Thank you very much for your interest in our company. The management of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH attaches particular importance to data protection. The Internet pages of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH can be used without providing any personal data. However, if a person concerned wishes to make use of special services provided by our company via our website, personal data may have to be processed. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the person concerned.
The processing of personal data, for example the name, address, e-mail address or telephone number of a person concerned, is always carried out in accordance with the Basic Data Protection Regulation and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH. By means of this data protection declaration, our company wishes to inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data collected, used and processed by us. Furthermore, this data protection declaration will inform the persons concerned about their rights.
As the data controller, TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has implemented numerous technical and organizational measures to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as completely as possible. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can in principle have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, every person concerned is free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means, i.e. over the telephone.

1. Definitions
TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH’s data protection declaration is based on the terms used by the European directives and ordinances when issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our data protection declaration should be easy to read and understand both for the public and for our customers and business partners. In order to guarantee this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.
We use the following terms in this data protection declaration:
a) Personal data
Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter “data subject”). A natural person shall be considered identifiable if he can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more specific characteristics expressing the physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
(b) Data subject
Data subject means any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data are processed by the controller.
(c) Processing
Processing means any operation or set of operations which is carried out with or without the aid of automated processes and which relates to personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, sorting, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, alignment or association, restriction, erasure or destruction.
(d) Limitation of processing
Limitation of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their future processing.
e) Profiling
Profiling is any automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of such personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects relating to the work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, conduct, whereabouts or movement of that natural person.
(f) Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation means the processing of personal data in such a way that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the provision of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures ensuring that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.
(g) Controller or data controller
The controller or data controller is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are laid down by Union law or by the law of the Member States, the controller or controllers may be designated in accordance with Union law or with the law of the Member States on the basis of specific criteria.
(h) Processor
Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.
(i) Recipient
The recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body to whom personal data are disclosed, whether or not that person is a third party. However, authorities which may receive personal data in the course of a specific investigation task under Union law or the law of the Member States shall not be considered as recipients.
(j) Third parties
Third party means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and the persons authorised to process the personal data under the direct responsibility of the controller or processor.

(k) Consent
Consent shall mean any voluntary, informed and unambiguous expression by the data subject of his or her will in the particular case, in the form of a statement or other unequivocal confirmatory act, indicating that he or she consents to the processing of his or her personal data.

2. The name and address of the data controller
The person responsible within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is the following:

TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Falkstraße 72-74
60487 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 69 97948470
E-mail: nftpr-lglcm
Website: www.tpr-legal.com

3. The name and address of the Data Protection Officer
The data protection officer of the data controller is:

Iris Duch
Neuer Wall 77
20354 Hamburg
Deutschland
Tel.: +49 (0) 40 257 660 900
E-Mail: dtnschtztpr-lglcm

Any person concerned can contact our data protection officer directly at any time with any questions or suggestions regarding data protection.

4. Cookies
The Internet pages of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH use cookies. Cookies are text files which are stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.
Numerous Internet pages and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier of the cookie. It consists of a string of characters through which Internet pages and servers can be assigned to the specific Internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the visited Internet pages and servers to distinguish the individual browser of the person concerned from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A particular Internet browser can be recognized and identified by its unique cookie ID.
By using cookies, TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH can provide users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the setting of cookies.
With the aid of cookies, the information and offers on our website can be optimised in the interests of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognize the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter his access data each time he visits the website because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system. Another example is the cookie of a shopping basket in the online shop. The online shop remembers the items that a customer has placed in the virtual shopping basket via a cookie.
The person concerned can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of an appropriate setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programs. This is possible in all common Internet browsers. If the person concerned deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable under certain circumstances.

5. Collection of general data and information
The website of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH collects a range of general data and information each time the website is accessed by a person concerned or an automated system. This general data and information are stored in the log files of the server. It is possible to record (1) browser types and versions used (2) the operating system used by the accessing system, (3) the Internet page from which an accessing system accesses our Internet page (so-called referrer), (4) the sub-websites which are accessed via an accessing system on our Internet page, (5) the date and time of access to the website, (6) an Internet protocol address (IP address), (7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and (8) other similar data and information used to avert dangers in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.
When using this general data and information, TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH does not draw any conclusions about the person concerned. Rather, this information is required to (1) correctly deliver the content of our website, (2) optimize the content of our website and the advertising for it, (3) ensure the long-term operability of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and (4) provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack. TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH therefore evaluates this anonymously collected data and information both statistically and with the aim of increasing data protection and data security in our company in order to ultimately ensure an optimum level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by the person concerned.

6. Mailchimp

You have the option of requesting product information from us on our website by entering your email address.

We use MailChimp, a service of The Rocket Science Group, LLC, 512 Means Street, Suite 404, Atlanta, GA 30318, USA, to forward the product information, hereinafter referred to as “The Rocket Science Group”.

Through certification under the EU-US Privacy Shield https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt0000000TO6hAAG&status=Active the Rocket Science Group guarantees that the EU’s data protection requirements are also complied with when processing data in the USA. The Rocket Science Group also offers further information on data protection under http://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy.

The TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH regularly informs its clients and business partners about new offers through a newsletter. The product information of our company can only be received by the data subject if (1) the data subject has a valid email address and (2) the data subject has registered in advance to receive the product information. For legal reasons, a confirmation email is sent to the data subject upon initial registration to receive product information (double opt-in procedure). This confirmation email is used to determine whether the owner of the entered email address, the data subject, agrees to receive our product information.

The personal data collected for sending product information is used exclusively for this purpose. The consent to store the personal data of the data subject, for the purpose of sending our product information, can be revoked at any time. The link for the withdrawal of consent can be found in the email received by the data subject. The data subject can also revoke its consent to receive our product information at any time directly on the controller’s website.

7. Use of social media plug-ins
We currently use the social media plug-ins Xing and LinkedIn. We are using the so-called two-click solution. This means that when you visit our website, no personal data will initially be passed on to the plugin providers. The providers can be identified by their logo or initial letter. If you click on the marked field and thereby activate it, the plug-in provider receives the information that you have called up the corresponding website of our online service. The data mentioned under 4. will be transmitted. In the case of Xing, the IP address is anonymized immediately after collection, according to the provider’s information in Germany. By activating the plug-in, personal data is transmitted from you to the respective provider and is stored there.
We have neither influence on the collected data and data processing procedures, nor are we fully aware of the extent of data collection, the purposes of processing and storage periods.
The plug-in provider stores the data collected about you as a usage profile and uses this for purposes of advertising, market research or needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation takes place in particular for the representation of demand-oriented 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, whereby you must contact the respective provider to exercise this right. Via plug-ins we offer you the possibility to interact with social networks and other users, so that we can improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for the use of the plug-ins is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
Data transfer takes place regardless of whether you have an account with the plug-in provider and are logged in there. If you are logged in, the data is assigned to the existing profile.
We therefore recommend that you log out regularly, especially before activating the button, as this will make sure, that no data can be assigned to your profile.
Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the data protection declarations of the respective providers.
– Xing AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, DE; https://www.xing.com/privacy
– LinkedIn Corp. 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, California 94043, USA; https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

8. Data protection provisions about the application and use of Google Analytics (with anonymization function)

On this website, the controller has integrated the component of Google Analytics (with the anonymizer function). Google Analytics is a web analytics service. Web analytics is the collection, gathering, and analysis of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. A web analysis service collects, inter alia, data about the website from which a person has come (the so-called referrer), which sub-pages were visited, or how often and for what duration a sub-page was viewed. Web analytics are mainly used for the optimization of a website and in order to carry out a cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising.

The operator of the Google Analytics component is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland.

For the web analytics through Google Analytics the controller uses the application “_gat. _anonymizeIp”. By means of this application the IP address of the Internet connection of the data subject is abridged by Google and anonymised when accessing our websites from a Member State of the European Union or another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

The purpose of the Google Analytics component is to analyze the traffic on our website. Google uses the collected data and information, inter alia, to evaluate the use of our website and to provide online reports, which show the activities on our websites, and to provide other services concerning the use of our Internet site for us.

Google Analytics places a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. The definition of cookies is explained above. With the setting of the cookie, Google is enabled to analyze the use of our website. With each call-up to one of the individual pages of this Internet site, which is operated by the controller and into which a Google Analytics component was integrated, the Internet browser on the information technology system of the data subject will automatically submit data through the Google Analytics component for the purpose of online advertising and the settlement of commissions to Google. During the course of this technical procedure, the enterprise Google gains knowledge of personal information, such as the IP address of the data subject, which serves Google, inter alia, to understand the origin of visitors and clicks, and subsequently create commission settlements.

The cookie is used to store personal information, such as the access time, the location from which the access was made, and the frequency of visits of our website by the data subject. With each visit to our Internet site, such personal data, including the IP address of the Internet access used by the data subject, will be transmitted to Google in the United States of America. These personal data are stored by Google in the United States of America. Google may pass these personal data collected through the technical procedure to third parties.

The data subject may, as stated above, prevent the setting of cookies through our website at any time by means of a corresponding adjustment of the web browser used and thus permanently deny the setting of cookies. Such an adjustment to the Internet browser used would also prevent Google Analytics from setting a cookie on the information technology system of the data subject. In addition, cookies already in use by Google Analytics may be deleted at any time via a web browser or other software programs.

In addition, the data subject has the possibility of objecting to a collection of data that are generated by Google Analytics, which is related to the use of this website, as well as the processing of this data by Google and the chance to preclude any such. For this purpose, the data subject must download a browser add-on under the link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and install it. This browser add-on tells Google Analytics through a JavaScript, that any data and information about the visits of Internet pages may not be transmitted to Google Analytics. The installation of the browser add-ons is considered an objection by Google. If the information technology system of the data subject is later deleted, formatted, or newly installed, then the data subject must reinstall the browser add-ons to disable Google Analytics. If the browser add-on was uninstalled by the data subject or any other person who is attributable to their sphere of competence, or is disabled, it is possible to execute the reinstallation or reactivation of the browser add-ons.

Further information and the applicable data protection provisions of Google may be retrieved under https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and under http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html. Google Analytics is further explained under the following Link https://www.google.com/analytics/.

9. Contact options via the website
The website of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH contains information, in accordance with statutory provisions, that allow for a quick and easy way to electronically contact our company and to communicate directly with us, which also includes a general address of the so-called electronic mail (e-mail address). If a data subject contacts the data controller by e-mail or via a contact form, the personal data transmitted by the data subject is automatically stored. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the data controller will be stored for the purposes of processing or contacting the data subject. This personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

10. Routine deletion and blocking of personal data
The controller shall process and store the personal data of the data subject only for the period of time necessary to achieve the storage purpose or where provided for by the European Regulators or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.
If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European Regulators or another competent legislator expires, the personal data shall be blocked or deleted routinely and in accordance with the statutory provisions.

11. Rights of the data subject
a) Right to confirmation
Every data subject shall have the right, granted by the European Regulators, to obtain confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data relating to him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of confirmation, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller.
b) Right of access
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European Regulators, to obtain information from the controller (at any time and free of charge) concerning the personal data relating to him/her which have been stored and also to receive a copy of that information. Furthermore, the European Data Protection Supervisor has granted the data subject access to the following information:
o the purposes of the processing
o the categories of personal data processed
o the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations
o if possible, the planned duration for which the personal data will be stored or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining this duration
o the existence of a right to rectify or erase personal data relating to him or her or to limit the processing carried out by the controller or of a right to object to such processing
o the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority
o if the personal data are not collected from the data subject: All available information about the origin of the data
o the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, in accordance with Art. 22 para. 1 and 4 GDPR and, at least in these cases, meaningful information on the logic involved and the scope and intended impact of such processing on the data subject
The data subject also has the right to know whether personal data have been transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. If this is the case, the data subject shall also have the right to obtain information on the appropriate safeguards in connection with the transfer.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of access, he or she may at any time contact a member of staff of the controller.
(c) Right of rectification
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European Regulators, to request the rectification without delay of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Furthermore, the data subject shall have the right, having regard to the purposes of the processing, to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary statement.
If a data subject wishes to exercise this right of rectification, he or she may at any time contact a member of staff of the controller.
d) Right to deletion (right to be forgotten)
Any person subject to the processing of personal data shall have the right, granted by the European Regulators, to require the controller to erase personal data concerning him, without any delay, which are subject to one of the following conditions and as far as the processing of said data is not necessary:
o the personal data have been collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
o the data subject withdraws his consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
o the data subject objects to the processing under Article 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for the processing or the data subject objects to the processing under Article 21 para. 2 GDPR.
o the personal data have been processed unlawfully.
o the deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
o the personal data were collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
If one of the above reasons applies and a person concerned wishes to have personal data stored at TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH deleted, he or she can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH will ensure that the request for deletion is complied with immediately.
If the personal data has been made public by TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH and our company is responsible for the deletion in accordance with Art. 17 para. 1 GDPR, TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH shall take appropriate measures, also of a technical nature, to inform other persons responsible for data processing who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data from these other persons responsible for data processing, insofar as the processing is not necessary, taking into account the available technology and implementation costs. The employee of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH will take the necessary steps in individual cases.
e) Right to limitation of processing
Any person subject to the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European Regulators, to request the controller to limit the processing if one of the following conditions is met:
o the accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period of time that allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
o the processing is unlawful, the data subject refuses the deletion of the personal data and instead requests the restriction of the use of the personal data.
o the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of processing, but the data subject needs them for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal rights.
o the data subject has lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it is not yet clear whether the legitimate reasons of the data controller outweigh those of the data subject.
If one of the above conditions is met and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of personal data stored at TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, he or she can contact an employee of the data controller at any time. The employee of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH will arrange for the processing to be restricted.
f) Right to data transferability
Any data subject involved in the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European Regulators, to obtain personal data concerning him or her, which have been provided by the data subject to a controller, in a structured, common and machine-readable format. He/She also has the right to communicate these data to another controller without being hindered by the controller to whom the personal data have been provided, given that the processing is based on the consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and the processing is carried out by automated means, provided that the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority entrusted to the controller.
Furthermore, when exercising his right to data transferability pursuant to Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to obtain that the personal data be transferred directly from one data controller to another data controller insofar as this is technically feasible and insofar as this does not impair the rights and freedoms of other persons.
In order to assert the right to data transfer, the person concerned may contact an employee of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH at any time.
(g) Right of appeal
Any person subject to the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European Regulators, to object at any time, for reasons related to his/her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him/her on the basis of Article 6 para. 1 lit. e or lit. f GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH will no longer process the personal data in the event of objection unless we can prove compelling reasons for the processing worthy of protection which outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the person concerned, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
If TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH processes personal data in order to conduct direct advertising, the person concerned has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data for the purpose of such advertising. This also applies to profiling as far as it is connected with such direct advertising. If the data subject objects to TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH processing the data for direct marketing purposes, TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH will no longer process the personal data for these purposes.
In addition, the data subject shall have the right to object to the processing of personal data concerning him/her by TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH for scientific or historical research purposes or for statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR for reasons arising from his/her particular situation, unless such processing is necessary for the performance of a task in the public interest.
To exercise the right to object, the person concerned may directly contact any employee of TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH or another employee. The data subject is also free to exercise his or her right of objection in connection with the use of information society services, notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.
(h) Automated case-by-case decisions, including profiling
Any person subject to the processing of personal data has the right, given by the European Regulators, not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects upon him or her or significantly affects him or her in a similar manner, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or national law or by the Member States to which the data controller is subject and which provides for adequate measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms and the legitimate interests of the data subject, or (3) is taken with the express consent of the data subject.
Where the decision (1) is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the data controller or (2) is taken with the express consent of the data subject, TPR Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH shall take appropriate measures to safeguard the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the data subject, including at least the right to have the data controller intervene, to present his or her point of view and to challenge the decision.
If the data subject wishes to assert rights relating to automated decisions, he or she may at any time contact an employee of the controller for this purpose.
i) Right to revoke consent under data protection law
Any person concerned by the processing of personal data has the right, granted by the European directive and regulation maker, to revoke consent to the processing of personal data at any time.
If the data subject wishes to exercise his or her right to withdraw consent, he or she may at any time do so by contacting an employee of the controller.

12. Data protection for applications and in the application procedure
The data controller collects and processes the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant submits the relevant application documents electronically, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website, to the data controller. If the data controller concludes an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted shall be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If the controller does not conclude a contract of employment with the applicant, the application documents shall be automatically deleted two months after notification of the rejection decision, unless deletion conflicts with any other legitimate interests of the controller. Other legitimate interests in this sense include, for example, the duty to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (Allgemeines Gleichbehandlungsgesetz – AGG).

13 Legal basis for processing
Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves our company as a legal basis for processing operations in which we obtain consent for a specific processing purpose. If the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, as is the case, for example, with processing operations that are necessary for the delivery of goods or the provision of other services or consideration, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. The same shall apply to such processing operations which are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures, for example in cases of inquiries regarding our products or services. If our company is subject to a legal obligation which requires the processing of personal data, such as for the fulfilment of tax obligations, the processing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. In rare cases, the processing of personal data may become necessary in order to protect the vital interests of the data subject or another natural person. This would be the case, for example, if a visitor to our site were injured and his name, age, health insurance information or other vital information would have to be disclosed to a doctor, hospital or other third party. Then the processing would be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d GDPR. Ultimately, processing operations could be based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Processing operations that are not covered by any of the aforementioned legal bases are based on this legal basis if the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, provided that the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not predominate. Such processing operations are permitted to us in particular because they have been specifically mentioned by the European legislator. The Legislators therefor considered, that a legitimate interest could be assumed if the data subject is a customer of the data controller (recital 47 sentence 2 GDPR).

14. Legitimate interests in the processing pursued by the controller or a third party
If the processing of personal data is based on Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, our legitimate interest is the conduct of our business for the benefit of all our employees and shareholders.

15. Duration for which the personal data are stored
The criterion for the duration of the storage of personal data is the respective legal retention period. After this period has expired, the corresponding data will be routinely deleted unless they are no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of the contract.

16. Legal or contractual requirements on the provision of personal data; necessity for the conclusion of the contract; obligation of the data subject to provide the personal data; possible consequences of not providing the data
We will inform you that the provision of personal data is partly required by law (e.g. tax regulations) or may result from contractual provisions (e.g. information on the contractual partner). Sometimes it may be necessary for a contract to be concluded that a person concerned makes personal data available to us which must subsequently be processed by us. For example, the data subject is obliged to provide us with personal data if our company concludes a contract with him or her. Failure to provide personal data would mean that the contract could not be concluded with the data subject. The data subject must contact one of our employees before providing personal data. Our employee will inform the data subject on a case-by-case basis whether the provision of personal data is required by law or contract or is necessary for the conclusion of a contract, whether there is an obligation to provide the personal data and the consequences of not providing the personal data.

17. Existence of automated decision-making
As a responsible company, we refrain from automatic decision-making or profiling.

This data protection declaration was created by the data protection declaration generator of the DGD Deutsche Gesellschaft für Datenschutz GmbH, which acts as an external data protection officer for Essen, in cooperation with the data protection lawyers of the law firm WILDE BEUGER SOLMECKE | Rechtsanwälte.