Privacy policy

1. name and contact details of the controller and the company data protection officer

The law firm of the lawyer and notary Christian-H. Röhlke attaches great importance to the protection of your personal data and the preservation of your privacy. You can therefore rest assured that our processing activities always comply „at least“ with the applicable legal situation. You can find out which personal data we collect, store and process in detail as part of our processing activities, as well as which rights you have in this context as a „data subject“, in our following data protection information, which fully complies with the data protection requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Berlin Data Protection Act (BlnDSG) in all respects.

We hope to comply with the transparency requirement sufficiently and comprehensibly. If you have any questions or comments regarding this privacy policy, please contact the contact details provided in the legal notice
https://www.kanzlei-roehlke.de/impressum/
named contact options.

Scope of application

This data protection notice informs you, a visitor or user (hereinafter referred to as „user“) of our online and communication services, about the type, scope and purpose of the processing of your personal data by us (hereinafter referred to as „provider“), the law firm of the lawyer and notary Christian-H. Röhlke, Bölschestr. 83, 12587 Berlin, telephone 030 71520671, e-mail notariat@kanzlei-roehlke.de, in particular on this and via this website, external online presentations such as social media profiles, as well as by e-mail and other forms of communication (hereinafter „offer“).

Terminology

With regard to the terms used in the context of this data protection notice, such as „personal data“ or its „processing“, please refer to the definitions in Art. 4 GDPR.

Data protection officer

Due to legal regulations, we have appointed a data protection officer for the law firm of the lawyer and notary Christian-H. Röhlke as a public body. This can be reached at

DSB for notaries and doctors GmbH
For the attention of Ms. K. Stern
Cäcilienhöhe 173
45657 Recklinghausen
E: rux@dsb-notare-aerzte.de

2. collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of their use

a) When visiting the website

When you visit our website www.kanzlei-roehlke.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 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection 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 can find more detailed explanations on this in sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

b) When using our contact form

For questions of any kind, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. It is necessary to provide a valid e-mail address so that we know who sent the request and can answer it. Further information can be provided voluntarily.
Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent.
The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted after your request has been dealt with.

3. disclosure of data

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
We only pass on your personal data to third parties if:

  • you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR,
  • the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary 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 not disclosing your data,
  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as this is legally permissible and necessary for the processing of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR.

4. online forms

Our website is linked to a button for online data collection, which gives you the opportunity to send us data via an online form. If you use this online service from NotarNow (LegalNow GmbH, Lena-Christ-Straße 2, 82031 Grünwald, Germany), your details, including the contact details you provide there, will be automatically stored on the NotarNow servers for a short time for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions and then forwarded to us. Data transmission is encrypted using transport encryption via Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS).

The data is stored solely for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. The data will not be passed on to other third parties. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), if this has been requested.

We will retain the data you provide on the online form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.

When using the "cache" function, your online form entries are encrypted and stored anonymously for 30 days. If the online form is not sent to us within these 30 days, the form entries will be deleted automatically. A request for deletion on your part is not necessary in this case.

5. cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end 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. 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 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 is automatically recognized 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 5). These cookies enable us to automatically recognize that you have already visited our website when you visit it again. 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 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 message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

6. 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;
  • in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to withdraw 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 in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority at your usual place of residence or workplace or at the registered office of our law firm.

7. right of objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 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 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@kanzlei-roehlke.de

8. 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 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 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.

9. up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in May 2018.
It may become necessary to amend this privacy policy as a result of the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changes in legal or official requirements. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on the website at https://www.kanzlei-roehlke.de/datenschutz.