PRIVACY POLICY

1. Name and contact details of the controller

This privacy policy provides information about the processing of personal data on the website of Carola Helwig

Responsible: Carola Helwig
Address: Mansteinstraße 6, 20253 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 43275045, Fax: +49 40 43275044
Mail: info@kulturkompass.asia

The effective protection of the personal and other sensitive data provided is an important concern. We protect all personal data and only use it in accordance with data protection regulations. Below are some explanations:

We observe the principle of data avoidance. As far as possible, we refrain from collecting personal data.

The use of our website is possible without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (e.g. name, address or e-mail addresses) is collected on our website, this is done solely on a voluntary basis, for example via the contact form. This data is not passed on to third parties. The data made available to us will only be stored by us for as long as is necessary to fulfill the respective purpose for which the data transmission serves or to comply with legal regulations.

Ms. Carola Helwig is responsible for the collection, processing and use of personal data within the meaning of the Federal Data Protection Act.

2. Data protection rights

I would like to draw your attention to your general rights regarding the protection of your personal data.

You have the right to

• in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR, to request information about your personal data processed by us. In particular, you can request information about the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the existence of a right to lodge a complaint, the origin of your data if it was not collected by us , as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information on its details;

• in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR, to immediately request the correction of incorrect or incomplete personal data stored by us;

• in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfill a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;

• in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims or you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;

• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to request that it be transferred to another controller. Upon request, we will provide you with a list of your personal data stored by us.

• in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR, to withdraw your consent once given to us at any time. The consequence of this is that we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future and

• to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace or my place of practice. The competent supervisory authority is the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 22, 20459 Hamburg, Germany

My legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above. Under no circumstances do I use the data collected for the purpose of drawing conclusions about your person.

Data protection officer
The appointment of a data protection officer is not legally required for my company.

Collection of personal data when visiting the website
If this website is used without entering data via the contact form, only the personal data that the browser transmits to the server is collected. When viewing the website, the following data is collected, which is technically necessary to display the website and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR):
• IP address
• Date/time of the request
• Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time
• Content of the request (specific page)
• Access status/HTTP status code
• Amount of data transferred
• Website from which the request originates
• browser
• Operating system/interface
• Language/version of the browser software.
The IP address is deleted from all systems used in connection with the operation of this website after 7 days at the latest. No personal reference can be made from the remaining data. The retention period of the log data of 7 days corresponds to the applicable jurisdiction.

Cookies
So-called cookies are used on the website. These are data packets that are exchanged between the server of the law firm’s website and the visitor’s browser. These are stored by the devices used (PC, notebook, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit the website. In this respect, cookies cannot cause any damage to the devices used. In particular, they do not contain viruses or other malware. Information is stored in the cookies that results in each case in connection with the specific end device used. Under no circumstances can the law firm obtain direct knowledge of the identity of the visitor to the website.
Cookies are largely accepted according to the basic browser settings. The browser settings can be configured in such a way that cookies are either not accepted on the devices used or that a special message is displayed before a new cookie is created. However, it should be noted that deactivating cookies may mean that not all functions of the website can be used in the best possible way.
The use of cookies serves to make the use of the law 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 on the visitor’s device for a temporary period. When the website is visited again, it is automatically recognized that the visitor has already visited the site 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 analyze visits to the website for statistical purposes and to improve the service. These cookies make it possible to automatically recognize on a new visit that the website has already been accessed by the visitor. The cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period of time.
The data processed by cookies are justified for the above-mentioned purposes to safeguard the legitimate interests of the law firm in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR.

Analysis services for websites, tracking
We use the website analysis service for websites from Google Analytics on our website.
The legal basis for the use of analysis tools is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR. The website analysis is in the legitimate interest of our law firm and serves to statistically record page usage in order to continuously improve our law firm’s website and the services we offer.
The provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.
You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

Contact, information, revocation, blocking, deletion
Unless a more specific storage period has been specified in this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing no longer applies. If you assert a justified request for deletion or revoke your consent to data processing, your data will be deleted unless we have other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case, deletion will take place after these reasons no longer apply.

You can object to the use of your personal data for the future at any time free of charge, arrange for partial or complete deletion or blocking or request information about the stored data or its correction, insofar as this is applicable to the stored data. This can be done informally, for example by sending an e-mail to E-mail to: info@kulturkompass.asia

Data security
Technical and organizational measures protect data from loss, alteration or unauthorized access. These security measures are continuously adapted and improved in line with technological developments.

Updating/changes
Parts of the privacy policy may be changed or updated if necessary – a separate message will not be sent. It is therefore recommended that you check the privacy policy when necessary.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

You have the right to complain about the processing of personal data by us to one of the data protection supervisory authorities.

You can do this, for example, with the supervisory authority responsible for us.

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Thomas Fuchs

Ludwig-Erhard-Straße 22, 20459 Hamburg

Website with further contact details:

https://www.datenschutz-hamburg.de

Status of the privacy policy: February 2025