11. Social media plugins
(1.1) Some of our websites contain ShareThis components. ShareThis is a bookmarking service that allows the user of the website to share the currently selected page with other users on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. With it, the user can share, rate and comment on the contents of the website. If the user uses ShareThis elements, the user's internet browser establishes a direct connection to the ShareThis servers and, if necessary, the chosen social network or bookmarking service. When using ShareThis, cookies are used. The hereby generated data (such as time of use or browser language) is transmitted to ShareThis Inc. in the USA and processed there. If you send website content to social networks, bookmarking services etc., a connection may be established between the website visit and the user profile on the corresponding network. Further information on data processing (including intended use) by ShareThis Inc. and the privacy policy maintained by ShareThis Inc. can be found at
http://www.sharethis.com/privacy. Further information on data processing and privacy policies by social networks, bookmarking services etc., including user settings, are shown in the privacy policies of the respective provider. We do not transfer affected data to third parties. By using the ShareThis fields, the user agrees to the processing of data by ShareThis Inc. in the extent set out on the website
http://www.sharethis.com. The user can opt out of the use of user data at any time by using an "opt out cookie". Further information can be found on the aforementioned website of ShareThis Inc. If the user does not wish for ShareThis to collect their user data via the website, the user should not use the ShareThis elements.
(1.2) Facebook Inc., headquartered at 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA (“Facebook“ for short), provides plug-ins for website operators that are used on some of our websites. The plug-ins are recognisable by the Facebook logo or the Facebook Like and Recommend button. When the user visits one of our websites containing this plug-in, the user’s browser establishes a connection to the plug-in provider’s servers. The content of the plug-in is transmitted from Facebook directly to the user's browser and displayed accordingly within the page. We have no influence over the displayed content of the plug-in. In some circumstances, Facebook can retrace the user’s visit to corresponding web pages and assign it to a Facebook account, if the user is registered with Facebook or has recently visited a Facebook page or a page with Facebook content. If the user actively uses plug-ins (e.g. by activating the Like button or sending a recommendation for the site), corresponding information is also sent from the user’s browser directly to Facebook without us having any influence on this. Further information on the nature, purpose and scope, as well as further processing and use of user data by Facebook can be found in Facebook’s Privacy Policy at
http://www.facebook.com/policy.php. There, the user can find out more about rights and options for the protection of privacy. We do not influence the purpose and scope of Facebook’s data collection or Facebook’s further processing thereof, nor can we access this information.
(1.3) Twitter Inc., with headquarters at 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107 USA (“Twitter” for short) provides plug-ins for website operators, which are used on some of our websites. The plug-ins are recognisable by the “Twitter-Tweet“ or “Follow” buttons. Pages with these plug-ins establish a direct connection to Twitter and transfer different data depending on your log-in status on Twitter. As a result, conclusions may possibly be drawn concerning use of our websites, which Twitter might use for its own purposes. The displayed plug-in content is on Twitter servers and is only displayed on our websites. We do not influence the purpose or scope of Twitter’s data collection or Twitter’s further processing thereof, nor can we access this information. More information on Twitter’s data protection regulations can be found at
http://twitter.com/privacy.
(1.4) LinkedIn Corporation, 2029 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA provides plug-ins that are used on some of our websites. Every visit to a page on our websites that contains LinkedIn functions establishes a connection to LinkedIn servers. LinkedIn is informed that the user has visited our website with your IP address. If the user clicks LinkedIn's "Like/Share" button and is logged into his LinkedIn account, LinkedIn can assign the user's visit to our website to him and his user account. We would like to point out that, as the provider of the websites, we have no knowledge of the content of the transferred data and its use by LinkedIn.
For further information, see LinkedIn's privacy policy at
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.