Legal notice

Information pursuant to § 5 DDG (German Digital Services Act)

Praxis für Psychotherapie am Pottkamp
Dr. med. Stephan-Sebastian Scherer
Pottkamp 23 · 48149 Münster · Germany
Telephone: +49 251 97 44 63 48
Email: scherer@psychotherapie-am-pottkamp.de
Web: www.psychotherapie-am-pottkamp.de

Responsible for the content: Dr. med. Stephan-Sebastian Scherer

Professional titles and licences:
Dr. med. Stephan-Sebastian Scherer — licensed to practise medicine (Approbation); specialist recognition as consultant in psychiatry and psychotherapy, additional qualification in psychoanalysis (Medical Association of Westphalia-Lippe). Statutory health insurance licence of the KVWL; member of the Medical Association of Westphalia-Lippe (ÄKWL), Münster. All titles were awarded in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Dipl.-Psych. Linda Tesch — psychological psychotherapist (employed), licensed to practise (Approbation) by the Münster district government, Federal Republic of Germany.

Applicable professional code: Professional Code of the Medical Association of Westphalia-Lippe, www.aekwl.de

Supervisory authority: Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians of Westphalia-Lippe (KVWL), Dortmund, www.kvwl.de

Disclaimer: We expressly point out that the author of this website has no influence whatsoever on the design and content of the pages linked to from here. Any liability is hereby expressly excluded in every form.

Image credits: Sketch after a freely licensed photograph of the Historic City Hall of Münster (Wikimedia Commons).

1. Data protection at a glance

General information: The following notes give a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any data by which you can be identified personally.

Who is responsible for the collection of data on this website? Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You will find the operator’s contact details in the section “Information on the controller” in this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data? Your data is collected, on the one hand, because you provide it to us. Other data is collected automatically, or with your consent, by our IT systems when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data (for example browser, operating system or the time of the page view). Such data is collected automatically as soon as you enter this website.

What do we use your data for? Part of the data is collected in order to ensure the website is provided without errors. Other data may be used to analyse how you use the site.

What rights do you have regarding your data? You have the right at any time to receive information, free of charge, about the origin, recipients and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to demand that this data be corrected or erased. If you have given consent to data processing, you can withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future. You also have the right, in certain circumstances, to demand that the processing of your personal data be restricted. Furthermore, you have a right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time about this and about any further questions on data protection.

2. Hosting

We host the content of our website with the following provider:

IONOS: the provider is IONOS SE, Elgendorfer Str. 57, 56410 Montabaur, Germany (“IONOS”). When you visit our website, IONOS records various log files including your IP address. Details can be found in the IONOS privacy policy: https://www.ionos.de/terms-gtc/terms-privacy. IONOS is used on the basis of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in our website being presented as reliably as possible. Where corresponding consent has been requested, processing takes place exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR and § 25(1) TDDDG, in so far as the consent covers the storage of cookies or access to information on the user’s device (for example device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Data processing agreement: we have concluded a data processing agreement (DPA) for the use of the service named above. This is a contract prescribed by data protection law which ensures that the provider processes the personal data of our website visitors only in accordance with our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

3. General information and mandatory disclosures

Data protection: the operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection provisions and this privacy policy. When you use this website, various personal data is collected. This privacy policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. We point out that the transmission of data over the internet (for example communication by email) can have security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Information on the controller: the controller for data processing on this website is:
Dr. Stephan Scherer
Pottkamp 23
48149 Münster, Germany
Telephone: +49 (0) 251-97446348
Email: scherer(at)psychotherapie-am-pottkamp.de
The controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (such as names, email addresses and the like).

Storage period: unless a more specific storage period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data remains with us until the purpose for processing it ceases to apply. If you assert a justified request for erasure or withdraw consent to data processing, your data will be erased unless we have other legally permissible grounds for storing your personal data (for example retention periods under tax or commercial law); in the latter case erasure takes place once those grounds cease to apply.

General information on the legal bases of data processing on this website: where you have consented to data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR, or Art. 9(2)(a) GDPR where special categories of data under Art. 9(1) GDPR are processed. In the case of express consent to the transfer of personal data to third countries, processing also takes place on the basis of Art. 49(1)(a) GDPR. Where you have consented to the storage of cookies or to access to information on your device (for example via device fingerprinting), processing additionally takes place on the basis of § 25(1) TDDDG. Consent can be withdrawn at any time. Where your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or for pre-contractual measures, we process your data on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. Furthermore, we process your data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, on the basis of Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Data processing may also take place on the basis of our legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The legal bases relevant in each case are set out in the following paragraphs of this privacy policy.

Recipients of personal data: in the course of our business activity we work with various external bodies. In some cases this also requires the transmission of personal data to those external bodies. We pass on personal data only where this is necessary for the performance of a contract, where we are legally obliged to do so, where we have a legitimate interest under Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR in passing it on, or where another legal basis permits the transfer. Where processors are used, we pass on our clients’ personal data only on the basis of a valid data processing agreement.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing: many data processing operations are possible only with your express consent. You can withdraw consent already given at any time. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out until withdrawal remains unaffected.

Right to object to data collection in particular cases and to direct marketing (Art. 21 GDPR): WHERE DATA PROCESSING TAKES PLACE ON THE BASIS OF ART. 6(1)(e) OR (f) GDPR, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AT ANY TIME TO OBJECT, ON GROUNDS RELATING TO YOUR PARTICULAR SITUATION, TO THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING BASED ON THOSE PROVISIONS. IF YOU OBJECT, WE WILL NO LONGER PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA CONCERNED UNLESS WE CAN DEMONSTRATE COMPELLING LEGITIMATE GROUNDS FOR THE PROCESSING WHICH OVERRIDE YOUR INTERESTS, RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, OR THE PROCESSING SERVES THE ESTABLISHMENT, EXERCISE OR DEFENCE OF LEGAL CLAIMS (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(1) GDPR). WHERE YOUR PERSONAL DATA IS PROCESSED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OBJECT AT ANY TIME TO THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA CONCERNING YOU FOR SUCH MARKETING; THIS ALSO APPLIES TO PROFILING IN SO FAR AS IT IS CONNECTED WITH SUCH DIRECT MARKETING. IF YOU OBJECT, YOUR PERSONAL DATA WILL SUBSEQUENTLY NO LONGER BE USED FOR DIRECT MARKETING PURPOSES (OBJECTION UNDER ART. 21(2) GDPR).

Right of complaint to the competent supervisory authority: in the event of infringements of the GDPR, data subjects have a right of complaint to a supervisory authority, in particular in the member state of their habitual residence, place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. This right of complaint is without prejudice to other administrative or judicial remedies.

Right to data portability: you have the right to have data which we process automatically on the basis of your consent or in performance of a contract handed over to you or to a third party in a common, machine-readable format. Where you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will take place only in so far as it is technically feasible.

Information, correction and erasure: within the framework of the applicable statutory provisions you have the right at any time to free information about your stored personal data, its origin and recipients and the purpose of the data processing, and where applicable a right to correction or erasure of this data. You can contact us at any time about this and about further questions on personal data.

Right to restriction of processing: you have the right to demand restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us about this at any time. The right to restriction of processing exists in the following cases: if you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we normally need time to check this; for the duration of the check you have the right to demand restriction of processing. If the processing of your personal data took place or takes place unlawfully, you may demand restriction of processing instead of erasure. If we no longer need your personal data but you need it for the exercise, defence or establishment of legal claims, you have the right to demand restriction of processing instead of erasure. If you have lodged an objection under Art. 21(1) GDPR, a balancing of your interests and ours must be carried out; as long as it has not been established whose interests prevail, you have the right to demand restriction of processing. If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may — apart from its storage — be processed only with your consent, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person, or on grounds of an important public interest of the European Union or of a member state.

SSL/TLS encryption: for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as enquiries you send to us as the site operator, this site uses SSL/TLS encryption. You can recognise an encrypted connection by the browser address line changing from “http://” to “https://” and by the padlock symbol in your browser line. When SSL/TLS encryption is active, the data you transmit to us cannot be read by third parties.

4. Data collection on this website

Enquiry by email, telephone or fax: if you contact us by email, telephone or fax, your enquiry including all the personal data arising from it (name, enquiry) will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of dealing with your concern. We do not pass this data on without your consent. The processing of this data takes place on the basis of Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR where your enquiry is connected with the performance of a contract or is necessary for pre-contractual measures. In all other cases the processing is based on our legitimate interest in dealing effectively with the enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) where this has been requested; consent can be withdrawn at any time. The data you send us with contact enquiries remains with us until you ask us to erase it, withdraw your consent to storage, or the purpose of storing it ceases to apply (for example once your concern has been dealt with). Mandatory statutory provisions — in particular statutory retention periods — remain unaffected.

5. Plugins and tools

Fonts: the fonts used on this website are delivered locally from our own web server. There is no connection to third-party servers; in particular, no data is transmitted to Google and your IP address is not transferred to external providers.

External appointment booking (Doctolib): on this website we link to the external service Doctolib (Doctolib GmbH, Mehringdamm 51, 10961 Berlin, Germany) for online appointment booking. When you click the link you leave our website; personal data is processed by Doctolib only on Doctolib’s own pages. Their privacy notices apply: https://www.doctolib.de/terms/privacy.

Source of the German original: https://www.e-recht24.de