Privacy policy

1. Introduction

Confidentiality and the protection of our clients’ privacy are particularly important to our notary’s office. We (the controller) would like to inform you below about what information we collect when you visit our website and how personal data is used. Personal data is all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, IP address, e-mail address, account data, family relationships, ownership structure and user behavior.

2. Contact details

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for the processing of personal data is:

Dr. Max Bärnreuther
Markt 29-31
08412 Werdau
Phone: 03761 18170
E-mail:

The appointed data protection officer is the Gesellschaft für notariellen Datenschutz mit beschränkter Haftung (GNotDS), Ehrensteinstraße 33, 04105 Leipzig, e-mail: .

3. Automatic storage of data by visiting our website

When using the website for information purposes only, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server and that is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security. The following information is collected:

IP address
Date and time of the request
Content of the request (specific page)
Access status/HTTP status code
amount of data transferred
Website from which the request comes
Browser
Operating system and its interface
Language and version of the browser software.

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user. The data is deleted after seven days at the latest.

The legal basis for the processing of the data is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. e) GDPR.

4. Contact via the website

When you contact us by e-mail, the data you provide (your e-mail address, your name, the subject mager and your telephone number, if applicable) will be stored by us so that we can process your request and, if necessary, arrange an appointment with you. We delete the data arising in this context after storage is no longer required, or restrict processing if there are statutory retention obligations.

We initially process this data in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR, insofar as this is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract or pre-contractual measures. Subsequent processing takes place if we are legally obliged to do so (lit. c)) or if it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the
public interest (lit. e)).

Please note that the confidentiality of information sent by e-mail cannot be guaranteed. We therefore recommend that you only send us confidential information by post. Your data will only be used by us to process your request. Your data will be treated as strictly confidential.

5. Technical infrastructure for processing

Our website is technically maintained by Sobotta IT GmbH, https://www.sobotta-it.de/impressum, Thomas-Müntzer-Straße 1 04207 Leipzig as an external recipient of data processing on our behalf and in accordance with our specifications.

6. Approach

Link to Google Maps

A link to Google Maps is displayed on our website. If you click on this link, you will leave our website and be redirected to Google Maps (a service of Google Ireland Limited Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4 Ireland). Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing can be found in Google’s privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and sejng options to protect your privacy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

7. YouTube

A link to YouTube is displayed on our website to show you relevant content. YouTube is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4 Ireland. If you click on this link, you will leave our website and be redirected to YouTube. There you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/

8. Collection of further data

No further data collection takes place when using our website.

9. Your rights

Please contact us at any time if you would like to find out what personal data we store about you or if you would like to have it corrected or deleted. Please understand that requests for information from us may only be answered if this does not conflict with notarial professional secrecy in accordance with Section 18 BnotO. Furthermore, you have the right to restrict processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and the right to object to processing (Art. 21 GDPR).

In these cases, please contact us or directly.

The right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR) does not exist in accordance with Art. 20 para. 3 sentence 2 GDPR if the data processing serves the performance of public tasks. You also have the right to contact a data protection supervisory authority if you are of the opinion that the processing of your personal data is not lawful.

9. Security

We take all necessary technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from loss and misuse. Your data is stored in a secure operating environment that is not accessible to the public.

This website uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of personal data and other confidential content (e.g. orders or inquiries to the controller). You can recognize an encrypted connection by the character string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.

10. Up-to-dateness and amendment of this privacy policy

This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in March 2025.

Due to the further development of our website and offers on it or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to change this data protection declara:on. You can access and print out the current privacy policy at any time on our website at https://www.notar-werdau.de/data-privacy/.