Privacy statement

1. Data Privacy at a Glance
General Information

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data that can be used to identify you personally. For detailed information on the subject of data protection please refer to our privacy statement below this text.

Data collection on this website – who is responsible for the collection of data on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find the operator’s contact details in the section “Information on the controller” of this privacy statement.

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, your data is collected when you provide it to us. This may be data that you enter in a contact form, for example.

Other data are collected by our IT systems either automatically or after you have given your consent when you visit the website. These are mainly technical data (such as the internet browser, the operating system or the time the page was viewed). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

How do we use your data?

Some of the data is collected to ensure that the website is made available to you without errors. Other data can be used to analyze the way how you use the site.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You are entitled to request information about the origin, the recipients and the purpose of any of your personal data that has been stored any time free of charge and to have this data corrected or deleted, if applicable. If you have given your consent to data processing, you can revoke this consent any time in respect of future processing. Under certain circumstances, you are also entitled to demand the restriction of processing of your personal data. Moreover, you have the right to file a complaint at the relevant supervisory authority.

Please do not hesitate to contact us any time if you have further questions about this information or any other data protection related issues.

2. Hosting

We host the contents of our website with the following provider:

IONOS

The provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany (hereinafter referred to as IONOS). When you visit our website, IONOS collects various log files including your IP addresses. For further details please refer to the IONOS privacy statement: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy.

The use of IONOS is based on section 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in ensuring that our website is displayed as reliably as possible. If consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of section 6 (1) lit. a GDPR and section 25 (1) TDDDG (Law on Data Protection and Privacy in Telecommunications and Digital Services) to the extent that the consent also includes the placement of cookies or the access to information in the user’s terminal device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent can be revoked any time.

Commissioned Processing

In order to use the above-mentioned service we have concluded a Commissioned Data Processing Agreement (AVV) which is required under the Law on Data Protection and Privacy to make sure that the processor processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3.General Information and Mandatory Disclosures
Privacy

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy.

When you use this website  various personal data are collected. Personal data are data that can be used to identify you personally. This privacy policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this is done.

Please note that data transmission via internet (e.g. when communicating by email) may be subject to security gaps. It is not possible to provide complete data protection to prevent access by third parties.

Information about the Data Controller

The data controller responsible for data processing on this website is:

Gertrud Hurck
Friedrich-Ebert-Str. 99
48153 Münster

Telephone: +49 251 7779479
Email: info@hurck-uebersetzungen.de

The responsible party is the individual or legal entity that decides alone or together with others on the purposes and means of processing of personal data (names, email addresses, etc.).

Storage period

Unless this privacy statement indicates a more specific storage period  your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for which it was collected no longer applies. If you assert a justified reason for the deletion of your personal data or revoke your consent to data processing your personal data will be deleted, provided that we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing them (such as retention periods required under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, the data will be deleted after these reasons no longer apply.

General Information on the Legal Basis of Data Processing on this Website

If you have consented to data processing we will process your personal data on the basis of section 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or section 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, except that special categories of data are processed pursuant to Art. 9 (1) GDPR. In the event that you have given your explicit consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also governed by section 49 (1) lit. a GDPR. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or the access to information in your terminal device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing  is also based on section 25 (1) TDDDG. The consent can be revoked any time. If your data is required for the fulfillment of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual steps we process your data on the basis of section 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. Moreover, we process your personal data if this is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under section 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR. Pursuant to section 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR data processing may also be carried out based on our legitimate interest. The following paragraphs of this privacy statement provide information about the legal regulations this is based on.

Recipients of Personal Data

We cooperate with various external bodies as part of our business activities. In some cases, it is necessary to transmit personal data to these external bodies which we will only do if this is necessary in order to fulfil a contract, if we are legally obliged to do so (e.g. transfer of data to tax authorities), if we have a legitimate interest in the transfer pursuant to section 6 (1) lit. f GDPR or if the transmission is permitted on another legal basis. When using processors, our customers’ personal data is only transmitted on the basis of a valid Commissioned Data Processing Agreement. In the case of joint processing, a Joint Processing Agreement is concluded.

Withdrawal of Consent to Data Processing

Many data processing operations are subject to your explicit consent. You can withdraw your granted consent any time which shall not affect the legality of the data processing carried out until your withdrawal of consent.

Right to Object to the Collection of Data in Special Cases and to Direct Marketing (section 21 GDPR)

IF THE DATA IS PROCESSED PURSUANT TO SECTION 6 PARA. 1 LIT. E OR F GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ANY TIME ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THESE PROVISIONS. THE LEGAL PROVISIONS JUSTIFYING SUCH PROCESSING ARE SPECIFIED IN THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT. IF YOU OBJECT TO THE PROCESSING, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE REASONS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OR THE DATA IS PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING; EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO ART. 21 PARA. 1 GDPR).

IF YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE PROCESSED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING TO THE EXTENT IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH DIRECT ADVERTISING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL NO LONGER BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DIRECT MARKETING AFTER THIS POINT (OBJECTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 21 PARA. 2 GDPR).

Right to lodge a Complaint with the Competent Supervisory Authority

In the event of breaches of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement. The right of complaint exists without prejudice of other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to Data Portability

You are entitled to demand that data we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in fulfillment of a contract are handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request a direct transfer of such data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, Correction and Deletion

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions, you are entitled to be provided information about stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing any time free of charge and to have this data corrected or deleted, if applicable. Please do not hesitate to contact us any time if you have further questions about this information or any other data protection related issues.

Right to Restriction of Processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. Feel free to contact us anytime for this purpose. The right to restriction of processing applies in the following cases:

  • If you dispute the correctness of your personal data stored by us, we generally need time to check this. You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data for the duration of the review.
  • If the processing of your personal data was/is carried out unlawfully, you can request a restriction of the processing of the data instead of their erasure.
  • If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it to exercise, defend or assert any legal claims, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of their deletion.
  • If you have lodged an objection pursuant to section 21 (1) GDPR a balance must be struck between your interests and ours. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the purpose of establishing, exercising or defending legal claims or protecting the rights of another individual or legal entity or for reasons of important public interest of the European Union or of a Member State.

SSL or TLS Encryption

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

If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data Collection on this Website

Cookies

Our Internet pages use so-called “cookies”. Cookies are small data packets and do not cause any damage to your end device. They are either stored on your end device temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies) . Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your end device until you delete them yourself or they are automatically deleted by your web browser.

Cookies may originate from us (first-party cookies) or from third-party companies (so-called third-party cookies). Third-party cookies enable the integration of certain services from third-party companies within websites (e.g. cookies for processing payment services).

Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping cart function or the display of videos). Other cookies can be used to evaluate user behavior or for advertising purposes.

Cookies that are required for the implementation of the electronic communication process, the provision of certain functions that you have requested (e.g. for the shopping cart function) or the optimization of the website (e.g. cookies to measure the web audience) (necessary cookies) are stored pursuant to section 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, unless other legal provisions are specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the storage of necessary cookies for the technically error-free and optimized provision of its services. If consent to the storage of cookies and comparable recognition technologies has been requested the processing is carried out exclusively pursuant this consent (section 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and section 25 para. 1 TDDDG); the consent can be revoked any time.

You can set your browser in a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. The deactivation of cookies may restrict the functionality of this website.

Please refer to this privacy statement to find out which cookies and services are used on this website.

Consent with Usercentrics

This website uses Usercentrics’ consent technology to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your end device or to the use of certain technologies and to document these in compliance with Data Protection Law.

The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 Munich, website: https: //usercentrics.com/de/ (hereinafter referred to as “Usercentrics”).

When you access our website, the following personal data is transmitted to Usercentrics:

  • Your consent(s) or the revocation of your consent(s)
  • Your IP address
  • Information about your browser
  • Information about your end device
  • Time of your visit on the website
  • Geolocation

Moreover, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser in order to be able to assign any granted consents or their revocation to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you ask us to delete it, delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself or until the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention obligations remain unaffected.

The Usercentrics banner on this website was generated using eRecht24. This can be recognized by the fact that the eRecht24 logo appears in the banner. In order to display the eRecht24 logo in the banner, a link is generated to the eRecht24 image server. The IP address is also transmitted, but is only stored in anonymized form in the server logs. The eRecht24 image server is located in Germany at a German provider. The banner itself is provided exclusively by Usercentrics.

Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is section 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

Commissioned processing

In order to use the above-mentioned service we have concluded a Commissioned Data Processing Agreement (AVV). This agreement is required under the Law on Data Protection and Privacy and ensures that the personal data of visitors on our website will only be processed in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

5. Plugins and Tools
Google Fonts (Local Hosting)

This site uses so-called Google Fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. Google Fonts are installed locally. There is no link to Google servers.

For more information about Google Fonts please refer to https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and the Google privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Font Awesome (local Hosting)

This site uses Font Awesome for the uniform display of fonts. Font Awesome is installed locally. There is no link to the Fonticons, Inc. servers.

For more information about Font Awesome please refer to the Font Awesome privacy policy at: https://fontawesome.com/privacy.