Privacy Policy  

Introduction

Below you will find the statutory information required to identify the website operator:Name and address of the data controllerThe data controller within the meaning of Article 4(7) GDPR and other data protection provisions isAttorney-at-law Thomas SeifriedEschersheimer Landstraße 60 - 62D-60322 Frankfurt am MainTel. +49 69 91 50 76-0Fax +49 69 91 60 76-11Email: info@seifried.prowww.gewerblicherrechtsschutz.proScope of processing personal dataAs a rule, we process our users’ personal data only when and to the extent necessary to provide our services and operate a functional website, and generally only with the users’ consent. In exceptional cases, we process personal data where it is not actually possible to obtain prior consent and the processing is permitted by law.Providing the website and creating log filesEach time a page on our website is accessed, the following data and information from the computer accessing it are automatically collected:    (1)    Information about the user’s browser type, version and plugins (e.g. Flash, Java, Silverlight)(2)    The user’s operating system(3)    The location of the user’s internet service provider(4)    The user’s IP address(5)    Date and time of accessThe data is stored in our system but is not stored together with other personal data relating to the user.Legal basis for data processingThe legal basis for the temporary storage of log files is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is based on improving the user experience on our website and optimising it. Transmitting the user’s IP address to our server is technically necessary to access the relevant page at all.Retention periodThe log files on our server are deleted after one day.

Contact forms and email contact

User Rights

  • When you use the contact form, the following data entered in the form will be transmitted to us and stored:
  •     Name
  •     First name (if provided)
  •     Email address
  •     Telephone number
  •     Your messageBefore submitting the form, you will be advised that by submitting it you consent to the processing of the personal data listed above, and you will be referred to this Privacy Policy. You can also contact us at our email address. In this case, the sender’s personal data transmitted in the email will be stored. This data will be used solely to process your enquiry.Purpose of data processingWe process personal data submitted through contact forms or by email solely to handle your enquiry.Legal basis for data processingThe legal basis for processing this data is the user’s consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. If the contact is made with a view to entering into a contract, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR also provides the legal basis for processing. Where we use personal data to comply with a legal obligation, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR is the legal basis.Retention period
    We will delete the data as soon as it is no longer required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. This is the case when the circumstances indicate that the enquiry or matter in question has been conclusively resolved. Your rightsYou have the following rights in relation to your personal data:    Right to object to processing (Article 21 GDPR)    Right of access (Article 15 GDPR),    Right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR) or erasure (Article 17 GDPR),    Right to restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR)    Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)    Right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data (Article 77 GDPR).You can exercise these rights using any of the contact methods listed above (telephone, fax, email, contact form). In this case, all personal data stored in connection with your contact will be deleted.
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    Cookies

    The following types of cookies are used on this website:




    Our website uses cookies to ensure that it functions properly and to optimise the user experience. For example, cookies are set so that we can tell whether a user has consented to the use of cookies, or to analyse the website using Matomo. For more information about cookies and how they work, visit www.aboutcookies.org. Our website uses the following cookies:Performance cookiesThese are used to generate reports on visitor behaviour and improve the website.LIFETIME: 6 monthsStrictly necessary cookiesThese cookies detect whether the user has already consented to the use of cookies.LIFETIME: 1 yearThese cookies do not contain personal data, nor do we use them to identify individuals. Where cookies are used to analyse user behaviour, IP addresses are pseudonymised by truncation.


    Use of Google Analytics and cookiesThis website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, text files stored on your computer that enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the USA.IP anonymisation is enabled on this website. Google truncates your IP address within Member States of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. IP anonymisation is active on this website. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compile reports on website activity and provide the website operator with other services relating to website and internet use.

    The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics is not combined with other Google data. You can prevent cookies from being stored by adjusting your browser software settings. You can also prevent Google from collecting data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address), and from processing this data, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
    Further information about data use by Google Inc. is available here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de