Data Protection
Privacy Policy
With this data protection declaration, Hess Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH would like to inform you which personal data is collected and processed in connection with your visit to and use of this website.
Name and address of the person responsible
The person responsible for the processing of personal data in connection with your visit to and use of this website is Hess Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH ("Hess Legal") Bettinastr. 30, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main.
Data Protection Officer
Hess Legal's data protection officer can be reached at info(at)hesslegal(0)de. You may also contact the data protection officer by mail at the address of Hess Legal with the addition of "Data Protection Officer".
Processing of personal data when you visit this website
When you visit this website, the browser used on your terminal device automatically sends information to the server of this website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected without your intervention and stored until it is automatically deleted:
- IP address of the requesting computer,
- Date and time of access,
- Content of the request (specific page),
- Amount of data transferred,
- Access status/HTTP status code,
- Website from which the access is made,
- Browser used and operating system of your computer.
This data is processed by Hess Legal or its hosting provider to deliver this website to the computer you are using, to ensure the functionality and optimisation of this website and to guarantee IT security. The server log files are stored for a period of three days and then automatically deleted.
The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, "GDPR").
The legitimate interest of Hess Legal follows from the purposes listed above. In no case will the collected data be collected by Hess Legal for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.
Cookies
This website uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser. Hess Legal uses cookies for the following purposes:
Session cookies are used when you visit this website to ensure the security of the website. Session cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser. In addition, Hess Legal uses cookies in which the previously read language setting of the browser you are using or the language selection you have made on this website is stored. This serves the purpose of being able to display this website in a language that is as readable as possible for you.
The data processed by cookies is necessary for the aforementioned purposes to protect the legitimate interests of Hess Legal pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a notice always appears before a new cookie is created. However, the complete deactivation of cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of this website.
Contacting us
You can contact Hess Legal via the email addresses listed on this website. When you contact Hess Legal, Hess Legal collects your e-mail address and any other personal data that you voluntarily provide to Hess Legal in this way. Hess Legal will only use your data to process your request.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted to Hess Legal as part of your enquiry is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interests). Insofar as your contact concerns a request to conclude a contract with Hess Legal, data processing is additionally carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. b GDPR or (in the case of an application) in accordance with Section 26 para. 1 Federal Data Protection Act. The personal data you provide will be stored for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which they are processed. Thereafter, they will be deleted unless you have given your consent for further processing or the continued storage is necessary for the fulfilment of legal obligations to which Hess Legal is subject.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd (the service provider), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a company affiliated with Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google").
Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address, which is, however, anonymised using the anonymizeIp method so that it can no longer be associated with a connection) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. "Google" may associate your IP address with other data held by Google.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, or by deselecting the analysis and statistics cookies in the cookie consent banner on this website. You can prevent tracking by Google Analytics by using the deactivation tools that Google offers for some internet browsers. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data generated by Google Analytics and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by "Google" by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de
https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html
However, Hess Legal would like to point out as a precaution that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent.
Google Maps
This website uses the Google Maps service provided by Google. By using Google Maps, information about your use of this website (including your IP address) may be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Hess Legal has no influence on the processing and use of the data by Google. If you do not want Google to collect, process or use data about you when you visit this website, you can deactivate this in your browser settings JavaScript. In this case, however, you will not be able to use the map display.
For more information on how Google handles your data, please refer to Google's privacy policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de). Google has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, see https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework. The legal basis for Hess Legal's use of Google Maps is Article 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest of Hess Legal lies in the optimisation and user-friendly design of this website.
If you click the "LinkedIn" button on this website, you will be redirected to the Hess Legal account on "LinkedIn". "LinkedIn" is an internet-based social network for connecting users with existing business contacts and generating new business contacts. On "LinkedIn" companies can create profiles or post job offers. "LinkedIn" is operated by LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA ("LinkedIn"). The responsible party in terms of data protection law for users from Germany is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, 70 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2, Dublin, D02r296, Ireland,
Hess Legal advises you that you use this LinkedIn page and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating). Alternatively, you can also access parts of the information offered via this page on this website.
When you visit Hess Legal's LinkedIn page, LinkedIn collects, among other things, your IP address and other information that is present on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide Hess Legal, as the operator of the LinkedIn page, with statistical information about the use of the LinkedIn page. More detailed information on this is provided by "LinkedIn" at the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv
The data collected about you in this context is processed by LinkedIn and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. LinkedIn describes in general terms what information it receives and how it is used in its data usage guidelines. There you will also find information on how to contact LinkedIn and on the settings for advertisements. The data usage guidelines are available at the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
In what way LinkedIn uses the data from visits to LinkedIn pages for its own purposes, to what extent activities on the LinkedIn page are assigned to individual users, how long LinkedIn stores this data and whether data from a visit to the LinkedIn page is passed on to third parties, is not conclusively and clearly stated by LinkedIn and is not known to Hess Legal.
When you access a LinkedIn page, the IP address assigned to your end device is transmitted to LinkedIn. According to information from LinkedIn, this IP address is anonymised (for "German" IP addresses) and deleted after 90 days. "LinkedIn” also stores information about the end devices of its users (e.g. as part of the "login notification" function); LinkedIn may thus be able to assign IP addresses to individual users.
If you are currently logged in to LinkedIn, a cookie with your LinkedIn identification is located on your end device. This enables LinkedIn to track that you have visited this website and how you have used it. This also applies to all other LinkedIn pages. LinkedIn buttons embedded in websites enable LinkedIn to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your LinkedIn profile. This data can be used to offer content or advertising tailored to you.
If you wish to avoid this, you should log out of LinkedIn or deactivate the "stay logged in" function, delete the cookies present on your device and close and restart your browser. This will delete LinkedIn information that can directly identify you. This will allow you to use Hess Legal's LinkedIn page without revealing your LinkedIn identifier. When you access interactive features of the site (Like, Comment, Share, News, etc.), a LinkedIn login screen will appear. After any login, you will again be recognisable to LinkedIn as a specific user.
Information on how to manage or delete information about you can be found on the following LinkedIn support page:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Your rights
You have the right
- to request information about your personal data processed by Hess Legal pursuant to Article 15 GDPR;
- to request without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data held by Hess Legal pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;
- to request the erasure of your personal data held by Hess Legal pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;
- to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;
- to receive your personal data that you have provided to Hess Legal in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller commonly used and machine-readable pursuant to Article 20 GDPR;
- to complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.
If your personal data is processed on the basis of your consent, you have the right to revoke your consent at any time vis-à-vis Hess Legal. As a result, Hess Legal may not and will not continue the data processing based on this consent in the future. The lawfulness of the processing carried out until the revocation is not affected by this. Insofar as your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, insofar as there are grounds for doing so which arise from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection, which is implemented by Hess Legal without specifying a particular situation. As a precaution, it is pointed out that Hess Legal will never use the data you have provided for direct advertising.
Contact
If you have any questions or would like to exercise your rights, please contact the person responsible at Hess Legal (see the beginning of this privacy policy).
Hess Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Status: April 2025