Data Protection Statement of GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG
Controller
The controller of this website within the meaning of Art. 4, Sec. 7, General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is:
GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG
Versmannstrasse 2
D-20457 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 – 35 61 3-0
Fax: +49 40 – 35 61 3-2810
E-mail: info@garbe.de
District Court Hamburg, comm. reg. no. HRA 131872
VAT identification no. DE452718906
represented by its personally liable partner GARBE Industrial Management GmbH, companies house District Court of Hamburg, HRB 183628, which in turn is represented by its managing directors:
Christopher Garbe
Jan Dietrich Hempel
Jan Philipp Daun
Andrea Agrusow
Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer
To contact the Data Protection Officer of GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG, please send an e-mail to datenschutzbeauftragter-garbe-industrial@garbe.de to inquire about any issue regarding data protection at GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG and the processing of your personal data.
Processing Personal Data
1. Informational Visits to Our Website
Every time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data (so-called server log files) and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. When doing so, it collects the following data:
- the visited website
- the date and time of accessing the website
- the quantity of data sent, in bytes
- the source/referrer that brought you to the website (referrer URL)
- the browser used
- the operating system used
- the IP address used
- query details and target address
These data will not be merged with other data sources.
The purpose of storing them in log files is to ensure the functionality of the website. On top of that, the data help us optimise the website and ensure the security of our information technology systems. The data are not evaluated for marketing purposes in this context. Temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to make the website available to the user’s computer. This necessitates storage of the user’s IP address for the duration of the session.
The lawful basis for temporarily storing the data and the log files is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR. We have a legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, to keep optimising our website.
2. Use of Cookies
Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies cause no damage to your computer and contain no viruses. The purpose of cookies is to make our offer more user-friendly, more effective and safer. Cookies are small text files that are set on your computer and stored in your browser.
We use both session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies represent temporary cookies that are stored in a user’s Internet browser until the browser window is closed, which causes the session cookies to be deleted. Permanent cookies are used for repeated visits and are stored in a user’s browser for a certain period of time (generally for up to 1 year, sometimes for 2 years). Cookies of this type are not deleted when the browser is closed. The purpose of these cookies is to restore a given user’s preferences as soon as that user returns to the page. We have a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, to store cookies for a technically error-free and optimised provision of our services (technically necessary cookies).
You can configure your browser so that it will notify you about the placement of any cookies, and only allow cookies on a case-to-case basis, exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general, and enable the automatic deletion of cookies when closing the browser. However, disabling cookies may impair the functionality of this website for you.
Cookies will only be used for reach measurements (tracking) and advertising purposes if you have consented to the use of cookies. The lawful basis for using these cookies is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR. The cookie settings of our website give you the option to grant your voluntary consent to the use of cookies for analytic and marketing purposes either individually or collectively, and to revoke your consent with effect to the future at any time (see Art. 9 of this Data Protection Statement).
Here is how to change your cookie settings:
cookie settings3. Data Processing when Contacting Us via Our Homepage
If you contact us by e-mail, e.g. via the e-mail address quoted on our website, phone or postal letter, the personal data transmitted to us (e.g. your name, e-mail address, postal address, etc.) will be processed so as to enable us to respond to your inquiry. If you use the contact form on our website that is intended for this purpose to get in touch with us, you thereby consent to the processing of your personal data. The processing of personal data (title, first name, last name, company, phone, e-mail, type of query, your message) from the input mask serves the exclusive purpose of processing your query. Processing will be done in accordance with Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a and f, GDPR. If your registration concerns the fulfilment of a contract or pre-contractual measures, the lawful basis for data processing is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. b, GDPR.
4. Application Process
If you submit a job application via our website, we will process your personal data for the purpose of your application to the extent necessary in order to reach a qualified decision whether or not to enter into an employment relationship with you. Such personal data could be details about your person (e.g. name, address, contact details), information about your professional qualification and school education, continued vocational training or any other details that you communicate to us in the context of your application. Furthermore, we may process your personal data if doing so is necessary to deflect legal claims asserted against us in conjunction with the application process.
In case an employment relationship is established between you and us, we will continue to process the personal data already disclosed by you for the purposes of the employment relationship if doing so is necessary for the performance or termination of the employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfilment of statutory rights and obligations.
We do not use automated decision-making in individual cases pursuant to Art. 22, GDPR. This means that the decision regarding your application will not be based exclusively on automated processing.
The lawful basis for processing your personal data within the framework of the application process and, where relevant, for the performance or termination of the employment relationship is Art. 26, Sec. 1, German Data Protection Act (“BDSG”), i. c. w. Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. b, GDPR. If legal claims are asserted against us, the processing of your personal data is done pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR. The legitimate interest to process your data in accordance with Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, derives from the processing purpose.
5. Newsletter
Our newsletters are intended for various target groups, including sales partners, business partners and press partners, for instance, as well as any interested party. We use them to update you on the latest news regarding our company, events and new projects.
Submitting your e-mail address gives you the chance to get regular e-mail updates on GARBE Industrial GmbH & Co. KG in the form of a newsletter.
The registration for our newsletter uses the so-called double-opt procedure. This means that, in response to your registration, we will send you a note to the e-mail address you submitted, asking you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. Unless you confirm your registration, your disclosures will be blocked and deleted within a month’s time. In addition, we will store the IP address you used each time along with the time of your registration and confirmation. The purpose of doing so is to verify your registration and to clarify any misuse of your data, if any.
The disclosure required for the newsletter subscription is solely your e-mail address, which is needed for sending the newsletter. In addition, you may volunteer your salutation, first and last name, and the name of your company. Lawful basis for the data processing is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR.
We measure the performance of our newsletters on the user side. For newsletters dispatched, for instance, we determine the number of recipients who received the newsletter, the opening and click rate, the types of endpoint used to upload the newsletter, and the user engagement. Processing within the scope of the performance measurement is done using anonymous data. The purpose of the data processing is to provide a user-friendly and secure system to you, but also to review and optimise the processes used for demand analysis and customer acquisition. Lawful basis for the data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR. By unsubscribing from the newsletter, you object to this evaluation process. After you unsubscribed, we will keep storing your data in anonymous form for statistical purposes. Your data will be deleted after 90 days.
You may revoke your consent to the sending and receiving of our newsletter at any time. Use the unsubscribe option included in every newsletter to do so. Your data collected within the context of our newsletter dispatch will then be deleted.
Sources
We receive personal data from contractual partners within the framework of our business relations. We also process personal data that we receive directly from our clients, agents, service providers, employees and job applicants. Furthermore, we process—to the extent necessary for the provision of a service—personal data that we receive from other group member companies or from other third parties (e.g. the SCHUFA and Creditreform credit protection agencies) in a lawful manner (e.g. for the performance of services, for the fulfilment of contracts or on the basis of your consent). Moreover, we process personal data that we lawfully obtained from publicly accessible sources (e.g. debtor directories, land registers, commercial registers and registers of societies, press, media, Internet) and that we may legitimately process.
Processing Purposes and Lawful Bases
We process personal data as stipulated by Art. 6, EU-GDPR, specifically pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR, on the basis of consent, Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. b, GDPR, to fulfil a contract, Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. c, GDPR, to meet a legal obligation, Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. d, GDPR, to uphold vital interests of the data subjects, Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, to uphold legitimate interests of our company or of a third party. On top of that, we process your personal data as stipulated by the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
Disclosure of Personal Data
We will not disclose your personal data to any third party unless you consent to the disclosure, there is a legal obligation to disclose the data, the disclosure is part of fulfilling a contract or unless we can invoke legitimate interests in the economic and effective operation of our business operations to justify the disclosure.
Within the GARBE Group, we exchange data if and to the extent that a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR, justifies such intra-group disclosure.
Our third-party service providers were carefully selected and commissioned by us, are bound by our instructions, and are periodically monitored by us. Recipients of personal data include in particular: banks, advertising agencies, PR agencies, credit agencies, payroll offices, lawyers, IT service providers, employers’ liability insurance associations and government agencies (e.g. tax authorities, courts, public prosecutors’ offices and the police).
Transfer of Personal Data
Personal data will not be transferred to countries outside the EU or the EEA (so-called third countries) unless doing so is necessary to fulfil your orders, required by law (e.g. tax reporting requirements), unless you have granted your consent or unless it is done within the scope of contract data processing.
Use of Analysis Tools, Plug-ins and Tracking
1. Social Media Plug-ins
Our website uses so-called social media plug-ins of the social networking websites listed below. Clicking the integrated text/image links will take you to the website of the respective provider. Only after you have been forwarded will user information be transmitted to the respective provider and will information about you be collected by the respective network. This solution makes you the one who decides whether and when your data are to be transmitted to the providers of the respective social networking websites.
You can disable interest-based advertising via the cookie setting (see Section 4 (2), below). If you happen to be logged into your user account of the respective network at the time, the network operator may be able to link the information collected during that specific visit to your personal account. If you prefer to keep the information collected from being linked to your user account, you should log out of this social networking website before clicking on its icon on our website. There is also the option to configure the respective user account accordingly.
Our homepage features the following social media plug-ins:
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, is a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
For more information on interest-based advertising on Facebook and on Facebook’s privacy policy, go to https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/, https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update and https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/.
Instagram is a company owned by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, which in turn is a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA.
For more information on interest-based advertising on Instagram and on Instagram’s privacy policy, go to:
https://www.facebook.com/help/instagram/1554245014870700/?helpref=hc_fnav&bc[0]=Instagram-Hilfebereich&bc[1]=Instagram%20f%C3%BCr%20Unternehmen and https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.
For more information on interest-based advertising on LinkedIn and on LinkedIn’s privacy policy, go to: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/65446/anzeigeneinstellungen-verwalten?lang=de and https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
New Work SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, D-20354 Hamburg
For more information on interest-based advertising on Xing and on Xing’s privacy policy, go to: https://werben.xing.com/, https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung and https://dev.xing.com/plugins/terms_and_conditions
2. Other Plug-Ins and Embedded Functions and Contents
Our website uses functional and content elements that are obtained from servers of the respective providers (hereinafter “third-party providers”). These may include, for instance, graphics, videos or city maps (hereinafter uniformly referred to as “contents”).
Note: Transfer to the United States
The European Court of Justice has ruled that the level of protection provided by United States law is not comparable to European data protection law. Accordingly, there is a chance that your personal data may be processed by US authorities for control and monitoring purposes without you having recourse to a corresponding legal remedy.
An adequate level of data protection when using service providers and processors outside the European Union (EU/EEA) is ensured by compliance with Art. 45 et seq. GDPR, primarily by concluding the standard contractual clauses pursuant to Art. 46, Sec 2, Lit. c, GDPR, and by seeking your consent for transatlantic data transfer pursuant to Art. 49, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR.
YouTube
Our website uses plug-ins from YouTube, a web page operated by Google. Operator of the page is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave., San Bruno, CA 94066, USA.
Whenever you visit a page with the YouTube plug-in, a connection to YouTube servers will be established. The YouTube server will learn which of our pages you visited. Logging into your YouTube account enables YouTube to match your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by signing out of your YouTube account prior to visiting our website.
Our interest in using YouTube is to present our online offers in an engaging manner, while being subject to your consent to the setting of plug-ins and thus on the basis of Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR.
We only record the extent to which the YouTube videos integrated on our website are accessed and will delete these data after two years.
For more information on the way user data are handled, see the privacy policy of YouTube at: www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.
Vimeo
Our website uses Vimeo plug-ins to integrate and play back video contents. This video portal is provided by Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011, USA. Whenever you visit a page with the integrated Vimeo plug-in, a connection to Vimeo servers will be established. As a result, Vimeo will learn which of our pages you visited. Vimeo will learn your IP address even if you are not logged in to the video portal or have no Vimeo account. The information collected by Vimeo will be transmitted to the video portal’s servers in the United States.
Vimeo can associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of Vimeo first.
The lawful basis for integrating and using Vimeo on our website is your consent pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR.
For more details on the handling of user data, see Vimeo’s data protection statement at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.
Google Maps
Our website uses the Google Maps map service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (hereinafter “Google”).
In our standard setting, Google Maps is disabled, so that no personal data are forwarded to Google initially when you access the page. Only by clicking the map section and confirming a message will you activate the map and consent to the processing of your data (Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. a, GDPR). Following activation, the content of Google Maps will be transmitted directly to your browser and integrated into the website (a so-called 2-click solution). Google Maps can be disabled again any time by clicking on it once more, thereby revoking your consent.
Activating the map section will communicate to the provider that you accessed our website. This happens regardless of whether you have a user account with Google and are signed in to your Google account. If you are also logged in to Google with an existing user account while visiting our website, Google may also be able to associate your visit of our website with your user behaviour. Moreover, Google may send additional cookies to your browser. Please note that, as the provider of our website, we have no exact knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or their use by Google, nor do we have any way to further restrict the transmission of data to Google and its partners. According to its own disclosures, Google will store the data collected about you in the form of a user profile and use them for advertising purposes, market research and/or the need-based design of its websites. The purpose of such an analysis is specifically to generate personalised advertising (including for users not logged in).
The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data including the deletion periods by Google as well as your rights in this regard and options to use settings to protect your privacy are detailed in Google’s own disclosures, e.g. their privacy policy at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. No results that Google obtained by processing your data are stored by us. For more information on the data processing by Google, go to http://www.google.de/intl/en/policies/privacy.
Mapbox
We integrated Mapbox into this website. This service is provided by Mapbox, Inc. 740 15th Street NW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, USA (hereinafter “Mapbox”). The service enables us to include map material on our website. Using the features of Mapbox necessitates the storage of your IP address, of your user agent and of other data. Such information is, as a rule, transmitted to a Microsoft server in the United States and stored there. The provider of this website has no way to influence the transmission of such data.
Using this service is in the legitimate interest of the website provider within the meaning of Art. 6, Sec. 1, Lit. f, GDPR. Assuming that a corresponding consent was obtained, the data are processed exclusively on the basis of Art. 6, Sec. 1. Lit. a, GDPR, and Art. 25, Sec. 1, German Telecommunications Digital Services Data Protection Act (TDDDG), to the extent that the consent covers the storage of cookies or the access to information on the user endpoint (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG. The consent may be revoked at any time. For more details, see the provider’s privacy policy at Legal information about Privacy.
The company is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF represents an agreement between the European Union and the United States whose purpose is to ensure that data processing in the United States complies with European data protection standards. Every company certified under the DPF undertakes to adhere to these data protection standards. More details on the subject are available from the provider under this link:
Data Privacy Framework
3. Analytic Tools
(a) Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to identify the frequency with which certain sections of our website are used, and to identify preferences. The information generated by the cookies about your use of the website (including your truncated IP address) will generally be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, to compile reports on website activity for us and to provide other services relating to the uses of the service and to Internet usage.
We use Google Analytics exclusively with the IP anonymisation enabled. This means that Google will truncate your IP address in advance within any member state of the European Union (EU) or within any member state of the Treaty on the European Economic Area (EEA). Only in exceptional cases will your full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and truncated there. The IP address submitted by your Internet browser will not be merged with other Google data. If you do not want Google Analytics to analyse and measure your reach, you may, as an alternative to the options described in Section 4 (2), disable the use of Google Analytics cookies using an Internet browser add-on. You can download the add-on here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. In this case, so-called “opt-out” information is stored on your endpoint, which is used to attribute your deactivation of Google Analytics. Please note that such “opt-out” information will only disable Google Analytics on that specific endpoint and for the corresponding Internet browser in which the cookie was set. Moreover, you will have to re-install the opt-out cookie after deleting cookies from your endpoint, where applicable. The opt-out cookie is effective only on the Internet browser that was used to set it, and only for our website, and will be set on your endpoint. If you delete the cookies in that Internet browser, you will have to set the opt-out cookie once more afterwards.
For more information on the use of data by Google as well as your options to customise settings and raise objections, go to the websites of Google at
https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners and https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads.
(b) Google Ads
(aa). We use the “Google Ads” online advertising programme on our website and, in this context, conversion tracking (visit action evaluation). Google Conversion Tracking is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Google Building Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, a subsidiary of Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (hereinafter “Google”).
If you consent to the use of this service, a cookie for conversion tracking will be stored on your computer when you click on an advert placed by Google. These cookies have a limited lifetime, contain no personal data and are therefore not used for personal identification. If you visit certain pages of our website and the cookie stored on your computer has not yet expired, Google and us, too, will recognise that you clicked on the ad and were redirected to our website. Each Google Ads client gets a distinct cookie. Accordingly, there is no way to track cookies via the websites of ads customers. The purpose for which the information obtained through the conversion cookie is used is to create conversion statistics. Your data may possibly be transmitted to the United States.
For more information and to read the privacy policy of Google, go to https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/
(bb). Our website uses the remarketing function within the Google Ads service (see paragraph (a), above).
To this end, the interaction of users on our website is analysed, e.g. which offers a given user was interested in, in order to be able to display targeted advertising to users on other sites even after they completed their visit to our website. This is made possible by the fact that Google stores a number in the browsers of users who visit certain Google services or websites within the Google Display Network. The number, which is also called a cookie, captures the visits by these users. This number is used to uniquely identify a web browser on a specific endpoint rather than to identify a person; no personal data are stored.
Aside from the option to disable tracking, you can prevent participation in this tracking process in the following ways: a) by setting your browser software accordingly, in particular by suppressing third-party cookies so that you receive no ads from third-party providers; b) by installing the plug-in provided by Google under the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin; c) by disabling the interest-based adverts of the providers that are part of the “About Ads” self-regulation campaign via the link http://www.aboutads.info/choices, although this setting will be deleted once you delete your cookies; d) by permanently disabling them in your Firefox, Internet Explorer or Google Chrome browsers under the same link.
For more information on the privacy policy of Google, go to http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy.
(c) Facebook Pixel
Our website uses the so-called “Facebook pixel” of the Facebook social networking website, which is operated by Meta Platforms Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Facebook”).
Facebook Pixel enables Facebook to define you and other visitors to our website as a target group for adverts (so-called “Facebook Ads”). In other words, we use the Facebook pixel to improve customer engagement on Facebook. The way it works is that the Facebook ads placed by us are only displayed to Facebook users who have actually shown interest in our offers or who display certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products that are determined on the basis of the websites visited) (so-called “custom audiences”). Ultimately, integrating the Facebook pixel enables us to trace the effectiveness of our Facebook adverts for statistical and market research purposes. For it allows us to see whether you were forwarded to our website after clicking a Facebook ad (the so-called “conversion”).
If you consent to the use of this service, a so-called cookie will be set on your endpoint. If you subsequently log in to Facebook or if you happen to be logged in to Facebook when you visit our website, your visit to our website will be noted in your Facebook profile. For us, the data collected in this manner remain anonymous. Please note that these data will also be stored and processed by Facebook, so that they may possibly be linked to the respective user profile. Facebook may use this information for its own market research and advertising purposes. If you prefer to keep the information collected from being linked to your user account, you should log out of this social networking website before clicking on its icon on our website.
For more information about the Facebook pixel and its functionality, go to https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616.
(d) LinkedIn Insight
Our website uses the LinkedIn Insight tag of the LinkedIn social networking website which is operated by the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“LinkedIn”).
LinkedIn Insight is a JavaScript code integrated into our website. Its purpose is to register visits of LinkedIn members to our website. This way, LinkedIn obtains the information that you accessed our website, and combines that information with your profile data on LinkedIn in order to show you targeted advertising about our company on LinkedIn. It also gives us a way to measure the performance of our ads.
If you consent to the use of this service (see Section 4 (2)), a so-called cookie will be set on your endpoint. If you subsequently log into LinkedIn or if you happen to be logged into LinkedIn when visiting our website, your visit to our website will be noted in your LinkedIn profile. For us, the data collected in this manner remain anonymous. They do not let us draw conclusions about you. Please note that these data will also be stored and processed by LinkedIn, so that they may possibly be linked to the respective user profile. LinkedIn may use this information for its own market research and advertising purposes. If you prefer to keep the information collected from being linked to your user account, you should log out of this social networking website before clicking on its icon on our website.
Data processing by LinkedIn is subject to the LinkedIn Data Usage Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. For more information about LinkedIn Insight and its functionality, go to: https://business.linkedin.com/en/marketing-solutions/insight-tag.
Social Media
We operate corporate online presences on the Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Xing social networking websites.
We have no way to know what sort of user data the social networking websites collect. We have no influence on the data processing that takes place for this purpose, and can neither prevent it nor access the underlying data. Moreover, we do not have full access to your profile data. We can only see the publicly available information of your profile. What specific public information is shown depends on your own social network settings.
We receive anonymous statistics (e.g. regarding followers) from social networking websites on the use and application of our company homepage. The lawful basis for the transmission of your data within the respective social networks is your consent, which you may revoke informally at any time, pursuant to Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR. The lawful basis for using the statistical data is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR. We have no way to match the statistical data with the profile data of our visitors.
We receive your personal data from social networking websites if you actively disclose them to us via a personal note. We will use your data (e.g. first name, last name, user name, e-mail address) to reply to your query. Your data will be stored until that purpose has been served. Lawful basis for the data processing when you actively contact us is your consent within the meaning of Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. a, GDPR. If your message is connected to a (pre-)contractual relationship with us, the lawful basis for data processing is Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. b, GDPR.
If we receive personal data from you via a social networking website, these data will be processed in shared responsibility together with the respective social networking website.
For more information about the data collection and the further processing of those data, use the links to each of the social networking websites below.
Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, is a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, https://en.facebook.com/legal/terms/ and https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update.
Instagram is a company owned by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland, which in turn is a subsidiary of Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA, https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is a subsidiary of the LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
New Work SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, D-20354 Hamburg, https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung and https://dev.xing.com/plugins/terms_and_conditions.
Processing and Data Retention Period
We will process and store your personal data for as long as is necessary to serve the purposes for which it is collected or otherwise processed, in particular for as long as is necessary to fulfil our contractual and legal obligations.
Automated Decision-Making
We principally do not use fully automated decision-making (including profiling) in the context of visits to our website pursuant to Art. 22, Art. 13, Sec. 2, Lit. f, Art. 14, Sec. 2, Lit. g, GDPR. In case we do deploy such processes in one-off cases, we will notify you separately of the fact, provided that doing so is legally mandated.
Data Subject Rights
You have the following rights vis-à-vis us as the controller within the meaning of the GDPR:
- to demand information about your personal data processed by us (Art. 15, GDPR);
- to demand the prompt correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data stored by us (Art. 16, GDPR);
- to demand the deletion of your personal data stored by us unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims (Art. 17, GDPR);
- to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, if the processing is unlawful but you object to their deletion, or if we no longer need the data but you require them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims, or if you have lodged an objection to such data processing pursuant to Art. 21, GDPR (Art. 18, GDPR);
- to demand to have your personal data that you provided to us disclosed to you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request its transfer to another controller (Art. 20, GDPR);
- to revoke the consent you granted to us (Art. 21 GDPR). Once you objected, we will no longer process your personal data in future. This does not apply if processing is permitted on the basis of other regulations (e.g. Art. 6, Sec. 1, Sent. 1, Lit. f, GDPR).
- in the case of an automated decision (profiling), the right to state your own position and to challenge the decision (Art. 22, Sec. 3, GDPR);
- in the case of a complaint to a regulator (Art. 77, GDPR).
Currency of and Amendments to the Data Protection Statement
The currency and effective date of this Data Protection Statement is 29th August 2025. Further development of our website and changing legal or official requirements may necessitate revisions of this Data Protection Statement from time to time. We reserve the right to undertake such revisions at any time.