Privacy Policy

Content

Data protection at a glance

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

How do we collect your data?

Legal basis for data processing on this website

Analytical tools used

Information on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Other functions and offers

Social Media

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is the responsible party for data protection in accordance with Article 4(7) of the General Data Protection Regulation [GDPR]. The Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln e.V. (German Economic Institute [IW]) is the responsible party for the realisation and editing of this website and the Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Medien GmbH (IW) is responsible for its design and operation; both act as processors in this capacity. 

The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data means any data by which you can be identified as an individual. 

When you use this website, a variety of personal data will be collected. This Privacy Policy explains which data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how this is done, and for what purpose.

Please note that there are inherent security risks in transmitting data on the internet (e.g. when communicating by email). It is impossible to safeguard data completely against unauthorised access by third parties.

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

Scharnhorststr. 34-37

10115 Berlin

Postal address: 11019 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 18 615 0

Email: info(at)bmwk.bund.de

 

Realisation and editing on behalf of the BMWK by:

German Economic Institute (IW)

Education, Innovation and Immigration Research Unit

Postfach 10 19 42, 50459 Köln

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 21, 50668 Köln

Email: make-it (at)iwkoeln.de

 

Design and operation on behalf of the BMWK by:

Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Medien GmbH (IW)

Postfach 10 18 63, 50458 Köln

Konrad-Adenauer-Ufer 21, 50668 Köln

Email: make-it(at)iwkoeln.de

 

Data Protection Officer of the BMWK:

Data Protection Officer at the BMWK

Scharnhorststr. 34-37

10115 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 18 615 0

Email: datenschutzbeauftragte@bmwk.bund.de

How do we collect your data?

On the one hand, we collect data that you have provided us with, such as data you enter in a contact form.
Other data is collected by our IT systems automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This is mainly technical data to analyse your user behaviour (e.g. internet browser, operating system or the time of the page request). 

Where appropriate, your contact requests will be forwarded by email between the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and the Federal Employment Agency (BA) in order to provide you with the best possible service. If it is not possible to assign your request to a BAMF or BA employee, your personal data (name, email address, nationality, current place of residence, occupation, qualification) and your request will be forwarded by email to the responsible BAMF or BA staff. The exchange of information takes place exclusively via encrypted emails.

The personal data you provide will be collected, used and processed by the BAMF and the BA exclusively for the purpose of your consultation. Your data will not be passed on to third parties, is voluntary and will be deleted once the purpose for which it was provided has been fulfilled.

Your rights

Within the framework of the applicable legal provisions under Article 15 GDPR, you have the right, at any time and free of charge, to obtain information about the personal data stored about you, its source and recipient, and the purpose for which it is being processed. Where applicable, you also have the right under Article 16 GDPR to have this data rectified, blocked (Article 18 GDPR) or erased (Article 17 GDPR). Concerning this, and if you have any further questions relating to the topic of personal data, you can contact us at any time using the above address. 

You have the right to have data that we process by automated means based on your consent or in fulfilment of a contract delivered to yourself or to a third party in a commonly used, machine-readable format (Article 20 GDPR). If you require the direct transfer of data to another responsible party, this will only be done to the extent technically feasible. 

In the event of violations of data protection law, the data subject has a right of appeal to the competent supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR in conjunction with Section 19 of the Federal Data Protection Act [BDSG]). The competent supervisory authority for matters related to data protection legislation is the State Data Protection Officer of the federal state in which our undertaking has its registered office. A list of data protection officers and their contact details can be found here: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Infothek/Anschriften_Links/anschriften_links-node.html.

Legal basis for data processing on this website

If you have consented to the data processing, we process your personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Article 9(2)(a) GDPR if special categories of data as referred to in Article 9(1) GDPR are processed. If you have consented to the storage of cookies or access to information on your end device (e.g. via device fingerprinting), the data processing will also be carried out on the basis of Section 25(1) of the Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act [TTDSG]. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Purposes of data processing include:

• processing contact form entries and enquiries (Quick-Check)
• storage of cookies
• storage of preferences and favourites

If your data is necessary for the performance of a contract or in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract, we will process your data on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Purposes of data processing include the following:

• order transactions and reservations

The data processing may also be carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Purposes of data processing include the following:

• to optimise and provide the services free of technical errors
• to record and analyse how visitors use our website

The data processing may also be carried out on the basis of regulatory obligations in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) GDPR. Purposes of data processing include the following:

• to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies

Analytical tools used

When you visit this website, your surfing behaviour may be statistically evaluated. This is mainly done using tracking programmes. We use Matomo for local data storage and Google Analytics.

GOOGLE’s consent mode

This website uses functions of Google’s basic consent mode. This service is provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google’s consent mode allows us to ask for and manage your consent to use various Google services. In this context, the only data that is transferred to Google is the data that you have consented to. In its basic mode, this means that you will not be shown personalised ads without your explicit consent. In this case, the following data is collected: https://developers.google.com/tag-platform/security/concepts/consent-mode?hl=en

The use of the service is essential in the context of the use of Google services, as it assesses whether or not you consent to the processing of personal data by these Google services. The data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. However, your consent is given voluntarily and in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

Data transfers to the United States of America (USA) are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/

Google Tag Manager

We use Google Tag Manager, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Tag Manager is a tool that allows us to embed tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. Google Tag Manager itself does not create user profiles, store cookies, or perform any independent analysis. It is used only to manage and display the embedded tools. However, Google Tag Manager does collect your IP address, which may also be transmitted to Google’s parent company in the USA.

The use of Google Tag Manager is mandatory when using Google’s basic consent mode. The processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Google Analytics

This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google Analytics enables the website operator to analyse the behaviour patterns of visitors to the website. To that end, the website operator receives a variety of user data, such as pages accessed, time spent on the page, the operating systems used, and the user’s origin. This data is assigned to the user’s respective device. There is no assignment to a device ID.

In addition, Google Analytics allows us to track, among other things, your mouse and scroll movements and clicks. Google Analytics uses a variety of modelling approaches to enrich the data it collects and employs machine learning technologies to analyse the data.

Google Analytics uses technologies that make it possible to recognise users for the purpose of analysing user patterns (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. We have activated the IP anonymisation function on this website. This means that your IP address will be truncated by Google within the Member States of the European Union or other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area prior to transmission to the USA.

Use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en 

You can find more information on how Google Analytics handles user data in the Google Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en 

Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/ 

Matomo

This website uses the open source web analytics service Matomo. Matomo uses technologies that make it possible to recognise users across multiple pages with the aim of analysing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information recorded by Matomo about the use of this website is stored on our server. The IP address is anonymised before being archived.

Matomo enables us to collect and analyse information about how visitors to the website use our website. For example, it enables us to determine which pages were accessed when and from which region. In addition, we collect various log files (e.g. IP address, referrer, browser and operating systems used) and can measure whether our website visitors take certain actions (e.g. clicks, purchases, etc.).

The legal basis for the use of these analytical tools is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the analysis of user behaviour in order to optimise its website and its advertising. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

You have the option to prevent the actions you take here from being analysed and linked. This protects your privacy, but also prevents the owner from learning from your actions and improving the usability for you and other users. When analysing with Matomo, we use IP anonymisation. This means that your IP address is truncated before analysis so that it can no longer be uniquely assigned to you.

Your visit to this website is currently being recorded by Matomo web analytics. Uncheck this box to opt out.

Google Signals

We use Google Signals. When you visit our website, Google Analytics collects information such as your location, search history, YouTube history and demographic data (visitor data). This data can be used for personalised advertising using Google Signals. If you have a Google account, Google Signals will associate the visitor data with your Google account and use it to deliver personalised ads. The data is also used to compile anonymous statistics about our users’ behaviour.

Google Ads

The website operator uses Google Ads, an online advertising program provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Ads enables us to display ads in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms on Google (keyword targeting). In addition, targeted ads can be displayed based on Google’s user data (e.g. location data and interests) (target audience targeting). As the website operator, we can evaluate this data quantitatively, e.g. by analysing which search terms resulted in the display of our ads and how many ads led to corresponding clicks.

Use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time. Data transfers to the USA are based on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses. Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://business.safety.google/adscontrollerterms/sccs/ 

Google Remarketing

This website uses the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Remarketing analyses your user patterns on our website (e.g. clicks on specific products) in order to classify you into certain advertising target groups and to then display suitable advertising messages to you when you visit other online offers (remarketing or retargeting). This feature also makes it possible to link advertising target groups generated with Google Remarketing to the cross-device capabilities of Google. This allows advertising to be displayed based on your personal interests, identified based on your previous usage and surfing behaviour on one device (e.g. your mobile phone), on other devices (such as a tablet or computer).

If you have a Google account, you can object to personalised advertising at the following link: https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?hl=en 

Use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time. For more information and the Google Privacy Policy, go to: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en

Google Conversion Tracking 

This website uses Google conversion tracking, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

Google conversion tracking allows Google and us to detect whether the user has performed certain actions. For example, we can analyse how often buttons on our website are clicked, and which products are viewed or purchased particularly frequently. This information is used to create conversion statistics. This tool helps us determine the total number of users who have clicked on our ads, and what actions they have taken. We do not obtain any information that allows us to personally identify the user. Google itself uses cookies or other similar technologies for identification purposes.

Use of this service is based on your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time. You can find more information on Google conversion tracking in the Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Consent to Usercentrics

This website uses the consent technology of Usercentrics to obtain your consent to the storage of certain cookies on your device or to the use of certain technologies, and to document this in accordance with data protection law. The provider of this technology is Usercentrics GmbH, Sendlinger Straße 7, 80331 München, Germany, website: https://usercentrics.com/ (hereinafter referred to as “Usercentrics”).

When you enter our website, the following personal data is transferred to Usercentrics:

• your consent(s) or the withdrawal of your consent(s)
• your IP address
• information about your browser
• information about your device
• the date and time you visited the website

Furthermore, Usercentrics stores a cookie in your browser to enable the consents granted, and withdrawal thereof, to be assigned to you. The data collected in this way is stored until you request us to delete it, you delete the Usercentrics cookie yourself, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies. Mandatory statutory retention requirements remain unaffected. Usercentrics is used to obtain the legally required consent for the use of certain technologies. The legal basis for this is Article 6(1)(c) GDPR.

Information on data transfer to the USA and other third countries

Our website uses, among other things, tools from companies based in the USA or other third countries that are not secure in terms of data protection law. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to these third countries and processed there. We point out that a level of data protection comparable to that in the EU cannot be guaranteed in these countries. For example, US companies are required to hand over personal data to security authorities without you – the data subject – being able to take legal action against this. It can therefore not be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) may process, evaluate and permanently store your data on US servers for monitoring purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Other functions and offers

YouTube

This website embeds videos from the YouTube website, which is operated by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
We use the Privacy Enhanced Mode of YouTube. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, this does not necessarily mean that the Privacy Enhanced Mode does not share information with YouTube partners. For example, YouTube will always connect to the Google DoubleClick network, regardless of whether you watch a video.

As soon as you start to play a YouTube video on this website, a connection is made to YouTube’s servers. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged in to your YouTube account when you visit our website, you allow YouTube to associate your browsing behaviour directly with your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. In addition, after you begin watching a video, YouTube may place various cookies on your device or use similar recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). This allows YouTube to obtain information about visitors to this website. Among other things, this information is used to compile video statistics to improve the site’s user experience and to prevent fraud. In certain circumstances, once you start playing a YouTube video, additional data processing transactions may be triggered over which we have no control.
The use of YouTube is based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time. 

More information on data protection can be found in the YouTube Privacy Policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en 

OpenStreet (MapBox)

We use the mapping service provided by Mapbox (OSM). We host OpenStreetMap on the server of the following provider: Mapbox, Inc, 740, 15th Street NW, 5th Floor, Washington DC, 20005 privacy@mapbox.com. 
https://www.mapbox.com/legal/privacy 

The use of OpenStreetMap is exclusively based on Article 6(1)(a) GDPR and Section 25(1) TTDSG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TTDSG. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

Google reCAPTCHA

On this website, we use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter referred to as “reCAPTCHA”), a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
The purpose of reCAPTCHA is to determine whether data entered into this website (e.g. information entered into a contact form) is provided by a human user or by an automated programme. To determine this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour of website visitors based on a number of parameters. This analysis is triggered automatically when the website visitor enters the site. For this analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates a variety of data (e.g. IP address, time spent on the website by the visitor or cursor movements initiated by the user). The data collected by this analysis is transferred to Google. reCAPTCHA analysis runs completely in the background. Visitors to our website are not informed that an analysis is taking place. Data is stored and analysed on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its websites from improper automated spying and SPAM.

For more information on Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Use at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en

Google Translate

This website uses functions of the translation service Google Translate, a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Google Translate allows you to automatically translate an entire page of our job listings. The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This processing takes place on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR; you can withdraw your consent at any time.

Webinars via Zoom

We use the tool “Zoom” to organise telephone conferences, online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars (hereinafter: “online meetings”). “Zoom” is a service provided by Zoom Video Communications, Inc. whose headquarters are in the USA.

If you are participating in our webinars, your personal data is saved of Zoom’s servers for the purpose of conducting the event. This includes the following data:

• Information on the user: first name, surname, phone number (optional), email address, password (if single sign on is not used), profile picture (optional), department (optional)
• Meeting meta data: topic, description (optional), participant IP addresses, device/hardware information
• If the meeting is recorded (optional): MP4 file of all video, audio and presentation recordings, M4A file of all audio recordings, text file of the online meeting chat.
• If you join the meeting by phone: information ion the incoming and outgoing phone number, country name, start and end time. If need be, further connection data such as the IP address of the device may be saved.
• Text, audio and video data: you may have the option of using the chat, question or quiz feature in an online meeting. Your text entries are therefore processed to be able to display them during the online meeting and to log them, if need be. To be able to display the video and play the audio, the data from your device’s microphone and from any video camera of the device are processed for the duration of the meeting. You can turn off the camera or the microphone at any time in the Zoom application.
• To join an online meeting or to enter the meeting room, you must at least enter your name.
• We use Zoom to conduct online meetings. If we wish to record online meeting, we will let you know openly beforehand and ask for your permission, if required. The Zoom app will also display a notification when a meeting is recorded.

We will log the chat content if it is required to log the results of an online meeting. However, this will generally not be the case.

In case of webinars, we may also process the questions asked by webinar participants for the purpose of recording and revising webinars.

If you have a Zoom user account, online meetings reports (meeting meta data, data on joining the meeting by phone, questions and answers in webinars, quiz feature in webinars) may be saved at Zoom for up to one month.

Automated decision-making within the meaning of Article 22 GDPR is not used.

In addition, the legal basis for data processing when conducting online meetings is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, insofar as the meetings are conducted as part of contractual obligations. Otherwise, your consent according to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR applies. We have concluded a contract with Zoom in which we oblige Zoom to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties

Contact Forms

You can contact us by using the contact form provided on our website.
If you contact us using the contact form, the data you enter in the form will be transmitted to us and stored after it has been sent. The following data will be stored:

• user’s email address
• user’s name
• country of origin
• subject
• browser type and version
• operating system and interface
• date and time of contact
• optional: free-text field for the message
• optional: information about education
• optional: age

Before you send the completed contract form, your consent to the processing of the data will be obtained, and reference will be made to this Privacy Policy.

Requests by Email, Phone or Fax

If you contact us by email, phone or fax, we will store and process your enquiry, including any resulting personal data (name, enquiry), for the purpose of processing your request. We will not disclose this data without your consent. Provided that your enquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary in order to take steps prior to entering into a contract, this data will be processed on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective handling of enquiries addressed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested; you can withdraw your consent at any time.

The data you send to us via the contact request will remain with us until you request us to delete it, withdraw your consent to its storage, or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after we have completed processing your request). Mandatory statutory provisions – particularly statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

Contact Form

The contact form is implemented in cooperation with Make it in Germany, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and the Federal Employment Agency (BA). Your enquiries are divided into five main topics and will be dealt with either by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) or the Federal Employment Agency (BA), depending on which department is responsible:

1. job search, work and careers (BA)
2. visa and residence issues (BAMF)
3. recognition and professional/vocational qualifications (Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB))
4. learning German (BAMF)
5. questions about the “Make it in Germany” project (Make it in Germany)

If necessary, your contact requests will be forwarded by email between the BAMF and the BA. If it is not possible to assign your request to a BAMF or BA employee, your personal data (name, email address, nationality, current place of residence, occupation, qualification) and your request will be forwarded by email to the responsible BAMF or BA staff. The exchange of information takes place exclusively via encrypted emails.

The personal data you provide will be collected, used and processed by the BAMF and the BA exclusively for the purpose of your consultation. Your data will not be passed on to third parties, is voluntary and will be deleted without delay.

Newsletters 

It is possible to subscribe to our free newsletters on our website – a jobs newsletter with vacancies in Germany for qualified professionals and/or a general newsletter. When you subscribe to the newsletter, the information provided in the form will be sent to us. You must enter your email address to subscribe to the newsletter. The following information is also collected during the subscription process:

• date and time of subscription

To ensure that your registration is genuine and that you consented to receive information, we use a process known as double opt-in. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email at the email address you have provided. Your registration will only be effective if you click on the confirmation link in this email. If you do not confirm the confirmation email within seven days, your registration will be automatically cancelled. In this case, your details will no longer be used and will be immediately removed from our database. 

We use the service provider CleverReach to send our GENERAL newsletter. We have entered into a contract with CleverReach for contract data processing services and implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using CleverReach.

The service provider is CleverReach GmbH & Co. KG, Mühlenstr. 43, 26180 Rastede. CleverReach is a service that allows us to organise and analyse the sending of newsletters. The information you provide when subscribing to the newsletter is stored on CleverReach’s servers in Germany and Ireland. Our newsletters sent with CleverReach enable us to analyse the behaviour of newsletter subscribers. For example, we can analyse how many subscribers have opened the newsletter and how many times the links in the newsletter have been clicked. Conversion tracking also allows us to analyse whether a pre-defined action has taken place after a link in the newsletter has been clicked. You can find more information about data analysis with CleverReach newsletters at: www.cleverreach.com/en-de/newsletter-tool/newsletter-reporting/ CleverReach’s Privacy Policy is available at https://www.cleverreach.com/en-de/privacy-policy/

The legal basis for the processing of data after the user has subscribed to the newsletter is the user’s consent in accordance with Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

The data you provide to us for the purposes of subscribing to the newsletter will be used by us to send you the newsletter and, if you unsubscribe from the newsletter, will be deleted from both our servers and CleverReach’s servers one week after your deletion request has been confirmed. Data stored by us for other purposes will not be affected. Further details of CleverReach’s Privacy Policy can be found at: https://www.cleverreach.com/en-de/privacy-policy/. You can withdraw your consent at any time by unsubscribing from the newsletter. This will not affect the lawfulness of data processing operations prior to the withdrawal of your consent. If you do not want to allow CleverReach to analyse the general newsletter, you must unsubscribe from the newsletter. We provide a link for this purpose in each newsletter. You can also unsubscribe from the JOBS newsletter by sending an email to news-make-it(at)iwkoeln.de. 

Social Media

We are present on various social media platforms to represent ourselves, to provide information, to interact with the respective users and to communicate with them.

When visiting our online profiles and websites, we do not directly process data of users. However, the respective provider processes personal data of users. In addition, processing of personal data on our end may happen, when visiting our websites and profiles. This may be the case when the user actively reaches out by posting comments, for example. This especially concerns the respective username and the content published on the user’s account.

Furthermore, the users’ data sourced from social media is generally processed for market research and advertising purposes. This way, user profiles can be created via analysing user behaviour and interests derived from their behaviour, for example. The user profiles can then be used to place advertisement banners within and outside social media that might correspond to the users’ interests. For these purposes, cookies are generally saved on the users’ computers, storing information on user behaviour and user interests. In addition, data may be saved in the user profiles independently of the devices used by the users (especially if the users have an account on the respective platforms and are logged in to them). When visiting our online profiles and websites, you are using the respective service and its functionalities on your own responsibility. We generally cannot influence the type and extend of data processed by the respective service, the type of data processing, data usage or the transfer of data to third parties.

The processing of personal data by us is based on our legitimate interest regarding the representation of our company toward third parties as well as the effective exchange with users of our online profiles and websites (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

If you visit our page on X (formerly Twitter), the service provider is X Corp., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland is responsible for processing data of persons living outside the United States. You can find information on what data is processed by X and for what purposes they are used in X’s privacy policy: https://x.com/en/privacy.

Instagram is a Facebook product provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, D04 X2K5, Ireland (hereinafter: “Facebook”). You can find information on data processing by Facebook in Instagram’s privacy policy by clicking on the following link: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy.

LinkedIn is provided by der LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Their privacy policy is available under https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. You can opt out of LinkedIn advertising cookies by clicking on the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out?trk=microsites-frontend_legal_cookie-policy.

YouTube is a video platform. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Detailed information on their handling of personal data can be found in Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. You can independently adapt your Google privacy settings in your user account. Please find more detailed information by clicking on the following link: https://safety.google/intl/en/privacy/privacy-controls/.