Data protection statement

Protecting your personal data is very important to Pisani & Partner. This data protection statement provides information on how your personal data will be processed by Pisani & Partner.

Who is responsible for processing my personal data?

The party responsible for processing your personal data, the so-called “controller”, pursuant to Art. 4 no. 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is the law firm:

Name: Pisani & Partner – Rechtsanwälte in Partnerschaft
Address: Riesheimer Str. 41, 82166 Lochham
T: +49 (0)89 / 89 32 76 45
F: +49 (0)89 / 89 32 76 98
E: info[at]pisani-partner.de

Name and address of the data protection officer

The data protection officer of the controller is:

Name: Dr. Christian Pisani
Address: Riesheimer Str. 41, 82166 Lochham
T: +49 (0)89 / 89 32 76 45
E: christian.pisani[at]pisani-partner.de

What data will be processed when you visit this website?

When you visit this website the servers of Pisani & Partner will automatically store various data about your system, such as the type and version of your browser, your operating system, the website from which you arrive at this website, the pages of this website you access, the date and time of your access, your IP address, your Internet service provider, and other, similar data. We will use such data to be able to make the website accessible, to detect and resolve any technical problems, and to prevent and, if necessary, prosecute any misuse of this website. In addition, we use such data in anonymous form (i.e., so that users cannot be identified), for statistical purposes and to improve the website. The legal basis for processing personal user data is Article 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 (f) of the GDPR.

How cookies are used?

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on the hard drive of the user to exchange certain settings and data with the systems of Pisani & Partner via the browser. A cookie generally includes the name of the domain from which the cookie data are transmitted, information about the age of the cookie, and an alphanumerical identifier. Cookies allow Pisani & Partner to design the website so that it will be attractive to users and they make it easier to use the website, for example by saving certain information so that such information does not have to be re-entered the next time you visit the website. Information stored in cookies are not used to identify users and are not merged with any other stored personal data about users. The legal basis for processing personal data with the help of cookies is Article 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 (f) of the GDPR.

Cookies can be blocked or restricted by changing the settings of your browser. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies for this website are blocked, then you may no longer be able to fully use all functions of the website.

How long will my personal data be stored?

Personal data of visitors to our website will be erased if and when they are no longer necessary for the purposes described in this Data Privacy Policy, unless a longer storage period is required by applicable law. Data about your use of our website generally will be stored for a time-period of 30 days.

Will my personal data be share with any third parties?

For certain technical data processing tasks, third-party service providers assist us who will receive access to your personal data to provide such services. Such service providers have been carefully selected and meet high data privacy and data security standards. They are subject to strict duties of confidentiality and process data only on behalf and in accordance with our instructions.

We work with companies and other entities with particular expertise in individual areas or certain specialised subjects (e.g. tax auditors, lawyers, consulting firms, logistics service providers). These are either subject to a duty of professional confidentiality or have been obliged by us to maintain confidentiality. Should it be necessary to forward personal data to them, the legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sent. 1 (b) or (f) of the GDPR, depending on what the respective cooperation involves.

Except as stated in this data protection statement, we will not transfer your data to any third parties without your express consent, unless we are required to do so by law, regulatory directive, or court order.

Links to YouTube videos

To the extent that our website is linked to certain YouTube videos which are stored at https://www.youtube.com and can be accessed via our website, such videos are a streaming service of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter: “Google”).

The YouTube videos linked on our website cannot be played directly from our website. For data protection reasons, we have decided to only provide you with access to the YouTube videos by linking to the respective website of YouTube where you can play the videos. This means that no data concerning you will be transferred to YouTube if you do not play the YouTube videos linked on our website. However, as soon as you click a respective link to one of our YouTube videos, you will be forwarded to the website of YouTube. At this point, data will be transferred to YouTube. We have no influence on such transfer of data to and data collections by YouTube. We have no knowledge of the purposes of such processing activities or their scope and duration of storage. Whether YouTube performs any erasures or renders data anonymous is not known to us, and is not subject to our influence. If you click the link and are logged in to YouTube, YouTube directly assigns the data collected during the visit of its website to your YouTube account.

For further information on the purpose and scope of the collection and processing of data by YouTube, please refer to the data protection policy of YouTube. There, you will also find further information on your rights and how to adjust your settings to protect your privacy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=en). YouTube processes your personal data in the USA and has subjected itself to the US-EU Privacy Shield. For further information please see https://www.privacyshield.gov.

Please note that clicking the link to YouTube videos will cause you to leave the area of protection and responsibility of our website and that activating the plug-in will trigger data collection and processing by YouTube that is not subject to our control.

Which rights do I have with respect to my personal data?

1. You have the right to be provided with information about your personal data that are stored by Pisani & Partner and, if certain legal requirements are satisfied, rights to rectification, erasure, and restricted processing, as well as the right to object to data processing. In addition, you have the right to receive personal data that you have made available to us in a structured, standard, and machine-legible format. This includes the right to transfer such data to another controller. If technically feasible, you may also demand that Pisani & Partner transfer your personal data directly to other controllers.

2. If the processing of your personal data is based on a weighing of interests within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 subpara. 1 (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to this processing under the conditions described in Art. 21 of the GDPR.

3. You may also lodge complaints with the competent regulatory authority (e.g. competent for the state of Bavaria).

Version: 05/2018