Privacy Policy

1. Name and Address of the Responsible Entity

The controller within the meaning of the GDPR is:

Digitalwerk GmbH
Im Gewerbepark C15, 93059 Regensburg
Germany

2. Contact Details of the Data Protection Officer

Email:
datenschutzbeauftragter@instart-group.com

3. General Information on Data Processing

3.1 Scope of Processing Personal Data

We generally process personal data of our users only insofar as this is necessary to provide a functional website as well as our content and services. The processing of personal data of our users regularly takes place only after the user's consent. An exception applies in cases where obtaining prior consent is not possible for practical reasons and the processing of the data is permitted by statutory regulations.

3.2 Legal Basis for the Processing of Personal Data

Insofar as we obtain the consent of the data subject for personal data processing operations, Art. 6 (1) lit. a of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) serves as the legal basis. When processing personal data that is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party, Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR serves as the legal basis. This also applies to processing operations that are necessary to carry out pre-contractual measures. Insofar as processing personal data is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation to which our company is subject, Art. 6 (1) lit. c GDPR serves as the legal basis. In the event that vital interests of the data subject or another natural person make processing personal data necessary, Art. 6 (1) lit. d GDPR serves as the legal basis. If processing is necessary to safeguard a legitimate interest of our company or a third party, and the interests, fundamental rights, and freedoms of the data subject do not override the first-mentioned interest, Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR serves as the legal basis for the processing.

3.3 Data Deletion and Storage Duration

The personal data of the data subject will be deleted or blocked as soon as the purpose of storage no longer applies. Storage may also take place if this has been provided for by the European or national legislator in Union regulations, laws, or other provisions to which the controller is subject. Data will also be blocked or deleted if a storage period prescribed by the aforementioned norms expires, unless there is a need for further storage of the data for the conclusion or performance of a contract.

4. Provision of the Website and Creation of Log Files

4.1 Description and Scope of Data Processing

Every time our website is accessed, our system automatically collects data and information from the computer system of the accessing computer. The following data is collected:

  1. Information about the browser type and the version used
  2. The user's operating system
  3. The user's internet service provider
  4. The user's IP address
  5. Date and time of access
  6. Websites from which the user's system reaches our website
  7. Websites accessed by the user's system via our website

The data is also stored in the log files of our system. This data is not stored together with other personal data of the user.

4.2 Legal Basis for Data Processing

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

4.3 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, the user's IP address must remain stored for the duration of the session. Storage in log files takes place to ensure the functionality of the website. In addition, the data serves us to optimize the website and to ensure the security of our information technology systems. An evaluation of the data for marketing purposes does not take place in this context. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in data processing pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

4.4 Storage Duration

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. In the case of collecting data for the provision of the website, this is the case when the respective session has ended. In the case of storing data in log files, this is the case after fourteen days at the latest. Storage beyond this period is possible. In this case, the users' IP addresses are deleted or anonymized, so that assignment of the accessing client is no longer possible.

4.5 Right to Object and Elimiantion Options

The collection of data for the provision of the website and the storage of data in log files is absolutely necessary for the operation of the website. Consequently, there is no option for the user to object.

5. Use of Cookies

5.1 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 can be stored on the user's operating system. This cookie contains a characteristic string of characters that enables clear identification of the browser when the website is called up again. 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 the cookies:

  1. The user's IP address
  2. Date and time of access
  3. Log-in information
  4. Amount of data transferred
  5. Requesting domain
  6. Language settings

Furthermore, we use cookies on our website that enable an analysis of the users' surfing behavior. In this way, the following data can be transmitted:

  1. Device type, model, brand, screen resolution
  2. Operating system, versions, families
  3. Browser, version, configuration, engines, plugins, language, language code
  4. Location data
  5. Provider information
  6. Pages per visit, number of visits, returning visits, visit time, visit day
  7. Entry pages, exit pages, page URL, page title, search terms, downloads
  8. Search engines, search terms, websites, social networks
  9. Campaigns, campaign keyword

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

5.2 Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for processing personal data using technically necessary cookies is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The legal basis for processing personal data using cookies for analysis purposes, provided the user has given consent, is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

5.3 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 recognized even after a page change. The user data collected by technically necessary cookies is not used to create user profiles. Analysis cookies are used to improve the quality of our website and its content. Through the analysis cookies, we learn how the website is used and can thus continuously optimize our offer. This allows us to offer you an optimal user experience and present you with a varied website and new content upon repeated use. These purposes also constitute our legitimate interest in processing personal data pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

5.4 Storage Duration, Right to Object and Elimination Options

Cookies are stored on the user's 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. Already stored cookies can be deleted at any time. This can also be done automatically. If cookies are deactivated for our website, it may no longer be possible to fully use all functions of the website.

6. Email Contact

6.1 Description and Scope of Data Processing

When contacting us via the email address provided, the user's personal data transmitted with the email will be stored. In this context, the data will not be passed on to third parties. The data will be used exclusively for processing the conversation.

6.2 Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the processing of data, provided the user has given consent, is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR. The legal basis for processing data transmitted in the course of sending an email is Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. If the email contact aims at the conclusion of a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR.

6.3 Purpose of Data Processing

The processing of personal data when contacting us via email serves solely to process the inquiry.

6.4 Storage Duration

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For personal data transmitted via email, this is the case when the respective conversation with the user has ended. The conversation has ended when it can be inferred from the circumstances that the matter in question has been conclusively resolved.

6.5 Right to Object and Elimination Options

The user has the option to withdraw their consent to the processing of personal data at any time. If the user contacts us by email, they can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. In such a case, the conversation cannot be continued. All personal data stored in the course of contacting us will be deleted in this case.

7. Online Application

7.1 Description and Scope of Data Processing

On our website, we offer users the opportunity to apply to us via an online form by providing personal data. The data is entered into an input mask, transmitted to us, and stored. The following data is collected as part of the registration process:

  1. Last Name
  2. First Name
  3. Email Address
  4. Application documents (e.g., CV, cover letter, etc.)

At the time of registration, the following data is also stored:

  1. The user's IP address
  2. Date and time of registration

As part of the registration process, the user's consent to the processing of this data is obtained.

7.2 Legal Basis for Data Processing

The legal basis for the processing of data, provided the user has given consent, is Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR.

7.3 Purpose of Data Processing

First and foremost, data processing serves to establish the employment relationship. The primary legal basis for this is Art. 88 (1) GDPR in conjunction with § 26 (1) BDSG-new. The data is processed exclusively within the scope of the application process. If relevant to the position to be filled, the processing of health data may be necessary to assess your fitness for work pursuant to Art. 9 (2) h) in conjunction with § 22 (1) b) BDSG-new. If the user wishes to be included in our talent pool in the event of a rejection in order to be considered for future vacancies, we require a declaration of consent from the user. In addition, based on European anti-terror regulations (EC regulations: Regulation (EC) 881/2002 and Regulation (EC) 2580/2001), we are obliged to check the data against the so-called 'EU terror lists' to ensure that no funds or other economic resources are made available for terrorist purposes.

7.4 Storage Duration

The data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was collected. For data collected during the registration process to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, this is the case when the data is no longer required for the execution of the contract. Even after completion of the contract, a need to store personal data of the contractual partner may exist in order to comply with contractual or statutory obligations.

7.5 Right to Object and Elimination Options

The user has the option to have the stored data deleted at any time. The stored data can be modified at any time at the request of the user. If the data is required to fulfill a contract or to carry out pre-contractual measures, premature deletion of the data is only possible insofar as contractual or statutory obligations do not prevent deletion.

8. Rights of the Data Subject

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

8.1 Right of Access

You can request confirmation from the controller as to whether personal data concerning you is being processed by us. If such processing exists, you can request access to the following information from the controller:

  1. the purposes for which the personal data is processed;
  2. the categories of personal data being processed;
  3. the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data concerning you has been or will be disclosed;
  4. the planned duration of storage of the personal data concerning you or, if specific details cannot be provided, criteria for determining the storage duration;
  5. the existence of a right to rectification or erasure of personal data concerning you, a right to restriction of processing by the controller, or a right to object to such processing;
  6. the existence of a right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;
  7. all available information about the origin of the data if the personal data was not collected from the data subject;
  8. the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, pursuant to Art. 22 (1) and (4) GDPR and – at least in these cases – meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisioned consequences of such processing for the data subject.

You have the right to request information as to whether personal data concerning you is transferred to a third country or to an international organization. In this context, you can request to be informed about the appropriate safeguards pursuant to Art. 46 GDPR in connection with the transfer.

8.2 Right to Rectification

You have a right to rectification and/or completion against the controller if the processed personal data concerning you is incorrect or incomplete. The controller must carry out the rectification without delay.

8.3 Right to Restriction of Processing

Under the following conditions, you can request the restriction of processing of personal data concerning you:

  1. if you contest the accuracy of the personal data concerning you for a period enabling the controller to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
  2. the processing is unlawful and you oppose the erasure of the personal data and request the restriction of its use instead;
  3. the controller no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but you require it for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims, or
  4. if you have objected to processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR pending the verification of whether the legitimate grounds of the controller override your grounds.

Where processing of personal data concerning you has been restricted, such data – apart from its storage – may only be processed with your consent or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest of the Union or of a Member State. If the restriction of processing has been restricted in accordance with the conditions above, you will be informed by the controller before the restriction is lifted.

8.4 Right to Erasure

8.4.1 Obligation to Erase

You can demand from the controller that the personal data concerning you be erased without delay, and the controller is obliged to erase this data without delay, provided one of the following reasons applies:

  1. The personal data concerning you is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
  2. You withdraw your consent on which the processing was based pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR, and there is no other legal basis for the processing.
  3. You object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (1) GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or you object to the processing pursuant to Art. 21 (2) GDPR.
  4. The personal data concerning you has been unlawfully processed.
  5. The erasure of the personal data concerning you is necessary to fulfill a legal obligation under Union law or the law of the Member States to which the controller is subject.
  6. The personal data concerning you was collected in relation to information society services offered pursuant to Art. 8 (1) GDPR.

8.4.2 Information to Third Parties

Where the controller has made the personal data concerning you public and is obliged to erase it pursuant to Art. 17 (1) GDPR, the controller, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technical measures, to inform controllers processing the personal data that you as the data subject have requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copies or replications of, those personal data.

8.4.3 Exceptions

The right to erasure does not exist insofar as processing is necessary

  1. for exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
  2. for compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject;
  3. for reasons of public interest in the area of public health pursuant to Art. 9 (2) lit. h and i as well as Art. 9 (3) GDPR;
  4. for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes, or statistical purposes pursuant to Art. 89 (1) GDPR, insofar as the right referred to in section a) is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the achievement of the objectives of that processing, or
  5. for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims.

8.5 Right to Notification

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing against the controller, the controller is obliged to communicate this rectification or erasure of data or restriction of processing to each recipient to whom the personal data concerning you has been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. You have the right to be informed about these recipients by the controller.

8.6 Right to Data Portability

You have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to the controller, in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. You also have the right to transmit this data to another controller without hindrance from the controller to whom the personal data was provided, provided that

  1. the processing is based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. a GDPR or Art. 9 (2) lit. a GDPR or on a contract pursuant to Art. 6 (1) lit. b GDPR, and
  2. the processing is carried out by automated means.

In exercising this right, you also have the right to have the personal data concerning you transmitted directly from one controller to another, insofar as this is technically feasible. This must not adversely affect the freedoms and rights of others. The right to data portability does not apply to the processing of personal data necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller.

8.7 Right to Object

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 (1) lit. e or f GDPR; this also applies to profiling based on these provisions. The controller shall no longer process the personal data concerning you unless the controller demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. Where personal data concerning you is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such marketing; this also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the personal data concerning you shall no longer be processed for such purposes. In the context of the use of information society services – notwithstanding Directive 2002/58/EC – you may exercise your right to object by automated means using technical specifications.

8.8 Right to Withdraw Data Protection Consent

You have the right to withdraw your data protection declaration of consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

8.9 Automated Individual Decision-Making, Including Profiling

You have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affects you. This does not apply if the decision

  1. is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between you and the controller,
  2. is authorized by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or
  3. is based on your explicit consent.

However, these decisions must not be based on special categories of personal data referred to in Art. 9 (1) GDPR, unless Art. 9 (2) lit. a or g GDPR applies and suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and legitimate interests are in place. In the cases referred to in (1) and (3), the controller shall implement suitable measures to safeguard your rights and freedoms and your legitimate interests, which include at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision.

8.10 Right to Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority

Without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work, or place of the alleged infringement, if you consider that the processing of personal data relating to you infringes the GDPR. The supervisory authority with which the complaint has been lodged shall inform the complainant on the progress and the outcome of the complaint including the possibility of a judicial remedy pursuant to Art. 78 GDPR.

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