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Privacy Policy

We operate the website www.www.duncker-humblot.de and collect certain data from our customers and visitors where necessary. In the following data privacy policy you will be informed what we do with your data, the so-called personal data, and why we do this. We will also inform you how we protect your data, when this data is deleted and what rights you have due to data protection. First of all: We observe the data protection laws and protect your privacy.
But we want to be completely open: The Internet lives from data exchange and still has many security gaps. Even if your data is encrypted when you visit our website, there is always a residual risk when exchanging data with other websites at the latest. If you visit other websites – for example via a link on our website – please note that this data protection declaration does not apply to this external website.

What are Personal Data?

Personal data in this sense are all individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable natural person, such as name, address or e-mail address but also IP addresses.

Who can I contact?

Duncker &Humblot is responsible for their Services and for the protection of your data. You can reach us at:

Duncker & Humblot GmbH
Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 9
12165 Berlin
Telefone: +49 30 790006-0
Fax: +49 30 79000-31
E-Mail: verlag@duncker-humblot.de

Data Protection Officer

If you have specific questions about your personal data, deletion of your personal data or similar things, you can contact our Data Privacy Officer via e-mail at datenschutz@duncker-humblot.de

What are my rights?

  • You can contact us at any time if you have any questions about your rights regarding data protection or if you wish to exercise any of the following rights:
  • Right to withdraw your consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us if you wish to cancel a previously given consent to a newsletter)
  • Right to access your data in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us if you would like to know what data we have stored about you)
  • Right to correct your data in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us if your e-mail address has changed and we should replace your old e-mail address)
  • Right to have your data deleted in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us if you want us to delete certain data that we have stored about you)
  • Right to limit data collection in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us if you do not want us to use your e-mail address for newsletters, but only to send absolutely necessary e-mails)
  • Right to take your data with you in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us to receive your data in a zipped format, if you want to upload it to another website)
  • Right to object how your data is handled in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR (e.g. you can contact us if you do not agree with any user analytics procedures as described within this privacy policy)
  • Right to send complaints to the supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 57 para. 1 f GDPR (e.g. you can contact the data protection supervisory authority directly)

Deletion of data and storage periods

Unless otherwise stated, we will delete or anonymise your data as soon as it is no longer needed (e.g. your e-mail address after you have unsubscribed from our newsletter). Your data will also be deleted or anonymised automatically if the mandatory storage period expires (e.g. those required by law for payment transactions). Such data may be needed for longer periods of time for legal reasons. You can request information about all personal data we have stored about you.

Visiting our website

If you merely wish to browse our website, we do not collect any personal data, with the exception of the data that your browser sends to us, e.g.:

  • IP address (e.g. 96.92.316.example or 2a02:7122:8337:1112:bdb2:651f:example)
  • Approximate location based on IP range (e.g. “Berlin & surrounding area”)
  • Internet provider (e.g. „Unity Media“ or „Deutsche Telekom”)
  • Internet connection speed (e.g. 120 Mbit)
  • Date and time of visit (e.g. 11:45 on 25.05.2018)
  • Last visited website (e.g. google.com)
  • Browser and version (e.g. Chrome v65 or Safari 11.1)
  • Operating system (e.g. Mac OS)
  • Hardware (e.g. Intel processor)

The most interesting thing for you as a visitor to our website is probably your IP address, since this can theoretically be traced back to you as a person. As a safeguard to protect your privacy, we delete or anonymise your IP address after your visit. Therefore, all other data possibly attached to it can no longer be traced back to you. It will only serve anonymous and statistical purposes to optimise our website. The purpose of temporarily storing this data is necessary to establish a connection as well as loading our website the way it was designed to. Such data is therefore required to display the website on your screen, to avoid display problems and other technical error messages. The legal basis is the legitimate interest in accordance with the European data protection requirements under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. In addition, we apply the aforementioned safeguards to protect your data.

Contact forms

When you contact us directly via e-mail we only store your e-mail address and the corresponding content for the purpose of your request and delete it afterwards:

  • Customer number
  • Salutation
  • First name/last name (obligatory)
  • Company
  • Postcode/Street/House number
  • Place/ Country
  • Phone/Fax
  • E-mail address(required)
  • Subject/ Subject area
  • Message or booking request

As a safeguard to protect your privacy, contact is established via an encrypted connection - just like a visit to the rest of the website. In addition, we apply the principle of data minimization and collect only the data actually required in the contact form. After the successful establishment of contact with you and final omission of the contact reason your data are deleted. The purpose of the data requested is to contact you, which is why the data is only used for this purpose. The legal basis is your consent in accordance with the European data protection requirements under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

Applicants Data

We collect and process the personal data of applicants for the purpose of processing the application procedure. Processing may also be carried out electronically. This is particularly the case if an applicant sends corresponding application documents to us by electronic means, for example by e-mail or via a web form on the website. If we conclude an employment contract with an applicant, the data transmitted will be stored for the purpose of processing the employment relationship in compliance with the statutory provisions. If we do not conclude an employment contract with the applicant, the application documents shall be deleted 3 months after notification of the decision of refusal, provided that no other legitimate interests of us stand in the way of deletion. Other legitimate interest in this sense is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the German General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Newsletter

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for the provision of our newsletter. We will therefore only send you a newsletter by e-mail if you confirm in our notification e-mail that you would like to receive our newsletter by clicking on a link. If you confirm your wish to receive the newsletter, we will save your e-mail address for the purpose of sending the newsletter.
Of course you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time, you will find a link in every newsletter. If you click on the link you will be redirected and you can confirm your cancellation in an e-mail. This way we can ensure that the logoff is implemented in all processes. Alternatively, you can contact us using the above contact details.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website. Cookies are small text files that are usually stored in a folder from your browser. Cookies contain information about the current or last visit to our website:

  • Name of the website
  • Expiration date of the cookie
  • Arbitrary value

If cookies do not contain an exact expiration date, they are stored only temporarily and are automatically deleted as soon as you close your browser or restart your device. Cookies with an expiration date will still be stored even when you close your browser or restart your device. Such cookies will not be deleted until the specified date or if you delete them manually. We use the following three types of cookies on our website:

  • Required cookies (we need these, e.g. to display the website correctly for you and to cache certain settings).
  • required cookies (cookies that are required, e.g. to display the website correctly for you and to store certain settings temporarily)
  • functional and performance-related cookies (cookies that help us improve our website, e.g. to evaluate technical data of your visit and avoid error messages)
  • advertising and analytics cookies (cookies that provide analytics and personalized ads, e.g. advertising for shoes is displayed if you have previously searched for shoes)

You can configure, block and delete cookies in your browser settings. If you delete all cookies from our website, some functions of the website may not be displayed correctly. Further information on cookies and how to configure them can be found here in German: https://www.bsi-fuer-buerger.de/BSIFB/DE/Empfehlungen/EinrichtungSoftware/EinrichtungBrowser/Sicherheitsmassnahmen/Cookies/cookies_node.html or here in English https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/online/cookies/

Google Fonts

Google Fonts (https://fonts.google.com) from Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"), a font collection from Google, are used to visually improve the typeface. These fonts are transferred to your browser's storage folder and activated when you visit this website or other websites. If this is not supported, the text on the web page is displayed in a standard font only. To enable this, a request is sent to domains such as fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com, which for technical reasons contains your IP address. However, your data will not be merged with other data or traced back to you personally.
As a safeguard to protect your privacy, we have ensured that by accessing the Google font collection, the data will not be merged with other Google offers, e.g. if you have a Google user account. English information on data protection at Google Fonts confirms this (https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq). In addition, the high security standards of the Google platform and the associated data protection declaration of Google (http://www.google.com/intl/de-DE/privacy) apply. As Google is based in the USA and thus in a so-called third country, further guarantees are required to ensure an appropriate European level of data protection. Google has been certified under the so-called EU-US Privacy Shield and has thus demonstrated an appropriate level of data protection (https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/frameworks/).
The purpose of the data transmission is the correct representation of the fonts in the form set by us. The IP address is required to connect to Google's servers to download the font collection if it is not already stored on the device. The legal basis is the so-called legitimate interest, which has been examined in order to pursue the purpose and within the framework of the aforementioned protective measures and in accordance with the European data protection requirements under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

As a safeguard to protect your privacy, we use an anonymisation procedure, whereby a subsequent evaluation of the data is not based on your person, but only on a statistical basis. You also have the option of completely stopping the analysis using the link above. The purpose of the use is the anonymous analysis of your usage behaviour on our websites. The knowledge gained from this helps us to improve our offer. The legal basis is the so-called legitimate interest, which has been examined in order to pursue the purpose and within the framework of the aforementioned protective measures and in accordance with the European data protection requirements under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Web Analytics with Google (Universal) Analytics

This website uses Google (Universal) Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Inc. (www.google.com). Google (Universal) Analytics uses methods that allow you to analyze the use of the website, such as so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer. The latest information about your use of this website is transmitted from and stored by a Google server in the United States. By activating IP anonymization, this IP address will be truncated before being transmitted within the European Union or in other Contracting States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The anonymized IP address provided by Google Analytics within the framework of Google Analytics will not be merged with other data provided by Google.

You may choose to collect the data through the cookie and prevent your use of the Website (including your IP address) and the processing of this data by Google: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

As a safeguard to protect your privacy, we use an anonymisation procedure, whereby a subsequent evaluation of the data is not based on your person, but only on a statistical basis. You also have the option of completely stopping the analysis using the link above.

Its purpose is the anonymous analysis of your usage behaviour on our websites. The knowledge gained from this helps us to improve our offers. The legal basis is the so-called legitimate interest, which has been examined in order to pursue the purpose and within the framework of the aforementioned protective measures and in accordance with the European data protection requirements under Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO.

Date of the privacy policy: May 2018