Privacy Policies & Legal Notice – Social Media / MBition

For the use of our Social Media channels in the European Economic Area.

Provider

MBition GmbH
Dovestr. 1
10587 Berlin
E-mail: info_mbition@mercedes-benz.com

Represented by: Steven Bentley and Daniel Burk
Commercial Register: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg HRB 188241 B
VAT registration number: DE 222069900

Privacy Policies for the use of our Social Media channels

Our Social Media channels are operated by:

Dovestraße 1
10587 Berlin
Germany
Email: info_mbition@mercedes-benz.com

Data Protection Officer:

Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Konzernbeauftragter für den Datenschutz
HPC E600
70546 Stuttgart
Germany
E-Mail: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com

Facebook

Facebook Ireland Limited (“Facebook”) is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on Facebook’s web pages. Please note that Facebook will collect and process certain information about your visit to our Facebook page even if you do not have a Facebook user account or are not logged on to Facebook. For information about how Facebook processes personal data, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy.

As the operator of this Facebook page, we can see only your public Facebook profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our Facebook page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason for and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

Facebook also provides us with Page Insights data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our Facebook page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that Facebook collects on your interaction with our Facebook page. We do not have access to this usage data. Facebook has warranted to us that it will assume responsibility for compliance with the applicable obligations regarding the Page Insights data and the fulfilment of your rights under the GDPR (see below for more information) and to provide you with the main points of the applicable agreement to this effect (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum).

This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our Facebook page for our target audience as far as possible.

We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside Facebook, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by Facebook is inevitable if you want to visit our Facebook page.

It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by Facebook in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, Facebook bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

Your rights are as follows:

According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right of access to information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority – in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.

To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by Facebook, where possible, please contact Facebook directly using the contact information provided by Facebook on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation or if personal data is used for the purpose of direct marketing, and we may be obligated to discontinue processing your personal data. In addition, if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to our processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. This shall also apply to profiling, if it is done in conjunction with direct marketing of this kind. In this case, the personal data will no longer be processed by us for these purposes. To exercise your right of objection, please e-mail us if possible: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

For additional information on how we handle personal data, please see the MBition Privacy Policy.

Status: January 2024

Instagram

Facebook Ireland Ltd. (4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland) is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on Instagram’s web pages. Please note that Instagram will collect and process certain information about your visit to our Instagram page even if you do not have an Instagram user account or are not logged on to Instagram. For information about how Instagram processes personal data, please see the Instagram Privacy Policy at https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875.

As the operator of this Instagram page, we can see only your public Instagram profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our Instagram page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

Instagram also provides us with Page Insights data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our Instagram page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that Instagram collects on your interaction with our Instagram page. We do not have access to this usage data. Instagram/Facebook have warranted to us that they will assume responsibility for compliance with the applicable obligations regarding the Page Insights data and the fulfilment of your rights under the GDPR (see below for more information) and to provide you with the main points of the applicable agreement to this effect (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum).

This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our Instagram page for our target audience as far as possible.

We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside Instagram, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by Facebook is inevitable if you want to visit our Instagram page.

It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by Facebook, Inc., headquartered in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, Instagram bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this Instagram page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers.

Your rights are as follows:

According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.

To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by Instagram, where possible, please contact Instagram directly using the contact information provided by Instagram on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

For additional information on how we handle personal data, please see the MBition Privacy Policy.

Status: January 2024

LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland, is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on LinkedIn’s web pages. Please note that LinkedIn will collect and process certain information about your visit to our LinkedIn page even if you do not have a LinkedIn user account or are not logged on to LinkedIn. For information on the processing of personal data by LinkedIn please see the Privacy Policy of LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=d_org_guest_company_overview_footer-privacy-policy.

As the operator of this LinkedIn page, we can see only your public LinkedIn profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our LinkedIn page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

LinkedIn also provides us with Page Analytics data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our LinkedIn page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that LinkedIn collects on your interaction with our LinkedIn page. We do not have access to this usage data. LinkedIn has warranted to us that it will assume responsibility for compliance with the applicable obligations regarding the Page Analytics data and the fulfilment of your rights under the GDPR (see below for more information) and to provide you with the main points of the applicable agreement to this effect (https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum).

This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our LinkedIn page for our target audience as far as possible.

We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside LinkedIn, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by LinkedIn is inevitable if you want to visit our LinkedIn page.

It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by LinkedIn Corporation and its US subsidiaries (“LinkedIn”) headquartered in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, LinkedIn bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this LinkedIn page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers. Your rights are as follows:

According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority – in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.

To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by LinkedIn, where possible, please contact LinkedIn directly using the contact information provided by LinkedIn on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

For additional information on how we handle personal data, please see the MBition Privacy Policy.

Status: January 2024

Xing

New Work SE, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg, Germany, is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on the web pages of Xing. Please note that Xing will collect and process certain information about your visit to our Xing page even if you do not have a Xing user account or are not logged on to Xing. For information on how Xing processes personal data, please see the Privacy Policy of Xing at https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy.

As the operator of this Xing page, we can see only your public Xing profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries, or other posts to us) if you contact us via our Xing page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

Xing also provides us with Page Insights data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our Xing page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that Xing collects on your interaction with our Xing page. We do not have access to this usage data.

This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our Xing page for our target audience as far as possible.

We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside Xing, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal databy New Work is inevitable if you want to visit our Xing page.

We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this Xing page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests, or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers.

Your rights are as follows:

According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.

To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by Xing, where possible, please contact Xing directly using the contact information provided by Xing on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation or if personal data is used for the purpose of direct marketing, and we may be obligated to discontinue processing your personal data. In addition, if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to our processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. This shall also apply to profiling if it is done in conjunction with direct marketing of this kind. In this case, the personal data will no longer be processed by us for these purposes. To exercise your right of objection, please e-mail us if possible: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

For additional information on how we handle personal data, please see the MBition Privacy Policy.

Status: January 2024

YouTube

Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, is responsible for the collection and further processing of personal user data on the web pages of YouTube. Please note that YouTube will collect and process certain information about your visit to our YouTube page even if you do not have a YouTube user account or are not logged on to YouTube. For information about how YouTube processes personal data, please see the YouTube Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

As the operator of this YouTube page, we can see only your public YouTube profile. The information displayed here depends on your profile settings. We also process your personal data (such as your name and the content of your messages, inquiries or other posts to us) if you contact us via our YouTube page. We then process this data for the purpose of processing and responding to (if applicable) your posts accordingly. Depending on the reason and content of communications, this processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6 (1) (f) EU General Data Protection Regulation (“EU GDPR”), particularly in order to contact you regarding your inquiries or posts, or pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR if your inquiry relates to the conclusion of an agreement with us.

YouTube also provides us with Analytics data. This relates to anonymous statistics that we can use to evaluate the quality of our YouTube page and our content. These statistics are generated on the basis of usage data that YouTube collects on your interaction with our YouTube page. We do not have access to this usage data.

This processing is pursuant to our legitimate interest under Art. 6, (1) (f) GDPR, particularly to identify user preferences (such as the number of followers, number of interactions with individual page areas, user statistics by age, geography and language) and to tailor and improve the content on our YouTube page for our target audience as far as possible.

We will store your personal data on our systems, i.e. outside YouTube, if and as long as needed for the purposes of collection, or as required by legal record-keeping obligations.

You are neither legally nor contractually obligated to share your personal data. Nevertheless, a processing of your personal data by Google is inevitable if you want to visit our YouTube page.

It is possible that some of the information collected will also be processed outside the European Union by Google LLC and its wholly owned subsidiaries in the US. To ensure an adequate level of data protection, Google LLC bases such data transmission on the Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission.

We use qualified service providers (interactive marketing agencies) to design and manage this YouTube page. We share personal data with them only if needed for the aforementioned purposes (such as responding to your inquiries), to pursue legitimate interests or if you have granted consent. We have concluded the required data protection documents, particularly in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR, with these providers.

Your rights are as follows:

According to Article 15 GDPR, you have the right to access information about the data saved by us. This means that you have the right to request confirmation from us as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed and, if so, you have a right to information about this personal data. The right of access includes, among other things, information about the purposes of the processing, the categories of personal data being processed and the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data has been or will be disclosed. However, this right is not unlimited because your right to information may be limited by the rights of other persons.
According to Article 16 GDPR, you have the right to order the rectification of incorrect data. This means that you can request for us to correct erroneous personal data concerning you. In consideration of the purposes of the processing, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data, including by means of a supplementary declaration.
According to Article 17 GDPR, you have the right to have personal data relating to you erased. This means that, under certain circumstances, you have the right to request that we erase personal data concerning you and that we are obligated to erase personal data.
According to Article 18 GDPR, you have the right to demand restricted processing of your personal data. This means that – in this case – the corresponding data will be marked and will be processed by us only for certain purposes (e.g. with your consent or to assert legal claims).
According to Article 20 GDPR, under certain conditions you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you, which you have provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format, and can transmit this data to another responsible person without any constraints imposed by us.
You also have the right to contact the responsible data protection supervisory authority, in particular in the EU Member State of your habitual residence or the state in which a violation of the GDPR is alleged.

To exercise these rights with regard to data processing by YouTube, where possible, please contact YouTube directly using the contact information provided by YouTube on its web pages. In other cases, or if you have any other concerns, please send us an e-mail: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

Under certain conditions, you have the right to object to our processing of your personal data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation or if personal data is used for the purpose of direct marketing, and we may be obligated to discontinue processing your personal data. In addition, if personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you for the purpose of such advertising. This shall also apply to profiling, if it is done in conjunction with direct marketing of this kind. In this case, the personal data will no longer be processed by us for these purposes. To exercise your right of objection, please e-mail us if possible: data.protection@mercedes-benz.com.

For additional information on how we handle personal data, please see the MBition Privacy Policy.

Status: January 2024

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