Privacy / Data Protection

The following Privacy Policy has been prepared in compliance with the new EU Privacy Policy (DSVGO, General Data Protection Regulation GDPR), which has been in effect since 25 May 2018.

Data Protection

Personal data (hereinafter mostly referred to as "data") are processed by us only in the context of the necessity and for the purpose of providing a functional and user-friendly website, including its contents and the services offered there.

Pursuant to Article 4 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the Basic Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as the 'GDPR'), 'processing' means any operation or series of operations carried out with or without the aid of automated procedures personal data, such as collecting, collecting, organizing, organizing, storing, adapting or modifying, reading out, querying, using, disclosing through transmission, dissemination or any other form of provision, reconciliation or the join, the restriction, the deletion or the annihilation.

With the following privacy policy, we inform you in particular about the nature, scope, purpose, duration and legal basis of the processing of personal data, as far as we either alone or together with others decide on the purposes and means of processing. In addition, we will inform you below about the third-party components that we use for optimization purposes and to increase the quality of use, insofar as third parties process data in their own responsibility.

Our privacy policy is structured as follows:

I. Information about us as responsible
II. Rights of users and stakeholders
III. Information about data processing

I. Information about us as responsible

The responsible provider of this website in terms of data protection is:

HoTax Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Wilhelmshofallee 75, 47800 Krefeld, Germany

Tel: +49 (0) 2151 - 60 47 27
E-Mail: info@hotax.de

Data protection officer at the provider is the person named above.

II. Rights of users and stakeholders

With regard to the data processing described in more detail below, users and data subjects have the right

upon confirmation of the processing of the data in question, information about the processed data, further information about data processing and copies of the data (see also Art. 15 GDPR);
Correction or completion of incorrect or incomplete data (see also Art. 16 GDPR);
for immediate deletion of the data concerning them (see also Art. 17 GDPR), or, alternatively, if further processing pursuant to Art. 17 (3) GDPR is required, to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR;
upon receipt of the data concerning them and provided by them and on the transmission of this data to other providers / controllers (see also Art. 20 GDPR);
on complaint to the supervisory authority, if they consider that the data concerning them are processed by the provider in breach of data protection provisions (see also Art. 77 GDPR).
In addition, the provider is obliged to notify any recipients to whom data have been disclosed by the provider about any correction or deletion of data or restriction of processing, which takes place pursuant to Articles 16, 17 para. 1, 18 GDPR teaching. However, this obligation does not exist insofar as this notification is impossible or disproportionate. Notwithstanding, the user has a right to information about these recipients.

Likewise, according to Art. 21 GDPR, users and data subjects have the right to object to the future processing of data concerning them, provided that the data provided by the provider in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO be processed. In particular, an objection to the processing of data for the purpose of direct advertising is permitted.

III. Information about data processing

Your data processed on the use of our website will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of the storage is omitted, the deletion of the data does not conflict with statutory retention requirements and subsequently no other information is given about individual processing methods.

Server Data

For technical reasons, in particular to ensure a secure and stable Internet presence, data is transmitted through your Internet browser to us or to our web space provider. With these so-called server log files u.a. Type and version of your Internet browser, the operating system, the website from which you have changed to our website (referrer URL), the website (s) of our website you are visiting, the date and time of access and the IP address of the Internet Internet connection, from which the use of our Internet presence occurs.

These data collected will be temporarily stored but will not be shared with other information about you.

This storage takes place on the legal basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the improvement, stability, functionality and security of our website.

The data will be deleted at the latest after seven days, as long as no further storage for evidence is required. Otherwise, the data will be wholly or partially exempt from the cancellation until the final clarification of an incident.

Cookies

ebsite. Cookies are small text files or other storage technologies that are stored and stored on your device by the Internet browser you use. These cookies process certain information about you, such as your browser or location data or your IP address, to an individual extent.

This processing makes our website more user-friendly, effective and secure, as the processing, for example, allows us to reproduce our website in different languages ​​or to offer a shopping cart function.

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR, insofar as these cookies process data for the purpose of initiating the contract or processing the contract.

If the processing does not serve to initiate the contract or to fulfill the contract, our legitimate interest lies in improving the functionality of our website. Legal basis is then in Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

Closing your internet browser deletes these session cookies.

b) Third party cookies
If necessary, our website also uses cookies from partner companies with whom we cooperate for the purpose of advertising, analyzing or functionalizing our website.

For details, in particular for the purposes and legal basis of the processing of such third party cookies, please refer to the information below.

c) disposal option
You can prevent or restrict the installation of cookies by setting your Internet browser. You can also delete previously saved cookies at any time. However, the necessary steps and measures depend on your specific Internet browser. If you have questions, please use the help function or documentation of your Internet browser or contact its manufacturer or support. With so-called Flash cookies, however, the processing can not be prevented by the settings of the browser. Instead, you need to change the setting of your Flash player. The necessary steps and measures depend on your specific Flash player. If you have any questions, please also use the help function or documentation of your Flash Player or contact the manufacturer or user support.

If you prevent or restrict the installation of cookies, however, this may result in not all functions of our website being fully usable.

SSL or TLS Encryption

This site uses, for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or requests that you send to us as a site operator, an SSL or TLS encryption. TLS encryption. An encrypted connection is indicated by the browser's address bar changing from "http: //" to "https: //" and the lock icon in your browser bar. If the SSL or TLS Encryption is enabled, the data you submit to us can not be read by third parties.

Contract management

The data transmitted by you for the use of our goods and / or service offer are processed by us for the purpose of contract execution and are required to that extent. Conclusion of contract and contract are not possible without provision of your data.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

We delete the data with complete contract processing, but must observe the tax and commercial retention periods.

As part of the contract, we pass on your data to the transport company commissioned with the delivery of goods or to the financial service provider, insofar as the transfer is required for the delivery of goods or for payment purposes.

The legal basis for the transfer of the data is then Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Customer account / registration function

If you create a customer account with us via our website, we will use the data entered by you during registration (eg your name, address or e-mail address) exclusively for pre-contractual services, for the fulfillment of the contract or for the purpose of Customer care (eg to provide you with an overview of your previous orders with us or to offer you the so-called memo function) and save. At the same time we then save the IP address and the date of your registration plus the time. A passing on of this data to third parties is of course not.

As part of the further registration process, your consent to this processing is obtained and reference is made to this Privacy Policy. The data collected by us are used exclusively for the provision of the customer account. [Nbsp]

Insofar as you consent to this processing, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR Legal basis for processing.

Insofar as the opening of the customer account additionally serves pre-contractual measures or the fulfillment of the contract, the legal basis for this processing is also Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

The consent granted to us in the opening and maintenance of the customer account can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO. For this you only have to inform us about your withdrawal.

The data collected will be deleted as soon as the processing is no longer necessary. However, we must pay attention to tax and commercial retention periods.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our free newsletter, the data requested by you, ie your e-mail address and - optionally - your name and address will be sent to us. At the same time we store the IP address of the Internet access from which you access our website, as well as the date and time of your registration. As part of the further registration process, we will seek your consent to the transmission of the newsletter, describe the content specifically and refer to this Privacy Policy. We use the data collected exclusively for the newsletter dispatch - they are therefore in particular also not disclosed to third parties.

The legal basis here is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

You can revoke your consent to the newsletter dispatch at any time with effect for the future in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR. For this you only have to inform us about your withdrawal or press the unsubscribe link contained in each newsletter.

Contact requests / contact possibilities

If you contact us via contact form or e-mail, the data you provide will be used to process your request. The specification of the data is necessary for processing and answering your inquiry - without their provision we can not answer your inquiry or at best only to a limited extent.

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6 (1) lit. b) GDPR.

Your data will be deleted, provided that your request has been finally answered and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory storage requirements, such as in the case of subsequent contract execution.

Google Analytics

In our website we use Google Analytics. This is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereafter referred to as "Google."

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

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

User and user-related information, such as IP address, location, time or frequency of visiting our website, are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, we use Google Analytics with the so-called anonymization function. With this feature, Google already truncates the IP address within the EU / EEA.

The data collected in this way will again be used by Google to provide us with an evaluation of the visit to our website as well as about the usage activities there. This data may also be used to provide other services related to the use of our website and the use of the Internet.

Google states that you do not associate your IP address with other data. In addition, Google keeps under

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/partners

Further data protection information for you, for example, also to the ways to prevent the use of data.

In addition, Google offers below

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

a so-called deactivation add-on together with further information. This add-on can be installed with the common Internet browsers and offers you further control over the data that Google collects when we visit our website. The add-on informs the JavaScript (ga.js) of Google Analytics that information for visiting our website should not be transmitted to Google Analytics. But this does not prevent information from being passed to us or other web analytics services. Of course, you will also find out in this privacy policy whether and which other web analysis services we use.

Google-Maps

In our website we use Google Maps for the representation of our location as well as for the creation of a driving description. This is a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereafter referred to as "Google."

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

In order to enable the representation of certain writings in our Internet appearance, a connection to the Google server in the USA is set up when calling our Internet appearance.

Insofar as you access the Google Maps component integrated in our website, Google will store a cookie on your device via your Internet browser. To view our location and provide directions, your user settings and data are processed. Here we can not rule out that Google uses servers in the United States.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in optimizing the functionality of our website.

Google's connection to Google enables Google to determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the directions are to be transmitted.

If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option to prevent the installation of cookies through the corresponding settings in your Internet browser. You will find details on this under the heading "Cookies".

In addition, the use of Google Maps and the information obtained through Google Maps is governed by the   Google Terms of Service   https://policies.google.com/terms?gl=DE & hl = DE   and the   Terms & Conditions for Google Mapshttps: //www.google.com/intl/en_uk/help/terms_maps.html.

Moreover, Google offers below

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

further information.

Google Fonts

In our website we use Google fonts for displaying external fonts. This is a service of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereafter referred to as "Google."

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google that EU data protection standards will be respected even when processing data in the US.

In order to enable the representation of certain writings in our Internet appearance, a connection to the Google server in the USA is set up when calling our Internet appearance.

The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the optimization and economic operation of our website.

Google can determine from which website your request has been sent and to which IP address the presentation of the font is to be transmitted by the connection to Google established when our website is called up.

Google offers below

https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Further information, in particular on the possibilities of preventing the use of data.

YouTube

In our website we use YouTube. This is a video portal of YouTube LLC., 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, hereinafter referred to as "YouTube."

YouTube is a subsidiary of Google LLC., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereafter referred to as "Google."

Certified under the EU-US Privacy Shield

https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

guarantees Google, and thus its subsidiary YouTube, that the EU's data protection requirements will also be met when processing data in the USA.

We use YouTube in conjunction with the Enhanced Privacy Mode feature to show you videos. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the quality improvement of our website. The Enhanced Privacy Mode feature, according to YouTube, means that the data specified below will only be transmitted to the YouTube server when you actually start a video.

Without this "Enhanced Privacy," you will be connected to the YouTube server in the United States as soon as you visit one of our websites that embed a YouTube video.

This connection is required in order to be able to display the respective video on our website via your Internet browser. In the course of this, YouTube will at least collect and process your IP address, the date and time as well as the website you are visiting. It also connects to Google's DoubleClick ad network.

If you're logged in to YouTube at the same time, YouTube will provide the connection information to your YouTube account. If you want to prevent this, you must either log out of YouTube before visiting our website or make the appropriate settings in your YouTube user account.

For the purpose of functionality as well as for the analysis of user behavior, YouTube permanently stores cookies via your Internet browser on your device. If you do not agree with this processing, you have the option to prevent the storage of cookies by a setting in your Internet browser. For more information, see "Cookies" above.

Further information about the collection and use of data and their rights and protections Google holds in the under

https://policies.google.com/privacy

available data protection information.

Others

• Important Safety Notice: When communicating with us by email, we can not guarantee complete data security. For the confidential exchange of information with us, we recommend the post.

• External links: You will find links on our pages that refer to third-party sites. We have no control over their operators' compliance with the privacy policy..

• Sample privacy policy of the law firm Weiß & Partner, Esslingen.