Privacy

Thank you for visiting our website and for your interest in the services we offer. We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and treat them as strictly confidential. In order to ensure this, we would like to inform you about the collection and use of personal data and the rights to which you are entitled in this respect with the following information in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter: “DSGVO”) and the Federal Data Protection Act (hereinafter: “BDSG”).

1.The person responsible for the data processing on this website:

Legal Summiteers GmbH & Co KG

Max-Rüttgers-Str.11

82067 Schäftlarn

Represented by the managing director: Dr. Stefan Kugler

Phone: +49 (0) 89 2000 49630

e-mail: kontakt@legal-summiteers.com

The person responsible is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others decides on the purposes and means of processing personal data (e.g. names, e-mail addresses).

Scope, purpose and legal basis of the processing of personal data

We store and process personal data for the purpose of fulfilling service contracts on the basis of a consent granted by you as a data subject or on the basis of and in accordance with the DSGVO and the BDSG.

The processing of personal data by us takes place within the framework of the provision of services, in the process of which we have received the relevant data from business relationships with clients and candidates. We also process personal data that we have obtained from publicly accessible sources such as the press and the Internet in a permissible manner and are allowed to process.

This generally includes your personal data (including name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, date of birth, data and documents relating to your professional career, curriculum vitae, certificates as well as data and information on your career goals, desired position, industry, salary details) or your company-related contact data if you contact us as a potential customer.

We may process this personal data for the following purposes: Conducting searches for potential candidates on behalf of clients; application procedures for candidates as job seekers; contacting candidates in the event of vacancies being filled; analyzing the suitability of a candidate for vacancies with clients; operating a database in which personal data and information on affected persons/candidates/clients is stored.

Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b DSGVO is the legal basis for the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party. This also applies to processing operations which are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. Insofar as processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject, the legal basis is Article 6 paragraph 1 letter c DSGVO. If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or of a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO is the legal basis for the processing.

By sending applications or inquiries to us – by post or via the contact form on this website – and by providing your personal data as part of this process, you expressly consent to the processing of this personal data. This consent is at the same time a legal basis for the processing of personal data in accordance with article 6 paragraph 1 letter a DSGVO. You are not obliged to consent and can revoke any declaration of consent at any time with effect for the future. Your contact person for the exercise of these rights is the above-mentioned responsible person.

The legitimate interest of the responsible person or a third party

Our company may process personal data beyond the actual performance of the contract, namely to protect the legitimate interests of the person responsible or a third party, provided that the protection of personal data and the interest of the person concerned does not outweigh this protection. This is carried out in accordance with article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO.

Recipient of the personal data

Your personal data will only be passed on or otherwise transferred to third parties to the extent necessary to process your application and the purposes and services of our company described above and you have given your prior consent to such transfer. The possible recipients are only customers with whom we have a business relationship.

Within our company, access to your data is granted to those entities that need it to fulfill their contractual and legal obligations.

The intention of the transfer to a third country or an international organization

A disclosure or other transfer of your personal data to a third country or an international organization pursuant to Article 44 et seq. DSGVO does not take place unless this is necessary for the purpose of processing your application and the purposes and services of our company described above and you have expressly consented to this transfer in advance.

Expected duration of data use

We use and store your data within the scope of the legally permitted or legally required duration and the duration of a business relationship, which also includes, for example, the initiation or processing of a consulting mandate. The personal data of the person concerned will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage no longer applies. Blocking or deletion of the data is also carried out when a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data in order to conclude or fulfill a contract. The storage period can also be based on the statutory limitation obligations.

Your rights of access, correction, deletion, transferability of data and possible restrictions of these rights as data subject

According to article 15 DSGVO you have the right to receive information free of charge about the data we have stored for you. Furthermore, you have the right, if necessary, to correct incorrect data (Article 16 DSGVO) and the right to have your personal data deleted (Article 17 DSGVO). Within the framework of the provisions of Article 18 DSGVO, you have the right to request a restriction on the processing of data concerning you. In addition, our company will inform the recipients, should they have been disclosed personal data, of the exercise of one of the aforementioned rights by the data subject (Article 19 DSGVO) and notify them of this. In accordance with article 20 DSGVO, you have the right to data transfer, as well as the right to be informed in the event of a possible violation of the protection of personal data in accordance with article 34 DSGVO. With regard to the right of information and the right of deletion, the restrictions according to Article 34 BDSG and Article 35 BDSG apply. Furthermore, the above rights may be limited by Article 23 DSGVO. Your contact person in case you wish to make use of these rights is the person responsible mentioned above.

Your right to withdraw your consent at any time in accordance with article 21 DSGVO

In accordance with Article 21 DSGVO, you also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data or to revoke the consent you have given us. Your objection, which can be made without any form requirement, should be addressed to the above-mentioned responsible person.

Your right of complaint to a supervisory authority

Pursuant to Article 77 of the DSGVO, you have a right of appeal, which you can assert at any time with the competent supervisory authority with regard to our implementation of and compliance with the statutory provisions, if you, as a data subject, are of the opinion that the processing of personal data relating to you is in breach of the provisions of the DSGVO and the BDSG. You can contact the following supervisory authority for this purpose:

The Bavarian State Commissioner for Data Protection (BayLfD)

Postfach 22 12 19, 80502 Munich

Wagmüllerstrasse 18, 80538 Munich

089 212672-0 (phone)

089 212672-50 (fax)

poststelle@datenschutz-bayern.de (email)

The provision of personal data

Our clients and candidates only have to provide personal data within the scope of the business relationship that is required for the establishment, execution and termination of a business relationship. Furthermore, only such personal data that is necessary within the scope of the above-mentioned purposes or that we are legally obliged to collect.

An automatic decision-making process

As a matter of principle, we do not use an automated decision-making process in accordance with Article 22 DSGVO.

12 Data collection on this website, use of “cookies

Our website sometimes uses so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and do not contain viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your end device for 1 month. These cookies enable us to recognize your browser during your next visit.

You can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and allow cookies only in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. If you deactivate cookies, the functionality of this website may be limited.

Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide certain functions that you have requested (functional cookies) are stored on the basis of Art. 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO, unless another legal basis is specified. Our company has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of our services. Insofar as other cookies (e.g. cookies to analyze your surfing behavior) are stored, they are treated separately in this privacy policy.

Server log files/log data

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 browser version, host name of the accessing computer, time of the server inquiry as well as the IP address to prevent attacks against your data or the functionality of the database. This data is not merged with other data sources.

The basis for data processing is Art. 6 paragraph 1 letter b DSGVO, which permits the processing of data for the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. Without further additional information, such as information from an internet provider about the subscriber, which we do not have as a rule and without any concrete reason, such as a suspicion of a violation of the law, we are not in a position to assign this data to individual, identifiable persons.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, in the event that IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other signatory states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before this happens. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics is not combined with other data from Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. 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 and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.

This site uses so-called web fonts, which are provided by Google, for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to the servers of Google. This enables Google to know that our website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.

Further information about Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in the Google privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

This site uses the map service Google Maps via an API. The provider is Google Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

To use the functions of Google Maps it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.

The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offers and to make it easy to find the places we have indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest in the sense of Art. 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO. More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.

Social Media Plug-Ins

We use social plug-ins from social networks, Xing and LinkedIn on our website on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 letter f DSGVO to make our company better known. The advertising purpose behind this is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the DSGVO. The responsibility for the data protection compliant operation is to be guaranteed by their respective providers. The integration of these plug-ins by us takes place by means of the so-called two-click method in order to protect visitors to our website in the best possible way.

Our website integrates plug-ins from the social network LinkedIn or LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter referred to as “LinkedIn”). You can recognize LinkedIn’s plug-ins by the corresponding logo or the “Recommend” button. Please note that when used, the plugin establishes a connection between your respective Internet browser and the LinkedIn server. LinkedIn is thus informed that our website was visited with your IP address. If you click on the “Recommend Button” of LinkedIn and are logged in to your LinkedIn account, you have the possibility to link content from our website to your LinkedIn profile page. This allows LinkedIn to associate your visit to our website with you or your account. You should be aware that we do not obtain any knowledge of the content of the information you submit and how LinkedIn uses it.

Please contact LinkedIn for more details about how we collect the information and about your legal rights and preferences. These will be made available to you at http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=privacy_policy&trk=hb_ft_priv.

On our website plugins of the social network Xing or Xing SE Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg are integrated. You can recognize the Xing plugins by the Xing logo on our site. Please note that the plugin establishes a connection between your respective internet browser and the Xing server when used. Xing thereby receives the information that you have visited our site with your IP address. If you click on the Xing logo while you are logged into your Xing account, Xing can associate your visit to our site with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Xing.

If you do not want Xing to be able to assign visits to our pages, please log out of your Xing user account.

You can find further information on this in the Xing privacy policy (https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung)

Right of deletion, “right to be forgotten”

In accordance with Art. 17 DSGVO, you can request the deletion of your personal data under the conditions stated here. The data subject’s right to request deletion depends, among other things, on whether there are compelling reasons for protection that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject with regard to further processing and whether the data controller still needs the personal data to fulfil his legal obligations. Your contact for these rights is the above-mentioned responsible person.

SSL or TLS encryption

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as requests that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the lock symbol in your browser line and by the fact that the browser switches from “http://” to “https://”.

If SSL or TLS encryption is active, the data you send us cannot be read by third parties.

Data security

Communication on the Internet (including e-mail) can have security gaps.

However, we do our utmost to protect your data. The website and other systems, but especially personal data of customers, candidates and applicants are protected by all reasonable technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification or distribution by unauthorized persons.

Changes to data protection declaration

Due to technical developments in the field of telecommunications, it is necessary to adapt our information to you with regard to both technical and data protection changes. Current status of the data protection declaration: 01.01.2025.