Privacy policy
In the following, we inform you about the processing of your personal data when using our website.
I. Responsibility
The person responsible under data protection law is the
ADD HOLSTEIN Erbenermittlung GmbH
Linienstraße 40
10119 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 62964 230
E-mail: info@add-holstein.de
II. processing of your data
When using our website, various personal data are processed depending on the type and scope of use.
1. when calling up and visiting our website
In order to provide our website technically, we process certain information automatically transmitted by your browser so that our website is displayed to you in the browser and you can use it. The following information is automatically collected each time you visit our website and stored in so-called server log files:
- Information about browser type and browser version;
- the operating system used;
- website from which access is made (referrer URL);
- websites accessed by the user via our website;
- host name of the accessing computer;
- date and time of access;
- IP address of the requesting computer.
In addition to providing a functional website, the storage in server log files is necessary for technical reasons to ensure system security. This also applies to the storage of your IP address, which necessarily takes place. A combination of this data with other data sources is not made. The legal basis for the temporary storage of the data and the log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.
2. contact form and e-mail contact
Data transmitted via the contact form, including your contact details, are stored in order to be able to process your enquiry or to be available for follow-up questions. This data will not be passed on without your consent.
The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based exclusively on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DS-GVO). A revocation of your already given consent is possible at any time. An informal communication by e-mail is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of the data processing operations carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.
3. use of cookies and related functions
Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored on your computer system in the Internet browser or by the Internet browser when you call up a website. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that allows the browser to uniquely identify you when you return to the website. Some cookies are "session cookies." Such cookies are deleted by themselves at the end of your browser session. In contrast, other cookies remain on your terminal device until you delete them yourself. Such cookies help us to recognize you when you return to our website.
We use these cookies on the one hand to provide you with our website and its technical functions (technically necessary cookies). Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. The processing is based on our legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO).
Insofar as we have your consent, we use performance cookies for analysis purposes. You can give us your consent voluntarily when you call up our website by clicking on the corresponding button in the "cookie banner". In doing so, we make use of third-party services for the collection and evaluation of user behavior (see section III). The cookie-based data processing for analysis purposes is based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DS-GVO.
4. compliance with legal requirements
We also process your personal data in order to fulfill other legal obligations. These include, in particular, retention periods under commercial, trade or tax law. We process your personal data in order to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c DS-GVO in connection with commercial, trade or tax law, insofar as we are obliged to record and store your data.
5. law enforcement
We also process your personal data in order to be able to assert our rights and enforce our legal claims. We also process your personal data in order to be able to defend ourselves against legal claims. Finally, we process your personal data to the extent necessary to prevent or prosecute criminal offences. We process your personal data for this purpose on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DS-GVO, insofar as we assert legal claims or defend ourselves in legal disputes or we prevent or investigate criminal acts.
III. Disclosure and transfer of data
Within ADD Holstein , only those persons who need to access your data to perform their tasks, to safeguard our legitimate interests or to fulfill contractual and legal obligations will have access to it.
We also share your data to the extent necessary with the service providers we use to provide our services. We limit the transfer of data to what is necessary. In some cases, our service providers receive your data as order processors and are then strictly bound by our instructions when handling your data. In some cases, the recipients act independently with your data that we transfer to them.
Below we list the categories of recipients of your data:
- Service providers for the operation and, where applicable, the translation of our website and the processing of data stored or transmitted by the systems (e.g. for data center services, IT security; analysis service providers);
- Public bodies
We may transfer personal data to courts, public authorities and other state institutions on the basis of statutory provisions. The legal basis for the transfer is then Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. c DS-GVO;
- Auditors, tax advisors and other independent professions
We transfer personal data to auditors, tax advisors, lawyers or other independent professions commissioned by us, insofar as this is legally permissible and necessary in order to comply with applicable law or to assert, exercise and/or defend legal claims. The legal basis for the transfer is then Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f DS-GVO.
In addition, we transfer data to the following service providers that are not located in the European Economic Area (EEA) and in a country that the EU Commission has not determined to provide an adequate level of protection:
1. squarespace
We use the Squarespace service, a website construction system, for our website. The service provider is Squarespace Ireland Ltd, Le Pole House, Shipstreet Great, Dublin 8, Ireland (hereinafter: Squarespace). When you visit our website, your data is processed on Squarespace's servers. In the process, your personal data (e.g. your IP address) may be transmitted to Squarespace Inc, 8 Clarkson St, New York, NY 10014, USA. Details on data protection can be found here: https://support.squarespace.com/hc/de/articles/360000851908-DSGVO-und-Squarespace.
2. google analytics
Based on the consent you have given us, we use the Google Analytics service for our website, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: Google). In doing so, Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of the use of our website. The information generated by the cookies is used by Google on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating the use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. More information about the handling of user data at Google Analytics and the security and data protection principles as well as setting and objection options can be found in Google's privacy policy, available via the following link: Privacy - Google Analytics Help
On a regular basis, information about your use of our website (e.g. time, place and frequency of your website visit including your IP address) is transmitted to Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). In the process, your IP address is usually anonymized. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted and then shortened. According to Google's own information, your IP address is not merged with other data that Google has about you.
3. facebook
As part of our corporate communications, we are present on Facebook (www.facebook.com) presence.
The social media platform Facebook is offered by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly Facebook Ireland Limited), 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, whose parent company, Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook, Inc.), has a registered office in the USA (hereinafter referred to as Meta). There may be data transfer between the subsidiary and the parent company.
When you visit our Facebook page, Meta collects data about you and the devices you use. In the process, so-called page insights are collected, i.e. your interaction with our page is recorded, evaluated and processed in an anonymized manner in statistics that are provided to us.
We have entered into a joint responsibility agreement with Meta regarding the processing of personal data when visitors visit our Facebook page (Page Controller Addendum). The agreement relates to the processing of data collected as Page Insights, for which Meta assumes primary responsibility and compliance with data protection obligations. The agreement can be accessed at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum. Supplementary information on Page Insights data can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/information_about_page_insights_data.
For further details on the processing of personal data by Meta, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy, which you can access at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=data_policy_redirect&entry=0.
As a Facebook user, you can independently adjust your privacy settings and advertising preferences at any time using the link below: https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsettings%2F%3Ftab%3Dprivacy.
4. LinkedIn
We also maintain a corporate presence on the social media platform LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) we maintain a corporate presence.
The technical platform is provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as LinkedIn). LinkedIn is the subsidiary of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W Maude, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA. Data may be transferred between the subsidiary and the parent company.
When you visit our LinkedIn page, LinkedIn collects data about you and the device you are using. Based on this data, LinkedIn can provide us with anonymized statistics as a result of evaluating your user behavior, so-called page insights. Further details on the processing of personal data by LinkedIn can be found at: LinkedIn Privacy Policy.
With regard to the processing of data in the context of Page Insights, we have entered into a joint controller agreement with LinkedIn (Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum). You can access the agreement at: LinkedIn Pages Joint Controller Addendum.
As a LinkedIn user, you can independently adjust your privacy settings and advertising preferences at any time at the link below: https://www.linkedin.com/signup/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elinkedin%2Ecom%2Fpsettings%2Fprivacy&trk=login_reg_redirect.
In addition, we transfer data to the following service providers that are not based in the European Economic Area (EEA), but for which the EU Commission has determined that it provides an adequate level of protection:
5. matomo
This website uses the web analysis software Matomo, a software of InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis Street, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand. (https://matomo.org/what-is-matomo/), data, in particular your IP address, is collected and stored, from which usage profiles are created using pseudonyms. These usage profiles are used to analyze visitor behavior and are evaluated in order to improve and tailor our offering to meet user needs. Cookies may be used for this purpose. The pseudonymized usage profiles are not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. The data is only stored for a limited period of time.
IV. Data transfers to third countries
When using the aforementioned services, we may transfer your personal data, e.g. your IP address, to third countries outside the EEA that have not been certified by the EU Commission as having a level of data protection comparable to the EEA standard. If this is the case, we ensure that data protection is sufficiently guaranteed. We have therefore taken special measures to ensure that your data is processed in the third countries as securely as within the EEA. With service providers in third countries, we conclude the data protection contract provided by the EU Commission for the processing of personal data in third countries (so-called standard contractual clauses). This provides appropriate safeguards for the protection of your data. You can request a copy of this contract using the contact details provided above.
Nevertheless, when transferring data to the USA, there is a risk that your data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring measures, possibly without you having any legal remedy. We have no influence on these processing activities.
Otherwise, we do not transfer your personal data to countries outside the EEA or to international organizations, unless expressly stated otherwise in this Privacy Policy.
V. Storage period and deletion of data
We process your personal data as long as it is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. If the data is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected, it will be deleted, unless its - temporary - (further) processing is required for the following purposes:
- Legal retention periods
To comply with the (commercial and tax) legal periods for retention or documentation from the German Commercial Code (HGB) or the German Tax Code (AO). These periods are up to ten years.
- Evidence
To preserve evidence within the statutory limitation periods, insofar as there are concrete indications that we require evidence. According to Sections 195 et seq. of the German Civil Code (BGB), these limitation periods can be up to thirty years, with the regular limitation period being three years.
- Visiting the website
We delete or anonymize your personal data as soon as they are no longer required for the purposes for which we collected or used them in accordance with the above paragraphs. The log files are stored for IT security purposes on our web server for 7 days and then deleted or anonymized.
- Contact form
Your data from the input mask of the contact form will be deleted when the respective conversation with you has ended. The conversation is ended when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. The additional personal data collected in connection with sending the form (e.g. IP address) will be deleted after a period of 7 days at the latest.
VI. your rights
1. contradiction
Right of objection Art. 21 DS-GVO
You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data that is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) f DS-GVO (data processing on the basis of our legitimate interest).
If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.
The objection can be made without any formalities.
2. revocation
Furthermore, you have the right to revoke given consent with effect for the future. However, the lawfulness of the data processing based on your consent remains unaffected by this until you exercise your right of revocation.
3. other rights
You have the right at any time to receive free information about your personal data stored by us, to correct incorrect data and to have data blocked or deleted. Furthermore, you have the right to receive your data in a structured, common and machine-readable format and to have your data transferred by us to someone else. Finally, you have the right to complain to the competent data protection authority. The data protection authority responsible for us is the
Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Friedrichstr. 219
10969 Berlin
Tel.: +49 (0)30 13889-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 21550
E-Mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de.
VII. Legal and contractual obligations for provision
The provision of your data as described in this privacy policy is neither contractually nor legally required. However, without the provision of the mandatory data and the release of certain services or functions, the website cannot be used or cannot be used to its full extent. Also, not granted consent regarding the use of third party services may affect the scope of use of our website.
VIII. Changes to this privacy policy
We keep this privacy policy up to date. Therefore, we reserve the right to change it from time to time and to update any changes in the collection, processing or use of your data. The current version is always linked under "Privacy Policy" in the footer of our website.