Data privacy statement

§1

Information regarding the collection of personal data and identification of service provider

(1) In the following we inform you about the collection of personal data when using this website. Personal data comprises all data that can be personally related to you or other natural persons, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behaviour.

(2) The data controller as defined in Art. 4 (7) EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the service provider as defined in § 13 German Telemedia Act (Telemediengesetz – TMG) and the controller as defined in § 3 para. 7 German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – BDSG) is Geitz Truckenmüller Lucht Christ Patenanwälte PartGmbB, cf. our imprint section in this respect. We are not obliged to appoint a company data protection officer and have not appointed a data protection officer.

§2

Rights to information and withdrawal

(1) You have the following rights against us with regard to the personal data concerning you:

Right to information,
Right to rectification or erasure,
Right to restriction of processing,
Right to object to the processing,
Right to data portability.

(2) You have the right to request information from us at any time about the data we have stored about you, its origin, recipients – or categories of recipients – to whom this data is forwarded and the purpose of the data processing as well as a right to rectification, blocking or erasure of this data.

(3) If you have given your consent to the use of data, you can withdraw such consent at any time.

(4) All requests for information, inquiries or objections to data processing should be sent by e-mail to the address given in our imprint section.

(5) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority responsible for Baden-Württemberg with regard to the processing of your personal data by us.

§3

Data security

We maintain up-to-date technical 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. These measures will be continuously adapted to the current state of the art. When communicating by e-mail, we cannot guarantee complete data security, so we recommend that you send confidential information by post. At any time you have the alternative of contacting us personally, by telephone, fax, encrypted e-mail or by post. The employees and the service companies commissioned by the law firm are bound by the law firm to secrecy and to compliance with the provisions of the Federal Data Protection Act and other professional data protection provisions.

§4

Collection of personal data in case of informational use

(a) If you use the website only for informational purposes, i.e. if you do not login, register or otherwise transmit information to us, we collect no personal data, except for the data transmitted to us by your browser to enable you to visit the website. This data is technically required in order to display our website to you and to guarantee stability and security (Art. 6 (1) sent. 1 GDPR). This includes the following data:

IP address
Date and time of request
Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
the volume of data transferred in each case
Website from which the request was made
Browsers
Operating system and its user interface
Language and version of the browser software.

(2) We do not create user profiles and do not associate the IP address provided by your computer with the people behind it.

(3) Cookies are also stored on your computer when you use the website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive assigned to the browser you are using and through which certain information flows to the party that sets the cookie (in this case us). Cookies cannot run programs or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the Internet offer more user-friendly and effective overall.

(4) You can prevent these cookies from being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser; however, please note that doing so may mean you will not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website.

§5

Data processing when contacting us

When users contact us, the data provided by the users is collected, processed and used for handling the matter. The data processing for the purpose of establishing contact takes place on the basis of the consent voluntarily given.

§6

Transfer of data

Personal data will only be transferred to third parties if the transfer is necessary for the performance of the statutory duties of the Patent Attorneys’ Chamber or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or if there is a legal obligation or if this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships or if consent has been given for doing so.

§7

Use of Google Analytics

(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google LLC (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, i.e. text files which are stored on your computer and which allow for the analysis of how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address is shortened beforehand by Google in the member states of the European Union or in other countries which are signatories to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to Google servers in the United States and then shortened. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services related to website and Internet usage for the website operator.

(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.

(3) You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension “_anonymizeIp()”. This means that IP addresses are further processed in a shortened form, which means that direct personal references can be ruled out.

(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained will enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield (see https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework). The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) sent. 1 point f) GDPR.

(6) The use of Google Analytics takes place in accordance with the requirements on which the German data protection authorities agreed with Google. Information on the third-party service provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. Terms and conditions of use: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html, Data privacy overview: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.html, as well as the privacy statement: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

§7a

Integration of Google Fonts

(1) On this website we use the services of Google Fonts. This allows us to offer you a more visually appealing website with a greater choice of fonts. The legal basis for the use of Google Fonts is Art. 6 (1) sent. 1 point f) GDPR.

(2) By visiting the website, Google receives information as to which page subpage of our website you have called up. In addition, the data specified in § 3 of this statement will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish your profile to be associated with Google, you must log out before accessing our website. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and demand-based design of its website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular, also for users who are not logged in, for the purpose of providing demand-based advertisement and in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right.

(3) Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider’s data privacy statements. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield: https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

§7b

Integration of Google Maps

(1) On this website we use the services of Google Maps. This allows us to display interactive maps to you directly on the website and provide you the convenient use of the map function. The legal basis for the use of Google Maps is Art. 6 (1) sent. 1 point f) GDPR.

(2) By visiting the website, Google receives the information that you have called up our website. In addition, the data specified in § 3 of this statement will be transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Google provides a user account that you are logged in to or whether there is no user account. If you are logged in to Google, your information will be directly associated with your account. If you do not wish your profile to be associated with Google, you must log out before accessing a website with map integration. Google stores your data as user profiles and uses it for the purposes of advertising, market research and demand-based design of its website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular, also for users who are not logged in, for the purpose of providing demand-based advertisement and in order to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, and you must contact Google to exercise this right.

§8

Children

We do not collect personal information from minors. In the event of inadvertent collection, we will delete such date immediately.

§9

Your permission

By visiting our website, you permit the procedures described above.

§10

Up-to-dateness and amendment of this data privacy statement

This data privacy statement is currently valid and as of April 2018. Due to the further development of our website and the offers on it or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to amend this data privacy statement. The current data privacy statement can be accessed at any time on our website.