Privacy Policy
(Last updated: March 2026)
Thank you for your interest in our website. We take the protection of your personal data during collection, processing, and use on the occasion of your visit to our website very seriously. Therefore, we would like to inform you about how we handle your data.
Person in charge according to Art. 4 (VII) DSGVO for questions regarding data protection: Luis Schmidt, Esq
Please direct any enquiries regarding our data protection standards to the following address:
Luis Schmidt, Esq
81373
Munich
GERMANY
You can reach the data protection officer at: office@luisschmidt.com or at our postal address with the addition “data protection officer”
Subject of Data Protection
The subject of data protection is personal data. According to Art. 4 (I) of the EU General Data Protection Regulations (DS-GVO), these are individual details about personal or factual circumstances of a specific or identifiable person. Depending on the type of contract, this may include name, address and other sensitive data, such as bank details.
Visiting the Website
In the case of merely informative use of the website, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise transmit information to us, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure its stability and security. This anonymous data does not allow any conclusions to be drawn about individuals:
- IP address
- date and time of the request
- time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- content of the request (specific page)
- access status/ HTTP status code
- amount of data transferred in each case
- Website from which the request came
- browser
- operating system and its interface
- language and version of the browser software
The legal basis for the data collection is Art. 6 (I) lit. f DSGVO.
Contact
When you contact us by email or via a contact form, the data you provide (e.g. your email address, possibly your name, address, and telephone number) will be stored by us in order to answer your questions. We delete the data accruing in this context after the storage is no longer necessary or restrict the processing if there are legal obligations to retain data.
Your Rights
You have the following rights concerning the personal data relating to you:
- the right of information,
- the right to rectification or deletion,
- the right to restrict processing,
- the right to object to processing,
- the right to data portability.
You also have the right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.
Cookies
A cookie is a small data element that can be exchanged between an internet page and the user’s browser. It can be placed on both pages so that the internet application identifies the user’s return. You can set your browser to notify you when a cookie is installed on your computer. You can choose whether to accept the cookie. If you do not accept the installation of the cookie, you will not be able to access the pages. If you accept the cookie, you can delete it after each session. Cookies cannot execute programs or transfer viruses to your computer. They are used to make the website as a whole more user-friendly and effective.
This website uses the following types of cookies, the scope and functionality of which are explained below:
- transient cookies
- persistent cookies
Transient cookies are automatically deleted when you close the browser. These include, in particular, session cookies. These store a so-called session ID, with which various requests of your browser can be assigned to the common session. This enables your computer to be recognised when you return to our website. Session cookies are deleted when you log out or close the browser.
Persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a set period of time, which may vary depending on the cookie. You can delete the cookies in the security settings of your browser at any time.
You can configure your browser settings according to your preferences and, for example, refuse to accept third-party cookies or all cookies. Please note that in such a case you may not be able to use all the functions of this website.
We sometimes use HTML5 storage objects that are stored on your terminal device. These objects store the required data independently of the browser you are using and have no automatic expiry date. You can prevent the use of HTML5 storage objects by setting your browser to private mode. In addition, we recommend that you regularly delete your cookies and browser history manually.
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. 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. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, however, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) to Google as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available under the following link (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
You can prevent the collection by Google Analytics by clicking on the link above. An opt-out cookie will be set, which will prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website: Deactivate Google Analytics.
For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/. We would like to point out that the code “anonymizeIp” has been added to Google Analytics on this website to ensure anonymised collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
Google Web Fonts
Our website uses so-called web fonts provided by Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.
For this purpose, the browser you are using must connect to Google’s servers. This informs Google that our website has been accessed via your IP address. Google Web Fonts are used in the interest of a uniform and appealing presentation of our online offers. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (I) lit. f DSGVO.
If your browser does not support web fonts, a standard font from your computer will be used.
Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google’s privacy policy: https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
Collection and Processing of Data
We collect personal data to fulfil our contractual obligations and to serve our website visitors. Therefore, we offer the possibility to inform our visitors about news via email (e.g. newsletter) or telephone. This only happens with explicit consent, which can be revoked at any time.
Usage and Disclosure of Personal Data
If personal data has been made available to us, we only use it to answer enquiries and to process contracts concluded with our customers. Personal data is only forwarded to third parties if this is necessary for the purpose of processing the contract – in particular forwarding order data to suppliers – for for invoicing purposes. These external service providers are carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions and are regularly monitored. In order to protect our customers and ourselves from misuse, we transmit personal data in existing contractual relationships to third parties for credit assessment purposes, if necessary.
Furthermore, we may pass on your personal data to third parties if we offer promotions, competitions, contracts or similar services together with partners. You will receive more detailed information on this when you provide your personal data or in the description of the offer.
If our service providers or partners are based in a country outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will inform you about the consequences of this in the description of the offer.
Right of Information & Revocation
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you may revoke this consent at any time. Such a revocation affects the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us.
Pursuant to Art. 15 DSGVO, we inform our customers upon request and within reasonable time limits about the information stored about the customer. We delete personal data if knowledge of it is no longer necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was stored or if our customers withdraw their consent to the storage and use of their data for advertising purposes.
Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on the balance of interests, you may object to the processing. This is the case if the processing is not necessary, in particular, for the performance of a contract with you, which is presented by us in each case in the description of the functions of the specific project. When exercising such an objection, we ask you to explain the reasons why we should not process your personal data as we have done. In the event of your justified objection, we will review the situation and either discontinue or adapt the data processing or show you our compelling legitimate grounds on the basis of which we will continue the processing.
Of course, you can object to the processing of your personal data for purposes of advertising and data analysis at any time. A revocation should be sent to the following address:
Such a revocation will affect the permissibility of the processing of your personal data after you have expressed it to us.
Safety Notice
We are committed to using appropriate security systems when using and storing personal data to protect the data from misuse, alteration or loss.
Links
This data protection declaration applies to the online presence of Mr Luis Schmidt. We select the external links on our homepage with great care, but have no influence on the content of the linked pages or on the compliance with the legal data protection provisions by the respective operators. We therefore recommend that you carefully read the data protection provisions of any website that collects personal data.