Privacy Policy

We take the protection of your personal data and their confidential treatment very seriously. The processing of your personal data takes place within the framework of the legal provisions of the data protection law of the European Union, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter “GDPR”) and further applicable regulations.

With this privacy policy we inform you about our approach to privacy by explaining why and how we process your personal data and of course we explain your rights. 

1. Name and contact details of the controller as well as operational data protection officer

This data privacy policy shall apply to data processing activities by the following controller: 

Dr. Micha-Manuel Bues

Hanauer Landstraße 175,

60314 Frankfurt am Main,

The data protection officer can be reached as follows: info@legal-tech.blog 

2. Subject matter of data protection

The subject matter of data protection is personal data. This means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’). These include e.g. information such as name, postal address, e-mail address or telephone number.

Specific information on the personal data processed by us can be found below in detail in the data processing operations listed.

3. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the nature and purpose of their processing

a) When visiting the website

When visiting and using our blog-website, the browser used on your end device will automatically send information to the server of our website. This information is temporarily stored in a so-called log file. The following information is recorded without any action on your end and stored until the purpose or legal basis for storage ceases to apply.

  • internet protocol address of the requesting computer
  • date and time of the access
  • website that is viewed
  • browser used

The data mentioned are processed by us for the following purposes:

  • ensuring smooth establishment of the website’s connection
  • ensuring comfortable use of our website
  • evaluation of system safety and stability, as well as
  • other administrative purposes

The legal basis for data processing activities shall be Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests follow from the purposes listed above for data collection. In no case shall we use any collected data for the purpose of drawing conclusions about you as a person.

Furthermore, we use cookies and further services when you visit our website. More detailed explanations on this can be found in sections 6 and 7 of this privacy policy.

b) Subscribing to our Newsletter

If you have consented pursuant to Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR, we will use your email address, name, surname and company affiliation, to send you our newsletter at regular intervals. 

You can revoke your consent at any time for the future., e.g. by using a link at the end of each newsletter. 

c) When using our contact form, email contact or downloading content 

You can contact us via our website contact form. We will use your email address, name, surname and company affiliation to answer your request.

Besides, we offer several possibilities to contact us by email addresses provided on our website. Any personal data transmitted via email will be stored in the respective email. We will always try to avoid any unsolicited contact. The legal basis for data processing activities shall be Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests follows from the fact to reply to your questions and stay in contact with you.

The legal basis for data processing activities shall be Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR, your consent. 

d) Additional Purposes for Processing

The data mentioned above are also processed by us for the following purposes:

  • To enable you to take part in events or complete surveys 
  • To provide, maintain, improve, and enhance our services 
  • To understand and analyze how you use our services and develop new products, services, features, and functionalities and deliver relevant website content or measure the effectiveness of our advertising activities 
  • To find and prevent fraud, and respond to trust and safety issues that may arise; and 
  • For compliance purposes, including enforcing our legal rights, or as may be required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency 
  • Procurement of goods and services

The legal basis for data processing activities shall be Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interests follow from the purposes listed above for data collection.

4. Categories of recipients

Your personal data will be disclosed to the following parties: 

a) Legal Tech Blog Team

We may share your personal data with our affiliates, when supporting us in the processing activity. The legal basis for such transfer is our blog’s legitimate interest as we provide services with cross-country teams, to guarantee smooth operations. When personal data is leaving the European Union, necessary contractual safeguards have been put in place.   

b) Third party recipients 

We may engage third parties. These may be: 

  • companies and individuals (e.g. freelancer, consultants) who assist us in providing our services (e.g. marketing services). 
  • those receiving personal data as required by law (for example if required by a court order) and under similar circumstances. 

5. Transferring your personal data

Your personal data will be e.g. shared with third parties and partly their sub-processors based also outside of the European Economic Area. Third parties will only use your personal data to the extent necessary to perform their functions.

Those to be mentioned are the following:

  • Google LLC; 
  • LinkedIn Inc.; 
  • Twitter Inc.;
  • Getty Images Inc.;
  • Automattic, Inc.

5. Cookies

We would like to provide you with a pleasant online experience with our website and use cookies for this purpose within the framework of Article 6 (1)(a) GDPR or Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR. 

For this purpose, we use various cookies to ensure the functionality of our website and to make the website as informative and user-friendly as possible for you. It is important to us that you surf comfortably on our website and therefore the constant optimization of our website is of great importance to us. 

Here you can find out which cookies we use on our website, how they work and how you can object to the processing of your personal data in detail or delete the personal data collected here.

You can deactivate some cookies by setting an opt-out cookie. 

In addition, you can delete individual cookies or the entire cookie stock via your browser settings. Information and instructions on how to delete these cookies or block their storage in advance can be found, depending on the provider of your browser, under the following links: 

If you do not allow technically required cookies, performance cookies and/or functional cookies, we would like to inform you that certain functionalities on our website are no longer available or are only available to a limited extent.

7. Integration of further services

Name of the service Service provider Description of the service Legal basis Link to the privacy policy of the provider
Vimeo  Vimeo, Inc, 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA  Integration of video content on the website  Article 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR  https://vimeo.com/privacy
YouTube  Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House Barrow Street Dublin 4, D04E5W5, Irland  Integration of video content on the website  Article 6(1)(1)(f) GDPR  https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de 

8. Deleting your personal data

Your personal data will be retained as long as necessary to fulfil the legitimate purpose(s) for the processing and as long as required by law.

9. Rights of the data subject

You have the right: 

  • to demand information in accordance with Article 15 GDPR regarding the processing of your personal data by us. In particular, you may request information on the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data, the categories of recipient to whom your data have been or are disclosed, the envisaged storage period, the existence of the right to rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or objection, the right to lodge a complaint, the source of your data to the extent that these were not collected at our site, and the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling and any meaningful information on its details; 
  • in accordance with Article 16 GDPR, obtain the rectification of any inaccurate personal data stored by us or completion of such data without undue delay; 
  • in accordance with Article 17 GDPR, obtain the erasure of your personal data stored by us, to the extent that processing is not required for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information, for compliance with a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; 
  • in accordance with Article 18 GDPR, obtain the restriction of processing of your personal data, to the extent that the accuracy of the data is contested by you, processing is unlawful, but you oppose erasure and we no longer need the personal data, but you still require them for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or you have objected to processing pursuant to Article 21 GDPR; 
  • in accordance with Article 20 GDPR, demand to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or to demand transmission to another controller; 
  • in accordance with Article 7(3) GDPR, to withdraw your consent once given to us towards us at any time. This has the consequence that we may no longer continue the data processing activities that were based on this consent in future and 
  • in accordance with Article 77 GDPR, lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Usually, you may contact the supervisory authority at your habitual residence or place of work or our registered office for this. 

10. Right to object

As far as your personal data are processed based on legitimate interests in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object to processing of your personal data in accordance with Article 21 GDPR, to the extent that there are grounds relating to your particular situation or the objection is targeted against direct marketing. In the latter case, you have a general right to object that will be implemented by us without any indication of a particular situation. 

If you want to exercise your withdrawal right or right to object, simply send us an email to info@legal-tech.blog.

11. How to exercise your rights

You can also exercise the rights listed above at any time by contacting us at info@legal-tech.blog.

12. Further information

In accordance with Article 13(2)(e) GDPR we would like to inform you about the following:

The provision of personal data is neither a statutory nor contractual requirement, nor a requirement necessary to enter into a contract. You are not obliged to provide the personal data. There are no consequences resulting from failure to provide such data.

13. Data security

We use appropriate technical and organisational security measures in order to protect your data from accidental or wilful manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorised access by third parties.  Our security measures are continuously improved in response to technological developments and the ever changing threat landscape. 

14. Third Parties

Our website may contain links to other websites, products, or services that we do not own or operate. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy does not apply to your activities on these third party services or any information you disclose to these third parties. We encourage you to read their privacy policies before providing any information to them.

15. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect, maintain, or use personal information from children under 13 years of age, and no part of our website is directed to children. If you learn that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of this Privacy Policy, then you may alert us at info@legal-tech.blog.

16. Topicality and changes of this data privacy statement

This data privacy statement is currently valid as of January 2022. 

Further development of our website and offers through it or changed statutory or authority specifications may require changes to this data privacy statement. You may call and print the respective current data privacy statement at any time on the website. If we materially change the ways in which we use or share personal data previously collected from you, we will notify you through the website, by email, or other communication.