Privacy Policy

Thank you for visiting our website and your interest in our services. The protection of your privacy is very important to us. We place great emphasis on the protection of your personal data and your right to informational self-determination. We collect, process and use personal data solely in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "GDPR") and the applicable country-specific data protection regulations.

Below we will inform you, as the data subject, as well as the public about the nature, scope and purpose of the personal data we collect, use and process. In addition, your legal rights will be explained to you, as the data subject, by means of this privacy statement. If you are not in agreement with these regulations, we ask that you do not access or use this website in any other way. Should you have questions or other concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. Contact information can be found under point II.

I. Responsible Entities

The responsible entity according to the General Data Protection Regulation and other applicable data protection regulations is:

NETZSCH Instruments North America, LLC
129 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803
USA
Phone: (+1) 781 272 5353
E-Mail: nib-sales‎@‎NETZSCH.com
Website: https://analyzing-testing.NETZSCH.com/

Managing Director: Dr. Marc-Antoine Thermitus
 

II. Data Protection Officer

The data protection officer for the responsible entity is:

Dr. Georg Schröder, LL.M.
External data protection officer
legal data Schröder Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Prannerstr. 1
80333 Munich
Germany

Tel.: +49-89 - 954 597 520
Fax: +49-89 - 954 597 522
E-Mail: datenschutz@NETZSCH.com | georg.schroeder@legaldata.law

Data subjects may contact the data protection officer at all times with questions, for the assertion of rights and with other ideas regarding data protection.

 

III. Processing of Personal Data

1. General Information on Visiting our Website
When you visit our website for information purposes only, it is basically not required to provide personal data. In this case, we collect and use only the data that your internet browser automatically transmits to us, such as your browser type (including version) and the browser settings, the operating system used by the accessing system, date and time of your visit to our website, the name of your internet service provider, your IP address and the website from which you visited us. We draw no conclusions about the data subject when collecting and processing these data. The data are stored separately from all other personal data provided by a data subject. Collection and processing are carried out solely to enable the use of the websites you have accessed, for statistical purposes and to improve our website.

2. Cookies
To make our websites more attractive and to enable the use of certain functions, we use so-called cookies on various pages. These are text files which are stored on your device. Cookies help us determine the frequency of use and the number of users of our websites, and to make our offerings as convenient and efficient for you as possible. On the one hand, we use so-called "session cookies," which are cached only during the time you are using one of our websites. On the other hand, we use "permanent cookies" (including "flash cookies"), to capture information about computers that repeatedly access our websites. In this way, we can offer an optimal user interface and also "recognize" you when you return so that we can present maximum variety and new content. In your browser under Extras/Internet Options, you can disable cookies, limit them to certain websites or set your browser to notify you when a cookie is sent. You also have the option to remove existing cookies with your browser. More detailed information about these functions can be found in the documentation or in your browser's help file.

3. Other Tools

Cookiebot

On our website we use the consent management tool "Cookiebot" from the company Usercentrics A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark.

With the help of Cookiebot, a so-called cookie banner is displayed to you the first time you visit our site, in which you can manage your consent to the setting of cookies or the use of cookie categories. You can also call up the cookie banner at any time later and change your cookie settings.

The settings you have made are stored in separate cookies, whereby personal data is also transmitted to Cookiebot. This involves the following data categories:

·        Anonymized IP address,

·        Date and time of consent,

·        Information about the browser,

·        the URL of our subpage from which you gave your consent

·        a random and encrypted key,

·        the consent status, which serves as proof of consent.

The cookie consents given with the help of Cookiebot are stored for a period of 12 months.

The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest in the data protection-compliant management of user consents to the setting of cookies on our website (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information can be found in Cookiebot's privacy policy at: https://www.cookiebot.com/en/privacy-policy/

Cloudflare

We use the services of the company "Cloudflare" (Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA) to increase the availability and security of our website.

Cloudflare provides a so-called Content Delivery Network (CDN). This means that website operators can make certain page content available not only on their own servers, but also on the CDN provider's servers. If the CDN servers are located closer to the user than the website operator's servers, the use of a CDN regularly results in faster loading times for the user. When users access the website of such a website operator, they therefore establish a connection not only to the website operator, but also to the CDN operator.

Cloudflare also provides website operators with security functions that can be used to ward off automated attacks on the website in particular. By using these functions, the availability of our website and the services it contains can be ensured.

Cloudflare uses cookies for the purposes described above and can therefore process the following categories of data in particular:

·        IP address,

·        End device of the user,

·        Data on traffic between the user and the website operator, e.g. pages accessed, date and time of access.

You can completely prevent the processing of your personal data by Cloudflare by deactivating the execution of script code in your browser settings or by integrating a so-called script blocker into your browser.

Cloudflare is contractually obliged under so-called EU standard data protection clauses to ensure that, when transferring personal data out of the European Economic Area, the recipients comply with a data protection standard that essentially corresponds to the European standard. Please note, however, that we cannot guarantee that Cloudflare will be able to comply with these contractual obligations in every case.

The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest in the continuous and secure operation of our website and the defense against hacker attacks (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).

Further information can be found in Cloudflare's privacy policy at: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

 

Google Analytics

We also use Google Analytics on our websites, a web analysis service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, Tel: +353 1 543 1000, Fax: +353 1 686 5660 ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies," which are text files placed on your computer to enable the website analyze how visitors use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our websites will generally be transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. However, because IP anonymization has been activated on our websites, within the Member States of the European Union or other states that are party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, your IP address will first be truncated. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be sent to a Google server in the US and shortened there. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of evaluating your use of our websites, compiling reports on website activity and providing us with other services related to website and internet usage. The IP address transmitted from your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You can prevent the storage of cookies using the appropriate settings in your browser; however, please note that by doing so, you may lose some of the functionality of the websites. In addition, you can prevent the collection and processing by Google of the data generated by the cookie and related to your use of our websites (including your IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Additional information can be found at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout or www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html (general information on Google Analytics and data protection). Please note that our websites use Google Analytics with the extension "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

You can also prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.

Google Tag Manager

We use the Google Tag Manager tool on our website. Google Tag Manager is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

With the help of Google Tag Manager, we can manage the JavaScript and HTML tags set on our site. Tags are small code elements with which we can measure traffic and visitor behavior on our site, evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising, set up remarketing and target group orientation and test and optimize our website. Google Tag Manager does not use its own cookies and does not collect any personal data itself. It triggers other tags, which in turn may collect personal data. However, Google Tag Manager does not access this data.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Further information on data protection at Google can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Microsoft Clarity

This website uses Microsoft Clarity, an analytics software from Microsoft (Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland).

With the help of Microsoft Clarity, usage behavior on our website can be recorded and evaluated. This concerns, for example, information on how much time users spend on which subpages, which links they follow or which click and scroll behavior is registered on our site. This information can be used to create a statistical heat map, which shows which areas of the website are visited and how often. The information collected by Microsoft Clarity is transmitted to Microsoft servers and processed there.

The following information is processed

·        IP address

·        Date and time of access

·        Click and scroll behavior on the website

·        End device, operating system, internet browser

·        Geographical information (country)

This serves the purpose of continuously improving the user-friendliness of our website by evaluating user behavior.

The legal basis for data processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

Microsoft's privacy policy is available at: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement

Microsoft Dynamics 365

We use the customer relationship management ("CRM") system Microsoft Dynamics 365 from Microsoft (Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, One Microsoft Place, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland). Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM enables us, among other things, to manage existing and potential customers and customer contacts. With the help of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, we are able to record, sort and analyze customer interactions via email, social media or telephone across various channels. We also use Microsoft Dynamics 365 for online forms. The personal data collected in this way can be evaluated and used for communication with potential customers or for marketing measures such as newsletter mailings. With Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM, we are also able to record and analyze the user behavior of our contacts on our website.

The use of Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Microsoft's privacy policy is available at: https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement.

New Relic

We use the New Relic tool from New Relic, Inc, 188 Spear Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, California 94105, USA on our website. This allows us to statistically evaluate the performance and speed of our website.

For this purpose, New Relic sets cookies for the user. These cookies record, for example, that the user has called up one of our pages, how long it takes to use it or which browser the user is using. The information compiled with the help of cookies is transferred to New Relic servers in the USA for analysis. We then receive the transferred data from New Relic in an analyzed and processed statistical form.

The legal basis for the use of New Relic is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Insofar as personal data is collected via New Relic, it will be deleted as soon as the respective measurement of website performance has ended and the purpose has been achieved. This is usually the case after one day.

You can prevent cookies from being set by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. Further information about New Relic can be found in New Relic's privacy policy at https://newrelic.com/termsandconditions/services-notices.

Tawk.to

Our website offers the option of using Tawk.to. This is a live chat software. The chat is integrated in the source code. This is made possible by a script. By using the chat, you automatically use the services of Tawk.to. The data collected includes Chat history, IP address at the time of the chat and country of origin. This data is not passed on to third parties and is used exclusively for protection and internal statistics. The data is not used to identify you personally. They are not stored beyond the one processing operation. It is deleted after the chat. The purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Tawk.to as well as your rights in this regard and setting options to protect your privacy can be found in Tawk.to's data protection information: https://www.tawk.to/privacy-policy.

Further information about Tawk.to: tawk.to inc, 187 East Warm Springs Rd, SB298, Las Vegas, NV, 89119, USA.

Integration of YouTube videos

We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored on www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. YouTube is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google").

When you visit the website, YouTube receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. Log files are also transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether YouTube provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Google, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button. YouTube stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in Google's privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Integration of Vimeo videos

We have integrated Vimeo videos into our online offering, which are stored on http://www.vimeo.com and can be played directly from our website. Vimeo is a service provided by Vimeo.com Inc, 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, US.

When you visit the website, Vimeo receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding subpage of our website. Log files are also transmitted. This occurs regardless of whether Vimeo provides a user account through which you are logged in or whether no user account exists. If you are logged in to Vimeo, your data will be assigned directly to your account. If you do not wish your data to be associated with your Vimeo profile, you must log out before activating the button. Vimeo stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the needs-based design of its website. Such an evaluation is carried out in particular (even for users who are not logged in) to provide needs-based advertising and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our website. You have the right to object to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact Vimeo to exercise this right.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by Vimeo can be found in the privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Wiredminds

Our website uses a counting pixel technology provided by wiredminds GmbH (www.wiredminds.de) to analyze visitor behavior. If necessary, data is collected, processed and stored, from which user profiles are created under a pseudonym. Wherever possible and reasonable, these usage profiles are completely anonymized. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored in the visitor's Internet browser and serve to recognize the Internet browser. The collected data, which may also contain personal data, will be transmitted to wiredminds or collected directly by wiredminds. wiredminds may use information that is left by visiting the websites to create anonymized usage profiles. The data obtained without explicit consent of the affected person will not be used to personally identify the visitor of this website and will not be merged with personal data of the bearer of the pseudonym. Whenever IP addresses are recorded, their immediate anonymization takes place by deleting the last number block.
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IP Info

Our websites also use IP Info for geolocating in order to display your local contact. Your IP address is anonymized and transmitted via encrypted connection to the IP Info webservers. We receive country, city, zip code and region from the API.

4. Use of other Services Offered
Additional data are collected and processed when visiting these websites only if you provide these data yourself in connection with the use of services offered separately on our websites. Please note that, in this context, there is fundamentally no legal or contractual obligation to provide your personal data. However, if you choose not to provide personal data, the use of our services may be restricted or excluded.

Our newsletter

You can subscribe to a free regular e-mail newsletter on our website. In order to be able to send you the newsletter regularly, we need your e-mail address.

Your data will be forwarded to our newsletter service provider in connection with the sending of the newsletter. Your data will not be passed on to third parties beyond this.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we will only send you an e-mail newsletter if you have expressly confirmed to us that you consent to the newsletter being sent. For this purpose, we will send you a confirmation e-mail in which you will be asked to confirm that you wish to receive future newsletters from us by clicking on a corresponding link.

This is to ensure that only you, as the owner of the e-mail address provided, can subscribe to the newsletter. Your confirmation must be made promptly after receipt of the confirmation e-mail, otherwise your newsletter registration will be automatically deleted from our database. When you subscribe to the newsletter, we collect and store the data you enter in the newsletter form (e.g. surname, first name, email address).

When you register for the newsletter, we also store your IP address assigned by the Internet Service Provider (ISP) as well as the date and time of registration in order to be able to trace any possible misuse of your e-mail address at a later date. In the confirmation e-mail sent out for control purposes (double opt-in), we also store the date and time of the click on the confirmation link and the IP address assigned by the Internet service provider (ISP).

The data collected by us when you register for the newsletter will be used exclusively for the purpose of advertising by means of the newsletter.

The processing of your e-mail address for sending the newsletter is based on your voluntary declaration of consent, which you can revoke at any time for the future, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR.

In addition, the processing pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR is based on our legitimate interest in documenting proof of the required consent.

Your email address will be stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. After you unsubscribe from the newsletter, your email address will be deleted unless you have consented to further use of your data or there is another legal basis for processing.

Product recommendations to existing customers

If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services to those you have already purchased from our range by e-mail. If you have initially objected to the use of your e-mail address for this purpose, we will not send you any e-mails. You are also entitled to object to the use of your e-mail address for the aforementioned advertising purpose at any time with effect for the future. This will only incur transmission costs in accordance with the basic rates. Upon receipt of your objection, the processing of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.

Your email address is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Your e-mail address will be stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address will be deleted unless you have consented to further use of your data or there is another legal basis for processing.

Contact via our Website

Due to legal requirements, our website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with our company as well as direct communication with us, which also includes a general, so-called electronic mail (e-mail) address. If a data subject contacts the data controller by e-mail or through a contact form, the personal data provided by the data subject will be saved automatically. Such personal data transmitted voluntarily by a data subject to the controller will be stored for purposes of processing or for contacting the data subject.

 

IV. Processing Purposes and Legal Basis as well as Legitimate Interest

When personalized services are utilized, we process the personal data you share with us for the purpose of providing the service you have requested.

We use the personal data collected in connection with the communication initiated via our contact form solely for purposes of processing or for contacting the data subject. Legal basis for this is the legitimate interest (see Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

V. Storage Duration and Routine Deletion

The legislature has issued a variety of retention requirements and retention periods. Typically, these are also the basis for the storage period for personal data. Upon expiry of these periods, the corresponding data are routinely deleted or their processing is restricted. If data are not affected, they will be deleted as soon as the respective uses no longer apply.

We save the personal data that you provide us within the context of the contact, subject to further processing purposes (for example, inquiry via the contact form) only until such time that your inquiry has been processed or pursuant to the in-house deletion period.

VI. Rights of Data Subjects

According to the General Data Protection Regulation, you, as the data subject, have various rights in connection with the collection and processing of your personal data, which we would like to explain below.

Fundamentally, these rights can be asserted by the data subject at any time. To assert these rights, and for questions in this regard, we ask that the data subject contact our person in charge (see point II). He will be happy to answer your questions and, in individual cases, take necessary measures to implement the rights asserted by the data subject without delay.

Right to Confirmation and Access 
Every data subject has the right to request from the controller a confirmation of whether personal data about him have been processed. If that is the case, the data subject also has the right to receive, free of charge, information about his personal data that has been stored as well as a copy of that information.

Right to Rectification 
Every data subject has the right to request immediate rectification of personal data about him that is incorrect. Further, he has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data — including by means of a supplementary statement — taking into account the purposes of the processing.

Right to Deletion
Every data subject has the right to request that the controller immediately remove personal data about him, if any of the following applies and if processing is not required:

  • The personal data were collected or otherwise processed for purposes for which they are no longer necessary.
  • The data subject lodges an objection to the processing and there are no legitimate grounds for the processing.
  • The personal data were unlawfully processed.
  • The person responsible is otherwise required by law to delete.
  • The personal data are those collected from children as part of information society services.

Insofar as we, the controller, have made the personal data public and are required to delete them, we will take the appropriate steps, under consideration of the available technology and the costs of implementation, to inform other controllers who process the published personal data that the data subject has requested deletion. In addition, we will inform these other controllers that the data subject has requested the deletion of all links to these personal data, along with any copies or replications, to the extent that processing is not required.

Right to Restriction/Blocking of Processing
Every data subject has the right to request that the controller restrict the processing if one of the following conditions is met:

  • The accuracy of the personal is contested by the data subject, for a period of time that allows the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data.
  • The processing is unlawful; the data subject rejects deletion of the personal data and demands instead that use of the personal data be restricted.
  • The controller no longer requires the personal data for processing purposes, but the data subject requires them to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
  • The data subject has lodged an objection and it has not yet been determined whether the legitimate grounds of the controller outweigh those of the data subject.

Right to Data Portability
In principle, every data subject has the right to receive the personal data he has made available to a controller in a structured, common and machine-readable format. He also has the right to transmit these data to another controller without obstruction by the controller to whom the personal data were originally provided, insofar as the processing is based on consent or a contract and the processing takes place using an automated process.

In addition, the data subject has the right to have the personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, provided that it is technically possible and does not compromise the rights and freedoms of others.

Right to Object
Every data subject has the right, for reasons that arise from his particular situation, to object to the processing of his personal data, insofar as the processing is carried out to safeguard the legitimate interests of the controller or third parties.

In the case of an objection, we will no longer process the personal data, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing that outweigh the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If personal data are processed for the purpose of direct advertising, the data subject has the right to object at any time to the processing of his personal data for the purpose of such advertising. If the data subject objects to processing for direct advertising purposes, the personal data will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Right to Appeal
Independent of the above stated rights and independent of other remedies, every data subject has the right to appeal to a supervisory authority, if he believes that the processing of his personal data violates the data protection regulations.

VII. Data Security

Please note that data transmission via the internet is essentially unsecured. There is a possibility that transmitted data can be read and perhaps even falsified by unauthorized persons. For secure communication, we offer, by default, encrypted communication over the SSL protocol, which we use to transfer your personal data. In addition, we employ current technical and organizational measures to secure our website and other systems against loss, destruction, access, modification or dissemination of your data by unauthorized persons. These are always consistent with the current state of the art.

VIII. Recipient or Category of Recipients

Insofar as we transfer personal data to third parties, it is done in accordance with the data protection regulations and according to this privacy policy. We transfer the personal data in the context of the above-mentioned processing purposes to companies within the NETZSCH-Group.

Our service providers and agents can also receive data for the stated processing purposes, if they, in particular, uphold their obligation to confidentiality. These are companies providing IT services, logistics and printing services.

IX. Transmission to a Third Country or an International Organization

When transferring data to external bodies in third countries, i.e. outside the EU or the EEA, we ensure that these bodies treat your personal data with the same care as within the EU or the EEA. We only transfer personal data to third countries where the EU Commission has confirmed an adequate level of protection or where we ensure the careful handling of personal data through contractual agreements or other suitable guarantees.

 

X. Privacy policy social media

With this notice, we would like to inform you about what data we collect from you on our social media presences and how we use it. 

You can find us in various social media with our own presence. Through this, we would like to provide you with a broad, multimedia offer and exchange information with you on topics that are important to you. In addition to the respective provider of a social network, we also collect and process personal user data on fan pages. We link to our presences in social networks on this website. For this purpose, we have linked to a graphic of the respective network. 

No data is transmitted to the operators of the social networks when you load our website, but only when you actively follow the link to our profile on the respective social network. 

When you access our profile page on a social network, the operator of the social network may set cookies on your end device, regardless of whether you have an account with the network or whether you are logged in there. Cookies are data packets that mark the user's end devices with a specific identifier. Cookies are primarily set in order to be able to display personalised advertising to visitors of the social networks, including our profile pages. 

This is done, for example, by displaying to the user on the pages of the social network advertisements from advertising partners of the social network whose websites the user has previously visited. In addition, cookies enable us to compile statistics on the use of our profile page (e.g. number of page views, user categories). 

If we receive such statistical analyses from the operator of the social network, the data is anonymised by the operator beforehand, i.e. it is not possible for us to assign usage data to an individual user. If you are logged in to the social network, however, the operator of the social network may be able to assign the visit to our profile on the social network to your account there. 

We have no influence on which data is collected and transmitted by the operator of the social network, to which third-party recipients a transmission by the operator of the social network takes place and how long the data is stored by the operator of the social network. In this regard, we refer to the privacy policy of the respective social network. 


Facebook
If you access our Facebook fan page, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 D02 X525, Ireland (in the following: “Meta Platforms Ireland”), collects, stores and processes your personal data in accordance with Facebook's privacy policy. You can find the privacy policy here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/  

The purpose pursued by us in processing your data on our profile page on Facebook is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. To this extent, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision. 

Within the framework of the "Facebook Insights" function, Facebook may provide us with the following data categories, among others, in anonymised / statistical form for the purpose of performance measurement and optimisation of our Facebook presence: 

·        Predefined interactions on our fan page

·        Timestamp

·        Country/city of the user

·        HTTP language code

·        Age/gender group

·        Previously visited website (so-called referral URL)

·        End device of the user

·        Facebook user ID (if logged in)

With regard to the processing of insights data, there is a joint responsibility between Facebook and us, under which Facebook has assumed primary responsibility. This concerns the processing of insights data and the implementation of data subject rights. Please therefore contact Facebook directly regarding all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of insights data. We will forward any requests we receive in this regard to Facebook. Further details are set out in the Joint Controller Addendum, which can be found here: www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum 

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not accessing our profile pages. 

We delete private messages that you send to us via Facebook within one year of the last communication with you. Public posts from you (e.g. in our timeline) we keep published permanently until you explicitly request their deletion. 

The provision of our services generally requires the involvement of instruction-dependent processors, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract. 

We would like to point out that Meta Platforms Ireland may transfer personal data to the USA. Meta Platforms Ireland obliges recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with an appropriate data protection standard due to so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country can also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision). 

In principle, Meta Platforms Ireland assumes the fulfillment of your legal rights for us. However, you may also contact us regarding your rights listed below: 

·        Right to revoke consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion according to Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to "being forgotten" according to Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR


Instagram
If you visit our Instagram channel, personal data will be stored and processed by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 D02 X525, Ireland, as provider of Instagram in accordance with Instagram's privacy policy. You can find the privacy policy here: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/  

The purpose pursued by us in processing your data on our profile page on Instagram is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. To this extent, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision. 

We use the statistics service Instagram Insights for the purpose of needs-based design and ongoing optimisation of our pages. This service records your activity on our site and makes it available to us in anonymised statistics. This provides us with information about, among other things, the interactions of our fan page visitors, the views of our page, the reach of posts, information about the activity of our subscribers, as well as information about which countries and locations our visitors come from, and statistics about the gender ratios of our visitors. It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access individual user profiles. 

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not accessing our profile pages. 

We delete private messages that you send to us via Instagram within one year of the last communication with you. Public posts from you (e.g. in our timeline) we keep published permanently until you explicitly request their deletion. 

The provision of our services generally requires the involvement of instruction-dependent processors, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract. 

We would like to point out that Meta Platforms Ireland may transfer personal data to the USA. Meta Platforms Ireland obliges recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with an appropriate data protection standard due to so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country can also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision). 

In principle, Meta Platforms Ireland assumes the fulfillment of your legal rights for us. However, you may also contact us regarding your rights listed below: 

·        Right to revoke consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion according to Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to "being forgotten" according to Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR


Twitter
When you visit our channel, Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland (in the following: "Twitter"), as operator, stores and processes personal data to the extent described in the privacy policy.Twitter's privacy policy can be found here: https://twitter.com/en/privacy 

The purpose pursued by us in processing your data on our profile page on Twitter is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. To this extent, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision. 

For the purpose of demand-oriented design and continuous optimisation of our pages, we use the statistics service Twitter Analytics. This service records your activity on our site and makes it available to us in anonymised statistics. This provides us with information on, among other things, impressions (how often a certain ad was viewed by Twitter users and by which target groups), conversions (e.g. website visits, registration) and other interactions (e.g. retweets, hashtag clicks). It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access to individual user profiles. 

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not accessing our profile pages. 

We delete private messages that you send to us via Twitter within one year of the last communication with you. Public posts from you (e.g. in our timeline) we keep published permanently until you explicitly request their deletion. 

The provision of our services generally requires the involvement of instruction-dependent processors, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract. 

We would like to point out that Twitter may transfer personal data to the USA. Twitter obliges recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with an appropriate data protection standard due to so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country can also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision). 

In principle, Twitter assumes the fulfillment of your legal rights for us. However, you may also contact us regarding your rights listed below: 

·        Right to revoke consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion according to Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to "being forgotten" according to Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR


YouTube
On our YouTube channel you can find videos or helpful tips about our offer. The customer service team also professionally answers users' questions and comments on YouTube. 

Personal data is stored and processed by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4 D04 E5W5, Ireland (in the following: "Google"), as operator of YouTube, in accordance with Google's privacy policy. You can find the privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en  

The purpose pursued by us in processing your data on our channel on YouTube is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. To this extent, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision.

With the help of YouTube's analytics functions, it is possible for us to carry out certain statistical evaluations to optimise our channel. This includes, in particular, details on the most popular videos (e.g. user dwell time, ranking of videos), target groups (e.g. countries, language settings, age and gender, activity times) and the reach of our channel (e.g. where users were redirected to a video from) and impressions (e.g. how many users have seen a certain ad). It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access individual user profiles. 

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not accessing our profile pages. 

We delete private messages that you send to us via YouTube within one year of the last communication with you. Public posts from you (e.g. in comments) we keep published permanently until you explicitly request their deletion. 

The provision of our services generally requires the involvement of instruction-dependent processors, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract. 

We would like to point out that Google may transfer personal data to the USA. Google obliges recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with an appropriate data protection standard due to so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country can also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision). 

In principle, Google assumes the fulfillment of your legal rights for us. However, you may also contact us regarding your rights listed below: 

·        Right to revoke consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion according to Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to "being forgotten" according to Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR

 

VIMEO

On our Vimeo channel you can find videos or helpful tips about our range. The customer service team also responds professionally to users' questions and comments on Vimeo.

Personal data is stored and processed by Vimeo.com, Inc, 330 West 34th Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10001, USA (hereinafter referred to as "Vimeo"), as the operator of Vimeo, in accordance with Vimeo's privacy policy. You can find the privacy policy here: https://vimeo.com/privacy 

The purpose of processing your data on our Vimeo channels is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR. In this respect, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision.

With the help of Vimeo's analytics functions, we are able to carry out certain statistical evaluations to optimize our channel. This includes, in particular, details of the most popular videos (e.g. time spent by users, ranking of videos), target groups (e.g. countries, language settings, age and gender, activity times) and the reach of our channel (e.g. where users were redirected to a video from) and impressions (e.g. how many users have seen a particular ad). It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access individual user profiles.

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not accessing our profile pages.

We will delete private messages that you send us via Vimeo within one year of the last communication with you. We will always keep your public posts (e.g. in comments) published permanently until you expressly request their deletion.

The provision of our offer generally requires the involvement of processors who are dependent on instructions, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract.

We would like to point out that personal data is transferred to the USA. We oblige recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with appropriate data protection standards on the basis of so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country may also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision).

As a matter of principle, Vimeo will fulfill your legal rights on our behalf. However, you can also contact us regarding your rights listed below:

·        Right to withdraw consent in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to be "forgotten" in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR


LinkedIn
On our LinkedIn page, we inform you about career prospects with us and you can contact us directly. 

Personal user data is processed by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (in the following: "LinkedIn"). You can find LinkedIn's privacy policy at: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy 

The purpose pursued by us in processing your data on our profile page on LinkedIn is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 (1) f) GDPR. To this extent, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision. 

We use the analytics functions provided by LinkedIn to optimise the performance of our LinkedIn page. In doing so, LinkedIn provides us with a statically prepared - i.e. anonymised - compilation of certain data. These include, among others, the following data categories: Conversions (achievement of certain targets such as registrations for events, leads), user actions (e.g. clicks, views of certain ads) and target groups (e.g. professional position, industry). It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access individual user profiles. 

In addition, we can also search for suitable candidates for vacancies based on certain characteristics (e.g. current position, skills, professional experience, salary expectations). In this way, we can be shown concrete LinkedIn profiles which we can contact directly. 

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not accessing our profile pages. 

We delete private messages that you send to us via LinkedIn within one year of the last communication with you. Public posts from you (e.g. in our timeline) we keep published permanently until you explicitly request their deletion. 

The provision of our services generally requires the involvement of instruction-dependent processors, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract. 

We would like to point out that LinkedIn may transfer personal data to the USA. LinkedIn obliges recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with an appropriate data protection standard due to so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country can also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision). 

In principle, LinkedIn assumes the fulfillment of your legal rights for us. However, you may also contact us regarding your rights listed below: 

·        Right to revoke consent pursuant to Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion according to Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to "being forgotten" according to Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability according to Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR

 

XING

On our XING page, we inform you about career opportunities with us and you can contact us directly.

Personal user data is processed by New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg (hereinafter: "XING"). You can find XING's privacy policy at: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

The purpose of processing your data on our Instagram profile page is to provide information about our offers and services and to respond to any inquiries on our profile page. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR. In this respect, public relations work is covered by our legitimate interests within the meaning of the provision.

We use the "Recruiter Insights" function from XING. This enables us to find suitable candidates for vacant positions based on certain objectives (e.g. current position, knowledge, professional experience, salary expectations) and to contact them directly. The categories of data processed may include all information provided by the user on their own profile page. In addition, statistical - i.e. anonymized - evaluation functions of "Recruiter Insights" enable us to measure the effectiveness of our candidate search, e.g. with the help of information on how candidates were included in our applicant pool (i.e. via job advertisements, projects, recommendations or other means) or on the response rate.

XING users can use the settings for advertising preferences to influence the extent to which their user behavior may be recorded when they visit our XING page. Further options are offered by the XING settings or the form for the right to object. The processing of information by means of the cookies used by XING can also be prevented by not allowing cookies from third-party providers or those from XING in your own browser settings.

You are not obliged to provide us with your data on our profile pages on social networks. If you do not want the operators of the social networks to collect data from you on our profile pages, you can prevent this by not visiting our profile pages.

We will delete private messages that you send us via Xing within one year of the last communication with you. We will always keep your public posts (e.g. in our timeline) published permanently until you expressly request their deletion.

The provision of our offer generally requires the involvement of processors who are dependent on instructions, such as data center operators or other parties. External service providers who process data on our behalf are carefully selected by us and strictly bound by contract.

We would like to point out that Xing may transfer personal data to the USA. Xing obliges recipients outside the EU/EEA to comply with an appropriate data protection standard on the basis of so-called EU standard contractual clauses. In addition, a transfer to a third country may also take place on the basis of the recognition of an adequate level of data protection by the European Commission (so-called adequacy decision).

The fulfillment of your legal rights is generally carried out by Xing on our behalf. However, you can also contact us regarding your rights listed below:

·        Right to withdraw consent in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR

·        Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR

·        Right to rectification and completion in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR

·        Right to erasure and to be "forgotten" in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR

·        Right to restriction of processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR

·        Right to data portability in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR

·        Right to object in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR

·        Right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing - including profiling - in accordance with Art. 22 GDPR

·        Complaint to a data protection supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR