Privacy Notice
1. Controller
The controller for data processing on this website is:
Rechtsanwälte Steinhöfel
ABC-Straße 38
20354 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: mail@steinhoefel.de
Telefon: +49 (0)40 444599
Fax: +49 (0)40 440706
2. Website access
When you visit this website, our hosting provider processes the personal data that is technically necessary to display the website and to ensure its security and stability. This includes, in particular, your IP address, the date and time of access, the file or URL requested, the referrer URL, browser type and operating system.
The processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the secure and uninterrupted operation of the website.
The data is stored only for as long as necessary to ensure the security and stability of the website and is then deleted.
3. Contacting us
If you contact us by email, telephone or post, we process your contact details and the content of your request in order to handle your enquiry and any follow-up correspondence.
The processing is based on Article 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a mandate or another contractual relationship. In all other cases, the processing is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is the proper handling of enquiries and correspondence.
The data will be deleted once it is no longer necessary for handling your enquiry, unless statutory retention obligations or legal reasons require further storage.
4. Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we process your email address in order to send you the newsletter. We also process the data required to document your registration and confirmation in the double opt-in procedure.
The sending of the newsletter is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. The processing of the verification data is based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is to be able to demonstrate your consent in a legally compliant manner.
You may withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future, in particular by using the unsubscribe link in the newsletter or by emailing us.
Your data will be stored until you withdraw your consent. Verification data will be stored thereafter only for as long as necessary to comply with legal obligations or to defend or enforce legal claims.
5. Recipients
Personal data is disclosed only where this is necessary for the provision of the website, the handling of enquiries or the sending of the newsletter, where there is a legal obligation to do so, or where you have given your consent.
Recipients may include, in particular, hosting and IT service providers and, where necessary, technical providers for newsletter delivery.
6. Transfers to third countries
No transfer of personal data to countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area is intended.
7. Cookies
To the extent that this website uses technically necessary cookies, this is based on Section 25(2) No. 2 TDDDG and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Any other cookies or similar technologies are used only with your consent where this is required by law.
8. Provision of data
The provision of personal data is neither legally nor contractually required for merely visiting this website. However, without the processing of the technically necessary data generated during a website visit, the website cannot be provided.
If you contact us or wish to subscribe to the newsletter, you only need to provide the data required to handle your enquiry or to send the newsletter. Without such data, we may be unable to process your enquiry or send you the newsletter.
9. Your rights
You have the right to request access to your personal data processed by us, rectification of inaccurate data, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability.
Where we process data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.
Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future.
10. Right to lodge a complaint
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority competent for us is in particular:
Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 22
20459 Hamburg
Germany
E-Mail: mailbox@datenschutz.hamburg.de
11. Automated decision-making
We do not use automated decision-making, including profiling, within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR.
12. Updates
This Privacy Notice is current as of March 2026. We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Notice where this becomes necessary due to technical or legal changes.