Data protection declaration of Grooterhorst & Partner

Grooterhorst & Partner takes the protection of your personal data very seriously and strictly complies with all applicable data protection laws and regulations, in particular the Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the Telemedia Act (TMG). Below you will find information about the collection and use of personal data during the use of our website. You can open this declaration at any time on our website.

1. RESPONSIBLE PERSON FOR PROCESSING

Grooterhorst & Partner
Rechtsanwälte mbB
Königsallee 53-55
40212 Düsseldorf
Telefon: +49 211 86467-0
Telefax: +49 211 131342
E-Mail: info@grooterhorst.de

2. YOUR RIGHTS

2.1 You have the right to request information from us at any time about the data stored with us about you, as well as their origin, recipients or recipient categories to which these data are disclosed and the purpose of storing them.
2.2 You have the right to demand from us the immediate correction of incorrect personal data about you or to limit its processing. Taking into account the purposes of processing you also have the right to demand the completion of incomplete personal data - also by way of a supplementary declaration.
2.3 You have the right to request that we delete your personal data without delay. We are, for example, obliged to delete them if they are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or have been otherwise processed or if you have withdrawn your consent.
2.4 You have the right to receive the personal data about you which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format, and you have the right to transmit these data to another responsible person without impediment if the processing is based on your consent or the processing took place using automated methods.
2.5 If you have given your consent to the use of data you can withdraw it at any time.
2.6 If we process your personal data on the basis of a justified interest, you may object to this processing.
2.7 Please direct all information requests, information enquiries or objections to data processing by email to datenschutz@grooterhorst.de or the address specified in clause 1.
2.8 In case of a violation against data protection law you have the right to complain to the responsible supervisory authority. The responsible supervisory authority for data protection matters is the Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision (address and contact: https://www.lda.bayern.de/de/impressum.html

3. DATA SECURITY

We use technical and organisational security measures to protect your data managed by us against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorised persons.

4. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA DURING INFORMATIVE USE, COOKIES

4.1 During purely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not contact us beyond the pure use of the website or send us other information, we collect usage data which your browser transmits automatically, to enable you to visit the website. Storage is used exclusively for system-related and statistical purposes (on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1 letter b) DSGVO), and in exceptional cases to report crimes (on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1 letter e) DSGVO).
4.2 The data collected under clause 4.1 are
– IP address
- date and time of your enquiry
- time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- content of the request (concrete page)
- access status/HTTP status code
- respective data volume transmitted
- website from which the request originates
- browser
- operating system and its user interface
- language and version of the browser software.

4.3 During the use of the website cookies are also stored on your computer. Cookies are small text files stored on your hard drive for the browser used by you and through which the entity placing the cookie (in this case us) receives certain information. Cookies do not cause any harm on your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our offering more user-friendly, effective and safe. Most of the cookies used by us are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them. These cookies enable us to recognise your browser at the next visit.
4.4 Cookies required to implement the electronic communication process or to provide certain functions desired by you (e.g. shopping cart function) are stored on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1, letter f DSGVO. We have a justified interest in storing cookies for the technically error-free and optimised provision of our services. If other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyse your surfing behaviour) are stored, this is discussed elsewhere in this data protection declaration.
4.5 You can configure your browser settings in accordance with your wishes, e.g. refuse the acceptance of cookies. However, we must point out that in this case you might not be able to fully use all functions of this website.
4.6 This stored information is stored separately from any other data given to us. In particular, the data of the cookies are not linked to other data of yours.

5. COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA DURING CONTACT AND FOR PROMOTIONAL PURPOSES

5.1 The collection and processing of personal data (this includes e.g. your name, telephone number and email address) takes place if you communicate these to us specifically for making contact. These personal data are used exclusively for the purpose of processing your enquiries and on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1, letter f DSGVO.
5.2 Any use for commercial purposes takes place only subject to your prior given consent and on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1, letter a DSGVO. The data stored with us for the receipt of the newsletter by you are stored as long as you receive the newsletter and deleted after you unsubscribe from the newsletter.

6. COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA FOR APPLICATIONS

We also collect personal data if you apply for employment with us. The processing of these personal data is necessary for carrying out the application process, including the creation of an electronic applicant file, the management of your application and the organisation of interviews - in short, processing is a condition for entering into an employment contract with you. Processing takes place on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1, letter b DSGVO.

7. RECIPIENTS/CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS FOR THE PERSONAL DATA, DATA TRANSFER TO THIRD COUNTRIES, JUSTIFIED INTERESTS PURSUED BY US IN THE PROCESS

7.1 Your data are not disclosed to third parties. This excludes service providers whom we have commissioned with the data processing within the scope of this data protection declaration.
7.2 These are:
7.2.1 1&1 Internet SE
Elgendorfer Str. 57
56410 Montabaur
Deutschland

8. DURATION FOR WHICH THE PERSONAL DATA ARE STORED

If your data are no longer required, they are deleted after expiry of the fiscal and commercial law retention period (which for invoices may be up to 10 years).

9. USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS:

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer in order to enable analysis of your use of the website. The information about your use of this website generated by the cookie is transmitted to and saved on a Google server in the USA. In case of IP anonymisation having been activated on this website, your IP address will, however, be first abbreviated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatories to the treaty on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. On behalf of the operator of this website Google uses this information to analyse your use of the website, to compile reports about the website activity, and to provide additional services related to the website use and internet use for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other data of Google. You can prevent the storage of the cookies via appropriate settings in your browser software; however, we must point out that in this case you might not be able to make full use of all functions of this website. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) and the processing of these data by Google if you download and install the browser plugin available at the following link: (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de). Further information about conditions of use and data protection is available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/privacyoverview.html. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended with the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to guarantee the anonymised capture of IP addresses (so-called IP masking). Data processing takes place on the basis of section 6 paragraph 1, letter f DSGVO. We have a justified interest in analysing the use of our website for optimisation purposes.