The following information provides details on collecting personal data when using our website and when you contact us. Personal data refers to any data that can be directly or indirectly attributed to you personally, such as name, address, email address, and user behavior.
4PACE GmbH, Martin-Luther-Straße 20, 66111 Saarbrücken, Germany, is responsible for compliance with the information obligations pursuant to Art. 13 and 14 GDPR and the other rights of data subjects as well as for dealing with any data protection violations: info@4pace.com, +49 6851 8 000 60.
For the 4PACE websites, there is joint responsibility in accordance with Art. 26 para. 1 GDPR of the companies of the group named below:
1. 4PACE GmbH, represented by the managing directors Michael Wille, Kevin Dewi and Mesut Cengiz,
2. Plan Software GmbH, represented by the managing directors Michael Wille, Kevin Dewi and Mesut Cengiz,
Joint address:
Martin-Luther-Straße 20
66111 Saarbrücken
Germany
Phone: +49 681 379 270
3. KiM GmbH, represented by the managing director Achim Angel
Tritschlerstrasse 11
66606 St. Wendel
St. Wendel, Germany
Phone: +49 6851 80006-0
4. crossbase mediasolution GmbH, represented by the managing director Thomas Kern
Otto-Lilienthal-Strasse 36
71034 Böblingen
Germany
Phone: +49 7031 / 9880-700
E-Mail: office@crossbase.de
5. N4 Management und Services GmbH, represented by the managing director Mesut Cengiz,
6. netRapid GmbH & Co KG, represented by netRapid Geschäftsführungs GmbH, which is represented by the managing director Mesut Cengiz,
7. n-Systems GmbH & Co KG, represented by n-Systems Geschäftsführungs GmbH, which is represented by the managing director Mesut Cengiz,
8. NEXNOVA Business Solutions GmbH & Co KG, represented by NEXNOVA Geschäftsführungs GmbH, which is represented by the managing director Mesut Cengiz,
9. NEXNOVA Software Solutions GmbH & Co KG, represented by NEXNOVA Geschäftsführungs GmbH, represented by the managing director Mesut Cengiz
Joint address:
Kaiserstraße 95-101a
66133 Saarbrücken
Germany
E-Mail: info@n4.de
10. N4 Leipzig GmbH, represented by the managing directors Mesut Cengiz and Kevin Dewi
Pfaffendorfer Straße 18
04105 Leipzig
Germany
E-Mail: info@n4.de
11. sequire technology GmbH, represented by the managing directors Dr. Christoph Endres and Kevin Dewi
Martin-Luther-Straße 20
66111 Saarbrücken
Germany
You can contact our data protection officer by post at Martin-Luther-Straße 20, 66111 Saarbrücken with the addition “Data Protection Officer” or by e-mail at datenschutz@ra-wiesen.de.
When you simply visit our websites without actively providing further information, so-called server log files are automatically recorded, such as your IP address, the web browser and operating system you use, the domain names of your internet service provider, and other details.
This serves the purposes of a smooth connection setup, the corresponding usability and the stability and security of the websites and is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in improving the stability and functionality of our websites.
Technical service providers responsible for the operation and maintenance of our websites may be recipients of this data, acting as processors on our behalf following Article 28 of the GDPR.
The data is generally deleted at the end of each session, as it is typically no longer necessary for the purposes mentioned above.
Our websites are hosted by the external service provider Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestr. 25, 91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany (provider). The personal data collected during use is stored on the provider’s servers. This may include IP addresses, contact requests, meta and communication data, contract data, contact details, names, website accesses and other data generated via a website. The provider is used for the purpose of fulfilling the contract with our potential and existing customers (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR) and in the interest of a secure, fast and efficient provision of our online offer by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Our provider will only process your data to the extent necessary to fulfill its performance obligations and will follow our instructions with regard to this data. In order to ensure data protection-compliant processing, we have concluded an order processing contract with our provider.
We use the cookie plugin CookieYes GDPR Cookie Consent. This processes the date and time of the visit, browser information, consent information, device information and the IP address of the requesting device. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest). Obtaining and managing legally required consents is to be regarded as a legitimate interest within the meaning of the aforementioned provision. Consents and revocations are stored for a period of one week.
As part of certain processing of personal data that takes place when using our website, data may be transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies. When this is the case or at least cannot be ruled out, we will always inform you in the following statements. In each case, we base the transfer on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF), provided that the data importers are certified in accordance with this, and alternatively on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
On our website you will find forms for individual communication (e.g. to contact us, request a callback). If you make use of these forms, the data entered in the input mask will be transmitted to us and stored. This data typically includes names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers and any other information you provide to us.
The legal basis for the processing of data transmitted to us via the contact form is generally Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR, as the purpose pursued and our legitimate interest is to simply contact you and process your request.
Insofar as the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (“pre-contractual measure”) is the legal basis for the processing.
The recipients of your data are the service providers we have integrated in compliance with data protection regulations. On the one hand, our websites are maintained by such service providers; on the other hand, service providers may receive your data if this is necessary to fulfill their respective services.
The data will be deleted no later than 6 months after the matter in question has been conclusively clarified. If there is a contractual relationship, the statutory retention periods apply, according to which your data will be deleted after 6 or 10 years.
If you contact us by e-mail or telephone, we will store and process your inquiry, including all personal data (name, inquiry), for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass on this data without your consent.
The processing of this data is based on Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR if your inquiry is related to the performance of a contract or is necessary for implementing pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in effectively processing the inquiries directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
The data sent will remain with us until you ask us to delete it or the purpose for storing the data no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – in particular statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.
If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will send you regular information about our offers. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further data is voluntary and is used to address you personally.
We use HubSpot (2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland) to send newsletters; we have concluded a data processing agreement with this service provider. This enables us to organize the sending of newsletters and analyze newsletter campaigns. During the analysis, we can see, for example, whether a newsletter message has been opened and which links, if any, have been clicked on. We can also see whether certain predefined actions were carried out after opening/clicking (conversion rate). For example, we can see whether you have made a purchase or similar after clicking on the newsletter.
The service provider also enables us to subdivide (“cluster”) the newsletter recipients according to various categories. The newsletter recipients can be subdivided according to age, gender or place of residence, for example. In this way, the newsletters can be better adapted to the respective target groups.
The data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO). You can revoke this consent at any time by unsubscribing directly on the website or by using the link included in each newsletter message.
The legality of the data processing carried out before the revocation remains unaffected.
The data you provide us with for the purpose of subscribing to the newsletter will be stored by us until you unsubscribe from the newsletter and deleted from the distribution list after you unsubscribe from the newsletter. Data stored by us for other purposes remains unaffected by this.
After you unsubscribe from the distribution list, your e-mail address will be stored in a so-called blacklist to prevent future mailings. The data from the blacklist will only be used for this purpose and will not be merged with other data. This serves both your interest and our interest in complying with the legal requirements when sending newsletters (legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR). Storage in the blacklist is not limited in time. You can object to the storage if your interests outweigh our legitimate interest.
If you have provided us with your e-mail address when purchasing goods or services, we reserve the right (provided you have not initially objected to this) to regularly send you offers for similar goods or services, such as those already purchased, from our range by e-mail, in particular in the form of a newsletter. In accordance with Section 7 (3) UWG, we do not need to obtain separate consent from you for this. Data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in personalized direct advertising in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. However, you can object to the corresponding use of your e-mail address at any time with effect for the future by sending us a brief message. Upon receipt of your objection, the use of your e-mail address for advertising purposes will cease immediately.
You must register to participate in our webinars and other events. We require the following data from you: First and last name, e-mail address, telephone number if applicable.
We need this data to send you the access data and to identify you. We process this data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR to fulfill our contractual obligation. We will also use your e-mail address to subsequently send you documents relating to the webinar you attended.
When registering for the webinar, you have the option of consenting to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR to consent to the sending of advertising. We will then use your e-mail address and your first and last name to send you advertising.
We use Microsoft Teams for webinars. Further information on the provider’s data protection can be found here:
https://www.microsoft.com/de-de/privacy/data-privacy-notice?msockid=1a51f621fb47693a3446e2a6facc68ee
If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies in this context, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses as the legal basis.
If you have consented to being contacted for advertising purposes, we will store your e-mail address and your first and last name until you withdraw your consent.
Unser Internetauftritt nutzt aus Sicherheitsgründen und zum Schutz der Übertragung vertraulicher Inhalte, die Sie an uns als Seitenbetreiber senden, eine SSL- bzw. TLS-Verschlüsselung. Eine verschlüsselte Verbindung erkennen Sie daran, dass die Adresszeile des Browsers von “http://” auf “https://” wechselt und an dem Schloss-Symbol in Ihrer Browserzeile. Wenn die SSL- bzw. TLS-Verschlüsselung aktiviert ist, können die Daten, die Sie an uns übermitteln, nicht von Dritten mitgelesen werden. Wir weisen gleichwohl darauf hin, dass die Datenübertragung im Internet (insbesondere bei der Kommunikation per E-Mail) Sicherheitslücken aufweisen kann.
We use so-called cookies when you use our website. These are small text files that are stored on your end device. Cookies cannot execute programs or transmit viruses to your end device.
Certain, so-called transient cookies are automatically deleted when you log out or close the browser. Other, so-called persistent cookies are automatically deleted after a specified period, which may vary depending on the cookie.
Certain cookies are necessary tomake the websites more user-friendly, effective and simple. For example, some website functions require that your browser can be identified even after a page change. It is also necessary to save the settings you have selected with regard to the use of technically unnecessary cookies.
The use of cookies in this respect is based on § 25 para. 2 no. 2 TDDDG and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.
If necessary, such data may be disclosed to technical service providers who act as processors following Art. 28 of the GDPR for the operation and maintenance of our websites.
The storage duration is usually no longer than one year, counted from the last visit to the respective website.
Cookies also serve to better tailor our offer to your interests or to generally improve it on the basis of statistical evaluations. The legal basis for this processing is your consent, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
We use the Google Tag Manager. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Tag Manager is a tool that enables us to integrate tracking or statistical tools and other technologies on our website. The Google Tag Manager itself does not create any user profiles, does not store any cookies and does not carry out any independent analyses. It is only used to manage and display the tools integrated via it. However, Google Tag Manager records your IP address, which may also be transmitted to Google’s parent company in the United States. The legal basis for this is the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) and the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
The use of Google Tag Manager is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG; the consent can be revoked at any time.
This website uses functions of the web analysis service Google Analytics. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Analytics enables us to analyze the behavior of website visitors. We receive various usage data, such as page views, length of visit, operating systems used and origin of the user. This data is summarized in a user ID and assigned to the respective end device of the website visitor.
We can also use Google Analytics to record your mouse and scroll movements and clicks, among other things. Google Analytics also uses various modeling approaches to supplement the collected data records and uses machine learning technologies for data analysis.
Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analyzing user behavior (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there.
The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG; the consent can be revoked at any time.
If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies in this context, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses as the legal basis.
You can prevent the collection and processing of your data by Google 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 Google’s privacy policy:https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.
We have entered into a data processing agreement with Google.
The website operator uses Google Ads. Google Ads is an online advertising program of Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Ads enables us to display advertisements in the Google search engine or on third-party websites when the user enters certain search terms on Google (keyword targeting). Furthermore, targeted advertisements can be displayed based on the user data available at Google (e.g. location data and interests) (target group targeting). As the website operator, we can evaluate this data quantitatively by analyzing, for example, which search terms led to the display of our advertisements and how many advertisements led to corresponding clicks.
The use of Google Ads is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG; the consent can be revoked at any time.
If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies in this context, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses as the legal basis.
Details can be found here: https://policies.google.com/privacy/frameworks and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.
This website uses the functions of Google Analytics Remarketing. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Google Remarketing analyzes user behavior on our website (e. g., clicks on specific products) to categorize you into specific advertising target groups. Subsequently, when you visit other online offerings, Google Remarketing can display tailored advertising messages to you (remarketing or retargeting).
Furthermore, the advertising target groups created with Google Remarketing can be linked to Google’s cross-device functions. In this way, interest-based, personalized advertising messages that have been adapted to you depending on your previous usage and surfing behavior on one device (e.g. cell phone) can also be displayed on another of your devices (e.g. tablet or PC).
If you have a Google account, you can object to personalized advertising at the following link:https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.
The use of Google Remarketing is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR and Section 25 (1) TDDDG, insofar as the consent includes the storage of cookies or access to information in the user’s end device (e.g. device fingerprinting) within the meaning of the TDDDG; the consent can be revoked at any time.
If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies in this context, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses as the legal basis.
Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=de.
This website uses Google Conversion Tracking. The provider is Google Ireland Limited (“Google”), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
With the help of Google conversion tracking, Google and we can recognize whether the user has performed certain actions. For example, we can evaluate which buttons on our website were clicked how often and which products were viewed or purchased particularly frequently. This information is used to create conversion statistics. We find out the total number of users who have clicked on our ads and what actions they have taken. We do not receive any information with which we can personally identify the user. Google itself uses cookies or comparable recognition technologies for identification purposes.
The use of Google Conversion Tracking is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time.
If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies in this context, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses as the legal basis.
You can find more information about Google Conversion Trackingin Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.
On our website, we use Google reCAPTCHA, provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
This is intended to check whether the data entry, e.g. in a contact form, is made by a human or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis begins automatically as soon as the website visitor enters the website. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (e.g. IP address, time spent on the website by the website visitor or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is forwarded to Google.
Data processing is based on our legitimate interest in protecting our website from abusive automated spying and spam (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
For further information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please refer to the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of US companies in this context, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) on the EU Commission’s standard contractual clauses as the legal basis.
Our pages use so-called web fonts from Google for the uniform display of fonts. When you call up a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into your browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly. To prevent personal data from being transmitted to Google’s servers in the USA, we have integrated Google Fonts locally.
We use the HubSpot service for various purposes. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch in Ireland (HubSpot, 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland). Hubspot covers various aspects of our online marketing, such as email marketing, reporting, contact management (e.g. user segmentation & CRM), landing pages and contact forms. If you submit a contact form, we can also use HubSpot to link a user’s visits with personal details (in particular name and email address) on the basis of consent given, thus recording them on a personal basis and informing users individually and in a targeted manner about preferred topics. The legal basis for processing is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. If you do not want Hubspot to collect and process the aforementioned data, you can refuse your consent or revoke it at any time with effect for the future. The personal data will be stored for as long as it is required to fulfill the purpose of processing. The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose. If personal data is transferred to the USA or to servers of the US company in connection with processing via HubSpot, we base this on the EU Commission’s adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) as the legal basis and on so-called standard contractual clauses agreed with Hubspot. Further information on the processing of personal data by Hubspot can be found at https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy and https://legal.hubspot.com/dpa.
Elements of social media are used on this website. You can usually recognize these by their respective logos. We ensure that the integrated social media elements do not transfer your personal data to the respective provider the first time you access the page. This may only happen if you have consented to this. You can give your consent via the settings of the cookie banner or by clicking on the button associated with the social media element, whereby the respective provider can receive the information that you have visited our website with your IP address. If you are logged into your respective social media account at the same time, the respective provider can assign the visit to this website to your user account.
You can revoke your consent at any time – by changing your cookie settings – with effect for the future.
For information on how your data is handled when using these services, please refer to the respective privacy notices:
Facebook: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php
Google and YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Xing: https://privacy.xing.com/en
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
Eine Übermittlung Ihrer persönlichen Daten an Dritte zu anderen als den vorstehend genannten Zwecken findet nicht statt. Wir geben – zusammenfassend – Ihre persönlichen Daten nur an Dritte weiter, wenn Sie hierzu nach Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. a DSGVO Ihre Einwilligung erteilt haben, dies nach Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. b DSGVO für die Abwicklung von Vertragsverhältnissen mit Ihnen erforderlich ist, dies zur Wahrung unserer berechtigten Interessen nach Art. 6 Abs. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO (e.g. for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims or in the context of advertising measures) and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding interest worthy of protection in the non-disclosure of your data or if a legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. c DSGVO zur Weitergabe besteht.
With regard to the personal data concerning you, you have the following rights vis-à-vis us, which you can generally claim in any form (e.g. at our postal address – preferably with the subject “Data subject rights”).
Every data subject has the right to information according to Art. 15 of the GDPR, the right to correction according to Art. 16 of the GDPR, the right to deletion according to Art. 17 of the GDPR, the right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 of the GDPR, and the right to data portability according to Art. 20 of the GDPR.
According to §§ 34 and 35 of the BDSG, restrictions apply to the right to information and deletion.
Insofar as we base the processing of your personal data on a balancing of interests, you can object to the processing. As a rule, our legitimate interests consist in responding to inquiries, carrying out direct marketing measures, providing services and/or information intended for you, processing and transferring personal data for internal or administrative purposes, operating and managing our websites, providing technical support, preventing and detecting fraud and criminal offenses, and ensuring network and data security.
When exercising an objection, we ask you to state which of your interests outweigh ours in your opinion. Im Falle Ihres begründeten Widerspruchs werden wir entweder die Datenverarbeitung einstellen bzw. anpassen oder Ihnen unsere zwingenden schutzwürdigen Gründe aufzeigen, aufgrund derer wir die Verarbeitung fortführen.
If you object to processing our (interest-based) direct advertising, no further explanation of reasons is required from you; further processing will cease without delay.
You can withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent given to us before the General Data Protection Regulation came into force, i.e. before May 25, 2018. Please note that the revocation is only effective for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation is not affected.
Schließlich haben Sie das Recht, sich bei einer Datenschutz-Aufsichtsbehörde über die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten durch uns zu beschweren. Die für uns zuständige Aufsichtsbehörde ist das Unabhängige Datenschutzzentrum Saarland, Fritz-Dobisch-Straße 12, 66111 Saarbrücken.
Following Article 32 of the GDPR, we implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk, taking into account the state of the art, implementation costs, the nature, scope, context, and purposes of processing, as well as the likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons.
The measures include, in particular, safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as the access, input, disclosure, safeguarding of availability and its separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures that ensure the exercise of data subject rights, the deletion of data and the response to data threats. Furthermore, we take the protection of personal data into account as early as the development and selection of hardware, software and procedures, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and data protection-friendly default settings (Art. 25 GDPR).
We would like to caution that data transmission over the Internet, especially when communicating via email, may have security vulnerabilities.
To present our company and communicate directly with you, we use social media platforms from providers such as LinkedIn, Instagram and others (hereinafter referred to as providers), through which we maintain our presence (e.g. in the context of company and employee profiles) and process your data.
If data is collected on our website that both the provider and we process and use for joint purposes (e.g. in the context of analysis or advertising), the operator and we are jointly responsible. It is often not possible for us to deactivate this function. You can therefore contact both the respective provider and us with your request. We currently use the following providers:
LinkedIn (including the LinkedIn Sales Navigator) form LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland;
Facebook (including the Facebook Business Manager) form Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland;
Instagram from Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland;
YouTube and Google My Business from Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street,Dublin 4, Ireland;
Xing from New Work SE, Dammtor Street 30, 20354 Hamburg.
Below you will find the links to the privacy policies and information of the respective providers:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?_l=de_DE
Facebook: https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php
Instagram: https://de-de.facebook.com/help/instagram/155833707900388
Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Xing: https://privacy.xing.com/en
In case of a concern, you can also contact the following data protection officers of the respective providers:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TSO-DPO
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970
Instagram: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970
Google: https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form
Xing: datenschutzbeauftragter@xing.com
You can visit our website without providing any personal data. If you only use our website for information purposes, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information about yourself, we do not process any personal data, with the exception of the data that the operator collects and transmits to us within the scope of the cookies it uses.
For the purpose of analyzing and tracking the use of its social media platform and our website, the provider uses cookies that enable an evaluation of your surfing behavior. This allows us to improve the quality of the platform and our website and their content. We learn how the platform and the website are used and can thus constantly optimize our offer.
However, we have no influence on the data collected and data processing procedures, nor are we aware of the full extent of the data collection, the exact purposes of the processing or the storage periods. We also have no information on the deletion of the data collected by the platform operator.
Web analysis is the collection, compilation and evaluation of data about the behavior of visitors to websites. Among other things, a web analysis service collects data about the website from which a data subject came to a website (so-called referrer), which subpages of the website were accessed or how often and for how long a subpage was viewed. Web analysis is regularly used to optimize a website and for the cost-benefit analysis of Internet advertising. It may also happen that the information obtained as part of the analysis and tracking of our website is merged with your other data collected when you use the website and the platform. If you register on the platform, the operator may link data relating to your platform activities with your personal details (e.g. name/email address) on the basis of your consent, thus collecting personal data and informing you individually and in a targeted manner about your preferred topics, among other things.
We can only influence the statistics provided to us by the platform operator to a limited extent and cannot switch them off. However, we make sure that no additional optional statistics are made available to us.
We process your personal data on the legal basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you provided to the provider when registering for the respective social media platform.
In addition to the purely informational use of our website, you can also actively use our website to contact us. In addition to the processing of your personal data described above in the case of purely informational use, we will then also process other personal data from you that we require, for example, to process your inquiry. This also applies in the event that we actively use the website, e.g. to contact you on your own initiative or to initiate business contacts with you.
You can comment on, share or otherwise interact with (like, recommend, review, etc.) posts, photos, videos, etc. created by us on the provider’s platform and on our website. We may share your content on our website if this is a function of the provider’s platform and communicate with you via the platform. Public messages etc. may be published by the operator, but will not be used or processed by us for other purposes at any time.
In the case of reviews, we may publish a response (e.g. to clarify a problem, goodwill actions, etc.) to your message and ask you to contact us again. The personal data you voluntarily publish in the review may be processed in the process. Otherwise, we only reserve the right to delete content if this should be necessary.
We process your personal data to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Data processing is carried out in the interest of our public relations work and communication.
In order to process your inquiries to us, e.g. via contact forms, a chat or our e-mail address, to answer them specifically and to provide you with the requested information, we process the personal data you provide in this context. This includes your contact details in order to send you an answer or to make any necessary queries, as well as any other information that you send us in this context.
If you send us an inquiry via the platform, we may also refer you to other, secure communication channels that guarantee confidentiality, depending on the required response. You always have the option of sending us confidential inquiries to the address given in our legal notice or in this privacy policy. We may contact you electronically, by telephone or by post, depending on the subject of the inquiry and the necessity.
We process your personal data to respond to user inquiries, requests for materials, etc. on the following legal bases: to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f GDPR; our legitimate interest lies in the appropriate response to and execution of customer inquiries; if the inquiry is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR; with your consent in the context of using the live chat, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
We actively utilize our presence on business-oriented platforms such as LinkedIn and associated tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator to engage, communicate, establish business contacts, and receive your job applications.
For this purpose, we process the data provided to us by the respective platform. In particular, this may include your name, your employer, your position with your employer, your education and other contacts on the respective platform. Depending on the type of contact with you, further data, such as the specific business relationship or the content of the communication with you, may be processed by us. In this case, we may also transfer your data to our CRM system and merge or link it with your data already stored there.
We process your data to engage, communicate, or establishing business contacts with you (including through our CRM) based on the following legal grounds:
your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, which you provided to the provider when registering for the respective social media platform, insofar as it concerns your platform user data (name, employer, position, usage behavior on the platform, etc.);
for the performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, if we already have a business relationship with you or carry out pre-contractual measures via the platform based on your request (e.g. further contact or communication);
to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 S. 1 lit. f DSGVO; our legitimate interest is the appropriate approach, communication or initiation of business contacts with you for the establishment, implementation, maintenance or termination of a business relationship with you.
This privacy policy is currently valid and was last updated in October 2025, but it is subject to ongoing development. Die jeweils aktuelle Datenschutzerklärung kann jederzeit auf unserem Internetauftritt abgerufen werden.