Introduction

This information on data protection (hereinafter: "Information") serves to comply with the data protection requirements applicable to the operation and use of the websites wp.aderhold.de and www.aderhold.tax (hereinafter: "Websites" or individually "Website"), in particular the information obligations pursuant to Articles 12, 13, 14 and 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR). This information only concerns the data processing processes associated with visiting the websites.

A. Controller, data protection officer, supervisory authority

The controller responsible for the operation of the websites is Aderhold GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft (hereinafter: "we"). The contact details and details of the authorized representatives can be found in the legal notice of this website.

The data protection officer appointed by us is GDI Gesellschaft für Datenschutz und Informationssicherheit mbH, postal address: Körnerstraße 45, 58095 Hagen, telephone: 02331/356832-0, fax: 02331/356832-1, e-mail: info[at]gdi-mbh.eu, www.gdi-mbh.de.

The data protection supervisory authority responsible for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia (LDI NRW), postal address: Postfach 20 04 44, 40102 Düsseldorf, telephone: 0211/38424-0, fax: 0211/38424-10, e-mail: poststelle[at]ldi.nrw.de, www.ldi.nrw.de.

B. Collection and storage of personal data and type and purpose of use

I. When visiting the website

When you visit and use our website, the program used on your device to view and use websites (browser) automatically sends information to the server of our website. The information that the server actually has access to depends on how you have configured your browser and your Internet access. The information collected is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. As a rule, the following information is collected and stored until it is automatically deleted after seven days

• the IP address of the requesting computer,
• the date and time of access
• the name and URL of the retrieved file
• the website from which the access was made (referrer URL)
• the browser you are using and, if applicable, the operating system of your end device as well as the name of the service provider that provides you with your Internet access (access provider).

This data is processed by us for the following purposes

• Ensuring a smooth connection to the website,
• Ensuring a comfortable use of our website,
• evaluating system security and stability;
• to protect data processing against unauthorized access.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to present you with an informative and functional website. The processing of the above-mentioned data is necessary to safeguard our interest. Of course, we also take into account your legitimate interests as well as fundamental rights and freedoms. We therefore never use the data collected to draw conclusions about you personally. We use cookies and analysis services when you visit our website. You will find more detailed information on this in sections D and E below.

II. Contact form

You can contact us directly with questions or messages using the contact form provided on our website. A valid e-mail address is required so that we can answer your question or respond to your message. In addition, you can voluntarily provide us with further information about yourself, e.g. your name or a telephone number where we can reach you. The processing of your data transmitted to us for the purpose of contacting us takes place in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent. The data you enter via the contact form will be automatically deleted on the server that provides the website four days after it has been sent to us. We process the information you send to us via the contact form for as long as this is necessary due to the nature of your request.

III. Information pages for parties involved in insolvency proceedings

We operate information pages about insolvency proceedings on our website as required. There we provide information for persons involved in these proceedings that is intended only for these persons. In accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, we process the data to be entered for access exclusively for the purpose of identifying the access authorization.

C. Forwarding of data

In addition to ourselves, recipients of the above-mentioned data collected about you when you visit our website may also be processors commissioned by us. Processors process personal data exclusively on the basis of an existing contract with us for the processing of personal data on our behalf and under our responsibility and only in accordance with instructions issued by us.

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

We will only pass on your personal data to third parties if at least one of the following conditions is met:

• You have given us your express consent to the transfer of data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.
• The disclosure of your data is necessary pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data.
• We are legally obliged to disclose the data within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.
• Disclosure is permitted by law and is necessary for the performance of a contractual relationship with you in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures that take place at your request.

D. Cookies

Cookies are small files that your browser creates when you visit our website and can store on your end device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.). We ask for your consent to the storage of cookies at the beginning of your visit to our website. Without your consent, your browser will not store any cookies from our website on your device. You will then not be able to use all the functions of our website. Among other things, your browser will ask you for your consent again each time you visit our website because we are not allowed to store the information in your browser that we have already asked for your consent. If you give us your consent to store cookies, we can make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These cookies are automatically deleted after you leave our website. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your end device for a specified period of time. If you visit our site again, it is automatically recognized that you have already been on our website and which entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again. You can find out about the cookies stored on your end device and their validity period directly in the corresponding settings area of your browser. You can also delete cookies there before they expire.

E. Analysis tool - Matomo

We use the open source software Matomo to analyze and statistically evaluate the use of the website. We only process the information mentioned under B.I. for this purpose. Your IP address is not associated with any other personal data about you. The IP addresses recorded are anonymized so that it is not possible to assign them to a specific person (IP masking). The processing of information using Matomo for the purposes mentioned is necessary to safeguard our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. You can object to this processing by unchecking the blue checkbox at the bottom of this page. Information will then not be processed using Matomo. If you have given us your consent, cookies will also be used to analyze and statistically evaluate the use of our website. The information generated by the cookies about website usage is transmitted to our servers and summarized in pseudonymous usage profiles. We use the information to evaluate the use of the website and to enable a needs-based design of our website. The information is not disclosed to third parties.

F. Social media plugins - Shariff

We use data protection-safe Shariff buttons on our website instead of social media plugins or share buttons from Twitter or Facebook, WhatsApp, Google+, LinkedIn or Xing. Shariff was developed by specialists from the computer magazine c't to enable more privacy on the internet and replace the usual share buttons and social media plugins of social networks. You can find more information about the Shariff project at https://www.heise.de/ct/artikel/Shariff-Social-Media-Buttons-mit-Datenschutz-2467514.html.

G. Rights of data subjects

You have the right,

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request information from us about the personal data we process about you. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing and the categories of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom we have disclosed or will disclose your data, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details; you have the right to receive a copy of the personal data;
• pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to obtain from us without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data or the completion of your personal data stored by us
• pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to obtain from us the erasure of personal data concerning you that we have stored, unless the processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims
• pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to obtain from us the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you where at least one of the following applies
• You contest the accuracy of the personal data. In this case, we will restrict the processing of the data for a period of time that enables us to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
• The processing of the data is unlawful. However, you oppose the erasure of the data and request the restriction of its use instead.
• We no longer need the data for the purposes of the processing, but you require the data for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.
• You object to the processing on grounds relating to your particular situation. In this case, we will restrict the processing as long as it is not certain that the reasons that entitle us to process the data outweigh your reasons.
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive the personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request its transmission to another controller
• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent given to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing that was based on this consent in the future;
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or the supervisory authority responsible for our registered office.

H. Right to object

If we process personal data about you on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation. Pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR, you may also object to the use of personal data for direct marketing purposes. In this case, you have a general right to object, which will be implemented by us without specifying a particular situation. If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, you can use the contact form on this website. Please enter the word "Objection" in the "Subject" field of the contact form.

I. Data security

We use the widespread SSL (Secure Socket Layer) method in conjunction with the highest level of encryption supported by your browser. As a rule, this is 256-bit encryption. If your browser does not support 256-bit encryption, we use 128-bit v3 technology instead. You can tell whether an individual page of our website is transmitted in encrypted form by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser. SSL encrypts the data exchange between your browser and our website. SSL prevents third parties from reading, redirecting or changing the data exchange between your browser and our website. We also use suitable technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss or destruction or against unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

J. Up-to-dateness and amendment of this data protection information

This information is currently valid and refers to the technical status of the website on April 8, 2024. Due to the further development of our website or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this information. You can access the latest information at any time at wp.aderhold.de/datenschutz.