Privacy policy

BEC Robotics, your data and you

1. Description of the groups of persons concerned

Personal data or categories of data listed below are collected, processed and used to fulfill the intended purpose.
Categories of data subjects of processing:
Customer data, in particular contact data, such as telephone, fax and e-mail data, contact history and other data necessary for the fulfillment of the contract.
Prospect data, in particular contact data and other data Identification data and click paths
Employee Data: Employees include in particular: Employees, trainees, rehabilitants, persons who are to be regarded as similar to employees due to their economic independence, applicants, persons who have left the company and interns. Contractual data and performance data are processed insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship or, after the establishment of the employment relationship, for its implementation or termination.
Supplier data: Suppliers / service providers / intermediaries / brokers / agencies (in particular contact data, such as telephone, fax and e-mail data, contact and order history, as well as other data necessary for the performance of the contract).
Visitors and users of the online offer.
In the following, we also refer to the persons concerned collectively as "users".
Types of data processed:
•    Inventory data (e.g., names, addresses).
•    Contact information (e.g., email, phone numbers).
•    Content data (e.g., text input, photographs, videos).
•    Contract data (e.g., subject matter of the contract, term, customer category).
•    Usage data (e.g., web pages visited, links clicked, interest in content, access times).
•    Meta/communication data (e.g., device information, IP addresses).

2. Processing of special categories of data (Art. 9(1) GDPR)

As a matter of principle, no special categories of data are processed unless they are supplied for processing by the users, e.g. entered in online forms.

3. purpose of the data collection, processing or use

BEC offers inbound marketing services and informs prospects, customers and partners with constantly new information from the world of robotics and automation. Insofar as personal data (for example, names or e-mail addresses) is collected on our websites, this is done on a voluntary basis. For marketing and website optimization purposes, we collect navigation information from website visitors. This is data about your computer and your visit to our website, in particular your IP address, referral source, length of your visit and pages you have opened.
Personal data is collected in the course of the following tasks:
•    Provision of the online offer, its contents and functions.
•    personalized display of website content
•    Maintenance of inventory and usage data
•    Acquisition of new customers
•    Prepare and respond to contact requests and communicate with users.
•    Other services for customers
•    Provision of contractual services, service and customer care.
•    Marketing, advertising and market research.
•    Safety measures.
Status: June 23, 2023

4. relevant legal bases

In accordance with Art. 13 DSGVO, we inform you about the legal basis of our data processing. If the legal basis is not mentioned in the privacy policy, the following applies: The legal basis for obtaining consent is Art. 6(1)(a) and Art. 7 DSGVO, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our services and carry out contractual measures and respond to inquiries is Art. 6(1)(b) DSGVO, the legal basis for processing to fulfill our legal obligations is Art. 6(1)(c) DSGVO, and the legal basis for processing to protect our legitimate interests is Art. 6(1)(f) DSGVO. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing of personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) lit. d DSGVO serves as the legal basis.

5. changes and updates to the privacy policy

We ask you to regularly inform yourself about the content of our privacy policy. We adapt the data protection declaration as soon as the changes in the data processing carried out by us make this necessary. We will inform you as soon as the changes require an act of cooperation on your part (e.g. consent) or other individual notification.

6. security measures

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures in accordance with Article 32 of the GDPR, taking into account the state of the art, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, circumstances and purposes of the processing, as well as the varying likelihood and severity of the risk to the rights and freedoms of natural persons, in order to ensure a level of protection appropriate to the risk; the measures include, in particular, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data by controlling physical access to the data, as well as access concerning them, input, disclosure, ensuring availability and their separation. Furthermore, we have established procedures to ensure the exercise of data subjects' rights, deletion of data and response to data compromise. Furthermore, we already take the protection of personal data into account during the development and selection of hardware, software and processes, in accordance with the principle of data protection through technology design and through data protection-friendly default settings (Article 25 of the GDPR).

The security measures include in particular the encrypted transmission of data between your browser and our server or to the servers of our suppliers.

7. cooperation with processors and third parties

If, in the course of our processing, we disclose data to other persons and companies (processors or third parties), transmit it to them or otherwise grant them access to the data, this will only be done on the basis of a legal permission (e.g. if a transmission of the data to third parties, such as to payment service providers, is required for the performance of the contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO), you have consented, a legal obligation provides for this or on the basis of our legitimate interests (e.g. when using agents, web hosts, etc.).

If we commission third parties with the processing of data on the basis of a so-called "order processing agreement", this is done on the basis of Art. 28 DSGVO.

8. transfers to third countries

If we process data in a third country (i.e. outside the European Union (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA)) or if this is done in the context of using third-party services or disclosing or transferring data to third parties, this is only done if it is done to fulfill our (pre-)contractual obligations, on the basis of your consent, on the basis of a legal obligation or on the basis of our legitimate interests. Subject to legal or contractual permissions, we process or allow the processing of data in a third country only if the special requirements of Art. 44 et seq. DSGVO are met. I.e. the processing is carried out in compliance with officially recognized special contractual obligations (so-called "standard contractual clauses").

9. rights of the data subjects

You have the right to request confirmation as to whether data in question is being processed and to information about this data, as well as further information and a copy of the data in accordance with Art. 15 DSGVO.

You have according to. Art. 16 DSGVO the right to request the completion of the data concerning you or the correction of incorrect data concerning you.

In accordance with Article 17 of the GDPR, you have the right to demand that the data in question be deleted without delay or, alternatively, to demand restriction of the processing of the data in accordance with Article 18 of the GDPR.

You have the right to request to receive the data concerning you that you have provided to us in accordance with Article 20 of the GDPR and to request its transfer to other data controllers.

You also have the right to file a complaint with the competent supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 DSGVO.

10. right of withdrawal

You have the right to revoke given consents according to Art. 7 para. 3 DSGVO with effect for the future

11. right of objection

You may object to the future processing of data relating to you in accordance with Art. 21 DSGVO at any time. The objection can be made in particular against the processing for purposes of direct marketing.

12. access to and storage of information in terminal equipment

By using our website, information (e.g. IP address) may be accessed or stored (e.g. cookies) in your terminal equipment. This access or storage may involve further processing of personal data within the meaning of the GDPR.

In cases where such access to information or such storage of information is absolutely necessary for the technically error-free provision of our services, this is done on the basis of Section 25 (1) Sentence 1, (2) No. 2 TTDSG.

In cases where such a process serves other purposes (e.g. the needs-based design of our website), it will only be carried out on the basis of Section 25 (1) TTDSG with your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) a DSGVO. The consent can be revoked at any time for the future.

For more information on the processing of your personal data and the relevant legal bases in this context, please refer to the following sections on the specific processing activities on our website.

13. cookies and right to object to direct advertising

We use temporary and permanent cookies, i.e. small files that are stored on the users' devices (for an explanation of the term and function, see the last section of this privacy policy). In part, the cookies serve security purposes or are necessary for the operation of our online offer (e.g., for the display of the website) or to store the user decision when confirming the cookie banner. In addition, we or our technology partners use cookies for range measurement and marketing purposes, about which users are informed in the course of the privacy policy.

A general objection to the use of cookies for online marketing purposes can be declared for a large number of services, especially in the case of tracking, via the U.S. site http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the EU site http://www.youronlinechoices.com/. Furthermore, the storage of cookies can be achieved by disabling them in the browser settings. Please note that in this case not all functions of this online offer can be used.

14. deletion of data

1. The data processed by us will be deleted or restricted in its processing in accordance with Articles 17 and 18 DSGVO. Unless expressly stated within the scope of this data protection declaration, the data stored by us will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required for its intended purpose and the deletion does not conflict with any statutory retention obligations. If the data is not deleted because it is required for other and legally permissible purposes, its processing will be restricted. I.e. the data is blocked and not processed for other purposes. This applies, for example, to data that must be retained for reasons of commercial or tax law.

2. According to legal requirements, the storage takes place in particular for 6 years in accordance with § 257 para. 1 HGB (commercial books, inventories, opening balances, annual financial statements, commercial letters, accounting vouchers, etc.) as well as for 10 years in accordance with § 147 para. 1 AO (books, records, management reports, accounting vouchers, commercial and business letters, documents relevant for taxation, etc.).

15. provision of contractual services

1. We process inventory data (e.g., names and addresses as well as contact data of users), contract data (e.g., services used, names of contact persons, payment information) for the purpose of fulfilling our contractual obligations and services pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit b. DSGVO. The entries marked as mandatory in online forms are required for the conclusion of the contract.

2. Users can optionally create a user account, in which they can view their orders in particular. As part of the registration process, users are provided with the required mandatory information. The user accounts are not public and cannot be indexed by search engines. If users have cancelled their user account, their data with regard to the user account will be deleted, subject to their retention is necessary for commercial or tax reasons in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. It is the responsibility of the users to save their data in the event of termination before the end of the contract. We are entitled to irretrievably delete all user data stored during the term of the contract.

3. Within the scope of registration and renewed logins as well as the use of our online services, we store the IP address and the time of the respective user action. The storage is based on our legitimate interests, as well as the user's protection against misuse and other unauthorized use. In principle, this data is not passed on to third parties, unless it is necessary for the pursuit of our claims or there is a legal obligation to do so pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO.

4. We process usage data (e.g., the web pages visited on our website, interest in our products) and content data (e.g., entries in the contact form or user profile) for advertising purposes in a user profile, e.g., to display product information to users based on the services they have used to date.

5. The deletion takes place after the expiry of legal warranty and comparable obligations, the necessity of storing the data is reviewed every three years; in the case of legal archiving obligations, the deletion takes place after their expiry (end of commercial law (6 years) and tax law (10 years) storage obligation); information in the customer account remains until its deletion.

16. contact

1. When contacting us (via contact form, hotline or e-mail), the user's details are processed for the purpose of handling the contact request and its processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) DSGVO.

2. User information may be stored in our Customer Relationship Management System and Marketing Automation Platform ("CRM & Marketing System") or comparable inquiry organization.

3. We use the CRM, registration, and marketing automation system "HubSpot", of the provider HubSpot Inc. (25 First Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA) with offices in Ireland (One Dockland Central, Dublin 1, Ireland) and Germany (Am Postbahnhof 17, 10243 Berlin) based on our legitimate interests (efficient and fast processing of user inquiries, applications, and optimization of our online offering). For this purpose, we have concluded a contract with HubSpot with so-called standard contractual clauses, in which HubSpot undertakes to process user data only in accordance with our instructions and to comply with the EU data protection level. You can find more information about HubSpot's privacy policy here: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/dpa and https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy

4. Our sign-up service allows visitors to our website to learn more about our company, download content, and provide their contact information and other demographic information. This information is stored on servers operated by our software partner HubSpot. It may be used by us to contact visitors to our website and to determine which of our company's services are of interest to them. All information we collect is subject to this privacy policy. We use all collected information exclusively to optimize our marketing.

5. We delete the inquiries if they are no longer necessary. We review the necessity every two years; we store inquiries from customers who have a customer account permanently and refer to the information on the customer account for deletion. In the case of legal archiving obligations, deletion takes place after their expiry (end of commercial law (6 years) and tax law (10 years) retention obligation).

17. support form

BEC provides a web form for processing support requests. When using this form, your personal data will be processed if this is necessary for the processing of your support request. Necessary for processing your support request is the processing of your contact data (e-mail address), as well as the subject of the request, the category of the request and the content of the request (ticket description). If necessary, file attachments (usually screenshots) provided by you are also processed. In addition, certain personal data is transmitted to the provider HubSpot for technical reasons through interaction with the Hubspot support form (your IP address as well as other technical data such as the http referrer, date and time of the request, accessed file or similar). 

In addition, personal data may be processed with your consent, the processing of which is not necessary for the purpose of processing support requests, but facilitates or accelerates this in your interest. This primarily includes the specification of your telephone number as well as possibly also files attached to the support request, provided that these contain personal data of you, the processing of which is not necessary with regard to the purpose of the support request. 

Please ensure that attached files, in particular screenshots, do not contain any personal data of third parties.

If you only provide data whose processing is required to process the support request, this data processing is based on our contractual obligation to you to provide the support services in question (Art. 6 para. 1. p. 1 lit. b DSGVO). If you also voluntarily provide additional, non-mandatory data, the data processing is based on your consent (Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO).

In connection with the processing of your support request, the above-mentioned personal data is transferred to the USA, the recipient of the data is HubSpot (HubSpot, Inc., 25 First St., 2nd floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02141, USA). For more information about Hubspot's privacy policy, please visit: https://legal.hubspot.com/de/privacy-policy. 

As there is a transfer of personal data to the USA, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed 
standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even by this contractual extension, we take additional safeguards to protect the personal data of our customers.

18. aircall

We use the software "AirCall" (Aircall SAS, 11-15 rue Saint Georges, 75009 Paris) for the purpose of telephone communication. AirCall is a software-based telephone system which is used in conjunction with Hubspot.

 In this context, the following categories of personal data are processed: Metadata (call detour, time and date, number of the recipient and caller, duration, employee with whom you communicate); in addition, content data (recordings of telephone conversations, voice messages). However, 
telephone calls are only 
recorded and stored if you have expressly consented to this. In addition, log files concerning communication (call) are processed for the purpose of technical security, these contain pseudonymized identifiers.

When contacting us by telephone, we process the above categories of personal data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation and the Federal Data Protection Act, insofar as this is necessary for the establishment, implementation or performance of a contract or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures. Insofar as personal data is required for the initiation or implementation of a contractual relationship or in the context of the implementation of pre-contractual measures, processing is lawful pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO. 

If you give us express consent to process personal data for specific purposes (e.g., disclosure to third parties, evaluation for marketing purposes or advertising address by e-mail), the lawfulness of this processing is given on the basis of your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO . 

Likewise, the recording of conversations is based on your consent. Consent given can be revoked at any time with effect for the future (see section 10 of this data protection information). 

If necessary and legally permissible, we process your data beyond the actual contractual purposes for the fulfillment of legal obligations pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c DSGVO. In addition, processing may be carried out to protect the legitimate interests of us or third parties (such as answering general telephone inquiries that do not correspond to the above-mentioned cases) as well as for the defense and assertion of legal claims pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. If necessary, we will inform you separately, stating the legitimate interest, insofar as this is required by law. 

We have concluded an order processing agreement with the service provider, in which we oblige him to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.

Since a transfer of personal data to the USA may take place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the data protection level of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even by this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.

You can find more information about data protection at AirCall at https://aircall.io/privacy-faqs/ and at https://aircall.io/privacy/.

19 Cookies & Reach Measurement

1.    Cookies are pieces of information that are transmitted from our web server or third-party web servers to users' web browsers, where they are stored for later retrieval. Cookies may be small files or other types of information storage.
2.    We use "session cookies", which are only stored for the duration of the current visit to our online presence (e.g. to enable the use of our online offer at all). In a session cookie, a randomly generated unique identification number is stored, a so-called session ID. In addition, a cookie contains information about its origin and the storage period. These cookies cannot store any other data. Session cookies are deleted when you have finished using our online offer and log out or close the browser, for example.
3.    Users are informed about the use of cookies in the context of pseudonymous reach measurement as part of this privacy policy.
4.    If users do not want cookies to be stored on their computer, they are asked to disable the corresponding option in the system settings of their browser. Stored cookies can be deleted in the system settings of the browser. The exclusion of cookies can lead to functional restrictions of this online offer.
5.    You can object to the use of cookies used for reach measurement and advertising purposes via the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/) and additionally the U.S. website(http://www.aboutads.info/choices) or the European website (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/).

20. HubSpot

1.    We use HubSpot on our website for marketing activities. HubSpot is a software company from the USA with a branch HubSpot Ireland Limited in 2nd Floor 30 North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland.
2.    We use this integrated software solution for our own marketing, lead generation and customer service purposes. This includes email marketing, which governs the sending of newsletters as well as automated mailings, social media publishing and reporting, contact management such as user segmentation and CRM, landing pages and contact forms.
3.    HubSpot uses cookies, which are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your terminal device and enable an analysis of your use of the website by us. HubSpot analyzes the collected information (e.g. IP address, geographical location, type of browser, duration of the visit and pages viewed) on our behalf so that we can generate reports about the visit and the pages visited.
4.    Information collected by HubSpot and the content of our website is stored on servers of HubSpot's service providers. Insofar as you have given your consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO, the processing on this website takes place for the purpose of website analysis.
5.    Since a transfer of personal data to the USA takes place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.
6.    The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it was collected.
7.    You can permanently object to the collection of data by HubSpot and the setting of cookies by preventing the storage of cookies accordingly through your browser settings. You can object to the processing of your personal data at any time with effect for the future.

21. Facebook, Custom Audiences and Facebook Marketing Services

1.    We use "Facebook Custom Audiences" on our website, a remarketing tool of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter referred to as "Facebook").
2.    Facebook Custom Audiences enables us to display interest-based advertisements, so-called "Facebook Ads", to visitors to our website when they visit the Facebook social network or when they visit other websites that also use Facebook Custom Audiences. For this purpose, a pixel (Facebook Pixel) of the provider of the same name Facebook (see above) is used.
3.    Facebook Pixel enables Facebook to display our ads on Facebook, so-called "Facebook Ads", only to those Facebook users who were visitors to our internet presence, in particular who have shown interest in our online offer. Facebook Pixel also makes it possible in this case to check whether a user was redirected to our website after clicking on our Facebook Ads. Facebook Pixel uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device. If you are logged in to Facebook with your user account, your visit to our online presence will be noted in your user account. The data collected about you is anonymous for us, so it does not offer us any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, this data can be linked by Facebook with your user account there. If you have a user account with Facebook and are registered, Facebook can assign the visit to your user account.
4.    Through the use of "Facebook Custom Audiences" in conjunction with Facebook Pixel, your web browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Facebook server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Facebook through the use of Facebook Custom Audiences. According to our knowledge, Facebook receives the information that you have called up the relevant part of our website or clicked on an ad from us. If you have a user account with Facebook and are registered, Facebook can assign the visit to your user account. Even if you are not registered with Facebook or have not logged in, there is a possibility that Facebook learns and stores your IP address and possibly other identifiers.
5.    We use Facebook Custom Audiences for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to display ads that are relevant and interesting for you and thus improve our offer and make it more interesting for you as a user. The legal basis for Facebook Custom Audiences and the Facebook Pixel is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent).
6.    We have concluded an order processing agreement with our service provider Facebook, in which we oblige them to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
7.    Since a transfer of personal data to the USA takes place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even by this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.
8.    You can find more information from Facebook on data protection on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy 
9.    Information on Facebook Pixel can be found on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616 
10.    Deactivating Facebook Custom Audiences via Pixel is possible for logged-in users at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#.
11.    In addition, you can deactivate cookies that are used for range measurement and advertising purposes via the following websites: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
http://www.aboutads.info/choices
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/
 Please note that this setting will also be deleted when you delete your cookies.

22. facebook pixel

1.    We use "Facebook Pixel", a service of Facebook Inc., 1601 S California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA (hereinafter referred to as: "Facebook") on our website. We have concluded an order processing contract with the provider pursuant to Art. 28 DSGVO. 
2.    If you have given us your consent to do so pursuant to Art. 6 (1) a DSGVO, we use Facebook Pixel for marketing and optimization purposes, in particular to place relevant and interesting ads for you on Facebook and thus improve our offer, make it more interesting for you as a user and avoid annoying ads. 
3.    Facebook Pixel enables Facebook to display our ads on Facebook, so-called "Facebook Ads", only to those Facebook users who were visitors to our internet presence, in particular who have shown interest in our online offer. Facebook Pixel also makes it possible in this case to check whether a user was redirected to our website after clicking on our Facebook Ads. Facebook Pixel uses, among other things, cookies, i.e. small text files that are stored locally in the cache of your web browser on your end device. If you are logged in to Facebook with your user account, your visit to our online presence will be noted in your user account. The data collected about you is anonymous for us, so it does not offer us any conclusions about the identity of the user. However, this data can be linked by Facebook to your user account there. If you have a user account with Facebook and are registered, Facebook can assign the visit to your user account. 
4.    Since a transfer of personal data to the USA takes place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA. 
5.    Further information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy. 
6.    Information on Facebook Pixel can be found on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/651294705016616 
7.    You can make the relevant settings as to which types of advertisements are displayed to you within Facebook on the following Facebook website: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads. 
8.    We would like to point out that this setting will be deleted when you delete your cookies. In addition, you can deactivate cookies that are used for range measurement and advertising purposes via the following websites: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
http://www.aboutads.info/choices
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices/ 
9.    Please note that this setting will also be deleted when you delete your cookies.

23. newsletter & email marketing automation

1.    The newsletter is sent and its success is measured on the basis of the recipients' consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a, Art. 7 DSGVO in conjunction with Section 7 Para. 2 No. 3 UWG or on the basis of statutory permission pursuant to Section 7 Para. 3 UWG.
2.    The logging of the registration process is based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO and serves as proof of consent to receive the newsletter.
3.    Cancellation/Revocation - You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consents. You will find a link to cancel the newsletter at the end of each newsletter. If users have only subscribed to the newsletter and cancelled this subscription, their personal data will be deleted.

24. HRworks

We use the HRworks software (HRworks GmbH, Waldkircher Str. 28, 79106 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, "HRworks") to process applicant data as part of the online application process. This also includes an application form embedded in our website.
1.    If you apply to us by e-mail or via our application form, we will process your personal data for the purpose of carrying out the application procedure and pre-contractual measures. This processing of your personal data is based on Section 26 (1) BDSG in conjunction with. Art. 88 DSGVO. Your personal data will be deleted by us no later than 6 months after completion of the application process.
2.    If you also give us consent to include you in our talent pool, your personal data will be processed in this regard on the basis of Art. 6 (1) p. 1 lit. a DSGVO. You have the right to revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. If personal data is stored for the purpose of the talent pool, it will be deleted after one year.
3.    The data provided by you or collected from you will also be used by HRworks in anonymous form for statistical purposes.
4.    HRworks processes all categories of personal data that you provide in connection with the application process. In particular, this includes your name, e-mail address, telephone number, salary requirements and the desired start date, as well as all documents provided by you for this purpose, such as cover letters, resumes or certificates and photos.
5.    Furthermore, your personal data will be processed by HRworks with regard to. So-called. Server log files are processed. This includes data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web browser version, the operating system, the IP address and the timestamp of access to the software, whereby the scope of this logging does not exceed that of other common websites. In the event of technical errors, data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web browser version, the operating system, the IP address and the timestamp when the corresponding error message/specification occurred are also processed.
6.    We have concluded an order processing agreement with the service provider, in which we oblige him to protect our customers' data and not to pass it on to third parties.
7.    As a transfer of personal data to the USA may occur, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even through this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA.
8.    You can find more information about data protection at HRworks at:
https://www.hrworks.de/unternehmen/datenschutz/

25. integration of third-party services and content

1.    Within our online offer, we use content or service offers of third party providers on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimization and economic operation of our online offer within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f. DSGVO) to integrate content or services offered by third-party providers, such as videos (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "content"). This always requires that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the IP address of the user, since without the IP address they could not send the content to their browser. The IP address is thus required for the display of this content. We endeavor to use only such content whose respective providers use the IP address only for the delivery of the content. Third-party providers may also use so-called pixel tags (invisible graphics, also known as "web beacons") for statistical or marketing purposes. The "pixel tags" can be used to evaluate information such as visitor traffic on the pages of this website. The pseudonymous information may also be stored in cookies on the user's device and may contain, among other things, technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, time of visit and other information about the use of our online offer, as well as be linked to such information from other sources.
2.    The following presentation provides an overview of third-party providers and their content, along with links to their privacy statements, which contain further information on the processing of data and, in part already mentioned here, opt-out options: 
1.    Videos from the "YouTube" platform of the third-party provider Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy, Opt-Out: https://adssettings.google.com/authenticated.
2.    Functions of the Instagram service are integrated within our online offer. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc., 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. Privacy policy: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/.
3.    Within our online offer, we use the marketing functions (so-called "LinkedIn Insight Tag") of the LinkedIn network. The provider is LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Each time one of our pages containing LinkedIn functions is accessed, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established. LinkedIn is informed that you have visited our web pages with your IP address. With the help of the LinkedIn Insight Tag, we can in particular analyze the success of our campaigns within LinkedIn or determine target groups for them based on the interaction of users with our online offer. If you are registered with LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to assign your interaction with our online offering to your user account. Also, if you click the "Recommend Button" of LinkedIn and are logged into your account at LinkedIn, it is possible for LinkedIn to assign your visit to our website to you and your user account. Since a transfer of personal data to the USA takes place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured even by this contractual extension, we endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA. Privacy policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, Opt-Out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
4.    Within our online offer, functions of the service or platform Twitter can be integrated (hereinafter referred to as "Twitter"). Twitter is a service of Twitter Inc, 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. The functions include the display of our posts within Twitter within our online offer, the link to our profile on Twitter as well as the possibility to interact with the posts and the functions of Twitter, as well as to measure whether users reach our online offer via the advertisements placed by us on Twitter (so-called conversion measurement). Since a transfer of personal data to the USA takes place, further protection mechanisms are required to ensure the level of data protection of the GDPR. To ensure this, we have agreed standard data protection clauses with the provider in accordance with Art. 46 (2) lit. c DSGVO. These oblige the recipient of the data in the USA to process the data in accordance with the level of protection in Europe. In cases where this cannot be ensured by this contractual extension, we will endeavor to obtain additional regulations and commitments from the recipient in the USA. Privacy policy: https://twitter.com/de/privacy, Opt-Out: https://twitter.com/personalization.
5.    We use functions of the XING network. The provider is XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. Each time one of our pages containing Xing functions is accessed, a connection to Xing servers is established. As far as we are aware, no personal data is stored in this process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored or usage behavior evaluated. Privacy policy: https://www.xing.com/app/share?op=data_protection.
6.    Web analysis and optimization with the help of the service Hotjar, the third-party provider Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Centre, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta, Europe. Hotjar can be used to track movements on the websites on which Hotjar is used (so-called heat maps). For example, it is possible to see how far users scroll and which buttons users click on and how often. Furthermore, technical data such as the selected language, system, screen resolution and browser type are recorded. In this way, user profiles can be created, at least temporarily, during the visit to our website. Furthermore, with the help of Hotjar, it is also possible to obtain feedback directly from the users of the website. In this way, we obtain valuable information to make our websites even faster and more customer-friendly. Privacy policy: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy. Opt-out: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out.
7.    External code of the JavaScript framework "jQuery" provided by the third party vendor jQuery Foundation, https://jquery.org.