This is a translation for convenience. The German version is the legally binding text.
Controller
Dr. Christoph Brandenburg, Rechtsanwalt
Bothmerstraße 14, 80634 Munich, Germany
office@brandenburg.legal
Technical data collected when the site is accessed
This website is hosted by INWX GmbH, Prinzessinnenstraße 30, 10969 Berlin. A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with the provider. When this website is accessed, the hosting provider automatically records technical data: IP address, browser type, time of access, page requested. This data serves solely to ensure technical operation and is deleted after two months at the latest. No identification of individuals takes place. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in technical operation).
Contact by e-mail
If you contact us by e-mail, the data transmitted is stored in order to answer your enquiry and, where applicable, to initiate a client relationship. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (pre-contractual measures) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in responding). The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of processing and no professional or statutory retention obligation applies.
Data processing within the client relationship
Within a client relationship, the data required to handle the matter (identification data, contact data, matter-related information) is processed. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The professional retention period is six years after the end of the calendar year in which the matter was concluded (section 50 BRAO); longer tax, commercial or professional retention periods remain unaffected. Matter-related data is additionally subject to the lawyer's duty of confidentiality (section 43a(2) BRAO).
Cookies and tracking
This website sets no cookies and uses no tracking or analytics tools. No information is stored on your terminal equipment and no access to such information takes place within the meaning of section 25 TDDDG.
Video conferences via Microsoft Teams
The Microsoft Teams video conferencing service may be used for online meetings. The provider is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA. Processing takes place on the basis of a data processing agreement. The data processed includes in particular the IP address, conversation content, e-mail address, name and, where applicable, further service-related data of the participants.
The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of the client relationship) or Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in efficient communication).
When Microsoft Teams is used, personal data may be transferred to servers outside the European Economic Area, in particular in the USA. An adequacy decision of the EU Commission exists for the USA (EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework); Microsoft is certified under this framework. The EU Commission's standard contractual clauses apply in addition.
Participation in a video conference is voluntary. Telephone, e-mail or in-person meetings are available as alternatives.
Security of data transmission
Data is transmitted via a TLS-encrypted connection (https).
No automated individual decision-making
No automated decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place.
Your rights
You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR), data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) and objection (Art. 21 GDPR).
Complaints may be addressed to the competent supervisory authority:
Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht
Promenade 27, 91522 Ansbach, Germany
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR)
Where personal data is processed on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, you have the right to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to such processing. The data will then no longer be processed unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
Status: August 2026