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Privacy Policy

Privacy policy for the firm website

 

1. The name and contact details of the controller and the company's

 

Data protection supervisor

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This data protection information applies to data processing by:

 

Responsible:

 

TaxCus Law and Tax Office Voll

Steffen Voll, MBA (Wales)

Attorney-at-Law, Certified Tax Advisor  

 

Address:           Hohe Bleichen 8

                          20354 Hamburg

 

Contact:            Tel.:  +49 40 228 51 399 0

                           Fax.: +49 40 228 51 399 1

                           eMail contact(at)taxcus.com

 

If you have any questions or comments about data protection law, please contact(at)taxcus.com.

 

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

 

a) When visiting the website

 

When you access our law firm website www.taxcus.com,  information is automatically sent to the server of our website by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until automated deletion:

 

  • IP address of the requesting computer,

  • date and time of access,

  • the name and URL of the retrieved file,

  • Website from which access is made (referrer URL),

  • browser and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

 

The above data will be processed by us for the following purposes:

 

  • Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,

  • Ensuring comfortable use of our website,

  • evaluation of system security and stability as well as

  • for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows for the purposes of data collection listed above. In no case will we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you.

 

In addition, when we visit our website, we use cookies and analysis services. For more information, please see no further information. 4 and 5 of this Privacy Policy.

 

b) When using our contact form

 

If you have any questions, we offer you the opportunity to contact us via a form provided on the website. A valid e-mail address is required so that we know who the request originated from and in order to be able to answer it. Further information may be provided voluntarily.

 

The data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 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 completion of the request you have made.

 

3. Disclosure of data

 

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than the ones listed below.

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We will only share your personal information with third parties if:

 

  • you have given your express consent under Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. a GDPR to do so,

  • the disclosure according to Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding interest in the non-disclosure of your data,

  • in the event that there is a legal obligation for the transfer in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit.c GDPR, and

  • this is permitted by law and is required by Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit.b GDPR  for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

 

4. Cookies

 

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device, do not contain viruses, trojans or other malware.

 

The cookie stores information that arises in each case in connection with the specific device used. However, this does not mean that we will gain direct knowledge of your identity.

 

On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to detect that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These will be deleted automatically after leaving our site.

 

In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize the user experience, which are stored on your device for a specified period of time. If you revisit our site to use our services, you will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to re-enter them.

 

On the other hand, we used cookies to record the use of our website statistically and to evaluate them for the purpose of optimizing our offer (see point 5). These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you visit our site again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time.

 

The data processed by cookies are required for the aforementioned purposes in order to safeguard our legitimate interests as well as the third parties in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. f GDPR. 

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete disabling of cookies may prevent you from using all the features of our website.

 

5. Social Media Plug-ins

 

We use social plug-ins of the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and Google on our website on the basis of Art. 6 sec. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR social plug-ins in order to make our law firm better known about this. The underlying commercial purpose is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the GDPR. The responsibility for the data protection-compliant operation is to be guaranteed by their respective providers.

 

a) Facebook

 

On our website, social media plugins from Facebook are used to make their use more personal. For this we use the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button. It is an offer from Facebook.

 

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Facebook directly to your browser and integrated by it into the website.

 

By integrating the plugins, Facebook receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have a Facebook account or are not currently logged in to Facebook. This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to a Facebook server in the USA and stored there.

 

If you are logged in to Facebook, Facebook can assign the visit to our website directly to your Facebook account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the "LIKE" or "SHARE" button, the corresponding information is also transmitted directly to a Facebook server and stored there. The information is also posted to Facebook and displayed to your Facebook friends.

 

Facebook may use this information for the purpose of advertising, market research and the needs of the Facebook pages. For this purpose, Facebook creates usage, interest and relationship profiles, e.g. to evaluate your use of our website with regard to the advertisements displayed to you on Facebook, to inform other Facebook users about your activities on our website and to provide other services related to the use of Facebook.

 

If you do not want Facebook to assign the data collected via our website to your Facebook account, you must log out of Facebook before visiting our website.

 

The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Facebook as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for the protection of your privacy can be found in Facebook's privacy policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

 

b) Twitter

 

Plugins of the short message network of Twitter Inc. (Twitter) are integrated on our website. You can recognize the Twitter plugins (tweet button) by the Twitter logo on our site.

 

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Twitter server. Twitter receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Twitter "tweet" button while you are logged into your Twitter account, you can link the contents of our pages to your Twitter profile. This allows Twitter to assign the visit to our pages to your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, do not receive any knowledge of the content of the transmitted data as well as their use by Twitter.

If you do not want Twitter to be able to associate the visit to our pages, please log out of your Twitter account.

 

For more information, see Twitter's privacy policy (https://twitter.com/de/privacy).

 

c) Instagram

 

Our website also uses so-called social plugins ("plugins") of Instagram, which is operated by Instagram LLC., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA ("Instagram").

 

The plugins are marked with an Instagram logo, for example, in the form of an "Instagram camera".

When you visit a page of our website that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Instagram servers. The content of the plugin is transmitted by Instagram directly to your browser and integrated into the page. Through this integration, Instagram receives the information that your browser has accessed the corresponding page of our website, even if you do not have an Instagram profile or are not currently logged in to Instagram.

 

This information (including your IP address) is transmitted by your browser directly to an Instagram server in the USA and stored there. If you are logged in to Instagram, Instagram can assign the visit to our website directly to your Instagram account. If you interact with the plugins, for example by pressing the "Instagram" button, this information is also transmitted directly to an Instagram server and stored there.

The information will also be posted to your Instagram account and displayed to your contacts.

If you do not want Instagram to assign the data collected via our website directly to your Instagram account, you must log out of Instagram before visiting our website.

 

For more information, see Instagram's Privacy Policy (https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388). 

 

6. Rights of the data subjects

 

You have the right to:

 

  • in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you may request information on the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned retention period, the existence of a right to rectification, deletion, restriction of processing or opposition, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of their data, if not collected from us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information on its details;

  • require the correction of inaccurate or complete your personal data stored by us without delay in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;

  • require the deletion of your personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims;

  • in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, insofar as 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 require it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Article 21 GDPR;

  • in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR,  to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another controller;

  • in accordance with Art. 7 sec. 3 GDPR, revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the processing of data based on this consent for the future and

  • to a regulatory authority in accordance with Article 77 GDPR.  As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office.

 

7. Right of objection

 

Insofar as your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 sec. 1 s. 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 21 GDPR,  insofar as there are reasons for doing so, which arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which we implement without specifying a specific situation.

 

If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, an e-mail to contact(at)taxcus.com

 

8. Data security

 

Within the website visit, we use the common Secure Socket Layer (SSL) method in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser. Typically, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser doesn't support 256-bit encryption, we'll use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can see whether a single page of our website is transmitted encrypted by the closed display of the bowl or lock symbol in the lower status bar of your browser.

 

We also use appropriate 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 is as of March 2020.

 

Due to the further development of our website and offers above or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be accessed and printed by you at any time on the website under https://www.dsgvo-gesetz.de.

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