Data Protection Declaration

1. Name and contact details of the persons responsible for processing data

This data protection information applies to data collected and processed by:

Werner Schierk & Dr. Gudrun Bechtloff
Rechtsanwälte
Neumühlen 25
22763 Hamburg
Germany
Tel. +49 - (0) 40-32 58 51-0
Fax +49 - (0) 40-32 58 51-32
E-Mail: office@schierk-bechtloff.de

2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose of its use

The used browser on your end device will automatically send information to the server of our website when you access our website www.schierk-bechtloff.de. Such information will be temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information will be collected and stored without any action by yourself until automatic erasure:

IP address of the requesting PC,

date and time of access,

name and URL of the retrieved data,

website from which our website is accessed (Referrer URL),

used browser and, as the case may be, the operating system of the used PC

as well as the name of your access provider.

Such named data will be processed by us for following purposes:

to ensure a smooth connection of the website,

to ensure a comfortable usage of our website,

analysis of system security and stability as well as

for further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for processing of personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 (f) of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 hereinafter referred to as “General Data Protection Regulation” or “GDPR”. Our legitimate interest results out of the above listed purposes for data processing. In no event will we use collected data in order to make any inferences on your personal identity.

Moreover, when you visit our website, we use cookies. The use of cookies is further explained under No. 4 below.

3. Disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for any other purpose than the following.

We will disclose your personal data to third parties only if

you have expressly consented thereto pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (a) GDPR,

disclosure is necessary for enforcing, pursuing or defending any legal claims pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR provided you do not have an overriding legitimate interest that your data will not be disclosed,

if there is a legal obligation to disclose your data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (c) GDPR, and

if disclosure is permitted by law and is required in order to enable us to perform our contractual relationship with you in accordance with Art. 6 para 1 (b) GDPR.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small data sets, which your browser establishes automatically and which are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone or other) if you visit our website. Cookies will not damage your end device, they do not contain any viruses, trojans or other malicious software.

In the cookie, information is stored, which results out of the use of a specific end device. However, that does not mean that we obtain knowledge of your identity.

On one side cookies are used to make it more convenient for you to use the offerings on our website. As we use so-called session-cookies in order to recognize that you have already visited certain pages on our website before. Those will be automatically erased after you have left our website.

On the other side, we use temporary cookies in order to optimise the user-friendliness of our website, such cookies will be stored on your end device for a specific fixed period. If you visit our website again in order to use our services, it will be automatically recognized that you have already visited our website before and which data you had already entered, so you do not have to provide such data again.

Further, we use cookies for statistical reasons in relation to the use of our website and to analyse it in order to optimise our offerings. Such cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have visited our website before. Those cookies will be automatically erased after a certain defined period of time.

The data processed through cookies is necessary for the above named purposes in order to pursue legitimate interests by ourselves and third parties pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you may configure your browser in a way that cookies are not stored on your PC or in each case a notice is displayed prior to a new cookie being set. The complete deactivation of cookies may have the effect that you will not be able to use all of the functions on our website.

5. Rights of persons concerned

You have the right:

pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR to request information from us in relation to your personal data that we have processed. You may, in particular, request information on processing purposes, the category of personal data, category of recipients to which your data was or is disclosed, the planned period for which your personal data will be stored, the existence of a right to correction, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to file a complaint, source of your data if such data was not collected by us, as well as the existence of an automated decision-making, including profiling and, on a case by case basis, meaningful information about details thereto;

pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR to have any incorrect personal data corrected or any incomplete personal data completed,

pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR to demand erasure of your personal data stored by us unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of speech and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of any public interest, or for enforcement, pursuit or defence of any legal claim;

pursuant to Art. 18 to GDPR to demand a restriction on processing of your personal data, if you contest the accuracy of your personal data, the processing is unlawful, however you oppose the erasure of your personal data and we no longer need your personal data but you need such data for enforcement, pursuit or defence of any legal claim or you objected to the processioning according to Art. 21 GDPR;

pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR to receive your personal data that you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to demand the transmission of such data to another responsible person;

pursuant to Art. 7 para 3 GDPR to withdraw your consent provided to us at any time. Such withdrawal has the consequence that we are not permitted to continue processing your personal data in the future if such processing is based on your consent; and

pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR to file a complaint with a supervisory authority. In general, you may contact for such purpose the supervisory authority located at your customary residence or place of work or the seat of our law firm.

6. Right to object

If – on the basis of a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 (f) GDPR - your personal data is processed by us, you are entitled to object to such processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation or if the objection is against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, with which we will comply without you being obligated to provide any further information.

If you wish to exercise your right to either withdraw or object, it is sufficient if you send us an email to office@schierk-bechtloff.de

7. Data security

To guarantee data security, our website’s content is encrypted using SSL, in line with the state of technological knowledge. To secure data, we take measures in line with the state of technological knowledge, with particular reference to restricting access to data, protection against alterations and loss, and for confidentiality reasons. These measures are also taken by service providers we commission, and we have concluded corresponding contractual agreements with these service providers.

8. Currentness and Changes to our Data Protection Declaration

This data protection declaration, as currently valid, is the version of May 2018.

Due to any further development of our website and our offerings or due to any change of legal or administrative requirements it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. You may access and print out our current data protection declaration at any time on our website under: www.schierk-bechtloff.de/impressumrechtliche-hinweise/