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Privacy policy

We are pleased that you are visiting our website. The protection and security of your personal information when using our website is very important to us. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to inform you which of your personal data we collect when you visit our website and for what purposes it is used.
This privacy policy applies to the website of Rimôn Falkenfort Geier Krampe Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater PartG mbB, which is accessible under this domain and the various subdomains ("our website").

Objection to advertising e-mails

We hereby object to the use of contact data published in the context of the imprint obligation, the data protection notices and other contact data published on the website for sending unsolicited advertising and information material. The operators of the website expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited sending of advertising information, such as spam e-mails.

Who is responsible and how can I contact you?

Person responsible for the processing of personal data within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

Rimôn Falkenfort Geier Krampe Rechtsanwälte und Steuerberater PartG mbB
Taunus Turm, Taunustor 1
60310 Frankfurt


What is it all about?

This privacy policy fulfils the legal requirements for transparency in the processing of personal data. This is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. This includes, for example, information such as your name, age, address, telephone number, date of birth, email address, IP address or user behavior when visiting a website. Information for which we cannot (or only with disproportionate effort) establish a connection to your person, e.g. through anonymization, is not personal data. The processing of personal data (e.g. the collection, retrieval, use, storage or transmission) always requires a legal basis and a defined purpose.

Stored personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose of the processing has been achieved and there are no legitimate reasons for further storage of the data. We will inform you about the specific storage periods or criteria for storage in the individual processing operations. Irrespective of this, we store your personal data in individual cases for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and in the event of statutory retention obligations.

Who receives my data?

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 us your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the disclosure is permitted in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to protect our legitimate interests and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR.

In order to protect your data and, if necessary, to enable us to transfer data to third countries (outside the EU/EEA), we have concluded data processing agreements based on the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security, your consent may serve as the legal basis for the transfer to third countries in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. This may not apply to data transfers to third countries for which the European Commission has issued an adequacy decision pursuant to Art. 45 GDPR.

As part of the processing operations described in this privacy policy, personal data may be transferred to the USA. In particular, US investigative authorities may oblige US companies to hand over or disclose personal data without the data subjects being able to take effective legal action against this. This means that there is a fundamental possibility that your personal data will be processed by US investigative authorities. We have no influence on these processing activities. Data is transferred to the USA in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF). In cases where no adequacy decision of the European Commission exists (US companies that are not certified under the EU-U.S. DPF), we have agreed other appropriate safeguards with the recipients of the data within the meaning of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR have been agreed. Unless otherwise stated, these are standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021. You can view a copy of these standard contractual clauses at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32021D0914&from=DE. If the standard contractual clauses are not sufficient to establish an adequate level of security or if it is not possible to conclude the standard contractual clauses, your consent may serve as the legal basis for the transfer in accordance with Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.


Do you use cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are sent by us to the browser of your end device and stored there when you visit our website. As an alternative to the use of cookies, information can also be stored in the local storage of your browser. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies or local storage (technically necessary cookies). Other cookies, on the other hand, enable us to carry out various analyses so that we are able, for example, to recognize the browser you are using when you visit our website again and to transmit various information to us (non-essential cookies). With the help of cookies, we can, among other things, make our website more user-friendly and effective for you, for example by tracking your use of our website and determining your preferred settings (e.g. country and language settings). If third parties process information via cookies, they collect the information directly via your browser. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device. They cannot execute programmes or contain viruses.
The following marketing (non-essential) cookies are stored in your browser if you consent to the use of Google Maps/Fonts:

NID: Saves visitor preferences and personalises ads on Google websites based on recent searches and interactions. Origin: google.com, storage period: 6 months
Secure-3PSID: Creates a profile of website visitors' interests in order to display relevant and personalised advertising through retargeting. Origin: google.com, storage period: 2 years
Secure-3PAPISID: Creates a profile of the interests of website visitors in order to display relevant and personalised advertising through retargeting. Origin: google.com, storage period: 2 years


What rights do I have?

Under the conditions of the statutory provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights as a data subject:

  • Information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR about the personal data stored about you in the form of meaningful information on the details of the processing as well as a copy of your data.
  • Correction in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR of incorrect or incomplete data stored by us.
  • erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR of the data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
  • restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR if the accuracy of the data is contested, the processing is unlawful, we no longer need the data and you oppose the erasure of the data because you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR.
  • Data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, insofar as you have provided us with personal data on the basis of consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR or on the basis of a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR and these have been processed by us using automated procedures. You will receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or we will transmit the data directly to another controller if this is technically feasible.
  • Objection pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR to the processing of your personal data, insofar as this is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e, f GDPR and there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. The right to object does not exist if overriding, compelling legitimate grounds for the processing can be demonstrated or the processing is carried out for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. If the right to object does not exist for individual processing operations, this is indicated there.
  • Revocation pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR of your consent with effect for the future.
  • Complaint to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR if you believe that the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence, your workplace or our company headquarters.

 

How is my data processed in detail?

Below we inform you about the individual processing operations, the scope and purpose of the data processing, the legal basis, the obligation to provide your data and the respective storage period. There is no automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling.

Provision of the website

Type and scope of processing

When you access and use our website, we collect the personal data that your browser automatically transmits to our server. The following information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file:

  • IP address of the requesting computer
  • Date and time of access
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file
  • Website from which the access is made (referrer URL)
  • Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the name of your access provider

Our website is not hosted by us, but by a service provider who processes the aforementioned data on our behalf in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.


Purpose and legal basis

The processing is carried out to safeguard our overriding legitimate interest in displaying our website and ensuring security and stability on the basis of Art. 6 para. f GDPR. The collection of data and storage in log files is necessary for the operation of the website. There is no right to object to the processing due to the exception under Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR. Insofar as further storage of the log files is required by law, the processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide the data, but it is not technically possible to access our website without providing the data.

Storage duration

The aforementioned data is stored for the duration of the display of the website and - for technical reasons - for a maximum of 7 days thereafter.


Contact us

Type and scope of processing

Personal data is collected when you contact us (e.g. via contact form or email). Which data is collected in the case of a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. Furthermore, you can voluntarily provide additional information that you consider necessary for processing the contact enquiry.
When using the contact form, your personal data will not be passed on to third parties.

Purpose and legal basis

Your data is processed when you use our contact form for the purpose of communicating and processing your enquiry on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Insofar as your enquiry relates to an existing contractual relationship with us, the processing is carried out for the purpose of contract fulfilment on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but it is not possible to process your enquiry without providing the information in the mandatory fields. If you do not wish to provide this data, please contact us by other means.

Storage duration

We delete your requests after 90 days.


Contact form for applicants

Type and scope of processing

We collect and process the personal data of applicants. Corresponding data processing may also be carried out electronically, for example when applicants send us application documents by e-mail or via a web form on our website. On our website, we offer you the opportunity to send us applications for advertised vacancies by e-mail.

Purpose and legal basis

The processing of your data in connection with your application is carried out for the purpose of processing your application and deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship on the basis of Section 26 BDSG. If your application documents are forwarded to third parties, to companies affiliated with us, and if your data is stored beyond the current application process, your data will be processed on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR. There is no legal or contractual obligation to provide your data, but it is not possible to process your application without providing the information.

Storage duration

We will delete your application data after 12 months.


Registration of a user account

Type and scope of processing

You have the option of registering a user account to use certain areas of our website. The information collected during registration via the mandatory fields is required to provide access to the user account. When registering a user account, your personal data will only be passed on in accordance with this privacy policy.

Purpose and legal basis

We process your data for the purpose of providing a user account to fulfil a contract with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. There is a contractual obligation to provide your data, as this information is required to identify you and to fulfil the contract on our part. There is no legal obligation to provide the data. Without the provision of this information, the registration of a user account and thus the conclusion of a contract is not possible.

Storage duration

We store your personal data as part of the provision of the user account for the duration of the contractual relationship. After the end of the contract / deletion of the user account, your data will only be stored further if there are statutory retention obligations (e.g. tax and commercial law).


Presence on social media platforms

We maintain so-called profiles on the networks listed below in order to provide you with information and offers within social networks and to offer you further ways to contact us and find out about our offers. In the following, we will inform you about which data we or the respective social network process in connection with your access and use of our profiles.

Data that we process from you

If you wish to contact us via Messenger or via Direct Message via the respective social network, we generally process your username, which you use to contact us, and may store other data provided by you insofar as this is necessary to process/answer your request.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) GDPR (processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the controller).

(Static) usage data that we receive from the social networks

We receive automated statistics regarding our accounts via Insights functionalities. The statistics include the total number of page views, likes, information on page activities and post interactions, reach, video views/views and information on the proportion of men/women among our fans/followers.

The statistics only contain aggregated data that cannot be related to individual persons. They are not identifiable to us.

It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users using the statistical information transmitted. We only use this information in order to be able to respond to the interests of our users and to continuously improve our online presence and ensure its quality.

What data the social networks process from you

In order to view the content of our profiles, you do not have to be a member of the respective social network and therefore no user account is required for the respective social network.

Please note, however, that the social networks also collect and store data from website visitors without a user account when the respective social network is accessed (e.g. technical data in order to be able to display the website to you) and use cookies and similar technologies, over which we have no influence whatsoever. Details on this can be found in the privacy policy of the respective social network (see the corresponding links above)

If you wish to interact with the content on our profiles, e.g. comment on, share or like our posts/contributions and/or wish to contact us via messenger functions, you must first register with the respective social network and provide personal data.

We have no influence on the data processing by the social networks in the context of your use. To the best of our knowledge, your data is stored and processed in connection with the provision of the services of the respective social network, as well as for the analysis of user behavior (using cookies, pixels/web beacons and similar technologies) on the basis of which advertising based on your interests is displayed both within and outside the respective social network. It cannot be ruled out that your data will also be stored by the social networks outside the EU/EEA and passed on to third parties.

Due to the fact that the actual data processing is carried out by the provider of the social network, our access options to your data are limited. Only the provider of the social network is authorized to have full access to your data. As a result, only the provider can directly take and implement appropriate measures to fulfil your user rights (request for information, request for deletion, objection, etc.). The assertion of corresponding rights is therefore most effectively carried out directly against the respective provider.

Purpose and legal basis

We only collect your data via our profile in order to realize a possible provision for communication and interaction with us. This collection generally includes your name, message content, comment content and the profile information you provide "publicly".

The processing of your personal data for the above-mentioned purposes is based on our legitimate business and communicative interest in offering an information and communication channel in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR. If you as a user have given your consent to data processing to the respective provider of the social network, the legal basis for processing extends to Art. 6 para. 1 a), Art. 7 GDPR.


LinkedIn page

LinkedIn is a social network of LinkedIn Inc. based in Sunnyvale, California, USA, which enables the creation of private and professional profiles of natural persons and company profiles. Users can maintain their existing contacts and make new ones within the social network. Companies and other organizations can create profiles on which photos and other company information can be uploaded in order to present themselves as employers and recruit employees. Other LinkedIn users have access to this information and can write their own articles and share this content with others. The focus of the network is on professional exchange on specialized topics with people who have the same professional interests.

When using or visiting the network, LinkedIn automatically collects data from users or visitors, such as username, job title and IP address. This is done with the help of various tracking technologies. LinkedIn provides users with information, offers and recommendations based on the data collected in this way, among other things.

We are jointly responsible with LinkedIn for the personal content of our company profile. Data subject rights can be asserted with LinkedIn Inc. and with us.

We do not make any decisions regarding the data collected on the LinkedIn site using tracking technologies.

If you wish to deactivate LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

Further information on LinkedIn can be found at: https://about.linkedin.com.

Further information on data protection at LinkedIn can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Further information on storage duration/deletion as well as guidelines on the use of cookies and similar technologies in the context of registration and use at LinkedIn can be found at: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy?trk=homepage-basic_footer-cookie-policy.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/l/eu-sccs.


Technology

SSL/TLS encryption

This site uses SSL or TLS encryption to ensure the security of data processing and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders, login data or contact enquiries that you send to us as the operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser contains "https://" instead of "http://" and by the lock symbol in your browser line.

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.


Google Maps

Type and scope of processing

We use the map service Google Maps to create directions. Google Maps is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, which displays a map on our website.
When you access this content on our website, you establish a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, whereby your IP address and possibly browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. This data is processed exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of Google Maps.

Purpose and legal basis

The use of Google Maps is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a. GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TDDDG.

We cannot rule out the possibility that personal data may be transferred to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular the USA. The data transfer to the USA is carried out in accordance with Art. 45 para. 1 GDPR on the basis of the adequacy decision of the European Commission. The US companies involved and/or their US subcontractors are certified in accordance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (EU-U.S. DPF).

Storage duration

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google Maps: https://policies.google.com/privacy.


June 2024