6. Our social media sites
6.1 Responsibilities
The party responsible for the collection and processing of data described below (the controller) is in some cases us, PreZero Stiftung & Co. KG, and in some cases the operator of the relevant social media platform. For certain types of processing, we and the platform operator act as joint controllers as defined in Article 26 GDPR.
We use the following social media sites:
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/PreZero-International-101028862067453
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/prezero_int/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZ4ro9pkchUI_23PNXinFA
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/prezero-international/about/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PreZeroINT
6.1.1 The platform operator as controller
We have only limited control over the processing of data by the operators of social media platforms (e.g., the management of members and the information shared). In the situations in which we are able to have influence and can set parameters for the data processing, we endeavor to ensure within the confines of the options available to us that the social media platform operator deals with the data in accordance with data protection law requirements. In many cases, however, we are unable to influence the way in which social media platform operators process data and also do not know exactly which data they process.
Platform operators operate the entire IT infrastructure of the service, have their own privacy policies and maintain their own user agreements with you (where you are a registered user of the social media service). The operator is also solely responsible for all questions relating to the data that makes up your user profile, which we as a company have no access to.
You will find further information about the data processing performed by social media platform operators and your rights to object in the privacy policies of the operators.
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Instagram:
https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/intl/de/about/policies/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=d_org_guest_company_overview_footer-privacy-policy
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/de/privacy
6.1.2 PreZero Stiftung & Co. KG as the controller
6.1.2.1 Purposes and legal basis of processing
We process data on our social media sites for the purpose of providing information to customers about services, promotions, prize draws, specific topics and latest company news, to interact with visitors to our social media sites on these topics, and to respond to relevant inquiries and positive or negative feedback.
We merely reserve the right to delete content if it becomes necessary to do so. We may share your content on our site if this is one of the functions of the social media platform, and communicate with you through the social media platform. Article 6(1)(f) GDPR is the legal basis for this. The processing is carried out for the purpose of our public relations work and communications. Operators have no ability to influence our processing of your data in connection with customer communications or prize draws.
As already mentioned, where social media platform operators give us the option, we make sure we design our social media sites to be as compliant as possible with data protection laws.
6.1.2.2 Recipients/categories of recipient
The data entered by you on our social media sites, such as comments, videos, images, likes, public messages, etc., is published by the social media platforms and is not used or processed by us for other purposes at any time. We merely reserve the right to delete unlawful content if it becomes necessary to do so. This would be the case, for example, for posts that infringe rights or violate the law, comments that incite hatred, offensive comments (sexually explicit content) or attachments (e.g., images or videos), which may be in violation of copyright laws, moral rights/rights of publicity or criminal law.
We may share your content on our site if this is one of the functions of the social media platform, and communicate through the social media platform. If you post an inquiry on the social media platform, we may also, depending on the required response, refer you to other more secure modes of communication that guarantee confidentiality. You always have the option of sending confidential inquiries to us at our address listed under no. 1 above or in the "legal notice" section of our website.
6.1.2.3 Obligation to provide your data
You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide personal data to us. When you use our social media sites for purely informational purposes, we do not collect any personal data. You can still visit our sites even if you do not wish to provide us with any personal data, but you will not be able to use any enhanced features such as the news function and the function allowing you to post images or comments etc.
6.1.2.4 Storage time
We delete or securely anonymize all information we receive from you when you make inquiries no later than 90 days after the final response is sent to you. The information is retained for 90 days in case you contact us again after a receiving a response from us on the same matter and we need to refer to our previous correspondence. Based on experience, we generally do not receive any questions concerning our responses after 90 days. If you assert your rights as a data subject, your personal data will be stored for three years after the final response in order to document the fact that we provided you with comprehensive information and that the legal requirements have been met.
All public posts that you put on our social media sites remain in the timeline for an indefinite period, unless we delete them as part of updating the information on the topic, they violate the law or breach our guidelines or policies, or you delete the post yourself. We have no control over the deletion of your data by the operator itself. The privacy policy of the relevant operator therefore also applies in relation to the storage period.
6.2 Processing as joint controllers
In some cases, we and the operator of the social media service act as joint controllers as defined in Article 26(1) GDPR:
We and the platform operator act as joint controllers with regard to the web tracking methods used by the social media platform operator. Web tracking can occur regardless of whether you are logged in or registered on the social media platform. As already explained, unfortunately we have almost no control over the web tracking methods used by social media platforms. We are unable, for example, to switch web tracking off.
The legal basis for the web tracking methods is Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Optimizing social media platforms and the relevant fan pages is seen as a legitimate interest for the purpose of the above provision.
For further information about recipients and categories of recipients and the storage time/criteria for determining storage time, please refer to the privacy policies of the platform operators. We do not have any control over this.
You will find information on the rights available to you to prevent these web tracking methods in the privacy policies of the platform operators. You can also contact the platform operators about this using the contact details provided in the legal notice section of their respective websites.
We have only a very limited ability to influence and prevent the provision of statistics to us by social media platform operators. However, we do make sure that we do not receive any additional optional statistics.
Please be aware that it is possible that social media platforms will use your profile and user behavior data in order to analyze, for example, your habits, personal relationships and preferences etc. PreZero Stiftung & Co. KG has no control over the processing or disclosure of your data by social media platform operators.
