Protecting your data is important to us.

Our provider collects a series of general data and information whenever a person or an automated system accesses our website. These general data and this information are stored in the log files on our provider’s server. The information recorded may include the browser types and versions used, the operating system used by the accessing system, the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (known as the ‘referrer’), the sub-pages on our website accessed via an accessing system, the date and time the website was accessed, an Internet Protocol address (IP address), the Internet service provider of the accessing system, and other, similar data and information used for security purposes in the event of attacks on our IT systems. We cannot draw any conclusions about the data subject when we use these general data and this information. Rather, this information is required in order to deliver the contents of our website correctly, to ensure the long-term operability of our IT systems and the technology of our website, and to provide law-enforcement agencies with the information required to investigate and prosecute cyberattacks. With this purpose in mind, we statistically evaluate the anonymously collected data and information with the aim of improving data protection and data security in our company, ultimately to ensure optimum protection for the personal data we process.

The basis in law for the processing of server log files is Art. 6 (1) (1) (f) GDPR.

Your data will be stored only for as long as necessary for the purposes described here. In some cases, your data may need to be stored for a longer period as a result of legislative or legal obligations. The duration of storage depends on our external service providers. For further information on our provider’s storage of log files, go to https://hosting.1und1.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy/.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service of Google, Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; ‘Google’). This use comprises the ‘Universal Analytics’ operating mode. This makes it possible to assign data, sessions and interactions across multiple devices to a pseudonymous user ID, and thus to analyse a user’s activities across devices.

Google Analytics uses what are known as ‘cookies’ – text files stored on your computer that permit analysis of your use of the website. As a rule, the information the cookie generates about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Where IP anonymisation is activated on this website, though, Google will truncate your IP address within Member States of the European Union, or in other Signatory States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will not merge the IP address transmitted by your browser with other data within the scope of Google Analytics. By commission of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your usage of the website, to compile reports about website activities, and to provide the website operator with additional services relative to website use and Internet use. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing. The basis in law for the use of Google Analytics is provided under Art. 6 (1) (1) (f) GDPR. The data sent by us and linked with cookies, user identifiers (such as user IDs), or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. Data that have reached the end of their retention period are automatically erased once a month. You will find more detailed information on the applicable Terms of Use and Privacy Policy at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilise all the functions of this website. In addition, you may prevent capture of data generated by the cookie relative to your usage of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google, along with processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the relevant browser add-on. Opt-out cookies prevent future capture of your data during visits to this website. To prevent data collection by Universal Analytics across multiple devices, you need to perform the opt-out on all of the systems in use.

Disable collection of data by Google Analytics for this website.

We have the support of external service providers in certain of the technical processes involved in data processing. In order to be able to provide their service, these service providers require access to the data that are collected and processed during use of our homepage. The external service providers are under an obligation not only to maintain confidentiality but also to meet high standards for the protection of data. With the exception of the circumstances explained in more detail in this Privacy Policy, we will disclose your data to third parties without your express consent only if we are obliged to do so by provisions of statute or by an official or judicial order.

We have appointed a contact person for data protection who can be reached by e-mail or via the contact details provided below. Please add the words ‘Datenschutz – persönlich/vertraulich’ [‘Privacy – personal/confidential’] to letters sent by post.

Michael Bogati Rechtsanwalt | Fachanwalt für Arbeitsrecht
fringspartners Arbeitsrecht
Königsallee 76-78
40212 Düsseldorf
Tel. +49 (0) 211 229821-30

You have the right at all times to receive, free of charge, information relating to the personal data stored about you, the origin and recipients of these data, and the purposes for which the data are used; where the legal conditions for doing so have been met, you also have a right to rectification, restriction of processing, erasure and objection to processing of these data. You can also request us to provide you with your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, if technically possible, to transmit these data to another controller. We invite you to get in touch with our contact person at any time in this connection, and if you should have any further questions on the topic of personal data. You may also contact the competent supervisory authority, the State Officer for Data Protection of North Rhine-Westphalia, if you have any complaints.