SOCIAL MEDIA PRIVACY POLICY
The following section explains what data we collect about you when you visit our social media presence or professional networks and what we do with this data. We also inform you about your data protection rights and explain who you can contact with questions about the protection of your data.
1. ABOUT US
Controller for the processing of your data:
E3 WORLD GmbH
Franklinstr. 61- 63
60486 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 870 0450 0
europe@etglobal.com
Managing Directors: Dr. Magnus Ekerot, Doris Mayer
ET GLOBAL GmbH
Franklinstr. 61- 63
60486 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 870 0450 0
europe@etglobal.com
Managing Director: Dr. Magnus Ekerot
SCF CORPORATE SERVICES GmbH
Franklinstr. 61- 63
60486 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 870 0450 0
europe@etglobal.com
Managing Director: Dr. Magnus Ekerot
SCF Production GmbH
Franklinstr. 61- 63
60486 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 870 0450 0
europe@etglobal.com
Managing Director: Dr. Magnus Ekerot
Reception+ GmbH
Franklinstr. 61-63
60486 Frankfurt am Main
Vertreter des Verantwortlichen: Herrn Mirko Steinbüchel
The companies listed are considered affiliated companies.
If you have any questions about this data protection information, the processing of your data, your rights or other concerns in the area of data protection, our data protection officer will be happy to help you.
Contact details of the data protection officer:
Data Protection Officer
ET GLOBAL GmbH
Franklinstrasse 61-63
60468 Frankfurt a. Main
privacy@etglobal.com
2. SCOPE OF APPLICATION
This privacy policy applies to the following social media and professional networks:
- Facebook: ET Global (https://www.facebook.com/ETGLOBAL.DE/)
- Instagram: ET Global (https://www.instagram.com/et_global)
- LinkedIn: ET Global (https://de.linkedin.com/company/etglobal)
- YouTube: ET Global (https://www.youtube.com/@ETGLOBAL_EU)
- Kununu: ET Global (https://www.kununu.com/de/et-global2)
and is aimed at visitors to these websites, insofar as it concerns postings by us or visitors, writing and replying to direct messages and the commissioning and management of advertising measures. The respective operator is responsible for other processing on the platform.
If you visit our website on the operator's platform or interact with it, the operator of the platform processes your personal data for purposes other than those described in our data protection information. Further information can be found in the data protection information of the respective operator. If you contact us within the scope of your rights mentioned below (see section “Your rights”), we will forward your request to the operator of this platform if your request relates to its activities.
This data protection information does not apply to other domains of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (hereinafter “Facebook”, also responsible for the Instagram platform), New Work SE (hereinafter “Xing”, also responsible for the ‘Kununu’ platform), LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (hereinafter “LinkedIn”), or domains of affiliated companies of these companies or the data processing by these companies.
The responsibility for the insertion of banner ads, text ads or commercials before or during embedded videos lies with the respective operator.
3. DO I HAVE TO PROVIDE MY DATA?
We offer you the opportunity to contact us. It is up to you to decide whether you make use of this option and provide your data. To process your request, we process the personal data that you have sent by e-mail or private message, posted on the bulletin board or communicated in a chat, for example. The data you post on the bulletin board is publicly visible. Your data and details will be passed on to third parties if this is necessary for processing.
Please note that if you provide information about other persons, you must have obtained their prior consent and informed them of the purposes of the disclosure as set out in this privacy policy.
We also ask you to pass this information on to the persons you involve in the use of our services, such as family members or authorized representatives.
4. PROCESSING PURPOSED, PROCESSED DATA AND LEGAL BASES
Processing of inquiries and comments: We process your data that we receive through your comment or message to us (including by email) or when you like, follow or similarly interact with our site. This includes the data that you provide to us yourself, as well as the data that the social network or professional network displays to us as part of your public profile. The processing is based on our legitimate interest in answering your questions, concerns and employer reviews (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR).
Processed data:
| Data | Processing of requests |
| Title | x |
| First name, last name, user name | x |
| E-mail-address | x |
| Topic | x |
| Message | x |
| Profile picture | x |
| Public profile | x |
| if applicable: emoji button/like | x |
| Employer review including salary range | x |
In addition, the above-mentioned data is used for the following purposes in the context of balancing interests (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR). The interests are listed below:
Should a security incident occur in our company in which your data is affected, we are obliged to report the case to the data protection supervisory authority responsible for us (Art. 33 GDPR). As it is in our legitimate interest to comply with this statutory reporting obligation as quickly as possible, your personal data may be processed as part of the investigation of the relevant security incident. The reports of these security incidents to data protection supervisory authorities do not contain any of your personal data.
As it is in our interest to ensure the security of our systems, we regularly carry out security and effectiveness tests in the course of which your above-mentioned data may be processed.
As it is in our interest to resolve legal disputes, we process your data for a specific purpose in such cases. In the event of legal disputes, it is also in our interest to retain evidence until all relevant statutory limitation periods pursuant to Sections 195 et seq. BGB have expired.
For this purpose, we retain the relevant data about you in accordance with these limitation periods. The deletion periods cannot be predicted as a general rule, as they depend on the respective subject matter of the dispute and the corresponding statutory limitation period, which can be up to 30 years. The regular limitation period is 3 years.
In addition, it is in our interest to investigate suspicious cases and to pass on relevant information to law enforcement authorities in the event of concrete criminal suspicion.
We carry out audits, internal audits and other control measures (e.g. monitoring by the data protection officer), as it is in our legitimate interest to comply with legal regulations, to create transparency about our business processes, to constantly optimize these processes and to prevent and identify actions that are detrimental to our business. This may involve processing documents or files that contain your personal data.
5. INFORMATION ABOUT AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS
No automated individual decisions are made.
6. DELETION AND STORAGE PERIODS
We delete the data for processing inquiries promptly after complete processing, but at the latest within the framework of the statutory limitation periods after 3 years in accordance with §§ 195ff. BGB.
You can delete your public comments, employer ratings or “likes” yourself at any time.
In order to preserve evidence, we retain data within the framework of the statutory statute of limitations in accordance with Sections 195 et seq. BGB. The storage period for your data may extend beyond the period specified above. The statutory limitation periods can be up to 30 years. The regular limitation period is 3 years.
7. ORIGIN OF THE DATA
No data is collected from third parties.
8. WHICH BODIES RECEIVE YOUR DATA
The following list shows which bodies (or “data recipients”) receive your data and in which cases. You can read about the specific data in the relevant sections of this statement. Your data is sometimes passed on due to legal or contractual obligations. In other cases, we use selected vicarious agents and service providers who work for us as processors (in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR) and may be given access to your data to the extent necessary. Processors are subject to numerous contractual obligations and, in particular, may only process your personal data on our instructions and exclusively for the fulfillment of the orders received from us.
- Auditors
- Operator of the respective social or professional network
- Data protection officer
- Service provider for the destruction of data carriers
- Email provider of the recipient (in the case of communication by email)
- IT service provider
- Lawyers, law enforcement authorities, public prosecutor's office, courts, opposing lawyers, state or federal criminal investigation office (in the case of legal disputes and concrete criminal suspicion)
- Telecommunications service provider (if we communicate by telephone)
- Shipping service provider (in the case of written communication)
9. DATA RECIPIENTS IN NON-EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Our IT service providers in the EU have affiliated companies or subcontractors outside the EU who can access your data.
The EU Commission determines which non-EU/EEA countries (third countries) have an adequate level of data protection. The affiliated companies or subcontractors of our IT service providers have either submitted to the so-called Data Privacy Framework (Decision No. C(2923) 4745 final of 10.07.2023) if they are based in the USA; otherwise our IT service providers are responsible for the use of EU standard contractual clauses in accordance with Commission Decision No. (EU) 2021/914. A sample of these EU standard contractual clauses can be found on the website of the EU Commissioner for Justice and in the Official Journal of the EU.
10. YOUR RIGHTS
You have the legal right to:
- Information about the personal data stored about you (Art. 15 GDPR)
- Correction and completion of your data available to us (Art. 16 GDPR)
- Deletion (Art. 17 GDPR)
- Restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)
- Data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)
- Revocation of consent given (Art. 7 GDPR) with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of revocation remains unaffected.
- Express your point of view and to challenge a decision based on automated processing (Art. 22 GDPR).
You have the right to object to the processing of your data based on our legitimate interests or those of third parties (Art. 21 GDPR). You may object at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions (Art. 4(4) GDPR).
Objection to direct marketing - You have the right to object to the processing of your data for the purpose of direct marketing at any time and without giving reasons. To exercise these rights, you can contact us using the contact details above.
You also have the statutory right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR).