Data privacy

Privacy policy

meteocontrol GmbH is the party responsible for this online service and, as the provider of a teleservice, is obligated to notify you at the start of your visit about the nature, scope and purposes of collection and use of personal data in a precise, transparent, understandable and easily accessible form and in clear and simple language. You must have access to this content at all times.

We attach utmost importance to the security of your data and to compliance with data protection regulations. The processing of personal data is subject to the provisions of prevailing European and national law.

In the following data privacy information, we wish to present how we handle your personal data and how you can contact us:

meteocontrol GmbH
Pröllstr. 28
86157 Augsburg, Germany
Commercial Register No.: HRB 16415
Managing Director: Cheng Liu, Stijn Stevens
Phone: +49 821 346660
E-mail: info@meteocontrol.com

Our Data Protection Officer
Sven Lenz
Deutsche Datenschutzkanzlei – Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstrasse 50
87435 Kempten, Germany

If you have questions about data privacy or other data privacy concerns, please feel free to send an e-mail to the following e-mail address: datenschutz@meteocontrol.de

A. General information

For better clarity, we refrain from differentiating between genders. In the interest of equal treatment, any terms in this respect apply to all genders. The meaning of terms used, such as “personal data” or “processing”, can be found in Article 4 of the GDPR.

Personal data processed within the framework of this website includes

master data (e.g. name and addresses of customers),
contract data (e.g. services utilized, payment information),
utilization data (e.g. pages visited on our website) and
content data (e.g. entries in online form).

B. Specific information

Data privacy information

We warrant that we process the data we gather from you solely to handle your requests and for internal purposes, as well as to provide you with the services you requested or to make content available to you.

Grounds for data processing

We process users’ personal data only in compliance with the relevant data protection regulations. Legal grounds are:

provision of our contractual services
processing is prescribed by law
existence of your electronic consent (e.g. registration for the newsletter)
enforcement of our legitimate interests

We also wish to inform you where the above legal grounds are regulated:

processing is necessary for the performance of our services and implementation of contractual measures: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR
processing is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations: Article 6(1)(c) GDPR
consent: Article 6(1)(a) and Article 7 GDPR
processing is necessary to protect our legitimate interests: Article 6(1)(f) GDPR

Transfer of data to third parties

We wish to point out that data may be transferred when using our website.

Your data is transferred to third parties only in compliance with the statutory stipulations. We pass on your data only if, for example, this is necessary for performance of a contract or on the basis of legitimate interests in the economic and efficient operation of our business.

If we use subcontractors to provide our services, we take suitable legal precautions and appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure personal data is protected in compliance with relevant statutory regulations.

Transfer of data to a third country or international organization

“Third country” denotes countries where the GDPR does not apply directly. Basically, that means all countries outside the EU and the European Economic Area.

Data is transferred to a third country or international organization. This is done when there are suitable and adequate safeguards and enforceable rights and effective legal remedies for you.

Length of time for which your personal data is stored

We abide by the principles of data economy and data reduction. That means we store your data provided to us only for as long as required to fulfil the above purposes or as defined by the various retention periods prescribed by law. If the purpose no longer applies or such retention periods have expired, your data is blocked or erased routinely and in compliance with statutory regulations.

We have created an internal concept in the company to ensure this.

Contacting us

If you contact us via the website, you agree to electronic communication. Personal data is processed when you contact us.

The particulars you provide are stored and used solely for the purpose of handling your request and possible questions in response to it, as well as associated technical administration. The data collected when you use a contact form can be seen from the respective contact form.

We wish to present the legal grounds for this:

processing is necessary for the performance of our services and implementation of contractual measures: Article 6(1)(b) GDPR
processing of your data when you use our contact form is in our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR

We wish to point out that when e-mails pass along their transmission paths they can be read or changed without authorization and without a user noticing. We also wish to point out that we use software to filter unwanted e-mails (spam filter). The spam filter may reject e-mails if they are falsely identified as spam due to specific features.
Your data is erased after your request has been processed. This is the case when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been clarified conclusively and provided that there are no statutory retention obligations to the contrary.

What rights do you have?

a) Right to access and obtain information

You have the right to be provided free of charge with information on the data stored about you. Upon request, we will inform you in writing, in compliance with prevailing law, of the personal data that we have stored about you. This also includes the origin and recipients of your data and the purpose for which it is processed.

b) Right to rectification

You have the right to demand rectification of the data about you which we have stored, if it is incorrect. As part of this, you can demand that processing of it be restricted, for example if the accuracy of your personal data is contested.

c) Right to blocking

You can also have your data blocked. In order to ensure blocking of your data at any time, the data in question must be available on a black list for control purposes.

d) Right to erasure

You can also request erasure of your personal data, provided there are no statutory obligations to retain it. If such an obligation exists, we will block your data upon request. If the appropriate legal requirements are met, we will also erase your personal data without a request from you to do so.

e) Right to data portability

You are entitled to demand that we provide you with the personal data supplied to us in a format that allows it to be transferred to another body.

f ) Right to lodge complaints with a supervisory authority

You can lodge complaints with one of the data protection supervisory authorities. The data protection supervisory authority responsible for our company is:

Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht (BayLDA)
Promenade 27, 91522 Ansbach, Germany
Phone: +49 981 53-1300
Fax: +49 981 53-981300

You can open the form for submitting complaints to the Bayerisches Landesamt für Datenschutzaufsicht at: https://www.lda.bayern.de/de/beschwerde.html

You can obtain information on making a submission to the Bavarian Data Protection Commissioner at https://www.datenschutz-bayern.de/docs/buerger/eingabe.html

Note: A complaint can also be made to any data protection supervisory authority within the EU.

g) Right to revocation

You have the possibility at any time to revoke consent to the processing of your data pursuant to Article 6(1)(e) and (f) for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

In this case, meteocontrol GmbH will no longer process your personal data unless it can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.

If personal data is processed for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to revoke consent at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. In the event of such an revocation, we will no longer process your personal data for the purposes of direct marketing. To this end, it suffices to send us an e-mail to this effect.

h) Right to revocation

You have the possibility at any time to revoke your consent to the processing of your data with effect for the future, without giving reasons. You will not suffer any disadvantages as a result of the revocation. To this end, it suffices to send us an e-mail to this effect.

However, such a revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out up to the time of the revocation on the legal basis of Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.

To assert your data subject rights, send us an e-mail to the following address: datenschutz@meteocontrol.de

Protection of your personal data

We take state-of-the-art contractual, organizational and technical measures to ensure compliance with data protection laws and to protect the data we process against accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons.

The security measures include in particular encrypted transfer of data between your browser and our server. 256-bit SSL (AES 256) encryption technology is used for that.

Your personal data is protected with regard to the following aspects (excerpt):

a) Safeguarding the confidentiality of your personal data

In order to safeguard the confidentiality of your personal data which we store, we have taken various measures to control access to premises, equipment and data.

b) Safeguarding the integrity of your personal data

In order to safeguard the integrity of your personal data which we store, we have taken various measures to control transfer and input of data.

c) Safeguarding the availability of your personal data

In order to safeguard the availability of your personal data which we store, we have taken various ordering and availability control measures.

The security measures used are continuously improved to reflect technological advances. Despite these precautions, we cannot guarantee secure transfer of data to our website due to the insecure nature of the internet. Consequently, you transfer data at your own risk at all times.

Protection of minors

Persons under the age of 16 are allowed to send personal data to us only if we have received the explicit consent of their parent or guardian. This data is processed in accordance with this data privacy information.

Server log files

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

browser type and browser version
referrer URL
time of the server request
IP address

This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is our legitimate interest pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Cookies

Use of Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, this website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC. The responsible service provider in the EU is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“Google”). By using Google Analytics on our website, we are joint controllers with Google within the meaning of Article 26 GDPR. However, as Google does not offer the conclusion of a joint controller agreement pursuant to Article 26 GDPR, such an agreement could not be concluded.

Scope of processing
Google Analytics uses cookies that enable an analysis of your use of our website. The information collected by means of the cookies about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there.

We use the function ‘anonymizeIP’ (so-called IP masking): due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address is abbreviated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other countries that are party to the Agreement about the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the complete IP address sent to a Google server in the USA and abbreviated there. The IP address sent from your browser as part of Google Analytics is not combined by Google with other data.

During your visit to the website, the data collected includes:
•    the pages you visit, your “click path”
•    achievement of “website goals” (conversions, e.g. newsletter sign-ups, downloads, purchases)
•    your user behaviour (e.g. clicks, time spent on the site, bounce rates)
•    your approximate location (region)
•    your IP address (in abbreviated form)
•    technical information about your browser and the terminal devices you use (e.g. language setting, screen resolution)
•    your internet service provider
•    the referrer URL (the website/advertising medium via which you came to this website)

Purpose of processing
On behalf of the operator of this website, Google uses this information to evaluate your pseudonymous use of the website and to compile reports on website activity. The reports provided by Google Analytics are used to analyse the performance of our website and the success of our marketing campaigns.

Recipient
The recipient of the data is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, as joint controllers with the website operators. We have not entered into a joint controller agreement with Google, as Google does not provide this.
Google LLC, based in California, USA, and possibly US authorities, can access the data stored by Google (Patriot Act). As a result, there is a high risk if the user consents to tracking by Google Analytics.

Transfer to third countries
Data is transferred to the USA.

Storage period
The data that we send and that is linked to cookies is automatically erased after 12 months. Data whose retention period has ended is erased automatically once per month.
You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (incl. your IP address) by Google, as well as the processing of this data by Google, by
a. not giving your consent to the setting of the cookie or
b. downloading and installing the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.
You can also prevent the storage of cookies by configuring your browser software accordingly. However, if you configure your browser to refuse all cookies, you may experience limitations in functionality on this and other websites.

Legal basis and option to revoke
Your consent applies to this data processing, Article 6(1)(1)(a) GDPR. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by accessing the cookie settings and changing your selection there. You can find further information on the terms of service of Google Analytics and data privacy at Google at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html and at https://policies.google.com/?hl=de.

Use of Google Ads Conversion Tracking

We use the online advertising programme “Google Ads” on this website and, within the framework of Google Ads, the conversion tracking of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). We use Google Ads to draw attention to offers on external websites with the help of advertising media (so-called Google Adwords). Using the data from the advertising campaigns, we can determine how successful individual advertising measures are. In this way, we pursue the aim of showing you advertising that is of interest to you, making our website more interesting for you and achieving a calculation of the advertising costs incurred.

The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your terminal device. These cookies usually lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, Google and we can tell that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google Ads customer receives a different cookie.

Cookies can therefore not be tracked across Google Ads clients’ websites. The information obtained using the conversion cookie is used to create conversion statistics for Google Ads clients who have opted in to conversion tracking. Clients learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page tagged with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. If you do not wish to participate in the tracking, you can block this use by deactivating the Google Conversion Tracking cookie via your internet browser under the menu item “User settings”. You will then not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. We use Google Ads based on our legitimate interest in targeted advertising pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. The use of Google Ads may also involve the transfer of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

You can obtain further information on Google’s data privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy

You can permanently refuse the setting of cookies by Google Ads Conversion Tracking by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin?hl=en

Please note that certain functions of this website may not be available or may only be available to a limited extent if you have deactivated the use of cookies.

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR for processing of your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. To exercise your revocation, deactivate this service in the “Cookie Consent Tool” provided on the website or, alternatively, follow the option described above for revocation.

Google Ads Remarketing

Our website uses the Google Ads Remarketing function to advertise this website in Google search results and on third-party websites. The provider is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”). For this purpose, Google sets a cookie in the browser of your terminal device, which automatically enables interest-based advertising by means of a pseudonymous cookie ID and on the basis of the pages you visit. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

Further data processing only takes place if you have consented to Google linking your internet and app browsing history to your Google account and using information from your Google account to personalize the ads you see on the web. In this case, if you are logged into Google while visiting our website, Google will use your data together with Google Analytics data to create and define target group lists for cross-device remarketing. To this end, your personal data will be temporarily linked by Google with Google Analytics data in order to form target groups. The use of Google Ads Remarketing may also involve the transfer of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

Details on the processing triggered by Google Ads Remarketing and on Google’s handling of data from websites can be found here: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

You can permanently revoke consent to the setting of cookies by Google Ads Remarketing by downloading and installing the Google browser plug-in available at the following link: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb/.

Further information and the data protection regulations regarding advertising and Google can be found here: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/.

Google Marketing Platform

This website uses the online marketing tool Google Marketing Platform from the operator Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“GMP”). GMP uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are displayed in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. Processing is based on our legitimate interest in the optimal marketing of our website pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.

In addition, GMP can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions that are related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a GMP ad and later, using the same browser, accesses the advertiser’s website and makes a purchase via this website. According to Google, GMP cookies do not contain any personal information. By means of the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with Google’s server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool, and we therefore inform you according to our state of knowledge as follows: through the integration of GMP, Google receives the information that you have accessed the corresponding part of our website or clicked on an advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can associate the visit with your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, it is possible that the provider will obtain and store your IP address. The use of GMP may also involve the transfer of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

If you wish to revoke consent to participation in this tracking procedure, you can deactivate cookies for conversion tracking by setting your browser to block cookies from the domain www.googleadservices.com (see www.google.de/settings/ads), whereby this setting will be deleted when you deactivate your cookies. Alternatively, you can obtain information on setting cookies from the Digital Advertising Alliance at the internet address www.aboutads.info and make your desired settings. Finally, you can set your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and can decide individually about their acceptance, or exclude the acceptance of cookies in certain cases or in general. If you do not accept cookies, the functionality of our website may be restricted.

You can obtain further information on the data privacy policy of GMP by Google at the following internet address: https://www.google.de/policies/privacy/.

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR for processing of your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for revoking.

Use of Google Tag Manager

Google Tag Manager itself does not set any cookies. Cookies are only set by the tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Google Ads Conversion Tracking) that are integrated via the Google Tag Manager. Google Tag Manager thus facilitates the implementation of Google Analytics and other web analytics tools on our website.

LinkedIn Insight

This website uses the retargeting and conversion tool of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, with the help of which personalized advertisements on the “LinkedIn” platform can be displayed to visitors to this website.

To this end a cookie, a small text file, is set on the browser of your terminal device when you visit our website, which loses its validity after 120 days. If the user visits certain pages of this website and is logged into his LinkedIn account at the same time, a connection is established to the LinkedIn servers, via which interest-based advertising can be displayed on the platform. At the same time, the cookie enables anonymous reports on the performance of the advertisements on LinkedIn, as well as information about website interaction to be generated. These reports are provided to us and LinkedIn.

Advertisements are not displayed and statistical reports are not created if the user is not logged into his LinkedIn account when visiting this website. The information obtained with the aid of the cookie never permits personal identification of the respective user.

The information is transferred pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in targeted advertising and the statistical evaluation of the success of product advertisements on LinkedIn, and thus serves to optimize our online offering. You can deactivate the LinkedIn Insight Tool and the display of interest-based advertising on LinkedIn by setting an opt-out cookie at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.

This opt-out cookie only works in this browser and only for this domain. If you delete your cookies in this browser, you must click on the above link again. You can obtain further information on LinkedIn’s privacy policy at the following internet address: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?#choices-oblig.

Insofar as legally required, we have obtained your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR for processing of your data as described above. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. In order to exercise your revocation, please follow the option described above for revoking.

Optimization of loading speed with ajax.googleapis.com/ jQuery

We use the Javascript library jQuery. To increase the loading speed of this website, we use Google’s CDN (content delivery network) to load this library. This is necessary for smooth performance of our site, which is why the legal basis of legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) can be invoked here.

It is possible that jQuery was already being used by Google CDN on another page before a visit to this website. In this case, the browser can access the cached copy and it does not need to be downloaded again. If your browser does not have a cached copy, or downloads the file from Google CDN for any other reason, data will again be transferred from your browser to Google Inc (“Google”). For further information on data processing by Google, please refer to Google’s privacy policy, currently available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

Newsletter

If you subscribe to our e-mail newsletter, we will regularly send you information about our offers. Personal data is collected for this. The only information you must always disclose so that you can receive the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of any other data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. This data is used by us for our own advertising purposes in the form of the e-mail newsletter, provided that you have expressly consented to this as follows: “Yes, I would like to subscribe to the newsletter! I have taken note of the data privacy information”

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure for sending the newsletter. This means that we only send you an e-mail newsletter once you have expressly confirmed that you consent to the newsletter being sent. We then send you a confirmation e-mail, which you are asked to confirm by clicking on the corresponding link if you wish to receive our newsletter in the future.

By activating the confirmation link, you give us your consent to use your personal data pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR. When you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your IP address entered by your internet service provider (ISP), as well as the date and time you subscribed, as later proof if your e-mail address is misused.

You can cancel your subscription to the newsletter at any time using the link provided to this end in the newsletter, or by notifying us by e-mail at marketing@meteocontrol.de to this end. After unsubscribing, your e-mail address is immediately deleted from our newsletter mailing list and included in a blocking file to ensure revocation.

Newsletter tracking:

If you have previously given your express prior consent, newsletter tracking (also called web beacons or tracking pixels) is used. When delivering the newsletter, the external server can then record certain recipient data, e.g. the time of retrieval, the IP address, or details of the e-mail programme used (client). The name of the image file is individualized for each e-mail recipient by appending a unique ID. The e-mail distributor notes which ID belongs to which e-mail address and can thus determine which newsletter recipient has just opened the e-mail when the image is retrieved.

Newsletter tracking records user behaviour. This involves the following data: recipients, recipients minus bounces, recipients in queue, recipients skipped, unique unsubscribe rate, unique unsubscribes, bounce rate, bounces (of which hard and soft bounces), unique open rate, unique opens, open rate, opens, unique click rate, unique clicks, click rate, clicks, effective unique click rate, clicks for segmenting target groups, additional links clicked, e-mail clients, locations, engagement, last opened, last clicked, e-mail domain performance.

Newsletter distribution via MailChimp
Our e-mail newsletter is distributed by the technical service provider The Rocket Science Group, LLC d/b/a Mailchimp, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Suite 5000, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA (https://mailchimp.com), to whom we transmit the data you provide when you subscribe to our newsletter. This transmission takes place pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR and serves our legitimate interest in using this data for a newsletter system that is secure, user-friendly, and has a positive advertising effect. Please note that your data is usually transmitted to a Mailchimp server in the USA and stored there. Mailchimp uses this data to distribute and statistically evaluate the newsletter on our behalf.

For purposes of evaluation, the transmitted e-mail messages contain web beacons or tracking pixels that are one-pixel image files stored on our website. They make it possible to determine whether a newsletter was opened by the recipient and what links, if any, were clicked.

Mailchimp uses these web beacons to generate automated general and non-personal statistics on recipients’ reactions to our newsletter campaigns. Pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, the web beacons also collect and process data about the individual newsletter recipient (e-mail address, time and date the newsletter is retrieved, IP address, browser type and operating system). This is based on our legitimate interest in the statistical assessment of our newsletter campaigns with the aim of optimizing advertising communication and orienting it more effectively to recipients’ interests. This data enables the identity of the newsletter recipient to be individually determined, and is used by Mailchimp for the automated production of statistics that reveal whether a particular recipient has opened a newsletter.

If you wish to opt out of data analysis for statistical purposes, you must completely cancel your subscription to the newsletter.

Mailchimp can also use this data itself pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR on the basis of its own legitimate interest in a need-based design and the optimization of its service, as well as for market research purposes, such as to identify the countries in which recipients are located. However, Mailchimp does not use the data of our newsletter recipients to write to them itself, nor does it transmit the data to third parties.

To protect your data in the USA, we have concluded a data processing agreement with MailChimp based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission, to enable the transfer of your personal data to MailChimp. This data processing agreement can be viewed at the following internet address: https://mailchimp.com/legal/data-processing-addendum/. You can view MailChimp’s privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/.

Use of videos from YouTube
We use the YouTube implementation function to display and play videos from the provider “YouTube”, which belongs to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland (“Google”).

We use the extended data protection mode, which only stores user information when the video/s is/are played. If playback of the implemented YouTube videos is started, the provider “YouTube” uses cookies to collect information about user behaviour.

According to “YouTube”, these cookies are used, among other things, to collect video statistics, to improve user-friendliness and to prevent abusive behaviour. If you are logged in to Google, your data is associated directly with your account when you click on a video. If you do not wish to have your data associated with your YouTube profile, you must log out before activating the button.

Google stores your data (even for users who are not logged in) as usage profiles, and evaluates them. Such an evaluation is effected pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPPR on the basis of Google’s legitimate interests in

the display of personalized advertising, market research and/or the design of its website in line with requirements. You have the right to revoke consent to the creation of these user profiles, whereby you must contact YouTube to exercise this right.

During the use of YouTube, personal data may also be transferred to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA. Independently of a playback of the embedded videos, a connection to the Google network is established each time this website is accessed, which may trigger further data processing operations outside our control. For further information on data protection at “YouTube”, please refer to the provider’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de

Amendments to our data privacy information

We reserve the right to modify our data privacy information at short notice so that it always complies with the latest statutory requirements or in order to implement changes to our services. This may be the case, for example, if new services are launched. The new data privacy information will then apply when you visit our website again.

Data privacy information – Social media

LinkedIn

In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data. Here, personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Please check carefully which personal data you share with us via the social medium LinkedIn. We expressly point out that LinkedIn stores the data of its users (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and may also use this data for business purposes. You can find further information on LinkedIn’s data processing in LinkedIn’s privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv.

We have no influence on data collection and further processing by LinkedIn. Further, it is not apparent to us to what extent, where and for how long the data is stored, to what extent LinkedIn complies with existing erasure obligations, what evaluations and links are made with the data, or to whom the data is passed on. If you would like to avoid LinkedIn processing personal data that you have transmitted to us, please contact us by other means. Our full contact details can be found in our legal notice on LinkedIn.

The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is, insofar as we exclusively process the data you have transmitted to us via LinkedIn, ourselves:

meteocontrol GmbH, Pröllstr. 28, 86157 Augsburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 821 346660, E-mail: info@meteocontrol.de

meteocontrol France S.A.S, Le Brumaire, 42 rue de l’université, 69007 Lyon, France, Tel.: +33 4 78 67 33 52, E-mail: info-fr@meteocontrol.com (for “meteocontrol France SAS” https://www.linkedin.com/in/meteocontrol-france-sas/)

Insofar as the data you provide to us via LinkedIn is also or exclusively processed by LinkedIn, then LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland is also the data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), provided you are a resident of a country of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland. If you are resident of another country then in addition to us, LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA is also the data controller within the meaning of the GDPR. The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Contact details for the Data Protection Officer at meteocontrol GmbH

Sven Lenz
Deutsche Datenschutzkanzlei – Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstrasse 50
D-87435 Kempten
E-mail: datenschutz@meteocontrol.de

Contact details for the data protection officer at LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company or LinkedIn Corporation can be contacted via the contact form available at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TSO-DPO

Data processing when contacting us

We ourselves collect personal data when you contact us, e.g. via contact form or messenger. The data which we collect when you contact us via the contact form can be seen from the relevant contact form. This data is stored and used solely for the purpose of answering your request or for contacting you and the associated technical administration. The legal basis for processing the data is our legitimate interest in responding to your request pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data is erased once we have completed processing your request, provided there are no statutory obligations to retain it. We assume that processing is complete when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been clarified conclusively.

Rights of the data subject

The applicable data protection law grants you comprehensive data subject rights (rights of access and intervention) with respect to the controller regarding the processing of your personal data; we inform you about this below:

right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR;
right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;
right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;
right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;
right to notification pursuant to Article 19 GDPR;
right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR;
right to revoke consent given pursuant to

Right to revoke approval in general

When we process your personal data within the framework of a balancing of interests on the basis of our overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to revoke approval to this processing with effect for the future at any time on grounds arising from your particular situation. If you exercise your right to revoke approval, we will stop processing the data concerned. However, we reserve the right to continue processing if we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, fundamental rights and freedoms, or if the processing serves the purpose of asserting, exercising or defending legal claims.

Revocation of approval to direct marketing

If your personal data is processed by us for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right at any time to revoke approval to processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such marketing. You can exercise your right of revocation as described above under “Right to revoke approval in general”. If you exercise your right to revoke approval, we will stop processing the data concerned for direct marketing purposes.

Duration of storage of personal data

The duration of the storage of personal data is calculated on the basis of the respective legal basis, the purpose of processing and – if relevant – additionally on the basis of the respective statutory retention period (e.g. retention periods under commercial and tax law). When processing personal data on the basis of explicit consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) GDPR, this data is stored until the data subject revokes his/her consent. If there are statutory retention periods for data that is processed within the scope of legal or quasi-legal obligations on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) GDPR, this data is routinely erased after expiry of the retention periods, provided that it is no longer required for the fulfilment of the contract or the initiation of the contract and/or there is no justified interest on our part in continuing to store it.

When processing personal data on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data is stored until the data subject exercises his/her right to revoke consent pursuant to Article 21(1) GDPR, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims. When processing personal data for the purpose of direct marketing on the basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, such data is stored until the data subject exercises his/her right to revoke consent pursuant to Article 21(2) GDPR. Unless otherwise stated in the other information in this policy on specific processing situations, stored personal data is erased when it is no longer otherwise necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or processed in other ways.

YouTube

In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data. Here, personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Please check carefully which personal data you share with us via YouTube. We expressly point out that YouTube stores the data of its users (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and may also use this data for business purposes. We have no influence on data collection and further processing by YouTube. Further, it is not apparent to us to what extent, where and for how long the data is stored, to what extent YouTube complies with existing erasure obligations, what evaluations and links are made with the data, or to whom the data is passed on. If you would like to avoid YouTube processing personal data that you have transmitted to us, please contact us by other means.

The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is meteocontrol GmbH, Pröllstr. 28, 86157 Augsburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 821 346660, E-mail: info@meteocontrol.de insofar as we ourselves exclusively process the data you have transmitted to us via YouTube.

Insofar as the data you provide to us via YouTube is also or exclusively processed by YouTube then in addition to us, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, 4 Barrow St, Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland, is also the data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

You can find further information on the data processing of Google Ireland Limited in the privacy policy of Google Ireland Limited at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=de.

This privacy policy applies to all services offered by Google Ireland Limited and its affiliated companies – including YouTube. The use of YouTube may also involve the transfer of personal data to the servers of Google LLC. in the USA.

The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Contact details for the Data Protection Officer at meteocontrol GmbH

Sven Lenz
Deutsche Datenschutzkanzlei – Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstrasse 50
D-87435 Kempten
E-mail: datenschutz@meteocontrol.de

Data processing when contacting us

Rights of the data subject

right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR;
right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;
right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;
right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;
right to notification pursuant to Article 19 GDPR;
right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR;
right to revoke consent given pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR;
right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.

Right to revoke approval in general

Revocation of approval to direct marketing

Duration of storage of personal data

Facebook

In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data. Here, personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Please check carefully which personal data you share with us via Facebook. While you are logged into your Facebook account and visit our Facebook profile, Facebook can associate this with your Facebook profile. We expressly point out that Facebook stores the data of its users (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and may also use this data for business purposes. You can find further information on Facebook’s data processing in Facebook’s privacy policy at https://de-de.facebook.com/policy.php.

We have no influence on data collection and further processing by Facebook. Further, it is not apparent to us to what extent, where, and for how long the data is stored by Facebook, to what extent Facebook complies with existing erasure obligations, what evaluations and links are made by Facebook with the data, or to whom the data is passed on by Facebook. If you would like to avoid Facebook processing personal data that you have transmitted to us, please contact us by other means.

The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is meteocontrol GmbH, Pröllstr. 28, 86157 Augsburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 821 346660, E-mail: info@meteocontrol.de insofar as we exclusively process the data you have transmitted to us via Facebook ourselves.

Insofar as the data you provide to us via Facebook is also or exclusively processed by Facebook (Insights data) then in addition to us, Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland, is also the data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In this respect, the data is processed on the basis of an agreement between joint controllers pursuant to Article 26 GDPR, which you can view here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

Further, for the use of certain Facebook products, such as the so-called “Facebook Business Tools”, and for data processing carried out thereby, a supplementary agreement between us and Facebook Ireland Ltd. as joint controller pursuant to Article 26 GDPR applies, and it can be viewed here: https://www.facebook.com/legal/controller_addendum

The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Contact details for the Data Protection Officer at meteocontrol GmbH

Sven Lenz
Deutsche Datenschutzkanzlei – Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstrasse 50
D-87435 Kempten
E-mail: datenschutz@meteocontrol.de

You can contact Facebook’s data protection officer via the online contact form provided by Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970.

Data processing when contacting us

If the purpose of your contact is to conclude a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Article 6(1)(b) GDPR. Your data is erased once we have completed processing your request, provided there are no statutory obligations to retain it. We assume that processing is complete when the circumstances indicate that the matter in question has been clarified conclusively.

Data processing for statistical and marketing purposes

Page Insights

Facebook provides us with so-called Page Insights for our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/business/a/page/page-insights. This is aggregated data that allows us to understand how people interact with our site. Page insights may be based on personal data collected in connection with a visit to or interaction with our site and its content by individuals. This serves, pursuant to Article 6(1)(f) GDPR, to protect our overriding legitimate interests within the framework of a balancing of interests in an optimized presentation of our offer and effective communication with customers and interested parties. You can revoke consent to the processing of your data for the aforementioned purposes at any time by changing your settings for advertisements accordingly in your Facebook user account at https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads.

Rights of the data subject

right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR;
right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;
right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;
right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;
right to notification pursuant to Article 19 GDPR;
right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR;
right to revoke consent given pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR;
right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.

Right to revoke approval in general

Duration of storage of personal data

XING

In the following, we inform you about the handling of your personal data. Here, personal data is any data by which you can be personally identified. Please check carefully which personal data you share with us via the social medium XING, which is operated by XING SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany. We expressly point out that XING stores the data of its users (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and may also use this data for business purposes. You can find further information on XING’s data processing in XING’s privacy policy at https://privacy.xing.com/en. We have no influence on data collection and further processing by XING. Further, it is not apparent to us to what extent, where and for how long the data is stored, to what extent XING complies with existing erasure obligations, what evaluations and links are made with the data, or to whom the data is passed on. If you would like to avoid XING processing personal data that you have transmitted to us, please contact us by other means. Our full contact details can be found in our legal notice on XING.

The data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is meteocontrol GmbH, Pröllstr. 28, 86157 Augsburg, Germany, Tel.: +49 821 346660, E-mail: info@meteocontrol.de insofar as we exclusively process the data you have transmitted to us via XING ourselves.

Insofar as the data you provide to us via XING is also or exclusively processed by XING, then XING SE, Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, is also the data controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in addition to us. The data controller is the natural or legal person who alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.

Contact details for the Data Protection Officer at meteocontrol GmbH

Sven Lenz
Deutsche Datenschutzkanzlei – Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG
Bahnhofstrasse 50
D-87435 Kempten
E-mail: datenschutz@meteocontrol.de

Contact details for the data protection officer at XING SE

Dammtorstrasse 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
E-mail: Datenschutzbeauftragter@xing.com

Data processing when contacting us

Rights of the data subject

right of access pursuant to Article 15 GDPR;
right to rectification pursuant to Article 16 GDPR;
right to erasure pursuant to Article 17 GDPR;
right to restriction of processing pursuant to Article 18 GDPR;
right to notification pursuant to Article 19 GDPR;
right to data portability pursuant to Article 20 GDPR;
right to revoke consent given pursuant to Article 7(3) GDPR;
right to lodge a complaint pursuant to Article 77 GDPR.

Right to revoke approval in general

Revocation of approval to direct marketing

Duration of storage of personal data

Data Privacy Information for Job Applicants

This Data Privacy Policy informs you about how data relating to your job application is processed at meteocontrol GmbH.

Protection of applicants’ data at meteocontrol GmbH
In accordance with Article 4 No. 1 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal data includes all information that relates to or can be associated with your person, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name or an applicant number with which you can be identified within the company.

Personal information and data
Your application means that meteocontrol GmbH obtains information concerning you in paper and digital form. This is data you disclose to us as part of your application, such as your:

Name
Address
Date of birth
Place of birth
Details of your education and vocational training, further education and training, and qualifications
Certificates and testimonials

Purposes for which data is collected and processed
meteocontrol GmbH collects, processes and uses your personal data solely for the purposes relating to your application (= steps prior to establishment of an employment relationship). Your data is processed for purposes other than those specified only if that is permissible under Article 6 (4) GDPR and is consistent with the original purposes. We will notify you of such further processing of your data beforehand.

Your data protection rights
You have the right to demand access to and information on data stored concerning you, the purposes for which it is processed, whether it has been transmitted to other bodies, and the length of time for which it will be stored. You can also obtain excerpts or copies in exercising this right. If the data is incorrect or is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected, you can demand that it be rectified or erased or that processing of it be restricted. If envisaged in the processing procedures, you can also view your data yourself and correct it if necessary. If there are grounds relating to your particular situation which argue against processing of your personal data, you can object to processing of it, if such processing is based on legitimate interests. In such a case, we will only process your data if we have special compelling interests for doing so. If you have questions on your rights or wish to exercise them, please contact datenschutz@meteocontrol.com or our Data Protection Officer.

Legal basis for processing your personal data
Your data is required for steps prior to entering into a contract (Article 6 (1) point (b) GDPR). That means we require your data to decide whether to hire you and so process it. In an individual case, we may obtain your consent to processing or transmission of your data. That may be the case, for example, if we retain your application for a lengthy time or we consider you for another post at our company. In such cases, your consent is voluntary and can be withdrawn at any time with future effect.

Transmission of your personal information
Your data is not transmitted to external bodies.

Party responsible for processing your personal data (“controller”)
The controller responsible for collecting, processing and using your personal data is, unless otherwise contractually agreed, meteocontrol GmbH in the Federal Republic of Germany. Applicants’ data is stored and processed in HR data processing systems. Their technical setup is such that only a narrow group of specially authorized persons has the right to access them and that any other means of accessing them or gaining knowledge of the data is prevented in accordance with the state of the art.

Period for which data is stored
Your personal data is stored only for as long as knowledge of it is required for the purposes of the employment relationship or the purposes for which it was collected, or there are statutory or contractual regulations on retention of it. If an employment relationship is not concluded, we retain your application data for 6 months as proof in the event of possible legal action under the German General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG). If an employment relationship is concluded (i.e. you are hired), we will transfer necessary information to your personnel file.

Complaints about processing of your personal data
If you have misgivings or questions about processing of your personal data and information, you can contact datenschutz@meteocontrol.com. However, you can also get in touch with our Data Protection Officer using the contact data below or with the responsible data protection supervisory authority.

Datenschutzkanzlei Lenz GmbH & Co. KG
Mr. Sven Lenz
Bahnhofstraße 50
87435 Kempten
Germany
Phone: +49 831 930653-00
Email: lenz@deutsche-datenschutzkanzlei.de

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