Imprint and legal information

Responsible for the content of this website:

Attorney Kim Alessandra Weiler
Gehrtsstrasse 16
40211 Düsseldorf

Branch office:

Klosterstraße 70

40211 Düsseldorf

Phone: 0160/2201776

Email: k.weiler@kanzleiweiler.de

 

Design and web design:

Alan Paul Peters

www.alan-paul.de

Supervisory authority

Bar Association for the Higher Regional Court District of Düsseldorf

Freiligrathstrasse 25

40479 Düsseldorf

Germany

Phone:
+49 211 495020

Email: info@rak-dus.de

https://www.rak-dus.de/

Job title and professional regulations

Professional title: Lawyer

Competent chamber: Düsseldorf Bar Association

Awarded in: Germany

Professional regulations: Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO); Professional Code of Conduct for Lawyers (BORA); Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (RVG); Professional Rules for Lawyers in the European Community (CCBE Professional Rules)
Regulations can be viewed at:
https://brak.de/
 and the Act on the Activities of European Lawyers (EuRAG).

Professional liability insurance

Identity of the insurer

Insurance carrier and summonable address for HDI:

HDI Insurance AG

HDI-Platz 1

30659 Hanover

Phone +49 511 645-0

www.hdi.de

The geographical scope of the insurance cover includes activities in the member states of the European Union.

Alternatives to judicial dispute resolution

In the event of disputes between lawyers and their clients, there is the option of out-of-court arbitration. This can be done upon application to the competent Düsseldorf Bar Association (pursuant to Section 73 (2) No. 3 in conjunction with Section 73 (5) BRAO) or to the arbitration board of the legal profession (Section 191f BRAO) at the Federal Bar Association. Further information can be found on the website of the German Federal Bar (
www.brak.de
) or by e-mail at
Schlichtungsstelle@brak.de
.

You can also use the European Commission’s platform for online dispute resolution (ODR) at the following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr
“

Responsible for content (within the meaning of § 55 II RStV):

Attorney Kim Alessandra Weiler

Photography: Mrs/Mr XY

Data protection:

Privacy policy

Welcome to the website of the Weiler law firm. We are delighted that you are interested in the legal services provided by the Weiler law firm and would like to provide you with an overview of how we handle your personal data below. Data protection has a high priority. When using the website of Kanzlei Weiler in Düsseldorf, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain the consent of the data subject.

Personal data is always processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to our law firm. By means of this privacy policy, we inform you about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. We also inform data subjects about their rights.

    1. Person responsible

Responsible within the meaning of data protection laws, in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), is

Attorney Kim Weiler, Gehrtsstraße 16, 40211 Düsseldorf, phone 01602201776, e-mail: k.weiler@kanzleiweiler.de

    1. Collection and processing of personal data

a) When visiting the website

When you visit our website, the browser used on your 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 any action on your part and stored until it is automatically deleted:

  • IP address of the requesting computer,
  • Date and time of access,
  • Name and URL of the retrieved file,
  • Website from which access is made (referrer URL),
  • the browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes:

  • Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
  • To ensure 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 follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do we use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

b) Contact form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, your message/message (comment), including the contact details you provide there, will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing and answering the inquiry and in the event of follow-up questions. We do not pass this data on to third parties unless this is necessary in the context of processing and answering your contact request or you have given us your consent to do so.

If you contact us as part of an existing contractual relationship or contact us in advance for information about our range of services or our other services, the data and information you provide will be used for the purpose of processing and responding to your contact request in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.6 Abs.1 S. 1 lit. b GDPR (legal basis). Otherwise to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art.6 Abs.1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR for the appropriate response to customer/contact inquiries.

The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until the purpose for data storage/processing no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.

c) Use of cookies and associated functions/technologies

We sometimes use so-called cookies on our website. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies are used to make our website more user-friendly, effective and secure and to enable the provision of certain functions. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. A cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables your browser to be uniquely identified when you return to the website.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit or browser session (so-called transient cookies). Other cookies remain stored on your end device for a specified period of time or until you delete them (so-called persistent cookies). These cookies enable us to recognize your browser the next time you visit our website. We are happy to provide further information on the functional cookies used upon written request. Please use the contact details above.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. You can regularly obtain the procedure for deactivating cookies via the “Help” function of your Internet browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality and/or full availability of this website may be restricted. For further cookie-specific setting and deactivation options, please also see the individual explanations below on the specific cookies and associated functions/technologies used when visiting our website.

Some of the cookies we use on our website are from third parties that help us analyze the impact of our website content and the interests of our visitors, measure the performance of our website, or place targeted advertising and other content on our or other websites. We use both first party cookies (only visible from the domain you are currently visiting) and third party cookies (visible across domains and regularly set by third parties) on our website.

The cookie-based data processing is carried out on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR (legal basis) or on the basis of Art.6 para.1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR (legal basis) to safeguard our legitimate interests. Our legitimate interests lie in particular in being able to provide you with a technically optimized, user-friendly and needs-based website and to ensure the security of our systems. You can revoke any consent you have given us at any time, e.g. by deactivating the cookie-based tools/plugins listed in detail in the following overview. By making the appropriate settings, you can also object to processing based on legitimate interests.

In detail, the following cookie-based tools/plugins are used on this website:

This website uses cookies on the basis of your consent given to us (Art.6 para.1 S. 1 lit. a DS-GVO) the functions of Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. You can give us your consent voluntarily by clicking on the corresponding button in the “cookie banner” when you visit our website. As part of the processing described below, data is also regularly transmitted to Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC are hereinafter jointly referred to as “Google”. Google Analytics uses cookies (first-party cookies) that enable your use of the website to be analyzed. However, this does not mean that we obtain direct knowledge of your identity. Google uses the information generated by the cookies on our behalf to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. This enables us to improve the quality of our website and its content. On the basis of statistical analyses, we learn how the website is used and can thus constantly optimize our offer. The information generated by Google Analytics cookies about your use of this website (e.g. time, place and frequency of your website visit, including IP address) is transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement (https://www.privacyshield.gov/eu-us-framework). We have set the storage period at Google for corresponding data at user and event level to 14 months (shortest possible setting option).

IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before transmission to the USA and thus anonymized. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. According to Google’s own information, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data relating to your person.

Browser plugin

You can prevent the storage of Google Analytics cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software (see above). You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

Objection to data collection

Alternatively, you can activate/deactivate the collection of your data by Google Analytics, especially on mobile devices, by clicking on the following link:

Deactivate Google Analytics: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Deactivation sets a cookie that prevents the collection of your data on future visits to this website.

Specifically, the following tracking cookies are used by Google Analytics: __utmz, __utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmt.

You can find more information on the handling of user data at Google Analytics and the security and data protection principles as well as setting and objection options in Google’s privacy policy, available via the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

YouTube

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube video platform to embed videos and play them directly on our website. The video platform is operated by YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (“YouTube”). YouTube is a company affiliated with Google Inc (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”).

The YouTube videos are integrated in the so-called “extended data protection mode”, which, according to the provider, only initiates the storage of user information when the video(s) is/are played. However, the transfer of data to YouTube partners is not necessarily excluded by the extended data protection mode. YouTube establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network regardless of whether you are watching a video.

If you activate embedded videos on our website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established and a data transfer is started. We have no influence on the scope and content of the data that is transmitted to YouTube and possibly other YouTube partners by activating the plugin. Among other things, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. According to YouTube, this information is used, among other things, to record video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent abusive behavior. YouTube uses cookies to collect information about user behavior. The cookies remain on your end device until you delete them. You can prevent YouTube from storing cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software (see above).

If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account before activating the play button.

The use of YouTube is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Further information on the handling of user data can be found in YouTube’s privacy policy at
https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy
.

Chat function with Crisp

For communication on our website, we use Crisp Live Chat, provided by Crisp IM, a French limited liability company (société à responsabilité limitée) with registered office at 2 Boulevard de Launay, Nantes (44100), registered with the Nantes Trade and Companies Register under number 833 085 806. Crisp enables you to interact directly with us in real time. Entering your name is optional, you can also use the chat anonymously. If you voluntarily share personal information during the anonymous chat, this is done on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. It is important to us to be directly available to users. In the case of contractual or pre-contractual relationships, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b. GDPR. We delete the chat data as soon as it is no longer required. The statutory archiving obligations apply. Further information can be found in Crisp’s privacy policy.

Online presence in other social media

Our law firm is also present on various social networks and platforms in order to communicate with our clients and inform them about our services.

Facebook: Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland; Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/; Opt-Out: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads and http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

Google/YouTube: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy; Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

Instagram: Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA; Privacy Policy/ Opt-Out: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.

Twitter: Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA; Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy; Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization.

LinkedIn: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; Privacy Policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy; Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

TikTok: TikTok: TikTok (TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland); Privacy Policy and Opt-Out: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=de.

The most effective way to request information and assert user rights is to contact the providers directly, as only they have access to user data and can take appropriate measures. If you still need help, we are here to support you.

Google Maps

This website uses the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Ireland Limited Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Data is also regularly transmitted to Google LLC (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA) as part of the processing described below. Google Ireland Limited and Google LLC are hereinafter jointly referred to as “Google”. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we indicate on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

You can find more information on the handling of user data in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

    1. Further processing purposes

Compliance with legal requirements: We also process your personal data in order to comply with other legal obligations that may apply to us in connection with our business activities. These include, in particular, retention periods under commercial, trade or tax law. We process your personal data in accordance with Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR (legal basis) to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject.

Enforcement: We also process your personal data in order to assert our rights and enforce our legal claims. We also process your personal data in order to be able to defend ourselves against legal claims. Finally, we process your personal data insofar as this is necessary for the prevention or prosecution of criminal offenses. We process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legal basis), insofar as we assert legal claims or defend ourselves in legal disputes or we prevent or investigate criminal offenses (legitimate interest).

Consent: If you have given us your consent to process personal data for specific purposes (e.g. sending information material and offers), the lawfulness of this processing is based on your consent. Any consent given can be revoked at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent given to us before the GDPR came into force, i.e. before May 25, 2018. Please note that the revocation is only effective for the future and processing up to that point is not affected.

    1. Recipients of data

Within the Weiler law firm, access to your data is granted to those departments that need it to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations. Service providers and vicarious agents employed by us (e.g. technical service providers, shipping companies, waste disposal companies) may also receive data for these purposes. We limit the transfer of your personal data to what is necessary in accordance with data protection regulations. In some cases, the recipients receive your personal data as processors and are then strictly bound by our instructions when handling your personal data. In some cases, the recipients act independently under their own responsibility under data protection law and are also obliged to comply with the requirements of the GDPR and other data protection regulations.

Finally, in individual cases we transmit personal data to our consultants in legal or tax matters, whereby these recipients are obliged to maintain special confidentiality and secrecy due to their professional status.

    1. Data transfer to third countries

When using the above tools, e.g. Google, we may transfer your IP address to third countries (see above). The data transfer is based on Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1250 of 12 July 2016 pursuant to Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Privacy Shield. Otherwise, we do not transfer your personal data to countries outside the EU or the EEA or to international organizations, unless expressly stated otherwise in this privacy policy.

    1. Duration of data storage

We initially process and store your personal data for the duration for which the respective purpose of use requires corresponding storage (see above on the individual processing purposes). This may also include the periods of initiation of a contract (pre-contractual legal relationship) and the execution of a contract. On this basis, personal data is regularly deleted as part of the fulfillment of our contractual and/or legal obligations, unless its temporary further processing is necessary for the following purposes:

  • Fulfillment of statutory retention obligations, e.g. arising from the German Commercial Code (Sections238, 257 (4) HGB) and the German Fiscal Code (Section147 (3), ( 4) AO). The retention and documentation periods specified there are up to ten years.
  • Preservation of evidence in consideration of the statute of limitations. According to §§194ff. of the German Civil Code (BGB), these limitation periods can be up to 30 years, whereby the regular limitation period is three years.
    1. Data security

We protect personal data by means of suitable technical and organizational measures in order to ensure an appropriate level of protection and to safeguard the personal rights of the persons concerned. The measures taken serve, among other things, to prevent unauthorized access to the technical facilities used by us and to protect personal data from unauthorized access by third parties. In particular, this website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as the contact requests you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the fact that the address line of the browser changes from “http://” to “https://” and by the lock symbol in your browser line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties. Nevertheless, we would like to point out that data transmission on the Internet (e.g. when communicating by e-mail) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is therefore not possible.

    1. Your rights as a data subject

You are entitled to the following rights as a data subject under the legal requirements:

  • Right to information: You are entitled at any time within the scope of Art.15 DS-GVO to request confirmation from us as to whether we process personal data concerning you; if this is the case, you are within the scope of Art.15 In addition, you have the right to obtain information about this personal data and certain other information (including processing purposes, categories of personal data, categories of recipients, planned storage period, the origin of the data, the use of automated decision-making and, in the case of transfer to a third country, the appropriate safeguards) and a copy of your data. The restrictions of §34 BDSG apply.
  • Right to rectification: In accordance with Art.16 GDPR, you are entitled to demand that we rectify the personal data stored about you if it is inaccurate or incorrect.
  • Right to erasure: You are entitled, under the conditions of Art.17 GDPR, to demand that we erase personal data concerning you without undue delay. The right to erasure does not exist if the processing of personal data is necessary, e.g. to fulfill a legal obligation (e.g. statutory retention obligations) or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. In addition, the restrictions of Section35 BDSG apply.
  • Right to restriction of processing: You are entitled to demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data under the conditions of Art.18 GDPR.
  • Right to data portability: You are entitled, under the conditions of Art.20 GDPR, to request that we provide you with the personal data concerning you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
  • Right of revocation: You can revoke your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent given to us before the GDPR came into force, i.e. before May 25, 2018. Please note that the revocation is only effective for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation is not affected by this. An informal notification, e.g. by e-mail to us, is sufficient to declare the revocation.
  • Right to object: You are entitled to object to the processing of your personal data under the conditions of Art.21 GDPR, so that we must stop processing your personal data. The right to object exists only within the limits provided for in Art.21 GDPR. In addition, our interests may conflict with the termination of processing, so that we are entitled to process your personal data despite your objection. We will consider an objection to any direct marketing measures immediately and without further consideration of the existing interests.
  • Information about your right to object in accordance with Art.21 GDPR

You have the right to object at any time to the processing of your data based on Art.6 Abs.1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests) or Art.6 Abs.1 S. 1 lit. e DS-GVO (data processing in the public interest), if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation.

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.

The objection can be made informally and should preferably be addressed to:

E-mail: info@kanzleiweiler.de

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority: Under the conditions of Art.77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority. You can contact a supervisory authority at any time with a complaint, e.g. the competent supervisory authority of the federal state of your residence or the authority responsible for us as the responsible body. A list of supervisory authorities (for the non-public sector) with addresses can be found at:

https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Other concerns: For further data protection questions and concerns, please contact our data protection officer. Corresponding requests as well as the exercise of your aforementioned rights should, if possible, be sent in writing to our address given above or by e-mail to info@kanzleiweiler.de.

    1. Obligation to provide data

In principle, you are not obliged to provide us with your personal data. However, if you do not do so, we will not be able to make our website available to you without restrictions or answer your inquiries to us. Personal data that we do not necessarily require for the above-mentioned processing purposes is marked accordingly as voluntary information.

    1. Automated decision making/profiling

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling (an automated analysis of your personal circumstances).

11. topicality and amendment of this privacy policy

1. this privacy policy is currently valid and has the status October 2023

2. it may become necessary to amend this privacy policy as a result of the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changes in legal or official requirements.