1. Data Protection Social Media
We maintain publicly accessible profiles on social networks. The specific social networks we use are listed below.
Social networks such as Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), etc. are generally able to comprehensively analyze your user behavior when you visit their websites or a website with integrated social media content (e.g., like buttons or advertising banners). Visiting our social media presences triggers numerous data protection-related processing operations. In detail: If you are logged into your social media account and visit our social media presence, the operator of the social media platform may assign this visit to your user account. Your personal data may also be collected even if you are not logged in or do not have an account with the respective social media platform. In such cases, this data collection can occur, for example, through cookies stored on your device or by recording your IP address.
The data collected in this way can be used by the operators of the social media platforms to create user profiles in which your preferences and interests are stored. This allows interest-based advertising to be displayed to you both within and outside of the respective social media presence. If you have an account with the relevant social network, interest-based advertising can be displayed on all devices on which you are or were logged in.
Please note that we cannot trace all processing operations carried out on social media platforms. Depending on the provider, additional processing operations may therefore be performed by the operators of the social media platforms. For details, please refer to the terms of use and privacy policies of the respective social media platforms.
2. Legal Basis
Our social media presences are intended to ensure the broadest possible visibility on the internet. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by the social networks may, where applicable, be based on different legal bases, which must be specified by the operators of the social networks (e.g., consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR).
3. Controller and Exercise of Rights
When you visit one of our social media presences (e.g., Facebook), we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during your visit. You may generally exercise your rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, and complaint) both against us and against the operator of the respective social media portal (e.g., Facebook).
Please note that despite the joint responsibility with the operators of the social media portals, we do not have full influence over the data processing operations of the social media portals. Our possibilities are largely determined by the corporate policies of the respective provider.
4. Storage Period
The data directly collected by us via our social media presence will be deleted from our systems as soon as you request us to delete it, revoke your consent to storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Stored cookies remain on your device until you delete them. Mandatory legal provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
We have no influence on the storage period of your data that is stored by the operators of the social networks for their own purposes. For details, please refer directly to the privacy policies of the respective social network operators (see below).
5. Your Rights
You have the right to obtain, at any time and free of charge, information about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data. You also have the right to object, the right to data portability, and the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. Furthermore, you may request the rectification, blocking, deletion, and, under certain circumstances, the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
Social Networks in Detail:
We maintain a profile on Facebook. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland (hereinafter "Meta"). According to Meta, the collected data may also be transferred to the USA and other third countries.
We have entered into a Joint Controller Agreement (Controller Addendum) with Meta. This agreement specifies which data processing operations we or Meta are responsible for when you visit our Facebook Page. You can view this agreement at the following link.
You can adjust your advertising settings in your user account. To do so, please click the following link and log in.
Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Details can be found here and here. For further information, please refer to Facebook’s Privacy Policy.
The company is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). The DPF is an agreement between the European Union and the United States designed to ensure compliance with European data protection standards when processing data in the USA. Companies certified under the DPF are committed to upholding these data protection standards. Further information is available from the provider at the following Link.
We maintain a profile on Instagram. The provider of this service is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland.
Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Details can be found here and here. For further information, please refer to Facebook’s Privacy Policy and Instagram’s Privacy Policy.
The company is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further details can be found at the following link.
We maintain a profile on XING. The provider is New Work SE (formerly XING AG), Dammtorstraße 29–32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. For details on how they process your personal data, please refer to XING’s Privacy Policy.
We maintain a profile on LinkedIn. The provider is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. LinkedIn uses advertising cookies. If you wish to deactivate LinkedIn advertising cookies, please use the following link.
Data transfers to the USA are based on the EU Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs). Details can be found here and here. For further information, please refer to LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy.
The company is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further details can be found at the following link.
YouTube
We maintain a profile on YouTube. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. For details on how they process your personal data, please refer to YouTube’s Privacy Policy.
The company is certified under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework (DPF). Further details can be found at the following link.