Privacy Policy

Provider

The controller responsible for processing personal data within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Hessian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act (HDSIG), and other national data protection laws of the Member States as well as other data protection provisions is:

The website is operated by the Economic Development Agency of the State of Hesse, the Hessian Ministry of Justice and for the Rule of Law, Mainzer Straße 118, 65189 Wiesbaden, on behalf and under the instructions of the Hessian Ministry of Justice and for the Rule of Law.
The Data Protection Officer of the Economic Development Agency can be contacted at datenschutzbeauftragter@hessen-agentur.de or by post at Schiedermair Beratungsgesellschaft für Datenschutz mbH, Eschersheimer Landstraße 60, 60322 Frankfurt am Main.

State of Hesse
Hessian Ministry of Justice and for the Rule of Law
Luisenstraße 13
65185 Wiesbaden

Email: poststelle@hmdj.hessen.de
Phone: +49 611 32-0
Fax: +49 611 32714-2763

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Justiz_Hessen
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmoevahuFZaQaZ2GzsNqCgg
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justiz__hessen/

The State of Hesse is a public-law corporation. It is legally represented by the Minister President of Hesse.

Data Protection Officer of the Controller

SCHIEDERMAIR Beratungsgesellschaft für Datenschutz mbH
Eschersheimer Landstraße 60
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Email: datenschutzbeauftragter@hessen-agentur.de or info@schiedermair-datenschutz.com
Phone: +49 69 95508-400
Fax: +49 69 95508-401

Definition of Personal Data

According to Article 4 GDPR, personal data are all information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, particularly by reference to an identifier such as a name, identification number, location data, online identifier, or one or more factors specific to their physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social identity.

Below, we explain how we process your personal data.

1. Contact via Email

Description and scope: When you contact us via the provided email address, the personal data transmitted with your email are stored.
In handling your inquiry, we may need to request further information. You are not obliged to provide such information, but withholding it may make it difficult or impossible to process your request.
Depending on the subject matter, your personal data may need to be forwarded to other departments within the state administration or to federal or municipal authorities.

Legal basis:

Article 6(1)(e) GDPR in conjunction with Section 3(1) HDSIG, where the processing serves a task in the public interest, or
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, where our legitimate interest lies in responding to your inquiry.
If the email contact relates to or results in a contractual relationship, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR also applies.

Purpose: Solely for processing your email inquiry.
Storage duration: Data are deleted when they are no longer needed for the purpose for which they were collected, i.e., when the conversation is clearly concluded. Statutory or contractual retention obligations override deletion.

2. Cookies

Description and scope:
To make visiting our website attractive and enable certain functions, we use technically necessary cookies. These are small text files stored on your device.
They may also be used to manage consent for analytics or marketing tools.

You can configure your browser to notify you when cookies are set and decide on a case-by-case basis, or to generally refuse cookies. Not accepting cookies may limit website functionality.
Instructions for major browsers:

Legal basis: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, Section 25(2) TDDDG.
Purpose: To enable proper website functionality and user convenience features such as language selection or session recognition.
Storage duration: We use “session cookies,” which are automatically deleted when the browser is closed.

3. Automated Decision-Making Including Profiling

No automated decision-making, including profiling, takes place.

4. Rights of Data Subjects

If your personal data are processed, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR, § 52 HDSIG)
Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR, § 53 HDSIG)
Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR, § 53 HDSIG)
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR, § 53 HDSIG)
Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
Right to lodge a complaint (Art. 77 GDPR) with a supervisory authority, in this case:
The Hessian Data Protection Commissioner, Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 1, 65189 Wiesbaden,
P.O. Box 3163, 65021 Wiesbaden,
Email: poststelle@datenschutz.hessen.de,
Tel.: +49 611 1408-0.
Right to object (Art. 21 GDPR): You may object at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation to processing based on Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
If your data are processed for direct marketing, you may object to such processing at any time.
Right to withdraw consent: You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing. Withdrawals can be sent to datenschutzbeauftragter@hessen-agentur.de or by post.

Further information on data protection can be found at www.datenschutz.hessen.de.

5. Data Transmission Security

Data transmission over open networks such as the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be fully secure. Therefore, please do not send confidential data without adequate protection.
All website forms that collect personal data are encrypted via TLS 1.2. We employ appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or total loss, destruction, or unauthorized access by third parties. These measures are continuously updated to reflect technological progress.

6. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend this privacy policy to reflect current legal requirements or to implement changes to our services or website content, e.g., when introducing new services. The current privacy policy applies to your next visit.

Last updated: October 2025