At this point, we would like to inform you, in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), about how we handle data that can be personally related to you (e.g. name, address, e‑mail addresses, user behaviour that you, knowingly or unknowingly, leave behind when you visit our website), and, if applicable, about the duration for which the data are stored as well as about the rights that you as a data subject have in relation to us.
I. Data controller
The data controller pursuant to Article 4(7) GDPR is Reusch Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, (hereinafter, “Reusch Rechtsanwälte”, “Reuschlaw” or “we”), Joachimsthaler Str. 34, 10719 Berlin, phone: + 49 30 2332 895 0, fax + 49 30 2332 895 11, e‑mail: info@reuschlaw.de.
II. Data Protection Officer
You can reach our data protection officer at datenschutz@reuschlaw.de or at our postal address with the addition “Data Protection Officer”.
III. Data processing operations
1. Access to our website
When you visit our website, the data your browser transmits to the server on which the website content is hosted are automatically stored in log files and, if necessary, processed.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
However, only the last 90 visits are recorded. The following data are processed during your visit:
- date and time of access;
- IP address of the accessing terminal device;
- website that is accessed;
- the URL from which the file was requested/the desired function was initiated;
- the volume of the data transferred; and
- the transmitted browser ID.
These data are processed for the purpose of providing the contents of our website as well as for purposes of identifying and tracing unauthorised access to the web server and other criminal offences. The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera f GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Our legitimate interests consist in the guarantee of IT security and the guarantee of the operation of our website.
Categories of data recipients
The recipient of the data is an IT data processor.
Duration of data storage
The data are deleted at the latest seven days after being recorded.
Right to object to data processing
Data processing is essential for the security and operation of the website. Opting out is therefore only practicable if you do not access our website.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither required by law nor by contract. Without the IP address and cookie ID, however, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.
2. Contact
You have the possibility to contact us using the information on our website.
If you contact us by e‑mail, phone or via our contact form, your request including all resulting personal data (name, request) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request.
The legal basis for the processing of these data is Article 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera b GDPR, insofar as your request is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Otherwise, the legal basis is Article 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us.
Duration of data storage
The data you provide will remain with us until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been completely processed).
Right of objection
You may object to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera f GDPR at any time. To exercise your right of objection towards us, please contact the “Data Protection Officer” at either datenschutz@reuschlaw.de or the above address. We will then process your request immediately.
3. Newsletter
a) Newsletter dispatch in general
You have the possibility to subscribe to our newsletter.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
In the newsletter, we inform you about us and our offers and services.
We use the “double opt-in procedure” to register for our newsletter. This means that after your registration we will send you an e‑mail to the specified e‑mail address in which we will ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration within one week, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store the IP addresses you use and the dates of registration and confirmation. The purpose of the procedure is to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. a) GDPR.
Categories of data recipients
The recipient of the data is a data processor from the field of e‑mail marketing.
Period of data storage
Your data will be stored until you unsubscribe from our newsletter.
Withdrawal of consent
You can withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter at any time with effect for the future. You can declare your withdrawal by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter e‑mail or by sending an e‑mail to datenschutz@reuschlaw.de or by sending a message to the contact sprecified in the imprint.
Obligations/obligation to provide data
Your provision of your personal data is voluntary, and occurs solely on the basis of your consent. Unfortunately, we cannot send you our newsletter without your consent.
b) Newsletter dispatch in attorney-client relationship
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
If an attorney-client relationship already exists between you and ourselves, we will also send you a newsletter at regular intervals to the e‑mail address we have stored, provided you have not objected to its use. The objection can be made without costs arising by virtue thereof, other than transmission costs pursuant to the basic rates.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Our legitimate interest is that we would like to address you within the framework of direct advertising. Based on the contractual relationship existing between you and ourselves and the information provided by us in the context of these data, we assume that you agree with the advertising sent by us, in particular because you can also unsubscribe from it at any time by simply clicking the end of our newsletter if you are not interested.
Categories of data recipients
The recipient of the data is a data processor from the field of e‑mail marketing.
Duration of data storage
Your data will be stored until the end of the attorney-client relationship between you and ourselves.
Right to object to data processing
You have the possibility to unsubscribe the newsletter at any time by clicking on “unsubscribe newsletter” in each newsletter sent.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
Your personal data are provided on the basis of the attorney-client relationship between you and ourselves. A contractual relationship and communication in this respect is not possible without the provision of these data.
4. Matomo
On this website we use the web analytics service Matomo to analyze the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user. The information collected by Matomo about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymized before storage.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
By using Matomo, we are able to collect and analyze data about the use of our website by visitors (e.g. how often certain pages or posts were viewed). In addition, we collect various log files, such as referrers, browsers used, and operating systems, and can measure whether our website visitors perform certain actions (e.g. clicks).
The legal basis for the use of Matomo is Article 6, Sentence 1, Litera a GDPR.
Duration of data storage
The data processed by you through Matomo is visible to us for 14 months.
Revocation of consent
You may revoke your consent at any time with future effect in our cookie consent tool by clicking on the fingerprint button, which you will find at the bottom right-hand corner of every Reuschlaw web page, thus accessing our cookie consent tool. Then select the checkbox for the data processing operation for which you wish to revoke your consent.
5. MapTiler
We use the service MapTiler on our website. The provider is MapTiler AG, Höfnerstrasse 98, Unterägeri, Zug 6314, Switzerland.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
MapTiler enables the display of map material on our website. The integration of the map material serves to improve geographical representation and simplify the search of our office locations. IP addresses of MapTiler Cloud visitors are stored only for a limited time (maximum of 20 minutes) and then automatically deleted. The collection and short-term storage are necessary for logging security-related activities on the MapTiler infrastructure. How you use the map itself is not captured by MapTiler. Further information on data protection at MapTiler can be found here: www.maptiler.com/privacy-policy/index.html.
The legal basis for this data processing is Article 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera a GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the graphical representation and simplified search of our offices.
Transfers to a third country
Insofar as personal data are transferred to servers of MapTiler in Switzerland and stored and further processed there, the basis for the third-country transfer is the Adequacy Resolution of the EU Commission for Switzerland, which certifies that Switzerland has data protection equivalent to EEA standards.
6. Social media sites
a) LinkedIn
reuschlaw uses the technical platform and services of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter “LinkedIn”) for the information service offered here. We would like to point out that you use this LinkedIn page of reuschlaw and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating).
aa) Joint controllership with LinkedIn
reuschlaw is jointly responsible with LinkedIn only for the processing of “insights data”, insofar as these data are used for the creation of “page insights”.
reuschlaw and LinkedIn have concluded an agreement within the framework of their joint controllership, which you can download here (so-called “Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum”). The agreement relates to those data processing operations that are collected in connection with a visit or interaction with our LinkedIn profile, but only to the extent that such data are also (subsequently) processed for “page insights”. “Page insights” include analysis services that help the operator of a LinkedIn profile to better understand interactions with your pages. The purpose of the data processing is to produce aggregated statistics for LinkedIn profile operators.
The data are processed within the framework of a visit to or interaction of persons with a LinkedIn profile, but only to the extent that the purpose is use for “page insights”. More information about this is provided by LinkedIn at this link. The information available for the data subjects on data for “page insights” specify how and when “insights data” are collected and used to create “page insights”:
- When a LinkedIn member visits, tracks or engages in activities on the site, LinkedIn processes personal information to provide the site operator with insight into how the site is used.
- In particular, LinkedIn processes data that the member has provided to LinkedIn, such as information about a member’s function, country, industry, seniority, company size and employment status from the member’s profile.
- LinkedIn also processes information about how a member has interacted with your company site, such as whether a member is a follower.
When you visit our LinkedIn site, LinkedIn collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is stored on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the LinkedIn site, with statistical information about the use of the LinkedIn site. We do not receive any personal data from LinkedIn in this context.
The data collected about you in this context are processed by LinkedIn and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. What information LinkedIn receives and how it uses it is described in general terms in LinkedIn’s User Agreement and Privacy Policy. There you will also find information about how to contact LinkedIn and how to set up ads. The LinkedIn data policy is available at this link.
Should you wish to exercise a right to which you are entitled under the GDPR, we would like to point out that we cannot fully comply with all of these rights without LinkedIn. It would certainly be more effective for you to contact LinkedIn directly. If you still need help, please contact us.
The respective responsibilities between reuschlaw and LinkedIn, especially with regard to the protection of the rights of the data subjects, can be found in the Page Joint Controller Addendum.
LinkedIn assumes primary responsibility for fulfilling the GDPR obligations for the joint processing of “insights data”. This includes the fulfilment of the following rights of the data subjects:
- the right to information (Art. 15 GDPR),
- the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR),
- the right to limitation of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
- the right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) and
- the right to object (Art. 21 GDPR).
bb) Controllership of reuschlaw
In addition, reuschlaw is also solely responsible for certain data processing. In order to offer our information service, we process the following data for communication with LinkedIn users:
- user interactions (postings, likes, etc.);
- profile name as well as data provided by the user in the course of the chat, e.g. to process service requests;
- statistical surveys on target group advertising;
- statistical data on user interactions in aggregated form, i.e. without personal reference for reuschlaw (e.g. page activities, page views, page previews, likes, recommendations, contributions, videos, page subscriptions including origin, times of day); and
- targeted advertisements based on aggregated demographic data without personal references (e.g. age, location, language or gender).
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
The processing is carried out for the purpose of answering your enquiries (if you have sent us an enquiry) or communicating with you and for publishing information on events and services of reuschlaw. The legal basis of the processing for the purpose of replying to enquiries that serve the future conclusion of a contract and are initiated by you is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. b) GDPR and in other cases Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
The legitimate interest is the effective provision of information for users, customers and interested parties and communication with these persons as well as the presentation of reuschlaw to third parties.
You can find this Data Protection Declaration in its current version on the “About Us” page under the item “Data Protection Declaration” on our LinkedIn page.
Transfers to a third country
Insofar as personal data are transferred to LinkedIn servers in the United States and stored and processed there, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland has entered with the LinkedIn companies based in the US into standard contractual clauses that have been adopted by the EU Commission and that allow personal data to be transferred to the US in specific cases.
Duration of data storage
After completion of your request, the personal data provided by you will be deleted from our systems. If you interact with us publicly, for example by leaving a comment or “linking” to a post, these data will remain publicly available on the site until they are deleted by you or us. Insofar as legal storage obligations require longer storage, your data will only be stored for this purpose and blocked for other purposes.
Right to object to data processing
To exercise your right of objection towards us, please contact either datenschutz@reuschlaw.de or the above address by post or telephone. We will then process your request immediately.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
Your provision of data is voluntary. However, it is not possible to visit our profile without our processing personal data together with LinkedIn or without reuschlaw and LinkedIn processing personal data on their own separate responsibility.
b) Twitter
reuschlaw uses the technical platform and services of the platform Twitter Inc, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland (hereinafter “Twitter”) for the information service offered here.
aa) Controllership of Twitter
We would like to point out that you use the Twitter short message service offered here and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. sharing, rating).
For information on what data are processed by Twitter and for what purposes they are used, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy.
reuschlaw has no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by Twitter, the type of processing and use or the transfer of these data to third parties. In this respect, reuschlaw also has no effective means of control.
When you use Twitter, your personal information is collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by Twitter Inc. and, regardless of your residence, is transferred, stored and used in the United States, Ireland and other countries where Twitter Inc. does business.
On the one hand, Twitter processes your voluntarily entered data such as name and user name, e‑mail address, telephone number or the contacts in your address book when you upload or synchronize it.
Twitter also evaluates the content you share to determine what topics you are interested in, stores and processes confidential messages you send directly to other users, and can determine your location using GPS data, wireless network information or your IP address to send you advertisements or other content.
For evaluation purposes, Twitter Inc. may use analysis tools such as Twitter or Google Analytics. reuschlaw has no influence on the use of such tools by Twitter Inc. and has not been informed about such potential use. Should tools of this kind be used by Twitter Inc. for the account of reuschlaw, this does not mean that reuschlaw has either commissioned or approved of this or supported this in any other way. Nor are the data obtained during the analysis made available to reuschlaw. reuschlaw can only view via its account certain non-personal information about tweet activity, such as the number of profile or link clicks through a particular tweet. Furthermore, reuschlaw has no possibility to prevent or disable the use of such tools on its Twitter account.
Finally, Twitter also receives information when you view content, for example, even if you have not created an account. These “log data” may include the IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the previous website and pages you visited, your location, your mobile operator, the device you are using (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you used, and cookie information.
By using Twitter buttons or widgets integrated into websites and by using cookies, Twitter is able to record your visits to these websites and allocate them to your Twitter profile. These data can be used to offer content or advertising tailored to your needs.
You can limit the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account and under the item “Privacy and security”. In addition, you can restrict Twitter access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers) in the settings there. However, this depends on the operating system used.
More information on these items is available on the following Twitter support pages:
You can find out more about the possibility of viewing your own data on Twitter here.
Information about the conclusions drawn from Twitter about you can be found here.
Information on the available personalisation and data protection settings can be found here (with further references).
You also have the option to request information via the Twitter privacy form or archive requests.
bb) Controllership of reuschlaw
In addition, reuschlaw is also solely responsible for certain data processing. To offer our information service, we process the following data for communication with Twitter users:
- user interactions (postings, likes, etc.);
- profile name and data provided by the user in the course of a chat, e.g. to process service requests; and
- statistical data on user interactions in aggregated form, i.e. without personal reference for reuschlaw (e.g. number of impressions of a tweet, number of interactions, number of detail expands, number of profile clicks, number of media interactions, number of likes and retweets).
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
Processing is carried out for the purpose of answering your enquiries (if you have sent us an enquiry), communicating with you and publishing information on events, products and services of reuschlaw. The legal basis of the processing for the purpose of replying to enquiries that serve a future conclusion of a contract and that are initiated by you is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. b) GDPR and in the other cases, i.e. for general enquiries, Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
The legitimate interest is the effective provision of information for users, customers and interested parties and communication with these persons as well as the presentation of reuschlaw to third parties.
You will find the current version of this privacy policy within the profile description on our Twitter profile.
Transfers to a third country
Insofar as personal data is transferred to servers of Twitter in the United States and stored and further processed there, Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland has concluded with the Twitter companies based in the US standard contractual clauses that have been adopted by the EU Commission and that allow the transfer of personal data to the US in specific cases.
Duration of data storage
After your request has been processed, data will be deleted from our systems. If you interact with us publicly, for example by leaving a comment or “linking” to a post, these data remain publicly available on the site until they are deleted by you or us. Insofar as legal storage obligations require longer storage, your data will only be stored for this purpose and blocked for other purposes.
Right to object to data processing
To exercise your right of objection towards us, please contact either datenschutz@reuschlaw.de or the above address by post or telephone. We will then process your request immediately.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
Your provision of data is voluntary. However, it is not possible to visit our profile without reuschlaw and Twitter processing personal data on their own separate responsibility.
c) XING
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
We also maintain online presences within further social networks and platforms in order to communicate with the clients and interested parties active there and to inform them about our services. We would like to point out that when you visit our website, personal user data are processed by the respective social media platform for market research and advertising purposes. For these purposes, cookies are usually stored on the user’s computer, in which the user’s usage behaviour and interests are stored. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users, particularly if the users are members of the respective platforms and are logged in to them. These user data are anonymised and aggregated by the respective platform and made available to us for evaluation.
For a detailed representation of the respective processing and the possibilities of opting out, we refer to the following linked information of the providers.
We would like to point out that requests for information and assertion of user rights can be made most effectively with the providers. Only the providers have access to the user data and can provide information and take direct action. If you still need help, please do not hesitate to contact us.
- XING (XING SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, DE) – Privacy Policy
Our legal basis with regard to the data processing (comments, direct messages, if necessary evaluation of insights data) taking place on these social media sites is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Our legitimate interest lies in providing effective information to users and clients and communicating with users and clients.
Right to object to data processing
If you do not want the aforementioned company to be loaded during your visit to our social media site, you can also completely prevent the execution with add-ons for your browser, e.g. with the script blocker “NoScript”.
To exercise your right of objection towards us, please contact either datenschutz@reuschlaw.de or the above address by post or telephone. We will then process your request immediately.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
It is not possible to visit our profile on XING without reuschlaw and XING processing personal data on their own separate responsibility.
4. “Twitter” plug-in
Our website uses social plug-ins of the Twitter short messaging system, which is operated by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market St, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA (“Twitter”). The plug-ins are marked with a Twitter logo, e.g. in the form of a blue “Twitter bird”. An overview of Twitter plug-ins and their appearance can be found here. If you visit a page of our website that contains such a plug-in, your browser will establish a direct connection to Twitter’s servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted by Twitter directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through the integration Twitter receives the information that your browser has called the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a profile on Twitter or are not currently logged into Twitter.
This information (including your IP address) is transmitted directly from your browser to a Twitter server in the United States and stored there. If you are logged in to Twitter, Twitter can immediately allocate your visit to our website to your Twitter account. If you interact with the plug-ins, for example by pressing the “Twitter” button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Twitter server and stored there. The information is also published on your Twitter account and displayed to your contacts there. For the purpose and scope of data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Twitter as well as your rights and setting options for the protection of your privacy, please refer to the Twitter privacy policy.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
We use the Twitter button to inform you about our services or our current tweets directly on our website.
The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. a) GDPR.
Transfers to a third country
Insofar as personal data is transferred to servers of Twitter in the United States and stored and further processed there, Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland has concluded with the Twitter companies based in the US standard contractual clauses that have been adopted by the EU Commission and that allow the transfer of personal data to the US in specific cases.
Duration of data storage
By integrating the Twitter plug-in, we do not store any personal data.
Further information on the duration of data storage can be found in Twitter’s privacy policy.
Withdrawal of consent
You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect in our Cookie Consent Tool by clicking on the fingerprint button, which you will find at the bottom right-hand corner of every reuschlaw web page, thus accessing our Cookie Consent Tool. Then select the checkbox for the data processing operation for which you wish to withdraw your consent.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
Your provision of your data is voluntary. Of course, you can also view our website without using the Twitter plug-in.
Please note that some functions of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of these cookies.
7. Friendly Captcha
On our website we use the service Friendly Captcha of the provider Friendly Captcha GmbH, Am Anger 3–5, 82237 Woerthsee, Germany.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to check whether the data input on our websites (e.g. in a contact form) is made by a person or by an automated program. For this purpose, the behavior of the users of the website is evaluated by Friendly Captcha on the basis of various characteristics, such as the anonymized IP address, the referrer or, for example, the time spent on the website. Further information can be found here: https://friendlycaptcha.com/de/legal/privacy-end-users/
The legal basis for this data processing is § 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera f GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Our legitimate interests consist in protecting our web offerings from improper, automated use, in particular from spam messages.
Right to object to data processing
Data processing is essential for the security and operation of the website. Opting out is therefore only practicable if you do not access our website.
8. ConsentManager
On our website, we use the ConsentManager application to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your terminal device or to the use of certain technologies and to document this in a data protection-compliant manner. The provider is Jaohawi AB, Haltegelvägen 1b, 72348 Västeras, Sweden.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
When you visit our website, a connection is established to ConsentManager’s servers in order to obtain your consents and other declarations regarding cookie use. Subsequently, ConsentManager stores a cookie in your browser in order to assign the consents granted or their revocation to you.
The legal basis for this data processing is § 6(1), Sentence 1, Litera c GDPR. The processing serves to fulfill the legal requirements for proof of granted consent.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Our legitimate interests in the processing lie in the storage of user settings and preferences in relation to the use of cookies and other functionalities.
Duration of data storage
The collected data will be stored until the purpose for data storage ceases to apply.
9. Planning and implementation of events
On our website we also offer the possibility of registering for events we organise. For the registration of these events and their realisation, we have to process your personal data.
In particular, we process the following data for this purpose:
- first and last name,
- company,
- address and
- e‑mail address.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
The data processing is necessary in order to offer you participation in our events and to plan and carry out the events.
The data processing is based on Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. b) GDPR and otherwise on Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. f) GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Insofar as data processing is based on Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR, our legitimate interest lies in the planning and implementation of the events.
Categories of data recipients
Recipients of the data are our respective speakers and co-organizers.
Duration of data storage
As a matter of principle, we store the data until the event is completed. After the event, we transfer your data to our existing customer database. You will receive separate information about this from us at the e‑mail address you have provided.
Right to object to data processing
If you do not wish to be included in our existing customer database, you can inform us of this now by sending an e‑mail to datenschutz@reuschlaw.de. Your data will then not be recorded.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
The provision of your data and the registration for an event is voluntary. If you would like to register for an event, however, we need this data to be able to fulfil our obligations.
10. Zoom
For webinars as well as telephone and video conferences, we use the “Zoom” video conferencing service offered by our data processor, Zoom Video Communications Inc., San Jose Office, 55 Almaden Boulevard, 6th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113, USA. To use Zoom, a web application must first be downloaded and installed. When you register, you will be asked for your name and can choose whether you want to save it for future registrations. In addition, your IP address is processed to provide the services of Zoom.
For more information, such as the Zoom privacy policy and terms of use, please visit https://zoom.us/terms.
Purposes and legal bases of data processing
The processing of your name and IP address is necessary to enable you to participate in webinars and video conferences offered by us.
The data processing is based on Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. b) GDPR and on Art. 6, Para. 1, lit. f) GDPR.
Legitimate interests in data processing
Our legitimate interest lies in the implementation of video conferences and webinars using Zoom. You are completely free to participate in this.
Transfers to a third country
Insofar as personal data are transferred to servers of Zoom in the United States and stored and processed there, we have concluded with Zoom the standard contractual clauses adopted by the EU Commission that allow the transfer of personal data to the US in specific cases.
Duration of data storage
We store the data until the webinar or video conference has been completed.
Obligations / obligation to provide data
The provision of your data and the registration for an event is voluntary. However, if you wish to participate in a webinar or video conference with us, it may be necessary for us to process your data in order to fulfil our obligations.
IV. Your rights as a data subject
1. Right to information
You can request information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR about the personal data of yours which we process.
2. Right to rectification
If the information concerning you is not (or no longer) correct, you can request a rectification in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR. If your data is incomplete, you can request that it be completed.
3. Right to erasure
You may request the erasure of your personal data in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR.
4. Right to restrict processing
In accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, you have the right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data.
5. Right to portability
In the event the requirements of Art. 20, Para. 1 GDPR are met, you have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or to third parties. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files are mandatory for the operation of the website. They are therefore not based on consent in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. a) GDPR or on a contract in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. b) GDPR, but are legitimate in accordance with Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR. The prerequisites of Art. 20, Para. 1 GDPR are therefore not fulfilled in this respect.
6. Right of lodge a complaint
If you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data violates data protection law, you have the right in accordance with Art. 77, Para. 1 GDPR to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority of your own choice. This also includes the data protection supervisory authorities responsible for the controller:
- Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, phone: +49 (0)30 13889–0, fax: +49 (0)30 2155050, e‑mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de and
- Saarland Independent Data Protection Centre, phone: +49 (0)681 947810, fax: +49 44 681 94781 44,e‑mail: poststelle@datenschutz.saarland.de.
V. Right to object pursuant to Art. 21, Para. 1 GDPR
You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you, which is based on Art. 6, Para. 1, Sen. 1, lit. f) GDPR. The controller will then no longer process the personal data, unless the controller can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files are mandatory for the operation of the website.
Version: November 2022