1) Protecting my clients' private data is paramount for me. Accordingly, I commit myself to adhering to data protection legislation, mainly the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz) and the German Teleservices Act (Telemediengesetz). This includes not passing on any data you provide me with to third parties, neither by using, selling the data or making it available to others in any other way. I will let you know immediately if the transfer of your data to third parties turns out inevitable for the execution of our legal services agreement.
2) 'Data' means your name or names, your email, and your address. My website is constructed in a way that you can browse it without having to enter personal data. Consumer data will only be gathered, processed and used if you or the law allow me to do so. This mainly includes any communication between us regarding my services if you have sent me an email, a letter, or a fax message providing your data, or if you have given your data over the phone. This personal information gathered by me (for instance, your name and email) will only be used and saved for internal purposes concerning my law practice. I will make sure that each and every use and saving of your data is in accordance with current data protection legislation.
3) In this connection, I expressly point to the fact that data protection cannot be fully guaranteed in open networks like the Internet even if you make use of updated state-of-the-art security software. This is valid mainly for data provided in the course of unsecured email transmission between you and my practice. It remains your responsibility to secure any data you have sent in emails or have given on other websites.
4) I will save any data given by you for only as long as I need it to provide my services to you. However, the law may oblige me to save your data for a longer time.
5) According to section 34 of the German Federal Data Protection Act, it is your statutory right to claim free information on any of your data saved by me. This includes knowledge on how I received your data and who I passed it on to. It further comprises information on your data being blocked or deleted, and on any data storage agreement and how to make it undone. You are also entitled by law to enquire about the purpose of your data being processed. In case your data are incorrect or have been saved without just cause, I will correct, block or delete them immediately. For any inquiries related to data information or data that is to be deleted, please use my law practice's postal address or phone number.
6) If you as a visitor to my website have allowed me to use, process and pass on your data, you can revoke this permission at any time without having to give any reasons. In order for me to deal with your inquiry, please send your revocation to my postal address. Please note, however, that your revocation is not valid for the data I need to process your inquiry as such.
7) I expressly object to my contact data being used by third parties for promotional purposes. This includes unsolicited sending of emails, promotional offers, newsletters of any kind, and other information. In case of unsolicited promotions or information, mainly spam mail, I reserve the right to take legal action against it.
Data Protection Declaration as regards the use of Google Analytics
For marketing purposes and in order to improve my services, my website gathers and saves anonymized data according to Google Analytics. By means of this, it can be analyzed how my website is used by my clients. Google Analytics uses so-called cookies. These are text files that are saved to your PC and enable analysis of how my website is used by you. The information on website use generated by cookies will be sent to and saved by a Google server located in the US. At my instigation, Google will use this information to analyze the use of my website, to summarize reports on website activities, and to render further services to me related to website and internet use. Google may transfer this information to third parties if prescribed by law or if third parties process this data on Google's behalf. Google Analytics will not mix your IP address with other data held by Google. Moreover, the data referred to will only be gathered for the purpose of data security and the improvement of my online services. Any further analysis of data, except for anonymized statistical purposes, will not be performed. Similarly, no personalized surf profiles will be processed.
You may prevent cookies from being saved to your PC by adapting your browser software accordingly. However, please note that by doing so you might not be able to use all website functions to their full extent. Further, you may prevent Google from gathering and processing your data through cookies (including the IP address) by downloading and installing the following browser plugin: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Data Protection Declaration as regards the use of AddThis and related bookmark buttons
My website contains so-called bookmark buttons provided by AddThis, LL.C., 8000 Westpark Drive, Suite 625, McLean, VA 22102, USA (referred to as 'AddThis'). These buttons enable bookmarking certain contents online and making common use of them on the internet or in social media. AddThis uses cookies. These are text files that are saved to your PC and enable analysis of how my website is used by you. The information on website use generated by cookies will be sent to and processed by AddThis, LL.C. More information on data processing and data protection can be found at www.addthis.com/privacy. Please note that my law practice does not process any data gathered by AddThis. By using my website, you agree on using AddThis and on having your data processed by AddThis, LL.C. Further information can be found at www.addthis.com.
Data Protection Declaration as regards the use of Google+
My website contains plugins of Google+ as a social network site. These plugins are visible on my website through the 'g+' buttons. When a user visits my homepage, the plugins establishes a direct connection between your browser and the server of Google. By means of this, Google obtains the information that an IP address allocated to a specific PC has visited my website. By using my website, you agree on using AddThis and on having your data processed by AddThis, LL.C. By using my website, you agree on having your data used and processed by Google. The extent of this implicit approval can be checked at www.google.com.
To avoid any doubt, I advice you to log off from your Google+ account if you do not want Google to notice that you are a visitor to my website. Further information can be obtained from www.google.com. Please note that I do offer this website, however, I do not have any information on the kind of data that has been passed onto Google or how this information is being used by the company.
Data Protection Declaration as regards the use of Facebook plugins
My website contains plugins of Facebook (1601 South California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA) as a social network site. These plugins are visible on my website through the 'Facebook' logo and the button 'Visit me on Facebook'. When a user visits my homepage, the plugins establishes a direct connection between your browser and the server of Facebook. By means of this, Google o
When a user visits my homepage, the plugins establishes a direct connection between your browser and the server of Google. By means of this, Google obtains the information that an IP address allocated to a specific PC has visited my website. By using my website, you agree on using AddThis and on having your data processed by AddThis, LL.C. By using my website, you agree on having your data used and processed by Google. The extent of this implicit approval can be checked at www.google.com.
To avoid any doubt, I advice you to log off from your Google+ account if you do not want Google to notice that you are a visitor to my website. Further information can be obtained from www.google.com. Please note that I do offer this website, however, I do not have any information on the kind of data that has been passed onto Google or how this information is being used by the company.