Data protection and confidentiality
As an interpreter, I never get tired of repeating “I am sworn to confidentiality and everything I hear today will stay with me!” The same applies, of course, to your documents – whether it’s a tax return, divorce certificate or court judgement, your confidential information will also remain confidential.
Especially when I’m out and about in the community as an interpreter, people share the most private things and moments with me: I interpret angry exchanges in custody disputes, detailed descriptions of physical violence or hold the trembling hand of patients during cancer examinations.
But also when it comes to top-secret negotiation talks or product development sessions with especially signed NDA’s, confidentiality is always imperative.
Privacy Policy
1) Introduction and contact details of the responsible persons
1.1
I am pleased that you are visiting my website and thank you for your interest. In the following, I will inform you about the handling of your personal data when using this website. Personal data in this context is any data by which you can be personally identified.
1.2
The person responsible for data processing on this website within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) is Maria Lingsminat, Mühlenstr. 8a, 14167 Berlin, Germany. The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
2) Data collection when visiting my website
2.1 During the mere informational use of my website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to me, I only collect such data that your browser transmits to the page server (so-called “server log files”). When you visit my website, I collect the following data, which is technically necessary for me to display the website to you:
My visited website
Date and time at the time of access
Amount of data sent in bytes
Source/reference from which you reached the page
Browser used
Operating system used
IP address used (if applicable, in anonymised form)
The processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO on the basis of my legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of my website. The data will not be passed on or used in any other way. However, I reserve the right to subsequently check the server log files if there are concrete indications of illegal use.
2.2 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 enquiries to the person responsible). You can recognise an encrypted connection by the string “https://” and the lock symbol in your browser line.
3) Cookies
In order to make visiting my website more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, I use cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored on your terminal device. Some of these cookies are automatically deleted after you close your browser (so-called “session cookies”), while others remain on your terminal device for longer and allow you to save page settings (so-called “persistent cookies”). In the latter case, you can find the storage period in the overview of the cookie settings of your web browser.
If personal data is also processed by individual cookies used by me, the processing is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO either for the implementation of the contract, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO in the case of consent given or in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO to protect my legitimate interests in the best possible functionality of the website as well as a customer-friendly and effective design of the page visit.
You can set your browser in such a way that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance or can exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general.
Please note that if you do not accept cookies, the functionality of my website may be limited.
4) Contacting
When contacting me (e.g. via contact form or e-mail), personal data is collected. Which data is collected when using a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form. This data is stored and used exclusively for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration.
The legal basis for the processing of this data is my legitimate interest in responding to your request in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If your contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. Your data will be deleted after your request has been processed. This is the case when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been conclusively clarified and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.
5) Data processing for the handling of donations
For the processing of donations that you may send to me, I generally process the following personal data: First and last name, address, e-mail address.
Your data will be stored by me together with the details of the donation amount, donation frequency and donation purpose and kept for ten years.
Depending on the selected payment method, the above-mentioned data will also be forwarded to the payment service provider selected by you for the donation and processed there exclusively and only to the extent necessary to process your donation.
The above-mentioned processing is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b DSGVO and serves exclusively to properly process your donation payment and to record it in the accounts. The storage for a period of 10 years is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. c DSGVO in connection with § 147 AO, according to which I am subject to a corresponding obligation to keep records of the business transaction.
6) Tools and other
Cookie consent tool
This website uses a so-called “cookie consent tool” to obtain effective user consent for cookies and cookie-based applications requiring consent. The “cookie consent tool” is displayed to users in the form of an interactive user interface when they access the page, on which consent for certain cookies and/or cookie-based applications can be given by ticking the appropriate box. Through the use of the tool, all cookies/services requiring consent are only loaded if the respective user gives the corresponding consent by ticking the corresponding box. This ensures that such cookies are only set on the respective end device of the user if consent has been granted.
The tool sets technically necessary cookies to save your cookie preferences. Personal user data is generally not processed.
If, in individual cases, personal data (such as the IP address) is processed for the purpose of storing, assigning or logging cookie settings, this is done in accordance with Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO on the basis of my legitimate interest in legally compliant, user-specific and user-friendly consent management for cookies and thus in a legally compliant design of my website.
Further legal basis for the processing is furthermore Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. As the responsible party, I am subject to the legal obligation to make the use of technically unnecessary cookies dependent on the respective user consent.
To the extent necessary, I have concluded an order processing agreement with the provider, which ensures the protection of the data of my site visitors and prohibits unauthorised disclosure to third parties.
Further information on the operator and the setting options of the cookie consent tool can be found directly in the corresponding user interface on my website.
7) Rights of the data subject
7.1 The applicable data protection law grants you the following data subject rights (rights of information and intervention) vis-à-vis the controller with regard to the processing of your personal data, whereby reference is made to the stated legal basis for the respective prerequisites for exercising these rights:
Right to information pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO;
Right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 DSGVO;
Right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 DSGVO;
Right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR;
Right to information pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR;
Right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR;
Right to withdraw consent granted pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR;
Right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO.
7.2 RIGHT OF OBJECTION
IF I PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF A BALANCING OF INTERESTS ON THE BASIS OF MY OVERRIDING LEGITIMATE INTEREST, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT TO THIS PROCESSING WITH EFFECT FOR THE FUTURE AT ANY TIME ON GROUNDS ARISING FROM YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, I WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED. HOWEVER, I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE PROCESSING IF I CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR IF THE PROCESSING IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSERTING, EXERCISING OR DEFENDING LEGAL CLAIMS.
IF I PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF DIRECT MARKETING, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUCH MARKETING. YOU MAY EXERCISE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE.
IF YOU EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT, I WILL STOP PROCESSING THE DATA CONCERNED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES.
8) Duration of storage of personal data
The duration of the storage of personal data is measured on the basis of the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law).
When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO, the data concerned will be stored until you revoke your consent.
If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) DSGVO, this data will be routinely deleted after the retention periods have expired, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfilment or initiation of a contract and/or there is no legitimate interest on my part in its continued storage.
When processing personal data on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (1) DSGVO, unless I can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO, this data will be stored until you exercise your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 (2) DSGVO.
Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this statement on specific processing situations, stored personal data will otherwise be deleted when it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
Thank you for your interest!
