Privacy Policy

Below we inform you about the processing of personal data when using our website and the services offered there. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the legal data protection regulations and this data protection declaration. Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, e.g. name, address, email address, IP address.


1. Responsible person and data protection officer
The party responsible pursuant to Article 4 (7) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

D+B Rechtsanwälte Bohle Stellpflug Grau Püschel Willaschek Partnerschaft mbB
Kurfürstendamm 195
10707 Berlin

Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +49 (0)30 -327 787 0
Fax: +49 (0)30 – 327 787 77

You can reach our data protection officer at:
Email: [email protected]


2. Informational use when visiting the website

If you use our website for purely informational purposes, we process a series of data with each request, which your browser automatically transmits to our web server. This is the IP address that is currently assigned to your device, the date and time of the request, the time zone, the specifically accessed page or file, the http status code and the amount of data transferred; in addition, the website from which your request came, the browser used, the operating system of your end device and language set. This data is processed to enable you to use our website (connection establishment) and to guarantee system security and stability over the long term, as well as to enable the technical administration of the network infrastructure and the optimisation of our internet offer. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in enabling you to visit our website in the best possible way, Article 6 (1) p. 1 lit.  (f) of the GDPR. In addition, this data is only evaluated for internal statistical purposes and to improve the offer and then deleted. The legal basis for processing is here our legitimate interest according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (f) of the GDPR. There will be no other use or transfer to third parties.

Furthermore, we use cookies and third party services when visiting our website. More detailed explanations can be found under Clause 5 et seq. of this data protection declaration.


3. Further use

a) When contacting us via email

In addition to the purely informative use of our website, it is also possible to contact us via our email address. We collect, store and process the following data:

• Your email address
• as well as other personal data that you provide us with in the context of your message.

This data is collected and processed exclusively for correspondence with you and for processing your request. Legal basis is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (f) of the GDPR. If the data processing is no longer necessary for this purpose, your personal data will be deleted, provided that this does not conflict with any legal obligation to preserve records. These data will not be forwarded to third parties without your express consent.

b) For applications

If you apply for a job with us, we process your personal data for the purpose of implementing the application procedure and deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship. In addition to your name and email address, other personal data that you provide us with as part of your application documents (such as contact details, degrees, professional experience, interests) are subject to processing. The legal basis of the processing is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (b) of the GDPR in conjunction with § 26 (1) of the GDPR. If the data processing is no longer necessary for this purpose, your personal data will be deleted, provided that this does not conflict with any legal obligation to preserve records. Any further storage of your personal data for the purpose of consideration in future application procedures will only occur if you have given us your consent (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (a) of the GDPR).


4. Information disclosure

A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed above shall not take place.

We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• you have given your consent (Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (a) of the GDPR, Article 9 (2) lit. (a) of the GDPR),
• the disclosure pursuant to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (f) of the GDPR is necessary for the enforcement, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
• there is a legal obligation for disclosure under Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. (c) of the GDPR.

To some extent, we use external service providers for processing your personal data (processors), such as IT service providers. Specifically, we use the IT service provider KLAR EDV GmbH, Kantstraße 91, 10627 Berlin, among others. The service providers were and are carefully selected and commissioned by us in writing. The service provider is strictly bound to our instructions and is checked regularly. Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties or processed by the service provider outside the existing contractual relationship.


5. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie, which in each case arises in connection with the specifically used terminal device. However, this does not mean that we obtain immediate knowledge of your identity. On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you and to optimise the user-friendliness of our website on the other. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after leaving our website. In addition, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your terminal device for a certain defined period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, we will automatically identify that you were already with us and what entries and settings you may have made. This means that you do not have to enter them again.

The processing of personal data by these cookies for the above-mentioned purposes serves to protect our legitimate interests according to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit (f) of the GDPR.

In addition, we use cookies to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate it for optimising our offer for you (see Clause 7). These cookies enable us to automatically identify that you were already with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time.

The majority of browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a message appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you will not be able to use all the functions of our website.


6. jsdelivr

In order for us to provide you with our individual web pages quickly and on all different devices without any problems, we use the open source services of jsdelivr.com from the Polish software company ProspectOne, Królewska 65A/1, 30-081, Kraków, Poland. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in a fast and error-free presentation of our website pursuant to Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit (f) of the GDPR.

Jsdelivr is a Content Delivery Network (CDN). This is a network of regionally distributed servers connected via the internet. This allows content, especially large files, to be provided quickly and optimally, even under high load peaks. jsDelivr is designed to download JavaScript libraries hosted on npm and github servers. However, you can also load WordPress plugins, as long as they are hosted on WordPress.org. In order to provide this service, your browser may send personal data, such as IP address, browser type, browser version, which website is loaded or time and date of the site visit, to jsdelivr.com. For more information on data processing by the software service jsDelivr, please refer to the company's privacy policy at https://www.jsdelivr.com/privacy-policy-jsdelivr-net.

If you want to prevent this data transfer, you can install a JavaScript blocker. Please note, however, that this means that the website can no longer offer the usual service (such as fast loading speed).


7. Google Analytics

For the purpose of designing our pages to meet your needs and continuously optimising them, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. https://www. google.de/intl/de/about/ (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter "Google"). In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see under point 5) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

• browser type/version,
• the operating system used,
• referrer URL (the previously visited page),
• host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
• time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activities and to provide further services connected with the use of the website and the internet for the purposes of market research and the design of these internet pages in accordance with requirements. This information may also be transferred to third parties if required by law or if third parties on our behalf process this data. Google states that under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other data from Google.

We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymisation ("_ananymizeIp()"). This means that the IP address of users is shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area in such a way that a personal reference no longer exists. It is only in exceptional cases that the full IP address will be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

The processing of your personal data by Google Analytics, in particular the transfer of your data to the USA, will only take place if you have given us your express consent to do so via the cookie banner according to Article 49 (1) sentence 1 lit. (a) of the GDPR. We would like to point out that according to the case law of the European Court of Justice in the USA; there is currently no level of data protection comparable to the EU standard. Thus, there is a risk that your data will be processed by authorities for control and monitoring purposes after transfer to the USA, contrary to the GDPR requirements, without you being entitled to legal protection.

In addition, you can prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent Google Analytics from collecting data by clicking https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout . An opt-out cookie is set to prevent future collection of your information when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie is valid only in this browser and only for our website and is placed on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie again.

For more information about privacy issues related to Google Analytics, please refer to the Google Analytics Help(https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

 

8. Your rights as a data subject

You have the right:

• according to Article 115 of the GDPR, to request information about the processing of your personal data by us, such as for processing purposes, categories of personal data and recipients, storage period, rights of data subjects and the existence of an automated decision-making process;
• in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR to demand the correction of incorrect data or the completion of incomplete data without delay;
• to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Article 17of the GDPR;
• to request, in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR, the restriction of the processing of your personal data;
• pursuant to Article 20 of the GDPR to receive your personal data that you have provided us with in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another responsible party
• in accordance with Article 7 (3) of the GDPR to revoke your once given consent to us at any time with effect for the future. The revocation has the consequence that we will not continue the data processing, which was based on this consent, in the future.

You can assert your rights at any time against the person responsible mentioned in Clause 1, for example by sending an email to [email protected].
In addition, pursuant to Article 77 of the GDPR, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular at your place of residence, your place of work, the location of your office or the place where the alleged violation occurred, if you believe that processing of personal data relating to you violates data protection regulations.


9. Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 p.1 lit. (f) of the GDPR, you have the right, pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR, to enter an objection against the processing of your personal data, to the extent that there are reasons for this, which result from your particular situation.

To exercise your right of objection, please contact the person in charge mentioned under Clause 1, for example by sending an email to [email protected].


10. Up-to-datedness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of August 2020.

Due to the further development of our website and offers about or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be accessed at any time on the website at https://www.db-law.de/de/datenschutz .