Privacy Policy

1. Data protection information

The following data protection information tells you about the personal data (Art. 4 no. 1 GDPR) processed by the debt collection company debitplus GmbH, Lampestrasse 2, D-04107 Leipzig (hereinafter: debitplus) at https://www.debitplus.de as the controller under data protection law (Art. 4 no. 7 GDPR), as well as the purposes and legal bases on which this processing (Art. 4 no. 2 GDPR) takes place. With this information, debitplus also fulfills its data protection information obligations, which the controller has pursuant to Art. 12, 13 GDPR when collecting data from the data subject – in this case the visitor to the website https://www.debitplus.de.

2. Information pursuant to Art. 13 GDPR

Identity of the controller:

For data collected at https://www.debitplus.de, debitplus GmbH, Lampestrasse 2, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany, phone: +49 (0) 341 12 46 69 880, fax: +49 (0) 341 12 46 69 890, info(at)debitplus.de, is the controller within the meaning of Art. 4 no. 7 GDPR.

Data protection officer pursuant to Art. 37 GDPR, Section 38 BDSG

You can reach the data protection officer of debitplus GmbH pursuant to Art. 37 GDPR, Section 38 BDSG at: debitplus GmbH, Lampestrasse 2, D-04107 Leipzig, Data Protection Officer, email: datenschutz(at)debitplus.de.

Categories of personal data 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 originates, browser, operating system and its interface, language and version of the browser software, path of the requested resource, information about the success, redirection or error status of the access.
  • Session cookies, i.e. cookies that are deleted when the session ends, after a longer period of inactivity, or when the browser is closed.

Purposes of processing:

The collection and processing of personal data by debitplus serves the following purposes:

  • Operation of the website
  • Providing information about the controller’s legal services and advisory offering
  • Acquisition of new customers and clients
  • Presentation of the company and its services
  • Fulfillment of statutory information, notification, disclosure and retention obligations

Information on the origin of the data:

Personal data is collected from the data subject (visitor to the website https://www.debitplus.de).

Legal bases of processing:

The following may serve as legal bases for processing:

  • The existence of consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Where such consent exists, the data subject has the right to withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of withdrawal.
  • Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR and/or Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR
  • Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, where corporate communication, corporate presentation and/or service presentation purposes are concerned, or where the defense against payment, performance, avoidance, injunctive relief and/or damages claims by third parties is at issue.

Criteria for the storage period:

Personal data is processed until the purpose of collection – or, in the case of further processing, the purpose of that further processing – has been fully achieved. Once the purpose has been fully achieved, the data is deleted. The controller also has a review and deletion concept in place that ensures regular verification of deletion obligations.

Visitor data is deleted no later than 30 days after the visit to the domain https://www.debitplus.de.

Session cookies are deleted when the session ends, after a longer period of inactivity, or when the browser is closed.

Recipients of personal data:

  • Processors, such as technical service providers, providers of tracking technologies, etc.
  • Representatives of the legal professions (in connection with the defense against payment, performance, avoidance, injunctive relief and/or damages claims by third parties)

Transfer of data to third countries

Where we transfer data to third countries (outside the European Union or the European Economic Area), or where such a transfer occurs in connection with the use of third-party services, this only takes place if the specific requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are met. In particular, the transfer is carried out on the basis of the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses, or appropriate safeguards and a compelling statutory basis for the transfer are in place.

Information on the obligation of the data subject to provide data

Providing personal data is in part required by law (e.g. under tax law or anti-money-laundering requirements). Furthermore, you may be obliged to provide us with the personal data required for the establishment, performance and termination of contractual relationships with us and for the fulfillment of the associated contractual obligations. Without this data, we are generally unable to perform contracts with you and/or to meet our legal obligations. If you would like to subscribe to our firm’s newsletter, we need an email address. In the interest of the greatest possible transparency under data protection law, we point out any obligations to provide information in individual cases separately, before the specific data collection takes place.

Your rights as a data subject

You have the following rights vis-à-vis our company pursuant to 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 (1) (f) GDPR).

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of your personal data is unlawful. The address of the supervisory authority responsible for our company is:

State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of Saxony Saxon Data Protection Commissioner Bernhard-von-Lindenau-Platz 1 01067 Dresden Germany

Phone: +49 351 493-5401 Fax: +49 351 493-5490 Email: sachsdsb(at)slt.sachsen.de

3. Further data protection notices and information

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 they access this website again, the cookie indicates that this is a repeat visit. We transfer cookies to your computer’s hard drive via your web browser and can read them during your current visit to our website and on subsequent visits within one year. Our cookies are protected against being read by third parties by your browser’s security standards. The essential purpose of cookies is to make using our services as convenient as possible for you. Should you nevertheless wish to disable cookies, you can use the help function in the menu bar of your web browser to find out which settings you need to change in order to prevent new cookies from being stored. There you will also find information about further cookie settings, such as notification and warning functions and the deletion of existing cookies. To ensure unrestricted and trouble-free use of our website, we recommend leaving cookie functions fully enabled.

If you do not want cookies for audience measurement to be stored on your device, you can also 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#!/

Server data

In addition, information about the resources accessed is stored on the application servers. This storage includes software error logs where corresponding errors occur. However, no references to the incoming requests are stored. This is therefore anonymized data, collected solely for the purpose of error detection and error analysis. This data is deleted completely after 30 days.

Log files are analyzed statistically only in order to detect and defend against attacks. No further analyses are carried out, and no user profiles are generated or created.

Use of Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to display fonts consistently. When you access a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display text and fonts correctly. If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer is used.

You can find further information about Google Web Fonts at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

Use of OpenStreetMap

This website includes a map showing the location of our company. This map uses data from OpenStreetMap, a free project whose purpose is to collect freely usable geodata and hold it in a database for anyone to use (open data). In order for the map to be displayed to you, information about your use of this website, including your IP address, is transmitted to OpenStreetMap. These services are operated for the OSM community by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom. In addition, a so-called session cookie is stored on the visitor’s computer. For details, please see the “Cookies” section. You can find out how OpenStreetMap stores your data on the OpenStreetMap privacy page and here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ

Links to other websites

Our website contains links to external third-party websites over whose content we have no influence. We therefore cannot accept any liability for this third-party content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their content. The linked pages were checked for possible legal infringements at the time they were linked. No unlawful content was identifiable at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the content of linked pages is not reasonable without specific indications of an infringement. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

Cookies and access reporting to VG Wort

We use “session cookies” from Verwertungsgesellschaft WORT (VG WORT), a collecting society, Untere Weidenstrasse 5, 81543 Munich, Germany, www.vgwort.de, to measure access to texts in order to record the copying probability. Session cookies are small units of information that a provider stores in the memory of the visitor’s computer. A session cookie stores a randomly generated unique identification number, known as a session ID. A cookie also contains information about its origin and its storage period. Session cookies cannot store any other data. These measurements are carried out by INFOnline GmbH using the Scalable Central Measurement Method (SZM). They help determine the copying probability of individual texts in order to remunerate the statutory claims of authors and publishers. We do not collect any personal data via cookies.

Many of our pages contain JavaScript calls through which we report access figures to VG Wort. This allows our authors to participate in VG Wort’s distributions, which secure the statutory remuneration for uses of copyright-protected works pursuant to Section 53 UrhG.

Our services can also be used without cookies. Most browsers are set to accept cookies automatically. However, you can disable the storage of cookies or set your browser to notify you whenever cookies are sent.

Google reCAPTCHA

The controller has integrated the Google reCAPTCHA component from Google Inc. (1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA; “Google”) on this website. It serves to distinguish whether input is made by a human or by automated, machine processing. The query includes sending the IP address and, where applicable, further data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and used further there. However, your IP address is first truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of reCAPTCHA is not merged with other Google data. Your data may also be transferred to the USA.

For the transfer of data to the USA, please see the section “Transfer of data to third countries.”

By submitting the query, you consent to the processing of your data. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR with your consent. You can withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of withdrawal.

Further information about Google reCAPTCHA and the associated privacy policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

  • Browser type and browser version
  • Operating system used
  • Referrer URL
  • Host name of the accessing computer
  • Time of the server request
  • IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for the data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, which permits the processing of data for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures.

VG Wort privacy policy on the use of the Scalable Central Measurement Method

Our website and our mobile web offering use the “Scalable Central Measurement Method” (SZM) of INFOnline GmbH (https://www.infonline.de) to determine statistical parameters for establishing the copying probability of texts. Anonymous measured values are collected in the process. To recognize computer systems, the access measurement uses either a session cookie or a signature created from various pieces of information automatically transmitted by your browser. IP addresses are processed only in anonymized form. The method was developed with data protection in mind. The sole aim of the method is to determine the copying probability of individual texts. Individual users are never identified. Your identity always remains protected. You will not receive any advertising via the system.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analytics service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses so-called “cookies”. These are text files stored on your computer that enable an analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google Analytics cookies are stored on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior in order to optimize both its website and its advertising.

IP anonymization

We have activated the IP anonymization function on this website. As a result, your IP address is truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other states party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area before being transferred to the USA. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transferred to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide the website operator with further services relating to website and internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics is not merged with other Google data.

Browser plugin

You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software settings accordingly; please note, however, that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website to their full extent. You can also prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Contacting us

If you send us inquiries via the contact form or by email, your details from the inquiry form, including the contact data you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We do not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of the data entered in the contact form therefore takes place exclusively on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. An informal message to us by email is sufficient. The lawfulness of the data processing operations carried out up to the point of withdrawal remains unaffected by the withdrawal. The data you enter in the contact form remains with us until you ask us to delete it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. once your inquiry has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular retention periods – remain unaffected.