Protecting your personal data matters to us – not only as the operator of this website, but as part of our professional ethos as attorneys. We have therefore deliberately designed this website to be data-minimal: it uses no cookies, no analytics or tracking services, and embeds no content from third-party servers. Even the fonts are served locally from our own server. For this reason, no cookie banner is required.
Below we explain which personal data is processed when you visit this website or contact us – and which rights you have in that regard.
Controller
The controller responsible for data processing on this website is:
Höchsten & Jacoby Rechtsanwälte
Feuerbachstraße 31
60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)69 905499-0
Email: info@hoechsten-jacoby.de
Hosting and server log files
Our website is hosted by IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany. When you access the website, IONOS automatically records information in so-called server log files – in particular your IP address, the date and time of access, the page requested, and your browser type and operating system. This data is required for the technical provision, stability and security of the website and is not combined with other data sources.
The legal basis is Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR; our legitimate interest lies in the reliable and secure provision of our website. We have concluded a data processing agreement with IONOS pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. Further information can be found in the IONOS privacy policy.
Contacting us
If you contact us by email or telephone, we process the data you provide – such as your name, contact details and the content of your message – in order to handle your enquiry. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry relates to the initiation or performance of a legal mandate, and otherwise Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, based on our legitimate interest in responding to your enquiry.
As attorneys, we are additionally bound by the professional duty of confidentiality (Sec. 43a (2) of the German Federal Lawyers' Act, BRAO). All information you entrust to us in the context of a mandate enquiry is treated with corresponding confidentiality.
We delete your data as soon as it is no longer required for handling your matter and no statutory retention obligations – for instance under commercial, tax or professional law – stand in the way.
Please note that the transmission of data by unencrypted email may involve security risks. Complete protection of data against access by third parties cannot be guaranteed on this channel.
Job applications
You may apply to us by email or by post. We process your application data – contact and communication details, application documents and, where applicable, notes from interviews – exclusively for the purpose of deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship. The legal bases are Sec. 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and Art. 6 (1)(b) GDPR, and – where you have given consent – Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. Within our firm, only those involved in the decision on your application have access to your documents.
If you are hired, we store the data for the purposes of the employment relationship. Otherwise, we retain your documents on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR, in particular for evidentiary purposes) for up to six months after conclusion of the application process, after which they are deleted or destroyed. Longer retention only takes place with your consent – for instance for future consideration – or where required by statutory obligations.
Links to external websites
Our website contains occasional links to external websites – for example to Google Maps for directions to our office. No data is transferred to third parties merely by visiting our website. Only once you click such a link do you leave our website; from that point on, the privacy policy of the respective provider applies (for Google Maps: policies.google.com/privacy).
Encryption
This website uses SSL/TLS encryption. Data you transmit to us via this website cannot be read by third parties. You can recognise the encrypted connection by the padlock symbol and the prefix “https://” in your browser's address bar.
Your rights
With regard to your personal data stored by us, you have the following rights:
– the right of access to the data processed, its origin, recipients and the purpose of processing (Art. 15 GDPR),
– the right to rectification of inaccurate data (Art. 16 GDPR),
– the right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR),
– the right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR),
– the right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR), and
– the right to withdraw any consent given, at any time with effect for the future (Art. 7 (3) GDPR).
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): Where we process your data on the basis of legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR), you have the right to object to this processing at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation. We will then no longer process the data concerned unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
To exercise your rights, an informal message to info@hoechsten-jacoby.de is sufficient.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. The authority responsible for our firm is: Der Hessische Beauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit (Hessian Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information), Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany.
Version
Version: July 2026. We will update this privacy policy whenever the legal situation or the functionality of our website changes.
This English version is provided for your convenience. In the event of discrepancies, the German version prevails.