Privacy policy

The legal professional title of notary was awarded to each of us by the Federal Republic of Germany (Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia).
The professional regulations applicable to the exercise of our activities:
Federal Notarial Code (BNotO)
Notarization Act (BeurkG)
Guidelines for the official duties and other duties of members of the Rhenish Chamber of Notaries (Guidelines of the Rhenish Chamber of Notaries)
Service regulations for notaries (DONot)
Ordinance on the Maintenance of Notarial Files and Directories (NotAktVV)
Court and Notary Costs Act (GNotKG)

Data protection information

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The following data protection information provides you with information about https://bg-notar.de personal data processed by the notary Benno Garschina as data controller (Art. 4 No. 7 GDPR) (Art. 4 No. 1 GDPR) as well as the purposes and legal bases on which this processing (Art. 4 No. 2 GDPR) takes place. With this information, the data controllers also fulfill their data protection information obligations pursuant to Art. 12, 13 GDPR when collecting data from the data subject, in this case the visitor to the website. https://bg-notar.de, according to.

Information according to Art. 13 GDPR

Identity of the person responsible:
Operation of the website https://bg-notar.de is carried out under the responsibility (Art. 26 GDPR) of the notary Benno Garschina, with office in 53173 Bonn Bad Godesberg, Ubierstraße 94. The person responsible can be contacted by telephone at: 0228-367750 and by e-mail at: info@bg-notar.de reachable.
For you as a visitor to the website at https://bg-notar.de notary Benno Garschina assumes the fulfillment of data subject rights, in particular according to Art. 12-21 GDPR. However, according to Art. 26 para. 3 GDPR, you are free to assert these rights against the notary Benno Garschina.

Data Protection Officer:
The joint controllers have appointed a company data protection officer. This officer can be contacted as follows: BG Notar, Data Protection Officer, Mainzer Straße 34, 53179 Bonn, e-mail: datenschutz@bg-notar.de
Categories of personal data that are processed:
Visitor data, IP addresses, device and domain data of visitors and customers, date and time of a request, time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), content of the request (specific page), access status/HTTP status code, amount of data transferred in each case, website from which the request comes, browser, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software, path of the requested resource, information on success or forwarding or error status of the access.
Statistical data
Session cookies, i.e. cookies that are deleted at the end of the session or after a longer period of inactivity or when the browser is closed

Processing purposes:
The collection of personal data and its processing by the controller pursues the following purposes:
Defense against claims for payment, performance, avoidance, injunctive relief and/or damages by third parties, in particular users of the website, customers and other third parties
Operation and optimization of the website
Providing information about the services offered by the responsible parties and the range of tasks involved in notarial work
Fulfillment of statutory information, notification, disclosure and retention obligations

Information on data origin:
Personal data is collected from the data subject (user of the website).

Legal bases of the processing:
The legal bases for processing are as follows:
The existence of consent pursuant to 6 I lit. a) GDPR
If consent has been given, the data subject has the right to withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
6 I lit. b) GDPR and/or Art. 6 I lit. c) GDPR
6 I lit. f) GDPR, insofar as corporate communication, company presentation and/or product presentation purposes are affected or the defense against claims for payment, performance, avoidance, injunctive relief and/or damages by third parties is concerned.

Criteria for storage duration:
Personal data is processed until the purpose of collection or - in the case of further processing - the purpose of further processing has been fully achieved. Once the purpose has been fully achieved, the data is deleted. The controller also has a review and erasure concept that ensures the regular review of erasure obligations.
Visitor data is deleted for a maximum period of 7 days after visiting our website.
Session cookies are deleted at the end of the session or after a longer period of inactivity or when the browser is closed.
Recipients of personal data:
Processors, such as technical service providers
Courts, authorities and/or enforcement bodies in connection with the defense against claims for payment, performance, rescission and/or damages by third parties and in the context of the fulfillment of legal obligations of the controller, for example under tax law or the fight against money laundering or terrorism
Representatives of legal advisory professions in connection with the defense against claims for payment, performance, rescission and/or damages by third parties

Your rights as a data subject affected by data processing:
You have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller in accordance with Art. 15 to 22 GDPR:
Right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability.
Right to object to processing based on the legitimate interests of the controller or a third party (Art. 6 I lit. f. GDPR).
Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
In accordance with Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully. The address of the supervisory authority responsible for our law firm is

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information North Rhine-Westphalia
Kavalleriestraße 2-4
40213 Düsseldorf
Phone: 0211/38424-0
Fax: 0211/38424-10
E-mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de

Further data protection notices and information
Server data
Furthermore, information about the resources accessed is stored on the application server. This storage includes software error logs if corresponding errors occur. However, no references to the incoming requests are stored. This is therefore anonymized data that is recorded solely for the purpose of error detection and error analysis. This data is completely deleted after 7 days.
A statistical evaluation of the log files only takes place to detect attacks and defend against them. No further analyses are carried out and no user profiles are generated or created.

Use of cookies
A cookie is a small file that is stored on a visitor's computer as soon as they access a website. When the visitor returns to this website, the cookie indicates that this is a repeat visit. We transfer cookies to your computer's hard disk via your web browser and can read them during your current visit to our website and on subsequent visits within a year. Our cookies are protected against being read by third parties with the help of your browser's security standards. The main purpose of cookies is to make your use of our website as convenient as possible. Should you nevertheless wish to deactivate cookies, you can use the help function in the menu bar of the web browser you are using to find out which settings you need to make to prevent the storage of new cookies. There you will also find information about other cookie settings, e.g. information and warning functions for deleting existing cookies. To ensure unrestricted and trouble-free use of our website, we recommend that you leave the cookie functions fully activated.
If you do not want cookies to be stored on your device to measure reach, you can object to the use of these files via the following websites, among others:
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/
http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2#!/
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1#!/

Use of Google Maps
We use the "Google Maps" component of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA, hereinafter referred to as "Google", on our website.
Each time the "Google Maps" component is called up, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and data when the page on which the "Google Maps" component is integrated is displayed. As a rule, this cookie is not deleted when the browser is closed, but expires after a certain period of time, unless you delete it manually beforehand.
If you do not agree with this processing of your data, you have the option of deactivating the "Google Maps" service and thus preventing the transfer of data to Google. To do this, you must deactivate the Java Script function in your browser. However, we would like to point out that in this case you will not be able to use "Google Maps" or only to a limited extent.
The use of "Google Maps" and the information obtained via "Google Maps" is subject to the Google Terms of Use and the additional terms and conditions for "Google Maps".

Use of Google Web Fonts
This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font will be used by your computer.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found here and in Google's privacy policy.

Online forms
Our website is linked to a button for online data collection, which gives you the opportunity to send us data via an online form. If you use this online service from NotarNow (LegalNow GmbH, Lena-Christ-Straße 2, 82031 Grünwald, Germany), your details, including the contact details you provide there, will be automatically stored on the NotarNow servers for a short time for the purpose of processing the request and in the event of follow-up questions and then forwarded to us. Data transmission is encrypted using transport encryption via Secure Socket Layer (SSL/TLS).
The data is stored solely for the purpose of processing or contacting the data subject. The data will not be passed on to other third parties. The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, provided that your request is related to the fulfillment of a contract or is necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of the inquiries addressed to us (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR), if this has been requested.
We will retain the data you provide on the online form until you request its deletion, revoke your consent for its storage, or the purpose for its storage no longer pertains (e.g. after fulfilling your request). Mandatory statutory provisions - in particular retention periods - remain unaffected.
When using the "cache" function, your online form entries are encrypted and stored anonymously for 30 days. If the online form is not sent to us within these 30 days, the form entries will be deleted automatically. A request for deletion on your part is not necessary in this case.