DATA PROTECTION DECLARATION

Data Protection Officer according to Art. 37 ff. DSGVO is Ms. Sabine Eichmann,
Hausmann & Müller Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB, Am Mittelhafen 56, 48155 Münster, Deutschland

 eichmann@hm-ra.com
  0251 144666 – 00
 0251 144666 – 103

A. WHEN VISITING THE WEBSITE

When visiting our website www.hm-ra.com, the browser(s) used on your device will automatically send information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without the need of any action on your part and is stored until its automatical deletion:

• • IP-address of the requesting computer
• • date and time of the access,
• • name and URL of the requested file,
• • website, from which the request is made (referrer-URL),
• • the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

• • ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• • ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
• • evaluation of system security and stability as well as
• • for further admisitrative purposes.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the abovementioned purposes for the data collection. In no case will we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions as to your person. We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You can find more detailed explanations on this in sections 4 and 5 of this data protection declaration.

B. WHEN USING OUR CONTACT FORM

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. It is therefore necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who sent the enquiry and so that we can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. The data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily granted consent. The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your enquiry has been dealt with.

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

• you have given your express consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. a GDPR,
• the disclosure according to Art. 6 para. 1 sent 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in the non-disclosure of your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation as to the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. b GDPR.

We use cookies on our website. These are small files which your browser automatically creates and which are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware. In the cookie information is stored resulting from the use of the specific end device. This does however not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity in this way. On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies for example to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These will be automatically deleted after your leave of our site. In addition to that, we use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness; these are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again in order to use our services, it will automatically be recognized that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate such use for the purpose of optimizing our offer as towards you (cf. section 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website once you return. These cookies will automatically be deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies is required for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPRD. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a message always appears before a new cookie is created. The complete deactivation of cookies may, however, mean that you cannot use all functions of our website.

You have the right:

• to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you can obtain information about the purposes of processing, the category of the personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure restriction of processing or any right of objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us as well as the existence of an automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information as to the details of this;
• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
• to demand the erasure of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, if the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or if you have lodged an objection to the processing according to Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another responsible controller;
• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. The consequence of this is that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future and
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or at the registered office of our law firm.

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this objection arising from your particular situation or provided that the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general objection right, which will be implemented by us without the need to specify a particular situation. If you would like to exercise your right of cancellation or objection, simply send an email to hausmann.mueller@hm-ra.com.

We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method together with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser while you are visiting our website. Generally this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-Bit encryption, we revert to 128-Bit v3 technology instead. You can see whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form or not by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. In addition to that, we use suitable technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in accordance with the technological developments.