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Data protection

I. Responsible for the data processing of the lawyers and for the data processing when using the website

Ettrich Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB,
Eschersheimer Landstraße 6,
60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

E-mail: info(at)ettrich.de
Phone: 0049 – 069 – 1505040
Fax: 0049 – 069 – 15050440

II. Responsible for data processing of the notaries

Dr. Frank Findeisen, Robert Hung and Christian Richard
Lawyers and notaries
Eschersheimer Landstrasse 6
60322 Frankfurt am Main

E-mail: info(at)ettrich.de
Phone: 0049 – 069 – 1505040
Fax: 0049 – 069 – 15050440

Contact details of our data protection officer:

Andreas Lohr
Dersch Digital Services GmbH
Am Messeplatz 13
65479 Raunheim
E-mail: datenschutz(at)dersch-ds.de

Data protection information for clients and other data subjects

1. collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose and their use

When you contact us or commission us, we collect the following information:

  • Title, first name, last name,
  • E-mail address,
  • Address,
  • Telephone/fax number,
  • Information that is necessary for the assertion and defense of rights within the scope of a mandate or for the implementation of a planned or existing business relationship,
  • Information that is required for the notary’s official activities.

This data is collected for the following purposes:

  • to be able to identify you as our client, business partner, party to the deed, provider or claimant,
  • to be able to advise or represent you appropriately if necessary,
  • to be able to protect your interests as a person seeking legal advice, in particular in notarizations and other official notarial transactions,
  • for correspondence,
  • to fulfill our obligations,
  • for invoicing,
  • for the settlement of any liability claims and the assertion of any claims against you.

The data processing is carried out either on request or at our instigation and is permissible under Art. 6 (I) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the purposes mentioned for the appropriate processing of the mandate or the contract and for the mutual fulfillment of obligations arising therefrom. Insofar as the data processing serves the notarial official activity, it is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (I) sentence 1 lit. c and lit. e GDPR.

The data is deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed. They will be deleted no later than the expiry of the statutory retention periods, unless longer storage is required to fulfill legal obligations in accordance with Art. 6 (I) sentence 1 lit. c and lit. e GDPR or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or if it is necessary for storage beyond this pursuant to Art. 6 (I) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR have consented.

2. disclosure of data to third parties

Your personal data will only be transmitted to third parties for the purposes listed. This includes, in particular, disclosure to opposing parties and their representatives (especially their lawyers) as well as courts and other public authorities. The data passed on may be used by the third party exclusively for the stated purposes. Statutory confidentiality obligations remain unaffected. As far as data is concerned that is subject to attorney-client privilege, it will only be passed on to third parties in consultation with you.

3. your rights as a data subject

You have the right:

  • Pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future;
  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, they may request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom their 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 to lodge a complaint, the origin of their data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller, and
  • to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our office.

4. right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. I p. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation.

If you would like to exercise your right to object, simply send an e-mail to info(at)ettrich.de

Data protection information for users of our website www.ettrich.de

1. collection and storage of personal data as well as type and purpose and their use

When you visit our website www.ettrich.de, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

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

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  • To ensure 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 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

We also use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed explanations in the sections 3 and 4 of this privacy policy.

2. disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed in section 1 and will only be transferred in accordance with the statutory provisions.

3. cookies

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

Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. We use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already visited us and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them 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 (see section 4). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our site when you return. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is required.

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



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4. analysis tools

Tracking tools
The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR is carried out. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure a needs-based design and the continuous optimization of our website. On the other hand, we use tracking measures to statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our offer for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.

Matomo
We use the open source software Matomo to analyze and statistically evaluate the use of the website. If cookies are used (see section 3). The information generated by the cookie about website usage is transmitted to our servers and summarized in pseudonymous usage profiles. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website and to enable a needs-based design of our website. The information will not be passed on to third parties.

Under no circumstances will the IP address be associated with other data relating to the user. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking).

5. rights of data subjects

You have the right:

  • to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. 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 to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
  • in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;
  • in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
  • in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
  • in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transmitted to another controller
  • pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR to revoke your consent once given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future and
  • to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our office.

6. right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR on grounds relating to your particular situation or if 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 info(at)ettrich.de

7. data security

We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser when you visit our website. As a rule, this involves 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

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

Up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018.

Due to the further development of our website or changes to the legal framework or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy. You can access and print out the current data protection declaration at any time on the website at https://www.ettrich.de/datenschutz.html.