Last updated: 30 August 2026
1. Who we are
Legalta-Europe is a service provided by:
Lion Claim GmbH
Regentenstraße 3
41061 Mönchengladbach
Germany
Telephone: +49 2161 2709601
Email: info@lion-claim.com
Lion Claim GmbH is the controller responsible for the processing of personal data through https://legalta-europe.com/ (the “Website”) and the Legalta Fleet Check, unless we tell you that another organisation is responsible for a particular processing activity.
2. Scope of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use personal data when you:
- visit the Website;
- complete or submit the Legalta Fleet Check;
- contact us by email, telephone or another communication channel;
- ask us to assess a possible truck-cartel compensation claim; or
- agree to receive information about truck-cartel claims.
“Personal data” means information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. Information relating only to a company is not personal data, but information about a company representative, employee, director, contact person or sole trader may be personal data.
3. Personal data we collect
3.1 Data collected when you visit the Website
When you access the Website, our web server and hosting providers may process technical information needed to deliver and secure it, including:
- IP address;
- date and time of access;
- page or file requested;
- referring page or source;
- browser type and version;
- operating system and device information;
- amount of data transferred; and
- technical status and error information.
3.2 Data submitted through the Legalta Fleet Check
The Fleet Check may collect:
- the periods in which the relevant organisation bought, leased, rented or hire-purchased trucks;
- truck weight category, condition, manufacturer or brand, approximate fleet size and acquisition method;
- whether records may be available and the types of records held;
- information about any previous claim, assignment, sale, filing, settlement, review or rejection;
- the organisation’s industry or fleet activity;
- organisation name, country and optional website;
- contact name, role, email address, optional telephone number and preferred contact method;
- your confirmation that we may follow up about the Fleet Check;
- your optional marketing choice; and
- any additional information you provide in later correspondence.
No document upload is required at the initial Fleet Check stage. If a matter proceeds, we may later ask for relevant records such as purchase invoices, lease agreements, order confirmations, registration records, fleet lists, accounting records, contracts or evidence of authority to act for the organisation. We will provide additional information where a later processing activity requires it.
Please do not provide personal data that is not relevant to the assessment. In particular, do not provide special-category data—such as health, biometric, religious, political or trade-union information—or criminal-conviction data unless we specifically request it and explain why it is required.
3.3 Data collected when you contact us
If you contact us, we may process your name, organisation, contact details, the content of your message, call or correspondence, and related records needed to respond and manage the matter.
4. Why we use personal data and our legal bases
We process personal data for the following purposes:
| Purpose | Personal data involved | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Delivering, maintaining and securing the Website; diagnosing faults; preventing misuse | Technical and server-log data | Our legitimate interests in providing a reliable and secure Website (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) |
| Performing the initial Fleet Check, reviewing a possible claim and contacting you about your submission | Fleet Check answers, organisation and contact details, correspondence | Taking steps at your request before a possible contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and our legitimate interests in responding to enquiries and assessing potential matters (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) |
| Verifying authority, avoiding duplicate or conflicting claims, assessing prior assignments or proceedings, and establishing, exercising or defending legal claims | Fleet and claim information, identity/contact information, correspondence and supporting records | Our legitimate interests and those of relevant parties in properly assessing and protecting legal claims (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR); where applicable, Article 9(2)(f) GDPR |
| Referring a potentially suitable matter for legal review or litigation financing | Relevant Fleet Check information, contact details and supporting records | Steps requested before a possible contract (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and legitimate interests in arranging an appropriate legal and financing review (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) |
| Sending optional news or further information about truck-cartel claims by electronic means | Name, organisation, email address, telephone number where applicable, preferences and consent record | Your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw it at any time |
| Meeting legal, regulatory, accounting or compliance duties and responding to lawful requests | Information relevant to the applicable duty or request | Compliance with a legal obligation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR) |
| Handling complaints and establishing, exercising or defending legal claims | Contact, correspondence, claim and transaction records | Our legitimate interests in protecting our rights and resolving disputes (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) |
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider the necessity of the processing and balance those interests against your rights and reasonable expectations.
5. Whether you must provide the data
You are not legally required to complete the Fleet Check. However, fields marked as required are needed for us to conduct the initial assessment and respond. If you do not provide them, we may be unable to review the submission or contact you.
The marketing option is voluntary and is not a condition of using the Fleet Check or receiving a response.
6. Human review and automated decisions
The Fleet Check is an initial information-gathering and screening process. It does not create a legal claim, provide legal advice, confirm eligibility or guarantee compensation.
We do not use your Fleet Check submission to make a solely automated decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects. A person reviews the information before any follow-up or decision about possible next steps.
7. Who receives personal data
We disclose personal data only where necessary for the purposes described above. Recipients may include:
- authorised employees and contractors of Lion Claim GmbH;
- hosting, website, IT-security, email, communications, customer-management and professional-service providers acting under appropriate contractual duties;
- Marzillier, Dr. Meier & Dr. Guntner Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH (MMG Munich), where information is required for legal review or preparation of an accepted claim;
- Shelter Truck Holding, LLC, where information is required to assess or provide litigation financing for an accepted claim;
- other lawyers, litigation funders, experts, courts, defendants, insurers or claims-service providers where you choose to move forward and the disclosure is necessary for the matter;
- public authorities, regulators, courts, law-enforcement bodies or other parties where disclosure is required or permitted by law; and
- advisers or counterparties involved in a reorganisation, merger, acquisition or transfer of the relevant business, subject to appropriate confidentiality safeguards.
MMG Munich, Shelter Truck Holding, LLC and other professional partners may act as independent controllers for the processing they undertake for their own legal, professional, financing or compliance purposes. If a matter proceeds, the relevant partner will provide its own privacy information where required. Submission of the Fleet Check does not itself appoint a law firm, conclude a funding agreement or authorise a claim.
We do not sell personal data for unrelated advertising purposes.
8. International transfers
We are based in Germany and aim to process Website and Fleet Check data within the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Some service providers or partners may, however, process data outside the EEA.
In particular, Shelter Truck Holding, LLC is located in the United States. If a potentially suitable matter is referred to it for financing review, relevant personal data may be transferred to the United States. Before such a transfer, we use a lawful transfer mechanism required by Chapter V GDPR, such as:
- an applicable European Commission adequacy decision, including the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the recipient is validly certified for the relevant data; or
- the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, together with supplementary safeguards where required.
You may contact us to request further information about the transfer mechanism and, where applicable, a copy of the relevant safeguards, subject to necessary redactions.
9. Website technologies, cookies and external fonts
9.1 Cookies and similar technologies
The Website may use cookies or similar local-storage technologies that are strictly necessary to provide requested functions, maintain security or remember privacy choices. Where we use analytics, advertising or other non-essential technologies, we will ask for consent before they are activated. You may withdraw or change that consent at any time through the Website’s privacy or cookie settings.
Your browser also allows you to block or delete cookies. Blocking strictly necessary technologies may affect Website functionality.
9.2 Google Web Fonts
The Website uses Google Web Fonts supplied by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. When fonts are loaded directly from Google’s servers, your browser connects to Google and transmits technical information, including your IP address and browser data. Data may also be processed by Google LLC in the United States.
External Google Web Fonts will be loaded only with your consent under Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. You may withdraw that consent at any time through the Website’s privacy or cookie settings. Where a transfer to the United States occurs, Google may rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework for covered transfers and/or other safeguards under Chapter V GDPR.
More information is available in Google’s Privacy Policy.
10. Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet legal, accounting and evidential requirements. In particular:
- ordinary server logs are normally deleted or anonymised within 14 days, unless a security event requires longer retention;
- a Fleet Check that does not proceed is normally deleted or anonymised within 12 months after the last substantive contact, unless we need to retain it longer to handle a complaint, prevent duplicate or conflicting claims, or establish, exercise or defend legal claims;
- if a matter proceeds, relevant records are retained for the duration of the assessment, contractual relationship, financing or legal proceedings and then for the applicable statutory retention and limitation periods;
- marketing data is retained until you withdraw consent, unsubscribe or we stop the relevant communications; and
- a minimal suppression record may be retained after an opt-out so that we can respect your preference and demonstrate compliance.
Where a legal hold, complaint, dispute or authority request applies, relevant information may be kept until the matter is finally resolved.
11. Security
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access. These measures include encrypted transmission using TLS/HTTPS, access controls and service-provider safeguards. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
12. Your rights
Subject to the conditions and exceptions in applicable law, you may have the right to:
- obtain confirmation as to whether we process your personal data and request access to it (Article 15 GDPR);
- correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data (Article 16 GDPR);
- request erasure of personal data (Article 17 GDPR);
- request restriction of processing (Article 18 GDPR);
- receive personal data you provided in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and transmit it to another controller where applicable (Article 20 GDPR);
- object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to processing based on legitimate interests (Article 21(1) GDPR);
- object at any time to processing for direct marketing (Article 21(2) GDPR); and
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal (Article 7(3) GDPR).
To exercise a right, contact info@lion-claim.com. We may request information needed to verify your identity and authority. We normally respond within one month, subject to any extension permitted by law.
13. Complaints
We encourage you to contact us first so that we can try to resolve your concern. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority, particularly in the EEA country where you live, work or believe an infringement occurred.
Our competent supervisory authority is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW)
https://www.ldi.nrw.de/
14. Third-party links
The Website may link to third-party websites. Those organisations are responsible for their own processing activities, and their privacy policies apply when you visit their services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites.
15. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our processing activities, service providers, partners or legal obligations change. The current version will be published on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. If a change materially affects processing based on consent, we will request new consent where required.