Source: https://www.wohlleben-partner.de/en/data-protection-declaration
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 08:11:48+00:00

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The Internal Data Protection Officer at Wohlleben and Partners is available at the above-mentioned address c/o Ms Nina Hornberger or at datenschutz@wohlleben-partner.de respectively.
(1) Below we will inform you about the collection of personal data when using our website. Personal data pertains to all data traceable to you personally, such as name, address, email addresses, user behaviour.
(2) When you contact us via email or contact form, the information you provide (your email address, your name and your telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us to answer your questions. We delete the data gathered in this context once its storage is no longer necessary or we restrict its processing should statutory retention obligations exist.
(3) Should we wish to make use of subcontracted service providers for individual features of our offer, or use your information for promotional purposes, we will subsequently inform you about the respective processes in detail. In doing so we will also indicate the fixed criteria for the storage period.
(2) In addition to the purely informative use of our website, we offer various services that you may be interested in using. To do this, you will generally need to provide other personal information that we use to provide the service and for which the aforementioned data processing principles apply.
(3) In some instances, we use external service providers to process your data. These have been carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are audited regularly.
(4) If you have any questions we can offer you the option of contacting us by using the form available on the website. We require your name and e-mail address so that we can identify from whom the request is and are then in a position to answer appropriately. Any other data is voluntary. Data processing for contact purposes takes place according to the legal regulation stated in Art 6 section 1 a GDPR and is based on your voluntary consent. The personal data collected for the use of the contact form will automatically be deleted after completion.
(1) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and assigned to the browser that you are using and allow the site that sets the cookie (here ours) to receive certain information. Cookies cannot run programmes or transfer viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet experience user-friendlier and more effective overall.
(2) Information is stored in the cookie which will allow your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. This, however, does not mean that we will receive direct knowledge of your identity.
(3) The placing of cookies serves to make the use of our services friendlier for you. We make use of so-called session cookies in order to identify which individual pages of our website you have visited. This information is automatically deleted when you log out.
(4) In addition, we use temporary cookies for the optimisation of user-friendly operation which are then stored for a certain defined period of time on your computer. When you return to our website in order to make use of our services your computer will automatically be recognised also showing which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to repeat this.
(7) Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, reject the acceptance of third-party cookies or all cookies. Please be aware that by deactivating the cookies you may not be able to use all features of our website.
(1) The direct transmission of your personal data to any third parties for any other purposes than for the following shall not take place.
• This being legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 Section. 1 b GDPR for the conclusion of any contractual relationships with you.
(1) The tracking tools which are named and used by us as follows are based on Art. 6 Section 1 f GDPR. With the use of the deployed tracking tools we wish to ensure the appropriate design and regularly improve the use of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking tools in order to statistically evaluate the use of our website and for the purpose of optimizing our services for you. These interests are legitimate in the sense of the above-mentioned regulations. The respective data processing purposes and data categories are indicated in the appropriate tracking tools.
(2) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”, text files which are stored on your computer and which allow an analysis of your use of the website. Information generated by the cookies about your use of this website are generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. In the case of the activation of the IP anonymization of this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or another contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address will only be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there in exceptional cases. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide other services related to website usage and internet usage to the website operator.
(3) The IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension "_anonymizeIp()". As a result, IP addresses are processed in a shortened form, a direct personal reference can be excluded. If a personal reference is contained in the data collected about you, it will be immediately excluded, and the personal data will be deleted immediately.
As an alternative to the browser add on or within the browsers on mobile devices, please click onto this Link in order to prevent any data collection by Google Analytics from the use of this website. An opt-out cookie will then be deposited on your computer. If you delete your cookies, you will have to click onto this link again.
(6) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. We can improve our offering with the statistics and make it more relevant for you as a user. For the exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics in Art.6 Section 1 f. GDPR.
(7) For information about third-party providers: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001.
(1) From our website we link up to various other websites, e.g. Facebook or Xing. This does not involve any social plug-in but is purely a link. No data are transmitted to the respective providers. Only when you actually click onto the link will you reach this page. Any previous exchange of data prior to clicking onto the link does not take place.
• According to Art. 77 GDPR you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. This can be at your habitual residence or place of work or at domicile of our law firm.
(1) Should you have granted consent to the processing of your personal data, you have the right to revoke your declaration of consent at any time. Such a revocation will impact the legitimacy of the processing of your personal data once you have sent it to us.
(2) In as far as we process your personal data for the purpose of legitimate interests according to Art. 6 section 1 GDPR you can submit an objection to the processing. This is the case when the processing in particular is not necessary to fulfil a contract with you, In that case we will outline the description of the function. When exercising this right of objection we kindly ask you to provide the reasons why we should not process the personal data. In the case of a justified objection we will examine the matter and will either adjust or terminate the data processing or indicate to you our compelling legitimate grounds for continuing the data processing.
We use the established SSL (Secure Socket Layer) process within the website server in connection with the highest encrypted links which are supported by your browser. This usually involves a 256 Bit encryption. In the case that your browser does not support a 256 Bit encryption, we will refer to 128 Bit v3 technology. Whether an individual page of our website is encrypted or not, can be recognized by the depiction of a closed key or the lock symbol respectively in the lower status line of your browser. We also make use of suitable technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or against any unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are constantly being improved according to the technological development.
The criteria for the duration of storage of any personal data is subject to the respective statutory retention period. On expiry of the retention period the relevant data shall be regularly erased in as far as they are not required for the performance of any contract or for contract negotiations.
For the uniform presentation of script forms on these internet pages external scripts from Fonts.com are used. When viewing any page your browser loads the necessary Web Fonts into your browser cache in order to show any texts and scripts correctly.
For this purpose the browser you use has to connect to the servers of the Web Font providers. If your browser does not support this function a standard script form of your computer will be used. The use of Web Font is in the interest of the universal and optimal presentation of our online services. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 Section 1 f GDPR.
We use active components in Java-Script from external providers. When you visit our website these external providers receive may receive personal data information concerning your visit to the website. Processing outside the EU is possible. You can prevent this by installing Java-Script Blockers such as the browser plug-in “NoScript” (www.noscript.net) or by deactivating the Java-Script in your browser. However, we would like to point out that our website and services only has a limited function if you deactivate the use of Java-Script.

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