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Online offers in social media

We offer online services in various social media in order to provide information there and to be able to contact you, and we also process your personal data in the process. This relates, for example, to events we hold or current events, special promotions and offers, but also current job advertisements.

We have no influence on the processing of personal data by the respective platform operator. As a rule, cookies are stored in your browser by the platform operator when you visit our offers there, in which your usage behavior or interests are stored for market research and advertising purposes.

The usage profiles obtained in this way - usually across devices - are used by the platform operators to display personalized advertising to you. Data processing may also affect persons who are not registered as users with the respective platform. Under certain circumstances, your data may be processed outside the area of the European Union, which may make it more difficult to enforce your rights. However, when selecting such platforms, we make sure that the operators undertake to comply with EU data protection standards.

The processing of your personal data when visiting one of our offers on social media is based on our legitimate interests in a diverse external presentation of our company and the use of an effective information opportunity and communication with you.

Detailed information on data processing in connection with the use of our offers on these platforms, objection options and the assertion of information rights can be obtained via the privacy policy of the relevant platform operator. For a detailed presentation of the respective forms of processing and the objection options, please refer to the data protection statements and information provided by the platform operators. You will find the corresponding links at the end of this page.

In the case of requests for information and the assertion of your data subject rights, we would also like to point out that these can be asserted most effectively with the platform operators. Only they have access to the users' data and can take appropriate measures and provide information directly.

Joint responsibility

As operators of pages within a social network (hereinafter referred to as "appearance"), we are jointly responsible with the respective platform operator within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO). When visiting our appearances, personal data of the page visitors is processed by the responsible parties.

We have concluded an agreement with the respective platform operators regarding this joint responsibility under data protection law. Under the agreement, the respective platform operators acknowledge joint responsibility with regard to the processing carried out by them. and assumes significant data protection obligations to inform data subjects, to ensure data security or to report data protection breaches. The agreement also stipulates that the operator is the primary contact for the exercise of data subjects' rights. This is because the platform operator alone has direct access to the necessary information and can also take any necessary measures and provide information immediately. If you still require assistance, please feel free to contact us.

Use of analysis functions

In connection with the operation of our websites, we use analysis functions of the platform operators to obtain anonymized statistical data on the users of our websites. These are created by the respective platform operator and enable us to manage the marketing of our activities in a better and more targeted manner. This is so-called aggregated data, with which no reference to your person can be made.

Cookies and other comparable storage technologies are used by the platform operator in connection with visits to our and other websites. For more information on the use of these technologies by the platform operators, please refer to their data protection notices or cookie policies,

Purposes of processing

The processing of the information generated in this way is intended to enable us, as the operator of the appearance, to obtain statistics that the provider compiles on the basis of visits to our appearances. The purpose of this is to control the marketing of our activity. For example, it allows us to gain knowledge of the profiles of visitors who appreciate our appearances or use applications of the site, in order to provide them with more relevant content and develop features that may be of greater interest to them.

In addition, to help us better understand how our presence can support our business goals, demographic and geographic analyses are also created and provided to us based on the information we collect. We may use this information to target interest-based advertisements without directly knowing the identity of the visitor. If visitors visit our website on several devices, the collection and analysis can also be carried out across devices if the visitors are registered and logged into their own profiles.

The visitor statistics created are transmitted to us exclusively in anonymized form. We have no access to the underlying data.

Furthermore, we use our websites to communicate with our customers, interested parties and users and to inform them about our range of services or job vacancies. In this context, we may receive further information, e.g. due to user comments, private messages or because you follow us or share our content. The processing is solely for the purpose of communicating and interacting with you.

Sweepstakes and contests
Data that you provide independently of a contract with or without a profile at Testo Industrial Services for the one-time participation in a sweepstakes will only be processed by us for the proper execution of the sweepstakes (determination, notification and shipment of the prize). Unless we are obliged or entitled to process the data for other legal reasons, the data will be deleted after the competition has been completed.

The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) a) and b) DSGVO through your consent to our conditions of participation and the associated consent to the required use of data. Insofar as your participation is based on consent, you can revoke your consent at any time, for example by sending an informal e-mail to communication(at)testotis.de. The revocation does not affect the lawfulness of the data processing carried out up to the time of the revocation.

Legal basis and legitimate interests

We operate our presences in order to present ourselves to, interact with and communicate with users as well as other interested persons and our customers who visit our presences. The processing of users' personal data is based on our legitimate interests, in an optimized company and product presentation.

Disclosure of data

It is conceivable that the information collected may also be processed outside the European Union at the respective company headquarters of the platform operators. This transfer usually takes place on the basis of the so-called standard contractual clauses.

We ourselves do not pass on any personal data that we receive via our appearances.

Objection options

Registered users of the respective platform can usually influence the settings for advertising preferences within their user profile and thereby determine the extent to which their user behavior may be recorded when visiting our sites.

Contact options and your rights as a data subject

Further information on our contact details, including those of our data protection officer, the rights of data subjects vis-à-vis us and how we process personal data can be found in the data protection information.

Our presences

We operate presences on the following social media offerings:

Facebook
Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Agreement on the joint processing of personal data in accordance with the requirements of the DSGVO.
Privacy policy of the provider
Cookie Policy

Instagram
Facebook Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland
Agreement on the joint processing of personal data in accordance with the requirements of the DSGVO
Privacy policy of the provider
Cookie Policy

LinkedIn
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland
Agreement on the joint processing of personal data in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR (Page Insights Joint Controller Addendum)
Privacy policy of the provider

Xing
XING AG, Dammtorstraße 29-32, 20354 Hamburg, Germany.
Data protection information of the provider

Privacy notice