Privacy statement

1. Name and contact details of the data controller and of the company data protection officer

This data protection information applies to data processing by:

Responsible:
Lawyers Larisa Werum, Cornelia Fuchs, Dr. Rainer Werum and Friederike Lohöfener, Rossmarkt 14, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Email: mail@werum.law
Phone: +49 (0)69 – 24741550
Fax: +49 (0)69 – 247415520

Data Protection Officer:
Christian Szidzek, Place-de-Caen 11, 97084 Würzburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0) 9334 – 977 850, Fax: +49 (0) 9334 – 970 508, christian.szidzek@kanzlei-szidzek.de
Deputy Chairman: Sergej Einger, Place-de-Caen 11, 97084 Würzburg, Phone: +49 (0) 9334 – 977 850, Fax: +49 (0) 9334 – 970 508

Responsible in the notary’s office:
Lawyer and Notary Larisa Werum and Lawyer, Rossmarkt 14, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Email: mail@werum.law
Phone: +49 (0)69 – 24741550
Fax: +49 (0)69 – 247415520

Data protection officer in the notary’s office:
Christian Szidzek, Place-de-Caen 11, 97084 Würzburg, Germany, Phone: +49 (0) 9334 – 977 850, Fax: +49 (0) 9334 – 970 508, christian.szidzek@kanzlei-szidzek.de
Deputy Chairman: Sergej Einger, Place-de-Caen 11, 97084 Würzburg, Tel.: +49 (0) 9334 – 977 850, Fax: +49 (0) 9334 – 970 508

2. The collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use

When you visit our website www.werum.law, the browser used on your terminal device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
  • Website from which access 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.
  • The data mentioned will be processed by us for the following purposes:
  • Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
  • To ensure a comfortable use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system safety and stability as well as
  • for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for the collection of data. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed information on this under points 4 and 5 of this data protection declaration.

3. Disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO,
  • the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO, and
  • this is legally permissible and required for the execution of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your terminal device and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

Information is stored in the cookie, which results in each case in connection with the specifically used terminal device. This does not mean, however, that we will immediately become aware of your identity.

The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognise that you have already visited individual pages on our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to make use of our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which inputs and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see point 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognise that you have already visited our site when you visit it again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to safeguard our legitimate interests and those of third parties pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. The complete deactivation of cookies may, however, result in you not being able to use all the functions of our website.

5. Analysis tools

Tracking tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our website is designed in line with requirements and continuously optimised. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures in order to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for you for the purpose of optimising our offer. These interests are to be regarded as justified within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc., for the purpose of tailoring our pages to meet your needs and continuously optimising them. (https://www.google.de/intl/de/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter referred to as “Google”). In this context, pseudonymised user profiles are created and cookies (see section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

  • Browser type/version,
  • operating system used,
  • Referrer URL (the previously visited page),
  • Host name of the accessing computer (IP address),
  • Time of the server request,

are transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services relating to website activity and internet usage for market research purposes and to tailor these internet pages to meet requirements. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on behalf of third parties. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymised so that an allocation is not possible (IP masking).

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 this website.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).

As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent your information from being collected in the future when you visit this website. The opt-out cookie applies only to this browser and only to our website and is placed on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you will need to set the opt-out cookie again.

Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found in the Google Analytics help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de).

Google Adwords Conversion Tracking

We also use Google Conversion Tracking to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our website for you. Google Adwords places a cookie (see number 4) on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google advertisement.

These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages on the AdWords customer’s website and the cookie has not expired, Google and the customer will be able to tell that the user clicked on the ad and was directed to that page.

Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be traced via the websites of Adwords customers. The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers will know the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were directed to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, you will not receive any information that personally identifies users.

If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse to set a cookie as required, for example by setting your browser to disable the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”. Google’s Privacy Policy for Conversion Tracking can be found here (https://services.google.com/sitestats/de.html).

6. Rights affected

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you may request information on the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data have been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right of rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data, unless it has been collected from us, as well as the existence of an automated decision-making process including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfilment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO if the correctness of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse its deletion and we no longer need the data but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection against the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;
  • in accordance with Art. 20 DSGVO, to receive your personal data which you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another responsible person;
  • in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO, 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 complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or place of work or our office.

7. Right of objection

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 DSGVO, to object to the processing of your personal data if there are reasons for doing so which arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without stating a particular situation.

If you would like to make use of your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to
mail@werum.law

8. Data security

We use the most common SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in connection with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. As a rule, this is a 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed representation of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use suitable technical and organisational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against unauthorised access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

9. Use of contact forms

You can contact us directly via the contact forms provided on the website. You have the opportunity to provide us with the following information in particular:
* First name and surname
* E-mail address
* Operation number
* Message

We collect, process and use the information provided by you via contact forms exclusively for the processing of your specific request.

10. Topicality and change of this data security explanation

This privacy policy is currently valid and as of August 2018.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may be necessary to amend this data protection declaration.

Liability

By accessing our website, you agree with us that all matters relating to access and use are subject exclusively to German law.

We expressly draw your attention to the fact that the use of our website is at your own risk. We assume no liability for damages resulting from direct or indirect use of information provided. Also excluded is any liability for loss of profit, interruption of operations, loss of programs and program parts or other data in your information systems.

Furthermore, we regard it as your task to ensure that the applications you use are free of viruses, worms, Trojan horses or other things of a destructive nature. This also applies if we expressly point out the possibility of such damage.

We always strive to provide a current and error-free Internet offer, but we would like to draw your attention to the fact that our Internet presence may contain inaccuracies or typographical errors. Any guarantee for correctness and completeness of our internet offer is therefore excluded. We are not obliged to update the content, but are entitled at any time to change or remove content without notice.

We ask you not to send any confidential or copyrighted information via our website. Please note that any information or material that reaches us in this way will automatically be deemed NOT to be confidential or copyrighted.

We do not give you any assurances, guarantees or warranties for other Internet presences, to which you can reach over from our website. If you access Internet sites which are not subject to ours, these are independent Internet sites over whose content we have no control. This also applies if these Internet presences possibly contain our logo. In addition, a link from our website to another website does not mean that we identify with its content or support its use. We hereby expressly dissociate ourselves from all contents of all linked Internet presences on our Internet presence. This declaration applies to all links listed on our website and to all contents of the websites to which these links lead.

Property rights

The texts, pictures and graphics used by us as well as the layout of this Internet presence – even without the explicit © copyright marking – are subject to worldwide copyright.

The unauthorized use, reproduction or transmission of individual contents or complete pages is strictly prohibited and may be prosecuted under criminal law. This also applies to the unauthorized inclusion of individual contents or complete pages on the websites of other operators without our express or without the express consent of participating third parties.