Note: This is a courtesy translation for your convenience. The German-language version of this privacy policy is legally authoritative.
The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:
Patent Attorney Dr. Dirk Franke
Straße der Einheit 4
04567 Kitzscher, Germany
Email: info@chempatent.de
I process personal data of users of this website only to the extent necessary to provide a functioning website and my content and services. The processing of personal data generally takes place only with the user's consent or insofar as a legal basis permits the processing (in particular Art. 6(1) GDPR).
Each time this website is accessed, the hosting provider's system automatically collects data and information from the accessing device. This may include: IP address, date and time of access, the page/file accessed, the amount of data transferred, the browser type and operating system used, and the previously visited page (referrer).
Purpose: ensuring a smooth connection, convenient use, and evaluation of system security and stability.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interest in the technically error-free and secure operation of the website).
Retention period: log files are deleted as soon as they are no longer required to achieve the purpose for which they were collected.
This website is hosted by an external service provider: Romy Kauschinger, kauschinger.net onlineservice, c/o COCENTER, Koppoldstr. 1, 86551 Aichach, Germany. The data collected is stored on the host's servers. This is done in the interest of a secure, fast and reliable provision of the website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). A data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR has been concluded with the provider where required.
If you contact me by email or via the contact form, the data you provide (e.g. name, email address, content of the message) will be processed in order to respond to your inquiry. The contact form on this website opens your local email program for this purpose; form data is not stored on this website's server.
Legal basis: Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR (performance of pre-contractual measures or fulfilment of a contract), otherwise Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (interest in responding to inquiries).
Retention period: the data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected; statutory and professional retention obligations remain unaffected.
Note on confidentiality: please do not send confidential invention details unencrypted by email. For secure transmission, I recommend encryption via PGP/GPG.
Within the scope of a client engagement, I process personal data in order to provide patent attorney services. The legal basis is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and, where applicable, Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR in conjunction with the professional obligations under the Patent Attorney Act (Patentanwaltsordnung). The attorney's duty of confidentiality applies.
On the "Beyond the Office" page, the game "ExploOrbit" is embedded as a locally hosted file via an embedded window (iframe). No personal data is transmitted to third parties in this process; no external third-party services are integrated.
This website does not use cookies for analytics or marketing purposes and does not employ any tracking or web-analytics services. All fonts are served locally by this website; there is no connection to external font providers (e.g. Google Fonts) and no data is transmitted to third parties in this respect.
This website may contain links to external third-party websites. I have no influence on the data processing carried out by the operators of these sites; their respective privacy policies apply.
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:
To exercise your rights, an informal message to the contact details given above is sufficient.
Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of your habitual residence. For the firm's registered seat in Saxony, the competent authority is the Saxon Data Protection and Transparency Commissioner (Sächsische Datenschutz- und Transparenzbeauftragte), Maternistraße 17, 01067 Dresden, www.datenschutz.sachsen.de.
This privacy policy is current as of June 2026. Further development of the website or changes to statutory or regulatory requirements may make it necessary to amend this privacy policy.