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When you visit our LinkedIn profile, personal data, i.e. data relating to an identified or identifiable person, is collected. It does not matter whether you are logged in to the page or not. Below, we therefore provide you with information about the type, scope, and purpose of the collection and use of your data in connection with your visit to our LinkedIn profile. You will receive information about how your data is used and what rights you have with regard to its use. 

The information in this privacy policy refers to the collection and processing of your personal data in connection with your visit to our LinkedIn profile, insofar as this is carried out by us. 

For more information about data processing by the operator of LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company (hereinafter: “LinkedIn”)), please visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

The controller responsible for data processing is:

Scheja & Partners GmbH & Co. KG (hereinafter referred to as “we”)
Adenauerallee 136
D-53113 Bonn
T: +49 228-227 226-0
Email: Encrypted contact form

Joint controllers within the meaning of Article 26 GDPR are, where specified below: 

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company 
Wilton Plaza, Gardner House 4,5,6 
Dublin 2, Ireland 
Phone: +1 855 832 5465

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

You can contact our Data Protection Officer as follows: 

Scheja & Partners GmbH & Co. KG
Data Protection Officer 
Adenauerallee 136
D-53113 Bonn

Email: Encrypted contact form

You can contact LinkedIn’s Data Protection Officer using the form at: 

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/ask/TSO-DPO. 

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

a) Contacting you, interacting with you, commenting on posts

We process your personal data when you contact us via LinkedIn. When you contact us via LinkedIn, the data you provide and your LinkedIn profile will be visible to us. In particular, we process the following data

• Date and time of the interaction
• Type of device
• Type and content of the interaction (e.g., likes, direct messages, comments)
• Profile
• Profile picture
• Contact information
• Education
• Professional background
• “Likes”

We collect and process your personal data to respond to your interaction requests, to communicate with you, to improve your user experience, to report on current topics, and to receive and process inquiries, complaints, or other feedback. LinkedIn itself uses the data to create analyses/evaluations/statistics. 

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in communicating with you. In addition, our LinkedIn profile is intended to enable you to contact us quickly and easily and to provide you with information on current topics. If you contact us via LinkedIn for the purpose of concluding a contract with us, Article 6 para. 1 b) GDPR is the legal basis for the processing. 

b) Evaluation for statistical purposes using Page Insights by LinkedIn

We use LinkedIn Insights for the purpose of designing our LinkedIn profile in line with requirements and continuously optimizing it, as well as for displaying target group-oriented posts. LinkedIn provides us with anonymized information in the form of statistics about how many users visit the page, when they visit it, and how they interact with it (page insights). The categories of personal data processed include field of activity, company size, industry, location, and career level.

The processing is carried out jointly with LinkedIn in accordance with Article 26 GDPR. We will provide you with the essential details of the agreement for joint controllers upon request.

We process the data using Page Insights for the purpose of optimizing our offering and ensuring more effective communication with interested parties.

The legal basis for processing is Art. 6 para. 1 f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in improving our offering on LinkedIn.

Further information on the purposes and legal basis of processing by LinkedIn can be found at:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv.

Your personal data will be transferred to the following recipients or processed by them:

Employees of our organisation have access to your personal data to the extent necessary to fulfill the above-mentioned purposes.

We only pass on your personal data to external recipients outside Scheja & Partners GmbH & Co. KG if this is necessary for the processing or handling of your request, if there is another legal permission or if we have your consent to do so.

External recipients may include:

a) Processors

External service providers that we use to provide services, for example in the areas of technical infrastructure and maintenance for our offering or the provision of content. These processors are carefully selected and regularly reviewed by us to ensure that your privacy is protected. The service providers may only use the data for the purposes specified by us.

b) Public authorities

Authorities and government institutions, such as public prosecutors, courts, or tax authorities, to whom we are required to transfer personal data for legal reasons.

LinkedIn processes the data as described in LinkedIn’s privacy policy.

We only process your personal data in Germany and within the European Union.

LinkedIn also transfers personal data to countries outside the EU (LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Ave, Sunnyvale, CA94085, USA).

The standard contractual clauses have been concluded between LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company and LinkedIn Corporation.

In any case, we only store your personal data for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined above. In the event of an objection, we will delete your personal data unless further processing is permitted under the relevant legal provisions. 

If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:

Right to access:
You have the right to obtain information about the data processed about you.

Right to rectification:
You can request the correction of inaccurate data relating to you. In addition, you can request the completion of incomplete data.

Right to erasure:
In certain cases, you can request the deletion of your personal data.

Right to restriction of processing:
In certain cases, you may request that the processing of your data be restricted.

Right to data portability:
If you have provided data on the basis of a contract or consent, you may request that the data you have provided be provided to you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format or that it be transferred to another controller.

Right to object in individual cases:
You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 s. 1 f) GDPR at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. Your personal data will then no longer be processed for these purposes, unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights, and freedoms, or the processing serves to assert, exercise, or defend legal claims.

Withdrawal of consent:
If you have given your consent to the processing of your data, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. The lawfulness of the processing of your data until revocation remains unaffected by this.

Exercising your rights:
To exercise the aforementioned rights, please contact us using the contact details provided in section 1. Please ensure that we are able to clearly identify you.

Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority:
You have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection 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 is unlawful.