Privacy Policy:
Website Privacy Policy
Protection of your privacy is an issue being of utmost importance for us as lawyers. We are obliged by law, to keep confidential all information that is sent by you to us. Therefore, protection of your privacy applies for us in two ways, in respect to your use of our internet homepage as well as to the entire client relationship.
Privacy policy for your use of our homepage
When visiting our homepage our web-server automatically collects information from your internet browser for technical reasons.
Therfore, your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your operating system and the type of internet browser software used by you to access our website is usually collected by our server. Please note, that we do not collect any personal information through your browser.
We do not gather any information from you unless you give us this information such as name, postal address and e-mail address enabling us to answer your questions or comments about our services. Incase you transfer such information to us we will use this information only for the purpose for which this information is delivered to us. We will not disclose this information to any third party. Once submitted to us, we will store this information securely in databases. Only authorized personnel is allowed to have access to these databases.
However, please note that transferring information through the internet is never completely secure; any information may be intercepted, collected, used or disclosed by others. We use appropriate technology to minimize this risk.
This Privacy Policy does not apply to hyperlinks to third party web-sites. Furthermore, we are not responsible for the contents of web-sites linked to our web-site.
Our Privacy Policy is effective on June 20, 2009 and we reserve the right to change this policy at any time by posting a new Privacy Policy at this location.
If you have any question about the SIEFEN LAW OFFICE Privacy Policy, please contact us by email to webmaster@siefen-law.com or by phone at +49 (0) 214 830 95 820 or by mail to Am Kuehnsbusch 9, 51375 Leverkusen, Germany.
General Privacy Policy
Attorneys are obliged by law and by professional standards in Germany to keep any information strictly confidential received by their clients. For us being German lawyers we are bound by these regulations and apply them to our client’ relationship independent from the place of residence of our clients.
This obligation of confidentiality applies to all information we receive from you in oral or written form and which has not in the public domain before we receive this information. We collect this information in records according to professional standards in order to be able to fulfil our service requested by you and to comply with these professional standards.
We keep this information confidential and only authorized personel who necessarily have to get in contact with this confidential information and who are obliged to confidentiality will have access to this confidential information. We will disclose this confidential information only if required by law or as agreed by you.
In order to safeguard this confidential information, we maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards which comply with our professional standards.
A special confidentiality clause is part of the client’s agreement which we close with you to fulfil our services to you.
If you have any question relating to our general Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to get in contact to us by email to mail@siefen-law.com or phone at +49 (0) 214 830 95 820 or by mail to Am Kuehnsbusch 9, 51375 Leverkusen, Germany.
