1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information

The following notes provide a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit this website. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified. For detailed information on data protection, please refer to our privacy policy listed below this text.

Data collection on this website

Who is responsible for data collection on this website?

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the „Information on the Controller“ section of this privacy policy.

How do we collect your data?

Your data is collected, firstly, by you providing it to us. This may include, for example, data that you enter into a contact form. Other data is collected by our IT systems automatically or with your consent when you visit the website. This primarily consists of technical data (e.g. internet browser, operating system, or time of page access). This data is collected automatically as soon as you access this website.

What do we use your data for?

Some data is collected to ensure the flawless provision of the website. Other data may be used to analyse your user behaviour.

What rights do you have regarding your data?

You have the right to receive information, free of charge, about the origin, recipients, and purpose of your stored personal data at any time. You also have the right to request the correction or deletion of this data. If you have given consent for data processing, you can withdraw this consent for the future at any time. Furthermore, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data under certain circumstances. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant supervisory authority. You can contact us at any time for this purpose, as well as for further questions on the subject of data protection.

Analysis tools and third-party tools

When you visit this website, your browsing behaviour can be statistically analysed. This is primarily done using so-called analysis programmes. You will find detailed information about these analysis programmes in the following privacy policy.

2. General information and mandatory disclosures

Data protection

The operators of these pages take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this Data Privacy Policy. When you use this website, various personal data are collected. Personal data is data that can be used to identify you personally. This Data Privacy Policy explains what data we collect and what we use it for. It also explains how and for what purpose this happens. We point out that data transmission over the internet (e.g., during communication by e-mail) may have security vulnerabilities. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.

Informationen zum Verantwortlichen

The organisation responsible for data processing on this website is: Dipl. Designer (FH) Hoang Huy Tran Design and Creative Agency Transmedial Leipziger Straße 4 06711 Zeitz OT Zangenberg Telephone: +49 (0) 34 41. 72 66 27 E-mail: info@transmedial.de The controller is the natural or legal person who, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data (e.g. names, email addresses or similar).

Storage duration

Unless a more specific retention period is stated within this privacy policy, your personal data will remain with us until the purpose for data processing ceases to exist. If you assert a legitimate request for deletion or withdraw consent for data processing, your data will be deleted, provided we have no other legally permissible reasons for storing your personal data (e.g. statutory retention periods for tax or commercial law purposes); in the latter case, deletion will occur after these reasons no longer apply.

Information on data transfer to the USA

Our website incorporates tools from companies based in the USA, among others. When these tools are active, your personal data may be transferred to the US servers of the respective companies. We would like to point out that the USA is not a safe third country within the meaning of EU data protection law. US companies are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without you, as the data subject, being able to take legal action against this. It cannot therefore be ruled out that US authorities (e.g. intelligence services) will process, evaluate and permanently store your data located on US servers for surveillance purposes. We have no influence on these processing activities.

Withdrawal of your consent to data processing

Many data processing operations are only possible with your explicit consent. You can withdraw consent already given at any time. The lawfulness of any data processing carried out prior to withdrawal shall remain unaffected by the withdrawal.

Right to object in special cases and to direct marketing (Article 21 GDPR)

Where the processing of data is based on Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. You can find the respective legal basis on which a processing is based in this data protection declaration. If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves to establish, exercise or defend legal claims (objection pursuant to Art. 21(1) GDPR). If your personal data are processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data relating to you for the purposes of such advertising; this also applies to profiling in so far as it is connected with direct marketing. If you object, your personal data will no longer be used for direct marketing purposes (objection pursuant to Art. 21(2) GDPR).

Right of complaint to the responsible supervisory authority

In the event of an infringement of the GDPR, data subjects have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of their habitual residence, their place of work or the place of the alleged infringement. The right to complain shall be without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy.

Right to data portability

You have the right to have data that we process automatically based on your consent or in fulfilment of a contract handed over to you or a third party in a common, machine-readable format. If you request the direct transfer of the data to another controller, this will only be done to the extent that it is technically feasible.

Information, deletion and correction

Under the applicable legal provisions, you have the right at any time to free access to information about your stored personal data, their origin and recipients, and the purpose of data processing, and, if applicable, a right to rectification or deletion of this data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose, as well as for further questions concerning personal data.

Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at any time for this purpose. The right to restrict processing exists in the following cases:

• If you dispute the accuracy of your personal data stored with us, we will generally require time to verify this. For the duration of the verification, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.
• If the processing of your personal data took place/takes place unlawfully, you can request the restriction of data processing instead of erasure.
• If we no longer need your personal data, but you need it for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, you have the right to request restriction of the processing of your personal data instead of erasure.
• If you have lodged an objection under Article 21(1) of the GDPR, a balancing of your interests and our interests must be carried out. As long as it has not yet been determined whose interests prevail, you have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data.

If you have restricted the processing of your personal data, this data may – apart from its storage – 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 an important public interest of the Union or of a Member State.

Objection to marketing emails

The use of contact details published within the scope of legal notice requirements for the sending of unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby objected to. The operators of the websites expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of unsolicited advertising information, such as spam emails.

3. Data collection on this website

Biscuits

Our website uses so-called „cookies“. Cookies are small text files and do not cause any damage to your device. They are stored on your device either temporarily for the duration of a session (session cookies) or permanently (permanent cookies). Session cookies are automatically deleted at the end of your visit. Permanent cookies remain stored on your device until you delete them yourself or your web browser deletes them automatically. In some cases, cookies from third-party companies may also be stored on your device when you visit our site (third-party cookies). These enable us or you to use certain services provided by the third-party company (e.g. cookies for processing payment services). Cookies have various functions. Many cookies are technically necessary, as certain website functions would not work without them (e.g. the shopping basket function or the display of videos). Other cookies are used to analyse user behaviour or to display advertising. Cookies that are required to carry out the electronic communication process (necessary cookies) or to provide specific functions requested by you (functional cookies, e.g. for the shopping basket function) or to optimise the website (e.g. cookies for measuring website traffic) are stored on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, unless another legal basis is specified. The website operator has a legitimate interest in storing cookies to ensure the technically fault-free and optimised provision of its services. Where consent to the storage of cookies has been requested, the relevant cookies are stored exclusively on the basis of this consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR); consent may be withdrawn at any time. You can configure your browser so that you are notified when cookies are set and can choose to allow cookies only on a case-by-case basis, to block the acceptance of cookies in specific cases or generally, and to enable the automatic deletion of cookies when you close your browser. If you disable cookies, the functionality of this website may be restricted. Where cookies are used by third parties or for analytical purposes, we will inform you of this separately within this privacy policy and, where necessary, seek your consent.

Cookie consent with Cookiebot

Our website uses Cookiebot's cookie consent technology to obtain your consent for the storage of certain cookies on your device and to document this in compliance with data protection regulations. The provider of this technology is Cybot A/S, Havnegade 39, 1058 Copenhagen, Denmark (hereinafter referred to as „Cookiebot“). When you access our website, a connection is established to Cookiebot's servers to obtain your consent and other declarations regarding cookie usage. Cookiebot then stores a cookie in your browser to associate your granted consents or their revocation. The data collected in this way is stored until you request its deletion, delete the Cookiebot cookie yourself, or the purpose for data storage ceases to apply. Mandatory statutory retention periods remain unaffected. The use of Cookiebot is for the purpose of obtaining the legally required consents for the use of cookies. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. c GDPR.

Contract Processing Agreement

We have concluded a contract for order processing with Cookiebot. This is a legally required data protection contract that ensures Cookiebot only processes the personal data of our website visitors according to our instructions and in compliance with the GDPR.

Server log files

The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are:

• Browser type and browser version
• Operating system used
• Referrer URL
• Hostname of the accessing computer
• Server request time
• IP address

These data will not be merged with other data sources. The collection of these data is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in the technically flawless presentation and optimisation of its website – server log files must be collected for this purpose.

Contact form

If you send us enquiries via the contact form, your details from the enquiry form, including the contact details you provide there, will be stored by us for the purpose of processing the enquiry and in case of follow-up questions. We will not pass on this data without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided that your enquiry is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) if this has been requested. The data you enter in the contact form will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your enquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, particularly retention periods, remain unaffected.

Enquiry by email, telephone or fax

If you contact us by email, telephone, or fax, your enquiry, including any personal data arising from it (name, enquiry), will be stored and processed by us for the purpose of processing your request. We will not pass this data on without your consent. The processing of this data is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, provided your request is related to the fulfilment of a contract or is necessary for the performance of pre-contractual measures. In all other cases, the processing is based on our legitimate interest in the effective processing of enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) or on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) provided this has been requested. The data you send to us via contact enquiries will remain with us until you request us to delete it, revoke your consent for storage, or the purpose for data storage no longer applies (e.g. after your request has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions – particularly statutory retention periods – remain unaffected.

4. Social media

Identification and addressing of interested parties from LinkedIn interactions

Nature and purpose of processing

We are analysing which individuals interact publicly with our posts on LinkedIn – for example, through reactions („Likes” etc.), comments, shares, or by following our profile. The aim is to identify individuals for whom our offers (further training, consulting, and workshops on the use of artificial intelligence) might be relevant and then to approach them individually through the same channel (LinkedIn direct message), with a specific reference to their interaction.

Categories of personal data

Name, public LinkedIn profile (URL), job title, company, location, profile photo, profile headline, number of followers, and the type, content (e.g., comment text), and date of each interaction.

Data provenance

The data is derived solely from publicly accessible interactions with our own LinkedIn posts. We do not collect email addresses and exclusively contact individuals who have previously interacted with our content publicly themselves.

Legal basis

Processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interest in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in acquiring customers from our own engagement, which was initiated by the data subject themselves. We have weighed your interests: You consciously and voluntarily reacted publicly to a post, the approach is made via the same channel and with a specific reference to your interaction, no special categories of personal data are processed, and storage is limited in time.

Recipient / Data processor

For the technical implementation, we use carefully selected service providers with whom we have concluded order processing agreements in accordance with Article 28 GDPR:

• Apify (Apify s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic) – Extraction of public interaction data;
• SeaTable (SeaTable GmbH, Germany) – Data storage; Server location exclusively Germany;
• Anthropic (Anthropic PBC, USA) – AI-powered assessment of relevance and creation of contact suggestions.
• No transfer to any other third parties will take place.
• Transfer to third countries

Apify: Processing on server infrastructure outside the EU (USA) cannot be ruled out; secured via EU Standard Contractual Clauses. Anthropic (USA): secured via the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and EU Standard Contractual Clauses. SeaTable: no third-country transfer, processing exclusively in Germany.

Storage duration

Data from individuals with whom no further interaction or contact is made within twelve months will be automatically deleted. In the event of an objection, the data will be deleted immediately.

Your Rights / Right to Object

You have the right to access, rectify, erase, and restrict the processing of your data, as well as the right to data portability. In particular, you have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time (Art. 21 GDPR). In the event of an objection, we will erase your data and add your LinkedIn identifier to an internal blocking list so that you are not included in future evaluations. Please direct any requests to: datenschutz@transmedial.de. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (the competent authority for us is the State Commissioner for Data Protection of Saxony-Anhalt).

Social media plugins with Shariff

This website uses social media plugins (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, XING, LinkedIn, Tumblr). You can usually recognise the plugins by the respective social media logos. To ensure data protection on this website, we only use these plugins in conjunction with the so-called „Shariff“ solution. This application prevents the plugins integrated into this website from transferring data to the respective provider as soon as you visit the page. Only when you activate the respective plugin by clicking on the corresponding button is a direct connection established to the provider's server (consent). As soon as you activate the plugin, the respective provider receives the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you are simultaneously logged into your respective social media account (e.g. Facebook), the respective provider can assign the visit to this website to your user account. Activating the plugin constitutes consent within the meaning of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR. You can revoke this consent at any time with future effect.

Facebook Plugins (Like & Share-Button)

This website integrates plugins from the social network Facebook. The provider of this service is Facebook Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. However, according to Facebook, the data collected will also be transferred to the USA and other third countries. You can recognise the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the „Like“ button on this website. An overview of the Facebook plugins can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins/?locale=de_DE. When you visit this website, the plugin establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook will then receive the information that you have visited this website with your IP address. If you click on the Facebook „Like button“ while logged into your Facebook account, you can link the contents of this website to your Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate your visit to this website with your user account. We would like to point out that as the provider of the pages, we are not aware of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Facebook. You can find more information about this in Facebook's privacy policy at: https://de-de.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. If you do not want Facebook to be able to associate the visit to this website with your Facebook user account, please log out of your Facebook user account. The use of Facebook plugins is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in maximum visibility on social media. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; consent can be revoked at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/EU_data_transfer_addendum and https://de-de.facebook.com/help/566994660333381.

Twitter Plugin

This website integrates features of the Twitter service. These features are provided by Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, D02 AX07, Ireland. By using Twitter and the „Retweet“ function, the websites you visit will be linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data will also be transferred to Twitter in this process. Please note that, as the provider of these pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the data transmitted or how Twitter uses it. Further information can be found in Twitter's privacy policy at: https://twitter.com/de/privacy. The use of the Twitter plugin is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in maximum visibility on social media. If appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://gdpr.twitter.com/en/controller-to-controller-transfers.html. Your privacy settings on Twitter can be found in your account settings under https://twitter.com/account/settings change.

5. Analysis Tools and Advertising

Google Analytics

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 allows the website operator to analyse the behaviour of website visitors. The website operator receives various usage data, such as page views, dwell time, operating systems used, and the user's origin. This data may be compiled by Google into a profile that is assigned to the respective user or their end device. Google Analytics uses technologies that enable the recognition of the user for the purpose of analysing user behaviour (e.g. cookies or device fingerprinting). The information collected by Google about the use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The use of this analysis tool is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in analysing user behaviour in order to optimise both its web offering and its advertising. If appropriate consent has been requested (e.g. consent for cookie storage), processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the EU Commission. You can find details here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/controllerterms/mccs/.

IP anonymisation

We have activated the IP anonymisation feature on this website. This will truncate your IP address by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted to the USA. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide further services related to website use and internet use to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

Browser Plugin

You can prevent Google from collecting and processing your data by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de. For more information on how Google handles user data with Google Analytics, please see Google's Privacy Policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=de.

Order processing

We have concluded a data processing agreement with Google and fully implement the strict requirements of the German data protection authorities when using Google Analytics.

Storage duration

Data stored by Google at the user and event level, which are linked to cookies, user identifiers (e.g. User ID) or advertising IDs (e.g. DoubleClick cookies, Android advertising ID), will be anonymised or deleted after 14 months. You can see details on this at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=de

6. Plugins and Tools

YouTube with enhanced privacy

This website embeds YouTube videos. The website is operated by Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. We use YouTube in enhanced privacy mode. According to YouTube, this mode ensures that YouTube does not store any information about visitors to this website before they watch the video. However, the enhanced privacy mode does not necessarily prevent data from being shared with YouTube partners. YouTube therefore establishes a connection to the Google DoubleClick network, regardless of whether you watch a video. As soon as you play a YouTube video on this website, a connection is established with YouTube’s servers. In doing so, the YouTube server is informed which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you allow YouTube to link your browsing behaviour directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. Furthermore, after you start a video, YouTube may store various cookies on your device or use similar recognition technologies (e.g. device fingerprinting). In this way, YouTube can obtain information about visitors to this website. This information is used, amongst other things, to collect video statistics, improve user-friendliness and prevent fraud. Where applicable, further data processing operations may be triggered after a YouTube video has been started, over which we have no control. The use of YouTube is in the interest of presenting our online services in an appealing manner. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR. Where consent has been sought, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR; consent may be withdrawn at any time. Further information on data protection at YouTube can be found in their privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

Vimeo without tracking (Do Not Track)

This website uses plugins from the video portal Vimeo. The provider is Vimeo Inc., 555 West 18th Street, New York, New York 10011, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with Vimeo videos, a connection to Vimeo's servers is established. This informs the Vimeo server which of our pages you have visited. Vimeo also obtains your IP address. However, we have configured Vimeo in such a way that Vimeo will not track your user activity and will not set any cookies. The use of Vimeo is in the interest of an attractive presentation of our online offerings. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If corresponding consent has been requested, the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; the consent is revocable at any time. Data transfer to the USA is based on the EU Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and, according to Vimeo, on „legitimate business interests.“ Details can be found here: https://vimeo.com/privacy. Further information on how user data is handled can be found in Vimeo's privacy policy at: https://vimeo.com/privacy.

Google Web Fonts

This site uses so-called web fonts provided by Google to ensure a uniform display of fonts. When you visit a page, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache to display text and fonts correctly. For this purpose, the browser you are using must establish a connection to Google's servers. This informs Google that this website has been accessed via your IP address. The use of Google Web Fonts is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in having a uniform display of fonts on their website. If consent has been requested (e.g., consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR; the consent can be revoked at any time. If your browser does not support web fonts, a default font from your computer will be used. Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq and in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.

OpenStreetMap

We use the map service from OpenStreetMap (OSM). The provider is the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), 132 Maney Hill Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, B72 1JU, United Kingdom. When you visit a website that uses OpenStreetMap, your IP address and other information about your behaviour on this website will be forwarded to OSMF, among other things. OpenStreetMap may store cookies in your browser or use comparable recognition technologies for this purpose. Furthermore, your location may be recorded if you have permitted this in your device settings – for example, on your mobile phone. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transfer. For details, please refer to the OpenStreetMap privacy policy at the following link: https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy. The use of OpenStreetMap is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online services and easy location of the places indicated on the website. This represents a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. If appropriate consent has been requested (e.g. consent to store cookies), the processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR; consent can be withdrawn at any time.

Google reCAPTCHA

We use „Google reCAPTCHA“ (hereinafter referred to as „reCAPTCHA“) on this website. The provider is Google Ireland Limited („Google“), Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data entry on this website (e.g. in a contact form) is carried out by a human or by an automated program. To do this, reCAPTCHA analyses the behaviour 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, duration of the website visitor's stay on the website or mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis is passed on to Google. The reCAPTCHA analyses run entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that an analysis is taking place. The storage and analysis of the data is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its web offerings from abusive automated spyware and SPAM. Where appropriate consent has been requested, processing is carried out exclusively on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR; the consent can be withdrawn at any time. For further information on Google reCAPTCHA, please refer to Google's privacy policy and Google's terms of service at the following links: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de and https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=de.

7. Own Services

Scope and purpose of data collection

If you send us an application, we will process your associated personal data (e.g. contact and communication data, application documents, notes from job interviews, etc.) to the extent necessary to decide on establishing an employment relationship. The legal basis for this is § 26 BDSG-new under German law (initiation of an employment relationship), Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (general contract negotiation) and – if you have given consent – Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Consent can be revoked at any time. Your personal data will be shared within our company exclusively with persons involved in processing your application. If the application is successful, the data you have submitted will be stored in our data processing systems on the basis of § 26 BDSG-new and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the purpose of carrying out the employment relationship.

Data retention period

Unless we are able to make you a job offer, you decline a job offer, or you withdraw your application, we reserve the right to store the data you submit for up to 6 months after the termination of the application process (rejection or withdrawal of the application) based on our legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Subsequently, the data will be deleted and the physical application documents will be destroyed. The storage serves in particular for proof purposes in the event of legal disputes. If it is apparent that the data will be required after the 6-month period has expired (e.g. due to an imminent or pending legal dispute), deletion will not take place until the purpose for further storage ceases to apply. Longer storage may also take place if you have given your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) or if statutory retention obligations preclude deletion.