Information on data protection

We, rothorn legal Rechtsanwaelte Trittmann & Partner mbB (hereinafter referred to as “rothorn”), process your personal data in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations of the European Union, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the German Federal Data Protection Act, and as far as applicable the data protection laws in Switzerland. We hereby inform you about the type, scope and purposes of the collection and use of personal data as well as about your rights as a data subject within the scope of the processing of your personal data by us. The terms used here correspond to those of the GDPR.

Controller for the processing of your personal data

rothorn legal Rechtsanwaelte Trittmann & Partner mbB

You can find our legal notice here.

Please address your data protection inquiries to datenschutz@rothorn.legal


Data processing when calling our website

You can access our website without registering and logging in. However, even when only visiting our website for informational purposes, personal data is collected to a certain extent. For technical reasons, your Internet browser automatically transmits data to our web server when you access our website. This data includes the date and time of access, the URL of the referring website, the file(s) accessed, the amount of data sent, the browser type and version, the operating system, and your IP address. This data is stored separately from other data that you may enter when using our offer. It is not possible for us to use this data to identify a specific individual. The data is evaluated exclusively for statistical purposes and, if necessary, for IT security reasons, and will subsequently be deleted.

We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interests in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 lit f) GDPR, for the provision and display of the website, for enabling and maintaining technical operations, for the purpose of determining and eliminating malfunctions and for IT security reasons (e.g. to resolve cases of abuse or fraud).

We do not use automated decision making (including profiling).


Contact request

If you send us an inquiry via e-mail, we will process your personal data contained in or pursuant to this inquiry for the purpose of answering your inquiry. As a legal basis, we rely on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit f GDPR.

If you send a contact request to rothorn legal AG in Switzerland, that entity is responsible for processing your personal data.


Applications

If you apply for a job at rothorn, we will treat your application documents confidentially and in accordance with data protection regulations. In order to be considered in the application process at rothorn, you must provide us with meaningful application documents. You can submit them electronically by email or by regular mail.

We process the following categories of data about our applicants:

  • Contact details of the applicant
  • Correspondence (emails etc.)
  • Submitted application documents
  • Evaluation of the applicants

The personal data and documents provided by you during the application process as well as notes created by us will be processed by us exclusively for the purposes of processing your application, i.e. primarily for the purpose of deciding whether and, if so, for which position and under what conditions you should be hired. The legal basis for the processing of personal data as part of an application is Art. 6 para. 1 lit b) GDPR as well as Section 26 para. 1 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

Provided there is a justified interest in the sense of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit f) GDPR, your application information may be passed on to rothorn legal AG in Switzerland . Your application data will only be passed on to other third parties in exceptional cases if you provide your separate consent or if there is a legal obligation to do so.

If you send your application directly to rothorn legal AG in Switzerland, this entity is responsible for processing your personal data and will process your data according to the applicable data protection requirements.


Cookies

We only use technically necessary cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that can be stored in a user’s internet browser via a website. Technically necessary cookies are cookies that are necessary for the operation of the website and its functions. We are entitled to set them without your consent. However, you can deactivate them via the settings in your browser. However, it is possible that you will only be able to use the functions of our website to a limited extent.

We also use so-called LinkedIn symbols on our site. However, this is not a so-called social media plug-in, but merely a link to the LinkedIn website and the profile pages of our lawyers there.


Rights of data subjects

As a data subject, you are entitled to various rights under the GDPR. These are in detail:

  • Right of access: You have the right to demand access from us to your information about the data stored about you and its origin. This also includes the possibility to receive a copy of your data. Upon your request, the information can also be provided electronically.
  • Right of rectification, deletion and limitation of processing: You have the right to request the rectification, deletion or limitation of processing of your personal data.
  • Right to data portability: If you have provided us with data on the basis of a contract or consent, you can demand that you receive the data you have provided in a structured, common and machine-readable format or that we transfer it to another responsible party.
  • Right to object: If we process your data on the basis of a balancing of interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit f GDPR, you have the right to object to this data processing. We will then refrain from processing your data from the time of your objection, unless we can prove compelling reasons for processing worthy of protection that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
  • Revocation of consents: Consents granted by you, e.g. for the sending of newsletters, can be revoked at any time.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your data violates applicable law. You may do so by contacting the data protection authority responsible for your place of residence or your country, or the data protection authority responsible for us:

The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Postfach
3163
65021 Wiesbaden

Phone + 49 611 1408-0
Telefax +49 6111408-900

https://datenschutz.hessen.de/


Storage limitation

We only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the relevant purposes – or in the case of consent – as long as you have not informed us of your revocation of consent. After the purpose of retention has ceased to apply, we will delete your personal data in compliance with legal retention rights and obligations and insofar as not contrary to other legal regulations.


Data security

rothorn uses appropriate technical and organizational security measures in order to protect the data you have made available from manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorized access. We are continually revising our security measures in line with technological developments.


Recipients

We will only pass on your personal data to external third parties if this is necessary to process or handle your request, if another legal basis exists, or if we have your consent. External recipients may in particular be service providers that we use to provide services, for example in the areas of technical infrastructure and maintenance of our website. Such processors are carefully selected and regularly checked by us. They may use the data exclusively for the purposes specified by us and in accordance with our instructions.

In certain cases, we may transfer your personal data to rothorn legal AG in Switzerland. For Switzerland, there is an adequacy decision of the European Commission regarding data protection.

If data is transferred to other entities whose registered office or place of business is not located in a member state of the European Union or in a country that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, we will ensure prior to the transfer that, except in exceptional cases permitted by law, the recipient either has an adequate level of data protection or that we have your consent to the data transfer.


Version

We reserve the right to amend this data protection information from time to time. The modified version will be published at this same place. When you visit our website, the then-current data protection information applies.

As of 06.11.2020