Privacy policy

1. Name and address of the controller

The person responsible (Controller) within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions on data protection is patent law firm:

FREISCHEM & PARTNER Patentanwälte mbB
Salierring 47 – 53
50677 Köln (Cologne)

Name and address of the data protection officer:

Dr. Hans-Martin Helwig

FREISCHEM & PARTNER Patentanwälte mbB
Salierring 47 – 53
50677 Köln (Cologne)
+49 221 270577-0
mail@freischem.eu

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

When visiting the website:
When you visit our website, the browser used on your terminal device automatically sends information to the server of our website. 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,
Name and URL of the retrieved file,
Website from which the access is made (referrer URL),
The browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer as well as the name of your access provider.

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

Ensuring a smooth connection of the website,
Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
Evaluation of system security and stability, and
for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest results from the purposes for data collection listed above. In no case do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

3. Disclosure of data

We do not transfer your personal data to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if:

you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a GDPR,
the disclosure is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. f GDPR for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data,
in the event that a legal obligation exists for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c GDPR, as well as
this is legally permissible and necessary according to Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.

4. Data subject rights

You have the right:

in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of complaint, the origin of your data if it has not been collected by us, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR to immediately demand the correction of incorrect or completion of your personal data stored by us;
pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims;
to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, insofar as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you object to its erasure and we no longer require the data, but you need it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or you have objected to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
pursuant to 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;
to revoke your consent at any time in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
complain to a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our registered office for this purpose
to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are grounds for doing so that arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. You have the possibility to inform us of the objection informally by telephone, by e-mail, by fax or to our postal address listed at the beginning of this data protection declaration.

5. Data security

To ensure data security, the transmission of the contents of our website is encrypted using the SSL procedure in accordance with the state of the art. To secure the data, we and the commissioned service providers, with whom corresponding contractual agreements have been made, use suitable measures in accordance with the state of the art, in particular to restrict access to the data, to protect against changes and loss, and to ensure confidentiality in accordance with the state of the art.

6. Services

Our website uses the open source map service "OpenStreetMaps" of the OpenStreetMap Foundation, 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom. Data is transferred to the servers of the OpenStreetMap Foundation: This includes in particular the IP address of your terminal device. The legal basis for this processing of your data Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 letter f) GDPR (Legitimate Interest in Data Processing). The legitimate interest arises from our need to enable potential clients to find the location of our law firm in an appealing and simple way. Clients. More information on the handling of user data can be found on the privacy page of the OpenStreetMap Foundation and here https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ.

7. Status and update of this privacy policy

This Privacy Policy is current as of 09.05.2022. We reserve the right to update the Privacy Policy in due course in order to improve and/or adapt data protection.