Data protection notice of AHS Rechtsanwälte

1. Name and contact details of the data controller and data protection officer

This data protection notice applies to the data processing by: AHS Rechtsanwälte, Theodor-Heuss Ring 1, 50668 Cologne and Rüngsdorfer Straße 24, 53173 Bonn, E-Mail: info@ahs-kanzlei.de, Phone: +49 221 9730960, Fax: +49 221 97309625. The company data protection officer of AHS Rechtsanwälte can be contacted at the above address, att. Date protection officer or at dsb@ahs-kanzlei.de.

2. Information on the occasion of the website visit

Your IP address is processed. The processing is carried out for the purpose of being able to present the contents of the website to you. The legal basis for the processing of the data is the protection of legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6 (1) (f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the processing for the implementation of pre-contractual measures pursuant to Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR, if you request them.

The aforementioned legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO is that technically mandatory third parties must be involved in transmissions via website (Internet server operator). Without the integration of the third parties, the display of the content in your internet browser is not possible. The involvement of third parties is limited to those directly involved in the communication process.

Your Internet browser may also send us, without our prompting, further data such as the date and time of access or the name and URL of the file accessed, as well as data about your system, e.g. browser type and version, operating system used, name of the access provider, if you have clicked on a hyperlink on a third-party site that refers to our website, the address of this third-party site ("referrer") and the name of your computer. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. This data is processed for the following purposes: Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website, ensuring a comfortable use of our website, evaluation of system security and stability. The legal basis for the processing of the data is the protection of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

The aforementioned legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO is that we would like to offer you a secure, functioning and conveniently usable website.

AHS deletes the data immediately after the conclusion of the contact with you, unless otherwise specified below. If you request deletion beforehand, the data will be deleted immediately unless there is another legal basis for the processing.

The Internet presence is managed by 3st kommunikation GmbH, Taunusstraße 59-61, 55118 Mainz on behalf of DIRO AG, Große Bleichen 32, 20354 Hamburg as a so-called commissioned data processor according to Art. 28 GDPR. The technical and organizational security measures for hosting the offer at Hetzner Online GmbH Industriestr. 25 91710 Gunzenhausen were checked before they were commissioned and are checked regularly. This hosting service provider in turn acts strictly in accordance with instructions on behalf of 3st kommunikation GmbH.

There is a right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO) as well as to correction (Art. 16 DSGVO) or deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) or a right to object to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO) as well as a right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO). The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which are processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO) ; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

There is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority. If necessary, you have the choice between several data protection supervisory authorities. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose.

The provision of personal data by you is neither legally nor contractually required or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You and the data subject are not obliged to provide the data. Possible consequence if you do not provide the data is that you cannot access the website of AHS in whole or in part and accordingly cannot perceive the contents.

There is no automated decision making or profiling according to Art. 22 DSGVO.

Please also note the statements below under "Cookies", "Use of our contact form", "Use of our cancellation check, "Registration for our newsletter", "Matomo", "Calenso", "Links to social media platforms" and "OpenStreetMap".

3. Cookies

Cookies are small identifiers that are sent to your browser and that your computer stores and later transmits back when set appropriately. Partly the cookies come from us, partly from third parties. So-called session cookies are deleted when the browser is closed the next time (i.e. after the "session").

3.1 Technically necessary cookies

When you visit the website, we set technically necessary cookies . These are cookies that enable basic functions and are indispensable for the proper functioning of the homepage. This concerns the following cookie on this website:

Keyword / name of the cookies & validity period / provider / integration via third party / purpose.

Settings storage / DIRO multisite cookie (1 year) = dd_cookie_consent_status = 1 year / diro.eu / Stores the settings made by the user himself on the site (e.g. the preferred language) as well as the contents of external providers permitted by the user. To this extent, personal data is processed.

The legal basis for the data processing associated with the setting of technically necessary cookies is the protection of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO. We use the cookies exclusively to ensure the proper functioning of our website. The aforementioned legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO is that we would like to offer you an appealing and user-friendly website.

With the DIRO Multisite Cookie, the settings you have made yourself on this website (e.g. the preferred language) as well as the content of external providers that you have allowed are stored. In doing so, under the DIRO_C_FINGERPRINT processing operation, the IDs of the services requiring consent that were present when you last accessed the page, as well as their configuration settings and assignment to categories in the privacy popup (as an encrypted string) are collected and stored.

The sole purpose of this data processing is to store the settings made. The storage takes place for one year.

3.2 Technically unnecessary cookies

In addition, when visiting the website, depending on your consent, the following - not necessary - cookies may also be used:

Keyword / name of cookies & validity period / provider / integration via third party / purpose.

OpenStreetMaps (maps) / _osm_location = 10 years; _pk_id = 1 year / OpenStreetMap Foundation / display of addresses on a map that is embedded in the website.

Matomo (usage analytics) / _pk_id = 13 months; _pk_ref = 6 months; _pk_ses = 30 minutes / Matthieu Aubry et al. / Self-hosted / Website analytics / Generates statistical data about how visitors use the website.

reCAPTCHA / NID (6 months) / Google LLC / Google LLC / The cookie set by Google protects our website against abusive entries in the contact form through automated machine processing.

The legal basis for setting the technically unnecessary, i.e. statistics and performance-related cookies is your given consent, Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO.

Among other things, we know your IP address - technically necessary on the Internet. We have no direct possibility to assign the IP address to your person. Despite the communication of the IP address and the setting of cookies, you therefore remain anonymous to us when visiting our websites, as long as you do not consciously additionally communicate your identity to us.

There is a right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO) as well as to correction (Art. 16 DSGVO) or deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) and furthermore a right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO) as well as a right to object to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO).

The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which are processed by us ; this also applies to any profiling based on these provisions.

There is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority. If necessary, you can choose between several data protection supervisory authorities. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose.

The provision of personal data by you is neither legally nor contractually required or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You and the data subject are not obliged to provide the data. Possible consequence if you do not provide the data is that the functions of the website of AHS Attorneys at Law do not work completely or partially.

There is no automated decision making or profiling according to Art. 22 DSGVO.

Please note that you can completely prevent the setting of a technically unnecessary cookie by making the appropriate setting in your browser.

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4. Use of our contact form

We offer a contact form through which you can send us a message. We would be happy to respond to your message. For this, we need your consent to process the data you provide. We inform you on the occasion of the data collection as follows:

Content of the consent you are asked for in the contact form: You consent to AHS Attorneys at Law storing and using the data you provide in order to respond to your inquiry.

Your consent is completely voluntary. You may revoke your consent at any time, without giving any reason. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. You can declare a revocation, for example, at our office, by letter to AHS Rechtsanwälte, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34, 50672 Cologne, Germany, or by e-mail to info@ahs-kanzlei.de or fax to +49 221 97309625.

The person responsible under data protection law is AHS Rechtsanwälte (see above).

The processing is carried out for the following purpose: You can contact us via the contact form. This is an alternative to, for example, contacting us by e-mail. We would like to respond to you afterwards. The data concerned is the data that you have entered in the contact form (the specification of an e-mail address is required) and additionally for technical reasons: Your IP address, the date and the time. The legal basis for the processing of the data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, which you give us when you send us a message, and with regard to the integration of transport companies (e.g. if we send you an e-mail to your e-mail address) also the protection of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

The aforementioned legitimate interest in the involvement of carriers pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO is that it is technically mandatory to involve third parties in transmissions, in particular via website (Internet server operators) and via e-mail (the Internet server operators on the communication path and the providers of e-mail inboxes). Without the involvement of third parties it is not possible to contact you. The involvement of the third parties is limited to those directly involved in the communication process.

The Internet presence is managed by 3st kommunikation GmbH, Taunusstraße 59-61, 55118 Mainz on behalf of DIRO AG, Große Bleichen 32, 20354 Hamburg as a so-called commissioned data processor according to Art. 28 GDPR. The technical and organizational security measures for hosting the offer at Hetzner Online GmbH Industriestr. 25 91710 Gunzenhausen were checked before they were commissioned and are checked regularly. This hosting service provider in turn acts strictly in accordance with instructions on behalf of 3st kommunikation GmbH.

AHS deletes the data immediately after the contact with you has been completed.

5. OpenstreetMap

We use OpenStreetMap maps on the Website. These maps are provided by the OpenStreetMap Foundation, 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom, (hereinafter referred to as: "OpenStreetMap"). The integration of the maps on our website is done by means of an iframe or by retrieving the so-called tiles (map images) from the provider's server. As a result, your IP address is transmitted to the OpenStreetMap server. Furthermore, a session cookie is set (for information on cookies, see above in this privacy policy under "Cookies").

We further inform you as follows:

The person responsible under data protection law is AHS Rechtsanwälte (see above).

OpenStreetMap maps are used for the purpose of providing you with map material. It serves to make it easy to find the addresses we provide on the website.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO.

Your consent is completely voluntary. You can revoke your given consent at any time, without giving reasons. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. You can declare a revocation e.g. at our office, by letter to AHS Rechtsanwälte, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34, 50672 Cologne or by e-mail to info@ahs-kanzlei.de or fax to +49 221 97309625.

There is a right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO) as well as to correction (Art. 16 DSGVO) or deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) and furthermore a right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO) as well as a right to object to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO). The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which are processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO) ; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

There is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority. If necessary, you can choose between several data protection supervisory authorities. The data protection supervisory authority responsible for our registered office in any case is "The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information."

The provision of personal data by you is neither legally nor contractually required or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You and the data subject are not obliged to provide the data. Possible consequence if you do not provide the data is that no maps can be displayed to you.

There is no automated decision making or profiling according to Art. 22 DSGVO.

For more information, please see the privacy policy of the OpenStreetMap Foundation: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy

6. Web analysis through Matomo

Our website uses the analysis service Matomo (formerly Piwik). Matomo is an open source software for statistical analysis of visitor access. By using Matomo, it is possible for us to learn how the website is used. This enables us to constantly improve the quality of our website and its content.

Matomo uses cookies. These text files are stored on your computer and make it possible for us to analyze the use of our website. For this purpose, the information on usage obtained by the cookie is transmitted to our servers and stored so that usage behavior can be evaluated. Information on cookies can be found above under "Cookies". Information on the processing of personal data on the occasion of calling up our website can be found above under "Information on the occasion of calling up the website".

The following data is collected when individual pages of our website are called up:

• 2 bytes of the IP address of the user's calling system.
• The visited website
• The website from which the user reached the accessed website (referrer)
• The subpages accessed from the accessed websiteThe time spent on the website
• The frequency with which the website is accessed
• It is not possible to draw conclusions about a specific person when using Matomo, as your IP address is anonymized.

The legal basis for the processing of this data is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Your consent is completely voluntary. You can revoke your consent at any time, without giving reasons. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. You can declare a revocation e.g. at our office, by letter to AHS Rechtsanwälte, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34, 50672 Cologne or by e-mail to info@ahs-kanzlei.de or fax to +49 221 97309625.

If you do not agree to the storage and use of your data, you can deactivate the storage and use here. In this case, an opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which prevents Matomo from storing usage data. If you delete your cookies, this will have the effect that the Matomo opt-out cookie will also be deleted. The opt-out must be reactivated when you visit our site again.

You can also find more information about Matomo here: https://matomo.org/faq/general/faq_146/.

We further inform you as follows:

The person responsible under data protection law is AHS Rechtsanwälte (see above).

Duration of storage: The data will be deleted without delay as soon as the general statistics, from which your data can no longer be taken in detail, have been compiled. If you request deletion beforehand, the data will be deleted immediately unless there is another legal basis for the processing.

There is a right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO) as well as to correction (Art. 16 DSGVO) or deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) and furthermore a right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO) as well as a right to object to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO). The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which are processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO) ; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

There is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority. If necessary, you have the choice between several data protection supervisory authorities. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose.

The provision of personal data by you is neither legally nor contractually required or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You and the data subject are not obliged to provide the data. Possible consequence if you do not provide the data is that your data will not be included in the general statistics and cannot be taken into account in the evaluation and thus the improvement of our website.

There is no automated decision-making and profiling according to Art. 22 DSGVO.

7. Integration of the external service "Calenso

On our website we integrate the external service "Calenso". This is a web application for the simplified arrangement of appointments and group appointments. In the course of this, your specified e-mail address, the other contact information provided by you, appointment content and data, as well as all additional data provided by you in this context are collected and stored.

The processing of the data serves the sole purpose of making appointments and group appointments bookable online.

The above data is processed on servers in Switzerland.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is your consent according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO.

Your consent is completely voluntary. You can revoke your given consent at any time, without giving reasons. The revocation of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. You can declare a revocation e.g. at our office, by letter to AHS Rechtsanwälte, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring 34, 50672 Cologne or by e-mail to info@ahs-kanzlei.de or fax to +49 221 97309625.

Further information on the processing of your data in this respect and on Calenso's data protection can be found at: https://calenso.com/datenschutz.

We further inform you as follows:

The person responsible under data protection law is AHS Rechtsanwälte (see above).

Duration of storage: The data will be deleted without delay as soon as the general statistics, from which your data can no longer be taken in detail, have been compiled. If you request deletion beforehand, the data will be deleted immediately unless there is another legal basis for the processing.

There is a right to information (Art. 15 DSGVO) as well as to correction (Art. 16 DSGVO) or deletion (Art. 17 DSGVO) or restriction of processing (Art. 18 DSGVO) and furthermore a right to data portability (Art. 20 DSGVO) as well as a right to object to processing (Art. 21 DSGVO). The data subject has the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her which are processed by us on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO) ; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

There is a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority. If necessary, you have the choice between several data protection supervisory authorities. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose.

The provision of personal data by you is neither legally nor contractually required or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. You and the data subject are not obliged to provide the data. Possible consequence if you do not provide the data is that your data will not be included in the general statistics and cannot be taken into account in the evaluation and thus the improvement of our website.

There is no automated decision-making and profiling according to Art. 22 DSGVO.

8. Links to social media platforms

Our website contains links to various social media platforms. This is designed in such a way that your visit to our website alone does not transmit any data to the operators of the platforms. However, platforms may collect data about your visit to our website if you yourself use a page or application of such a platform in the background.

If you click on a link of a social media platform, you will be redirected to the respective platform. On websites other than ours, only the privacy statements of those websites apply.

9. When using our "Kündigungscheck“

On our website we offer the free service "Kündigungscheck", with which you can assess the effectiveness of the cancellation of your employment agreement by means of the test. In order to take advantage of the termination check, you must provide your email address. This, as well as your other details in the context of the request, will be stored by us for a period of one month in case of a later mandate, as well as for protection against misuse, and then deleted. The data will not be passed on to third parties. The user gives his consent to data processing in the context of the “Kündigungscheck”. This consent is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. It can be revoked at any time by e-mail to info@ahs-kanzlei.de. If you have used the cancellation check and would like to have your data deleted immediately, or would like information about the data we have collected, you can obtain this by sending a simple request to: info@ahs-kanzlei.de.

10. When registering for our newsletter

If you have expressly consented in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, we will use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter on a regular basis. To receive the newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an e-mail address. It is possible to unsubscribe at any time, for example via a link at the end of each newsletter. Alternatively, you are welcome to send your unsubscription request at any time by e-mail to info@ahs-kanzlei.de. We store your data until you unsubscribe. Thereafter we delete your data unless we are entitled and/or required for other reasons to continue storing them.

11. Actuality of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and has the status of March 2023.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to change this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.ahs-kanzlei.de/de/datenschutz .

12. Changing the privacy settings