Data Protection

1.) Processing of personal data

Within the scope of this website, we process the following data from you:

Contact requests

For contact requests, we process your personal data such as name, address, e-mail address, etc., which we need to answer your request.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of contact requests is Art. 6 para. 1 b) General Data Protection Regulation.

In the context of contact requests, we store your personal data for as long as is necessary to respond to your inquiries.

The provision of this personal data is not required by law or contract or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. However, if you do not provide us with this data, we will not be able to respond to your contact request or – in the case of limited contact details – will not be able to respond on all requested communication channels.

Newsletter

If you sign up for our newsletter, we process the data collected, such as your e-mail address, salutation, etc., for the purpose of sending the newsletter. You can withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter at any time, for example by e-mail to the contact details given at the beginning.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in the context of sending our newsletter is Art. 6 para. 1 a) General Data Protection Regulation.

We store the personal data that we require for sending the newsletter until you withdraw your consent to receive the newsletter.

The provision of this personal data is not required by law or contract or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. If you do not provide us with this data and the information is mandatory (instead of only voluntary) as part of the newsletter registration, we will not accept your newsletter registration.

2.) Use of cookies

In this section we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

a) Description and functionality

Cookies are small text files that are stored on the user's computer and allow an analysis of the user's use of the website.

b) Own cookies

We use cookies to make the use of the website easier and more convenient for the visitor or to enable certain functions in the first place. Accordingly, we have a legitimate interest in this processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 f) General Data Protection Regulation. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data by us in connection with the use of cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f General Data Protection Regulation. When using cookies, we store your personal data for as long as is necessary to make the use of our website easier and more convenient. The provision of this personal data is not required by law or contract or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. If you do not provide us with this data, we will not be able to make the use of our website easier and more convenient.

c) Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies may also be used on the website to collect or receive information from our website and other places on the internet and then use this information to offer, for example, web tracking services, evaluation services or advertisements aimed at target groups. Accordingly, there is a legitimate interest in this processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 f) General Data Protection Regulation. The legal basis for the processing of your personal data by third parties in connection with the use of cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 f) General Data Protection Regulation. In the context of the use of cookies, your personal data will be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the purposes described above. The provision of this personal data is not required by law or contract or necessary for the conclusion of a contract. If you do not provide the third parties with this data, they will not be able to achieve the purposes mentioned above.

Meta Pixel (Facebook/Instagram): We use the Meta Pixel provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland ("Meta") on this website, but only if you have consented to marketing cookies in the cookie settings. The pixel then records visits to our pages and certain actions (clicking a phone number, the confirmation shown after submitting the enquiry form) and transmits these events together with technical information (including IP address, browser and device data, Meta cookie identifier) to Meta. The cookies "_fbp" and, where applicable, "_fbc" are set with a lifetime of 90 days; Meta can access this data. The purpose is to measure and control our advertisements on Facebook and Instagram and to build audiences for these advertisements. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 a) General Data Protection Regulation and Section 25 para. 1 TDDDG. For the collection and transmission of the event data, we and Meta are joint controllers within the meaning of Art. 26 General Data Protection Regulation; the allocation of responsibilities is governed by the Meta Controller Addendum. Further processing after transmission is carried out under Meta's sole responsibility. Data may be transferred to Meta Platforms, Inc. in the USA; this transfer is based on the European Commission's adequacy decision for the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Art. 45 General Data Protection Regulation), under which Meta is certified. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the cookie settings. Meta uses the event data collected via the pixel for audience building for a maximum of 180 days; beyond that, Meta retains data only for as long as necessary for the stated purposes, see the section "How long do we keep your information?" of Meta's privacy policy. The cookies "_fbp" and "_fbc" expire after 90 days. Further information is available in Meta's privacy policy.

d) Objection and removal option

You can set your browser so that the storage of cookies is only accepted if you agree to it, how you can reject new cookies and disable cookies you have already received. However, if you reject cookies, you may not be able to use certain website functions, services, applications or tools. As for advertising cookies, you can block and/or manage many of them through the following services:

• www.aboutads.info/choices/
• www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/
• www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp

3.) Data subject rights

In accordance with Art. 15 General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to request information about the processing of your personal data (“right of access by the data subject”).

In accordance with Art. 16 General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to request the rectification and erasure of inaccurate personal data concerning you (“right to rectification”).

In accordance with Art. 17 General Data Protection Regulation, you can request the deletion of personal data concerning you if one of the reasons listed there applies (“right to be forgotten”).

Likewise, in accordance with Art. 18 General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of personal data concerning you if one of the conditions listed there applies (“right to restriction of processing”).

In accordance with Art. 20 General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to receive personal data concerning you and to have this data transferred to another controller (“right to data portability”).

Your rights of objection arising from Art. 21 General Data Protection Regulation are listed in this privacy policy under the respective processing.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. The competent supervisory authority is Mannheim.

Scope of application

This privacy policy applies to the website www.mannheim-bueros.de.

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