Privacy policy and imprint for the KPMG Law social media channels
Status 10/2022
Privacy policy
Our business is based on trust. For KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, the protection of personal data (data protection) is a high priority. KPMG Law complies with all applicable data protection laws and also strives to continuously improve data protection. The following privacy notice relates to the publicly accessible social media presences that KPMG Law maintains to communicate with users and to provide information about KPMG Law’s activities:
I. General Information on the KPMG Law Social Media Presence
1. what personal data is processed, by whom, for what purpose and on what legal basis?
1.1 Data processing by KPMG Law
KPMG Law collects and uses personal data of visitors to KPMG Law social media presences at the websites listed under para. II within the framework of the provisions of Art. 6 para. 1 DS-GVO, i.e. insofar as the EU DS-GVO or another legal provision permits this or the user has consented to the processing.
Any visitor can contact KPMG Law via the contact options provided (e.g. e-mail contact) by direct message. This can also be done via the options provided by the respective providers (see Section II) by means of a public message that can be viewed by other users, or by means of a private message that can only be viewed by KPMG Law. The data transmitted to KPMG Law in this context will only be processed for the purpose of responding to the respective request.
Visitors to KPMG Law social media presences have the opportunity there to use the available interactive functionalities such as like buttons, sharing posts or comment functions. In this case, KPMG Law as well as other visitors may see personal data such as account names and the information entered.
The information provided under para. II providers regularly provide KPMG Law with statistical data (called “Insights” in the case of Facebook, for example). This data does not generally allow KPMG Law to draw conclusions about individual visitors, but it does provide KPMG Law with a statistical overview of data such as visitor numbers, page views, profile or link clicks, the reach of posts, information on the categorization of visitors, such as origin (city, country), age and gender structures, and interests. Twitter also provides KPMG Law with the user name of the respective user in the categories “Top mention” and “Top follower” on a monthly basis.
Unless expressly stated otherwise, KPMG Law will retain personal data for as long as is necessary to carry out the purposes set out above. This is subject to statutory retention obligations. KPMG Law employees are instructed to regularly review the duration of the storage of personal data and to delete it if necessary.
KPMG Law can be contacted as follows:
KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Theodor-Heuss-Strasse 5
D-70174 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 781923-400
Fax: +49 711 781923-455
E-mail: information@kpmg-law.com
The data protection officer of KPMG Law can be contacted at the above postal address or by e-mail at de-datenschutz@kpmg.com.
1.2 Data processing by social media providers
The information provided under para. II mentioned providers process user data for their own purposes, such as market research and advertising purposes, and create user profiles based on user behavior for this purpose. This may also capture non-logged-in users. For this purpose, among other things, so-called cookies are used, which are stored on the end devices of the users. KPMG Law points out that data may be processed by the respective providers outside the EU / EEA. KPMG Law does not have any influence on the data processing by the companies listed under para. II and refers for further information and setting options (e.g. opt-out) to the respective information provided by the providers and described under Sec. II listed information.
2. what data protection rights do data subjects have?
Data subjects are generally entitled to information rights pursuant to Art. 15 EU GDPR about the processing of your personal data, rights to rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 EU GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 EU GDPR), restriction of processing and data portability of the data brought in (Art. 18, 20 EU GDPR) as well as the right to object to use for marketing purposes as well as on the basis of processing based on a legitimate interest (Art. 21 EU GDPR).
Data subjects may contact KPMG Law at any time for this purpose. Inquiries relating to the items listed under no. 1.2 described processing operations can only be answered by the respective social media providers (see section II), as KPMG Law does not have access to this information.
In addition, there is also a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority. Data subjects may address their complaint to the authority of their place of residence, but in principle also to any other data protection supervisory authority.
II. social media provider
Below you will find the information provided by the social media providers where KPMG Law is represented as a company:
YouTube
YouTube services are provided by: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy Mountain View CA 94043;
Information on data protection by Google; contact options and available setting options (e.g., objection/opt-out for advertising tracking) are available
here
available. In addition, Google provides
here
information on global data transmission.
Linkedin Services are provided by: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland;
Information on data protection by LinkedIn, contact options and available setting options (e.g. objection/opt-out for advertising tracking) are available
here
available. In addition, LinkedIn presents
here
provides information on global data transfer.
Twitter services are provided by: Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA;
Information on data protection by Twitter, contact options and available settings options (e.g. objection/opt-out for advertising tracking) are available
here
available.
Kununu
Kununu services are provided by: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany.
Information on data protection by Xing, contact options and available settings options (e.g. objection/opt-out for advertising tracking) are available
here
available.
Company information according to the German Telemedia Act (TMG) and the Service Information Obligations Ordinance (DL-InfoVO)
Company/Legal form
KPMG Law law firm with
limited liability
Managing Director
RA Mathias Oberndörfer
Registered office/Head office
Stuttgart
Registration
Stuttgart Local Court, HRB 721235
Contact
KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Theodor-Heuss-Strasse 5
D-70174 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 711 781923-400
Fax: +49 711 781923-455
E-mail: information@kpmg-law.com
Branches/Locations
Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg im Breisgau, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Leipzig, Mannheim, Munich, Nuremberg
Job title/country of award
Law firm ltd.
Federal Republic of Germany
Sales tax identification number
DE 114216983
Bar Association
KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is a member of the Stuttgart Bar Association, Königstraße 14, 70173 Stuttgart. For further details see http://www.rak-stuttgart.de/
Unless otherwise indicated, all attorneys of the Company are admitted to practice in the Federal Republic of Germany.
The addresses of the relevant bar associations can be found at http://www.rechtsanwaltskammer.de.
Professional regulations
The relevant professional regulations for lawyers are the Federal Lawyers’ Act (BRAO), the Professional Code for Lawyers (BORA), the Specialist Lawyers’ Code (FAO), the Lawyers’ Remuneration Act (RVG), the Code of Conduct for Lawyers in the European Union (CCBE) and the Act on the Activities of European Lawyers in Germany (EuRAG).
They can be found at http://www.brak.de/
Professional Law Section.
Details of the existing professional liability insurance policy required by § 59j BRAO: Insurer
AXA Insurance AG
Colonia avenue 10-20
51067 Cologne
Information on the spatial scope
The insurance coverage includes worldwide coverage for foreign law and foreign jurisdictions.
They can be found at http://www.brak.de/
Professional Law Section.
Information on online dispute resolution platform (Article 14 (1) ODR Regulation) and consumer dispute resolution (Section 36 Consumer Dispute Resolution Act)
The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution, which can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
The competent consumer arbitration board for property disputes arising from a client-lawyer relationship is the arbitration board of the legal profession, Neue Grünstraße 17, 10179 Berlin, www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de.
Lawyers are not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.
KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH is not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board within the meaning of Section 2 of the Consumer Dispute Resolution Act.
Responsibility for editorial content
Claudia Endter
Location: Berlin
Phone: +49 30 2068 1271
Email: cendter@kpmg.com
Copyright
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Please direct inquiries about this to Claudia Endter(cendter@kpmg.com).
Information and liability
Any liability in connection with the use of the information provided on this website or reliance on its accuracy, timeliness and completeness is excluded. The same applies to the content of external websites to which this site refers directly or indirectly via hyperlinks and over which KPMG Law Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH has no influence. The information contained on this website does not constitute legal advice and cannot replace it.
Applicable law
The legal notices on this website as well as all questions and disputes in connection with this website are subject to the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany.
