General Information
Effective: July 11, 2023
Personal data (usually referred to just as „data“ below) will only be processed by us to the extent necessary and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents, and the services offered there.
Per Art. 4 No. 1 of Regulation (EU)
2016/679, i.e. the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to
as the „GDPR“), „processing“ refers to any operation or set of operations such
as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation,
alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission,
dissemination, or otherwise making available, alignment, or combination,
restriction, erasure, or destruction performed on personal data, whether by
automated means or not.
The following privacy policy is
intended to inform you in particular about the type, scope, purpose, duration,
and legal basis for the processing of such data either under our own control or
in conjunction with others. We also inform you below about the third-party
components we use to optimize our website and improve the user experience which
may result in said third parties also processing data they collect and control.
Our privacy policy is structured as
follows:
I. Information about us as controllers
of your data
II. The rights of users and data subjects
III. Information about the data processing
I. Information about us as controllers of your data
The party responsible for this
website (the „controller“) for purposes of data protection law is:
Ho Seop Kim
Bachemer Straße 37,
50354 Hürth
Telefon: +49 1788899354
E-Mail: kimhoseop@googlemail.com
II. The rights
of users and data subjects
With regard to the data processing
to be described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right
- to
confirmation of whether data concerning them is being processed,
information about the data being processed, further information about the
nature of the data processing, and copies of the data (cf. also Art. 15
GDPR);
- to
correct or complete incorrect or incomplete data (cf. also Art. 16 GDPR);
- to the
immediate deletion of data concerning them (cf. also Art. 17 DSGVO), or,
alternatively, if further processing is necessary as stipulated in Art. 17
Para. 3 GDPR, to restrict said processing per Art. 18 GDPR;
- to
receive copies of the data concerning them and/or provided by them and to
have the same transmitted to other providers/controllers (cf. also Art. 20
GDPR);
- to file
complaints with the supervisory authority if they believe that data
concerning them is being processed by the controller in breach of data
protection provisions (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
In addition, the controller is
obliged to inform all recipients to whom it discloses data of any such
corrections, deletions, or restrictions placed on processing the same per Art.
16, 17 Para. 1, 18 GDPR. However, this obligation does not apply if such
notification is impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. Nevertheless,
users have a right to information about these recipients.
Likewise, under Art. 21 GDPR, users
and data subjects have the right to object to the controller’s future
processing of their data pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. In
particular, an objection to data processing for the purpose of direct
advertising is permissible.
III. Information about the data processing
Your data processed when using our
website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose for its storage
ceases to apply, provided the deletion of the same is not in breach of any
statutory storage obligations or unless otherwise stipulated below.
User posts, comments, and ratings
We offer you the opportunity to post
questions, answers, opinions, and ratings on our website, hereinafter referred
to jointly as „posts.“ If you make use of this opportunity, we will process and
publish your post, the date and time you submitted it, and any pseudonym you
may have used.
The legal basis for this is Art. 6
Para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. You may revoke your prior consent under Art. 7 Para. 3
GDPR with future effect. All you have to do is inform us that you are revoking
your consent.
In addition, we will also process
your IP address and email address. The IP address is processed because we might
have a legitimate interest in taking or supporting further action if your post
infringes the rights of third parties and/or is otherwise unlawful.
In this case, the legal basis is
Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in any legal defense
we may have to mount.
Facebook
To advertise our products and
services as well as to communicate with interested parties or customers, we
have a presence on the Facebook platform.
On this social media platform, we
are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal
Square, Dublin 2, Irland.
The data protection officer of
Facebook can be reached via this contact form:
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970
We have defined the joint
responsibility in an agreement regarding the respective obligations within the
meaning of the GDPR. This agreement, which sets out the reciprocal obligations,
is available at the following link:
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum
The legal basis for the processing
of the resulting and subsequently disclosed personal data is Art. 6 para. 1
lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication,
sales, and promotion of our products and services.
The legal basis may also be your
consent per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR granted to the platform operator. Per
Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, you may revoke this consent with the platform operator at
any time with future effect.
When accessing our online presence
on the Facebook platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform
in the EU will process your data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.).
This data of the user is used for
statistical information on the use of our company presence on Facebook.
Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising
purposes as well as for the creation of user profiles. Based on these profiles,
Facebook Ireland Ltd. can provide advertising both within and outside of
Facebook based on your interests. If you are logged into Facebook at the time
you access our site, Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also link this data to your
user account.
If you contact us via Facebook, the
personal data your provide at that time will be used to process the request. We
will delete this data once we have completely responded to your query, unless
there are legal obligations to retain the data, such as for subsequent
fulfillment of contracts.
Facebook Ireland Ltd. might also
set cookies when processing your data.
If you do not agree to this
processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by
making the appropriate settings in your browser. Cookies that have already been
saved can be deleted at any time. The instructions to do this depend on the
browser and system being used. For Flash cookies, the processing cannot be
prevented by the settings in your browser, but instead by making the
appropriate settings in your Flash player. If you prevent or restrict the
installation of cookies, not all of the functions of Facebook may be fully
usable.
Details on the processing
activities, their suppression, and the deletion of the data processed by
Facebook can be found in its privacy policy:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
It cannot be excluded that the
processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also take place in the United States
by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025.
Twitter
We maintain an online presence on
Twitter to present our company and our services and to communicate with
customers/prospects. Twitter is a service provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market
Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA.
We would like to point out that
this might cause user data to be processed outside the European Union,
particularly in the United States. This may increase risks for users that, for
example, may make subsequent access to the user data more difficult. We also do
not have access to this user data. Access is only available to Twitter.
The privacy policy of Twitter can
be found at
General introduction
Facebook
Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand
Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, a subsidiary of Facebook Inc., 1601 S.
California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
twitter
Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite
600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy
Facebook plug-in
Our website uses the plug-in of the
Facebook social network. Facebook.com is a service provided by Meta Platforms
Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.
In case you have granted your
consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate
interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
Further information about the
possible plug-ins and their respective functions is available from Facebook at
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/
If the plug-in is stored on one of
the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the
plug-in from Facebook’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is
necessary for Facebook to process your IP address. In addition, the date and
time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.
If you are logged in to Facebook
while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the
plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Facebook. The
information collected may then be assigned to your personal account at
Facebook. If, for example, you use the Facebook Like button, this information
will be stored in your Facebook account and published on the Facebook platform.
If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of Facebook before
visiting our website or use an add-on for your browser to prevent the Facebook
plug-in from loading.
Further information about the
collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in
Facebook’s privacy policy found at
https://www.facebook.com/policy.php
Twitter plug-in
Our website uses the plug-in of the
Twitter social network. The Twitter service is operated by Twitter Inc., 795
Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA („Twitter“).
In case you have granted your
consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate
interest lies in improving the quality of our website.
If the plug-in is stored on one of
the pages you visit on our website, your browser will download an icon for the
plug-in from Twitter’s servers in the USA. For technical reasons, it is
necessary for Twitter to process your IP address. In addition, the date and
time of your visit to our website will also be recorded.
If you are logged in to Twitter
while visiting one of our plugged-in websites, the information collected by the
plug-in from your specific visit will be recognized by Twitter. The information
collected may then be assigned to your personal account at Twitter. If, for
example, you use the Twitter Tweet button, this information will be stored in
your Twitter account and may be published on the Twitter platform. To prevent
this, you must either log out of Twitter before visiting our site or make the
appropriate settings in your Twitter account.
Further information about the
collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in
Twitter’s privacy policy found at
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics on our
website. This is a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited,
Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).
The Google Analytics service is
used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit.
f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and
economic operation of our site.
Usage and user-related information,
such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website
will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there.
However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function,
whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is
transmitted to the US.
The data collected in this way is
in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our
website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide
other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in
general.
Google states that it will not
connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further
information with regard to its data protection practices at
https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners,
including options you can exercise
to prevent such use of your data.
In addition, Google offers an
opt-out add-on at
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
in addition with further
information. This add-on can be installed on the most popular browsers and
offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit
our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics‘ JavaScript (ga.js) that no
information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics.
However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to
other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.
Google Fonts
Our website uses Google Fonts to
display external fonts. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited,
Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).
To enable the display of certain
fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is
established whenever our website is accessed.
The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1
lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic
operation of our site.
When you access our site, a
connection to Google is established from which Google can identify the site
from which your request has been sent and to which IP address the fonts are being
transmitted for display.
Google offers detailed information
at
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
https://policies.google.com/privacy
in particular on options for
preventing the use of data.
Google-Maps
Our website uses Google Maps to
display our location and to provide directions. This is a service provided by
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland
(hereinafter: Google).
To enable the display of certain
fonts on our website, a connection to the Google server in the USA is
established whenever our website is accessed.
If you access the Google Maps
components integrated into our website, Google will store a cookie on your
device via your browser. Your user settings and data are processed to display
our location and create a route description. We cannot prevent Google from
using servers in the USA.
In case you have granted your
consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate
interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website.
By connecting to Google in this
way, Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to
which IP address the directions are transmitted.
If you do not agree to this
processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by
making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found
in the section about cookies above.
In addition, the use of Google Maps
and the information obtained via Google Maps is governed by the Google Terms of Use https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE&hl=en and the Terms and Conditions for Google
Maps https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html.
Google also offers further
information at
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
https://policies.google.com/privacy
YouTube
We use YouTube on our website. This
is a video portal operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow
Street, Dublin 4, Irland, hereinafter referred to as „YouTube“.
We use YouTube in its advanced
privacy mode to show you videos. In case you have granted your consent to this
processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. The legal basis
can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in
improving the quality of our website. According to YouTube, the advanced
privacy mode means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to
the YouTube server if you actually start a video.
Without this mode, a connection to
the YouTube server in the USA will be established as soon as you access any of
our webpages on which a YouTube video is embedded.
This connection is required in
order to be able to display the respective video on our website within your
browser. YouTube will record and process at a minimum your IP address, the date
and time the video was displayed, as well as the website you visited. In
addition, a connection to the DoubleClick advertising network of Google is established.
If you are logged in to YouTube
when you access our site, YouTube will assign the connection information to
your YouTube account. To prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube
before visiting our site or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube
account.
For the purpose of functionality
and analysis of usage behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies on your
device via your browser. If you do not agree to this processing, you have the
option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate
settings in your browser. Further details can be found in the section about
cookies above.
Further information about the
collection and use of data as well as your rights and protection options in
Google’s privacy policy found at
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense on our
website to integrate advertisements. This is a service provided by Google Ireland
Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).
Google AdSense stores cookies and
web beacons on your device via your browser. This enables Google to analyze how
you use our website. In addition to your IP address and the advertising formats
displayed, the information thus collected will be transmitted to Google in the
USA and stored there. Google may also share this information with third
parties. Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data.
In case you have granted your
consent to this processing the legal basis is Article 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
The legal basis can also be Article 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate
interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.
If you do not agree to this
processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by
making the appropriate settings in your browser. Further details can be found
in the section about cookies above.
In addition, Google offers an opt-out
add-on at
https://policies.google.com/privacy
https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated
in particular on options for
preventing the use of data.
Model Data Protection Statement for Anwaltskanzlei Weiß &
Partner
Contact me
If you have questions or comments regarding the Privacy Policy, you may e-mail
kimhoseop@googlemail.com
