GDPR
data protection
personal data
GENERAL
The services and offerings of my website can be used without providing personal data. I would also like to expressly point out that it is not possible to protect data one hundred per cent against access by third parties on the Internet.
All data that you provide to us in connection with contacting us via this website will be treated confidentially. The careful handling of your personal data is a top priority for us. We comply with the legal provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the associated national regulations when processing your data.
We would like to emphasise that your confidentially transmitted ideas and drafts are also in safe hands with us. According to Section 39a (2) of the Patentanwaltsordnung (German Patent Attorney Code), confidentiality is one of the basic obligations of anyone authorised to practise as a German patent attorney.
INFORMATION ON THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON
Name and contact details of the controller within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR and the company data protection officer
CREMER & CREMER
Patentanwälte
Dr. biol. hum. Ulrike Cremer, LL.M.
St.-Barbara-Straße 16
89077 Ulm, Germany
kanzlei@patent-cremer.de
COOKIES
We use session cookies on our website to recognise that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our site.
Cookies are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your end device and do not contain any viruses, Trojans or other malware.
Information is stored in the cookie that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity.
On the one hand, the use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you.
The data processed by cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned to protect our legitimate interests and those of third parties in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.
PROVIDER
When you visit our website, the web servers or our provider store the connection data of the requesting computer, the subpages you visit, the date and duration of the visit, the identification data of the browser and operating system type used and the website from which you visit us by default and temporarily for the purpose of system security.
This data set consists of
- the page from which the file was requested,
- the name of the file,
- the date and time of the request,
- the amount of data transferred,
- the access status,
- the description of the type of web browser used,
- the IP address of the requesting computer shortened by the last three digits.
These data are stored in anonymised form. The creation of personal user profiles is therefore excluded. These data are deleted or anonymised after the end of the connection.
We also collect personal data from you in other cases, namely
- when contacting us via e-mail;
- personal data is only processed for specific purposes. We also regularly review our data processing practices to ensure that we process as little personal data as possible.
Purposes of data processing and legal basis
Your personal data is processed for the following purposes and on the following legal bases:
- Contract initiation pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) and b) GDPR
- Contract fulfilment pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR
- Customer management pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) and c) GDPR
- Communication and data exchange pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a), b), c), f) GDPR
- Implementation of declarations of consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR
- Ensuring the proper operation of a data processing system in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) and f) GDPR
- Applicant selection procedure in the context of personnel and resource management on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR
Storage time limits
We store personal data within the framework of the statutory provisions or your consent.
We use the following criteria to determine the specific storage period:
statutory storage obligations,
existence of consent, e.g. your consent or its revocation to receive a newsletter,
cancellation of the purpose of data collection and data storage, e.g. termination of an applicant selection process and
technological and forensic requirements, e.g. for defence against attacks and their prosecution.
DISCLOSURE OF DATA
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have the following rights vis-à-vis us with regard to the personal data concerning you:
- the right to information,
- the right to rectification and erasure,
- the right to restriction of processing,
- the right to object to processing,
- the right to data portability.
You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.
RIGHTS OF DATA SUBJECTS
Right to information and data portability
You have the right to information about your personal data processed by us at any time in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. If the data processing is based on your consent or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR, you may request to receive the personal data stored about you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to have it transferred to a third party system in accordance with Art. 20 para. 1 GDPR. You therefore have the right to have your data forwarded directly.
Right to rectification, restriction and erasure
Furthermore, in accordance with Art. 16 to 18 GDPR, you can request that we rectify, restrict (block) or erase your personal data if we have processed the data incorrectly, if there is a reason for restricting further data processing, or if the data processing has become unlawful for various reasons, or if its storage is unauthorised for other legal reasons. We would like to point out that your right to erasure may be restricted by statutory retention periods.
Right to object
If our data processing is based exclusively on our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR, you can object to this processing in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR. We will then stop processing your data unless we can demonstrate legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim.
Right of cancellation
If you have authorised us to process your personal data by giving your consent, you have a right of withdrawal with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR.
To exercise your rights, you can send us an informal message to the contact details below. Please also send the revocation of your consent, stating which declaration of consent you wish to revoke, to the following e-mail address: kanzlei@patent-cremer.de – or to the above-mentioned contact details under the item: »Details of the person responsible«.
CONTACTING US BY E-MAIL
Data that you send us by e-mail for the purpose of contacting us will be processed for the purpose of communication and data exchange in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a), b), c), f) GDPR. This data is stored for as long as its processing is necessary for these purposes or until the expiry of any subsequent retention periods.
If you contact us by email, we would like to point out that the confidentiality of the information transmitted is not guaranteed. The content of e-mails may be viewed by third parties. We therefore recommend that you send us confidential information or applications by post.
LIABILITY FOR LINKS
Our pages contain links to third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. Therefore, we cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the pages is always responsible for the content of the linked pages.
Illegal contents were not recognisable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of an infringement. If we become aware of any legal infringements, we will remove such links immediately.
GOOGLE FONTS
We use various fonts that are provided licence-free by Google, the so-called ‘Google Fonts’, for the presentation and as design elements on our website. The fonts used are located on our server and are integrated. No connection to Google servers is established.
You can find more information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/