General information on data processing

Scope of the processing of personal data

We only process the personal data of our users insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website and our content and services. The processing of our users' personal data only takes place regularly with the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where prior consent cannot be obtained for factual reasons and the processing of the data is required by law.

Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis.

When processing personal data that is necessary for the fulfilment of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. According to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b Alt.2, this also applies to processing operations that are necessary for the implementation of pre-contractual measures.

Insofar as the processing of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis.

In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person require the processing of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis.

If the processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party and if the interests, fundamental rights and freedoms of the data subject do not outweigh the former interest, Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

Data erasure and storage duration

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Data may also be stored if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in EU regulations, laws or other provisions to which the controller is subject. The data will also be blocked or erased if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned standards expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract.

Rights of the data subject

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

Right to information

You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by the controller.

If such processing has taken place, you can request the following information from the controller:

• the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
  
• the categories of personal data that are processed;
  
• the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been or will be disclosed;
  
• the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific information on this is not possible, criteria for determining the storage period;
  
• the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller or a right to object to such processing;
  
• the existence of a right of appeal to a supervisory authority;
  
• all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data is not collected from the data subject;
  
• the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.
  

You have the right to request information as to whether the personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. In this context, you may request to be informed of the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

Right to rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion vis-à-vis the controller if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must make the correction without delay.

Right to restriction of processing

Under the following conditions, you may request the restriction of the processing of your personal data:

• if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  
• the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of their use instead;
  
• the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by you for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, or
  
• if you have objected to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and it is not yet certain whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.
  

If the processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, this data - apart from its storage - may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the above conditions, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

Right to cancellation

Cancellation obligation

You have the right to obtain from the controller the erasure of personal data concerning you without undue delay and the controller shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies:

• The personal data concerning you are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.
  
• You revoke your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  
• You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
  
• The personal data concerning you has been processed unlawfully.
  
• The deletion of personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
  
• The personal data concerning you was collected in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 para. 1 GDPR.
  

Information to third parties

If the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, the controller, taking account of available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers which are processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.

Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist if the processing is necessary

• to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information;
  
• for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller;
  
• for reasons of public interest in the area of public health in accordance with Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h and i and Art. 9 para. 3 GDPR;
  
• for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes in accordance with Art. 89 para. 1 GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
  
• for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
  

Right to information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to notify all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you have been disclosed of this rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort.

You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the controller.

Right to data portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to which the personal data has been provided, where

• the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b GDPR and
  
• the processing is carried out using automated procedures.
  

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible. The freedoms and rights of other persons must not be affected by this.

The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

Right of objection

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) GDPR, including profiling based on those provisions.

The controller will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If your personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for such marketing, which includes profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct marketing.

If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you will no longer be processed for these purposes.

Notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC, you have the option of exercising your right to object in connection with the use of information society services by means of automated procedures using technical specifications.

Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to revoke your declaration of consent under data protection law at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Automated decision-making in individual cases including profiling

• You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision
  
• is necessary for the conclusion or fulfilment of a contract between you and the controller,
  
• is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests; or
  
• with your express consent.
  

However, these decisions may not be based on special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 para. 1 GDPR, unless Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a or b GDPR applies and appropriate measures have been taken to protect the rights and freedoms as well as your legitimate interests.

In the cases referred to in 1. and 3. above, the data controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view and to contest the decision.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR.

The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant of the status and outcome of the complaint, including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

RESPONSIBLE DATA PROTECTION AUTHORITY

You can contact the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Berlin responsible for the KI Park by post, telephone, fax or e-mail at

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information

Friedrichstr. 219

Visitor entrance: Puttkamerstr. 16 - 18 (5th floor)

10969 Berlin

Phone: 030 13889-0

Fax: 030 2155050

E-mail: mailbox@datenschutz-berlin.de

Further information on the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Berlin can be found at https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/ueber-uns/kontakt.

Provision of the website

Purpose of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• Increase awareness of the company through its external image
• Share company information with interested users
• Ensuring the security of information technology systems

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of your data is:

• our own overriding legitimate interest Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued by the controller is that of advertising and information security.

Possibility of objection

The right to object does not exist in the context of this processing activity, as there are compelling legitimate grounds to the contrary.

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Provider of cloud hosting services
• Provider of content delivery networks
• Provider of website construction kit systems

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration of the website visit

in addition for:

• Evidential purposes 7 days
• Further evidentiary purposes up to 4 years
• for tax purposes for up to 10 years
• stored for up to 10 years for commercial law purposes

Tracking and evaluation of user behaviour on the website (tracking)

Purpose of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• to analyse the use of the website and simplify it for users.

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is

• our own overriding legitimate interest Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued is advertising.

Possibility of objection

You can object to the processing of your personal data that we collect when you use our company website at any time. To do so, please send us an informal e-mail to the e-mail address provided in this privacy policy.

• Your consent in accordance with Art.6 Para.1 S.1 GDPR in conjunction with. Art. 7 GDPR

Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Provider of website analysis software

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration of the website visit

beyond that up to:

• 1 minute
• 30 minutes
• 1 day
• 30 days
• 6 months
• 2 years
• permanent

Processing of incoming contact enquiries

Purpose of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• to ensure the proper processing of the request.

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of data is

• our own overriding legitimate interest Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued here is the care of interested parties and customers.

Possibility of objection

You can object to the processing of your personal data that we collect when you use our company website at any time. To do so, please send us an informal e-mail to the e-mail address provided in this privacy policy.

If the contact is aimed at the conclusion of a contract, the legal basis for the processing is the conclusion of a contract.

• 6 para. 1 lit.b Alt.2 GDPR in conjunction with the respective pre-contractual relationship.

Necessity for the conclusion of the contract

The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. If you do not provide the data, the contractual relationship cannot be realised.

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is stored as follows:

• until the end of the conversation

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 4 years

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Provider of communication software
• Provider of work organisation software

Processing of incoming applications

Purpose of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• to ensure the proper processing of incoming applications.

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of your data is

• the initiation of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. b Alt. 2 GDPR in connection with the pre-contractual relationship to the employment contract.

Necessity for the conclusion of the contract

The provision of the data is necessary for the conclusion of the contract. If you do not provide the data, the contractual relationship cannot be realised.

• our own overriding legitimate interest Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued is the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Possibility of objection

You can object to the processing of your personal data that we collect when you use our company website at any time. To do so, please send us an informal e-mail to the e-mail address provided in this privacy policy.

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Provider of communication software
• Provider of work organisation software
• Provider of personnel management software
• Online job portals

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration of the application procedure

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 6 months
• Further evidentiary purposes up to 4 years
• for tax purposes for up to 10 years
• stored for up to 10 years for commercial law purposes

Operation of an online presence on social media (LinkedIn)

Purpose of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• Increase awareness of the company through its external image
• Share company information with interested users
• measure the performance and reach of the website

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of your data in connection with the use of our company website is:

• Our own overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued here is the care of interested parties and customers.

Possibility of objection

You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. To do so, please send us an informal e-mail to the e-mail address provided in this privacy policy.

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration specified in LinkedIn's terms and conditions.

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 4 years
• for tax purposes for up to 10 years
• stored for up to 10 years for commercial law purposes

Operation of an online presence on social media (X formerly Twitter)

Purposes

The personal data is used within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• Increase awareness of the company through its external image
• Share company information with interested users
• measure the performance and reach of the website

Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of your data in connection with the use of our company website is

• our own overriding legitimate interest Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued by the controller is that of direct advertising.

Possibility of objection

You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time. To do so, please send us an informal e-mail to the e-mail address provided in this privacy policy.

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Twitter International Unlimited Company

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration specified in Twitter's terms and conditions.

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 4 years
• for tax purposes for up to 10 years
• stored for up to 10 years for commercial law purposes

Newsletter registration

Purposes of data processing

The personal data is used within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• to provide interested parties with updates on products, events and other information relating to the company.

Legal basis for data processing 
The legal basis for the processing of your data is

• Your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a, Art. 7 GDPR.

Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Recipient of the data

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Newsletter software provider

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration of the existence of their consent

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 4 years
• for tax purposes for up to 10 years
• stored for up to 10 years for commercial law purposes

Newsletter behaviour evaluation

Purposes of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• to enable us to analyse the performance and reach of the newsletter.

Legal basis

The legal basis for the processing of your data is:

• our own overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit.f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued by the controller is that of direct advertising.

Possibility of objection and removal
You can object to the processing of your personal data that we collect when you use our company website at any time. To do so, please send us an informal e-mail to the e-mail address stated in this privacy policy.

Receiver

The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Provider of communication software
• Provider of work organisation software
• Newsletter software provider
• Provider of data analysis software

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here.

The data is therefore stored as follows:

• for the duration of the evaluation of your data

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 4 years
• for tax purposes for up to 10 years
• stored for up to 10 years for commercial law purposes

Implementation of security checks (Captcha)

Purposes of data processing

The personal data are processed within the scope of this processing activity in order to

• ensure that no bots interact automatically on the website.

Legal basis for data processing 
The legal basis for the processing of your data is:

• our own overriding legitimate interest pursuant to Art.6 para.1 sentence 1 lit.f Alt.1 GDPR.

The legitimate interest pursued by the controller in this regard is the defence against fraud.

Possibility of objection

The collection of data is mandatory. Consequently, there is no possibility for the user to object.

Receiver
The recipients in the context of this processing activity include

• Provider of software for carrying out security checks of a website

Duration of storage

Your personal information will be stored for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described here

The data is stored as follows:

• for the duration of the website visit

in addition for:

• Evidence for up to 4 years