Data protection

1. Data Protection. General information.

HOLLOCH COMPLIANCE attaches great importance to the protection of personal data. We therefore only process your personal data insofar as this is permitted on the basis of statutory regulations, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPRGDPR”) and the Federal Data Protection Act (“BDSG”).

This data protection declaration informs you as a visitor to our website which data is collected, processed and used for which purposes when using our website.

 

2. Data Protection Declaration

HOLLOCH COMPLIANCE, Achenbachstraße 8, 40237 Duesseldorf, Germany, is responsible for the lawful collection, processing and use of your personal data within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPRGDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG-2018).

The data protection officer of the law firm is Ms. Karin Holloch, attorney at law, Achenbachstraße 8, 40237 Duesseldorf.

In this context, we note that the security notice under item 6 was taken from the website of the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and corresponds to the current state of knowledge. The note under item 7 reflects the legal situation in North Rhine-Westphalia that is currently (still) in force.

 

3. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of its use

You have various options for contacting us via the Internet.
a) Visiting our website
When you visit our website, 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 data is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

  • the IP address of the requesting computer
  • the date and time of access
  • the name and URL of the file accessed
  • the website from which the access was made
  • the operating system of your computer and the browser you are using
  • the name of your Internet access provider.

The aforementioned data is processed by us 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
  • other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f GDPRGDPR, according to which the processing is lawful if “the processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party, unless such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject which require the protection of personal data, in particular where the data subject is a child”.

Our legitimate interest in collecting data derives from the purposes listed above. In no case do we use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person.

In addition, we use cookies as well as analysis services when you visit our website (for more details, see section 5).
b) Registration for our newsletter
Provided that you have expressly consented (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a GDPRGDPR), we use your e-mail address to send you our newsletter and information on current legal developments on a regular basis. To receive our newsletter, it is sufficient to provide an e-mail address.

At the end of each newsletter you will find a link that allows you to unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time. You can also unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time by sending an e-mail to info@business-integrity.lawyer.

 

4. Passing on of data

We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent to do so in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a GDPRGDPR,
  • the disclosure is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPRGDPR 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 there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as
  • this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

 

5. Cookies and analytics tool

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that are automatically created by your browser and stored on your end device (smartphone, tablet, laptop or similar) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware.

In the cookie, information is stored that arises in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies primarily serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. We use so-called “session cookies” to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a certain fixed period of time. When you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and which entries and settings you have made. You then do not have to make these again.

On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize when you return to our site that you have already visited us and which information was of particular interest to you. The corresponding cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect our legitimate interests as well as the interests of third parties (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR).

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can also configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. Complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

In the context of hosting, we process personal user data for the purpose of web analysis on the legal basis of legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lif. f GDPR (search and analysis of errors on our website, evaluation of the use of our website, derivation of measures for the future development of our website) until objection.

The information generated by the cookies about your use of this website will not be used for personal evaluation or profiling and will likewise not be passed on to third parties. The analysis serves exclusively to optimize our offer.

You can object to the processing of your personal user data by activating the Do-Not-Track option in your web browser. Our web analysis software respects this setting and does not process any personal data when the Do-Not-Track setting is activated.

However, other notice fields regarding the use of cookies may not be displayed to you or may not be displayed correctly due to your settings. If you do not use an advertising or tracking blocker or have not made any no-cookie settings, but you still do not agree to the storage and anonymous analysis of the data from your visit to us, you can object to the storage and use at any time. If you subsequently object to the processing of the data by mouse click, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, with the result that our analysis tool will not collect any session data. If you delete your cookies in your internet browser, this will naturally result in the opt-out cookie also being deleted. When you visit our website again, it must therefore be activated again.

6. Social media

We take the current discussion about data privacy in social networks very seriously. It is currently not conclusively clarified in legal terms whether and to what extent all networks offer their services in compliance with European data protection regulations. We therefore expressly draw attention to the fact that the services we use – Instagram, Twitter, Xing and LinkedIn – store their users’ data (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with their own data usage policies and use it for business purposes. We have no influence on the collection of data and its further use by the social networks. Thus, we have no knowledge of the extent to which, where and for how long the data is stored, to what extent the networks comply with existing deletion obligations, what evaluations and links are made with the data and to whom the data is passed on.

 

7. Use of data for scientific purposes

We also offer you legal-scientific content on our pages, e.g. by reporting on current legislative projects, discussion processes and resolutions of the Statutory Assembly as well as current (supreme) court decisions. Personal data is processed exclusively in anonymized form or, if the latter is not possible, in pseudonymized form (Section 28 (1) DSG NRW). If you have any questions (or suggestions) in this regard, please contact: info@business-integrity.lawyer.

 

8. Protection of minors

Persons under the age of 18 should not transmit any personal data to us without the consent of their parents or legal guardians. We do not request personal data from children and young people. We do not knowingly collect such data or share it with third parties.

 

9. Your rights

Subject to the legal requirements, the existence of which must be checked in each individual case, you have the right to receive information about your personal data and to request the correction or deletion of your personal data or the restriction of processing and to receive your personal data in a structured, common and machine-readable format (data portability).

10. Right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f GDPR), you have the right to object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by us without specifying a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right of objection, please send an e-mail to: info@business-integrity.lawyer.

 

11. Data security

We use a secure internet connection within the website visit. You can see whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser.

We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, against partial or complete loss, against destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

 

12. Links to other websites

We link websites of other providers not affiliated with us (third parties).

If you click on these links, we no longer have any influence on what data is collected and used by these providers (third parties). For more detailed information on data collection and use, please refer to the privacy policy of the respective provider (third party).

We assume no responsibility for the data collection and processing by third parties.

You can recognize third-party websites by the fact that they always open in a separate window of your browser. In contrast, new websites of our offer always open in a new tab of your browser.

 

13. How to contact us with questions

If you have any questions regarding data protection on our website, we would be pleased to receive your e-mail at: info@business-integrity.lawyer.

 

14. Regular updating of this data protection information

The data protection legal framework for service providers is subject to constant changes and adjustments.

These changes and adjustments make it necessary to update our data protection notice from time to time.

You can recognize the current status by the line “Status: …” at the end of this data protection notice.

 

Status: March 16, 2023