Legal notice and privacy policy

Legal notice

Service provider:
Dr. Gernot Halbleib
German Service Center for Cartel Compensation
Chausseestraße 104
10115 Berlin
Deutschland

Contact:
[email protected]
+49 30 – 921 000 46
VAT ID No:

Privacy policy

1. Privacy at a Glance

General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. Detailed information on data protection can be found in our privacy policy set out below this text.

Data Collection on This Website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. Their contact details can be found in the section "Information on the Responsible Party" in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, on the one hand, from information you provide to us. This may, for example, be data you enter in a contact form.

Other data is collected automatically, or after you have given your consent, when you visit the website by our IT systems. This is primarily technical data (e.g., internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?

Part of the data is collected to ensure error-free provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyze your user behavior.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right at any time to receive information free of charge about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent at any time for the future. In addition, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.

Analysis Tools and Third-Party Tools

When you visit this website, your surfing behavior may be statistically evaluated. This is done primarily using so-called analysis programs.

Detailed information on these analysis programs can be found in the following privacy policy.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur (hereinafter "IONOS"). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files, including your IP addresses. Details can be found in IONOS's privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service. This is a contract required by data protection law that ensures that this provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Cloudflare

We use the Content Delivery Network (CDN) of Cloudflare Germany GmbH, Rosental 7, c/o Mindspace, 80331 Munich, Germany ("Cloudflare"), to increase the security and delivery speed of our website. This corresponds to our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). A CDN is a network of globally distributed servers that is able to deliver content to website users in an optimized manner. For this purpose, personal data may be processed in Cloudflare's server log files. Please refer to the explanations under "Hosting."

Cloudflare is a recipient of your personal data and acts as a processor on our behalf. This corresponds to our legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1) sentence 1(f) GDPR in not operating our own content delivery network.

You have the right to object to this processing. Whether the objection is successful must be determined as part of a balancing of interests.

The processing of the data specified in this section is neither legally nor contractually required. The functionality of the website is not guaranteed without this processing.

Your personal data is stored by Cloudflare for as long as necessary for the purposes described.

Cloudflare has implemented compliance measures for international data transfers. These apply to all global activities in which Cloudflare processes personal data of individuals in the EU. These measures are based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Further information can be found at: https://www.cloudflare.com/cloudflare_customer_SCCs-German.pdf

3. General Information and Mandatory Disclosures

Data Protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

Information on the Responsible Party

The party responsible for data processing on this website is:

Dr. Gernot Halbleib
German Service Center for Cartel Compensation
Chausseestraße 104
10115 Berlin
Telephone number: +49 30 – 5490 8787
E-Mail: [email protected]

Storage DurationStorage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for the data processing no longer applies. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we do not have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., retention periods required by tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons cease to apply.

4. Data Collection on This Website

Cookies

Our website uses so-called "cookies." Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) on your device. Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Server Log Files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

Contact Form

If you send us inquiries via the contact form, the information you provide in the inquiry form — including the contact details you provide there — will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not share this data without your consent.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

IONOS WebAnalytics

This website uses the analysis services of IONOS WebAnalytics (hereinafter "IONOS"). The provider is 1&1 IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Straße 57, D – 56410 Montabaur. As part of the analyses with IONOS, visitor numbers and behavior (e.g., number of page views, duration of a website visit, bounce rates), visitor sources (i.e., from which page the visitor comes), visitor locations, and technical data (browser and operating system versions), among other things, may be analyzed.

Data Processing Agreement

We have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the above-mentioned service.

Google Analytics 4

Provided you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. The responsible party for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland is Google Ireland Limited, Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland ("Google").

Nature and Purpose of Processing

Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information collected via cookies about your use of this website is generally transferred to and stored on a Google server in the USA.

We use the User-ID feature. With the help of the User-ID, we can assign a unique, persistent ID to one or more sessions (and the activities within those sessions) and analyze user behavior across devices.

We use Google Signals. This collects additional information in Google Analytics about users who have enabled personalized ads (interests and demographic data), and ads can be delivered to these users in cross-device remarketing campaigns.

In Google Analytics 4, IP address anonymization is enabled by default. Due to IP anonymization, your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. According to Google, the IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

During your visit to the website, your user behavior is recorded in the form of "events." Events may include:

  • Page views
  • First visit to the website
  • Session start
  • Pages visited
  • Your "click path," interaction with the website
  • Scrolls (whenever a user scrolls to the end of the page (90%))
  • Clicks on external links
  • Internal search queries
  • Interaction with videos
  • File downloads
  • Ads viewed/clicked
  • Language settings

The following is also recorded:

  • Your approximate location (region)
  • Date and time of the visit
  • Your IP address (in truncated form)
  • Technical information about your browser and the devices you use (e.g., language settings, screen resolution)
  • Your internet service provider
  • The referrer URL (which website/advertisement you came to this website from)

Purposes of Processing

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website and compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics serve to analyze the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.

Recipients

Recipients of the data are/may be:

  • Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (as processor pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR)
  • Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA
  • Alphabet Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA

Third-Country Transfer

On July 10, 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision for the USA. Google LLC is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Since Google's servers are distributed worldwide and a transfer to third countries (e.g., Singapore) cannot be completely ruled out, we have also concluded the EU Standard Contractual Clauses with the provider.

Storage DurationStorage Duration

Data sent by us and linked to cookies is automatically deleted after 2 [OR: 14] months. The maximum lifespan of Google Analytics cookies is 2 years. Data whose retention period has been reached is automatically deleted once a month.

Legal Basis

The legal basis for this data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) sentence 1 TTDSG (German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act).

Revocation

You can prevent the storage of cookies in advance by setting your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to reject all cookies, this may limit the functionality of this and other websites. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by:

  1. Not giving your consent to the setting of the cookie, or
  2. Downloading and installing the browser add-on to disable Google Analytics HERE.

Further information on the terms of use and data protection at Google can be found at https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

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