Source: https://www.bks-rechtsanwaelte.de/en/privacy-policy/
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 18:33:09+00:00

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Thank you for your interest in our Internet presence and our company. The protection of your personal data during collection, processing and use in the course of your visit to our website is a matter of importance for us.
BKS Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater, Elsa-Brändström-Str. 7, 33602 Bielefeld, Tel.: +49 (0)521-2993-200, e-mail: info@@bks-rechtsanwaelte.de, as the operator of this website, is the controller, under Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the collection, processing and use of personal data of the users of this online offer.
You can reach our Data Protection Officer by adding ‘die Datenschutzbeauftragte’ to the address above, or by sending an e-mail to datenschutz@@bks-rechtsanwaelte.de.
Under Art. 4 (2) GDPR, the term ‘personal data’ comprises all of the information relating to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for instance, name, address, e-mail address or user behaviour. Data that cannot be associated with you are not considered personal data.
We collect, process and use your personal data in accordance with the contents of this Privacy Statement and the applicable laws on data protection, and the GDPR in particular.
If you use the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we collect only the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. We collect the data that are technically required for us to display our website to you, to ensure its stability and security, and to facilitate comfortable use of the website. In connection with your access to this website and each time a file is retrieved, data about this activity are also stored and processed in a log file.
Name of the retrieved file.
Date and time of retrieval.
IP address of the requesting computer.
Referrer URL (website from which access is provided).
The processing of these personal data is justified in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (1) (f) GDPR. The processing does not take place expressly for the purpose of gaining knowledge about the person of the visitor of the website.
If our Internet offer permits the entering of personal or business data (particularly e-mail address, name, address), these data are disclosed by the user on an expressly voluntary basis.
If you contact us by e-mail or via our contact form, we will store the data you provide (your e-mail address and, if applicable, your name and your telephone number) in order to answer your questions. When using the contact form, required information is marked as such with an asterisk. You may provide all additional data on a voluntary basis.
Under Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR, data processing undertaken for the purpose of processing a contact request submitted by you through the contact form is based on your voluntary consent.
We erase the data obtained in connection with the aforementioned contact once the processing of your request is complete and storage is no longer necessary for the execution of the request. This is without prejudice to applicable statutory retention periods.
If you use the contact form found on our website to contact us as part of an employment application, your data will be used exclusively for purposes of carrying out the application procedure. If an employment relationship is established following completion of the application procedure, your data will also be used within the context of the employment relationship.
When using this contact form, required information is also marked as such with an asterisk. You may provide all additional data on a voluntary basis.
Under Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR, data processing undertaken on your application is based on your voluntary consent.
Where no employment relationship results, rendering storage no longer necessary, we delete any data collected in connection with contacts initiated for employment applications once the application procedure has been completed. This is without prejudice to applicable statutory retention periods.
Through our website, you can subscribe to our newsletter and receive invitations to our events. When signing up to receive our letter and event information, the visitor expressly consents to processing of the personal data he or she has transmitted. Registration to receive the newsletter and event information requires only the visitor’s name and e-mail address.
The basis in law for the processing of your personal data for the purpose of sending newsletters is the consent provided under Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR.
You are free to unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time. This can be done using a link for the purpose at the end of the newsletter or by sending an e-mail to this effect to info@@bks-rechtsanwaelte.de.
We would like to point out that the communication via e-mail may harbour security gaps. E-mails can be stopped and viewed by experienced Internet users. Therefore, complete data security can not be guaranteed with e-mail communications.
Should BKS Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater receive an e-mail from you (e.g. via a contact form), it is assumed that we are also entitled to reply by e-mail. Otherwise, we ask you to consider another form of communication (e.g. by mail).
Insofar as you have provided us with personal data, we will treat these data confidentially.
You have previously expressly granted your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (1) (a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future.
There shall be no transfer for other non-commercial or commercial purposes.
The deletion of stored personal data shall take place if it is deemed no longer necessary for the fulfilment of the purpose pursued with the storage, or you revoke your consent for its storage.
When retrieving individual web pages, so-called cookies are used. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and which are saved by your browser. These cookies do not contain any personal data, but merely a session ID. This session ID is used for communication between your computer and our web server. These cookies are automatically deleted after you leaving our website.
The data processed by cookies are required for the aforementioned purposes in order to protect our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (1) (f) GDPR.
Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, you can deactivate the storage of cookies or set your browser so that cookies are only stored for the duration of the respective connection to the Internet, or so that the user is notified whenever a new cookie is created. Complete disablement of cookies, however, may result in your being unable to use all the functions of our website.
Technologies such as Java applets or Active-X controls, which make it possible to understand the access behaviour of the user, are not utilised.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (‘Google’). Google Analytics generates pseudonymised user profiles known as ‘cookies’: text files stored on your computer that permit us to analyse your use of the website.
As a rule, the information the cookie generates about your use of this website is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information the cookie generates about your use of this website (such as e.g. browser type/version; operating system used; website from which access is made [referrer URL]; IP address and time of the server request) are transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate use of the website, to compile reports about advertising activities and to provide further services associated with the use of the website and the Internet for purposes of market research and demand-oriented design of this website. This information may also be forwarded to third parties where this is required by law, or where these third parties have been commissioned to process these data. Under no circumstances will Google associate your IP address with other data. IP addresses are anonymised to prevent such association (IP masking).
You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilise all the functions of this website.
You can also prevent Google Analytics from capturing data using the ‘Do Not Save Cookies’ [‘keine Cookies speichern’] link on our website. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent future capture of your data on future visits to this website. The opt-out cookie applies only in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again.
Our Internet site contains links to the websites of other companies. We have no influence over whether these companies comply with the data privacy regulations specified by law.
Your data are stored on servers that use technical and organisational measures to protect them from third-party access. We also deploy appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss or destruction. The protection measures we have in place are continuously improved in keeping with technological progress.
If you contact us using our contact forms, we use SSL encryption for data transmission.
Under Art. 7 (3) GDPR, you may at any time withdraw the consent you have provided to us. The result of this is to prevent our future continuation of the processing of data based on this consent.
You also the right to file a complaint about us with a supervisory authority.
We reserve the right to change this Data Protection Statement at any time with effect for the future. The respective current and valid version can be called up at any time in this online offer.
This Privacy Statement is current as at May 2018.
If you have any questions or suggestions concerning this Data Protection Statement, to exercise one of your aforementioned rights, or for further information regarding the treatment of personal data, please contact BKS Rechtsanwälte Wirtschaftsprüfer Steuerberater at datenschutz@@bks-rechtsanwaelte.de.
In our consultant-client relationship the protection of your data is something we attach great importance to and provides the basis for a trusting working relationship. Our information sheet on data protection explains in detail how we handle your data securely.

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