Social media has become an integral part of the internet and modern communication. We use the technical platform and services of YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave, 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA, a company of Google Inc, Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA, for the YouTube video channel offered here in order to get and stay in contact with interested parties, customers and applicants. Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland is the controller for users in the EU/EEA and Switzerland.
When you visit our YouTube channel, we are joint controllers for the processing of your personal data with Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.
In the following, we would like to inform you about data processing in connection with your visit to our YouTube channel.
We expressly draw your attention to the fact that YouTube, as the controller, collects personal data from users when you visit our channel, including through the use of cookies.
We have no control over the processing and further use of this data, as YouTube alone determines the processing. It is not possible for us to trace to what extent, where and for what duration the data are stored, to what extent the data are linked and analysed and to whom the data are transferred. However, it can be assumed that your data will be stored on Google servers in America, among other places. We also have no insight or influence with regard to deletion periods, i.e. whether and to what extent deletion periods are adhered to. We would therefore like to point out that you use the YouTube channel offered here and its functions under your own responsibility.
If you have a YouTube/Google account and are logged in with it, YouTube can assign the visit to our YouTube channel to your user account.
Information about data collection and further processing of personal data by YouTube can be found in the shared privacy policy of YouTube and Google under Google Privacy Policy .
We would like to point out that when you visit our YouTube channel, data will be processed even if you are not registered or logged in to your YouTube/Google account. The focus here is on the promotional use of your data for YouTube. We do not have full or independent access to the data collected by YouTube or your profile data.
To view content on our YouTube channel, you do not need to have a YouTube/Google account.
If you have created a YouTube/Google account and comment publicly on our posts, we may see the profile information you have published. Subscribers to our YouTube channel will also see their user name. Beyond that, we do not process any other personal data from the use of the service.
We receive anonymous statistics from YouTube through reporting on the use and usage of our channel. Youtube provides us with the following information in the statistics:
We use these statistics to continuously improve our YouTube channel and our posts and to better respond to the interests of our users. We cannot identify specific users from the statistics or link them to the data of our subscribers.
However, when you visit our YouTube channel, YouTube collects and processes various usage data about your visit each time you visit it. This includes the usual log file data, IP address, browser type, screen resolution or your language settings. This also involves tracking your use of the services as part of the provision of YouTube's specific services. This tracking may include, for example, viewing, clicking, sharing and/or rating videos, ads or other content, or performing a search, in addition to your contact information.
YouTube uses login credentials, cookies, device IDs and IP addresses and location information, among other things, to identify you and log your usage. YouTube also tracks your user behaviour for advertising purposes. Via your YouTube settings, you can decide how targeted advertising is displayed to you. More detailed information on which data is collected by YouTube for what purpose and on what basis can be found in the joint privacy policy of YouTube and Google under Google Privacy Policy. You can find information on the storage of your data HERE.
You can limit the processing of data in the general settings of your Google account. In addition to these tools, Google also offers specific privacy settings for YouTube. You can find out more in the Google Product Privacy Guide.
You can also request information via the Google privacy form: https://support.google.com/policies/troubleshooter/7575787?visit_id=637054532384299914-2421490167&hl=de&rd=2
You can find more information about the use of cookies by Google and its partners HERE. Cookies used include session cookies that are deleted when the browser is closed and persistent cookies that remain on the terminal device until they expire or are deleted by the user. A cookie is a tiny text file that allows a website to recognise a browser. Cookies are stored on the computer when a website is called up and are retrieved and read the next time the web server is called up. You can use your browser settings to decide for yourself whether and which cookies you want to allow, block or delete. Alternatively, you can also install ad blockers such as Ghostery .
If you do not have a Youtube account, you can manage interest-based online advertisements via the settings of the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance and via the settings of your mobile device. The collection and storage of data through the use of cookies can also be objected to at any time with effect for the future via the opt-out link below: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/de/praferenzmanagement/.
You can manage your preferences regarding usage-based online advertising using the link above. If you object to usage-based online advertising with a particular provider using the preference manager, this only applies to the particular business data collection via the web browser you are currently using. Preference management is cookie-based. Deleting all browser cookies will also remove the preferences you have set with the preference manager.
We do not automatically collect and evaluate profile data from YouTube users. We do not carry out automated decision-making, including profiling, as defined by Article 22 GDPR does not apply.
In principle, we only store personal data until the respective purpose for which the data was collected has been achieved. In the context of a business relationship with you, we store your personal data for as long as the business relationship lasts, including the initiation and the processing of a contract as well as the regular limitation period. In addition, we store the data if and to the extent that we are subject to statutory retention obligations. These may arise, for example, from the German Commercial Code (HGB) or the German Fiscal Code (AO).
If you have given us consent for a processing operation, the data related to the granting of consent will be stored until revoked or at the longest for the duration of the processing operation and after its termination within the scope of the limitation period. If you have sent us a message via social media, you also have the option of deleting your data/chat history yourself after your request has been processed.
If you interact with YouTube, YouTube, LLC 901 Cherry Ave., 94066 San Bruno, CA, USA and therefore Google in the USA, will of course also have access to your data.
We would therefore like to point out that when using YouTube, data may also be processed outside the European Economic Area. According to the European Court of Justice, there is a lower level of data protection in the USA. In these cases, we will therefore ensure that an adequate level of data protection comparable to the standards within the EU is established at the recipient before transferring your personal data. YouTube undertakes to comply with European standards through the standard contractual clauses provided by the EU Commission.
We also use Sprout Social, a service of Sprout Social Inc., 131 Dearborn St. Floor 7, Chicago, IL 60603, USA . The social media management tool "Sprout Social" is used to respond to your requests on social media (such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and is used by us as a publishing tool that enables the planning and delivery of posts and campaigns. This takes place within the framework of our legitimate interest (Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR) to respond efficiently and quickly to your concerns and to optimise customer communication by means of Sprout Social as a management tool. The data processed for social media management when using Sprout Social is limited to the messages you send, the account user data (name, business e-mail address, IP address and language preference) and specified social media profile data, with the specific types of personal data collected depending on the social network.
In order to safeguard data processing in the insecure third country of the USA, we have concluded a commissioned processing agreement with Sprout Social in accordance with Article 28 GDPR, under which Sprout Social undertakes to ensure the necessary protection of your data and to process it in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations exclusively on our behalf and in accordance with our instructions. An adequate level of protection within the meaning of Article 44 et seq. GDPR is guaranteed by the use of the EU standard contractual clauses pursuant to Article 46 GDPR in the context of contract processing.
You will find more information at: https://sproutsocial.com/de/privacy-policy/
The operation of our YouTube channel, including the processing of the personal data of users, takes place on the basis of Article 6 (1)(f) GDPR to implement our legitimate interests in providing information and interaction for and with our users and visitors. Further legal bases for data processing may also be established in individual cases in accordance with Article 6 (1)(a), (b), (c) GDPR.
Provided that the conditions specified in the law are met, you have the following rights:
You have the right, pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR, to object at any time, on grounds relating to your particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Article 6(1)(e) or (f) of the GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions.
If personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you also have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is associated with such direct advertising.
RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft
Siegfried-Meister-Straße 1
86899 Landsberg am Lech
E-Mail: info@rational-online.com
https://www.rational-online.com
RATIONAL AG processes the data under joint responsibility with the respective national company, which can be viewed in the list of recipients .
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Google Ireland Ltd.
Gordon House, 4 Barrow St,
Dublin, D04 E5W5, Ireland
If you have any further questions about privacy, please contact us. If you have any questions about the collection, processing or use of your personal data, or if you wish to obtain information, rectify, block or delete data, or withdraw consent, please contact:
RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft Data Protection Officer
Siegfried-Meister-Straße 1
86899 Landsberg am Lech
E-Mail: privacy@rational-online.com
You can find further information on the safe use of social networks on the website of the Federal Office for Information Security at https://www.bsi-fuer-buerger.DE/BSIFB/DE/DigitaleGesellschaft/SozialeNetze/sozialeNetze_node.html