Privacy Policy

This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our services or websites ayala.law and ayala-law.de.

Topics:

• What data do we collect?
• How do we collect your data?
• How will we use your data?
• How do we store your data?
• What are your data protection rights?
• What are cookies?
• How do we use cookies?
• What types of cookies do we use?
• How to manage your cookies
• Privacy policies of other websites
• Changes to our privacy policy
• How to contact us

What data do we collect?

We collect the following data:

• Via website contact form: personal identification information (Name and email address)
• Via Cookies/Analytics: anonymized web site and ads usage data
• Information required for us to provide the services you contract from us.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide us with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

• Submit a contact form via our website.
• Use or view our website after accepting our cookies in your browser via the cookie preferences banner.
• Voluntarily provide information via email, phone, file upload, fax, or other form of direct communication with our offices.

How will we use your data?

We collect this data so that we can:

• Maintain a business relationship with our clients.
• Measure the success and relevance of site content.
• Measure the performance of ad-driven traffic to our website.

Collected personal identification data is for our internal use only. We do not share/sell your personal identification data with/to any third party.

How do we store your data?

We securely store your personal data on site at our office locations and on our servers. Anonymized analytics and advertisement data is stored with the services listed below under section “What Cookies Do We Use?”

What are your data protection rights?

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at either our USA or Germany offices:

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Understanding how you use our website
• Measuring performance of ads driving traffic to our site

What types of cookies do we use?

The following cookies are in use on our websites:

• Functional cookies – we use cookies to record your choice once you accept cookies via the cookie notice banner, so that you do not have to do this on subsequent visits.
• Google Analytics – We use these cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website. We collect data about your browsing activity, such as pages visited, time spent on site, and geographic location. This data is stored in the Google cloud platform. However, we have implemented anonymization so even if you accept cookies, your exact IP address is never communicated to Google.
• Google Ads – We use Google Ads to drive traffic to our website, and cookies on our website helps us measure the performance of those ads. Google Ads also uses these cookies to track your activity and further personalize ads shown to you elsewhere. This data is stored in the Google cloud platform. However, we have implemented anonymization so even if you accept cookies, your exact IP address is never communicated to Google.
• Notice of use of Google Tag Manager: Google Tag Manager does not set any cookies nor does it store any of your usage data. However, we do use it to manage the Google Analytics and Ads cookies that are served on our website.

How to manage cookies

Our websites will not set cookies until you accept their use by clicking on the “Accept” button on our cookie notice banners. However, there are other ways you can block them.

• You can opt out of Google Advertising, and you can manage your Google Ads preferences through the Google Ads Settings page.
• You can install a browser add-in from Google to block Google Analytics.
• You can also opt-out of personalized advertising by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
• You can also set your browser not to accept cookies.

Privacy policies of other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 23 June 2025.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.