Thank you for your interest in our online presence. The protection of your personal data is a special concern of AMI Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH, AMI Advisory GmbH and AMI Legal (Attorne-at-Law Arnold) (hereinafter "AMIPARTNERS").
In the following data protection declaration, we would like to inform you about the processing of your personal data in accordance with the basic EU data protection regulation (hereinafter "GDPR") within the framework of the website available at www.amipartners.de (hereinafter "website").
1. Person in charge
AMI Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Tal 31
80331 Munich/Germany
T: +49 (89) 71 68 03 18-1
E: info[at]amipartners.de
AMI Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH is represented by the managing director, Certified German Tax Advisor & Attorney-at-Law Martin Arnold. AMI Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH operates the website as sole responsible person. In addition to the website, it also provides information about AMI Advisory GmbH and the law firm Arnold (AMI Legal).
2.Scope and purpose of the processing of personal data
When surfing our website, the personal data or data categories listed below are collected, processed and used to fulfil the purposes stated below:
-Information about the browser used and its version
-Operating system of the mobile device used
-Your Internet Service Provider
-Your IP address -date and time of access
-websites from which you have reached our website (so-called referrer)
-Websites accessed from your system through our website
The processing of this personal data is justified pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR. AMIPARTNERS has a legitimate interest in data processing for the following purposes:
-quickly establishing a connection to the firm's website
-to enable a user-friendly use of the website
-to recognize and guarantee the security and stability of the system and
-to facilitate and improve the administration of the website
The processing is expressly not carried out for the purpose of gaining knowledge about the person visiting the website.
3. Information disclosure
Personal data will be transmitted to third parties if
-in accordance with Article 6 (1), first sentence, letter a) of the GDPR, the person concerned has expressly consented thereto
-the disclosure pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter f) GDPR is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims and there is no reason to assume that the data subject has an overriding interest worthy of protection in not disclosing his/her data
-for the data transmission in accordance with Art. 6, para. 1, sentence 1 lit. c GDPR has a legal obligation, and/or
-this is necessary for the fulfilment of a contractual relationship with the data subject pursuant to Article 6(1), first sentence, letter b) of the GDPR.
In other cases, personal data will not be passed on to third parties.
4. Your rights
In principle, you have the rights to information, correction, deletion, restriction, data transferability, revocation and objection
In addition, you can file a complaint at any time with the competent data protection supervisory authority, for example at your place of residence or at the place of the alleged infringement.
The following data protection supervisory authority is responsible for AMIPARTNERS:
Bavarian State Office for Data Protection Supervision
Promenade 27
91522 Ansbach
5. Data Protection Officer (DPO)
You can contact our data protection officer at:
AMI Steuerberatungsgesellschaft GmbH
Tal 31, 80331 München
Erika Hermann
T:+49 (89) 71 68 03 18-1
E: dpo[at]amipartners.de
6. SSL or TLS encryptiong
This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and for the protection of the transmission of confidential content, such as the inquiries you send to AMIPARTNERS as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection in your browser's address line. If SSL or TLS encryption is activated, the data you transfer to us cannot be read by third parties.
7. Data collection on our website - in detail
a. Cookies
Some of the AMIPARTNERS web pages use cookies. Cookies help make our website more user-friendly, efficient, and secure. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer and saved by your browser.
Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies." They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain in your device's memory until you delete them. These cookies make it possible to recognize your browser when you next visit the site.
You can configure your browser to inform you about the use of cookies so that you can decide on a case-by-case basis whether to accept or reject a cookie. Alternatively, your browser can be configured to automatically accept cookies under certain conditions or to always reject them, or to automatically delete cookies when closing your browser. Disabling cookies may limit the functionality of this website.
Cookies which are necessary to allow electronic communications or to provide certain functions you wish to use are stored pursuant to Art. 6 paragraph 1, letter f GDPR. AMIPARTNERS has a legitimate interest in the storage of cookies to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. If other cookies (such as those used to analyze your surfing behavior) are also stored, they will be treated separately in this privacy policy.
b. Server log files
AMIPARTNERS automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in "server log files". 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
These data will not be combined with data from other sources.
The basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. AMIPARTNERS has a legitimate interest to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors. Therefore server log files have to be stored.
c. Contact form
Should you send AMIPARTNERS questions via the contact form, we will collect the data entered on the contact form, including the details you provide, to answer your question and any follow-up questions. We do not share this information without your permission.
We will, therefore, process any data you enter onto the contact form only with your consent per Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. You may revoke your consent at any time. An informal e-mail making this request is sufficient. The data processed before we receive your request may still be legally processed.
We will retain the data you provide on the contact 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). Any mandatory statutory provisions, especially those regarding mandatory data retention periods, remain unaffected by this provision.
8. Analytics
a. Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies". These are text files that are stored on your computer and that allow an analysis of the use of the website by you. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
Google Analytics cookies are stored based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analyzing user behavior to optimize both its website and its advertising.
b. IP anonymization
AMIPARTNERS has activated the IP anonymization feature on this website. Your IP address will be shortened by Google within the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the United States. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity, and to provide other services regarding website activity and Internet usage for the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with any other data held by Google.
c. Browser plugin
You can prevent these cookies being stored by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. However, we wish to point out that doing so may mean you will not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent the data generated by cookies about your use of the website (incl. your IP address) from being passed to Google, and the processing of these data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
Objecting to the collection of data
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.For more information about how Google Analytics handles user data, see Google's privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en.
d. Outsourced data processing
We have entered into an agreement with Google for the outsourcing of our data processing and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.
9. Plugins and Tools
a. Google Web Fonts
For uniform representation of fonts, this page uses web fonts provided by Google. When you open a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose your browser has to establish a direct connection to Google servers. Google thus becomes aware that our web page was accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web fonts is done in the interest of a uniform and attractive presentation of our website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font is used by your computer.
Further information about handling user data, can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
b. Google Maps
This site uses the Google Maps map service via an API. It is operated by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
To use Google Maps, it is necessary to save your IP address. This information is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer.
The use of Google Maps is in the interest of making our website appealing and to facilitate the location of places specified by us on the website. This constitutes a justified interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
Further information about handling user data, can be found in the data protection declaration of Google at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/.
10. Status and updates of this data protection information
This data protection declaration corresponds to the status stated below. We reserve the right to amend this data protection declaration. We would therefore ask you to review the data protection declaration on an ongoing basis so that you can inform yourself about any changes.Status: January 2020