Privacy Policy

General Information

Thank you for visiting our website and for taking an interest in our products and services. This privacy policy informs you about the handling of your personal data according to Art. 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). Personal data means data that can be related to you, such as name, address, E-mail addresses, user behavior.

Name and Contact Details

The responsible person in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:

GTE Industrieelektronik GmbH
Helmholtzstraße 21
41747 Viersen

E-mail: info@gte.de
Phone: +49 2162 3703-0

Represented by:
Mr Stefan Clemens
Mr Martin Becken

Contact Details of our Data Protection Officer:

Our Data Protection Officer will be happy to provide you with any information or suggestions you may have on the subject of data protection.

Althammer & Kill GmbH & Co. KG
Roscherstr. 7
30161 Hannover

E-Mail:datenschutz@gte.de

Data security

We maintain technical and organizational security measures to protect any personal data that is processed. In particular, these measures protect against accidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or attacks by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments. The transmission of your personal data is encrypted using SSL technology (https) to prevent access by unauthorized third parties.

Communication by e-mail

This means that your e-mail can generally be transmitted in an encrypted form. Please note, however, that encryption also depends on the configuration of your e-mail program and that we therefore cannot guarantee complete data security for the transfer of your e-mail.

For information requiring a high level of confidentiality, we recommend that you send it by post.

Collection and use of your data

The scope and type of data collection as well as the use of your personal data will differ depending on whether you visit our website only to retrieve information or whether you use any services offered on our website.
We will inform you in detail if we decide to use other (IT-) service providers for individual functions of our services or if we wish to use your data for advertising purposes. We will also state concrete criteria for the duration of the data storage and the respective legal basis for the data processing.

Informational use
During the informational use of our website, we only collect personal data that is automatically transmitted to us by your browser, such as:

  • the page from which the file was requested,
  • the name of the file,
  • the date and time of the request,
  • the amount of data transferred,
  • the access status (file transferred, file not found),
  • the description of the type of browser used,
  • the IP address of the requesting computer, which is shortened so that a personal reference can no longer be established.

Storage period:

  • Storage period for log files: max. 7 days

Legal basis for data processing:
The data mentioned above are technically necessary to display our website on your device and to ensure stability and security. This is done in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR.

Cookies

We are using so-called cookies on our websites. These are small text files that are stored on your electronic device. The content of these files can be read and used. A distinction is made between session cookies (non-persistent cookies) and persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your browser. Persistent cookies are stored beyond one session. Cookies may contain data that allows the recognition of electronic devices and / or users. In some cases, cookies only contain information about certain settings that cannot be associated with a specific person.
We are using session cookies on our websites. We have a legitimate interest in optimizing our website and proceed in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR.
However, you can adjust your browser so that you are informed about the placement of cookies. You can also delete cookies at any time, usually via your browser settings. You can also prevent new cookies from being set. Please note that our websites may not function properly if you disable the placement of cookies.

Contact form

You can contact us via our contact form. In order to answer your request, we need your name and E-Mail address. You can provide further information voluntarily, but you do not have to.

Storage period:

Your data will only be processed to answer your request. After that we delete all data, unless there is a legal obligation to store the data. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.

Legal basis for data processing:

According to the nature of your request, we may base the processing of the data you provided on the necessity for the performance of a contract or on the necessity for the performance of pre-contractual measures (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter b of the GDPR). We may also base the processing of the data on our legitimate interest in responding to requests from individuals (Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f of the GDPR). Your data will only be processed for the purpose of responding to your request and will be deleted thereafter unless we are required by law to retain it. Your data will not be passed on to third parties.

Applications

We process data you have provided to us in the context of your application in order to assess your suitability for the position (or other vacancies, if applicable) and to carry out the application process. Your application will be reviewed by the Human Resources Department upon receipt. Suitable applications will then be forwarded to people responsible for the respective open or suitable position. Throughout the company, only those persons who require your data for the proper execution of our application process will have access to it.

Retention period:

In the event of rejection, the applicants’ data will be deleted after 6 months.

Legal basis for data processing:
The processing of your data as part of the application procedure is necessary for the decision on your employment. This results from § 26 Paragraph 1 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).
Should the data be required for legal prosecution after completion of the application procedure, the processing of the data is based on our legitimate interest (Article 6 Paragraph 1 Letter f DSGVO). Our interest is the assertion or defence of claims.
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Google Maps

In order to show you the location of our company in a convenient way, we integrated Google Maps into our website. The use of this service leads to a connection to a Google Maps server via your browser. During this process, your IP address is transmitted. If you are logged into an existing Google user account while visiting our website, Google may associate your visit to our website with other information about you stored by Google. In addition, cookies may be set by Google. We have no influence on this and do not receive any information from Google about the transmitted content.

Analysis of your user behavior by Google:
Google collects your data and creates profiles. Such profiles are used by Google for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or the demand-oriented design of its websites. Such analysis is carried out in particular (also for users who are not logged in) to provide advertising tailored to your needs and to inform other users of the social network about your activities on our websites.
You have the right to object against the creation of these user profiles. To exercise this right, you must contact Google.
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This service is provided by:
Provider is Google Inc. 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, Representative in the EU is Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Further information regarding the data privacy practices of Google Inc. can be found at:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Storage period:
As described in the storage period of the log files under “Informational use” above in this data protection notice.

Legal basis for data processing:
This service is included to optimize our websites. We do this on the basis of a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f DSGVO.
For the exceptional cases in which personal data (your IP address) is transferred to the USA, Google relies on the Standard Contractual Clauses between EU and Non-EU Countries:
https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks?hl=en

Facebook Fanpage

In the following, we inform you about the collection and use of personal data when using our Facebook fan page. Personal data is any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. Facebook profile, pictures, email address or IP address.
We use Facebook and are jointly responsible for the operation of the Facebook fan page (together with Facebook). The Facebook fan page serves primarily as a communication platform for customers and interested parties.
In addition, we receive statistical information from Facebook about the popularity of our Facebook fan page (e.g. number of page views, number of “likes”). The way in which this data is collected and processed is the responsibility of Facebook. Data will only be processed in the manner set out in Facebook’s terms of use. The obligations resulting from the joint responsibility can be found under:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

Responsible Parties
In accordance with Art. 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the addition for responsible persons of Facebook, the joint responsibility for data protection lies with GTE Industrieelektronik GmbH and Meta Platforms Inc.

Meta Platforms Inc

The provider responsible for the entire social network “Facebook” is Meta Platforms Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA.
For more information on data protection at Meta Platforms Inc. please visit:

http://de-de.facebook.com/policy-php
The representative in the EU is Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2 Ireland:
Kontaktaufnahme mit dem Datenschutzbeauftragten für Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.

Data processing by GTE

We offer you the possibility to comment on our contributions, to give reviews or to contact us via Facebook Messenger. In principle, your posts can be accessed by anyone worldwide on the internet. However, only Facebook itself can access the content of Messenger communications, e.g. in the context of IT administration.
In addition, we use the statistical information “Insights data” provided by Facebook for the purpose of optimising our Facebook fan page (improving the offer). You can find more information on “Insights data” at:
https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights

Storage period of your data
In principle, there is no set storage period for the publication of photos and your contributions, so we delete photos and your data after storage is no longer necessary (the data that we can actually delete ourselves) or restrict processing if there are legal retention obligations (e.g. the data transmitted to our email address via Facebook Messenger, if applicable).
You can also delete your posts from our Facebook fan page yourself at any time.

Legal basis(s) of the data processing
We operate our Facebook fan page in our own interest in order to be able to communicate with customers, interested parties and users and to inform them about our offers, goods and events, pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR
We process the statistical information “Insights data” provided by Facebook in our own interest to optimise our Facebook fan page, pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f) GDPR.
In individual cases, the processing of your data may also be permissible in the context of a (pre-)contractual relationship (e.g. personal communication regarding one of our specific services via Facebook Messenger), pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR.

Data processing by Facebook
The compilation of the above-mentioned statistical information “Insights data” is the responsibility of Facebook, more information on this can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights
All information on the collection and use of your data by Facebook can be found at:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy (Data Policy)
https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/dataprocessing/update (data processing condition)
http://www.facebook.com/help/186325668085084 (Like button)

Note on the analysis of your user behaviour:
Facebook stores your data as usage profiles and uses them for the purposes of advertising, market research and/or needs-based design of its websites. 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 websites.
You have the right to object to the creation of these usage profiles. To exercise this right, you must contact Facebook, according to the Facebook Data Policy.
Revocation options (settings) for Facebook ads can be found at:

https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/?entry_product=ad_settings_screen

How to contact Meta regarding your rights
In most cases, it will be useful to contact Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. directly, insofar as we do not have access to all data and cannot influence all data processing within Facebook:

Contacting the Data Protection Officer for Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd..

GTE YouTube channel (Google)

In the following, we inform you about the collection and use of personal data when visiting and interacting with the YouTube channel operated by us and/or watching our videos. Personal data is any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. your YouTube profile, your comments, your pictures, your email or IP address.

Responsible
The joint controller pursuant to Art. 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as well as the additional controller of Google is GTE Industrieelektronik GmbH and the provider of YouTube in Germany is Google Ireland Limited.
Insofar as the data you submit via our YouTube channel is processed exclusively by YouTube/Google Ireland and YouTube/Google Ireland alone decides on the purposes and means of the processing, the data controller within the meaning of the GDPR is the
Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

You can contact the Google Ireland Privacy Officer via a form provided by Google Ireland:

https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form.

Scope, purpose and legal basis of data processing

Data processing by Google Ireland
Each time you access our YouTube channel (via the link provided on our website or by other means) on the YouTube websites, personal data is processed by YouTube/Google. Information on the processing of personal data by YouTube/Google can be found in Google’s data policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de. We have no knowledge beyond this information from Google of the extent to which, for what purposes, for how long and at what location data is processed by YouTube/Google, whether and how YouTube/Google fulfils its obligation to delete data, to whom data is disclosed, how data is merged, analysed and marketed by YouTube/Google with other data and information and whether and to what extent profiling is carried out by YouTube/Google.
In addition, whenever our YouTube channel is accessed (via the link provided on our website or by other means), cookies are set on the YouTube websites by YouTube/Google. Companies and institutions may integrate Google technologies and products into their websites and apps (e.g. social plugins, Google Analytics, Google Maps). When you visit websites or use apps provided by companies and institutions that use such Google technologies/products, Google will also use cookies in the process. This enables Google to track and analyse your user behaviour far beyond the YouTube and Google websites. For more information on the use of cookies by YouTube/Google, please refer to Google’s cookie policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de&gl=de. You can individually define in your browser settings whether and which cookies may be stored and when they are deleted. At this point, we would like to point out that visiting our YouTube channel is also possible if your browser blocks cookies.
The processing of personal data and the setting of cookies by Google occurs regardless of whether you are logged into your YouTube or Google user account or whether you have one at all. If you are logged into your YouTube or Google user account, you enable Google to assign your user behaviour directly to your personal profile across devices. According to the company, you can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube/Google user account. The provider of YouTube in Germany is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The parent company of YouTube is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. Personal data and other information is transferred by Google to countries in the EU and also to the USA and other third countries – where a lower level of data protection than in the EU may apply – and processed there by Google and its partners.
In addition to the YouTube/Google data and cookie policy set out above, your and our use of YouTube is governed by the Terms of Use (https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms), the Community Guidelines (https://www.youtube.com/intl/de/about/policies/#community-guidelines) and the Other Security and Copyright Guidelines and Notices (https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/9223153). We have no influence on the processing of your data by YouTube/Google and on Google’s compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

Data processing by GTE

Please check carefully what personal data you submit to us via YouTube. If you would like to avoid YouTube/Google processing data you have submitted, please contact us by other means. You will find our contact details above under
Point 1 of this declaration or in the imprint.
The purpose of data processing by us is to provide information on current offers, promotions, factual topics and company news and to interact with visitors to our YouTube presence on these topics in terms of subject matter and content, as well as to respond to corresponding queries, praise and criticism. We offer you the opportunity to comment on, share, “like” or “dislike” or save our videos and posts. Your contributions can be accessed by anyone worldwide on the internet.
We process personal data when you contact us via our YouTube channel, for example by commenting on a post. If you contact us via our YouTube channel, we will process the content of your message as well as any other personal data transmitted in the process. Please note that in addition to the data and content actively transmitted by you, we may also have access to further information on your user profile, your posts and, for example, “Like” comments. Access to this information depends on the privacy settings you have made in your YouTube user account. YouTube/Google explains how you can check and change your privacy and data protection settings here: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9315727?hl=de&ref_topic=9386940, https://support.google.com/policies/answer/9581826?p=privpol_privts&hl=de&visit_id=637217551183067910-377434558&rd=1.
The data is used by us strictly for the purpose of communicating with you or processing your request. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO. Our legitimate interest, which is outweighed by our interests, is to communicate with you and to respond to your enquiries and other requests. Insofar as we are able to do so and insofar as we have also processed the data outside of YouTube (e.g. by sending you an email), the data actively communicated by you will be deleted by us when the purpose for processing ceases to apply, i.e. specifically after the contact with you has finally ended. This does not apply to data stored by the YouTube/Google system as part of our communication; we have no influence on the deletion of this data. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected.
You can also delete your own contributions, such as comments, at any time.

Data processing by GTE and Google Ireland (statistics)

As already mentioned above, we and YouTube are jointly responsible for data processing within the meaning of Art. 26 DSGVO in the context of the creation and use of statistics or “YouTube Analytics”. “YouTube Analytics” are analyses in statistical form provided by YouTube/Google for the operators of YouTube channels, which contain evaluations of which persons (groups) interact in which way with the respective YouTube channel and the content contained therein.
“YouTube Analytics” show us, for example, the reach of our YouTube channel, the interaction of users with our posts (viewing, commenting, subscribing) and demographic data (e.g. age, gender, location) of visitors as well as the number of views of our videos. YouTube/Google uses certain events – e.g. watching or commenting on one of our videos or subscribing to our channel – and the personal data collected when interacting with our YouTube channel, which are logged by Google servers, to create “YouTube Analytics” statistics.

As already mentioned above, we and YouTube are jointly responsible for data processing within the meaning of Art. 26 DSGVO in the context of the creation and use of statistics or “YouTube Analytics”. “YouTube Analytics” are analyses in statistical form provided by YouTube/Google for the operators of YouTube channels, which contain evaluations of which persons (groups) interact in which way with the respective YouTube channel and the content contained therein.
“YouTube Analytics” show us, for example, the reach of our YouTube channel, the interaction of users with our posts (viewing, commenting, subscribing) and demographic data (e.g. age, gender, location) of visitors as well as the number of views of our videos. YouTube/Google uses certain events – e.g. watching or commenting on one of our videos or subscribing to our channel – and the personal data collected when interacting with our YouTube channel, which are logged by Google servers, to create “YouTube Analytics” statistics.

YouTube bzw. Google stellt derzeit keine Vereinbarung über eine gemeinsame Verantwortlichkeit i.S.d. Art 26 Abs. 1 S. 2 DSGVO zur Verfügung, die festlegt, welcher Verantwortliche welche YouTube or Google does not currently provide an agreement on joint responsibility within the meaning of Art 26 (1) sentence 2 of the GDPR, which specifies which controller fulfils which data protection obligations under the GDPR. Further information on “YouTube Analytics” can be found at https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/9257532?hl=de&ref_topic=9257610. With regard to statistics and “YouTube Analytics”, we have no knowledge beyond the information provided above of the extent to which, the purposes for which, the duration for which and the location at which data is stored by YouTube/Google, whether and how YouTube/Google fulfils its obligation to delete data, to whom data is disclosed and how data is merged, analysed and marketed by YouTube/Google with other data and information and whether and to what extent profiling is carried out by YouTube/Google.

Please note the following:
If you wish to exercise your rights with regard to the processing operations for which we are the
sole controller within the meaning of the GDPR, you can do so by contacting us using the contact details provided in point 1 of this declaration.
point 1 of this declaration. If you wish to exercise your rights in relation to processing operations for which Google Ireland is the sole or joint controller within the meaning of the GDPR, please contact Google Ireland directly. You will find a way to contact Google Ireland’s data protection officer at the top of this privacy policy.

LinkedIn page

In the following, we inform you about the collection and use of personal data when using our LinkedIn page. Personal data is any data that can be related to you personally, e.g. your LinkedIn profile, your pictures, your email or IP address.
LinkedIn is a social network and online platform for professionals and executives. LinkedIn has been part of Microsoft since 2016. We use LinkedIn and are responsible for the operation of our LinkedIn page together with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company. Our LinkedIn page serves us primarily as a communication platform for customers, members and interested parties.
In addition, we receive statistical information from LinkedIn about the popularity of our LinkedIn page (e.g. number of profile views). The way in which this data is collected and processed is the responsibility of LinkedIn itself and takes place exclusively in the form resulting from LinkedIn’s terms of use. The obligations arising from joint responsibility can be found here:
https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum

Responsible
Jointly responsible parties pursuant to Art. 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are GTE Industrieelektronik GmbH and LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company For the entire social network LinkedIn the LinkedIn Corporation,1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085,USA is responsible. The representative in the EU is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Contacting the Data Protection Officer for LinkedIn

Data processing by GTE
For the purpose of optimising our LinkedIn page, we use the anonymised page statistics provided to us by LinkedIn. We only use this information to identify trends; it is not possible for us to relate it back to the respective persons. We have no influence on the manner and purpose of the data processing that flows into these page statistics.
We receive the following data via LinkedIn page analysis:

  • Follower highlights (total number of followers, number of members who have followed our page since it was created, changes compared to the last 30 days)
  • Follower metrics (changes in the number of followers + the possibility to filter by time periods)
  • Total number of followers (listed in order of recency)
  • Demographics of followers (breakdown of people by: location, job function, seniority, industry and company size).

Visitor statistics

  • Visitor highlights (total number of page views + percentage change from the last 30 days)
  • Visitor metrics (page visits filtered by time periods)
  • Visitor demographics (breakdown of visitors by time periods, job function, location, seniority, industry and company size).

Update statistics

  • Update highlights (total number of likes, comments and shares in the last 30 days + the percentage change compared to the last 30 days)
  • Update metrics, the following metrics are available:
    • Impressions shows how often each update was visible for at least 300 milliseconds with at least 50 % on the device screen or browser window of a (logged in) member
    • Unique impressions shows how often our updates were shown to individual members
    • Clicks on our content, company name and logo by a member
    • Reactions, comments and shares
    • Interaction rate shows the number of interactions plus the number of clicks and followers gained in relation to the number of impressions.
  • Update commitment, the following information is available:
    • Target group shows whether the update was sent to all followers or only to a specific target group
    • Views shows, for example, when an article was fully loaded or how often a video post of ours was viewed for three seconds or longer
    • Video analysis: total number of minutes the respective video was viewed, including views of less than 3 seconds
    • The CTR shows the number of clicks divided by the number of impressions our update received
    • Reactions show how often people have applied a Like, Celebrate, Love, Insightful or Curious in response to our update
    • Comments (the number of comments per update)
    • Shares shows how often our update has been shared
    • Follows shows the number of follow clicks on our sponsored content.

For more information on page statistics, see the following page:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/4499/linkedin-page-analytics-overview?lang=en
You can read more about your rights at the following link:
https://privacy.linkedin.com/de-de/gdpr

You may also request a copy of your personal data (in machine-readable form) from LinkedIn. You can find out how to make such a request at:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/50191

Storage period of your data
In principle, there is no set storage period for your published contributions, so we either delete your data when storage is no longer necessary (the data we can delete ourselves) or restrict processing if there are legal retention obligations.
Moreover, personal data shall also be deleted if they are no longer required for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
You can also delete your posts on our LinkedIn page yourself at any time.

Legal basis(s) of the data processing
We operate our LinkedIn page in our own interest, in order to be able to communicate with customers, interested parties and users and to inform them about our offers, goods and events, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.
We process the statistical information provided by LinkedIn in our own interest to optimise our LinkedIn page, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) DSGVO.
In individual cases, the processing of your data may also be permissible in the context of a (pre-)contractual relationship, pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

Data processing by LinkedIn
LinkedIn itself also processes a variety of your data. This includes, on the one hand, data that you voluntarily provided when creating your LinkedIn profile, e.g. general data such as your name, email address and/or mobile phone number and your password, but also information about your educational status, work experience and skills, as well as photos, location data and knowledge confirmations and, if you have registered for a premium service, also payment and billing information, such as credit card data.
Second, LinkedIn also collects personal information whenever you provide, post or upload something, such as when you fill out a form on LinkedIn (for example, providing demographic information or a salary), complete a survey, submit a resume or complete a job application. When you import your address book or calendar, LinkedIn also receives data about your contacts and appointments. This information is used by LinkedIn, for example, to suggest new contacts to you or to provide information about events (such as time, place, date, attendees) in which you may be interested.
However, LinkedIn also receives information about you when others sync their contact and calendar information with LinkedIn or send messages to you through our services. In addition, when you or others agree to sync email accounts with LinkedIn, LinkedIn collects information from the email “headers” that LinkedIn can then associate with member profiles.
LinkedIn also collects publicly available information about you, such as job-related news and achievements. LinkedIn may also make this information available to others, for example in the form of notices or mentions in the news, as part of its own service and in accordance with your privacy preferences.
LinkedIn also uses your login details, cookies, your device information and IP addresses to identify you and log your usage.
LinkedIn also receives information about you when you use other services that are connected to LinkedIn (this includes Microsoft). For example, LinkedIn would receive information when you enter information about your contacts into Microsoft apps and services (such as) Outlook.
This list does not claim to be exhaustive. For more information, please visit the following pages:

LinkedIn Privacy Policy
User agreement
Cookie Policy
Community Guideline
LinkedIn Ads (Advertising)
LinkedIn also stores and uses your data outside your country. For example, data is also transferred to the USA. You can find more information about the third country transfer at:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/62533

If you have any uncertainties or questions, you can contact LinkedIn support:
LinkedIn-Support kontaktieren

Contact options:
Contacting the LinkedIn Data Protection Officer
Kontaktaufnahme mit dem Support
You can also contact the LinkedIn support team by post. The best way to do this is to use the address above that applies to you

Purposes of the processing
LinkedIn uses your information to provide, support, personalize and develop its services and to provide and customize its services, including through automated systems and inference, to make them relevant and useful to you and others. How your personal information is used depends on which services you use, how you use those services, and the settings you choose. LinkedIn uses your data, for example, to help you network with others, to inform you about current events or to help you explore new career opportunities. In addition, your data is used for security purposes or to investigate possible fraud or other violations of LinkedIn’s user agreement.
LinkedIn also uses your data for its own purposes, such as advertising, market research, customizing its websites and/or apps and measuring the performance of its own platforms.
You have the right to object to personalized advertising and you must contact LinkedIn to exercise this right, see LinkedIn Data Policy. This online form can be used to object:

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TS-DPRO
For more information on opting out of personalized LinkedIn ads, please see the links below:
Manage display settings
Manage account and privacy settingsn
Manage cookie settings
Even without your own LinkedIn account, you as a visitor can be affected by so-called guest cookies. To restrict these guest cookies, you can use the following link:
Guest cookie settings

In most cases, it makes sense to contact LinkedIn directly, insofar as we do not have access to all data and cannot influence all data processing within LinkedIn.

Xing company page

We would like to point out that you use the XING site and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating).
The information and publications found on our XING page are a voluntary additional offer. Visiting our XING page is only possible for registered users of the XING platform. Alternatively, you can also access all information offered via this page on our website at www.gte.de.
Body responsible for the processing
Within the framework of a tiered provider relationship, there is joint responsibility within the meaning of Art. 26 DSGVO GTE together with New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

The data controller for data processing of individuals living in the designated countries of the GDPR (European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland) is:
New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

https://www.xing.com/legalnotice

Data processing by XING
Information on what data is processed by XING and for what purposes can be found in the XING Privacy Policy: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/druckversion
By using XING, your personal data will be collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by New Work SE.

Our company has no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by XING, the way in which it is processed and used or the transfer of this data to third parties. Nor does it have any effective control options in this respect.
Likewise, our company has no knowledge of the content of your data transmitted to XING and cannot provide any information about what data is stored about you through the use of the XING service.
In addition to your voluntarily entered data such as profile, login, contact and calendar data, XING also collects and processes e.g. location and device information as well as internet protocol addresses (IP addresses).
XING collects and analyses data from the content, news and messages you publish and upload, as well as data from partners and affiliates, such as information provided by your workplace/training institution, websites or third-party services.
For more information, see:

https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/druckversion

XING states that it will use your personal information to provide you with additional services (including advertisements), including using automated systems and its own inferences, and to tailor them to be more relevant and useful to you and others.
To this end, XING may also aggregate data internally via various services covered by its privacy policy.
The way in which XING uses the data from visits to XING pages for its own purposes, the extent to which activities on the XING page are assigned to individual users, how long XING stores this data and whether data from a visit to the XING page is passed on to third parties is explained in the privacy policy.
For more information, see:

https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/druckversion

Furthermore, XING may use the services of third parties (partner companies and external service providers) to assist it in providing its services (for example, maintenance, analysis, verification, payment, fraud detection, marketing and development).
These third parties have access to your information to the extent reasonably necessary to perform the relevant tasks for XING and are required not to disclose or use your information for other purposes.
For more information, see:

https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung/druckversion

If third-party services are used by XING for a XING page of our company, we have neither commissioned nor approved this nor supported it in any other way. Nor are the personal data obtained during the analysis made available to us. Only certain non-personal, aggregated information about the activity, such as the number of profile or link clicks on a particular post or page, is visible to us via the account. Moreover, we have no possibility to prevent or turn off the use of such services on our XING pages.
Finally, XING also receives information when you view content, for example, even if you have not created an account (e.g. via a Public XING Profile). This so-called “log data” may be the IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the website you previously visited and the pages you viewed, your location, your mobile provider, the terminal device you use (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you used and cookie information.
By means of XING buttons or widgets integrated into websites and the use of cookies, XING is able to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your XING profile. This data can be used to offer content or advertising tailored to you. Accordingly, our company refrains from using such buttons and widgets on its own websites. The links to our company page on XING are purely references.
As New Work SE is a European provider, it is bound by the GDPR in the designated countries. This concerns, for example, your rights to information, blocking or deletion of data.
Options to restrict the processing and visibility of your data are available in your account navigation under the item “Settings | Privacy” under the various menu items listed there.
Also take into account that basically all information you provide in your profile is publicly visible by default, i.e. members who log into the network as well as customers of the XING services can view it. This also applies to your activities within the service, such as comments on posts, “Like” tags or the “Share” function. Group memberships can also be publicly visible.
When you share posts, the default setting is that this is done publicly. In the options, you can restrict the visibility of these posts to your contacts. You can also specify in the XING settings whether you want to share your contact list with all your contacts. With a so-called public profile, your content can also be found outside of XING and in search engines.
Further information on these points is available on the following XING pages: https://privacy.xing.com/de/ihre-privatsphaere
You will find the option to view and download your own data on XING in your account navigation under the item “Settings” under “Privacy” and there under “Your personal data disclosure”.

Furthermore, you have the option of contacting NEW WORK SE via the XING contact form for questions regarding the data protection policy or user agreement:
Online contact form https://www.xing.com/support/contact/security/data_protection

Postal address: New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany

You may request NEW WORK SE to delete any part of your personal data (for example, if the provision of services to you is no longer necessary) using the contact methods above.
However, there are also data uses that you cannot influence via the settings.
If you fundamentally disagree with such use, your only option is to close your account:

https://www.xing.com/settings/account/misc/delete
You may request NEW WORK SE to delete any part of your personal data (for example, if the provision of services to you is no longer necessary) using the contact methods above.
However, there are also data uses that you cannot influence via the settings.
If you fundamentally disagree with such use, your only option is to close your account:

Contacting the Data Protection Officer for New Work SE
We will be happy to support you in exercising your rights against XING.

Data processing by GTE
GTE also processes your data. It does not collect any data itself via its XING account. However, the data you enter on XING, in particular your user name and the content published under your account, are processed by us insofar as we share your postings or comment on them, if applicable, or also write postings from us that refer to your account. The data you freely publish and disseminate on XING is thus included by our company in its offering and made available to its fans, subscribers.
Furthermore, as the provider of our XING pages, we do not collect or process any personal data from your use of our service. The pages are for information and communication purposes only.

How to contact us regarding your rights
You are also welcome to use one of the contact options in our imprint or to contact our data protection officer directly. The contact details, as well as all other information on data protection, can be found in our data protection information.

Matomo Analytics

We are using Matomo on our website, which is a web analysis service that allows us to anonymously evaluate your usage behavior on our website. Matomo uses cookies that are stored on your computer within your current browser. For this purpose, the generated information on your usage (including your shortened IP address) is transmitted to our server. Your IP address is immediately anonymized during this process, so that you as a user remain anonymous to us. The Information, that is generated through a cookie, about your usage of our websites will not be passed on to third parties. You can prevent the use of cookies by setting your browser accordingly.
If you do not agree to the storage and analysis of this data, you can also object to this at any given time changing the cookie settings (performance). In this case a so-called opt-out cookie is stored in your browser so that Matomo does not collect any session data.

Attention: If you delete your cookies, the opt-out cookie will also be deleted, and you may have to activate it again.

Storage period:
The stored anonymized usage transactions are deleted after 6 months at the latest.

Legal basis for data processing:
We use Matomo for our own interests in order to be able to analyze and regularly improve the use of our websites. The statistics obtained enable us to improve our services and make them more interesting for you as a user, in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR.

Third Countries

Processing of your personal data in states outside the EU and the EEA (third countries)

A processing of your personal data in states outside the European Union and the European Economic Area does not happen, except for Google Maps.

Your rights

You have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

You have the following rights vis-à-vis us concerning your personal data:

  1. Right to information and access (Article 15 GDPR)
    You have the right to request confirmation as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed; if this is the case, you have the right to obtain information about this personal data and the information listed in detail in Article 15 GDPR.
  2.  Right to rectification or erasure (Article 16 and 17 GDPR)
    You have the right to request without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you and, where applicable, the completion of incomplete personal data. You also have the right to request that personal data concerning you be deleted without undue delay, provided that one of the reasons listed in detail in Article 17 of the GDPR applies, e.g. if the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued.
  3. Right to restrict processing (Article 18 GDPR)
    You have the right to request the restriction of processing if one of the conditions listed in Article 18 GDPR applies, e.g. if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Article 21 DSGVO, for the duration of any review as to whether our legitimate interests override yours.
  4. Right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR)
    In certain cases, which are detailed in Article 20 GDPR, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request the transfer of this data to a third party.

Right to object to processing and right to withdraw your consent:

In some cases (see the relevant sections in this privacy notice), we base the processing of your personal data on a legitimate interest that we claim to have. We do this in accordance with Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f of the GDPR. Whenever this is the case, you have the right to object to the processing of your data. If you make such an objection, we will ask you to explain the reasons as to why we should not process your personal data in the way we have done. In the event of your objection, we will investigate the facts. Following this assessment, we will either stop or adapt the processing of your data. Depending on the facts, we may also provide compelling legitimate reasons for the continuation of the processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms and continue the processing (Article 21 paragraph 1 of the GDPR).
If you have consented to the processing of your data, you may withdraw your consent any time. Such a withdrawal will affect the permissibility of the processing of your personal data.

Right to complain to a data protection authority

You also have the right to complain to a data protection authority about the processing of your personal data by us.
The supervisory authority responsible for us is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Postfach 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf

Phone: +49 211 38424-0
E-mail: poststelle@ldi.nrw.de
https://www.ldi.nrw.de/