Privacy Policy

1. General Information

How do we record data?

Your data is collected when you provide it to us via input fields or when our IT systems automatically record it (e.g., browser, operating system, time of request).

What do we use the data for?

The data is collected solely to ensure the error-free provision of the website.

Your Rights

You have the right to request information about the origin, recipient, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time free of charge. 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 at any time.

2. Hosting

External Hosting by Strato

We host the content of our website with the following provider:
Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany (hereinafter "Strato").

When you visit our website, Strato collects various log files including your IP addresses. For further information, please refer to Strato's privacy policy: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.

The use of Strato is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in the most reliable representation and security of our website.

Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with the above-mentioned provider. This is a contract required by data protection law, which guarantees that they process the personal data of our website visitors only according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General Notes and Mandatory Information

Responsible Body (Controller)

The responsible body for data processing on this website is:

Attorney Leonardo Matamoros
Beethovenstraße 22
68165 Mannheim
Germany

Phone: +49 (0) 621 4820 4502
Email: anwalt@matamoros.de

Storage Duration

Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted, provided that no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g., tax or commercial retention periods) exist.

Revocation of your Consent

Many data processing operations are only possible with your express consent. You can revoke consent you have already given at any time. The legality of the data processing carried out until the revocation remains unaffected by the revocation.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

In the event of violations of the GDPR, the persons concerned have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

Right to Data Portability, Information, Correction, and Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data as well as a right to correction, restriction of processing, or deletion of this data.

Note on the Right to Object (Art. 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA PROCESSING IS CARRIED OUT ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6 (1) (E) OR (F) GDPR (LEGITIMATE INTEREST), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA AT ANY TIME FOR REASONS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.

IF YOU FILE AN OBJECTION, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR AFFECTED PERSONAL DATA UNLESS WE CAN PROVE COMPELLING WORTHY GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING THAT OUTWEIGH YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS, AND FREEDOMS.

4. Data Collection via Communication

Contact via Email, Phone, or Fax

If you contact us, your inquiry including all personal data resulting from it (name, inquiry, phone number) will be stored by us for the purpose of processing your request. We do not pass on this data without your consent.

Processing is based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures (legal mandate inquiry). In all other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of requests addressed to us (Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR).

Communication via WhatsApp

For quick communication in emergencies or to initiate a mandate, we use the instant messaging service WhatsApp. The provider is WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Communication takes place via end-to-end encryption. However, WhatsApp gains access to metadata (e.g., sender, recipient, time). WhatsApp shares personal data with its US parent company Meta Platforms Inc. The use of WhatsApp is voluntary. By contacting us via WhatsApp, you consent to the processing of your data in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time by contacting us via another channel.

Further details: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy.

5. External Links

Google Maps (Link)

We do not embed Google Maps directly into our website to protect your data. Instead, we use links or static graphics that lead to Google Maps.

Only when you actively click on the link "View on Google Maps" or the map will you be redirected to the services of Google Maps. Only from this point on will data (such as your IP address) be transferred to Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) and processed there. The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our law firm easy to find. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.