Privacy Policy

As part of our activities and within the scope of this website, we collect, process, and use personal information and personal data.

Website

In order to improve our website, we evaluate usage-related and technical information for statistical purposes; we do not create assignable user profiles. We evaluate usage-related information and data relating to usage behavior on our website, such as IP address and duration of use. Technical information includes, for example, data about the Internet browser and operating system. Your information is protected against loss, alteration, and unauthorized access using standard technical and organizational security measures. Insofar as our website contains links to other websites, we would like to point out that we are not responsible for the privacy policies or content of other websites. This website uses cookies when necessary. You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.

Cookies

The website uses so-called cookies. These are data packets that are exchanged between the server of the law firm’s website and the visitor’s browser. These are stored on the devices used (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when visiting the website. Cookies cannot cause any damage to the devices used. In particular, they do not contain any viruses or other malware. The cookies store information that is related to the specific device used. The law firm cannot use this information to directly identify the visitor to the website.

Cookies are mostly accepted according to the default settings of the browser. The browser settings can be configured so that cookies are either not accepted on the devices used or that a special notice is given before a new cookie is created. However, it should be noted that deactivating cookies may mean that not all functions of the website can be used to their full extent.

Cookies are used to make the law firm’s website more user-friendly. For example, session cookies can be used to track whether the visitor has already visited individual pages of the website. These session cookies are automatically deleted when the visitor leaves the website.

Temporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor’s device for a temporary period of time.

When the visitor returns to the website, the system automatically recognizes that the visitor has already visited the site at an earlier point in time and which entries and settings were made so that these do not have to be repeated. Cookies are also used to analyze website visits for statistical purposes and to improve the website. These cookies enable the system to automatically recognize that the visitor has already visited the website when they return.

The cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time.

The data processed by cookies is justified for the above-mentioned purposes in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of the law firm in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 letter f) GDPR.

Our activities

As part of our tax and legal consulting services, we collect, record, store, use, delete, and destroy personal data within the meaning of the GDPR. Categories of data subjects include, in particular

  1. clients,
  2. family members, employees, and business partners of the client,

iii. employees of the client’s business partner,

  1. other persons, including consumers where applicable.

This only occurs to the extent permitted or required by the GDPR or with the consent of the data subject.

Your rights as a data subject

If your personal data is processed when you visit our website, you have the following rights as a “data subject” within the meaning of the GDPR:

  1. Information
    • Purposes of processing,
    • Categories of personal data processed by you,
    • Recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data is disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries,
    • if possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage period,
    • the existence of a right to rectification or erasure or restriction of processing of personal data concerning you or a right to object to such processing,
    • the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection,
    • if the personal data has not been collected from you as the data subject, the available information about the origin of the data,
    • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, and meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and intended effects of automated decision-making,
    • in the case of transfer to recipients in third countries, unless there is a decision by the EU Commission on the adequacy of the level of protection pursuant to Art. 45 (3) GDPR, information about which appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 (2) GDPR are provided to protect the personal data.
    1. Correction and completion
    2. Deletion
    • The personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was processed.
    • The legal basis for the processing was solely your consent, which you have revoked.
    • You have objected to the processing of your personal data that we have made public.
    • You have objected to the processing of personal data that we have not made public and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing.

Your personal data has been processed unlawfully.

    • The deletion of personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
    1. Restriction of processing
    • You dispute the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, the restriction can be requested for the period of time that allows us to verify the accuracy of the data.
    • The processing is unlawful and you request the restriction of the use of your personal data instead of deletion.
    • Your personal data is no longer required by us for the purposes of processing, but you need it to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.
    • You have lodged an objection pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR. The restriction of processing may be requested as long as it is not yet clear whether our legitimate reasons outweigh your reasons.
    1. Data portability
    2. Objection
    3. Revocation of consent
    4. Complaint

You can request information from us as to whether we process your personal data. There is no right to information if the disclosure of the requested information would violate the duty of confidentiality pursuant to Section 57 (1) StBerG or if the information must be kept secret for other reasons, in particular due to an overriding legitimate interest of a third party. Notwithstanding this, there may be an obligation to provide information if, in particular, your interests outweigh the interest in confidentiality, taking into account the threat of damage. The right to information is also excluded if the data is only stored because it may not be deleted due to statutory or statutory retention periods or serves exclusively for data backup or data protection control purposes, provided that the provision of information would require a disproportionately high effort and processing for other purposes is excluded by appropriate technical and organizational measures. If the right to information is not excluded in your case and your personal data is processed by us, you can request the following information from us:

If you discover that we hold incorrect personal data about you, you can request that we correct this incorrect data without delay. If your personal data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.

You have the right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”) if the processing is not necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression, the right to information, or for compliance with a legal obligation or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, and one of the following reasons applies:

There is no right to deletion if, in the case of lawful non-automated data processing, deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionate effort due to the special nature of the storage and your interest in deletion is low. In this case, the deletion is replaced by a restriction of processing.

You can request that we restrict processing if one of the following reasons applies:

Restriction of processing means that the personal data will only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. Before we lift the restriction, we are obliged to inform you.

You have the right to data portability if the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 letter a) or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR) or a contract to which you are a party and the processing is carried out by automated means. In this case, the right to data portability includes the following rights, provided that this does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others: You may request that we provide you with the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from us. Where technically feasible, you may request that we transmit your personal data directly to another controller.

If the processing is based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 letter e) GDPR (performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 letter f) GDPR (legitimate interest of the controller or a third party), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation. object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time. This also applies to profiling based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter e) or letter f) GDPR. After exercising your right to object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

You may object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling related to such direct marketing. After exercising this right to object, we will no longer use the personal data concerned for direct marketing purposes.

You can inform us of your objection by telephone, email, or by sending an informal letter to our law firm’s postal address.

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of consent can be communicated informally by telephone, e-mail, or to our postal address. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing that took place on the basis of the consent until the revocation was received. Upon receipt of the revocation, data processing based solely on your consent will be discontinued.

If you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful, you can lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority responsible for your place of residence or workplace or for the place of the alleged infringement.

For general questions or suggestions, please contact us at datenschutz@storch-nilges.de and our data protection officer:

Attorney Eva Storch
Schöffengasse 19
41751 Viersen
Tel: 02162 / 5788078

Status and updating of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is current as of May 25, 2018. We reserve the right to update the privacy policy from time to time in order to improve data protection and/or adapt it to changes in official practice or case law.