1 Introduction
The protection of your personal data is an important concern for us. It goes without saying that we comply with all statutory provisions on data protection and data security, in particular the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU-DSGVO) as well as the Telecommunications Telemedia Data Protection Act (TTDSG).
In this privacy policy we would like to inform you how we process your personal data.
2 Responsible person / contact
Uniper SE, Holzstraße 6, 40221 Düsseldorf, Germany ("we", "us" or "Uniper") is responsible for the data processing described in this privacy policy.
Please note that Twitter (Twitter Inc., 1355 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103 U.S.A) is solely responsible for data processing in terms of data protection law.
We use the technical platform and services of Twitter for the short message service offered. The responsible party for the data processing of persons living outside the United States is Twitter International Company, One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street, Dublin 2 D02 AX07, Ireland.
Insofar as links are provided to other websites or online content, the respective data protection notices apply.
You can reach our data protection officer by post at
Uniper SE
- for the attention of the data protection officer -
Holzstraße 6
40221 Dusseldorf
or by e-mail to: dataprotection@uniper.energy
3 Processing activities
3.1 Processing by Twitter
We would like to point out that you use the Twitter short message service offered here and its functions on your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (for example, sharing or rating).
Information on what data is processed by Twitter and for what purposes can be found in Twitter's privacy policy: Privacy Policy (twitter.com).
The information collected by the cookies of this provider is usually sent to a server in the USA and stored there. In the event that the data is transferred to the USA, the data transfer is based on the existence of standard contractual clauses.
We have no influence on the type and scope of the data processed by Twitter, the type of processing and use or the transfer of this data to third parties. We also have no effective control options in this respect. With the use of Twitter, your personal data is collected, transferred, stored, disclosed and used by Twitter Inc. and thereby transferred to the United States, Ireland and any other country in which Twitter Inc. does business, and stored and used there, regardless of your place of residence. On the one hand, Twitter processes your voluntarily entered data such as name and user name, e-mail address, telephone number or the contacts of your address book when you upload or synchronize it. On the other hand, Twitter also evaluates the content you share to determine what topics you are interested in, stores and processes confidential messages that you send directly to other users, and can determine your location using GPS data, wireless network information, or your IP address in order to send you advertising or other content.
Twitter Inc. may use analysis tools such as Twitter Analytics or Google Analytics for evaluation purposes. We have no influence on the use of such tools by Twitter Inc. and were not informed about such potential use. If tools of this type are used by Twitter Inc. for our account, we have neither commissioned nor approved this nor supported it in any other way. We are also not provided with the data obtained during the analysis. Only certain non-personal information about tweet activity, such as the number of profile or link clicks through a particular tweet, is viewable by us through our account. Moreover, we have no way to prevent or disable the use of such tools on their Twitter account.
Finally, Twitter also receives information when you view content, for example, even if you have not created an account. This so-called "log data" may be the IP address, browser type, operating system, information about the website you visited previously and the pages you viewed, your location, your mobile carrier, the terminal device you use (including device ID and application ID), the search terms you used and cookie information.
Twitter buttons or widgets integrated into websites and the use of cookies enable Twitter to record your visits to these websites and assign them to your Twitter profile. Based on this data, content or advertising can be offered tailored to you. Since Twitter Inc. is a non-European provider with a European branch only in Ireland, it is not bound by German data protection regulations according to its own interpretation. This concerns, for example, your rights to information, blocking or deletion of data or the possibility to object to the use of usage data for advertising purposes.
You have options for restricting the processing of your data in the general settings of your Twitter account and under the item "Privacy and security". In addition, you can restrict Twitter's access to contact and calendar data, photos, location data, etc. on mobile devices (smartphones, tablet computers) in the settings options there. However, this depends on the operating system used.
More information on these items is available on the following Twitter support pages:
https://support.twitter.com/articles/105576#
https://help.twitter.com/de/search?q=datenschutz
You can find out about the possibility of viewing your own data on Twitter here: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20172711#
Information about Twitter's inferences about you can be found here:
https://twitter.com/settings/your_twitter_data
Information on the available personalization and privacy setting options can be found here (with further references):https://twitter.com/personalization
Furthermore, you have the option to request information via the Twitter privacy form or the archive requests:
https://support.twitter.com/forms/privacy
https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170320#
3.2 Processing by us
We also process your data. We do not collect any data ourselves via your Twitter account. However, the data you enter on Twitter, in particular your user name and the content published under your account, are processed by us insofar as we re-tweet or reply to your tweets, if applicable, or also write tweets from us that refer to your account. The data freely published and disseminated by you on Twitter is thus included by us in our offer and made accessible to our followers.
3.2.1 Competitions
We occasionally offer competitions. If you wish to participate in this, we request identification data and contact information from you (e.g. name, date of birth, address, e-mail address, etc., as well as any other information required for participation in the competitions, such as answers to prize questions, photos of you or other persons, or results of online games). We use this information for the proper execution of the competitions as well as for abuse detection and legal defense.
Further details are contained in the respective conditions of participation for the competitions. If you have consented to this in the context of participation, we will also use the information for the purposes stated in the declaration of consent.
These processing operations are carried out on the basis of statutory provisions that allow us to process personal data insofar as it is necessary for the implementation of the competitions (e.g. Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 b) DSGVO), or because you have given us your consent to do so (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 a) DSGVO), or in order to pursue our legitimate interests in the prevention of fraud and, where applicable, effective legal defense (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) DSGVO).
In the event of participation in a competition, we store personal data of the winners for a period of 3 years after the end of the respective competition; we store personal data of other participants for a period of 3 months after the end of the respective competition.
3.2.2 Event invitations / event photos
We occasionally announce events for which you must register. When you register for an event, we process the personal data you provided during registration, such as name and address, as well as contact and communication data, such as telephone number and e-mail address, and, if applicable, the other information you provided in order to hold the respective event (for example, to create the guest list, accreditation and admission control, room and staff planning, and catering planning), as well as to send you your invitation and notifications about the respective event; we also use this information for abuse detection and legal defense.
The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 b) DSGVO (for the fulfillment of a contract or a pre-contractual measure) or because we have a legitimate interest in the prevention of crime and, if necessary, effective legal defense (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) DSGVO).
In the case of registration for an event, we delete your registration data with a period of three months after the end of the event.
At events for which you have registered, photos and video recordings may be made under certain circumstances (possibly by a photographer commissioned by us), on which you may also be depicted.
If you are the central subject of a photograph ("single image"), the photographer will ask you whether you agree before taking the picture. In such a case, you grant us the right to reproduce, distribute or make publicly available this photograph and, if applicable, your spoken contribution, and in particular to use it for advertising purposes. In this context, we will provide a consent form at the event. The legal basis for data processing in this case is Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 a) DSGVO (consent).
Otherwise, we use recordings to publish impressions of the respective event for the purpose of visualized reporting as well as for advertising purposes on our social media channels and websites ("impressions"). The legal basis for this data processing is our legitimate interest in enabling visualized reporting on our event without this being opposed by an overriding interest of the participants (Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 f) DSGVO).
We delete recordings when the photos are no longer used for advertising purposes, but individual images after three years at the latest and impressions after five years. The period begins in each case with the end of the respective calendar year of the event.
3.2.3 Passing on data
A transfer of your personal data takes place in the following cases:
§ If it is necessary to clarify an illegal use of our services or for legal prosecution, personal data will be passed on to the law enforcement authorities. However, this only happens if there are concrete indications of unlawful or abusive behavior. The transfer of this data is based on our legitimate interest in combating abuse, prosecuting criminal acts and securing, asserting and enforcing claims (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) DSGVO).
§ We may also disclose the data to aggrieved third parties. The disclosure of this data is based on the legitimate interest of the aggrieved third parties in combating abuse, prosecuting criminal acts and securing, asserting and enforcing claims (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) DSGVO).
§ We are also required by law to provide information to certain public authorities upon request. These are law enforcement authorities, authorities that prosecute administrative offenses subject to fines and the tax authorities. The legal basis for this is the law obligating us in each case in conjunction with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 c) DSGVO.
§ We rely on contractually affiliated third-party companies and external service providers ("processors") to provide the Services. Categories of such service providers are agencies, fulfillment service providers and IT service providers. In such cases, personal data is disclosed to these Order Processors to enable them to continue processing. These processors are carefully selected and regularly reviewed by us to ensure that your privacy is protected. The processors may only use the data for the purposes specified by us and are also contractually obligated by us to treat your data exclusively in accordance with this privacy policy and the German and European data protection laws. Due to the aforementioned transfers, the service providers bound by instructions may process the data in countries outside the EU ("third countries"). The legal basis for the transfer to service providers is the legal basis stated above for the respective processing purpose.
§ As our business evolves, we may change our legal form by changing our legal form, establishing, buying or selling subsidiaries, divisions or components. In such transactions, customer information is transferred along with the part of the business being transferred. In any transfer of personal information to third parties to the extent described above, we will ensure that it is done in accordance with this Privacy Policy and relevant data protection laws. Such transfer of personal data is justified by the fact that we have a legitimate interest in adapting our corporate form to the economic and legal circumstances as necessary (Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 f) DSGVO).
Any transfer of data to a third country takes place in compliance with the applicable data protection law. Insofar as the existence of an adequate level of protection has not been established for a third country by the European Commission, we provide appropriate safeguards to ensure adequate protection of your data. This can be done, for example, by concluding data processing contracts that contain EU standard data protection clauses and provide adequate safeguards in the opinion of the European Commission or other safeguards provided for in Art. 46 et seq. DSGVO, take place.
4. Your rights as a data subject
You have a right of access to your processed data, a right to rectification and to deletion of your personal data, a right to have the processing of your personal data restricted and, if applicable, a right to the portability of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
In cases where the data processing is based on Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 e) or f) DSGVO or is carried out for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object to the processing.
If you have given us consent, you can revoke this at any time with effect for the future. Processing until the revocation takes effect remains lawful and is not affected by the revocation.
As far as the data processing by Twitter itself as a data controller is concerned, Twitter also acts as the responsible contact point and processes all requests to assert the aforementioned rights.
5. Changes to this privacy policy
The status of this privacy policy is June 2022.
The further development of our social media presence may also affect the handling of personal data. We may therefore amend this data protection declaration in the future within the framework of the applicable data protection laws and adapt it to changed data processing realities. We therefore recommend that you visit our social media presence from time to time to take note of any updates to our data protection declaration.