Privacy Policy

The protection of your data is very important to us! That is why we comply with the legal provisions on data protection (GDPR) and go above and beyond to protect your data. The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation and other national data protection laws of the member states of the European Union (EU) as well as other data protection provisions is:

Jobwork GmbH
Friedrichstraße 23a
10969 Berlin

This version of the privacy policy is effective as of 25 May 2018.

I. General

When we refer to data processing, we always mean your personal data. In the GDPR, these are defined in Art. 4 No. 1 as information relating to an identified or identifiable person. This means all data that have a connection (whether direct or indirect) to you, e.g. first name, surname, addresses, email addresses, user behaviour, etc. Data in connection with online websites or services that do not belong to us or that we do not control are not part of this privacy policy.

1. Why do we process personal data?

In order to offer you free or paid services, it is absolutely necessary to collect personal data. At the same time, this is the only way we can ensure the best possible user experience and optimise our services. We only process personal data in compliance with the statutory provisions. In addition, we process data when we have consent or when we have a legitimate interest in processing (e.g. interest in analysis, optimisation, economic operation, security of our online offering, in particular in measuring reach and collecting access data and using the services of third-party providers).

2. When and to what extent do we process personal data?

2.1 Contacting us

If you contact us by email, the data will be processed insofar as it is necessary to answer your questions. Contacting us via our chat is carried out through the services of Intercom and requires visiting our website.

2.2 Visiting our website

When you use our website, services or messaging functions, we or our authorised service providers may use cookies or similar technologies. The information collected in this way helps us to better adapt our services to the needs of our customers, to make them better, faster and, above all, even more secure. They also serve advertising purposes.

2.3 Provision of contractual services

We process master data and contract data in order to fulfil our contractual obligations and service provisions. (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR).

On our website, we offer you the option of registering by providing personal data. The data is entered into an input form, transmitted to us and stored.

2.3.1 Personal data of registered employees

When registering as an employee, only first and last name as well as email address are initially required. In connection with your user profile, further personal data that are an expression of physical, physiological, genetic, psychological, economic, cultural or social identity may be collected.

2.3.2 Personal data of registered clients

When registering as a client, certain personal data is also collected, initially first and last name as well as company name, (business) email address and (business) telephone number. In connection with the company profile on Jobwork, further data may be collected.

2.4 Social Login / Single Sign-On

We offer you the option of registering and logging in via your existing accounts on social networks and other platforms. For this purpose, we use the so-called "Single Sign-On" (SSO) technology of the following providers:

2.4.1 Facebook Login

Provider: Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland

Scope of data processing: When you log in via Facebook, we receive the following information from Facebook:

  • Your public profile ID on Facebook
  • Your name (first and last name)
  • Your email address stored on Facebook
  • Your profile picture (if public)

Legal basis: Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR (performance of contract) as well as Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR (legitimate interest in simplifying the registration process)

2.4.2 Google Login

Provider: Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

Scope of data processing: When you log in via Google, we receive the following information from Google:

  • Your Google user ID
  • Your name (first and last name)
  • Your email address stored on Google
  • Your profile picture (if available)

2.4.3 LinkedIn Login

Provider: LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland

Scope of data processing: When you log in via LinkedIn, we receive the following information from LinkedIn:

  • Your LinkedIn member ID
  • Your name (first and last name)
  • Your email address stored on LinkedIn
  • Your profile picture
  • Basic information about your professional activity (position, company)

2.4.4 TikTok Login

Provider: TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland

Scope of data processing: When you log in via TikTok, we receive the following information from TikTok:

  • Your TikTok user ID
  • Your username
  • Your email address stored on TikTok (if available)
  • Your profile picture

2.4.5 General information on Social Login

Data transfer: When using Social Login services, connections to the servers of the respective providers are automatically established. Technical data such as your IP address is also transmitted in the process.

Control over transmitted data: You can revoke the authorisation for our app at any time in the settings of the respective social media account.

No linking of your Jobwork activities: We do not transfer any information about your use of Jobwork back to the Social Login providers, unless it is technically necessary for authentication.

Deletion upon account deletion: If you delete your Jobwork account, all data received via Social Login will also be deleted.

Privacy policies of the providers:

3. Legal basis for the processing of personal data

Insofar as we obtain consent of the data subject for processing operations of personal data, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR serves as the legal basis. For the processing of personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. Insofar as processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis. If processing is necessary for the purposes of a legitimate interest, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis.

4. Data deletion and storage duration

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. According to statutory requirements, retention is for 6 years pursuant to § 257 para. 1 HGB and for 10 years pursuant to § 147 para. 1 AO.

5. How do we protect your personal data?

We implement physical, technical and administrative security measures to adequately protect your personal data against loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure and alteration. These security measures include firewalls, data encryption and access controls.

6. When do we share your data?

We assure you that we neither sell nor lend or rent your personal data. Data is only shared when this is indispensable, e.g. for the fulfilment of our service or contractual obligations, when we have a legitimate interest, or when we have your consent. We conclude a data processing agreement with processors pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR.

7. Your rights

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

  • Right of access
  • Right to rectification or erasure
  • Right to restriction of processing
  • Right to object to processing
  • Right to data portability

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data by us.

II. Cookies and Other Technologies

1. Provision of the website

1.1 Description and scope of data processing

As soon as you access our website, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing device. The following data is collected:

  • Information about the browser type and version used
  • The user's operating system
  • The user's IP address
  • Date and time of access
  • Websites from which the user's system reached our website

1.2 Legal basis

The legal basis for the temporary storage of data and log files is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

1.3 Purpose of data processing

The temporary storage of the IP address by the system is necessary to enable delivery of the website to the user's computer. For this purpose, your IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session. Storage in log files is carried out to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us for optimisation of the website and for ensuring the security of our information technology systems.

1.4 Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of its collection. In the case of data collection for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. In the case of storage of data in log files, this is the case after no more than seven days.

1.5 Right to object and removal

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is essential for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no right of objection on the part of the user.

2. Cookies

2.1 Description and scope of data processing

Our website uses cookies. Cookies are text files that are stored in the internet browser or by the internet browser on the user's computer system. When a user accesses a website, a cookie may be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables a unique identification of the browser when the website is accessed again. Cookies cannot execute programmes or transmit viruses to your computer. They serve to make the internet offering as a whole more user-friendly and effective. There are 4 types of cookies:

  • Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session and allow us to link your actions during that particular browser session.
  • Persistent cookies are stored on your device between browser sessions and allow us to record your preferences or actions across multiple pages.
  • First-party cookies are stored by the site you are currently visiting.
  • Third-party cookies are placed by a third-party site different from the site you are visiting.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the accessing browser can be identified even after a page change. The following data is stored and transmitted in these technically necessary cookies:

  • Language settings
  • Login information

We also use cookies on our website that enable analysis of the user's browsing behaviour. In this way, the following data can be transmitted:

  • Use of website functions (Intercom)
  • Usage behaviour (Google Analytics)
  • Frequency of page views (Google Analytics)
  • Search terms entered (Google Analytics)

When accessing our website, the user is informed about the use of cookies and their consent to the processing of the personal data used in this context is obtained. In this context, a reference to this privacy policy is also made.

2.2 Legal basis for data processing

The legal basis for the processing of personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legal basis for the processing of personal data using cookies for analysis purposes is, where consent has been given by the user, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

2.3 Purpose of data processing

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of websites for users. Some functions of our website cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change. The use of analysis cookies is for the purpose of improving the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus continuously optimise our offering.

2.4 Duration of storage, right to object and removal

Cookies are stored on your computer and transmitted from it to our site. Therefore, as a user, you also have full control over the use of cookies. By changing the settings in your internet browser, you can deactivate or restrict the transmission of cookies. Cookies that have already been stored can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies for our website are deactivated, it may no longer be possible to use all functions of the website in full.

3. Google Analytics

3.1 Scope of data processing

We use Google Analytics on our website to analyse the browsing behaviour of our users. The software sets a cookie on the user's computer. When individual pages of our website are accessed, the following data is stored:

  • Two bytes of the IP address of the user's accessing system
  • The website accessed
  • The website from which the user reached the accessed website (referrer)
  • The sub-pages accessed from the accessed website
  • The time spent on the website
  • The frequency of access to the website

Google uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about the use of the online offering by the users is generally transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law. We only use Google Analytics with activated IP anonymisation. This means that the IP address of the users is shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by the user's browser is not merged with other data from Google. Users can prevent the storage of cookies by setting their browser software accordingly; users can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to their use of the online offering to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at the following link. Further information on data use by Google, setting and opt-out options can be found on the Google web pages "Data use by Google when you use our partners' websites or apps", "Data use for advertising purposes", "Manage information that Google uses to show you advertising". Google will use this information on our behalf to evaluate the use of our online offering by users, to compile reports on the activities within this online offering and to provide us with further services associated with the use of this online offering and internet use. Pseudonymous user profiles of the users can be created from the processed data.

3.2 Legal basis for data processing

We use Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"), on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

3.3 Purpose of data processing

We use Google Analytics to display ads placed within Google's advertising services and its partners only to those users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Google (so-called "Remarketing" or "Google Analytics Audiences"). With the help of Remarketing Audiences, we also want to ensure that our ads correspond to the potential interest of users and are not perceived as annoying.

3.4 Duration of storage

Sessions and campaigns are terminated after the expiry of a certain period of time. By default, sessions are terminated after 30 minutes of inactivity and campaigns after six months. The time limit for campaigns can be a maximum of two years.

3.5 Right to revoke and removal

You can prevent the storage of cookies by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website in full. You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing this browser add-on.

Opt-out cookies prevent the future collection of your data when visiting this website. To prevent collection by Universal Analytics across different devices, you must carry out the opt-out on all systems used.

4. Google Marketing and Remarketing Services

4.1 Scope of data processing

We use the marketing and remarketing services (hereinafter "Google Marketing Services") of Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA ("Google"). Google is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law. The Google Marketing Services allow us to display advertisements for and on our website in a more targeted manner, in order to present users only with ads that potentially match their interests. If, for example, a user is shown ads for products they were interested in on other websites, this is referred to as "Remarketing". For these purposes, when our and other websites on which Google Marketing Services are active are accessed, a code from Google is executed directly and so-called (Re)marketing tags (invisible graphics or code, also known as "Web Beacons") are integrated into the website. With their help, an individual cookie, i.e. a small file, is stored on the user's device (instead of cookies, comparable technologies may also be used). The cookies can be set by various domains, including google.com, doubleclick.net, invitemedia.com, admeld.com, googlesyndication.com or googleadservices.com. This file records which websites the user has visited, which content they are interested in and which offers they have clicked on, as well as technical information about the browser and operating system, referring websites, visit time and further information about the use of the online offering. The IP address of the users is also recorded, whereby we inform in the context of Google Analytics that the IP address is shortened within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area and only in exceptional cases is it transmitted in full to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address is not merged with the user's data within other Google offerings. The above-mentioned information may also be combined by Google with such information from other sources. If the user subsequently visits other websites, the ads tailored to their interests can be displayed to them. The data of the users is processed pseudonymously within the Google Marketing Services. This means that Google does not store and process, e.g., the name or email address of the users, but processes the relevant data on a cookie-related basis within pseudonymous user profiles. This means that from Google's perspective, the ads are not managed and displayed for a specifically identified person, but for the cookie holder, regardless of who this cookie holder is. This does not apply if a user has expressly permitted Google to process the data without this pseudonymisation. The information collected by Google Marketing Services about the users is transmitted to Google and stored on Google's servers in the USA. Among the Google Marketing Services we use is the online advertising programme "Google AdWords". In the case of Google AdWords, each AdWords customer receives a different "conversion cookie". Cookies can therefore not be tracked across the websites of AdWords customers. The information obtained with the help of the cookie serves to create conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. The AdWords customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that personally identifies users. We may include third-party advertisements based on the Google Marketing Service "DoubleClick". DoubleClick uses cookies that enable Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on users' visits to this website or other websites on the internet. We may include third-party advertisements based on the Google Marketing Service "AdSense". AdSense uses cookies that enable Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on users' visits to this website or other websites on the internet. We may also use the "Google Optimizer" service. Google Optimizer allows us to track how various changes to a website affect it (e.g. changes to input fields, design, etc.) as part of so-called "A/B testing". For these test purposes, cookies are placed on the users' devices. Only pseudonymous data of the users is processed. Furthermore, we may use the "Google Tag Manager" to integrate and manage the Google analysis and marketing services on our website. Further information on data use for marketing purposes by Google can be found on the overview page; Google's privacy policy can be accessed here.

4.2 Legal basis for data processing

We use these services on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering) within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

4.3 Purpose of processing

The Google Marketing Services give us the opportunity to display advertisements for and on our website in a more targeted manner, in order to present users only with ads that potentially match their interests.

4.4 Duration of storage

According to its own information, Google anonymises the log data collected by deleting part of the IP address and cookie information after 9 or 18 months.

4.5 Right to revoke and removal

If you wish to object to interest-based advertising by Google Marketing Services, you can use the setting and opt-out options provided by Google.

5. Facebook, Custom Audiences and Facebook Marketing Services

5.1 Scope of data processing

Within our online offering, the so-called "Facebook Pixel" of the social network Facebook, which is operated by Facebook Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, or if you are resident in the EU, Facebook Ireland Ltd., 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland ("Facebook"), is used. Facebook is certified under the Privacy Shield Agreement and thereby offers a guarantee of compliance with European data protection law. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, Facebook is able to determine the visitors of our online offering as a target group for the display of ads (so-called "Facebook Ads"). The Facebook Pixel is integrated directly by Facebook when our web pages are accessed and can store a so-called cookie, i.e. a small file, on your device. If you subsequently log in to Facebook or visit Facebook while logged in, the visit to our online offering will be noted in your profile. The data collected about you is anonymous for us, i.e. it does not allow us to draw any conclusions about the identity of the users. However, the data is stored and processed by Facebook, so that a connection to the respective user profile is possible and can be used by Facebook for its own market research and advertising purposes. If we transmit data to Facebook for matching purposes, they are encrypted locally on the browser and only then sent to Facebook via a secured https connection. This is done solely for the purpose of establishing a match with data equally encrypted by Facebook. The processing of data by Facebook is carried out within the framework of Facebook's data use policy. Accordingly, general information on the display of Facebook Ads can be found in Facebook's data use policy. Specific information and details about the Facebook Pixel and its functionality can be found in the Facebook help section.

5.2 Legal basis for data processing

We use these services on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering) within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

5.3 Purpose of data processing

We use the Facebook Pixel to display the Facebook Ads placed by us only to those Facebook users who have also shown an interest in our online offering or who have certain characteristics (e.g. interests in certain topics or products determined on the basis of the websites visited) that we transmit to Facebook (so-called "Custom Audiences"). With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we also want to ensure that our Facebook Ads correspond to the potential interest of the users and are not perceived as annoying. With the help of the Facebook Pixel, we can also track the effectiveness of Facebook advertisements for statistical and market research purposes by seeing whether users were redirected to our website after clicking on a Facebook advertisement (so-called "Conversion").

5.4 Duration of storage

According to its own information, Facebook stores the date and time of your visit, the specific internet address on which the social plugin is located, and further technical data such as the IP address, the browser type and the operating system for a period of 90 days in order to further optimise Facebook's services. After the 90 days, the data is anonymised so that it can no longer be associated with you.

5.5 Right to revoke and removal

You can object to the collection by the Facebook Pixel and the use of your data for the display of Facebook Ads. To set which types of advertisements are displayed to you within Facebook, you can visit the page set up by Facebook and follow the instructions on the settings for usage-based advertising. The settings are platform-independent, i.e. they are applied to all devices, such as desktop computers or mobile devices. You can also object to the use of cookies that serve reach measurement and advertising purposes via the deactivation page of the network advertising initiative and additionally the US-American website or the European website.

6. SendGrid

6.1 Scope of data processing

For sending our newsletters, we use "SendGrid", an email marketing platform of the US provider Twilio Inc., 101 Spear Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. The email addresses of our newsletter recipients as well as their other data described within the scope of these notices are stored on SendGrid's servers in the USA. SendGrid uses this information to send and evaluate the newsletters on our behalf. Furthermore, according to its own information, the sending service provider may use this data in pseudonymous form, i.e. without assignment to a user, to optimise or improve its own services, e.g. for technical optimisation of sending and presentation of the newsletters or for statistical purposes, to determine from which countries the recipients come. However, the sending service provider does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to contact them directly or to pass them on to third parties. We rely on the reliability and IT and data security of SendGrid. SendGrid (Twilio) has corresponding certifications (SOC 2 Type II) and thereby offers a guarantee of maintaining appropriate data protection and security standards. In addition, we have concluded a "Data Processing Agreement" (DPA) with SendGrid. This is a contract in which SendGrid undertakes to protect the data of our users, to process it in accordance with its data protection provisions on our behalf and, in particular, not to pass it on to third parties.

6.2 Legal basis for data processing

The data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

6.3 Purpose of data processing

The collection of the user's email address serves to deliver the newsletter. Our interest is directed towards the use of a user-friendly and secure newsletter system that serves both our business interests and meets the expectations of the users, relying on the reliable infrastructure of SendGrid.

6.4 Duration of storage

The data is deleted as soon as it is no longer required for the purpose of its collection. Your email address will therefore be stored as long as the newsletter subscription is active.

6.5 Right to revoke and removal

You can cancel the receipt of our newsletter at any time, i.e. revoke your consent. A link to cancel the newsletter can be found at the end of each newsletter. After cancellation, your data will be deleted except for the email address. The email address is stored in a blocklist and is only used to ensure that we do not send any further emails to your email address.

7. Intercom

7.1 Scope of data processing

We use the service Intercom of the company Intercom Inc., 98 Battery Street, Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94111 USA for sending messages by email and for chats as well as for customer management. We transmit the following personal data:

  • Your email address
  • Your first and last name
  • Your telephone number
  • Contract master data
  • Contact details of the technical contact

Intercom, Inc. has the Privacy Shield certificate, through which a higher level of data protection is to be achieved for companies not based in the EU. Intercom also uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your last visited sub-page of this online platform is transmitted to an Intercom server in the USA and stored there. On our behalf, Intercom will use the above-mentioned information to provide the related services to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser within the framework of Intercom is not merged with other data.

7.2 Legal basis for data processing

The data processing is carried out on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).

7.3 Purpose of data processing

We use the Intercom service to be able to respond to customer enquiries as quickly as possible in the LIVE chat, but also to manage our customer contact. Our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR also lies in these purposes.

7.4 Duration of storage

The data of interested parties who have contacted us via the live chat will be completely deleted after no later than 9 months. Any interested party who subsequently contacts us will be treated as a new interested party.

7.5 Right to revoke and removal

You can prevent the storage of Intercom cookies by setting your browser software accordingly (found under "Settings" in most browsers); however, it should again be pointed out that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of this website (e.g. the live chat) in full.

8. Integration of Third-Party Services and Content

We use content or service offerings from third-party providers within our online offering on the basis of our legitimate interests (i.e. interest in the analysis, optimisation and economic operation of our online offering within the meaning of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR) in order to integrate their content and services, such as videos or fonts (hereinafter uniformly referred to as "Content"). This always presupposes that the third-party providers of this content are aware of the user's IP address, as they would not be able to send the content to their browser without the IP address. The IP address is therefore required for the display of this content. We endeavour to only use content whose respective providers use the IP address solely 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, visit time and further information about the use of our online offering, as well as being linked with such information from other sources. The following overview provides a list of third-party providers and their content, together with links to their privacy policies, which contain further information on the processing of data and, in some cases already mentioned here, opt-out options:

  • External fonts from Google, Inc. The integration of Google Fonts is carried out by a server call to Google (usually in the USA).
  • Maps from the "Google Maps" service of the third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
  • Videos from the "YouTube" platform of the third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.
  • Within our online offering, functions of the Google+ service are integrated. These functions are offered by the third-party provider Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. If you are logged into your Google+ account, you can link the content of our pages to your Google+ profile by clicking the Google+ button. This allows Google to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Google+.
  • Within our online offering, functions of the Instagram service are integrated. 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 the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram.
  • Our online offering uses functions 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 website with your IP address. If you click the "Recommend Button" of LinkedIn and are logged into your LinkedIn account, LinkedIn is able to associate your visit to our website with you and your user account. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by LinkedIn.
  • We use social plugins of the social network Pinterest, which is operated by Pinterest Inc., 635 High Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA ("Pinterest"). When you access a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Pinterest servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Pinterest server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Pinterest functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Pinterest and cookies.
  • Within our online offering, functions of the Twitter service may be integrated. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. By using Twitter and the "Re-Tweet" function, the websites you visit are linked to your Twitter account and made known to other users. Data is also transmitted to Twitter. We point out that, as the provider of the pages, we have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. You can change your privacy settings on Twitter in the account settings.
  • We use social plugins of the social network Tumblr, which is operated by Tumblr, Inc., 35 East 21st Street, 10E, New York, NY 10010, USA ("Tumblr"). When you access a page that contains such a plugin, your browser establishes a direct connection to the Tumblr servers. The plugin transmits log data to the Tumblr server in the USA. This log data may contain your IP address, the address of the websites visited that also contain Tumblr functions, the type and settings of the browser, the date and time of the request, your use of Tumblr and cookies.
  • 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. To our knowledge, no personal data is stored in this process. In particular, no IP addresses are stored and no usage behaviour is evaluated.
  • External code of the JavaScript framework "jQuery", provided by the third-party provider jQuery Foundation.

We also use the monitoring service Pingdom from the Swedish company Pingdom AB, Kopparbergsvägen 8, 722 13, Västerås, Sweden. This tool enables an analysis of the loading behaviour and availability of our website and collects your IP address. Cookies are set for this purpose. You can prevent this by making the appropriate setting in your browser.