, improvement, and ensuring the operation of our website. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Temporary cookies are deleted after leaving the website. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a warning always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may result in you not being able to use all functions of our website.
Based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, plug-ins, links, and buttons to social media websites are used for advertising and information purposes. By integrating these elements, data is transmitted to the respective social media providers, possibly also to third countries, when our page is accessed. This data is stored and processed by the providers; in particular, a provider can recognize your visit to our website if you are simultaneously logged in to the social media providers. Even if you "share" or otherwise disseminate ("like") posts from our website on the social network, this will be transmitted to the provider and stored by them, possibly also linked to your user profile. Social networks use this data for business purposes, marketing, advertising, and other purposes, including in particular for creating profiles about you and for providing personalized advertising. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of data by Facebook, as well as your related rights and settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).
You have the right:
• pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
• pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to demand the immediate rectification of inaccurate personal data stored by us or its completion;
• pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
• pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is contested by you, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
• pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller;
• pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent given to us at any time. This means that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future, and
• pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our law firm's registered office for this purpose
• pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to object to the processing of your personal data, provided there are reasons arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. You have the option to informally communicate your objection by telephone, email, fax, or to our law firm's postal address listed at the beginning of this privacy policy.
To ensure data security, the content of our website is transmitted encrypted using the state-of-the-art SSL procedure. To secure the data, we and the commissioned service providers, with whom corresponding contractual agreements have been made, implement appropriate state-of-the-art measures, particularly for restricting access to data, protecting against alteration and loss, and ensuring confidentiality.
Regarding your data stored with us, you generally have the rights to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, revocation, and objection. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been infringed, you can lodge a complaint with hufeld-law@hufeld.com or the data protection authority.
We host our website with Webflow. The provider is Webflow, Inc., 398 11th Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (hereinafter: Webflow). When you visit our website, Webflow collects various log files, including your IP addresses. Webflow is a tool for creating and hosting websites. Webflow stores cookies or other recognition technologies that are necessary for displaying the site, providing certain website functions, and ensuring security (necessary cookies). For details, please refer to Webflow's privacy policy: EU & Swiss Privacy Policy | Webflow. The use of Webflow is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring the most reliable presentation of our website possible. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user's end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: EU & Swiss Privacy Policy | Webflow.
Data Processing Agreement
We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) with the aforementioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.
