Privacy Policy

The law firm Stirnweiss | Brenner Rechtsanwälte mbB collects and processes your data as the responsible body. For questions and suggestions regarding data protection, you can send an email to our Data Protection Officer at

datenschutzbeauftragter@stirnweiss-brenner.de

All data collection and processing is carried out for specific purposes. These may result from technical necessities, contractual requirements, or explicit user requests. For technical reasons, certain data must be collected and stored when visiting our site. This includes the date and duration of the visit, the web pages used, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used, and the website from which you visit us. Insofar as this data provides information about the number of visitors and use of our web pages, this is done exclusively anonymously. For contractual reasons, we also require personal data from you in order to provide our services and to be able to carry out the contractual relationships concluded with you. Specifically, the following data is collected and used within the scope of this service: Contact form: Name, email address. We use the data provided by you exclusively to be able to perform the contracts concluded with you as a law firm. Once the contract has been fully performed, your data will be blocked and deleted after the expiry of the retention periods under tax and commercial law, unless you have expressly consented to the further use of your data. You may request information about which data is stored about you if there are legal grounds for doing so, in particular taking into account the specific characteristics of the legal profession. You can request correction, deletion, and blocking if there are legal grounds for doing so. To exercise your rights, a letter by post to the firm owner(s), address as above, is sufficient. We do not pass on any data to third parties unless it is necessary due to the business relationship. We are a law firm and are therefore bound by the requirements. If we use subcontractors or vicarious agents to perform the contracts concluded with you, we must transfer the data to them. These are either involved independent admitted lawyers or law firms under sub-power of attorney or employed lawyers (m/f/d). To ensure that they process the data exclusively in fulfillment of our mandate, they are contractually obligated by us accordingly.

In detail:

This data protection information applies to the data processing of the firm with the controller as stated above: The Data Protection Officer can be reached at the above-mentioned address, at datenschutzbeauftragter@stirnweiss-brenner.de.

Collection and storage of personal data as well as the nature and purpose of its use: When you visit our website, the browser used on your terminal 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 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 access is made (referrer URL),

Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

The data mentioned are processed by us for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection setup of the website,

Ensuring comfortable use of our website,

Evaluation of system security and stability as well as

for further administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person. In addition, we use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. Further explanations can be found below in this privacy policy.

For questions of any kind that you wish to address to us via email, it is necessary to provide a valid email address so that we know who the inquiry is from and to be able to answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily. Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. The personal data collected by us to answer your question will be automatically deleted after your request has been dealt with, provided that your request is thereby resolved and you have not granted us a legal mandate. A transfer of your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below does not take place.

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

You have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,

the disclosure is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR 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 in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as

this is legally permissible and required in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your terminal device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do no damage to your terminal device, do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific terminal device used. However, this does not mean that we immediately gain knowledge of your identity. The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after leaving our site. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your terminal device for a specific fixed period. If you visit our site again to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already been with us and what 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. These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time. The data processed by cookies are required for the stated purposes to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

Plugins and Analysis Tools

Google Maps

This site uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When calling up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy findability of the places indicated by us on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If a corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g., device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. Consent can be revoked at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/.

More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

Tracking Tools: The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. 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. The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

Google Analytics: For the purpose of needs-based design and continuous optimization of our pages, we use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (https://www.google.com/about/) (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; hereinafter “Google”). In this context, pseudonymized usage profiles are created and cookies (see Section 4) are used. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website such as

Browser type/version,

Operating system used,

Referrer URL (the previously visited page),

Hostname of the accessing computer (IP address),

Time of the server request,

are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The information is used to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide further services associated with website use and internet use for the purposes of market research and needs-based design of these internet pages. This information may also be transferred to third parties if this is required by law or if third parties process this data on our behalf. Under no circumstances will your IP address be merged with other Google data. The IP addresses are anonymized so that an assignment is not possible (IP masking). You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting the browser software accordingly; however, we point out that in this case not all functions of this website may be fully usable. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing a browser add-on (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en). As an alternative to the browser add-on, especially for browsers on mobile devices, you can also prevent collection by Google Analytics by clicking on this link. An opt-out cookie will be set which prevents the future collection of your data when visiting this website. The opt-out cookie is only valid in this browser and only for our website and is stored on your device. If you delete the cookies in this browser, you must set the opt-out cookie again. Further information on data protection in connection with Google Analytics can be found, for example, in the Google Analytics Help (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en).

Google Adwords Conversion Tracking: To statistically record the use of our website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing our website for you, we also use Google Conversion Tracking. In doing so, Google Adwords sets a cookie on your computer if you have reached our website via a Google advertisement. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of the Adwords customer’s website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and the customer can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Adwords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of Adwords customers. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Adwords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Adwords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information with which users can be personally identified. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking process, you can also refuse the setting of a cookie required for this – for example, via a browser setting that generally deactivates the automatic setting of cookies. You can also deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain “www.googleadservices.com”. Google’s privacy policy on conversion tracking can be found here (https://services.google.com/sitestats/en.html).

Matomo: Cookies are used in the open-source software Matomo for analysis and statistical evaluation of website use. The information generated by the cookie about website use is then 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 is not 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). Your visit to this website can be recorded by Matomo web analysis. Click here (https://matomo.org/docs/privacy/) so that your visit is no longer recorded.

Social Media Plugins: We use social plugins from the social networks Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram on our website on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The underlying promotional purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. Responsibility for data protection-compliant operation is to be guaranteed by their respective providers. The integration of these plugins by us takes place by way of the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website as best as possible.

Facebook: Social media plugins from Facebook are used on our website to make their use more personal. For this purpose, we use the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button. This is an offer from Facebook. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection with Facebook’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated into the website by it. Through the integration of the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “LIKE” or “SHARE” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also published on Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends. Facebook can use this information for the purpose of advertising, market research, and needs-based design of Facebook pages. For this purpose, usage, interest, and relationship profiles are created by Facebook, e.g., to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website, and to provide further services associated with the use of Facebook. If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website. The purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy can be found in Facebook’s privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

Twitter: Plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) may be integrated on our internet pages. You can recognize the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site. An overview of tweet buttons can be found here (https://about.twitter.com/resources/buttons). When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click the Twitter “tweet button” while you are logged in to your Twitter account, you can link the content of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We point out that we, as the provider of the pages, receive no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. If you do not wish Twitter to be able to assign the visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter user account. Further information on this can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy (https://twitter.com/privacy).

Instagram: So-called social plugins (“plugins”) from Instagram, operated by Instagram LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA (“Instagram”), may also be used on our website. The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example in the form of an “Instagram camera”. When you call up a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to Instagram’s servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has called up the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can directly assign the visit to our website to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the “Instagram” button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there. The information is also published on your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts there. If you do not want Instagram to directly assign the data collected via our website to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website. Further information on this can be found in Instagram’s privacy policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388).

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, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, 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;

to immediately request the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;

to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right to freedom of expression and information, for fulfilling a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims;

to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse its deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise, or defense of legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common, and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another controller in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR;

to revoke your consent once given to us at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future and

to complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our firm’s headquarters for this purpose.

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. If you wish to make use of your right of revocation or objection, an email to data at juristenfuchs . de is sufficient. We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in connection with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser during the website visit. As a rule, this is 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 representation of the key or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser. We also use appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. This privacy policy is currently valid and is dated May 2018.