Julius Kaspar Niesert | Attorney at Law | German Citizenship by Descent

Privacy policy

The responsible party within the context of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is:

Julius Kaspar Niesert

Teltower Damm 7
14169 Berlin
Germany

T: +49 – 175 – 846 32 02
T: +1 – 646 – 327 – 9280

E-mail:

Your rights as a data subject

You can exercise the following rights at any time using the contact details provided for our data protection representative:

  • Information about your data stored by us and its processing (Art. 15 GDPR),

  • Correction of incorrect personal data (Art. 16 GDPR),

  • Erasure of your data stored by us (Art. 17 GDPR),

  • Restriction of data processing if we are not yet allowed to delete your data due to legal obligations (Art. 18 GDPR),

  • Objection to the processing of your data by us (Art. 21 GDPR) and

  • data portability if you have consented to data processing or have concluded a contract with us (Art. 20 GDPR).

If you have given us your consent, you can revoke it at any time with effect for the future.

You can file a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time, e.g. with the competent supervisory authority in the federal state of your place of residence or with the authority responsible for us as the entity responsible.

A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html.

Recording of general information when visiting our website

Types and purposes of processing:

When you access our website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information, information of general kind is automatically collected. This information (server log files) includes, for example, the type of web browser, the operating system used, the domain name of your Internet service provider, your IP address and similar information.

They are processed in particular for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a seamless connection to the website,
  • Ensuring the efficient use of our website,
  • evaluating system security and stability and
  • to optimize our website.

We do not use your data to draw conclusions about you as a person. Information of this kind may be statistically evaluated by us in anonymized form in order to optimize our website and the technology behind it.

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

Processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Storage period:

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose for which it was collected. For data used to provide the website, this is generally the case when the respective session has ended.

If the data is stored in log files, this will happen after 14 days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the IP addresses of the users are anonymized so that it is no longer possible to identify the accessing client.

Provision prescribed or required:

The requirement to provide the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually mandatory. However, without the IP address, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted. For this reason, an objection is excluded.

Cookies:

Like many other websites, we also use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website.

You can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie inventory. You will also receive information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance. Depending on your browser provider, you will find the necessary information under the following links:

Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-loeschen-daten-von-websites-entfernen

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=de

Opera: http://www.opera.com/de/help

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?locale=de_DE&viewlocale=de_DE

Storage duration and cookies used:

If you allow us to use cookies through your browser settings or consent, the following cookies may be used on our websites:

Cookies incl. storage duration

  • pll_language, 365 days
  • quform_session, no expiration

Technically necessary cookies

Type and purpose of processing:

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary for the browser to be recognized even after a page change.

We need cookies for the following applications:

  • Language selection
  • Contact form

Legal basis and legitimate interest:

The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

Provision prescribed or required:

The provision of the aforementioned personal data is neither legally nor contractually required. However, without this data, the service and functionality of our website cannot be guaranteed. In addition, individual services may not be available or may be restricted.

Objection:

Please read the information on your right to object under Art. 21 GDPR below.

Contact form

Type and purpose of processing:

The data you enter will be stored for the purpose of individual communication with you. This requires you to provide a valid e-mail address and your name. This is used to assign the request and subsequently answer it. The provision of further data is optional.

Legal basis:

The data entered in the contact form is processed on the basis of a legitimate interest (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

By providing the contact form, we would like to make it easy for you to contact us. The information you provide will be stored for the purpose of processing your request and for possible follow-up questions.

If you contact us to request a quote, the data entered in the contact form will be processed to carry out pre-contractual measures (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

Recipients:

Recipients of the data may be contract processors.

Storage period:

Data will be deleted no later than 6 months after processing the request.

If there is a contractual relationship, we are subject to the statutory retention periods according to the German Commercial Code (HGB) and delete your data after these periods have expired.

Provision is mandatory or required:

The provision of your personal data is voluntary. However, we can only process your request if you provide us with your name, e-mail address and the reason for the request.

SSL encryption:

To protect the security of your data during transmission, we use state-of-the-art encryption methods (e.g. SSL) via HTTPS.

Information about your right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR

Right to object in individual cases:

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Article 4(4) GDPR.

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 establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

Recipient of an objection:

Julius Kaspar Niesert

Kurfürstendamm 150
10709 Berlin
Germany / Deutschland

T: +49 – 175 – 846 32 02
T: +1 – 646 – 327 – 9280

E-Mail:


Changes to our privacy policy:

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy so that it always complies with current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services in the privacy policy, e.g. when introducing new services. The new privacy policy will then apply to your next visit.

Questions for the data protection representative:

If you have any questions about data protection, please send us an e-mail or contact the person responsible for data protection in our organization directly:

Julius Kaspar Niesert

Kurfürstendamm 150
10709 Berlin
Germany / Deutschland

T: +49 – 175 – 846 32 02
T: +1 – 646 – 327 – 9280

E-mail:

The privacy policy was created with the help of activeMind AG, the experts for external data protection representatives (version #2020-09-30).