Data protection

1. Controller and Data Protection Officer

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is POSSER SPIETH WOLFERS & PARTNERS Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, Kurfürstendamm 170, 10707 Berlin (‘pswp’). You can contact our Data Protection Officer by adding ‘Data Protection Officer’ to our postal address or at the email address dataprivacy@pswp.de.

2. Website visits

When our web pages including all of the subpages (together the ‘website’) are viewed, the system used to access them automatically sends information to our website server. This information is stored in so-called log files, which record the IP address of the computer viewing the page, the date and time of the page view, the details of the request (specific page), the website from which the page is viewed (referrer URL), the browser and operating system used, the Internet service provider and any comparable data. pswp uses this data to provide access to the website, identify and remedy any technical problems and prevent the website content from being misused or, if applicable, to pursue such misuse. pswp additionally uses this information in anonymised form for statistical purposes. The legal basis for the processing of this personal data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f of the GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller).

3. Cookies

Our website uses cookies. These serve to record your choice of language. These cookies are deleted automatically after a month. You can additionally delete the cookies at any time within your browser’s security settings. Cookies are text files which are stored on your data medium. A cookie generally contains the name of the domain from which the cookie data was sent, information concerning the age of the cookie and a so-called session ID, which is used to identify various requests made by your browser in the course of a session. If our website server is accessed anew, the Internet browser sends the cookie previously received back to the server.
The legal basis for the processing of personal data with cookies is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller).

4. Emails

When you click on an email address on the website or on the ‘Apply now’ button within the careers section, your standard email program will open and you can send us an email. When you send us an email in this way or by any other means, your email address is used. No other personal data is required. You are, however, at liberty to share other personal data with us. pswp uses the data you provide for the purposes of processing and responding to your enquiry. The legal basis for the processing of such personal data is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR (consent of the data subject), Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of a contract or to take steps prior to entering into a contract) or Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller).

5. Google Maps

This website uses the services of Google Maps. These enable us to show you interactive maps directly within the website and allow you to use the map functions at your convenience. When you visit the website, Google is notified that you viewed the subpage in question. In addition, the data stipulated in section 2 of this privacy policy is shared with Google, irrespective of whether you are logged in via a user account provided by Google or whether no (logged-in) user account is used. If you are logged into Google, your data will be directly attributed to your account. If you do not wish data to be attributed to your Google profile, you must log out of your account before clicking on the button. Google records your data as usage profiles and uses it for advertising and market research purposes and/or for needs-based website design purposes. This form of data usage serves in particular to provide needs-based advertising (even to users who are not logged in) and to notify other social-network users of your activities on our website. You are at liberty to object to the creation of such user profiles and must contact Google in order to exercise this right.
More information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by the plug-in provider can be found in the provider’s privacy policies. Here, you will also find additional information on your rights in this regard as well as your setting options for the protection of your privacy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has committed itself to the EU–US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for use of the Google Maps plug-in is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller).

6. Google Fonts

Our website uses Google Fonts to achieve uniform presentation of fonts. When you view the website, your browser downloads the fonts to the browser cache to be able to display texts and fonts correctly. To this end, the browser you use has to connect to the Google servers. This makes Google aware of the fact that our website was viewed at your IP address. It is not known for what purposes this data is processed. If your browser does not support Web fonts, one of your computer’s standard fonts is used instead.
More information on Google Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has committed itself to the EU–US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Google Fonts are used in the interests of the uniform and attractive presentation of our online services. The legal basis for the processing of personal data with the aforementioned Google services is therefore Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests of the controller).

7. Social Media

We use specially created buttons on the website to link to Twitter, Xing and LinkedIn. These are integrated locally on the server on which pswp.de is hosted and are not integrated by plug-ins provided by Twitter & Co. This means that no data is transferred to the social services when you visit the pswp website. If you click on one of the social media buttons, you leave the pswp website and are redirected to the page of the respective service. Here you must actively log into your profile for data to be transferred.
The addresses of the respective social services and the URL with their data protection are as follows Twitter, Inc, 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, California 94103, USA (https://twitter.com/privacy), Twitter has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield (https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework); Xing AG, Gänsemarkt 43, 20354 Hamburg, DE (http://www.xing.com/privacy); LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, California 94043, USA (http://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy), LinkedIn has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.
We also maintain presences with these social media providers. You can contact us via these presences. Your name and other information about your own presence on the relevant service will be transmitted to us. When you access the services, their respective privacy policies and terms of use apply.

8. Nextcloud

We use Nextcloud software for the purpose of facilitating data exchange. When the corresponding server website is called up, we store the date and time of access, the URL called up, as well as the browser and IP address of the user. Nextcloud GmbH, Hauptmannsreute 44A, 70192 Stuttgart, Germany (‘Nextcloud’) also stores the user's email address if this was used to share content. The duration of this storage depends on the expiry date of the link used and is usually 30 days.

9. Forwarding of data

To provide this website and other digital services, we use the support of external service providers who are given access to your personal data in order to provide these services. These service providers are carefully selected and fulfil high data protection and data security standards. They are bound to strict confidentiality and only process data on behalf of and in accordance with the instructions of pswp.
Except in the cases explained in this privacy policy, pswp will only pass on your data to third parties if you have given your express consent (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter a GDPR), if this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract with you or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b GDPR), if pswp is legally obliged to do so (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter c GDPR).

10. Storage period

Personal data of visitors to our website will be deleted when their storage is no longer required for the purposes described in this privacy policy, unless statutory provisions require longer storage. Usage data is regularly stored for a period of 30 days. Personal data transmitted in other ways (email, social media) will be deleted if its storage is no longer required for the purposes described here or for the purposes pursued with the data transmission, unless statutory provisions permit longer storage. The data in the log file (see under 2.) is stored for a standard period of 31 days.

11.  Your rights

You have a right to information about the personal data stored by pswp as well as a right to rectification or erasure, to restriction of processing, to object to processing and to data portability. To exercise these rights, please contact us at dataprivacy@pswp.de.
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time.
You can also contact a competent supervisory authority (such as the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information) with complaints.

12. Revision of this policy

This Privacy Policy is current as of May 2018 and may change from time to time due to updates to this page or changes in legal requirements. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.