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Privacy policy for this website

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

This privacy policy applies to data processing by the controller:

Kanzlei Dr. Koch (hereinafter: Kanzlei Koch), lawyer at the Federal Court of Justice, Scheffelstraße 53, 76135 Karlsruhe

Email: info@koch-bgh.de
Telephone: +49 721 9688653 6
Fax: +49 721 9688653 4

The company data protection officer can be contacted at the above address, for the attention of ‘The Data Protection Officer’, or at info@koch-bgh.de.


1.2. Collection and storage of personal data, as well as the nature and purpose of its use

When you visit the website www.koch-bgh.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website server. 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 file accessed,
  • website from which access is made (referrer URL),
  • browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

  • To ensure smooth connection to the website,
  • To ensure convenient use of our website, To evaluate system security and stability, and
  • For other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for data collection. 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 can find more detailed explanations on this in sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.


1.3. Data transfer

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

  • You have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the transfer is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-transfer of your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation to disclose data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, and
  • this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.


1.4. Cookies

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


Information is stored in the cookie that is related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean
that we immediately gain knowledge of your identity.

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

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimise user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognise that you have already been with us and what 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 it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you (see section 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 is necessary for the purposes mentioned above to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

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. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.


1.5. Analysis tools

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We use these tracking measures to ensure that our website is designed to meet your needs and to continuously optimise it. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimising our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

Matomo:

We use the open source software Matomo to analyse and statistically evaluate the use of the website. Cookies are used for this purpose (see section 4). The information generated by the cookie about the use of the website is transmitted to our servers and summarised in pseudonymous usage profiles. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website and to enable us to design our website in line with requirements. The information is not passed on to third parties. Under no circumstances is the IP address linked to other data relating to the user. The IP addresses are anonymised so that they cannot be assigned (IP masking). Your visit to this website is currently tracked by Matomo web analytics. Click here (https://matamo.org/docs/privac...) to stop your visit from being tracked.

1.6. Rights of data subjects

You have the right to:

  • pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of 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, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless 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 defence of legal claims;
  • pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
  • pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller;
  • pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR, to revoke your consent at any time. As a result, we will no longer be permitted to continue processing data 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 of your usual place of residence or workplace or our law firm's registered office for this purpose.


1.7. Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without you having to specify a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an email to info@koch-bgh.de.


1.8. Data security

When you visit our website, we use the widely used SSL (Secure Socket Layer) protocol in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. This is usually 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 being transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

We also use appropriate technical and organisational security measures 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 line with technological developments.


1.9. Current status and changes to this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it, or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on the website at https://www.koch-bgh.de/privacy.