Legal

Privacy

Controller

Grätz Wirtschaftskanzlei GmbH, represented by managing director Frank Grätz, Graf-Adolf-Str. 21, 40212 Düsseldorf, Germany

Email: info@graetz-wirtschaft.de

Phone: 0211 89094230

The statutory requirements for appointing a data protection officer are not currently met. Please direct data protection enquiries to the contact details above.

Engagement work and DATEV

When an engagement is accepted, we process contact, contractual, billing, communication and matter data required for advice and representation. The legal bases are Art. 6(1)(b) and (c) GDPR and, where special category data is involved, in particular Art. 9(2)(f) GDPR.

We use software provided by DATEV eG, Paumgartnerstraße 6-14, 90429 Nuremberg, Germany, for engagement, tax and commercial processes. Depending on the software used, DATEV provides infrastructure or processes data on our instructions. Further information is available at www.datev.de/datenschutz.

Processing when visiting this website

When you access this website, technically necessary data (e.g. IP address, time, page requested) is processed in order to deliver the page and ensure secure operation. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Contacting us

If you contact us by form, phone, email or video call, we process your details to handle your enquiry and to prepare or perform an engagement. The legal bases are Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and, where necessary, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Form enquiries are stored in the website's protected database. They are deleted once no longer required for handling the enquiry, unless statutory retention duties apply.

Cookies, Microsoft Clarity and Google Ads

Analytics or advertising signals that are not technically necessary are activated only after your express consent. Until then, the relevant storage remains disabled. The legal basis is your consent under Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR together with section 25 TDDDG.

With your consent, we use Microsoft Clarity to better understand use of this website through session recordings, interactions and technical usage data and to improve usability. The provider is Microsoft Corporation. Data may be transferred to Microsoft and cookies or similar technologies may be used.

You can change consent for the future at any time through ‘Cookie settings’ in the footer. The final Microsoft and Google configuration, retention periods and any international data transfers must be legally reviewed and documented here.

Recipients and retention

Data is available only to people handling your matter and carefully selected technical providers where needed for hosting, security and communications. Required processor agreements are concluded with providers acting on instructions.

We retain personal data only for as long as required for its purpose. Statutory retention periods, including those arising under commercial, tax, professional and civil law, apply thereafter where relevant.

Your rights

You have the right to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

As of October 2026. This policy reflects the services currently identified and should be legally reviewed before publication and after technical changes.