1. name and contact details of the person responsible

This data protection declaration informs about the processing of personal data on the firm’s website:
Responsible person:

Enno Mammen

AC CHRISTES & PARTNER GmbH
Große Elbstraße 45
D-22767 Hamburg

hamburg@christes.de
Tel: +49 40 3749550

Contact details of the data protection officer:
The firm’s data protection officer can be contacted at the above office address and at datenschutz@christes.de

2. scope and purpose of the processing of personal data

 

2.1 Accessing the Website

When this website www.christes.de or www.christes.com is called up, data is automatically sent to the server of this website by the Internet browser used by the visitor and stored in a log file for a limited period of time. Until automatic deletion, the following data will be stored without further entry by the visitor:

The processing does not take place expressly for the purpose of gaining knowledge about the person of the visitor of the website.

Personal data will be transmitted to third parties if in accordance with Article 6(1), first sentence, letter a) of the DSGVO, the person concerned has expressly consented to this,

the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) DSBER is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing his/her data, for the data transmission in accordance with Art. 6, para. 1, sentence 1 lit. c) DSGVO has a legal obligation, and/or this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contractual relationship with the person concerned pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b) DSBER.

In other cases, personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

4 Cookies

 

So-called cookies are used on the website. These are data packets that are exchanged between the server of the law firm’s website and the visitor’s browser. These are stored when visiting the website by the devices used (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.). In this respect, cookies cannot cause any damage to the devices used. In particular, they do not contain viruses or other malware. Information is stored in the cookies that results in each case in connection with the specifically used terminal device. In no way can the firm obtain immediate knowledge of the identity of the visitor to the website.

Cookies are largely accepted according to the basic browser settings. The browser settings can be set so that cookies are either not accepted on the devices used or that a special message is displayed before a new cookie is created. However, it should be noted that the deactivation of cookies may mean that not all functions of the website can be used in the best possible way.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of the law firm’s website more comfortable. For example, session cookies can be used to determine whether the visitor has already visited individual pages of the website. After leaving the website, these session cookies are automatically deleted.

Temporary cookies are used to improve user-friendliness. They are stored on the visitor’s device for a temporary period. When you visit the website again, it is automatically recognized that the visitor has already visited the page at an earlier point in time and which entries and settings were made in order not to have to repeat them.

Cookies are also used to analyse calls to the website for statistical purposes and to improve the service. These cookies make it possible to recognize automatically with a renewed visit that the web page was already called up before by the visitor. Here, cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time.

The data processed by cookies are justified for the above-mentioned purposes in order to safeguard the legitimate interests of the Registry pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) DSGVO.

5. website analysis services, tracking
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter “Google”. Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by these cookies, such as the time, place and frequency of your visit to the website, including your IP address, is transmitted to Google in the USA and stored there.

The legal basis for the use of the analysis tools is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) DSGVO. The website analysis is in the legitimate interest of our law firm and serves the statistical recording of the use of the website for the continuous improvement of our law firm website and the offer of our services.

We use Google Analytics on our website with the suffix “_gat._anonymizeIp”. In this case, Google will already reduce your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and thereby make it anonymous. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our site, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services related to website and Internet use. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will, according to its own statements, under no circumstances associate your IP address with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of our website.

Google also offers a deactivation add-on for the most popular browsers, giving you more control over what information Google collects about the websites you visit. The add-on informs Google Analytics’ JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, the deactivation add-on for browsers from Google Analytics does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services that we may use. For more information on installing the browser add-on, click on the link below: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

7 Your rights as a data subject

 

If your personal data are processed during your visit to our website, you as the “data subject” are entitled to the following rights within the meaning of the DSGVO:

7.1 Information

You may request information from us as to whether your personal data is processed by us. There is no right to information if the provision of the requested information would violate the duty of confidentiality pursuant to § 83 StBerG or if the information must be kept secret for other reasons, in particular because of a predominant legitimate interest of a third party. Deviating from this, there may be an obligation to provide information if your interests outweigh the interest in confidentiality, in particular taking into account imminent damage. Furthermore, the right to information is excluded if the data are only stored because they may not be deleted due to legal or statutory retention periods or exclusively for data security or data protection control purposes, provided that the provision of information would require a disproportionately high effort and processing for other purposes is excluded by suitable technical and organisational measures. If in your case the right to information is not excluded and your personal data is processed by us, you can request information from us about the following information:

purposes of processing,

Categories of personal data processed by you, recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data are disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries,

if possible, the planned duration for which your personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the storage duration, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion or limitation of the processing of personal data concerning you or a right to object to such processing, the existence of a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority, if the personal data have not been collected from you as the data subject, the available information about the origin of the data, the existence of automated decision making, including profiling and meaningful information on the logic involved, as well as the scope and intended effects of automated decision making, if necessary, in the case of transfers to recipients in third countries, unless the EU Commission has decided on the adequacy of the level of protection pursuant to Art. 45 para. 3 DSGVO, information on the appropriate guarantees provided for the protection of personal data pursuant to Art. 46 para. 2 DSGVO.

7.2 Correction and completion

If you find that we have incorrect personal data from you, you can ask us to correct this incorrect data immediately. In the case of incomplete personal data concerning you, you may request the completion.

7.3 Deletion

You have a right to cancellation (“right to be forgotten”), provided that the processing is not necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression, the right to information or to fulfil a legal obligation or to perform a task which is in the public interest and one of the following reasons applies:

There is no claim for deletion if the deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionate effort in the case of legal, non-automated data processing due to the special type of storage and your interest in the deletion is low. In this case, the restriction of processing takes the place of deletion.

7.4 Limitation of processing

You may request us to restrict processing if one of the following reasons applies:

You dispute the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, the restriction may be required for the duration that enables us to check the accuracy of the data.

The processing is unlawful and instead of deletion you request the restriction of the use of your personal data.

We no longer need your personal data for the purposes of processing, but you do need them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

You have filed an objection pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO. The restriction of the processing can be demanded as long as it is not yet clear whether our justified reasons outweigh your reasons.

Restriction of processing means that personal data will only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest. Before we remove the restriction, we have a duty to inform you.

7.5 Data transferability

You have a right to transferability of data, provided that the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a) or Art. 9 para. 2 letter a) DSGVO) or on a contract to which you are a contracting party and the processing is carried out using automated procedures. In this case, the right to data transfer includes the following rights, provided that this does not affect the rights and freedoms of other persons: You can ask us to receive the personal data you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. You have the right to pass this data on to another person responsible without any hindrance on our part. If technically feasible, you can request that we transfer your personal data directly to another person responsible.

7.6 Opposition

If the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter e) DSGVO (performance of a task in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority) or on Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) DSGVO (legitimate interest of the person responsible or a third party), you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on Article 6(1), first sentence, letter e) or letter f) of the DSBER. After exercising the right of objection, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling reasons worthy of protection for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

You may at any time object to the processing of personal data relating to you for direct marketing purposes. This also applies to profiling in connection with such direct advertising. After exercising this right of objection, we will no longer use the personal data concerned for direct marketing purposes.

You have the opportunity to inform us of your objection by telephone, e-mail or to our postal address listed at the beginning of this data protection declaration.

7.7 Revocation of consent

You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. The revocation of the consent can be communicated by telephone, by e-mail, or to our postal address informally. The legality of the data processing, which was carried out on the basis of the consent until receipt of the revocation, is not affected by the revocation. After receipt of the revocation the data processing, which was based exclusively on your consent, is stopped.

7.8 Complaint

If you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you is unlawful, you may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority responsible for the place of your stay or work or the place of the alleged infringement.

This privacy statement is dated May 25, 2018 and we reserve the right to update the data protection statement in due course in order to improve data protection and/or adapt it to changes in official practice or case law.