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We, SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG, Struthweg 7-9, 34260 Kaufungen, Germany, tel.: +49 5605 803 0, e-mail: info@sika.net, are processing your personal data in strict confidentiality and in compliance with data protection regulations. Irrespective of the business relationship you maintain with us or the context in which you are contacting us, we would like to explain below how we process your data and ensure that it is properly secured.

For reasons of better readability, the use of the male form is used for personal designations and personal nouns on this website.

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Date of this information: 12.11.2025

 

(1) General Information on Data Processing

Responsible for data processing

The responsible entity for data processing is

SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG
Struthweg 7-9, 34260 Kaufungen
Germany

Contact

Phone: +49 5605 803-0
E-Mail: info@sika.net

 

Data Processing Officer

We attach great importance to ensuring that data processing is secure and complies with data protection law. We have designated an external data protection officer to document this compliance externally.

Datenschutzberatung Moers GmbH
Neue Straße 22
34369 Hofgeismar
Germany

Should you have any questions regarding data protection, please contact our external data protection officer at sika@dsb-moers.de. Further contact information can be found here: www.dsb-moers.de.

 

Joint Controllers

With regard to data processing in the context of joint processes by central systems of the SIKA Group, we and other companies of the SIKA Group are joint controllers pursuant to Art. 26 GDPR. The joint processing applies in particular to the customer relationship management system Genesis World and the centralised provision of the website.

To this end, we have concluded a joint controllership agreement to determine how the respective tasks and responsibilities for processing personal data are organised and who fulfils which obligations under data protection law. In particular, we have determined how an appropriate level of security and your rights as a data subject can be ensured. This also includes ensuring that the reporting and notification obligations are fulfilled. SIKA Dr. Siebert & Kühn is your central point of contact. You can also assert your rights in relation to the processing of personal data under joint responsibility against any jointly responsible company.

Joint controllers of the SIKA Group are:

  • SIKA France, Metropole 19,134/140 Rue d'Aubervilliers 75019 Paris, France, france@sika.net, +33 1 40 3808-08
  • SIKA Instruments Ltd., 15A Cromwell House, Cromwell Business Park, Chipping Norton OX7 5SR, United Kingdom, sika.uk@sika.net, +44 7749603461
  • SIKA Instruments s.r.l, Via F. Crispi 9, 39100 Bozen, Italia, sika.italia@sika.net

 

Purpose and Legal Basis of the Data Processing

The purposes of data processing by SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG are the provision of services, contract execution, fulfillment of legal obligations, provision of information about services of SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG, as well as the possibility of contacting us.

The processing of personal data is subject to one of the following legal bases:

  • Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR for the processing of personal data with the consent of the data subject.
  • Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the processing of personal data necessary for the fulfilment of a contract with the data subject, as well as for the implementation of corresponding pre-contractual measures.
  • Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject under any applicable EU law or under any applicable law of a country in which the GDPR is fully or partially applicable.
  • Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR for the necessary processing of personal data in order to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties, except where such interests are overridden by the fundamental freedoms and rights as well as the interests of the data subject. Legitimate interests on our part are, in particular, our business interest in ensuring information security on our website and in our systems, providing information about our range of services and enforcing our legal claims and compliance with other legal provisions.

 

Recipients of Data

For this purpose, we use service providers separately bound to confidentiality and data protection as part of the provision of services. Categories of recipients are, for example, IT and hosting service providers, affiliated companies, web agencies and external consultants.

Data will only be passed on to authorities if there are overriding legal provisions. If data is transferred to third countries, we comply with the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR.

 

Retention Period and Deletion of Data

We only process personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose. If the purpose of processing no longer applies, we delete the data in accordance with the provisions of Art. 17 GDPR. Once the purpose of processing no longer applies, we retain the data in accordance with the statutory retention periods. Any further retention will only take place if there is an exception in accordance with Art. 17 (3) GDPR.

 

Data Security

Your personal data is protected against unauthorised access and unlawful processing or disclosure as well as against accidental loss, alteration or destruction. Before introducing new methods of data processing, in particular new IT systems, SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG implements technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data. These measures are based on the state of the art, the risks of processing and the need to protect the data. The technical and organisational measures relevant to data protection are documented and regularly reviewed by the data protection officer. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with the state of the art.

 

Your right to information, rectification, erasure, object and data portability

You can exercise your right to information, correction and deletion of data at any time. Simply contact us in the ways described above. If you wish your data to be deleted but we are still legally obliged to retain it, access to your data will be restricted (blocked). The same applies in the event of an objection. You can exercise your right to data portability insofar as the technical means are available to the recipient and to us.

 

Right to lodge a Complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority at any time.

 

Provision obligation

The purpose of the processing is to clarify the facts of criminal offenses. Please provide us with as much specific information as possible about the facts of the case. Please note that any other information you provide in the report that can be used to identify you directly or indirectly will be processed by the organization when handling the case, even if you submit an anonymous report.

 

Currency and revision of this data protection information

We reserve the right to revise the content of this data protection information at any time. This is usually done in the event of further development or modification of the services used. You can view the current data protection information on our website.

 

(2) Data protection information for visitors to the website

The purpose of data processing on this website is to provide information about our company's services, in addition to enabling you to contact us.

When you visit the website, a connection is established with your browser. The following information is collected and stored temporarily in system files: IP address of your device, data and time of access, name and URL of accessed files, website from which access was made or from which you were directed to our site (referrer URL), browser used and, if applicable, the operating system of your device, as well as the name of your provider.

The aforementioned data is processed by us for the purpose of ensuring a trouble-free connection as well as system security. The generated connection data is automatically deleted and is not retained for longer than seven days. If the website is improperly used, log data whose further storage is necessary for evidentiary purposes will be retained until the incident has been clarified.

This website uses “Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure” (https). The connection between your browser and our server is encrypted.

 

Use of storage technologies on your device

This website uses storage technologies ("cookies" and/or your browser's memory) to enable storage of your use of the website. The information generated by cookies about your usage behaviour on this website is used to evaluate visitor behaviour on the website and to improve how we provide information.

If the use of storage technologies on your end device is necessary for the functionality of the website, we use this technology on the basis of our legitimate interests in improving our information offering and ensuring the functionality of the website and information security on the website. The legal basis for data processing is then Art. 6 (1) (f) and Section 25 (2) no. 2 TDDDG.

If cookies are used that are not necessary for the operation of the website, we will ask for your consent in advance. The legal basis for data processing is then Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR in conjunction with Section 25 (1) TDDDG (consent).

The cookies are deleted after three years at the latest. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Data collection is anonymized; the data collected cannot be traced back to you personally.

 

Google Tag Manager

This website uses Google Tag Manager. This is a service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). It is used to manage the Google services on our website. The legal basis for this processing is consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

As part of this processing, it cannot be ruled out that this data will be transferred to a Google server in the USA. Data will only be transferred to the USA if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled. According to the European Commission, personal data transferred from the EU to US companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), including Google Inc., has been deemed reasonably secure.

The terms of use of Google apply: policies.google.com/privacy, policies.google.com/terms, marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/ and the privacy policy of Google.

 

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The legal basis for this processing is your consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

Google Analytics also uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to enable an analysis of the use of the website. The possibility that the data generated by the cookie about your use of this website might be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there cannot be excluded. Data transfer to the USA only occurs if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled. According to the European Commission, personal data transferred from the EU to US companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), including Google Inc., has been deemed reasonably secure. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be combined with other Google data. The user data will be deleted after 24 months at the latest.

You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future and prevent the use of data by Google if you download and activate the available browser plugin:

tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. Further information on data protection by Google can be found at: policies.google.com/privacy.

 

Google Maps

This website uses Google Maps, a service provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The legal basis for this processing is your consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR pursuant to Art. 49 (1) sentence 1 (a) GDPR.

At least the IP address, URL (internet address) of our website and date/time of use are transmitted to Google. The possibility that data might be transmitted to a Google server in the USA cannot be excluded. Data transfer to the USA only occurs if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled. According to the European Commission, personal data transferred from the EU to US companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), including Google Inc., has been deemed reasonably secure.

As a visitor, you enter a direct user relationship with Google when using Google Maps. You can find more information on this in Google's detailed privacy policy at: policies.google.com/privacy.

 

Integration of YouTube videos

We use YouTube, a service for embedding videos provided by Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). The legal basis for this processing is your consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The YouTube content is only loaded after your approval. The YouTube videos are embedded with deactivated tracking functions in its code. Further information on this can be found in Google's detailed privacy policy at: policies.google.com/privacy. The possibility that data might be transmitted to a Google server in the USA cannot be excluded. Data transfer to the USA only occurs if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled. According to the European Commission, personal data transferred from the EU to US companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), including Google Inc., has been deemed reasonably secure.

When using the service, YouTube´s terms of use apply (https://www.youtube.com/static?gl=DE&template=terms&hl=de). Information on data protection when using this service can be found in Google's detailed privacy policy (https://www.google.com/policies/privacy). Consent can be revoked via the settings in consent management (cookie banner). Opt-out: adssettings.google.com/authenticated.

 

Integration of Vimeo

We use Vimeo for embedding videos. The legal basis for data processing is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The possibility that data might be transmitted to a Vimeo server in the USA cannot be excluded. A data transfer to the USA only takes place if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled. Further information can be found under the privacy policy of the provider Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street New York, New York 10011, USA: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

 

Online marketing: Newsletter and contact form (HubSpot)

On this website, we use an integrated software solution from the company HubSpot for our online marketing activities, which we use to cover various aspects of our online marketing. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland. Contact: HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, Phone: +353 1 5187500. We have concluded a data processing agreement with HubSpot. Data is only transferred to the USA if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled. You can find more information on HubSpot's data protection at legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy and legal.hubspot.com/data-privacy.

This integrated software solution from HubSpot includes:

Newsletter

The purpose of sending the newsletter is to inform you about our new products and services. Your consent is required to receive the newsletter, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. The data will not be transferred to third parties. When registering for the newsletter, the so-called double opt-in procedure is used; the request for the newsletter must be actively confirmed by you by clicking on the link of the e-mail sent to you. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the "unsubscribe" link. You can also send us a request to unsubscribe via e-mail to the address above.

Contact form

If you write to us via our contact form, your data from the form will be processed to attend to your request. The legal basis for the data transfer to us is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future. The data will then be deleted. If no further retention obligation arises from your request (e.g. in the case of an online order), the data will be deleted after three years. Your data will be forwarded internally to the responsible contact person for processing your request. Your data will not be transferred to third parties without your explicit consent.

 

LinkedIn Insights Tag

We use LinkedIn Insights Tag on our website, a service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. The purpose of its use is to analyse the success of our advertising on LinkedIn. The LinkedIn Insight tag collects data about visitors to the website: URL, referrer URL, IP address, device and browser properties (user agent) and timestamp. The IP addresses are abbreviated or hashed (if they are used to reach members across devices). The members' direct identifiers are removed within seven days in order to pseudonymise the data. This remaining pseudonymised data is then deleted within 180 days.  For us, the processing cannot be assigned to your person (IP masking). During use, the transmission of data to the LinkedIn Corporation in the USA cannot be ruled out. Data is only transferred to the USA if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are fulfilled.

The legal basis for the processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future via the settings of our consent tool or via this link:

www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

Furthermore, if you have a LinkedIn profile, you can set the data collection centrally for all websites with LinkedIn technology for your profile in the LinkedIn settings: www.linkedin.com/psettings/enhanced-advertising

Information on data protection at LinkedIn can be found here: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

 

(3) Data protection information for visitors and external companies

The purpose of data processing is to record visitor data in order to issue the visitor badge and to record external companies when they carry out work. A form for occupational health and safety is filled out, in which information about name and company is requested. We process and use your data during the visit for the purpose of information security. This applies to data that is collected, processed and used during your visit. The visitor registration forms are destroyed after three years. Areas under video surveillance are specially labelled to draw your attention to the possibility of video recording. Regardless of this, please always be aware that the buildings and properties of SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG are under video surveillance and it is therefore possible that images of you may be recorded.

The collection, processing and use of your data by video surveillance equipment is carried out to prevent threats that have already occurred or an increased risk potential with regard to property and/or intellectual property as well as the monitoring of deliveries and suppliers of SIKA Dr. Siebert und Kühn GmbH & Co. KG. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The video recordings are deleted after 30 days at the latest.

 

(4) Data protection information for job applicants

If you submit a job application to us, we will process your data as part of the initiation of an employment relationship on the basis of Art. 88 (1) GDPR in conjunction with German labor law regulations. Your data will be stored for the duration of the application process. If you start the employment relationship with us, your application data will be stored by us for the duration of your employment relationship. If your application is rejected, we will retain your data for a further six months on a statutory basis and then delete it. In the case of spontaneous applications or with your consent, we will retain the data until you withdraw your consent or for a maximum of two years.

 

(5) Data protection information for customers

The purpose of data processing is the initiation and execution of contracts on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR. If we process data as part of direct marketing, this is done on the basis of our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR in informing our existing customers about our range of services.

We are legally obliged to carry out a sanctions list check. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR in conjunction with EC No. 881/2002, No. 753/2011 and No. 2580/2001. For this purpose, your contact data will be transmitted to a service provider who is separately bound to confidentiality and data protection for checking against the sanctions lists. Your data will only be processed for the purpose of the sanctions list check and will be deleted after the statutory retention period has expired.

 

(6) Data protection information for suppliers, service providers and third parties

If you contact us and no contract has been initiated, we process your data on the basis of our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR to organize our business operations. In doing so, we ensure that we do not process any data without an overriding legitimate interest, for example when coordinating data protection issues with our customers' suppliers.

We are legally obliged to carry out a sanctions list check. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR in conjunction with EC No. 881/2002, No. 753/2011 and No. 2580/2001. For this purpose, your contact data will be transmitted to a service provider who is separately bound to confidentiality and data protection for checking against the sanctions lists. Your data will only be processed for the purpose of the sanctions list check and will be deleted after the statutory retention period has expired.

 

(7) Data protection information for visitors to our YouTube channel

We use a YouTube channel of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland. The purpose of data processing on our YouTube channel is to provide information about products, services and news, combined with the possibility for users to interact with us in a targeted manner. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in particular our business interest in sharing information with the visitors of the YouTube channel and to be able to communicate with them.

The YouTube service is based on the following data processing agreement with Google Ireland Ltd.: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms_dataprocessing.

Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on YouTube channels. Please note that YouTube collects and processes certain information about your visit to our YouTube channel even if you do not have a YouTube user account or are not logged in to YouTube. For us as the provider of this YouTube channel, only your public profile on YouTube is visible. The kind of information visible for us depends on your settings in your profile. For information about the processing of personal data by YouTube, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

If we publish images of individuals, this is done via consent (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR), based on a contractual agreement (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR) and in exceptional cases based on legitimate interests (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (f). GDPR.

 

YouTube Analytics

We also process your activities on our YouTube channel with the help of the statistics service YouTube Analytics. This process helps us to understand our video and channel performance and optimize our channel and our content. This process is consistent with the purpose of data processing described below. Anonymous statistics are created based on your activities. Among other things, we can gain insights into the interactions and activities of our subscribers, the views and the reach of our videos, information about which countries and cities our visitors come from, as well as statistics about the gender ratios, age structures, providers, and interests of our visitors. Neither conclusions about individual users nor access to individual user profiles by the administrator are possible.

 

Data Transfer to Third Countries

Due to the affiliation of the provider Google Ireland Limited to the Google group, which has its headquarters in the USA, a data transfer to Google LLC and thus to all states in which Google has data centers cannot be excluded. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, Google Ireland Limited bases such data transfers on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission.

In this context, we would like to point out that you are using the service provided by Google Ireland Limited (YouTube) and all associated functions such as sharing and rating videos, participation in discussions on your own responsibility. Data that you have voluntarily provided on YouTube will be processed by Google (e.g. name and username, email address, telephone number) and may therefore also be transmitted to third countries. According to the European Commission, personal data transferred from the EU to US companies participating in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (DPF), including Google Inc., has been deemed reasonably secure.

It is possible for you to restrict the processing of your data by Google. To do this, you can open the general settings of your Google account and change your privacy settings. Information on how to individualize your privacy settings can be found here: policies.google.com/privacy

You can also change certain settings for your mobile devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets, etc.) so that Google only has limited access to your contact data, location data, calendar data or photos, among other things. These setting options differ depending on the operating system used on your mobile device.

 

(8) Data protection information for visitors to our Facebook page

The purpose of data processing on our Facebook page is to provide information about our products and services, combined with the opportunity for users to interact with us directly. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is, in particular, our business interest in sharing information with our users and being able to communicate with them.

Data will only be passed on to authorities if there are overriding legal provisions.

If we publish image and sound recordings of individuals, this is done on the basis of consent (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or on the basis of a contractual assignment of rights of use (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

 

Joint controllership

With Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Irland, a Joint Controllership Agreement has been completed, which you have access to on:

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

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

Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. assumes the primary responsibility acc. to the European Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

To learn more about the Facebook privacy policy, please visit:

https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

 

Use of Facebook-Insights

We operate online advertisement on Facebook and use Facebook Insights in order to evaluate the behaviour of our target group resulting from interaction with our website. The precise target group advertising is a legitimate interest of our company. Facebook users are informed; the main responsibility for such data collection lies with Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. Conflicting interests of users are not overriding (publication of individual target group optimized advertising). Our legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.

 

(9) Data protection information for visitors to our XING page

We use our XING page to provide information about our company, our products and services, combined with the opportunity for users to interact directly with us. The legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest is in particular our business interest in sharing information with our users and being able to communicate with them.

If we publish image and sound recordings of individuals, this is done on the basis of consent (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or on the basis of a contractual assignment of rights of use (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

To operate the XING site, we are supported by service providers who are separately bound to confidentiality and data protection.

We process personal data ourselves via our XING account; at the same time, data processing is carried out by New Work SE. The legal basis for the comment function is consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

When you visit our XING page, XING uses cookies to collect personal user data. XING may also collect such data from visitors who are not logged in or registered with XING.

Information on what data is processed by New Work SE and for what purposes it is used can be found in XING's privacy policy: privacy.xing.com/en/your-privacy

You also have the option of requesting information via the XING data protection form or the archive requests: www.XING.com/settings/privacy/data/disclosure

It cannot be ruled out that user data may be processed on systems outside the European Union. XING has undertaken to comply with the data protection standards of the EU. Data will only be transferred to systems outside the EU if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are complied with. You can find out more at: privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy/who-may-receive-information-about-you/third-countries

Data will only be passed on to authorities if there are overriding legal provisions.

 

Usage of your data by us

We receive anonymous statistics on the usage and use of the website based on our contract with New Work SE as well as legitimate interest of New Work SE. Following information will be provided:

  • Follower: Number of people following us - including increases and development over a defined time frame.
  • Range: Number of people who see a specific post and number of interactions on a specific post. This allows us to determine, for example, which content is better accepted by the community than others.
  • Advertising performance: That shows how many people were reached or interacted with a post or paid ad.

We use these statistics, from which we cannot identify individual users, to constantly improve our online offering on XING and to better respond to the interests of our users. We cannot link the statistical data with the profile data of our users. You can choose the form in which targeted advertising is displayed to you via your XING settings.

We receive personal data via XING if you communicate this to us actively via a personal message on XING (e.g., via a possible chat function). We use your data (e.g., first name, surname) to respond to your request in our customer service. Furthermore, we also receive personal data via XING if you use a form with pre-filled fields with data from your profile to submit the data to us and send the data to us actively by clicking on a button.

In case you wish to assert your rights against XING, we will forward your request to XING. Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against XING can be found at: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy/what-rights-can-you-assert.

 

(10) Data protection information for visitors of our LinkedIn Company Page

We use our LinkedIn Company Page to provide information about our company, our products and services, combined with the opportunity for users to interact directly with us. The legal basis is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest consists primarily in our business interest in sharing information about our company with customers, interested parties, applicants and third parties as well as being able to contact them.

If we publish images of individuals, this is done with their consent (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR) or on the basis of a contractual assignment of the rights of use (legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR).

We process personal data through our LinkedIn Company Page for the purpose of establishing contact, publicising our company and providing information. Our company processes your personal data when you use the messaging, commenting and posting functions. Data will only be passed on to authorities if there are overriding legal provisions.

When using LinkedIn, each user enters a direct contractual relationship with LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. How LinkedIn processes user data can be viewed in their data protection information: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. Please note that the possibility of user data being processed on systems outside the European Union cannot be ruled out. LinkedIn has undertaken to comply with EU data protection standards. Data will only be transferred to systems outside the EU if the requirements of Art. 44 et seq. GDPR are complied with. You can find out more at:

www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1343190.

 

Use of Page Insights

When a LinkedIn user visits, follows or engages with our LinkedIn page, LinkedIn processes personal data in order to make the page views available to us. In particular, LinkedIn processes data that the user has provided to LinkedIn in their profile, such as the position, country, industry, period of employment, company size and employment status. In addition, LinkedIn processes information about how a user has interacted with our company page, e.g. whether a user is a follower. Data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests in customising our company profile for specific target groups. Conflicting legitimate interests of users (display of individual target group-optimised advertising) are not overriding.

Together with LinkedIn, we are a joint controller for the Page Insights in accordance with Art. 26 GDPR. LinkedIn users are informed of this; the responsibility for data collection lies primarily with LinkedIn. A Joint Controller Addendum has been concluded with LinkedIn, which you can find here: legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum.

 

Use of LinkedIn services

For the use of LinkedIn services, a Data Processing Agreement has been concluded between us and LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, which can be accessed here: www.linkedin.com/legal/l/dpa?

If you wish to assert your rights against LinkedIn, we will forward your request to LinkedIn. For more information on exercising your data subject rights against LinkedIn, please refer to LinkedIn's privacy policy: www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Further information on how you can assert or implement your data subject rights directly against LinkedIn (e.g. account settings, downloads or requests) can be found at: www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339364.