Privacy Policy

1. Controller

Controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

LEXTON Rechtsanwälte GbR
Kurfürstendamm 220
10719 Berlin
T +49 30 88 66 88 6-0
F +49 30 88 66 88 6-60
info@lexton.de

You can reach our data protection officer at datenschutz@lexton.de as well as at the above address.

2. Data Processing When Contacting and Commissioning

In the event that you voluntarily provide us with data (e.g. name and e-mail address) when contacting us, we process this data to the extent necessary for further correspondence with you. Information that you provide us with for the preparation and transmission of a concrete service offer will be used exclusively for the preparation and transmission of offers.

If you commission us with a specific service, we process your contact data and other order-related data for the purpose of executing and invoicing the respective order. The legal basis for the aforementioned processing is Art. 6 Par. 1 b) and f) GDPR.

3. Data Processing When Using our Website

For the purely informative use of our websites, it is generally not necessary for you to provide personal data.
Rather, in this case we only collect and use the data that your internet browser automatically transmits to us. These data include:

• date and time of your access,
• information about your browser type and version, your network and your device
• your IP address,
• the operating system you use,
• the amount of data transferred and the access status (e.g. file transferred, file not found, etc.),
• the loading times of our website,
• information about the website from which you accessed our site.

We do not use the aforementioned data for person-related analysis. On the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR we use this data to provide access to our website and its contents, e.g. to ensure that our website is correctly displayed in your browser.
This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

• clicks,
• internal links,
• visited pages,
• scroll,
• searches,
• timestamp.

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn more about traffic and activity on this website.

We do not use the above data to draw conclusions about your usage behavior or for other personal evaluations.

On the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 f) DSGVO, we use the above data solely for the purpose of enabling you to access our websites and their content, and to improve our website offering.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are sent to your browser by our web server when you visit our website and are stored by the browser on your terminal device for later retrieval. If you repeatedly call up our websites, the information stored on your device is sent back to us. This exchange of information serves to make our website offer user-friendly and effective for you.

The use of cookies is based on Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR, as the technically error-free and optimized provision of our website is in our legitimate interest.
Whether cookies can be set and retrieved is determined by the settings in your browser. You can, for example, completely deactivate the storage of cookies in your browser, restrict it to certain websites or configure your browser so that it automatically notifies you as soon as a cookie is to be set and asks you for feedback. You can block or delete individual cookies. For technical reasons, however, this may result in some functions of our websites being impaired and no longer functioning fully.

4.a) Borlabs

We use the Borlabs consent management tool from Borlabs GmbH, Hamburger Str. 11, 22083 Hamburg. In this context, the date and time of the visit, browser information, information on consent, device information, and the IP address of the requesting device are processed. The legal basis is Art. 6, para. 1f GDPR (legitimate interest). Obtaining and managing legally required consents are to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the aforementioned provision. Further information on data protection at Borlabs can be found here [Link Data protection (borlabs.io)]
We store your personal data only for as long as is necessary for its use.

We store your personal data only for as long as is necessary for its use.

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4. b) Google Maps

This website uses the map service Google Maps to display map material. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter: “Google Maps” or “Google”). We use Google Maps based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6, para. 1 sentence 1a GDPR and Section 25, para. 1, sentence 1 TTDDG.

When using Maps, Google collects personal data such as the search terms entered, the IP address, and the location. For this purpose, a NID cookie is stored on the user’s device. A NID cookie is stored on the user’s device for this purpose. The use of Google Maps requires a connection via your browser to the servers of Google, which may be located in insecure third countries such as the US and processed there.

The data are transferred to servers of Google LLC in the US and processed there. The data transmitted are only pseudonyms; it is not possible to draw conclusions about your name. On 10 July 2023, the EU Commission issued an adequacy decision for the Data Privacy Framework for the transfer of data to recipients based in the US. Accordingly, an adequate level of data protection is assumed when data are transferred to certified recipients based in the US. Google LLC is a certified company.
We store your personal data only for as long as is necessary for its use.

5. External Service Providers, Data Transfer to Third Parties

In order to provide our website or to achieve other processing purposes mentioned in this Privacy Policy, we work together with external technical service providers (e.g. hosting and operation of the mail server). Your personal data will only be passed on to these external technical service providers to the extent necessary to perform the aforementioned tasks.

Of course, we carefully select the service providers who assist us in performing the above-mentioned tasks and require that they use your personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and existing order processing agreements. The service providers commissioned by us process the personal data transmitted in accordance with our instructions.

In all other respects, we only transfer the personal data that we process in accordance with this Privacy Policy to third parties – unless expressly stated otherwise in this data protection declaration – if you have given us your prior consent to do so.
In addition, we will only transfer your data to third parties in exceptional cases if we are obliged to do so by law or by court or official order.

6. Storage of Personal Data

We will only keep your personal data as long as required to achieve the aforementioned processing purposes. If the respective processing purpose ceases to apply, the personal data will be deleted or blocked in accordance with legal provisions.
If the storage of your personal data is necessary due to a legal provision to which the data controller is subject, your personal data will be blocked or deleted when the storage period prescribed by the legal provision expires.

7. Data Security

We have established technical and organizational precautions to protect personal data collected by us and/or provided by you, in particular against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or against attacks from unauthorized persons.
However, we would like to mention, that transmission via the internet (e.g. when communicating via e-mail) cannot be guaranteed to be 100% secure. We will do our best to protect your personal data but cannot guarantee its complete security.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to request access to your personal data (Art. 15 GDPR). You can also request rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), deletion (Art. 17 GDPR) and portability (Art. 20 GDPR) of your personal data.

You can object to (Art. 21 GDPR) or restrict (Art. 18 GDPR) the processing of your personal data.

You can revoke any consent granted to us for the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future.

For asserting your rights, please use the contact details provided to you under section 1 above.
Further, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

9. No Obligation to Provide Data

You have no contractual or legal obligation to provide us with personal data. However, without such data we are not able to offer our services to you.

10. No Automated Decision-making

We do not use any automated decision-making including profiling that may have legal effects on you or affect you.