Privacy Policy - SOLEOS Rechtsanwälte

SOLEOS takes the protection of your personal data very seriously. SOLEOS treats your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations as well as this privacy policy.

The use of the website www.soleos.com is generally possible without providing personal data. If personal data such as name, address, or email address is collected on the pages of SOLEOS, this is, if possible, always done on a voluntary basis. This data will not be passed on to third parties without your explicit consent.

SOLEOS points out that data transmission on the internet, such as communication via email, can have security gaps. Complete protection of data from access by third parties is not possible.

1. Name and Contact Details of the Data Controller
This privacy notice applies to the processing of data by:
SOLEOS Rechtsanwälte Gimple Neuenhahn Partnerschaft mbB
Tal 43, 80331 Munich, Germany
Email: kanzlei@soleos.com;
Phone: +49 (0) 89 / 45 22 423 – 0
Fax: +49 (0) 89 / 45 22 423 – 11

2. Collection and Storage of Personal Data and the Nature and Purpose of Their Use

2.1 Access to the Website

When accessing the website www.soleos.com, information is automatically sent to the server of the SOLEOS website by the browser used on your device. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is collected automatically and stored until automated deletion:

IP address of the requesting computer
Date and time of access by the visitor
Name and URL of the retrieved file
Website from which the access is made (referrer URL)
Browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your computer, as well as the name of your access provider.

The aforementioned data is processed for the following purposes:

Ensuring a smooth connection to the website
Ensuring comfortable use of the SOLEOS website
Evaluating system security and stability, and
For other administrative purposes.

The legal basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. The legitimate interest follows from the purposes of data collection listed above. Under no circumstances does SOLEOS use the collected data to draw conclusions about your person.

Furthermore, SOLEOS uses cookies and analysis services when visiting the website www.soleos.com. Further explanations can be found in sections 4 and 5 of this privacy policy.

2.2 Contact Form

Visitors can send messages to SOLEOS through an online contact form on the website. To receive a response, at least a valid email address is required. Any additional information may be provided voluntarily by the inquiring person. By submitting the message via the contact form, the visitor consents to the processing of the transmitted personal data. The data processing takes place solely for the purpose of handling and responding to inquiries made through the contact form. This occurs based on the voluntarily given consent according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO. The personal data collected for the use of the contact form will be automatically deleted once the inquiry has been processed and there are no reasons for further storage (e.g., subsequent commissioning of SOLEOS).

3. Disclosure of Data
Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. SOLEOS is only authorized to disclose your personal data to third parties if:

You have given your explicit consent as required under Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. a DSGVO,
It is legally permissible and necessary for the fulfillment of contractual relationships with you according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. b DSGVO,
There is a legal obligation to disclose according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. c DSGVO, or
The processing is necessary for the protection of legitimate interests of SOLEOS or a third party according to Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO, unless your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms override it.

4. Cookies
SOLEOS uses cookies on the website www.soleos.com, so-called session cookies. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (PC, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit the website www.soleos.com. Cookies do not cause any damage to your device and do not contain viruses, Trojans, or other malicious software.

Cookies store information related to the specific device used. However, this does not mean that SOLEOS automatically gains knowledge of your identity.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of the SOLEOS offer more convenient for you. Additionally, cookies allow SOLEOS to automatically recognize when you visit www.soleos.com again, that you have visited the site before. Cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser to prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or to always display a notice before a new cookie is set. Disabling cookies completely may, however, result in you being unable to use all the functions of our website.

5. Analytics Tools
The following tracking measures employed by SOLEOS are based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO. SOLEOS uses tracking measures to ensure the appropriate design and continuous optimization of the website. On the other hand, SOLEOS uses these tracking measures to statistically record the use of the website and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing the service offering for you. These interests are considered legitimate in the sense of the aforementioned provision. The data processing purposes and data categories can be found in the corresponding tracking tools.

The legal basis for the use of the analysis tools is your consent in the consent box. You can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future. The website analysis serves the interest of SOLEOS in statistically capturing the page usage to continuously improve the website and the services offered by SOLEOS.

Google Analytics 4

The SOLEOS website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyze the behavior of website visitors. The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, duration of stay, used operating systems, and the user’s origin. This data is compiled into a user ID and assigned to the respective end device of the website visitor.

Moreover, SOLEOS can record, among other things, your mouse and scroll movements and clicks using Google Analytics. Google Analytics also uses various modeling approaches to supplement the recorded datasets and applies machine learning technologies in the data analysis.

Google Analytics uses technologies that allow the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g., cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of the SOLEOS website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

The use of this service is based on your consent under Art. 6 (1) lit. a DSGVO and § 25 (1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

The company has a certification under the “EU-US Data Privacy Framework” (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the USA to ensure compliance with European data protection standards for data processing in the USA. Each company certified under the DPF commits to complying with these data protection standards. Further information can be found here: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/s/participant-search/participant-detail?contact=true&id=a2zt000000001L5AAI&status=Active

Further information on Google Analytics can be found here: https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/de/ and https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

For more information on data processing at Google, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

6. Social Media Plug-ins
The legal basis for the use of social media plug-ins is your consent in the consent box. This consent can be withdrawn at any time with effect for the future. The purpose of using social media plug-ins is to make SOLEOS’ offering known to a wider audience. The social networks are jointly responsible for data protection-compliant handling of user data.

SOLEOS uses social media plug-ins from the social network service LinkedIn on its pages based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f DSGVO to increase its visibility. The functions are provided by:

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, for LinkedIn.

The commercial purpose behind this is considered a legitimate interest under the GDPR. The responsibility for the data protection-compliant operation lies with the respective provider. The integration of the plugin by SOLEOS is done using the so-called two-click method to best protect visitors of the website www.soleos.com. You can recognize the social network plug-ins by the respective logo on the website www.soleos.com.

When you visit a page that contains such a plug-in, a direct connection is established between your browser and the server of the respective network service. The respective network service thus receives the information that you have visited the SOLEOS page with your IP address. If you click the button of one of the network services while logged into your network account, you can link the content of SOLEOS pages to your network profile. This allows the respective network to associate the visit to the SOLEOS pages with your user account. SOLEOS points out that SOLEOS, as the provider of the pages, has no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by the respective network service. If you do not wish the respective network service to associate your visit to the SOLEOS pages with your account, please log out of your network user account before clicking the respective plug-ins. More information can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

7. Borlabs Cookie
The website of SOLEOS uses the consent technology of Borlabs Cookie to obtain your consent for storing certain cookies in your browser or for the use of specific technologies and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Borlabs – Benjamin A. Bornschein, Rübenkamp 32, 22305 Hamburg (hereinafter referred to as Borlabs).

When you visit the website of SOLEOS, a Borlabs cookie will be stored in your browser, in which the consents you have given or the withdrawal of these consents will be stored. This data is not shared with the provider of Borlabs Cookie.

The collected data is stored until you request the deletion of SOLEOS or delete the Borlabs cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory legal retention periods remain unaffected. Further details on data processing by Borlabs Cookie can be found at https://de.borlabs.io/kb/welche-daten-speichert-borlabs-cookie/.

The use of the Borlabs Cookie Consent technology is done to obtain the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. c DSGVO.

8. Rights of the Data Subject
As far as your personal data is processed during the visit of the website of SOLEOS, you as a “data subject” within the meaning of the GDPR have the right:

According to Art. 15 DSGVO, to request information about your personal data processed by SOLEOS. In particular, you can request information on the purposes of processing, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, [if possible, the planned retention period or, if this is not possible, the criteria for determining the retention period, the existence of the right to correction, deletion, restriction of processing, or objection, the existence of a complaint right, the origin of your data, if not collected by SOLEOS, as well as the existence of automated decision-making including profiling and, if applicable, meaningful information about its details;
If incorrect personal data is present, according to Art. 16 DSGVO, to immediately request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning you that is stored by SOLEOS;
According to Art. 17 DSGVO, to request the deletion of your personal data stored by SOLEOS, as long as the processing is not necessary for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, and one of the following reasons applies: (i) the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was processed, (ii) the legal basis for processing was solely your consent, which you have revoked, (iii) you have objected to the processing of your personal data that we made public, (iv) you have objected to the processing of personal data that we have not made public, and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing, (v) your personal data has been unlawfully processed, (vi) the deletion of personal data is required to fulfill a legal obligation to which we are subject. There is no right to deletion if deletion is not possible due to the special nature of non-automated data processing or would involve disproportionate effort, and your interest in deletion is low. In this case, instead of deletion, the restriction of processing will apply.
According to Art. 18 DSGVO, to request the restriction of processing of your personal data if you dispute the accuracy of the data, the processing is unlawful, but you oppose its deletion, and SOLEOS no longer needs the data but you need it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or if you have objected to the processing under Art. 21 DSGVO. Restriction of processing means that personal data may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or to protect the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest. Before SOLEOS lifts the restriction, SOLEOS is obliged to inform you.
You have the right to data portability, provided that the processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 Satz 1 lit. a or Art. 9 Abs. 2 lit. a DSGVO) or a contract to which you are a party and the processing is carried out by automated means. The right to data portability includes, in this case, the following rights, provided that the rights and freedoms of other persons are not affected: according to Art. 20 DSGVO, to receive your personal data that you provided to SOLEOS in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format, or, where technically feasible, to request the transmission to another controller;
According to Art. 7 Abs. 3 DSGVO, to withdraw your consent at any time with respect to SOLEOS. This will result in SOLEOS no longer being allowed to continue processing the data based on this consent in the future. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing that has occurred up to the point of withdrawal;
According to Art. 77 DSGVO, to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In most cases, you can contact the supervisory authority of your habitual residence, your place of work, or the location of the SOLEOS partnership for this purpose if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful.

9. Right to Object
If your personal data is processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data under Art. 21 DSGVO, insofar as there are reasons arising from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right of objection that will be implemented by SOLEOS without the need to provide a specific situation. If you wish to exercise your right of withdrawal or objection, a simple email to kanzlei@soleos.com is sufficient. After the exercise of the right of objection, SOLEOS will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that outweigh your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

10. Data Security
SOLEOS uses appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against accidental or deliberate manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. SOLEOS’s security measures are continually improved in line with technological developments.

11. Currentness and Changes to this Privacy Policy
This privacy policy is currently valid and is as of April 2025.

Due to the further development of the website and the services offered by SOLEOS or due to changes in legal or regulatory requirements, it may be necessary to amend this privacy policy. The latest version of the privacy policy can be accessed at any time on the website at https://soleos.com/datenschutz.