The protection of your personal data is important to us. Here you will find the most important information about the processing of your personal data.

1. Responsibility

The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

KM8 Rechtsanwältinnen & Rechtsanwälte GbR [KM8 Law Firm]
Moosdorfstraße 7-9
12435 Berlin
info@km8.legal [PGP-Key]

2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature and purpose of its use

a) When visiting the website

When you visit our website www.km8.legal, the browser used on your device automatically sends information to our website's server. 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 adress of the requesting computer,
• date and time of access,
• name and URL of the file accessed,
• website, from which access is made (Referrer-URL),
• browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer and the name of your access provider.

We process the aforementioned data for the following purposes

• to ensure smooth connection to the website,
• to ensure convenient use of our website,
• to evaluate system security and stability, and
• for other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes listed above for data collection. Under no circumstances do we use the collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

b) When contacting us, e.g., by email

All data voluntarily provided to us, such as your surname, first name, email address, and any other personal data provided, will be processed to the extent necessary to process your request.

Data processing for the purpose of contacting us is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntary consent.

3. Disclosure of data

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

We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if

• you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR,
• the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation for the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR, or
• this is legally permissible and necessary for the performance of contractual relationships with you pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

• We naturally observe the attorney-client privilege.

4. Cookies

We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malware.

Information related to the specific device used is stored in the cookie. However, this does not mean that we immediately become aware of your identity.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of our website more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to recognize
that you have already visited individual pages of our website. These are automatically deleted after you leave our website. In addition, we also use temporary cookies to optimize user-friendliness, which are stored on your device for a specific period of time. If you visit our site again to use our services, it will automatically recognize that you have already been with us and what entries and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.

The data processed by cookies is necessary for the purposes stated in order to safeguard our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or so that a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, completely deactivating cookies may mean that you cannot use all the functions of our website.

5. Rights of affected persons

You have the right:

• pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and, where applicable, meaningful information about its details;
• pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, to request the immediate correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us;
• pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, to request the erasure of your personal data stored by us, unless processing is necessary for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims;
• pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful but you oppose its erasure and we no longer need the data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR;
• pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller;
• pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR, to revoke your consent at any time. As a result, we will no longer be permitted to continue processing data based on this consent in the future, and
• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or our law firm's registered office for this purpose.

To exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact us by email at info@km8.legal [PGP-Key] or by post:

KM8 Rechtsanwältinnen & Rechtsanwälte GbR
Moosdorfstraße 7-9
12435 Berlin

Competent supervisory authority at the registered office:

Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
[Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information]
An der Urania 4-10
10787 Berlin
mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

6. Right to object

If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object, which we will implement without you having to specify a particular situation.

If you wish to exercise your right to object, please contact us by email info@km8.legal [PGP-Key] or by post:

KM8 Rechtsanwältinnen & Rechtsanwälte GbR
Moosdorfstraße 7-9
12435 Berlin

7. Amendments to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy at any time with future effect. The latest version is available here. Please visit the website regularly to find out about the current privacy policy.

As of 06/2024