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Privacy Notice for the Visit of Our LinkedIn page
Thank you for visiting our LinkedIn page. The protection of your personal data (“
Data
”) is very important to us.
This Privacy Notice is designed to give you an overview of which Data we collect and process when you visit our
LinkedIn page and contact us and what rights you have in relation to the processing of your Data.
I.
Who are we and how can you contact us?
We,
IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr („IAV“)
Carnotstraße 1, 10587 Berlin
and
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (“LinkedIn”)
Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
are responsible for protecting your Data. In this respect, we have concluded a so-called
Joint Controller
Agreement
. In the following sections, you can see for which data processing we and LinkedIn are responsible
(described in II. A.) and for which data processing LinkedIn is solely responsible as a controller (described in II.
B.).
If you have any questions regarding the processing of Data by LinkedIn (as described in II. B.) and your relevant
rights, please contact LinkedIn 's Data Protection Officer by means of the
LinkedIn Privacy Policy
or use the
LinkedIn contact form
.
If you have any questions regarding the processing of Data by us (as described in II. A.), regarding your rights or
this Privacy Notice, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection Officer. He can be reached
By post at:
IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr
Data Protection Officer
Carnotstraße 1
10587 Berlin
As well as by email at:
Datenschutzbeauftragter@iav.de
.
II.
Data processing in connection with your visit to our LinkedIn page
A.
How we process your Data
To interact with you on LinkedIn and align our LinkedIn page to the interests of our followers, we use the LinkedIn
functions described below. The processing of the Data collected here is done by staff responsible for the support
of our LinkedIn page.
1.
Analytics
Description and scope of data processing:
In the administrator view of our LinkedIn page, we receive statistical analyses from LinkedIn about visitors,
followers and updates to our LinkedIn page as well as about the interactions with our content.
Purpose and legal basis of data processing:
These statistics help us learn how our LinkedIn page is being used and how our content is being experienced by
LinkedIn users. This enables us to improve the activities on our LinkedIn page as well as the design and the
contents of our LinkedIn page and our job offers, our advertising activities, our posts and our events. Hereon our
legitimate interest is based (Art. 6 sec. 1 f EU General Data Protection Regulation “
GDPR
”).
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2.
Notifications
Description and scope of data processing:
When you interact with our LinkedIn page or one of our posts, advertising activities or events (for example,
„Liking“, commenting), subscribe to our LinkedIn page or follow us, we get a notification from LinkedIn with your
name, your profile picture and your interaction.
We are not able to delete the LinkedIn notifications, your posts or other interactions.
Purpose and legal basis of data processing:
We will use the provided Data to learn about how you interact with regard to our LinkedIn page and to be able to
react to your interactions (for example, comments, „Likes“). The data processing is based on the aforementioned
legitimate interest (Art. 6 sec. 1f GDPR).
3.
Contacting us
Description and scope of data processing:
When you contact us via LinkedIn, for example, when you send us messages via LinkedIn, we will receive the
information provided by LinkedIn that includes your user name, profile picture, your query as well as your contact
data and will process these.
We will not be able to delete your messages processed on LinkedIn.
Purpose and legal basis of data processing:
We will process your Data as part of processing your query. The data processing is based on the aforementioned
legitimate interest (Art. 6 sec. 1f GDPR).
4.
Raffles
Description and scope of data processing:
In order to run the raffles on our LinkedIn page, we need, among other things, the names of the participants and
the postal address of the winners so that we can send them their prizes. This information must be sent to an
email address provided in the raffle announcement.
The Data provided by you will be processed in the course of the respective raffle. For this purpose, we store your
Data as long as it is necessary for the running of the raffles.
We are not able to delete any posts, comments or other interactions you may have with or to our raffles on
LinkedIn.
Purpose and legal basis of data processing:
We process your personal data exclusively for the purpose of running raffles (Art. 6 sec 1f GDPR).
5.
LinkedIn Recruiting
Description and scope of data processing:
We use LinkedIn Recruiting. This enables us to filter LinkedIn users using specific search criteria, such as
professional experience, location, references, etc., in particular by means of the advanced search function. As a
result, we get in contact with people whose qualifications match the requirements of the positions we offer (see
section 3 above for information on the processing of data when exchanging personal messages).
Purpose and legal basis of data processing:
We use LinkedIn Recruiting to expand our reach as an employer and to target individuals who meet our job
requirements. The data processing is based on our legitimate interests and has the purpose of establishing new
employment relationships (Art. 6 sec. 1 lit. b, f GDPR).
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B.
How LinkedIn processes your Data
When you visit our LinkedIn page (regardless of the previous information), LinkedIn processes the Data
previously described, as well as other different Data provided by you, through cookies and other tracking
technologies, for example to provide advertisers with statistics and analyses, market research, customization of
features and contents. LinkedIn shares these Data with other companies and third parties and transmits Data to
third countries outside of the European Union, such as the USA. An overview of LinkedIn subcontractors
processing personal data can be found
here
. Further information about the scope and the purpose as well as the
legal basis of LinkedIn 's data processing can be found in the
LinkedIn Privacy Policy
.
III. Who receives your Data?
A.
Departments within IAV
Within IAV, access to your Data shall only be provided to those departments / people who are entrusted with the
running of our LinkedIn page.
B.
Service providers that support us
We transmit your Data to service providers who support us in the design and running of our page. These service
providers are contractually obliged to maintain confidentiality and fulfill the requirements under data protection
law. Service providers that are processors have signed a contract, which guarantees that Data will be processed
strictly according to our instructions.
IV. What rights do you have and how can you exercise these?
A.
Withdrawal of consent
You can withdraw any consent you have granted to the processing of your Data at any time and with
effect for the future. Please note that the withdrawal will have no impact on the legality of the previous
data processing and that it does not extend to such data processing for which statutory authorisation
exists and which can therefore be performed without your consent.
B.
Other data subject rights
According to Art. 15 to 21 and 77 GDPR and if the conditions are met, you are furthermore entitled to the following
rights.
Please note that we can only assist you in exercising your rights with regard to our data processing previously
mentioned in II. A - for the withdrawal / setting options in connection with conversion tracking and retargeting,
see the information above in section II A. 2.
To exercise your rights with regard to LinkedIn´s data processing, please contact
LinkedIn
or make use of the
setting options in your LinkedIn account. You can find an overview of the options available in this context
here
.
Access:
You can at any time demand provision of information on the Data of yours that we process and demand a copy
of the Data stored on you, Art. 15 GDPR. Please note that further copies of the Data stored on you may be
subject to a charge.
Correction:
You can demand the correction of incorrect Data as well as the completion of incomplete Data according to Art.
16 GDPR.
Erasure:
You can demand the erasure of your Data. Please note that the erasure does not include Data required for the
execution and processing of contracts and and to assert, exercise and defend against legal claims as well as
Data for which statutory, supervisory or contractual retention obligations exist, Art. 17 GDPR.
Restriction of processing:
You can under certain circumstances demand the restriction of the processing, e.g. if you believe that your Data
is incorrect, if the processing is illegal or you have raised a complaint about the data processing. This will mean
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that without your consent your Data may only be processed in a very restricted way, e.g. to assert, exercise or
defend against legal claims or to protect the rights of other natural or legal entities, Art. 18 GDPR.
Objection to the data processing:
You have the option to object to the data processing for direct advertising purposes at any time. In
addition, you can object at any time to data processing performed on the basis of a legitimate interest if
there is particular reason for doing so, Art. 21 GDPR. This also applies to a profiling based on this
provision according to Art. 4 No. 4 GDPR. In case of an objection your Data will no longer be processed,
unless there are compelling and legitimate reasons for the processing that prevail over your interests,
rights and freedoms or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend against legal claims
or to protect the rights of other natural or legal entities.
Data portability:
You have the right to receive the Data provided by you, which was processed based on your consent or in order
to fulfill a contract, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and the right to demand a direct
transfer of this Data to third parties within the realms of what is technically possible, Article 20 GDPR.
C.
Contact Details
You can assert your rights by means of the Contact details stated above in I.
D.
Right to appeal to the competent data protection supervisory authority
If you, for example, consider that the processing of your Data is illegal or that your rights described above are
not granted to you to the required extent, you have the right to file a complaint to the competent data protection
supervisory authority. An overview of the supervisory authorities including contact details can be found
here
.
Last revision: June 2025
