4. Newsletter

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data required for this or separately provided by you to regularly send you our e-mail newsletter based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR.
You can unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time, either by sending us a message using the contact options provided in the legal notice or by clicking on the link provided for this purpose in the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we will delete your e-mail address unless you have expressly consented to further use of your data, or we reserve the right to use data beyond this, which is permitted by law and about which we inform you in this declaration.


5. Presence on social media platforms

We use the following social media platforms for company presentation and communication (explicit reference is made to the data protection declarations and opt-out options below).

Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland)
Privacy policy: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
Opt-Out: https://www.youronlinechoices.com

Instagram (Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland)
Privacy policy and opt-out: https://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland)
Privacy policy https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
Opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

WhatsApp (WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland)

Privacy policy: https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy

Slack (Slack Technologies Limited, Salesforce Tower, 60 R801, North Dock, Dublin, Ireland)

Privacy policy: https://slack.com/intl/de-de/trust/privacy/privacy-policy

Meetup (Meetup LLC, 632 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10012, USA)

Privacy policy: https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044422391-Privacy-Policy

Spond (Spond AS, Myntgata 2, N-0151 Oslo, Norway)

Privacy policy: https://www.spond.com/de/datenschutz-bestimmungenv/

These social media platforms may process personal data outside the EU; in this respect, we refer you to the above data protection declarations of the social media platforms.
The respective social media platforms may be able to create user profiles from your usage behavior and the resulting interests and actions on your part and store cookies on your computer in which your usage behavior is stored. If you have an account on the respective social media platform and are logged in, your usage behavior can even be stored independently of your device. Your usage profile can be used, for example, to place advertisements that presumably correspond to your interests.

We process the personal data exclusively for communication with you via the social media platform you have selected and to optimize our online presence and ensure that no interests on your part are affected that outweigh this legitimate interest on our part (Art. 6 (1 f) GDPR). If you have already given the respective operator of the social media platform effective consent to the corresponding data processing, your personal data will also be processed based on this consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR).

6. Third-party services

6.1 Social media links
We have our own social media pages with third-party providers that can be reached via links from this website. Using the links will take you to the respective websites of the third-party providers (e.g., Facebook, X, Instagram). To avoid unnecessary data transfer, we recommend that you log out of the respective third-party provider before using a link so that usage profiles cannot be created by the third-party provider simply by using the link.

6.2 Google Analytics 4

This website uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") and collects and stores some of your data via this web analytics service. This data includes:

• Your approximate location (region)

• Your IP address (in abbreviated form)

• Technical browser information 

• Technical information on the end devices used (e.g., screen resolution)

• Your Internet provider

• Page views

• First visit to the website

• Start of the session

• Click sequence

• Interaction with and on our website (e.g., clicking on links or videos, ads clicked on)

• Scrolls on the website

• Search requests

• File downloads

• Language setting

• referrer URL 

We use the service to evaluate visitor behavior on our website and to design and improve the offer presented on our website in line with requirements. 

Google Analytics 4 also uses so-called "cookies", small text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. 

In addition to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA also receive the data. 

IP anonymization is preset in Google Analytics 4. This means that your IP address will be shortened by Google within member states of the European Union or other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area before it is transmitted. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. 

Google will use the collected data on our behalf to evaluate the use of the website, to compile reports on website activity and to provide us with other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics 4 will not be merged with other Google data. Google Analytics 4 is only used with your express consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). The data collected by Google Analytics 4 is automatically deleted after two months. 

You may refuse to use cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link:

https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

This does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. You can view Google's privacy policy at:

https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy/ .

You can find more information on the terms of use at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html .


6.3 Google DoubleClick

This website uses the online marketing tool DoubleClick (operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland). DoubleClick uses cookies to serve ads that are relevant to users, to improve campaign performance reports or to prevent a user from seeing the same ads more than once. Google uses a cookie ID to record which ads are shown in which browser and can thus prevent them from being displayed more than once. In addition, DoubleClick can use cookie IDs to record so-called conversions related to ad requests. This is the case, for example, when a user sees a DoubleClick ad and later visits the advertiser's website with the same browser and makes a purchase there. According to Google, DoubleClick cookies do not contain any personal information. Due to the marketing tools used, your browser automatically establishes a direct connection with the Google server. We have no influence on the scope and further use of the data collected by Google through the use of this tool and, therefore, inform you according to our level of knowledge: Through the integration of DoubleClick, Google receives the information that you have called up the corresponding part of our website or clicked on the advertisement from us. If you are registered with a Google service, Google can assign the visit to your account. Even if you are not registered with Google or have not logged in, there is a possibility that the provider will find out your IP address and store it.

You can prevent participation in this tracking process by selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. We want to point out that in this case, you may not be able to use all the functions of our website to their full extent. DoubleClick is only used with your consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). You can view Google's privacy policy here:

http://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy .

6.4 Google Web Fonts
We use so-called web fonts from Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google") to display a uniform font on our website. These are automatically stored in your browser cache when you access one of our pages in order to enable the desired display. If your browser does not support the web fonts used, a standard font from your computer may be used. This does not affect any user interests that outweigh this technical necessity (Art. 6 (1 f) GDPR). You can view Google's privacy policy here:

https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/ .

Further information on Google Web Fonts can be found at

https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq .

6.5 Use of Meta Pixel (formerly Facebook Pixel)

We use the Meta Pixel operated by Meta Platforms Inc, 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94304, USA ("Meta"). The entity responsible for processing the information collected by Meta is Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland. This function enables us to target visitors to this website on Facebook with advertising. For this purpose, personalized and interest-based Facebook ads are displayed when the Facebook pages are visited. 

Conversion tracking also allows Meta and its partners to show you advertising outside of Facebook. 

The function is made possible on our website by a pixel from Meta, which is implemented on the page. A direct connection to the Facebook server is established via the pixel when you visit our website if you have consented to the pixel being set (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). This tells the Facebook server which of our websites the user has visited. Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. 

Please note that when using the Meta Pixel, personal data may be transmitted to Meta Platforms Inc., 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94304, USA.

For more information on the collection and use of data by Meta, your rights in this regard and ways to protect your privacy, please refer to Facebook's privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ .

Once you have given your consent, you can object at any time by clicking on this opt-out link:

https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/6359191084165019 .

If you do not want Facebook to assign the collected information directly to your Facebook user account, you can edit the function in your account settings at:

https://www.facebook.com/login.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsettings%2F%3Ftab%3Dads#_=_ .

You must be logged in to Facebook to do this.

6.6 Use of YouTube
This website and the integrated offers contain so-called embeddings of videos on YouTube. These enable the connection to YouTube and the videos stored there. YouTube is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"). YouTube is only used with your consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). The purpose and scope of data collection and data use by Google, as well as your rights and settings options for protection as a YouTube customer can be found in YouTube's privacy policy. You can find this at:

https://www.youtube.com/t/privacy/ .

6.7 WhatsApp Business

We may use WhatsApp Business to communicate with you. The provider of the service is WhatsApp LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA. The controller for Europe, on the other hand, is WhatsApp Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland.

The data you enter for the purpose of communication (first name, last name and mobile phone number) will be stored by us and on the servers of WhatsApp LLC or WhatsApp Ireland Limited.

WhatsApp LLC and WhatsApp Ireland Limited store and process personal data and pass it on to other companies within and outside the Meta Group (Meta Platforms Inc., 1601 S. California Ave, Palo Alto, California 94304, USA). Further information on this can be found in WhatsApp's privacy policy (https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/#privacy-policy ). We have neither precise knowledge nor influence on the data processing by WhatsApp LLC or WhatsApp Ireland Limited or Meta Platforms Inc. 

The data processing takes place based on your consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). You can withdraw this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

6.8 Meetup

We use the Meetup service of Meetup LLC, 632 Broadway, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10012, USA, to organize and manage events. 

We process your personal data exclusively for communication purposes and for the efficient organization and implementation of events and ensure that no interests on your part are affected that outweigh this legitimate interest on our part (Art. 6 (1 f) GDPR). If you have already given Meetup effective consent to the corresponding data processing, your personal data will also be processed based on this consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

You can view Meetup's privacy policy here:

https://help.meetup.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044422391-Privacy-Policy .

6.9 Slack

We use functions of the cloud-based collaboration and communication service Slack for communication and the exchange of information. The provider of the service is Slack Technologies LLC, 50 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA, which is certified under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The controller for the European region is Slack Technologies Limited, Salesforce Tower, 60 R801, North Dock, Dublin, Ireland. 

You can submit a membership request for our Slack Channel via our website using the form. To do this, we need your e-mail address and your declaration that you agree to membership and the exchange of information in this medium. As soon as you have sent such a request, we will send you an invitation e-mail via Slack with a link to confirm your registration.

For this purpose, your personal data (name, e-mail address) will be transferred to the provider's server and may also be stored in the USA. The data processing takes place based on your consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). You can revoke this consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

We have concluded a Data Processing Addendum with Slack using the standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries, which you can view here:

https://slack.com/intl/de-de/terms-of-service/data-processing

You can view Slack's privacy policy here:

https://slack.com/intl/de-de/trust/privacy/privacy-policy

6.10 Spond

We use the Spond service from Spond AS, Myntgata 2, N-0151 Oslo, Norway, to organize and manage events, communicate, and process payments. 

Spond processes personal data that you provide when registering a profile or that is created when using Spond based on your consent (Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR). Your personal data will not be passed on to third parties unless Spond has to pass it on in order to provide the service or you have given Spond special consent. You can revoke your consent at any time. The legality of the data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the revocation.

We have concluded a Data Processing Agreement with Spond, which you can view here:

https://www.spond.com/club-dpa/

You can view Spond's privacy policy here:

https://www.spond.com/de/datenschutz-bestimmungenv/

6.11 Google Forms

We use the Google Forms service on our website, a service for Google Cloud Forms operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), which you can use to register for various services offered by us. The data collected with a Google Forms form is stored on cloud storage provided for us by Google, "Google Drive". 

Depending on the application, we collect personal data such as:

• Names,

• Addresses,

• Bank details,

• Telephone/mobile phone number,

• Details of professional activity,

• E-mail addresses and

• IP addresses.

Google Forms also uses so-called "cookies", small text files that are stored on your computer and enable your use of the website to be analyzed. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. 

In addition to us, Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA and Alphabet Inc, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA also receive the data. 

When processing personal data that is required to fulfill a contract with you (this also applies to processing operations that are required to carry out pre-contractual measures), Art. 6 (1 b) GDPR serves as the legal basis. If you have given us your consent to process your data, the processing is carried out based on Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR.

You can find more information about data processing in connection with Google Forms and Google Drive in Google's privacy policy:

https://www.google.com/intl/de/policies/privacy/

6.12 Zoom

We use Zoom (operated by Zoom Video Communications Inc., 55 Almaden Blvd 6th Floor San Jose, CA 95113, USA) to conduct telephone conferences, online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars (hereinafter: "Meetings"). If you access/use the Zoom website and/or app, you are within Zoom's area of responsibility. You may have to enter the respective Meeting ID and other access data. Zoom may process the following personal data, including outside the European Union (in particular the USA):

• User data: First name, last name, telephone, e-mail address, password (if "single sign-on" is not used), profile picture

• Meeting metadata: Topic, description, participant IP addresses, device/hardware information

• For recordings: MP4 file of all video, audio and presentation recordings, M4A file of all audio recordings, text file of the online meeting chat

• When dialing in with the telephone: information on the incoming and outgoing phone number, country name, start and end time. If necessary, further connection data, such as the IP address of the device, can be saved.

• Text, audio and video data: You may have the opportunity to use the chat, question or survey functions in a Meeting. In this respect, the text entries you make are processed in order to display them in the meeting and, if necessary, to log them. In order to enable the display of video and the playback of audio, the data from the microphone of your end device and from any video camera of the end device will be processed accordingly for the duration of the meeting. You can switch off or mute the camera or microphone anytime via the Zoom application.

• Any questions asked by the participants or results of the meeting

Entering your name or a desired pseudonym is a prerequisite for joining a meeting. 

If a meeting is to be recorded, this requires the prior consent of each participant. 

If you are registered with Zoom as a user, reports on meetings (meeting metadata, telephone dial-in data, questions and answers in webinars, survey function in webinars) can be stored for up to one month at Zoom. 

The legal basis for the use of Zoom is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR.

You can view Zoom's privacy policy here:

https://explore.zoom.us/de/privacy/

6.13 Microsoft Teams

We also use Microsoft Teams (operated by Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA) to conduct conference calls, online meetings, video conferences and/or webinars (hereinafter: "Meetings"). The legal basis for the use of Microsoft Teams is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1 a) GDPR. If you access/use the Microsoft Teams website and/or app, you are in Microsoft's area of responsibility. You may have to enter the respective meeting ID and other access data. Microsoft may process the following personal data during online meetings, including outside the European Union (in particular the USA):

• User details: e.g., display name ("Display name")

• E-mail address, if applicable

• Profile picture (optional)

• Preferred language 

• Meeting metadata: e.g., date, time, meeting ID, telephone numbers, location,  

• Text, audio and video data: You may have the option of using the chat function in an online meeting. In this respect, the text entries you make are processed in order to display them in the online meeting. In order to enable the display of video and the playback of audio, the data from the microphone of your end device and from any video camera of the end device will be processed accordingly for the duration of the meeting. You can switch off or mute the camera or microphone anytime via the Microsoft Teams applications.

The events will only be recorded with your consent.

You can view Microsoft's privacy policy here:

https://privacy.microsoft.com/de-de/privacystatement

7. Application procedure and applicant pool

You can apply for the desired company through us if we publish job advertisements. Your details will only be used to process your application and will not be passed on to third parties (other than the company to which you wish to apply). If you want to send us e-mails, please note that they may be sent unencrypted. It cannot be ruled out that third parties may be able to view your data during transmission. A secure SSL connection should be used when sending e-mails. Your personal data will be deleted after completion of the application process in accordance with the statutory retention periods. The desired company will only store your data for as long as the purpose for which it was transmitted exists. Applications that are withdrawn will be deleted immediately. However, they can no longer be considered for the application process. 

If you would like your documents to be included in our internal application pool so that we can draw your attention to suitable positions in the future, please let us know separately. After consulting with you, we will only pass on your data to a company that may be of interest to you. You can unsubscribe from our applicant pool anytime by notifying us if you are no longer interested.

The legal basis for the processing of your data is Art. 6 (1 a) or (1 b) or (1 f) GDPR and Section 26 BDSG.

8. Contacting us

You are welcome to use the following contact options to contact us regarding data protection. Controller within the meaning of the GDPR:

BlackinTech gUG (haftungsbschränkt)
c/o Kave Bulambo

Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin
E-Mail: blackintechberlin@gmail.com
Telefon: +49 1762 2771 695