Instructions on Data Processing
for Clients

Goethe-Denkmal in Frankfurt/Main

1) Name and Contact Details of the Entity Responsible for Processing

These instructions on data protection apply to data processing by:

Responsible entity:

Atticus Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 36
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Phone. + 49 (0) 69 90 72 00 30 0
Fax + 49 (0) 69 90 72 00 30 9
E-Mail: info@atticus-legal.de

2) Collection and Storage of Personal Data as well as Nature and Purpose of their Use

If you mandate us, we collect the following information:

form of address, first name, last name;
a valid e-mail address;
address;
telephone number (landline and/or mobile) and fax number;
information necessary to assert and defend your rights under the mandate.

The collection of these data takes place

to identify you as our client;
to provide you with adequate legal advice and representation;
for correspondence with you;
for invoicing;
to handle possible liability claims and assert any claims against you.

The data processing is based on your request and is in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence. 1 lit. b of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”) for the purposes stated there for the appropriate work on the mandate and for the mutual fulfillment of obligations under the mandate agreement.

The personal data collected by us for the purposes of the mandate will be stored until the expiration of the statutory retention obligation for lawyers (6 years after the end of the calendar year in which the mandate has been terminated) and then deleted, unless we are obliged under Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”) due to tax and commercial legal storage and documentation obligations (from the German Commercial Code (“HGB”), the German Criminal Code (“StGB”) or the German Tax Act (“AO”)) to store them longer, or you have agreed to a more extensive storage pursuant to Art. 6 para 1 p. 1 lit. a of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”).

3) Transfer of Data to Third Parties

Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties for purposes other than those listed below.

Insofar as this is required by Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit. b of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”) for the handling of the client relationship with you, your personal data will be passed on to third parties. This includes in particular the transfer to opponents in proceedings and their representatives (in particular their lawyers), as well as courts and other public authorities for the purpose of correspondence, as well as the assertion and defence of your rights. The transferred data may only be used by the third party for the stated purposes.

Lawyer's confidentiality remains unaffected. As far as data is subject to lawyer’s confidentiality, they will only be transferred to third parties as agreed with you.

4) Rights of Parties Concerned

You have the right

To revoke the consent you gave us at one time pursuant to Art 7 para. 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”), at any time. As a result, we will not be entitled to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future;
To request information about your personal data processed by us pursuant to Art. 15 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”). In particular, you may request information about the purposes of the processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data was or is being disclosed, the intended retention period, the right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, as well as the existence of an automated decision-making process including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about the details;
To immediately demand the correction or completion of personal data stored with us pursuant to Art. 16 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”);
To demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us pursuant to Art. 17 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”), insofar as the processing is not necessary for the exercising of the right to freedom of expression and information, for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the assertion, exercise of or defence against legal claims;
To demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 18 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”), as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you or the processing is unlawful, but you object to their deletion and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend yourself against legal claims pursuant to Art. 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”);
To receive your personal data provided to us in a structured, standardised and machine-readable format pursuant to Art. 20 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”), or to request the transfer to another person in charge and
To complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”). As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace, or of the seat of our law firm.

5) Right to Objection

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 para 1 sentence 1 lit f of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”), you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (“DSGVO”), insofar as there are grounds for doing so arising from your particular situation.