Privacy Policy

This privacy policy provides information about how we collect and use the personal data of visitors to our website in accordance with the data protection laws in effect in Germany. You can view this privacy policy on our website at any time.

Please note that the data that you provide online (by sending an email, for example) can never be completely secure and may be intercepted by third parties. The contact information provided in our legal notice may not be used for marketing purposes unless we provide our prior written consent or we already have a business relationship with the marketer. The personal information of the provider and all individuals mentioned on this website may not be used for commercial purposes or passed on to third parties.

Privacy Policy for Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies. These are text files stored on your computer to help the website analyse how you use the website. The information about how you use our website collected by the cookie is normally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. IP anonymisation is active on this website. Your IP address when you use this website will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the website operator to analyse your use of the website in order to compile reports about website activities and provide other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transferred by your browser for the purposes of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser; please note, however, that this website may not be fully functional if you do this. You can also prevent Google from collecting and processing data in the cookie relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser add-on available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Personal data
You can use our website without providing any personal information. Any personal information which is collected on our website (such as your name, address or email address) is provided on a voluntary basis whenever possible. This information will not be made available to third parties without your express consent. We will collect and use your personal information for the purpose of establishing, amending or adding content to a contract with you or if you submit an enquiry to us (user data). We also collect, process and use your personal information to make it possible for you to use the website (usage data). Personal information is only stored for as long as it is needed for the relevant purpose (e.g. processing your enquiry or implementing a contract), unless longer retention periods apply under tax and commercial law. If we receive an order from an official body, we may make information (user data) available to a third party for the purpose of a criminal investigation, averting an imminent threat, meeting the legal requirements of the Federal or a State Office for the Protection of the Constitution or the Military Counterintelligence Service or for asserting intellectual property rights.

Right to information
You have the right to information about the data which we hold about you. This information must be provided free of change and without delay. You may withdraw your consent for us to process your personal information at any time. This does not affect the lawfulness of any processing based on your consent before you withdraw it. If you would like to exercise your right to information, please contact the provider using the contact information in the legal notice. Source Disclaimer: Jura-Forum (as at 06/10/2014)