Thank you for visiting our website. The protection of personal data is an important issue to our firm. Therefore, personal data which we obtain in the context of legal services provided by our law firm or by operating this website are handled in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz).
When visiting our website, the browser used on your terminal automatically sends information to our website’s server. That information is temporarily stored in a logfile. The following information is collected in the process, without any action on your part, and is stored until automatically deleted:
- IP address of the accessing computer,
- date and time of access,
- name and URL of the file retrieved,
- website from which access is made (referrer URL),
- browser used and, where applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.
The above-mentioned data are processed by us to ensure a smooth connection to a convenient use of our website. Further the data may be used to evaluate system security and stability and for other administrative purposes.
The legal basis for data processing is Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (f) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our legitimate interest is apparent from the purposes of data collection listed above. In no case do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person (profiling).
We use temporary cookies on our website. These are small files which your browser generates automatically and which are stored on your terminal (laptop, tablet, smartphone or the like) temporarily while visiting our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your terminal, and do not contain any viruses, trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie which arises in connection with the specific terminal used. This does not, however, mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity. The cookies set by our website are indicated below and are only required for the content management system used on our website:
Cookie: fe_typo_user
Purpose: Use of TYPO3
Duration of existence until deletion: Session cookie (temporary cookie).
The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned in order to safeguard our legitimate interests and the interests of third parties under Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (f) GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. You can, however, configure your browser in such a way that no cookies are stored on your computer or that a message always appears before a new cookie is created.
Our website does not set any persistent cookies which remain on your device after visiting our website. In particular, our website does not use any cookies associated with in-depth analytical tools, such as Google Analytics. Our website does also not use any third party cookies associated with social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn.
We process personal data which we receive from you in your capacity as a client or as a representative/authorized representative of a client.
In addition, we process personal data of third parties which we have lawfully obtained from publicly available sources (e.g. Commercial Registers, the Register of the German Patent and Trade Mark Office, press, media, internet) and are permitted to process.
These data are processed in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 points (f) and (b) GDPR in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of our law firm and/or of our clients.
Furthermore, the personal data of the client and/or his representative/authorized representative may be processed for specific purposes on the basis of consent given in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 point (a) GDPR. Consent once granted can be withdrawn at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent granted to us before the GDPR came into force, i.e. before 25.05.2018. The revocation only takes effect for the future and does not affect any processing carried out before then.
The personal data collected by us for the instruction are stored until the expiry of the statutory period of the storage obligation incumbent on attorneys (6 years after the end of the calendar year in which the instruction was terminated) and then deleted, unless we are obliged under Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (c) GDPR to store them for a longer period because of storage and documentation obligations pursuant to fiscal and commercial law (e.g. according to the German Commercial Code, Fiscal Code or Taxation Regulations) or you have given your consent to longer storage according to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (a) GDPR.
Your personal data will not be passed to third parties for any purposes other than those listed below. We shall only pass personal data to third parties if:
- it is legally permissible to do so and is necessary under Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (b) GDPR for the performance of a contractual relationship to which the person concerned is party, or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you,
- in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass them on under Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (c) GDPR,
- passing them on is necessary under Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (f) GDPR in order to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest, which requires protection, in not having your data passed on and
- specific consent thereto has been given under Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (a) GDPR.
The data passed on may only be used by the third parties for the exclusive purposes mentioned. This shall not prejudice attorney-client privilege. Where data are concerned which are subject to attorney-client privilege, they may only be passed to third parties in agreement with you.
You have a right to information according to Article 15 GDPR, the right to rectification according to Article 16 GDPR, the right to erasure according to Article 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing according to Article 18 GDPR, the right to object according to Article 21 GDPR and the right to data portability under Article 20 GDPR. With regard to the right to information and the right to erasure, the restrictions pursuant to the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) sections 34, 35 apply. In addition, there is a right to lodge a complaint with a data protection authority (Article 77 GDPR in combination with BDSG section 19). You may assert this right with a supervisory authority in the Member State of your habitual residence, your place of work or place of the alleged infringement. In Bavaria, the competent supervisory authority is the Bavarian Data Protection Authority:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA)
Promenade 27
91522 Ansbach, Germany
According to Article 7 paragraph 3 GDPR, you can withdraw your consent to us at any time. The consequence of this is that we may no longer continue processing data in future wherever this was based solely on that consent.
If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests according to Article 6 paragraph 1 sentence 1 point (f) GDPR, you have the right according to Article 21 GDPR to object to the processing of your personal data if there are grounds relating to your particular situation. If you would like to exercise your right to object, an e-mail to office@kinzebach.de is sufficient.
We maintain technical and organizational measures to ensure data security, in particular to protect personal data against risks in data transmission as well as to prevent third parties from gaining knowledge of personal data. The measures are updated to comply with the state of the art.
This data protection statement is currently valid and is the version as per May 2018. The further development of our website or changes in statutory or official requirements may make it necessary to amend this data protection statement. You can retrieve and print out the currently valid data protection statement at any time on the website at www.kinzebach.de/en/servicemenu/privacy.html.
Responsible for data processing in the context oft he data protection statement are:
The partners of the law firm Reitstötter Kinzebach GbR
Sternwartstr. 4, 81679 München, Deutschland
Tel.: +49 (0)89 998397-0
E-Mail: office(at)inzebach.de
The data protection officer of the law firm, Patent Attorney Dr. J. Uwe Müller, can be reached under the above mentioned Munich address of the law firm or under office@kinzebach.de.