Privacy Policy

We are delighted by your interest in our website. Please take a moment to read this statement on what personal data are collected by us relating to your visit to our website or when sending us an email, and for what purposes we use these data.

1. Name and contact information of the party responsible for processing

This data protection statement applies to all data processing done by leffler schlitt Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB (hereinafter: “leffler schlitt”), Uhlandstr. 2, 80336 Munich, Germany. You can contact us via:

E-mail:             info@lefflerschlitt.de

Telephone:       +49 (89) 85 63 16 60

Fax:                 +49 (89) 85 63 16 690

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the purpose of their use when visiting our website

When accessing our website, www.lefflerschlitt.de, the browser running on the devices you use for accessing automatically transmits information to our website servers. This information is temporarily stored in so-called logfiles. The following information is automatically, i.e. without any action from your side, collected and stored until automatic deletion after a period of seven (7) days: IP address of the accessing computer / date and time of access / name and URL of the accessed file as well as the transmitted data size and notification of successful access / the website visited before accessing ours (referrer URL) / browser and operating system running on your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

In accordance with Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR, your data are temporarily stored for the following purposes, which also serve our justified interests in data processing: to ensure the seamless establishment of a connection with our website, to analyse system security and stability, as well as for further administrative purposes.

We never use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person.

3. Cookies

We use a cookie to allow for automated language settings, which makes our website more user-friendly (justified interested pursuant to Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR). Cookies are text files stored within the Internet browser or by the Internet browser onto the user’s computer system. If a user accesses a website, the cookie can be stored automatically on the user’s operating system. This cookie contains a unique character sequence that allows for the unequivocal identification of the browser when the website is accessed again.

The cookie is stored on the user’s computer and then transmitted from there to our website. This means that you, as a user, have full control over the use of cookies. You can disable or restrict the use of cookies by changing certain settings in your Internet browser. Stored cookies can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically.

4. The use of Google Maps via the provided link

Our website contains a link for using Google Maps. When using the said link, you are transferred to a Google website. Please inform yourself about Google’s usage and data protection regulations for that website before using the link.

5. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the type and purpose of their use when sending an email (e.g. by using the email link on our website)

Our website does not offer you the option to give us a mandate; however, the email link provided on the website does offer you the opportunity to contact us. In this case, we only store the personal data transferred via the  email for the purpose of communication with you (justified interested pursuant to Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR). These data will be deleted as soon as these are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they are collected.

 

6. Transfer of data

We solely transfer the data provided by you to us through using our website or when contacting us via email to third parties, if you have expressly consented thereto pursuant to Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR or if said transfer is necessary to assert, perform, or protect our legal claims pursuant to Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection that prevents the transfer of your data, or if a legal obligation to transfer your data pursuant to Article 6 (1)(c) GDPR exists.

 

7. Rights of data subjects

If personal data about you are processed, you are a data subject in the sense of the GDPR. As a data subject, you have the right:

• in accordance with Article 15 of the GDPR, to request information about your personal data we process. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipient to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the right to rectification, deletion , restriction of processing or objection, the existence of the right to complain, the source of your data if not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making processes including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about the details of same;

• in accordance with Article 16 of the GDPR, to demand the immediate correction of your incorrect personal data stored with us or to demand its completion;

• in accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR, to demand the deletion of your personal data stored with us, unless processing is required for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the assertion, exercise, or defence of legal claims;

• in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR, to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, you reject its deletion or we no longer need the data while you, however, require the data to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR;

• in accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR, to receive the personal data you provided to us in a structured, standard, and machine-readable format, or to request transmission to another responsible person;

• in accordance with Article 7 (3) of the GDPR, to revoke your previous consent at any time. This means that we are no longer allowed to continue processing the data based on this consent, and

• you have the right to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Article 77 of the GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence, work, or the competent supervisory authority for us, the Bavarian State Authority for Data Protection (das Bayerische Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht).

 

8. Right to object

When contacting us via email, you can object to the storage of your personal data at any time, if there are reasons resulting from your particular situation, by sending an email to info@lefflerschlitt.de. We will then stop processing your data and delete all personal data stored relating to your contact  An exception exists if this deletion is prevented by our compelling and legitimate interests. After deletion of your personal data, it will no longer be possible to communicate with you.

In case of direct advertisement, you have a general right to object (Article 21 (3) GDPR), which we will implement without you having to providing reasons resulting from your particular situation.

9. Data security

On our website, we use the common SSL procedure (Secure Sockets Layer) in conjunction with the highest-available encryption level supported by your browser. This is generally 256-bit encryption. If your browser doesn’t support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can identify whether a single page of our website is encrypted from the locked key or lock symbol displayed in the status bar of your browser.

We also take appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

10. Updating and changing this Data Protection Statement

This Data Protection Statement is currently valid as at May 2018.

It may be necessary to change this Data Protection Statement due to further developments of our website, or due to changed legal or official requirements. You can read and print out the current version of our Data Protection Statement at https://www.lefflerschlitt.de/privacy-policy.