Protecting Data Privacy

Information on data processing

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

This privacy notice applies to data processing by:
Responsible Person: Dr. Jürgen K. Wente, Attorney at Law (hereinafter: Law Office of Dr. Wente )
Dorfstr. 26 C, 85551 Kirchheim near Munich, Germany, Email: office@kanzlei.wente.de, Phone: +49 89 – 960 11 782; Fax: +49 89 – 903 94 10.

Of course, we comply with all relevant data protection regulations. Accordingly, we are not obliged to appoint a data protection officer. Nevertheless, your data is safe with us and will be handled in accordance with the applicable data protection law. Should you wish to contact us regarding data protection matters, please use the following E-Mailadresse: datenschutz@kanzlei.wente.de.

Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use when visiting the website kanzlei.wente.de

When you visit our website kanzlei.wente.de, the browser used on your terminal 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 automated deletion:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
  • Website from which the access is made (referrer URL),
  • the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

The aforementioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
  • Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
  • Evaluation of system security and stability, and
  • for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

Data Disclosure

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only share your personal information with third parties if:

  • In accoradnce with Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO you gave your explicite concent to do so,
  • the disclosure is according to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,
  • in the event that for the transfer according to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. c DSGVO a legal obligation exists, and
  • this is legally permissible and in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO is necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form, including the contact data you enter there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is therefore based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time. For this purpose, an informal message by e-mail to us is sufficient. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to store it, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory legal provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Google reCAPTCHA

This site uses the so-called reCAPTCHA function provided by Google to protect against abuse and spam. For this purpose, the browser you use must connect to Google’s servers when you call up a page. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. The use of the reCAPTCHA function of Google is in the interest of protection against abuse and spam. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. For more information about Google’s reCAPTCHA feature, please visit https://developers.google.com/recaptcha and read Google’s privacy policy:https://policies.google.com/privacy/.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This gives Google knowledge that our website was accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font from your computer will be used. For more information on Google Web Fonts, please visit. https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the privacy policy of Google:https://policies.google.com/privacyy/.

Data subjects’ rights

You have the rights:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, 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, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 DSGVO to immediately demand the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims;
  • to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 DSGVO, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO;
  • pursuant to Art. 20 DSGVO to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;
  • according to Art. 7 par. 3 DSGVO revoke your consent once given to us at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent for the future, and
  • complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 DSGVO. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose. For our office is responsible the Bayerische Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision).

Right of Objection

If your personal data is collected on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO processed, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO, provided that there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to datenschutz@kanzlei.wente.de.

Collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose of their use following mandate

As an attachment to our Terms and Conditions, we specifically provide information for clients pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 of the General Data Protection Regulation (DS-GVO) on the processing of client-related data at the law firm of Dr. Wente. You can also find them here.

Amendment

We reserve the right to update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes shall apply as of their publication on the website kanzlei.wente.de.