Data Privacy

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”) and other national data protection laws of EU countries and other data protection laws is:

Pro Bono Deutschland e.V.
c/o RA Mathias Fischer
Latham & Watkins LLP
Reuterweg 20
60323 Frankfurt am Main
info@pro-bono-deutschland.org
Tel.: 069 60626551

I. Data protection officer
Contact data of the data protection officer: see above.

II. General information about data processing
1. Extent of processing personal data
We will generally collect and use personal data of our users only if and to the extent necessary to make available a functional website and/or to provide our content and services. Personal data of our users generally will be collected and/or used only with the prior consent of the user. An exception applies in cases where obtaining prior consent is practically impossible and where data processing is permitted by applicable law. The types of data we process are as follows:

  • master data (e.g., names, addresses)
  • contact data (e.g., email addresses, telephone numbers)
  • content data (e.g., text entries, photographs, videos)
  • user data (e.g., visited websites, interest in content, access times)
  • meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

2. Legal basis for processing personal data
If we obtain the consent of a data subject for processing personal data, the legal basis for processing such personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”). If we process personal data that are necessary to perform a contract to which the data subject is a party, the legal basis for processing such personal data is Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR. The same applies if processing personal data is necessary to perform pre-contractual measures. If processing personal data is necessary to perform a legal obligation of our company, the legal basis for such data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR. If processing personal data is necessary to protect a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and the interests, fundamental rights and fundamental freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh that legitimate interest, the legal basis for such data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR.

3. Erasure of data and duration of data storage
Personal data of a data subject will be erased or blocked as soon as they are no longer needed for the purposes for which they are stored. Data may also be blocked if provided for by EU or national regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data will also be blocked or erased if recordkeeping obligations under the aforementioned norms expire, unless continued storage of such data is necessary to enter into or perform a contract.

4. Performance of contractual obligations
We process master data (e.g., names, addresses as well as user’s contact data) and contract data (e.g., contact form or application form for membership in our association) to perform our contractual obligations and services in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. For contract formation, the completion of all mandatory boxes in an online-form is required.
When our online-services are being used, we save the IP address and date of the corresponding user action. The retention takes place on the basis of our and the user’s legitimate interests in protection against misuse and other unauthorized usage. A transmission of data to third parties only occurs if it is necessary for the pursuit of our claims or there is a legal obligation according to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c) GDPR.
We process user data (e.g., visited websites, interest in our services) and content data (e.g., entries in online-forms as well as name, telephone number, email addresses) to offer, for example, contracts to the user. This data is not transmitted to third parties.
The data will be erased after the expiry of legal warranty and equivalent obligations. In the case of legal archiving obligations, data will be erased after expiry. Entries in possible customer accounts are saved until they are deleted.

III. Making available the Website and creating log files
1. Description and extent of data processing
When our Website is accessed, our system will automatically collect data and information from the computer system of the terminal device accessing the Website.

In this connection the following data will be collected for a limited time period:

  1. information about the type and version of the browser used (including language configuration),
  2. the operating system of the user,
  3. time zone difference relative to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT),
  4. the IP address of the user,
  5. the date and time of access,
  6. the websites from which the system of the user arrived on our Website,
  7. content of request (specific site)
  8. access status/HTTP-status code
  9. respective quantity of data transmitted

Such data will be stored in log files of our system. Such data are needed only to analyze any malfunctions and will be erased at the latest within seven days. The legal basis for temporarily storing data in log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Temporary storage of the IP address for the system is necessary for making the Website available to the terminal device of the user. For this purpose the IP address of the user must be stored for the duration of the session. Data are stored in log files to ensure the functionality of our Website. In addition, such data are used to optimize the Website and to ensure the security of our IT systems. Data will not be analyzed for marketing purposes in this connection, and we will draw no inferences as to your identity. The aforementioned purposes also provide the basis of our legitimate interest in data processing within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Collecting data to make available the Website and storing data in log files is necessary for operating the Website. Consequently, users have no right to object to the collection or use of such data for the aforementioned purposes.

IV. Contact form
1. Description and extent of data processing
Our website offers a contact form which is mostly used to apply for membership in our association. If a user chooses to contact us this way, the submitted data will be transmitted to us and stored. The data are:

Email address
Name
Question/concern

Alternatively, contact through the provided email address is possible. In this case, the personal data transmitted by the email will be stored.

A transmission of this data to third parties does not occur. The data will only be used for the processing of the request.

2. Legal basis for data processing
If there is a declaration of consent by the user, legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR. The legal basis for data that is transferred as part of the transmission of an email is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. If the email contact aims at the formation of a contract, additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

3. Purpose of data processing
The processing of personal data collected through the contact form is only used for answering the respective request. In the case of contact by email, answering the respective request is the legitimate interest in the data processing.
Other, during the submission of the contact form processed personal data serve the purpose to inhibit a misuse of the contact form and to ensure the security of our IT systems.

4. Duration of data storage
The data will be erased as soon as they are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were stored. In order to prevent fraud and improve the IT support the data will be stored for six months.

5. Possibility to object
Users may at any time revoke their consent to the processing their personal data. If a user contacts us, he may object at any time to the storage of his personal data. In this case, contact cannot be maintained. All personal data, that were stored in the scope of this contact, will be erased.

V. Rights of data subjects
If we process your personal data, you will be a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you will have the following rights against the controller:

1. Right to information
You may demand that the controller confirm whether or not personal data about you are processed by us.
If we do process such data, you may demand the following information from the controller:

  1. the purposes for which your personal data are processed;
  2. the categories of personal data that are processed;
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom your personal data have been or will be disclosed;
  4. how long we plan to store your personal data or, if that time period cannot be ascertained yet, the criteria used to determine how long we will store your personal data;
  5. whether you have a right to rectification or erasure of your personal data, a right to restricted processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
  6. whether you have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
    any available information about the origin of data if they were not collected directly from the data subject; and
  7. whether your personal data will be transferred to any third country or international organization; in connection with such transfers you may demand to be informed of appropriate safeguards within the meaning of Art. 46 GDPR.

2. Right to rectification
You have a right against the controller to have incorrect personal data rectified and/or to have incomplete personal data completed if the personal data we process are incorrect or incomplete. The controller must rectify data without undue delay.

3. Right to restricted processing
Under the following conditions you may demand restricted processing of your personal data:

  1. if you dispute the correctness of your personal data for a time period that allows the controller to review whether your personal data are correct;
  2. if processing is unlawful and you decline to have your personal data erased and instead demand restricted use of your personal data;
  3. if the controller no longer needs your personal data for the purposes for which they are processed, but you need such data to assert, exercise, or defend legal rights or claims, or
  4. if you have objected to processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and it has not yet been determined whether there are overriding legitimate reasons of the controller.

If processing of your personal data is restricted, such data may – except for their storage – be processed only with your consent, or to assert, exercise, or defend legal rights or claims, to protect the rights of another natural person or legal entity, or for reasons related to an important public interest of the European Union or any member state.
If processing of your personal data has been restricted under the aforementioned conditions, you will be notified by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

4. Right to erasure
a) Erasure obligation
You may demand that the controller erase your personal data without undue delay and the controller has an obligation to do so if one of the following reasons applies:

  1. your personal data are no longer needed for the purposes for which they were collected or are otherwise processed;
  2. you have revoked your consent on which the processing of your data is based in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for processing your personal data;
  3. you have objected to processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 para. 1 GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing your personal data, or you object to processing in accordance with Art. 21 para. 2 GDPR;
  4. your personal data have been processed unlawfully;
  5. erasing your personal data is necessary to comply with a legal obligation under European law or member state law to which the controller is subject; or
  6. your personal data were collected with respect to offered information society services within the meaning of Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.

b) Information to third parties
Where the controller has made personal data public and has an obligation under Art. 17, para. 1 to erase such personal data, the controller, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, must take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing such personal data that the data subject has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copies or duplicates of, such personal data.

c) Exceptions
There is no right to erasure if processing personal data is necessary

  1. to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  2. to comply with a legal obligation which requires processing of your personal data under EU or member state law to which the controller subject, or to perform a task that is in the public interest, or to exercise official authority vested in the controller;
  3. for reasons of the public interest in the area of public health within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 2 lit. f) and i) and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR; or
  4. to assert, exercise, or defend legal rights or claims.

5. Right to notification
If you have exercised your right to rectification, erasure, or restricted processing against the controller, the controller has an obligation to notify all recipients to whom your personal data have been disclosed of such rectification, erasure, or restricted processing, unless this proves impossible or would be associated with unreasonable expense.
You have a right to be informed of all such recipients by the controller.

6. Right to data portability
You have a right to receive personal data you have made available to the controller in a structured, standard, and machine-legible format. You also have the right to transfer your personal data to another controller without any interference by the controller to whom the personal data were made available, if

  1. processing is based on consent within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR or on a contract within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 b) GDPR, and
  2. data processing is automated.

In exercising the right to data portability you further have the right to have your personal data transferred directly from one controller to another controller, if and to the extent that this is technically feasible. No rights or freedoms of any other persons may be infringed thereby.
The right to data portability does not apply to processing of personal data that is necessary to perform a task that is in the public interest or to processing of personal data in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

7. Right of objection
You have the right for reasons related to your particular situation to object to processing of your personal data at any time based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) or f) GDPR; the same applies to any profiling based on the aforementioned provisions.
If you object, the controller will no longer process your personal data, unless the controller can show that there are compelling protected reasons for processing your personal data that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or if your data are processed to assert, exercise, or defend legal rights or claims.
If your personal data are processed for direct advertising purposes, you have a right to object to processing of your personal data for purposes of such advertising at any time; the same applies to any profiling associated with such direct advertising.
If you object to processing of your personal data for purposes of direct advertising, your personal data will no longer be processed for such purposes.
In connection with use of information society services you may exercise your right of objection – regardless of Directive 2002/58/EC – by using automated processes for which technical specifications are used. For this purpose you may send an email to our data protection officer.

8. Right to revoke consent to data processing
You have a right to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. If you exercise your right of revocation, the lawfulness of data processing that occurs before revocation based on your consent will remain unaffected.

9. Automated decision in a particular case, including profiling
You have a right not to be subjected to a decision that is made exclusively by means of automated processing – including profiling – if such a decision has legal consequences for you or otherwise substantially impairs your interests. This does not apply if the decision

  1. is necessary to enter into or perform a contract between you and the controller,
  2. is permitted under EU or member state law to which the controller is subject and such law provides for appropriate safeguards to protect your rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests, or
  3. is made with your express consent.

However, such decisions may not be made with respect to special categories of personal data within the meaning of Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) or g) GDPR applies and appropriate safeguards have been implemented to protect your rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests.
In cases 1) and 3) above the controller must implement appropriate safeguards to protect your rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests, which must include, at a minimum, a right to have a person acting on behalf of the controller take action, a right to present your own point of view, and a right to contest the decision.

10. Right to lodge complaint with supervisory authority
Without prejudice to any other available administrative or judicial remedies, you have a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular a supervisory authority located in the member state of your habitual residence, at your workplace, or at the place of the purported infringement, if in your opinion the processing of your personal data violates the GDPR.
The supervisory authority where the complaint is lodged will then notify the complainant of the progress and outcome of the complaint, including judicial remedies available under Art. 78 GDPR.