1. General information and area of application
This privacy notice applies to the processing of personal data as relates to the access and use of the LinkedIn profiles of VEREINIGTE FÜLLKÖRPER-FABRIKEN GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter „LinkedIn presence“).
The LinkedIn presence is provided to us by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Gardner House, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland (hereinafter „LinkedIn“). VEREINIGTE FÜLLKÖRPER-FABRIKEN GmbH & Co. KG manages the LinkedIn presence with a corresponding user account.
When accessing our LinkedIn presence, so-called insights are generated. These are anonymised data helping us to view statistical evaluations on the use of our LinkedIn presence.
When these insight data are collected, personal data are also processed. This processing falls under both our and LinkedIn’s responsibility as defined by Art. 26 GDPR. The essential content of the agreement made between LinkedIn and us is described in the following.
2. Controllers (Art. 4 no. 7 GDPR, Art. 26 GDPR)
We and LinkedIn are both controllers responsible for the processing of your personal data as relates to the use of our LinkedIn web presence.
You can reach us at:
VEREINIGTE FÜLLKÖRPER-FABRIKEN GmbH & Co. KG (VFF)
Rheinstraße 176
D-56235 Ransbach-Baumbach
Telephone: +49 (0) 2623 895-0
Telefax: +49 (0) 2623 895-39
E-mail: info(at)vff.com
Website: www.vff.com
Contact information of LinkedIn:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Wilton Plaza
Wilton Place, Dublin 2
Ireland
Contact form: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/ppq
3. Data protection officer
You can contact our data protection officer at:
Mr. Thomas Aydemir
Dobatech GmbH
Tel.: +49 (0) 2623 92012-913
E-mail: datenschutz(at)dobatech.de
LinkedIn has also appointed a data protection officer. You may contact them via the following URL:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TSO-DPO
4. Degree of responsibility
LinkedIn takes primary responsibility for the processing of insight data of our LinkedIn presence concerning the legal basis for their processing. You can obtain further information on this directly from LinkedIn: https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum.
5. Objection options
Should you wish to object to our processing of your data in general or concerning individual measures, you may do so using the contact details shown above.
You can also object to the processing of insight data to LinkedIn directly. Furthermore, you can object to the processing of your data by LinkedIn by contacting us. We will forward your objection to LinkedIn immediately.
Please note that in case of such an objection, use of the page, the services and the information offered here may only be possible to a limited extent or not at all.
6. Details on data processing
6.1 General use
When you visit our LinkedIn presence, LinkedIn processes your personal data. This includes data such as your IP address, location data, time zone settings, advertising IDs, app and browser versions and data about your device (system, network type, device ID, screen resolution, operating system, audio settings and connected audio devices).
Further information on the processing of your data by LinkedIn (particularly concerning the purposes and legal basis) can be found in LinkedIn’s privacy notice at:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?
6.2 Communication with the operator
You may contact us through the Like and/or comment function as well as through direct messaging. In this context, the name indicated in your account as username is visible to us.
This processing is lawful based on Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR (legitimate interest). Communicating with users is important for us to be able to answer questions, respond to reviews, build a customer relationship and exchange information. This is the only way for us to improve our services and respond to the needs of our customers. Communication via social media is an important facet of this.
Providing your data is neither required by law nor necessary for the conclusion of a contract. It is, however, necessary in order for you to contact us as described above.
6.3 Page-Insights
When accessing and using the LinkedIn presence, statistics concerning this access to the LinkedIn presence are processed by us and LinkedIn with the help of the function page insights. It is not possible for us to identify you personally or to link you to your account. This function is an indispensable part of our terms of use with LinkedIn. This means that we cannot decide unilaterally whether page insights are collected or not.
You can find further information on the function page insights and on the use of cookies as well as the settings here:
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a547077/linkedin-page-analytics-overview?lang=en
https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum
Please note that the function pages insights may also serve to collect personal data from individuals without a LinkedIn profile.
In your browser settings, you may limit or completely prevent cookies being set. Additionally, you may also have cookies be deleted automatically when closing the browser window.
Information on the legal basis and the purpose of processing by LinkedIn as well the individual storage period may be accessed via the following link:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?
Should your personal data be processed by us through your visit to our LinkedIn presence, this processing is lawful under Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR (legitimate interest). We want to evaluate the page insights in order to understand usage behaviour of the LinkedIn presence and to optimise its content.
The page insights collected through our LinkedIn presence are provided to us in anonymised form.
7. Recipients
The data collected when accessing and using the LinkedIn presence and the information you provide when contacting us are transferred to LinkedIn servers and stored there. Your data may also be seen by our employees who maintain our LinkedIn presence and respond to your messages.
Page insights are, in part, transmitted to LinkedIn servers in the U.S. and stored there. Data transfer to a third country such as the U.S. is lawful if the special requirements of Art. 44 ff GDPR are met. (either through an adequacy decision of the European Commission or the use of standard contractual clauses).
9. Data subject rights
As relates to the use of our LinkedIn presence, you are entitled to assert all the rights described in this section against LinkedIn as well as us. As part of the agreement we – as the operator of the LinkedIn presence – have with LinkedIn, we will forward your request to LinkedIn immediately, if LinkedIn alone is responsible for complying with your rights as a data subject.
You have the following rights: You have the right of access (Art. 15 GDPR), rectification (Art. 16 GDPR), erasure (Art. 17 GDPR), restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR) and data portability (Art. 20 GDPR). We try to process requests quickly.
If your personal data are processed based on Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR, you have the right to object if there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or if the objection concerns direct advertising (Art. 21 GDPR).
Should you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data and you now revoke it, the data processing carried out up to that point will remain unaffected.
You have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority at any time (Art. 77 GDPR).