§ 1 Information on the collection of personal data
(1) In the following, we inform you about how we collect personal data when you are using our website. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, email addresses, user behaviour.
(2) Verantwortlicher gem. Art. 4 Abs. 7 EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DS-GVO) ist die okl & partner Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB , Von-Werth-Straße 2, 50670 Köln, Telefon: +49 221 4207 – 0, Fax: +49 221 4207 – 255, E‑Mail:
(see also our provider identification – „Legal information“). You can reach our data protection officer at or via our postal address to the attention of „the data protection officer“.(3) When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (your email address and, if applicable, your name and your telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data collected in this context after the storage is no longer necessary, or we restrict the processing if there are statutory retention obligations.
(4) If we use commissioned service providers for individual functions of our service offer or would like to use your data for advertising purposes, we will inform you in detail about the relevant processes below. In doing so, we will also disclose to you the defined criteria for the storage period.
§ 2 Your rights
(1) In the relationship with us, you have the following rights with regard to the personal data concerning you: – right of access, – right to rectification or erasure, – right to restriction of processing, – right to object to processing, – right to data portability.
(2) You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about our processing of your personal data.
§ 3 Collection of personal data when you are visiting our website
(1) In the case of mere informational use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and ensure its stability and security (the legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) 1 f) GDPR): – IP address – date and time of the request – time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – content of the request (specific page) – access status/HTTP status code – amount of data transferred in each case – website from which the request comes – browser – operating system and its interface – language and version of the browser software.
(2) In addition to the aforementioned data, cookies are stored on your computer when you use our website. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your hard drive and allocated to the browser used by you and which provide the party setting the cookie (in this case, us) with certain information. Cookies cannot execute programmes or transfer viruses to your computer. They help to make the internet presentation as a whole more user-friendly and effective.
(3) Use of cookies: a) This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained hereinafter: – Transient cookies (see b) – Persistent cookies (see c). b) Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, by which various requests from your browser can be assigned to the joint session. This enables us to recognise your computer when you come back to our website. The session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser. c) Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time, which may differ depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time. d) You can configure your browser settings according to your wishes and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that, in this case, you may not be able to use all functions of this website.
§ 4 Newsletter
(1) You may consent to the subscription of our newsletter, by which we inform you about our current interesting services and offers. The advertised goods and services are specified in the declaration of consent.
(2) We use the so-called double-opt-in procedure for the newsletter registration. This means that after your registration, we will send you an email to the email address you have provided, in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration within 24 hours, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store your IP addresses and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to prove your registration and, if necessary, clarify a possible misuse of your personal data.
(3) Only your email address is necessarily required for sending the newsletter. The provision of further, specifically marked data is voluntary and such data will be used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will store your e‑mail address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) 1 a) GDPR.
(4) You can revoke your consent to receiving the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare the revocation by clicking the link provided in every newsletter email or by sending a message to the contact data provided in the legal information.
§ 5 Use of Google Analytics
(1) This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc („Google“). Google Analytics uses „cookies“, which are text files placed on your computer to help analyse how you use the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, Google will truncate your IP address beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of analysing your use of the website, compiling reports on the website activities and providing other services relating to the use of the website and internet usage to the website operator.
(2) The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
(3) You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie to analyse your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
(4) This website uses Google Analytics with the extension „_anonymizeIp()“. This means that IP addresses are processed in truncated form so that any personal identification is excluded. This means that, if any data collected from you is related to you personally, any personal reference or identification will be automatically excluded and the personal data is deleted immediately.
(5) We use Google Analytics to analyse and regularly improve the use of our website. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our service offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. For exceptional cases in which personal data is transferred to the USA, Google has agreed to join and comply with the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for the use of Google Analytics is Art. 6 (1) 1 f) GDPR. https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. Rechtsgrundlage für die Nutzung von Google Analytics ist Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.
(6) Third-party provider information: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. User terms and conditions: http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.htmland privacy policy: http://www.google.com/intl/de/analytics/learn/privacy.htmland privacy policy: http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.
