Pri­va­cy policy

This is a joint web­site of Stäh­le Fidu­ci­ai­re Expert-Comp­ta­ble S.à r.l. and Stäh­le Steuerberatung.

1. Name and con­ta­ct details of the per­son in charge

This pri­va­cy poli­cy informs about the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data on the web­site of:

1.1 In char­ge for Germany

Stäh­le Steuerberatung
Ann-Sophie Stäh­le | Steu­er­be­ra­te­rin, Expert-Comptable
Her­mes­dür 12
D‑54453 Nittel
Tele­fon: +49 6584 2123610
Fax: +49 6584 2123619

1.2 In char­ge for Luxembourg

Stäh­le Fidu­ci­ai­re Expert-Comp­ta­ble S.à r.l.
Reg. Office: 21, rou­te de Luxem­bourg, L‑6633 Wasserbillig
R.C.S. Luxem­bourg: B228821
Tele­pho­ne: +352 2060 1414
Fax: +352 2060 1414 99
Mana­ging Direc­tors: Ann-Sophie Stäh­le | Steu­er­be­ra­te­rin, Expert-Comp­ta­ble; Susan­ne Bösch | Expert-Comptable

2. Scope and pur­po­se of the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data

2.1 Acces­sing the website

When this web­site www.stb-staehle.com or stb-staehle.com is cal­led up, the Inter­net brow­ser used by the visi­tor auto­ma­ti­cal­ly sends data to the ser­ver of this web­site and saves it for a limi­ted peri­od in a log file. Until auto­ma­tic dele­ti­on, the fol­lowing data will be saved without fur­ther input by the visitor:

• IP address of the visitor’s ter­mi­nal device,
• Date and time of access by the visitor,
• Name and URL of the page cal­led by the visitor,
• Web­site from which the visi­tor acces­ses the firm’s web­site (so-cal­led refer­rer URL),
• Brow­ser and ope­ra­ting sys­tem of the visitor’s ter­mi­nal device and the name of the access pro­vi­der used by the visitor.

The pro­ces­sing of this per­so­nal data is jus­ti­fied in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sen­tence 1 let­ter f) DSGVO. The firm has a legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest in the pro­ces­sing of data for the purpose,

• to quick­ly estab­lish the con­nec­tion to the web­site of the firm,
• to enab­le a user-friend­ly app­li­ca­ti­on of the website,
• to reco­gni­se and gua­ran­tee the secu­ri­ty and sta­bi­li­ty of the sys­tems, and
• to faci­li­ta­te and impro­ve the admi­nis­tra­ti­on of the website.

The pro­ces­sing is express­ly not car­ri­ed out for the pur­po­se of obtai­ning infor­ma­ti­on about the per­son visi­t­ing the website.

2.2 Con­ta­ct form

Visi­tors can send messages to the firm via an online con­ta­ct form on the web­site. In order to recei­ve a reply, at least a valid e‑mail address must be pro­vi­ded. All other infor­ma­ti­on can be pro­vi­ded vol­un­ta­ri­ly by the per­son making the request. By sen­ding the mes­sa­ge via the con­ta­ct form, the visi­tor cons­ents to the pro­ces­sing of the per­so­nal data trans­mit­ted. The data pro­ces­sing is exclu­si­ve­ly for the pur­po­se of pro­ces­sing and ans­we­ring enqui­ries via the con­ta­ct form. This is done on the basis of the vol­un­ta­ri­ly given con­sent in accordance with Art. 6 Para­graph 1 Sen­tence 1 Let­ter a) DSGVO. The per­so­nal data collec­ted for the use of the con­ta­ct form is auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted as soon as the enqui­ry has been com­ple­ted and the­re are no rea­sons for fur­ther sto­rage (e.g. sub­se­quent enga­ge­ment of our firm).

3. Trans­fer of data

Per­so­nal data is trans­fer­red to third par­ties if

• this has been express­ly con­sen­ted to by the data sub­ject in accordance with Arti­cle 6 (1) sen­tence 1 let­ter a) DSGVO,
• the dis­clo­sure pur­suant to Art. 6 (1) sen­tence 1 let­ter f) DSGVO is necessa­ry for the asser­ti­on, exer­cise or defence of legal claims and the­re is no rea­son to assu­me that the data sub­ject has an over­ri­ding inte­rest worthy of pro­tec­tion in the non-dis­clo­sure of his or her data
• for data trans­mis­si­ons under Arti­cle 6(1), first sen­tence, let­ter c) DSGVO, the­re is a legal obli­ga­ti­on, and/or
• this is requi­red under Arti­cle 6(1) sen­tence 1(b) of the DSGVO for the per­for­mance of a con­trac­tu­al rela­ti­ons­hip with the data subject.

In other cases, per­so­nal data will not be pas­sed on to third parties.

4. Coo­kies

So-cal­led coo­kies are used on the web­site. The­se are data packa­ges that are exch­an­ged bet­ween the ser­ver of the firm’s web­site and the visitor’s brow­ser. They are stored by the devices used (PC, note­book, tablet, smart­pho­ne, etc.) when visi­t­ing the web­site. Coo­kies can­not cau­se any dama­ge to the devices used. In par­ti­cu­lar, they do not con­tain viru­ses or other mali­cious soft­ware. Infor­ma­ti­on is stored in the coo­kies that is rela­ted to the spe­ci­fic ter­mi­nal device used. The firm can thus under no cir­cum­s­tan­ces gain direct know­ledge of the iden­ti­ty of the web­site visitor.

Coo­kies are most­ly accep­ted accord­ing to the basic set­tings of the brow­ser. The brow­ser set­tings can be set so that coo­kies are eit­her not accep­ted on the devices used or that a spe­cial mes­sa­ge is dis­play­ed befo­re a new coo­kie is crea­ted. Plea­se note, howe­ver, that deac­ti­vat­ing coo­kies may mean that not all func­tions of the web­site can be used in the best pos­si­ble way.

The use of coo­kies is inten­ded to make the use of the firm’s web­site more con­ve­ni­ent. For examp­le, ses­si­on coo­kies can be used to track whe­ther the visi­tor has alrea­dy visi­ted indi­vi­du­al pages of the web­site. After lea­ving the web­site, the­se ses­si­on coo­kies are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly deleted.

Tem­pora­ry coo­kies are used to impro­ve user-friend­li­ness. They are stored for a tem­pora­ry peri­od of time on the visitor’s device. When the visi­tor visits the web­site again, it is auto­ma­ti­cal­ly reco­gnis­ed that the visi­tor has alrea­dy visi­ted the page at an ear­lier time and which ent­ries and set­tings were made so that they do not have to be repeated.

Coo­kies are also used to ana­ly­se the visits to the web­site for sta­tis­ti­cal pur­po­ses and to impro­ve the ser­vice. The­se coo­kies make it pos­si­ble to auto­ma­ti­cal­ly reco­gni­se that the web­site has alrea­dy been cal­led up by the visi­tor on a sub­se­quent visit. Here, the coo­kies are auto­ma­ti­cal­ly dele­ted after a spe­ci­fied peri­od of time.

The data pro­ces­sed by coo­kies are jus­ti­fied for the abo­ve-men­tio­ned pur­po­ses in order to safe­guard the legi­ti­ma­te inte­rests of the firm in accordance with Art. 6, Para­graph 1, Sen­tence 1, Let­ter f) of the DSGVO.

5. Your rights as a data subject

Inso­far as your per­so­nal data is pro­ces­sed when you visit our web­site, you have the fol­lowing rights as a “data sub­ject” in the sen­se of the DSGVO:

5.1 Infor­ma­ti­on

You can request infor­ma­ti­on from us as to whe­ther per­so­nal data about you is being pro­ces­sed by us. The­re is no right to infor­ma­ti­on if the pro­vi­si­on of the reques­ted infor­ma­ti­on would vio­la­te the obli­ga­ti­on of secrecy accord­ing to § 57 (1) StBerG or if the infor­ma­ti­on must be kept secret for other rea­sons, in par­ti­cu­lar becau­se of an over­ri­ding legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest of a third par­ty. Devia­ting from this, the­re may be an obli­ga­ti­on to pro­vi­de the infor­ma­ti­on if, in par­ti­cu­lar taking into account impen­ding dama­ge, your inte­rests out­weigh the inte­rest in secrecy. The right to infor­ma­ti­on is also exclu­ded if the data is only stored becau­se it may not be dele­ted due to legal or sta­tu­to­ry reten­ti­on peri­ods or if it ser­ves exclu­si­ve­ly for the pur­po­ses of data pro­tec­tion or data secu­ri­ty or data pro­tec­tion con­trol, if the pro­vi­si­on of infor­ma­ti­on would requi­re a dis­pro­por­tio­na­te­ly high effort and the pro­ces­sing for other pur­po­ses is exclu­ded by appro­pria­te tech­ni­cal and orga­ni­sa­tio­nal mea­su­res. Pro­vi­ded that in your case the right to infor­ma­ti­on is not exclu­ded and your per­so­nal data are pro­ces­sed by us, you can request infor­ma­ti­on from us about the fol­lowing information:

• Pur­po­ses of the processing,
• Cate­go­ries of per­so­nal data processed,
• Reci­pi­ents or cate­go­ries of reci­pi­ents to whom your per­so­nal data is dis­c­lo­sed, in par­ti­cu­lar in the case of reci­pi­ents in third countries
• if pos­si­ble, the plan­ned dura­ti­on for which your per­so­nal data will be stored or, if this is not pos­si­ble, the cri­te­ria for deter­mi­ning the sto­rage period,
• the exis­tence of a right of rec­ti­fi­ca­ti­on or era­su­re or limi­ta­ti­on of the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data con­cer­ning you or a right to object to such processing
• the exis­tence of a right of appeal to a data pro­tec­tion super­vi­so­ry authority,
• if the per­so­nal data has not been collec­ted from you as a data sub­ject, the avail­ab­le infor­ma­ti­on on the ori­gin of the data,
• the exis­tence of auto­ma­ted decisi­on making, inclu­ding pro­filing and mea­ning­ful infor­ma­ti­on on the logic invol­ved and the scope and inten­ded impact of auto­ma­ted decisi­on making
• in the case of trans­fers to reci­pi­ents in third coun­tries, in the absence of a decisi­on by the EU Com­mis­si­on on the ade­quacy of the level of pro­tec­tion pur­suant to Art. 45 (3) DSGVO, infor­ma­ti­on on what appro­pria­te safe­guards pur­suant to Art. 46 (2) DSGVO are pro­vi­ded for the pro­tec­tion of per­so­nal data

5.2 Cor­rec­tion and completion

If you dis­co­ver that we have incor­rect per­so­nal data about you, you can demand that we cor­rect this incor­rect data without delay. If the per­so­nal data con­cer­ning you is incom­ple­te, you may request that it be completed.

5.3 Dele­ti­on

You have the right to obtain era­su­re (“right to be for­got­ten”) unless the pro­ces­sing is necessa­ry for the exer­cise of free­dom of expres­si­on, the right to be infor­med or to com­ply with a legal obli­ga­ti­on or for the per­for­mance of a task car­ri­ed out in the public inte­rest and pro­vi­ded that one of the fol­lowing rea­sons applies:

• The per­so­nal data are no lon­ger necessa­ry for the pur­po­ses for which they were processed.
• The jus­ti­fi­ca­ti­on for the pro­ces­sing was sole­ly your con­sent, which you have revoked.
• You have objec­ted to the pro­ces­sing of your per­so­nal data, which we have made public.
• You have objec­ted to the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data which we have not made public and the­re are no over­ri­ding legi­ti­ma­te rea­sons for the processing.
• Your per­so­nal data have been pro­ces­sed unlawfully.
• The dele­ti­on of the per­so­nal data is necessa­ry to com­ply with a legal obli­ga­ti­on to which we are subject.

The­re is no enti­t­le­ment to dele­ti­on if, in the case of law­ful non-auto­ma­ted data pro­ces­sing, dele­ti­on is not pos­si­ble or only pos­si­ble with dis­pro­por­tio­na­te­ly high effort due to the spe­cial type of sto­rage and your inte­rest in dele­ti­on is low. In this case, the restric­tion of pro­ces­sing takes the place of deletion.

5.4 Restric­tion of processing

You can demand that we restrict pro­ces­sing if one of the fol­lowing rea­sons applies:

• You dis­pu­te the accu­ra­cy of the per­so­nal data. In this case, the restric­tion may be reques­ted for the time necessa­ry to allow us to veri­fy the accu­ra­cy of the data.
• The pro­ces­sing is unlaw­ful and you request the restric­tion of the use of your per­so­nal data ins­tead of deletion.
• Your per­so­nal data will no lon­ger be requi­red by us for the pur­po­ses of the pro­ces­sing, but will be requi­red by you to assert, exer­cise or defend any legal claims.
• You have lod­ged an objec­tion in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 DSGVO. The restric­tion of pro­ces­sing may be deman­ded as long as it is not yet clear whe­ther our jus­ti­fied rea­sons out­weigh your reasons.

Restric­tion of pro­ces­sing means that the per­so­nal data will only be pro­ces­sed with your con­sent or for the pur­po­se of asser­ting, exer­cis­ing or defen­ding legal claims or pro­tec­ting the rights of ano­t­her natu­ral or legal per­son or for rea­sons of an important public inte­rest. Befo­re we lift the restric­tion, we have a duty to inform you of this.

5.5 Data transferability

You have a right to data trans­fer, pro­vi­ded that the pro­ces­sing is based on your con­sent (Art. 6 para. 1 sen­tence 1 let­ter a) or Art. 9 para. 2 let­ter a) DSGVO) or on a con­tract to which you are par­ty and that the pro­ces­sing is car­ri­ed out by means of auto­ma­ted pro­ce­du­res. In this case, the right to trans­fer data inclu­des the fol­lowing rights, pro­vi­ded that this does not affect the rights and free­doms of other per­sons: You may ask us to obtain the per­so­nal data you have pro­vi­ded in a struc­tu­red, com­mon and machi­ne-read­a­ble for­mat. You have the right to trans­fer this data to ano­t­her per­son in char­ge without hin­dran­ce on our part. Inso­far as tech­ni­cal­ly fea­si­ble, you can demand that we trans­fer your per­so­nal data direct­ly to ano­t­her respon­si­ble party.

5.6 Oppo­si­ti­on

If the pro­ces­sing is based on Arti­cle 6 para­graph 1 sen­tence 1 let­ter e) DSGVO (per­for­mance of a task in the public inte­rest or in the exer­cise of offi­cial aut­ho­ri­ty) or on Arti­cle 6 para­graph 1 sen­tence 1 let­ter f) DSGVO (legi­ti­ma­te inte­rest of the con­trol­ler or a third par­ty), you have the right to object to the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data rela­ting to you at any time for rea­sons ari­sing from your par­ti­cu­lar situa­ti­on. This also app­lies to pro­filing based on Arti­cle 6 para­graph 1 sen­tence 1 let­ter e) or let­ter f) DSGVO. After exer­cis­ing the right of objec­tion, we will no lon­ger pro­cess your per­so­nal data unless we can demons­tra­te com­pel­ling rea­sons for pro­ces­sing which are worthy of pro­tec­tion and which out­weigh your inte­rests, rights and free­doms, or unless the pro­ces­sing ser­ves to assert, exer­cise or defend legal claims.

You may at any time object to the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data con­cer­ning you for the pur­po­ses of direct mar­ke­ting. This also app­lies to pro­filing con­nec­ted with such direct mar­ke­ting. Once you have exer­cis­ed your right to object, we will no lon­ger use the per­so­nal data con­cer­ned for direct mar­ke­ting purposes.

You have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to inform our office of your objec­tion infor­mal­ly by tele­pho­ne, by e‑mail, pos­si­b­ly by fax or by post to the pos­tal address lis­ted at the begin­ning of this data pro­tec­tion declaration.

5.7 Revo­ca­ti­on of consent

You have the right to revo­ke your con­sent at any time with effect for the future. The revo­ca­ti­on of con­sent can be com­mu­ni­ca­ted infor­mal­ly by tele­pho­ne, by e‑mail, if necessa­ry by fax or to our pos­tal address. The revo­ca­ti­on does not affect the lega­li­ty of the data pro­ces­sing which has been car­ri­ed out on the basis of the con­sent until rece­i­pt of the revo­ca­ti­on. After rece­i­pt of the revo­ca­ti­on, the data pro­ces­sing, which was exclu­si­ve­ly based on your con­sent, will be stopped.

5.8 Com­p­laint

If you con­si­der that the pro­ces­sing of per­so­nal data con­cer­ning you is unlaw­ful, you may lodge a com­p­laint with a data pro­tec­tion super­vi­so­ry aut­ho­ri­ty com­pe­tent for the place whe­re you are stay­ing or working or for the place whe­re the alle­ged infrin­ge­ment occurred.

6. Sta­tus and update of this data pro­tec­tion declaration

This Pri­va­cy Poli­cy is effec­ti­ve as of 1 Janu­a­ry 2019 and we reser­ve the right to update the Pri­va­cy Poli­cy in due cour­se to impro­ve data pro­tec­tion and/or to adapt it to chan­ges in government prac­ti­ce or jurisdiction.