YouTube

The EMIL Consortium uses the video portal (hereinafter “YouTube platform”) provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland (“YouTube”). We use the YouTube technical platform and its services to operate our own YouTube channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYfPYzCx14XyFZrnpOl5kKQ

Any views you express as a user via the interactive functions supported by the YouTube platform (e.g. “Share”, “Like”, or “Comment”) are your sole responsibility.

This privacy statement provides information about how data is processed by YouTube and how we process data on our YouTube channel.

1. What data do we process in the context of using YouTube?

We do not directly process any data in the context of our YouTube channel. However, any data you enter on the YouTube platform as a registered user (e.g. your user name and
any content published under your own account), is processed by us as follows:

• We may share or respond to your comments
• We may write a post that references your profile

In this case, the data you have entered on the YouTube platform (specifically your (user) name and any content published under your own account), is processed by being added to our account and shared with our fans.

2. Legal basis and legitimate interests in relation to our data processing activities

We process personal data on the basis of legitimate interest in effective dialogue and exchange with YouTube users and visitors to our profile, as well as in relation to communication with YouTube users, including representing our consortium, in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 a) GDPR. Insofar as visitors publish or share special categories of personal data in comments or private messages, etc., data processing is based on this information having been made public (Article 9 Paragraph 2 e) GDPR) and/or the data subject having given explicit consent to data processing (Article 9 Paragraph 2 a) GDPR).

3. What data does YouTube process?

The data collected from you when you use YouTube is processed by YouTube and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. Data entered when visiting our fan page may be forwarded to Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, headquartered in the USA, and processed there. We have no control over the nature and extent of data processing by YouTube or over the processing and use or sharing of this data with third parties, in particular in countries outside the European Union.

Google’s privacy policy explains what data it processes and the purposes for which data are used:
https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB

Fundamentally, data processing involves:

• First name and surname
• Telephone number
• E-mail address
• Credit card number
• Information about your device (e.g. hardware, operating system,
  device ID, mobile network)
• Protocol data (e.g. IP address, referring URL, date and time of request, browser type, location)

Please note that even if you do not have your own YouTube profile, YouTube will still collect data from you if you use third-party websites and apps which use YouTube services or with which YouTube jointly offers services. This includes, for example, information about websites and apps you have visited and used as well as interactions with advertisers.

Furthermore, cookies and similar technologies can be used to record your visits to these websites and link them to your profile. This data can then be used to offer you personalised content or advertising.

Information about how to contact YouTube can be found here:

https://www.google.com/intl/de_de/+/policy/imprint.html

Information about how YouTube uses information retained when you visit the YouTube platform for its own purposes or shares such information with third parties is also provided in Google’s privacy policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?en-gb

Please note that under certain circumstances YouTube may combine personal information with information, including personal information, from other Google services. More information about this is provided here:

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/example/combine-personal-information.html

If you have your own account, your activities on other websites and in apps may be linked to your personal data in order to improve the services offered by YouTube or Google or advertising embedded by them. However, this depends on your account settings. More information about this is provided here:

https://policies.google.com/privacy/example/your-activity-on-other-sites-and-apps?en-gb

4. How can you restrict how YouTube processes your data?

You can check and update how your data is processing in the Google Activity Controls. You can use the Google Dashboard to check and manage certain types of information linked to your Google account. You can view and edit your ad preferences in the Google ad personalisation settings. You can find information about this and other settings and options (with related links) here:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB

You can also set up your browser to block all cookies, including provider cookies, or to warn you as soon as a provider sets a cookie. Furthermore, on a mobile device, you can restrict a service’s access to contact and calendar information, photos, location data, etc. in the device settings. However, the available options will be determined by your device’s operating system. The service’s privacy policy contains more information about access to your personal data and how it is updated:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB

5. Your rights as a data subject

Please see Chapter 8 at https://emil-xr.eu/privacy-statement/

6. Contact details for our data protection officer

Please see Chapter 9 at https://emil-xr.eu/privacy-statement/

Facebook

1. Joint responsibility for data processing

The EMIL Consortium operates a Facebook fan page on the online platform provided by the social media network Facebook Ireland Limited (“Facebook Ireland”).

Together with Facebook Ireland we are jointly responsible for data processing in connection with this fan page in accordance with the regulations set out in Article 4, point 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The scope of our responsibility includes data processing associated with Page Insights in particular (see C. b) below).

When you visit this fan page, your personal data is processed by Facebook Ireland and by us (the data controllers).

This data protection information will explain the extent to which your personal data (hereinafter simply “data”) is processed in this context.

The underlying terms of service of Facebook Ireland (including other conditions and directives listed therein) are published here:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms,

supplemented by the Page Insights Controller Addendum, which is available here

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

These two documents alone contain the relevant provisions regulating how data is processed.

2. Data processing and its purposes

a) Operation of our fan page

Dialogue and communication

We operate our Facebook fan page as a means of making contact and engaging in dialogue with users of and visitors to the Facebook Ireland social network. Sometimes we use our page to provide information about our consortium and its products and services (e.g. past or current events, promotional campaigns and special offers, etc.).

b) Use of Insights and cookies

We use the “Insights” service provided by Facebook Ireland on our fan page to obtain anonymised statistical data relating to users of our fan page.

When you visit our fan page, Facebook Ireland saves a data package called a cookie on your device. This cookie contains a user identifier assigned to you. If you are a registered Facebook user, this user ID can be linked to your data. The information saved in the cookie is processed by Facebook. It is also possible for third parties to use information from Facebook cookies to provide services to companies that advertise on Facebook.

If they are not deleted, cookies remain active for two years.

For more information about Page Insights, please read the Page Insights Addendum between Facebook Ireland and us which explains about responsibility for data processing:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

Facebook’s Cookie Policy provides more information about how Facebook Ireland uses cookies:

https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

3. Legal basis and legitimate interests in relation to our data processing activities

We process personal data on the basis of a legitimate interest in effective dialogue and exchange with Facebook users and visitors to our profile, as well as in relation to communication with Facebook users, including representing our consortium, in accordance with Article 6 Paragraph 1 a) GDPR.

4. Sharing of data and data transfer to the USA

Data entered when visiting our fan page may be forwarded to Facebook Inc., which is headquartered in the USA, and processed there.

We do not share data in the context of operating our fan page.

5. Submitting objections for your Facebook account

As a Facebook user, you have the possibility to set ad preferences in your Facebook account determining the extent to which your user activity is recorded when you visit our fan page. Facebook also has a form for submitting objections:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1994830130782319

6. Your rights as a data subject

Please see Chapter 8 at https://emil-xr.eu/privacy-statement/

7. Contact details for our data protection officer

Please see Chapter 9 at https://emil-xr.eu/privacy-statement/

LinkedIn

1. Information on the collection of personal data

1. As joint operators of this LinkedIn page, the EMIL Consortium together with the operator of the social network, the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, hereinafter referred to as “LinkedIn”, are the controller as defined in Article 4 paragraph 7 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). When you visit our LinkedIn page, your personal data are processed by the controller.
2. Use of the LinkedIn portal is based on the Terms of Use of LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement and the other terms, conditions and guidelines stipulated on the website. These particularly include the LinkedIn Privacy Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy and Cookie Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy.
3. Information on how LinkedIn handles personal data on the LinkedIn portal can be found in the LinkedIn Privacy Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy, in the LinkedIn Cookie Policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy and on the LinkedIn Help pages at https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin?trk=microsites-frontend_legal_privacy-policy&lang=en or https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin?trk=microsites-frontend_legal_user-agreement&lang=en.

2. Information on data processing

1. To provide you with our LinkedIn page and the corresponding services, we process your data according to the following legal bases: On the basis of an assessment of interests pursuant to Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.
2. In connection with each data processing activity, we refer to the corresponding terms and concepts in the GDPR so that you can identify the basis on which we process personal data.

3. Collection of personal data when you visit our LinkedIn page

1. We operate this LinkedIn page to present our consortium to and to communicate with the users of LinkedIn and other interested individuals who visit our LinkedIn page. We only want to find out which content and information attract the interest of the users of our LinkedIn page so that we can continue to make our page more attractive. The processing of the personal data of the users is carried out based on our legitimate interests in an optimized presentation of our consortium. The legal basis for the data processing is Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. a) GDPR.
2. LinkedIn (the LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) processes personal data and information for market research and advertising purposes. LinkedIn evaluates your pattern of use to present its advertisements in a more targeted manner. Furthermore, LinkedIn enables us as the operator of the LinkedIn page to receive statistics, which it produces based on the visits of users of our LinkedIn page. The purpose of these statistics is to enable us to control the marketing of our business activities. The statistics allow us to, for example, obtain knowledge of the profiles of the users who visit and view our LinkedIn page, read posts or use applications on the page; to provide the users with more relevant content and to develop functions that may be more interesting for the users. These use profiles can in turn also be used to, for example, publish advertisements that are likely to correspond to the users’ interests both within and outside of the networks. For these purposes, cookies are normally installed on users’ devices. These cookies store information on the pattern of use and interests of the users. Furthermore, data can also be stored in the use profiles independent of the devices used by the users. This is particularly the case if users are members of LinkedIn and are logged into their account.
3. To gain a better understanding of how we can make our LinkedIn page more interesting for users, demographic and geographic evaluations are produced based on the information recorded by LinkedIn and provided to us. We can use this information to publish interest-based advertisements in a targeted manner without obtaining direct knowledge of the identity of the user. If you use LinkedIn on several different devices, the collection and evaluation can also occur across different devices when the users are registered members of LinkedIn and are logged into their own profile.
4. The user statistics produced are only transmitted to us in anonymized form. We have no access to the data that form the basis of these statistics.
5. In its Privacy Policy, LinkedIn states that some of the information collected may also be processed outside the European Union, including in the USA. This may lead to risks for you, especially with regard to it being more difficult for you to enforce your rights.
6. We do not disclose any personal data to third parties.

4. Possibilities to object on LinkedIn

1. Users of LinkedIn can use the LinkedIn settings for advertising preferences to influence the extent to which their user behavior is allowed to be recorded when they visit our LinkedIn page. Further possibilities can be found in the LinkedIn settings at https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/privacy, https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/advertising, https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/messages, https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/account and https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out.
2. Users can additionally prevent the processing of information via the cookies used by LinkedIn by blocking cookies from third parties or those from LinkedIn in their own browser settings (cf. Section 4 of this Privacy Policy).

5. Nature of joint responsibility

The agreements with LinkedIn, including those concerning joint responsibility, mainly indicate that information requests and the enforcement of further rights of the data subject should most appropriately be carried out directly via LinkedIn. As the provider of the social network LinkedIn, LinkedIn solely has the direct means of access and the information required to be able to process your inquiries and requests. LinkedIn can additionally take any required measures directly and provide information. If you nevertheless require our support, please feel free to contact us at any time.

6. Your rights as a data subject

Please see Chapter 8 at https://emil-xr.eu/privacy-statement/

7. Contact details for our data protection officer

Please see Chapter 9 at https://emil-xr.eu/privacy-statement/