DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH
Lise-Meitner-Straße 4, 22941 Bargteheide, Germany
Tel. +49 4532 9740 – 01
Fax +49 4532 501052
Email: info@topmotive.eu

Managing Directors: Anja Pleus, Krunoslav Bagaric, Stefan Schneider
Telephone: +49 4532 9740 – 01
Email: info@topmotive.eu

Contact details of the Data Protection Officer
DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH – Data Protection Officer
Lise-Meitner-Straße 4, 22941 Bargteheide, Germany
Telephone: +49 4532 9740 – 01
Email: datenschutz@topmotive.eu

2. WHAT CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS AND WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

We collect a large portion of the personal data directly from you or it arises directly from the respective business relationship. However, in the context of the processing activities listed under Section 3, it may be necessary to use personal data from other sources. This is, of course, done in compliance with data protection regulations. In such cases, personal data may originate from publicly accessible sources (e.g., commercial register, register of associations, residents’ register, land registers, debtor registers, press publications and internet research), from affiliated companies, or from other third parties (e.g., credit agencies, address publishers and authorities).

Depending on the processing activity and purpose, the following data may be processed, for example: basic personal data (e.g., name, date of birth), contact and address data (e.g., address, email address, telephone number), bank details, order data (e.g., type and quantity of goods ordered or services used), historical data regarding the business relationship with the TOPMOTIVE Group, or data within the scope of ongoing contact maintenance, such as data on communications that have taken place including date, time and purpose.

If you access websites of the TOPMOTIVE Group or use other electronic services provided by us, various IT-specific information is processed. In addition to the type, time and duration of access, this includes the IP addresses you use, data about the end devices you use such as operating system and browser, as well as the volume of data transmitted. In the context of the processing activities mentioned under Section 3, so-called “cookies” are also used. Further details can be found in the specific privacy information for the respective website or electronic service. For the website, the information is provided at the end of this document.

3. FOR WHAT PURPOSES ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA PROCESSED AND ON WHAT LEGAL BASES?

Your personal data are processed in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act as amended on 30/06/2017 (BDSG-new), and other potentially applicable data protection provisions.

3.1 Processing for the performance of a contract or pre-contractual measures pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(b) GDPR

We process a large portion of personal data in order to perform contracts with you or to carry out pre-contractual measures at your request. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. The processing activities, including the associated purposes, arise in particular from the respective contract. Also necessary in this context are order-related communication, documentation of transactions, recording of business events, and complaint handling including fulfilment of any warranty claims.

3.2 Processing to comply with legal obligations or to perform tasks carried out in the public interest pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(c) and (e) GDPR

Like any other company, all TOPMOTIVE Group companies must fulfil various legal obligations. Personal data must also be processed in this context. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR. Personal data may also need to be processed to perform tasks in the public interest. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR. The requirements and resulting processing activities and purposes arise in particular from commercial and tax law as well as other regulatory or official requirements. For example, retention periods for business records require that numerous documents, including the personal data they contain, be stored for the long term. Further processing activities based on legal provisions may include anti-money laundering measures; prevention, combating and investigation of terrorist financing; fulfilment of tax control and reporting obligations; identity verification; and screening against anti-terror lists. Judicial or official measures may require personal data to be processed and in particular disclosed, including measures in the context of criminal prosecution, evidence collection, the assertion or defence of civil claims, or audits by tax and/or supervisory authorities.

3.3 Processing to safeguard legitimate interests of the TOPMOTIVE Group or third parties pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(f) GDPR

As a customer or business partner, you are used to a relationship based on trust. In addition to performing contracts with you, carrying out pre-contractual measures and fulfilling legal obligations or public interests, we process personal data to safeguard our legitimate interests or those of third parties. The legal basis for this is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Processing activities include, in particular:

• General contact maintenance within an existing business relationship

• General internal and external communication

• Compliance measures, including internal and external investigations to prevent and, where applicable, detect criminal offences or other violations

• Data exchange with affiliated companies to optimise the offering of goods and services and to improve processes and structures

• Restricted storage of personal data instead of deletion pursuant to Section 35 BDSG-new

• Obtaining quotations for credit insurance and concluding credit insurance to reduce economic risk

• Obtaining information and data exchange with credit agencies, including to reduce economic risk and to grant payment terms

• Establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims

• Ensuring IT and data security, including measures to maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of data

• Corporate management measures such as cost recording, controlling, internal and external reporting, internal audit

• In individual cases, listening in on telephone calls for training purposes or as part of quality control

• Quality management, monitoring and optimisation of business processes

• Risk and emergency management as well as various security measures, including measures to safeguard domiciliary rights

• Statistical analyses and needs assessments to optimise offerings, the availability of goods and services, and for direct customer outreach

• Statistical evaluations for measuring newsletter reach (e.g., open rates)

• Activities in the interest of building and system security, including access control and logging

• Video surveillance for the purpose of safeguarding domiciliary rights, preventing and prosecuting criminal offences, and protecting the property of the TOPMOTIVE Group and third parties

To pursue our own legitimate interests, we may supplement the data stored by us with data stored in publicly accessible sources or data collected from third parties (e.g., credit agencies, address publishers or authorities).

We also process personal data for marketing purposes and for market or opinion research. Advertising communication takes place in person, by telephone and by post. If you have purchased goods from us or used services, we may process your email address to send you information about similar products and services by email. Where the law requires consent, we will obtain it. Within the framework of legal provisions, we also exchange personal data with affiliated companies. Processing based on a balancing of interests is carried out only if you have not objected and if the law does not require explicit consent. We inform you about your right to object pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR separately below.

3.4 Processing based on your explicit consent pursuant to Art. 6(1) sentence 1(a) GDPR

Certain processing activities may require your consent. The legal basis for such processing is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR. Consents granted before 25/05/2018 generally remain valid. If we require your consent, we will inform you about the planned processing before you grant consent. You may revoke both new and previously granted consents at any time with effect for the future. Revocation does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

4. WHICH CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS HAVE ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA OR TO WHOM ARE THESE DATA DISCLOSED?

Within the TOPMOTIVE Group, personal data are accessible to units that require such data to perform their professional duties and to carry out the processing activities described under Section 3. Your personal data will be disclosed to parties outside the TOPMOTIVE Group only where permitted by law and where necessary in the context of the processing activities mentioned in Section 3. We do not sell your personal data for advertising or for market and opinion research purposes.

5. HOW LONG DOES THE TOPMOTIVE GROUP STORE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

The TOPMOTIVE Group processes your personal data for as long as is necessary within the framework of the business relationship, including pre-contractual measures, and to comply with legal obligations.

In addition, the TOPMOTIVE Group is obliged to observe commercial and tax retention periods. These arise in particular from the Commercial Code, the Fiscal Code and the Anti-Money Laundering Act, and amount to up to 10 years after the end of the business relationship or the initiation of the contract.

Further statutory provisions may require storage beyond this to preserve evidence. Sections 195 et seq. of the German Civil Code provide for limitation periods of up to 30 years, with the regular limitation period being three years.

Once the above-mentioned periods have expired, personal data are regularly deleted. Exceptions apply only where further processing is required in the context of a legitimate interest pursuant to Section 3(c). Such an interest may also exist under Section 35 BDSG-new if deletion is not possible or only possible with disproportionate effort due to the specific type of storage, and the data subject’s interest in deletion is deemed low. In such cases, processing is restricted by appropriate technical and organisational measures instead of deletion.

6. ARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA TRANSFERRED TO A THIRD COUNTRY OR AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION?

As a rule, the TOPMOTIVE Group processes personal data in Germany or within the European Union. Transfers to service providers, affiliated companies or other third parties outside the European Union take place, in principle, only in compliance with legal provisions and if:

• you have given us specific consent;

• it is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or for pre-contractual measures (e.g., delivery to an address outside the European Union);

• it is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract in your interest;

• there is a corresponding legal obligation or an overriding public interest;

• it is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

• it is necessary within the scope of the legitimate interests of the TOPMOTIVE Group or an affiliated company (adequate level of protection);

• it concerns processing by a processor (adequate level of protection).

7. WHAT DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS DO YOU HAVE?

As a data subject, you have various rights that you can assert against the TOPMOTIVE Group under certain conditions. These include:

• Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR)

• Right to rectification (Art. 16 GDPR)

• Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR)

• Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR)

• Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR)

Restrictions apply to the rights of access and erasure pursuant to Sections 34 and 35 BDSG-new.

You may object to processing based on legitimate interests (Art. 21(1) GDPR). In this case, we will stop processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims. The same applies analogously to processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes (Art. 21(2) GDPR). You may revoke consent at any time pursuant to Art. 7(3) GDPR. This also applies to consents granted before 25/05/2018. Revocation does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent prior to revocation.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR in conjunction with Section 19 BDSG-new). If you wish to exercise your rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer of the TOPMOTIVE Group, preferably in writing. Contact details can be found under Section 1.

8. ARE YOU REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERSONAL DATA?

You must provide the personal data necessary for initiating and conducting the business relationship, for carrying out pre-contractual measures and for fulfilling the contractual obligations associated with them. You must also provide the data that the TOPMOTIVE Group is legally obliged to process. Without this information, we will generally not be able to conclude or perform the respective contract with you. Such an obligation to provide personal data may also arise later in the course of a business relationship. The provision of other personal data is voluntary.

9. IS THERE AUTOMATED INDIVIDUAL DECISION-MAKING (INCLUDING PROFILING)?

The TOPMOTIVE Group uses automated individual decisions pursuant to Art. 22 GDPR in the performance of contracts. In the event of repeated payment defaults, the option to purchase on account (with payment term) is blocked automatically. This measure is intended to reduce payment defaults. Data subjects have the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express their point of view and to contest the decision. In the context of recruitment procedures, no automated individual decision-making within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR takes place; that is, the decision on your application is not based exclusively on automated processing.

In some cases, personal data are also processed automatically to evaluate certain personal aspects (so-called profiling). To inform you specifically about products and services and to offer you tailored proposals, evaluation mechanisms are used that take into account, among other things, your industry affiliation and past product-group-specific sales.

Special categories of personal data pursuant to Art. 9 GDPR as well as data on your nationality are not used for this purpose.

10. INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT UNDER ART. 21 GDPR

Right to object in individual cases
If you object, the TOPMOTIVE Group will no longer process the personal data concerning you unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Right to object to processing for direct marketing
The TOPMOTIVE Group uses your personal data for direct marketing purposes. You have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for such advertising. This also applies to profiling insofar as it is related to such direct marketing. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, the TOPMOTIVE Group will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

The objection can be made without form and should be addressed to:
DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH – Data Protection Officer
Lise-Meitner-Straße 4, 22941 Bargteheide, Germany

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ON THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE

The use of our site is possible without providing personal data. For the use of individual services on our site, different rules may apply; in such cases, these are explained separately below. We process your personal data (e.g., name, address, email, telephone number, etc.) only in accordance with the provisions of German data protection law. Data are personal if they can be clearly assigned to a specific natural person. The following provisions inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of the collection, use and processing of personal data.

Controller within the meaning of Art. 4(7) GDPR:
DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH
Lise-Meitner-Straße 4, 22941 Bargteheide, Germany
Managing Directors: Anja Pleus, Krunoslav Bagaric, Stefan Schneider
Telephone: +49 4532 9740 – 01
Email: info@topmotive.eu

Contact details of the Data Protection Officer
DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH – Data Protection Officer
Lise-Meitner-Straße 4, 22941 Bargteheide, Germany
Telephone: +49 4532 9740 – 01
Email: datenschutz@topmotive.eu

We point out that internet-based data transmission has security gaps; complete protection against access by third parties is therefore impossible.

COOKIES

We use so-called cookies on our site to recognise multiple use of our offering by the same user/holder of an internet connection. Cookies are small text files that your internet browser places and stores on your computer. They help us optimise our website and our offerings. These are mostly so-called “session cookies,” which are deleted again after your visit ends. In some cases, however, these cookies provide information to automatically recognise you. This recognition is based on the IP address stored in the cookies. The information obtained in this way helps us optimise our offerings and provide you with easier access to our site. You can prevent the installation of cookies by setting your browser accordingly; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website to their full extent.

SERVER DATA

For technical reasons, among other things, the following data transmitted by your internet browser to us or to our web space provider are recorded (so-called server log files):

• Browser type and version

• Operating system used

• Website from which you visit us (referrer URL)

• Website you visit

• Date and time of your access

• Your Internet Protocol (IP) address

These anonymous data are stored separately from any personal data you may have provided and therefore do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about a specific person. They are evaluated for statistical purposes in order to optimise our website and our offerings.

CONTACT OPTIONS

On our site, we offer you the opportunity to contact us by email and/or via a contact form. In this case, the information provided by the user is stored for the purpose of processing the user’s contact. There is no disclosure to third parties. The data collected in this way are not matched with data that may be collected by other components of our site.

USE OF ZENDESK

We use the Zendesk ticketing system to process user/customer inquiries and service tickets. This is a customer service platform of Zendesk Inc., 989 Market Street #300, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA.

For these inquiries, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR is the legal basis for the processing of your data in Zendesk, allowing us to handle your requests professionally, quickly and efficiently.

If you contact us by email, phone or via a form, we will use the personal data you provide (e.g., first and last name, postal address, telephone number, email address) exclusively to process the specific request. The data provided will be treated confidentially. The data provided and the message history with our service desk are stored for follow-up questions and subsequent contacts.

Messages addressed to us remain with us until you ask us to delete them or the purpose for data storage no longer applies. Mandatory statutory provisions—especially retention periods—remain unaffected.

For lawful data processing in connection with the service provider Zendesk, a data processing agreement (DPA) based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses (version 2021) has been concluded pursuant to Article 28 GDPR. The required Transfer Impact Assessment (TIA) has been prepared and is reviewed regularly.

Zendesk also has Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) approved by the Irish Data Protection Authority. These are binding internal company rules that legitimise intra-group data transfers to third countries outside the EU and EEA.

The necessary adequate level of data protection with Zendesk is additionally ensured by concluding an EU package, whereby data are hosted in Dublin (Ireland).

Further information on data processing by Zendesk can be found in Zendesk’s privacy policy at http://www.zendesk.com/company/privacy or at https://www.zendesk.com/trust-center/.

USE OF GOOGLE ANALYTICS WITH ANONYMISATION FUNCTION

We use Google Analytics on our site, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (for users of Google services whose habitual residence is in the European Economic Area or Switzerland), hereinafter “Google.” Google Analytics uses “cookies,” text files that are stored on your computer and enable an analysis of your use of the website.

The information generated by these cookies—such as time, place and frequency of your website visits including your IP address—is transmitted to Google in the USA and stored there.

We use Google Analytics on our website with an IP anonymisation function. In this case, Google shortens and thereby anonymises your IP address within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Google will use this information to evaluate your use of our site, to compile reports on website activity for us, and to provide other services related to website and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where such third parties process the data on Google’s behalf.

According to Google, your IP address will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You can prevent the installation of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser software; however, please note that in this case you may not be able to use all functions of our website to their full extent.

Furthermore, Google offers a deactivation option for the most common browsers that gives you more control over what data Google collects and processes. If you enable this option, no information about your website visit will be transmitted to Google Analytics. Enabling it does not prevent information from being transmitted to us or to other web analytics services we may use. Further information on the deactivation option provided by Google and on enabling it can be found at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de

USE OF GOOGLE MAPS

We use the “Google Maps” component provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (for users of Google services with habitual residence in the EEA or Switzerland), hereinafter “Google.”

Each time the “Google Maps” component is called up, Google sets a cookie to process user settings and data when the page on which the “Google Maps” component is integrated is displayed. This cookie is generally not deleted when the browser is closed but expires after a certain time unless you delete it manually beforehand.

If you do not agree with this processing of your data, you have the option to deactivate the “Google Maps” service and thus prevent the transfer of data to Google. To do this, you must deactivate the JavaScript function in your browser. However, please note that in this case you may not be able to use “Google Maps” or only to a limited extent.

The use of “Google Maps” and the information obtained via “Google Maps” is subject to Google’s Terms of Use
http://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/terms/regional.html
and the additional terms of service for “Google Maps”
https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/help/terms_maps.html

USE OF reCAPTCHA

To protect input forms on our site, we use the “reCAPTCHA” service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (for users of Google services with habitual residence in the EEA or Switzerland), hereinafter “Google.” By using this service, it can be distinguished whether the corresponding input is of human origin or is being misused by automated machine processing.

To our knowledge, the referrer URL, the IP address, the behaviour of website visitors, information about operating system, browser and length of stay, cookies, display instructions and scripts, the user’s input behaviour and mouse movements in the area of the “reCAPTCHA” checkbox are transmitted to Google.

Google uses the information obtained to digitise books and other printed materials and to optimise services such as Google Street View and Google Maps (e.g., house number and street name recognition).

The IP address transmitted as part of “reCAPTCHA” will not be merged with other data from Google unless you are logged into your Google account at the time of using the “reCAPTCHA” plugin. If you want to prevent the transmission and storage of data about you and your behaviour on our website by “Google,” you must log out of Google before visiting our site or using the reCAPTCHA plugin.

The use of information obtained via the “reCAPTCHA” service is governed by Google’s Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

USE OF EMPLIFI SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING CLOUD

To provide our social media content on various social media platforms, we use the Emplifi Social Media Marketing Cloud service of Emplifi Inc., 4200 Regent Street, Suite 200, Columbus, OH 43219, USA.

Emplifi also processes data in the USA. The provider Emplifi has certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework to ensure secure transfer of personal data of EU citizens to the USA. More information: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/list

Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2) and (3) GDPR) have also been concluded with relevant processors that process data of EU citizens. Through the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and the Standard Contractual Clauses, Emplifi undertakes to comply with the European level of data protection when processing such data.

Further information can be found in the privacy notices: https://emplifi.io/legal/product-privacy-policy

USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA / SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

We operate our own social media profiles on various social networks to inform about our services and content and to communicate with interested parties and users. To access our social media profiles, we use social media links on our website. These links provide a simple way to quickly access our social media profiles. The social media platforms we use are:

• Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, Ireland)

• YouTube (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland)

• Xing (New Work SE, Am Strandkai 1, 20457 Hamburg, Germany)

• LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)

• Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Merrion Road, Dublin 4, Ireland)

• TikTok (TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited, Kaleidoscope, 4 Lindsey Street, London, EC1A 9HP, UK, and TikTok Technology Limited, 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland)

The social media links are embedded as icons on our website. Your information is transmitted to the respective provider only when you click on an icon on our website. Which personal data and information the respective providers process can be found in their privacy policies, which you can view below under “Your Rights.”

We operate the following social media pages:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/topmotive/

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClHlLgIsR2MAT1rnu0Xc65Q

• Xing: https://www.xing.com/pages/dvsegmbh-topmotive

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/topmotive/

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/topmotive_group/?hl=de

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@topmotive.group

When you visit our social media profiles, the privacy policies of the respective operators apply. We point out that data may be processed by the platforms outside the European Union. This may entail risks, such as more difficult enforcement of data subject rights.

The operators of social media platforms generally collect data about your user behaviour, which they use for their own market research and advertising purposes. This also includes information such as IP addresses, the use of cookies and similar technologies. These data may be transmitted to platform operators even if you do not have an account with the respective platform.

Legal basis
The processing of your personal data in connection with the use of our social media profiles is based on Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests). Our legitimate interest lies in improving our external presentation and in effective communication with users.

Your rights
When you interact with us via social media, the rights of data subjects under the GDPR generally apply, such as the right of access, rectification or deletion of your data. For detailed information on data processing by the respective platform operators and your options to object or withdraw consent (opt-out), please refer to the privacy policies of the individual operators:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/

• YouTube: https://policies.google.com/privacy

• Xing: https://privacy.xing.com/de/datenschutzerklaerung

• LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

• Instagram: https://privacycenter.instagram.com/policy/

• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/de

We recommend contacting the respective platform operators directly with questions about data processing on social media, as we do not have full access to all data collected by the platforms.

Data processing by TOPMOTIVE
The data you provide on our social media pages—such as usernames, comments, videos, images, likes, public messages, etc.—are published directly by the respective social media platform. We do not use this information for other purposes. No further processing by us takes place. However, we reserve the right to delete content where necessary. Where the platform allows, we may share your content on our page or contact you via the platform.

If you submit a request to us via the social media platform, we may, depending on the nature of the request, refer you to alternative, secure communication channels to ensure confidentiality.

The legal basis for processing your data is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in conducting public relations for our company and communicating with you.

Some social media platforms generate usage statistics that contain information about your interactions with our page. We have no influence on the creation and provision of these statistics and cannot prevent their collection. We process these statistics in accordance with Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR to pursue our legitimate interest in analysing the use of our social media presence and optimising our content in a targeted manner.

We also occasionally use social media platforms to run targeted advertising. For this, we use audience definitions made available by the platform, which are based on anonymised characteristics such as users’ demographics, interests or behaviour patterns. The platform operator uses this information to deliver targeted advertising. The legal basis for this is the consent obtained by the platform operator from its users.

If you wish to withdraw your consent to data processing, please use the corresponding options on the social media platform, as the platform operator is responsible for this processing. In some cases, we or the platform also use publicly accessible data for audience definition. The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR, with our legitimate interest being to define target groups as precisely as possible. We never use sensitive personal data within the meaning of Arts. 9 and 10 GDPR.

We do not use location data for audience definition and do not transmit personal data to the platform operator as part of this definition.

In certain cases, we use information about visits to or interactions with other websites to define target groups. Among other things, we use cookies for this purpose. Before this happens, we obtain users’ consent via a cookie banner on the respective pages and inform them about the data processing. This consent can be withdrawn at any time by reopening the cookie banner of the respective website.

If you wish to object to specific data processing over which we have control, you can write to us: datenschutz@topmotive.eu

PUBLICATION OF JOB ADVERTISEMENTS / ONLINE APPLICATIONS

We offer you the opportunity to apply for advertised positions by email or via our website. For this we use the applicant management tool HRworks, a service of HRworks GmbH, Waldkircher Straße 28, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.

If you apply via our careers page, the personal data you provide (e.g., name, contact details, application documents, communication content) are collected and processed directly in HRworks. Processing is carried out exclusively for the purpose of conducting the application procedure and deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR, Section 26(1) BDSG).

HRworks processes the data exclusively on our behalf and on the basis of a data processing agreement pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR. HRworks’ servers are located in Germany or within the European Union.

If no employment relationship is established after completion of the application process, your data will be deleted no later than six months after completion of the application process, unless deletion is opposed by our legitimate interests (e.g., for the defence of legal claims) or you have expressly consented to longer storage (e.g., for an applicant pool).

Further information on data processing by HRworks can be found at: https://www.hrworks.de/datenschutzerklaerung/

INFORMATION / REVOCATION / DELETION

Under the Federal Data Protection Act, you may contact us free of charge with questions regarding the collection, processing or use of your personal data and their rectification, blocking, deletion or the revocation of consent given. We point out that you have the right to the correction of incorrect data or the deletion of personal data, provided that no legal retention obligation stands in the way.

The “Supplementary Information” on the use of this website was created using the privacy policy generator of the law firm Weiß & Partner.

OUR SUBCONTRACTORS

Within the TOPMOTIVE Group, we work with subcontractors for different purposes.
Which ones these are and what functions they perform can be found here in the overview: