1. Data Protection at a Glance
General Information
The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy listed under this text.
Data Collection on This Website
Who is responsible for data collection on this website?
The data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the section “Note on the Responsible Party” in this privacy policy.
How do we collect your data?
Your data is collected firstly by you providing it to us. This can be, for example, data that you enter into a contact form.
Other data is automatically collected or with your consent by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time the page was accessed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.
What do we use your data for?
Part of the data is collected to ensure the error-free provision of the website. Other data can be used to analyze your user behavior.
What rights do you have regarding your data?
You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have a right to request the correction or deletion of these data. If you have given consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
For this as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection, you can contact us at any time.
Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools
When visiting this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically analyzed. This happens primarily with so-called analysis programs.
Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.
2. Hosting
Strato
We host our website with Strato. The provider is Strato AG, Pascalstraße 10, 10587 Berlin (hereinafter “Strato”). When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files including your IP addresses.
Further information can be found in Strato’s privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.
The use of Strato is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. We have a legitimate interest in the as reliable as possible presentation of our website. If a corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) in the sense of the TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time.
Order Processing
We have concluded a contract on order processing (AVV) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a data protection legally required contract that ensures that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the DSGVO.
3. General Information and Mandatory Information
Data Protection
The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and according to the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.
When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data by which you can be personally identified. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this occurs.
We point out that data transmission on the internet (e.g., in communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of the data from access by third parties is not possible.
Note on the Responsible Party
The responsible party for data processing on this website is:
Becker, Haar & Partner mbB Tax Advisors and Attorney
Managing Partners (each authorized to represent individually):
Marcel Becker, LL.M., Attorney, Tax Advisor
Irene Haar, Tax Advisor
Friedrich Bosch, Tax Advisor
Hindenburgstr. 14 – 16
51643 Gummersbach
Phone: 0 2261 / 816 13 – 0
Fax: 0 2261 / 816 13 – 10
E-Mail: info@beckerundhaar.de
The responsible party is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g., names, e-mail addresses, or similar).
Storage Duration
Unless a more specific storage duration is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial law retention periods); in the latter case, the deletion occurs after these reasons cease to exist.
General Information on the Legal Basis of Data Processing on This Website
If you have consented to the data processing, we process your personal data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a DSGVO if special categories of data according to Art. 9 para. 1 DSGVO are processed. In the case of an explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, data processing is also based on Art. 49 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or to the access to information in your end device (e.g., via device fingerprinting), the data processing is additionally based on § 25 para. 1 TTDSG. The consent can be revoked at any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO. Furthermore, we process your data if this is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. The data processing can also be based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Information on the respective applicable legal basis is provided in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.
Note on Data Transfer to the USA and Other Third Countries
We use tools from companies based in the USA or other countries with non-secure data protection laws. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We point out that in these countries, no level of data protection comparable to the EU can be guaranteed. For instance, US companies are obliged to hand over personal data to security authorities, without legal recourse available to you as the affected party. Therefore, it cannot be ruled out that US authorities (e.g., intelligence agencies) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.
Revocation of Your Consent to Data Processing
Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke an already given consent at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
Right to Object to Data Collection in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (Art. 21 DSGVO)
IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS BASED ON ART. 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F DSGVO, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE RESPECTIVE LEGAL BASIS ON WHICH A PROCESSING IS BASED CAN BE FOUND IN THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA IN QUESTION UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ASSERTION, EXERCISE, OR DEFENSE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 PARA. 1 DSGVO).
IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT ADVERTISING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH ADVERTISING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING INSOFAR AS IT IS RELATED TO SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT ADVERTISING (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21 PARA. 2 DSGVO).
Right to Complain to the Competent Supervisory Authority
In the event of violations of the DSGVO, affected individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work, or the location of the alleged infringement. The right to appeal exists without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.
Right to Data Portability
You have the right to have data that we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another responsible party, this will only take place to the extent that it is technically feasible.
SSL or TLS Encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL or TLS encryption. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the browser’s address line changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line.
When SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
Information, Deletion, and Correction
Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right to receive information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipient, and the purpose of data processing free of charge at any time, and if applicable, a right to correction or deletion of these data. For this and for further questions on the subject of personal data, you can contact us at any time.
Right to Restriction of Processing
You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. For this, you can contact us at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases:
If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we usually need time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If the processing of your personal data was/is unlawful, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of deletion.
If we no longer need your personal data, but you need them for the exercise, defense, or assertion of legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of deletion.
If you have lodged an objection according to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, a balancing of your and our interests must be carried out. As long as it is not yet clear whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, these data may – apart from their storage – only be processed with your consent or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or a member state.
4. Data collection on this website
Server log files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:
Browser type and browser version
operating system used
Referrer URL
Hostname of the accessing computer
Time of the server request
IP address
A merging of this data with other data sources is not carried out.
The collection of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically error-free presentation and the optimization of his website – for this, the server log files must be recorded.
Contact form
If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries directed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially retention periods – remain unaffected.
Inquiry by email, phone, or fax
If you contact us by email, phone, or fax, your inquiry, including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if your inquiry is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of inquiries directed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR) if this has been requested; the consent can be revoked at any time.
The data you send to us as part of contact inquiries remain with us until you request us to delete them, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g., after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – especially statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
Cookies
Our internet pages use so-called ‘cookies’. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any harm to your end device. They are either temporarily stored for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your end device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or automatic deletion occurs through your web browser.
In some cases, cookies from third-party companies can also be stored on your end device when you enter our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services of the third-party company (e.g., cookies for handling payment services).
Cookies have various functions. Numerous cookies are technically necessary since certain website functions would not work without them (e.g., the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies serve to evaluate user behavior or display advertising.
Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process, to provide certain functions you desire (e.g., for the shopping cart function), or to optimize the website (e.g., cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, provided no other legal basis is stated. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of his services. If consent for the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested, processing is exclusively based on this consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG); consent is revocable at any time.
You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies on a case-by-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or generally, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of this website may be limited.
As far as cookies are used by third-party companies or for analysis purposes, we will inform you about this separately within this privacy policy and, if necessary, request consent.
5. Plugins and Tools
Wordfence
We have integrated Wordfence on this website. The provider is Defiant Inc., Defiant, Inc., 800 5th Ave Ste 4100, Seattle, WA 98104, USA (hereinafter ‘Wordfence’).
Wordfence serves to protect our website from unwanted access or malicious cyber attacks. For this purpose, our website establishes a permanent connection with Wordfence’s servers so that Wordfence can match and, if necessary, block access to our website.
The use of Wordfence is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the most effective protection of his website against cyberattacks. If corresponding consent has been requested, processing is exclusively based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and § 25 para. 1 TTDSG, insofar as consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s end device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. The consent is revocable at any time.
The data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://www.wordfence.com/help/general-data-protection-regulation/.
Source: https://www.e-recht24.de