Responsible supervisory authority

Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen
Bierstadter Straße 2
65189 Wiesbaden Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 611 17 38-0
fax: +49 (0) 611 17 38-40
info@akh.de
www.akh.de

Professional regulations

Hessisches Architekten- und Stadtplanergesetz (Hessian Architects and Urban Planners Act), main statute of the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen, Hessische Verordnung (Hessian Ordinance) on professional practice for registration in the professional directory by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen, ordinance on the responsibility of the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen and the Ingenieurkammer Hessen (Hessian Chamber of Engineers), further training regulation, arbitration regulation. The professional regulations can be viewed and downloaded via the homepage of the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer (www.akh.de) under the section Service, and here under the subsection “Recht” (Law).

Extrajudicial arbitration

For the amicable settlement of disputes arising from the professional practice of professional persons and professional companies and third parties, an application may be made for an arbitration procedure pursuant to § 7 of the Schlichtungsordnung (arbitration regulations) of the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen (www.akh.de/Service/Schlichtung).

Copyright

Copyright © 2018, Christ.Christ. associated architects GmbH, all rights reserved.

The contents of this website including its components are protected under copyright. The contents of these pages may not in any way be reproduced or processed, duplicated or distributed without written permission by Christ.Christ. associated architects GmbH.

Disclaimer

Christ.Christ. associated architects GmbH shall not be held liable for the topicality, correctness, completeness or quality of the information provided. All liability for damages which result directly or indirectly from the use of this website shall be excluded.

Christ.Christ. associated architects GmbH shall not be held responsible for the content of external Internet pages. Christ.Christ. associated architects GmbH has no influence over the current or future design, contents or authorship of linked pages. Therefore, they expressly distance themselves from all contents of all linked pages. All liability for damages which result directly or indirectly from the use of linked pages shall be excluded.

Legal validity of the disclaimer

If sections or formulations of this text do not or no longer accord or do not completely accord with valid law, then the remaining sections of the text shall remain unaffected in their content and validity.

Privacy statement I

General

We will only process your personal data in accordance with the provisions of German data protection law and of European Union (EU) data protection law. The following provisions inform you about your rights, together with the purposes of processing, legal bases, recipients and time limits for storage. This privacy statement refers only to our websites. If you are referred to other websites by means of links on our websites, please obtain information there about how these websites handle your data in each case.

Making contact

Purpose of processing

We process your personal data that you make available to us by email, etc., to answer and deal with your enquiries. You are not under any obligation to provide us with your personal data.

Legal bases

a) If you have consented explicitly to our processing of your data, the legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR.

b) If we process your data to carry out measures prior to entering into a contract, the legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR.

c) In all other cases Article 6 (1)(f) of the GDPR is the legal basis.

Right to object: you have the right to object at any time to data processing that is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR and is not intended for direct advertising if there are grounds relating to your particular situation.

In contrast, in the case of direct marketing you may object to processing at any time without stating reasons.

Legitimate interest

Our legitimate interest in processing consists in communicating with you quickly and answering your enquiries cost-effectively.

Recipient categories

Hosting providers, shipping services for direct marketing

Duration of storage

Your data will be erased if it can be seen from the circumstances that your enquiry, or the respective situation has finally been settled.

However, if a contract is concluded, we will keep data that is required pursuant to provisions of commercial and tax law for the minimum periods stipulated by law, that is usually for ten years (see section 257 of the German Commercial Code (HGB), section 147 of the German Tax Code (AO)).

Right to withdraw

In the case of processing based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Privacy statement II

Information about cookies

Purpose of processing

Technically necessary cookies are set on this website. These are small text files that are stored in or by your Internet browser on your computer system.

Legal basis

The legal basis for this processing is Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR.

Legitimate interest

Our legitimate interest is the functioning of our website. User data that is collected by means of technically necessary cookies is not used to create usage profiles. Your interest in data protection is guaranteed in this way.

Duration of storage

Technically necessary cookies are usually erased when you close your browser. Permanently stored cookies have different lifetimes, from just a few minutes to several years.

Right to object

If you do not wish these cookies to be stored, please deactivate acceptance of these cookies in your Internet browser. However, this can impair the functioning of our website. You can also erase permanently stored cookies at any time by means of your browser.

Privacy statement III

Rights of data subjects

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject as defined in the GDPR and you are entitled to the following rights with regard to us:

Right to information

You can request confirmation from us as to whether we process your personal data.

If processing is carried out, you can request information about the following from us:

(1) the purposes for which the personal data is processed;

(2) the categories of personal data that are processed;

(3) the recipients or the categories of recipients to whom personal data relating to you was disclosed or will be disclosed;

(4) the planned duration of storage of personal data relating to you, or, if concrete information on this is not possible, criteria for the stipulation of the duration of storage;

(5) the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data relating to you, a right to restriction of processing by us, or a right to object to this processing;

(6) the existence of a right to lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority;

(7) all available information on the origins of the data, if the personal data was not collected from you as the data subject;

(8) the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information on the logic involved, and the scope and intended effects of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information whether personal data relating to you will be transferred to a third country or to an
international organisation. In this context you may request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Article 46 of the GDPR in connection with the transfer.

Privacy statement IV

Right to rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion with regard to us, if processed personal data relating to you is incorrect or incomplete. We must carry out the rectification without delay.

Right to restriction of processing

Under the following conditions you can request the restriction of processing of personal data relating to you:

(1) if you contest the accuracy of personal data relating to you, for a period that enables us to verify the accuracy of the personal data;

(2) if the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of the use of personal data instead;

(3) if we no longer need the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or

(4) if you have lodged an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and pending whether our legitimate grounds override your grounds.

If processing of personal data relating to you was restricted, this data, with the exception of storage, may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If processing was restricted, subject to the above-mentioned conditions, we will inform you before the restriction is lifted.

Privacy statement V

Right to erasure

a) Obligation to erase

You have the right to request that personal data relating to you is erased without undue delay, and we are obliged to erase this data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

(1) personal data relating to you is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

(2) You withdraw the consent on which processing was based pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR and there is no other legal ground for the processing.

(3) You file an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you file an objection to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

(4) The personal data relating to you were processed illegally.

(5) Erasure of personal data relating to you is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under Union or Member State law to which we are subject.

(6) The personal data relating to you was collected in relation to offers of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

b) Information to third parties

If we have disclosed personal data relating to you and we are obliged to erase it pursuant to Article 17(1) of the GDPR, taking the available technology and the costs of implementation into account we shall take suitable measures, including of a technical nature, in order to inform the data collector, who processes personal data, that you as the data subject have requested that they erase all links to this personal data or copies or replications of this personal data.

c) Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist, if processing is necessary

(1) for the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and information;

(2) for compliance with a legal obligation that requires processing under Union or Member State law to which we are subject, or for performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in exercise of official authority vested in us;

(3) for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Article 9(2)(h) and (i) and Article 9(3) of the GDPR;

(4) for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes in accordance with Article 89(1) of the GDPR, if the right referred to in (a) will probably render impossible or seriously impair realisation of the objectives of this processing,

(5) for establishing, exercising or the defence of legal claims.

Right to be informed

If you have lodged a claim with us to the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, we are obliged to notify this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing to all recipients to whom personal data relating to you was disclosed, unless this proves to be impossible or involves unreasonable expense or effort.

You have the right with regard to us to be informed of these recipients.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive personal data relating to you that you have provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. In addition, you have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance, if

(1) the processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR or Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR and

(2) the processing is carried out with automated means.

In exercise of this right, you have in addition the right to have personal data relating to you transmitted directly from us to another controller, if this is technically feasible. Freedoms and rights of others may not be adversely affected by this.

The right to data portability shall not apply to processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in us.

Privacy statement VI

Right to object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data relating to you that is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this applies as well to profiling based on those provisions.

We will then no longer process personal data relating to you, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing that override your interest, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If personal data relating to you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data relating to you for such marketing; this applies as well to profiling, to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, personal data relating to you will no longer be processed for such purposes.

In connection with the use of information society services, and notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

Right to withdraw the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw the declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Automated individual decision-making, including profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, that produces legal effects concerning you, or considerably affects you in a similar manner. This does not apply if the decision

(1) is necessary for entering into or the performance of a contract between us,

(2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which we are subject and this also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, or

(3) is based on your explicit consent.

However, these decisions may not be based on particular categories of personal data referred to in Article 9(1) of the GDPR, unless Article 9(2)(a) or (g) applies and suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests are in place.

With regard to the cases referred to in (1) and (3) we take suitable steps to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint is lodged informs the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Article 78 of the GDPR.