Privacy information for SCHOTT on Facebook

I. Overview

The following data protection information informs you about the processing of personal data in connection with all Facebook pages of the SCHOTT AG (hereinafter referred to as "SCHOTT").
In accordance with the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "GDPR"), you have various rights that you can assert against SCHOTT and/or Facebook. Should you have any questions regarding this data protection information, you can contact our company data protection officer at any time. You will find the contact details below.

 

II. The name and contact details of the data controllers and of the data protection officer

This privacy information applies to the Facebook pages of the

SCHOTT AG
Hattenbergstrasse 10
55122 Mainz
Germany
Email: info.schott@schott.com
Website: www.schott.com

Board of Management:
Dr. Torsten Derr (CEO)
Dr. Andrea Frenzel
Dr. Heinz Kaiser
Marcus Knöbel

Our data protection officer is available to answer questions about your personal information you may have:

Christoph Dahl, LL.M. (Wellington)
Hattenbergstraße 10
55122 Mainz
Email: info.datenschutz@SCHOTT.com

Together with SCHOTT, the following entity is responsible for these Facebook pages:

Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square
Grand Canal Harbour
Dublin 2
Ireland

(Hereinafter referred to as "Facebook").

The Facebook data protection officer can be contacted via the following link: https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970

 

III. Purposes of the data processing, legal bases and entitled interests

The Facebook pages of SCHOTT and the associated processing of personal data have the following purposes:

  • Presentation of the content published by SCHOTT on the page
  • Communication between SCHOTT and the users of the page, e.g. by clicking on "Like", commenting or sharing the content
  • Linking to other online content that may be of interest to the users of the page

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. The necessary balancing of interests is based on SCHOTT's legitimate interest in presenting and communicating information on the subject of glass to interested users of popular online portals.

The Facebook pages of SCHOTT are part of the online platform operated by Facebook at https://www.facebook.com. The purposes of the data processing by Facebook associated with this platform (in particular the operation of the platform itself and the placement of advertisements on the platform), the legal basis for this and the legitimate interests pursued in doing so are described in Facebook's "Data Policy", available at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

For the relationship between SCHOTT and Facebook, the Guidelines for Pages, Groups and Events at https://www.facebook.com/policies/pages_groups_events/ and in particular the Page Insights Controller Addendum regarding the responsible person, available at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum specify which of them fulfils which obligations pursuant to the GDPR.

 

IV. Categories of personal data processed

SCHOTT does not process any personal data within the framework of its Facebook pages. In particular, SCHOTT does not operate the Internet servers on which the contents of the Facebook Page and the associated communications are stored and processed. The Internet servers for the Facebook Platform are exclusively operated by Facebook.

The categories of personal data that Facebook processes here are described in Facebook's Data Policy (available at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation). When Facebook users communicate with SCHOTT via the Facebook pages of SCHOTT, SCHOTT receives the respective message from the user (including the user name on Facebook). In addition, SCHOTT only receives anonymous statistics from Facebook about visitors to its Facebook pages. These statistics are not personal since they no longer allow conclusions to be drawn about individual users.

 

V. Categories of recipients, including recipients outside the EU

SCHOTT does not process any personal data within the framework of its Facebook pages. SCHOTT is therefore naturally not in a position to transmit such data to other recipients. If Facebook users communicate with SCHOTT via the Facebook pages of SCHOTT and SCHOTT thereby receives the corresponding messages, SCHOTT will not transmit the contents of these messages to other recipients.

To the extent that Facebook processes personal data within the framework of its Facebook Platform, the categories of recipients (including recipients outside the EU) are described in Facebook's Data Policy at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. There you will also find information on how to ensure an appropriate level of data protection for recipients outside the EU.

 

VI. Storage period

In connection with the Facebook pages of SCHOTT, SCHOTT collects and stores only the messages that SCHOTT receives when Facebook users communicate with SCHOTT via the Facebook pages (including SCHOTT's possible replies thereto). SCHOTT will delete these messages at the latest after the expiry of the 6-year retention period under commercial and tax law.

If Facebook processes personal data within the framework of its Facebook Platform. Facebook's Data Policy (available at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation) describes the respective storage period applied by Facebook.

 

VII. Your rights

You have the following rights with regard to your data:

  • the right of access,
  • the right to rectification or erasure,
  • the right to limit the processing,
  • the right to object to the processing,
  • the right to data portability.

In addition, you have the right to register with a data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your data by us. Other rights you have against Facebook (in particular, the right to object to certain processing by Facebook or to revoke consent given to Facebook) are described in Facebook's Data Policy, available at https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation.

 

VIII. Changes to this statement

We reserve the right to change this privacy information as needed or to complete it. The changes will be published here. You should therefore call up this page regularly in order to inform yourself about the current status of the data protection declaration.

 

May 2019