Data Protection

Data Protection Information

Content:

1. Name and contact details of the responsible body
2. Collection and storage of personal data; Nature, purpose and use
3. Disclosure of data to third parties
4. Your rights as an affected person
5. Your right to object
6. Data processing via our website

1. Name and contact details of the responsible body

This privacy policy applies to us,
L&C Übersetzungsbüro LLC & Co KG
Klingholzstrasse 7
65189 Wiesbaden
Managing Director: L&C Translation Services LLC
Phone: 0611-1851604
Fax: 0611-1851605
Email: info [@] lcuebersetzungsbuero.de
as responsible body.

2. Collection and storage of personal data; Nature, purpose and use
When you hire us, the following information is collected:
- title, title, first name, last name
- Address
- E-mail address
- Telephone number (landline and / or mobile)
- if necessary fax number (if available & desired)
In addition, all information is collected that is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract with you.
The collection of personal data takes place
- to identify you as a customer;
- to give you adequate advice;
- to fulfill our contractual obligations to you;
- to comply with our legal obligations:
- for correspondence with you;
- for invoicing or, if necessary, in the context of the reminder system;
- for the purposes of permissible direct mail;
- to assert any claims against you.
The processing of the personal data takes place on the occasion of your inquiry with us and is necessary for the mentioned purposes for the processing of your order and for the fulfillment of obligations from the underlying contract.
The collected personal data are stored until the end of the statutory retention obligation for merchants (6, 8 or 10 years after the end of the calendar year in which the contractual relationship was terminated) and then deleted. By way of exception, this does not apply if we are obliged to retain for longer periods due to tax or commercial storage requirements (in accordance with HGB, StGB or AO) or if you have consented to a storage beyond that.

3. Disclosure of data to third parties
A transfer of your personal data to third parties does not take place. Exceptions to this apply only to the extent necessary for the execution of contractual relationships with you. This includes, in particular, the transfer to service providers commissioned by us (so-called processor) or other third parties whose activity is necessary for the performance of the contract (e.g. shipping companies or banks). The transferred data may only be used by the third parties for the stated purposes.

4. Your rights as an affected person
You, the data subject, have different rights:
- Right of Withdrawal: You can revoke your consent at any time. The data processing, which is based on the revoked consent, may then no longer be continued for the future.
- Right to information: You can request information about your personal data processed by us. This applies in particular to the purposes of data processing, the categories of personal data, if applicable the categories of recipients, the duration of storage, if applicable the origin of your data and, if applicable, the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and possibly meaningful information about their details ,
- Right of rectification: You may request the correction to be incorrect or to complete your personal data stored with us.
- Cancellation law: You may request the deletion of your personal data stored with us, as far as their processing is not required to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims is.
- Right to restriction of processing: You may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data, as far as the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you reject its deletion. You also have this right if we no longer need the information but you need it to assert, exercise or defend your rights. In addition, you have this right if you have objected to the processing of your personal data;
- Data transferability: You may request that we provide you with the personal information you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format. Alternatively, you may request, as far as possible, the direct transmission of personal information you have provided us to another person in charge.
- Right to complain: You may complain to the supervisory authority responsible for us, e.g. if you believe that we process your personal data in an unlawful manner. Our competent authority is: The Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, PO Box 3163, 65021 Wiesbaden, Germany. Phone: +49 611 1408 - 0, Fax: +49 611 1408 - 611

5. Your right to object
If we process your personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest, you have the right to object to this processing. If you would like to exercise your right of objection, a text message is sufficient. So you are welcome to contact us, send a fax or contact us by e-mail. Our contact details can be found under point 1. of this privacy policy.

6. Data processing online
Also on our website www.lcuebersetzungsbuero.de the processing of certain personal data, including the IP address of the website visitors. Additional data protection information can therefore be found online at www.lcuebersetzungsbuero.de/imprint.

Cookies
We and our partners use cookies to provide appropriate services. This also applies if you visit our website or access our services.

A "cookie" is a small piece of data that is associated with your device when visiting a website from this website. Cookies are useful and can be used for different purposes. These include z. These include easier navigation between different pages, automatic activation of certain functions, saving your settings and optimized access to our services. The use of cookies also allows us to show you relevant, tailored advertising and to collect statistical information about your use of our services.

This website uses the following types of cookies:

a. "Session cookies", which ensure normal system usage. Session cookies are stored for a limited time during a session and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.

b. "Persistent cookies", which are read only by the web page and are not deleted when the browser window is closed, but saved on your computer for a certain period of time. This type of cookie allows us to identify you on your next visit and, for example, save your settings.

c. "Third Party Cookies" set by other online services that have their own content on the page you are visiting. This can z. For example, external web analytics companies that collect and analyze access to our website.

Cookies do not contain personally identifiable information that identifies you, but we may link the personal information we hold to the information contained in the cookies. You can remove cookies through the device settings of your device. Follow the appropriate instructions. Please note that disabling cookies may restrict certain functions when using our website.

The tool we use is based on the technology of Snowplow Analytics. For example, the information we collect about the use of our website includes how often users visit the site or which areas are accessed. The tool we use does not collect personally identifiable information and is used by our web hosting provider and service provider solely to improve our offerings.

Google Analytics

On our website we use Google Analytics - a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (hereinafter: Google).

The Google Analytics service is used to analyze how our website is used. The legal basis is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, optimization, and economic operation of our site.

Usage and user-related information, such as IP address, place, time, or frequency of your visits to our website will be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function, whereby Google truncates the IP address within the EU or the EEA before it is transmitted to the US.

The data collected in this way is in turn used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of visits to our website and what visitors do once there. This data can also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and of the internet in general.

Google states that it will not connect your IP address to other data. In addition, Google provides further information with regard to its data protection practices at https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners, including options you can exercise to prevent such use of your data.

In addition, Google offers an opt-out add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en . This add-on can be installed on most browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when you visit our website. The add-on informs Google Analytics‘ JavaScript (ga.js) that no information about the website visit should be transmitted to Google Analytics. However, this does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use as detailed herein.

Facebook

To advertise our products and services as well as to communicate with interested parties or customers, we have a presence on the Facebook platform.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.

The data protection officer of Facebook can be reached via this contact form: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

We have defined the joint responsibility in an agreement regarding the respective obligations within the meaning of the GDPR. This agreement, which sets out the reciprocal obligations, is available at the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

The legal basis for the processing of the resulting and subsequently disclosed personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the analysis, communication, sales, and promotion of our products and services.

The legal basis may also be your consent per Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR granted to the platform operator. Per Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, you may revoke this consent with the platform operator at any time with future effect.

When accessing our online presence on the Facebook platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform in the EU will process your data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.).

This data of the user is used for statistical information on the use of our company presence on Facebook. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes as well as for the creation of user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can provide advertising both within and outside of Facebook based on your interests. If you are logged into Facebook at the time you access our site, Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also link this data to your user account.

If you contact us via Facebook, the personal data your provide at that time will be used to process the request. We will delete this data once we have completely responded to your query, unless there are legal obligations to retain the data, such as for subsequent fulfillment of contracts.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. might also set cookies when processing your data.

If you do not agree to this processing, you have the option of preventing the installation of cookies by making the appropriate settings in your browser. Cookies that have already been saved can be deleted at any time. The instructions to do this depend on the browser and system being used. For Flash cookies, the processing cannot be prevented by the settings in your browser, but instead by making the appropriate settings in your Flash player. If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, not all of the functions of Facebook may be fully usable.

Details on the processing activities, their suppression, and the deletion of the data processed by Facebook can be found in its privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

It cannot be excluded that the processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also take place in the United States by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025.

Instagram

To advertise our products and services as well as to communicate with interested parties or customers, we have a presence on the Instagram platform.

On this social media platform, we are jointly responsible with Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Irland.

The data protection officer of Instagram can be reached via this contact form:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

When accessing our online presence on the Instagram platform, Facebook Ireland Ltd. as the operator of the platform in the EU will process your data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.).

This data of the user is used for statistical information on the use of our company presence on Instagram. Facebook Ireland Ltd. uses this data for market research and advertising purposes as well as for the creation of user profiles. Based on these profiles, Facebook Ireland Ltd. can provide advertising both within and outside of Instagram based on your interests. If you are logged into Instagram at the time you access our site, Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also link this data to your user account.

If you contact us via Instagram, the personal data your provide at that time will be used to process the request. We will delete this data once we have completely responded to your query, unless there are legal obligations to retain the data, such as for subsequent fulfillment of contracts.

Facebook Ireland Ltd. might also set cookies when processing your data.

Details on the processing activities, their suppression, and the deletion of the data processed by Instagram can be found in its privacy policy: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

It cannot be excluded that the processing by Facebook Ireland Ltd. will also take place in the United States by Meta Platforms, Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025.

We maintain an online presence on LinkedIn to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. LinkedIn is a service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Irland, a subsidiary of LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.

We would like to point out that this might cause user data to be processed outside the European Union, particularly in the United States. This may increase risks for users that, for example, may make subsequent access to the user data more difficult. We also do not have access to this user data. Access is only available to LinkedIn.

The LinkedIn privacy policy can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Twitter

We maintain an online presence on Twitter to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. Twitter is a service provided by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. We would like to point out that this might cause user data to be processed outside the European Union, particularly in the United States. This may increase risks for users that, for example, may make subsequent access to the user data more difficult. We also do not have access to this user data. Access is only available to Twitter.

The privacy policy of Twitter can be found at https://twitter.com/privacy

YouTube

We maintain an online presence on YouTube to present our company and our services and to communicate with customers/prospects. YouTube is a service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA.

The YouTube privacy policy can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy