Privacy Policy Social Media

Table of Contents

1. General

2. Joint Control with the social media platforms

3. Purpose of data processing, legal basis and legitimate interests

4. Categories of personal data being processed

5. Categories of recipients, including recipients outside the EU

6. Duration of data storage

7. Your right to object

8. Your other rights

9. Data protection officer of goetzpartners

1. GENERAL

In this privacy policy we inform you about the protection of your data in connection with our social media accounts on the following platforms:

These social media accounts provide information on various companies, in particular on goetzpartners Holding AG and affiliated companies, including goetzpartners Management Consultants GmbH and goetzpartners Corporate Finance GmbH. For the purposes of this Privacy Statement “goetzpartners” means goetzpartners Holding AG, Prinzregentenstr. 56, 80538 Munich. More information is available in the website legal notice. This company is the responsible data controller for the social media accounts.

2. JOINT CONTROL WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

The social media platforms mentioned above are not operated by goetzpartners, but by their respective operating company. This company is the responsible data controller for its respective platform. The operating company’s contact details and data protection information for its respective platform can be found on the platform websites under the links mentioned above. 

In this respect, goetzpartners and the respective operating company are joint controllers for data protection purposes. In accordance with the general terms and conditions of the respective platform operator, we have concluded agreements with these operating companies to determine our respective responsibilities under this joint responsibility. The essentials of these agreements can also be found on the respective platform website under the above-mentioned links.

3. PURPOSE OF DATA PROCESSING, LEGAL BASIS AND LEGITIMATE INTERESTS

Our social media accounts and the processing of personal data associated with them have the following purposes:

  • Presentation of the content published by goetzpartners on the respective platform.
  • Communication between goetzpartners and the users of the respective platform, e.g. by "Liking", commenting or sharing the content
  • Linking to other online content that may be of interest to the users of the respective platform.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR (balancing of interests, based on the legitimate interest of goetzpartners to present various information to interested users of popular social media platforms and to communicate with such users).

4. CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL DATA BEING PROCESSED

goetzpartners itself does not process any data for the operation of its social media accounts on the above-mentioned platforms. This data processing is carried out exclusively by the respective platform operator. Information on this processing can be found in the data protection notices of the respective operating company on the corresponding platform website under the above-mentioned link.

If users communicate directly with us via a social media platform, we receive the respective message of the user (including the user name at the respective platform). Other than this, we only receive anonymous statistics about the visitors to our social media accounts. These statistics do not contain personal data as they do not allow any conclusions about individual users.

5. CATEGORIES OF RECIPIENTS, INCLUDING RECIPIENTS OUTSIDE THE EU

goetzpartners itself does not process any data for the operation of its social media accounts on the above-mentioned platforms and is thus naturally unable to transmit any such data to other recipients.

If users communicate directly with us via a social media platform, we do not transmit the content of these messages to other recipients.

Information on data transfers by the respective platform operator can be found in the data protection notices of the respective operating company on the corresponding platform website under the above-mentioned link.

6. DURATION OF DATA STORAGE

If users communicate directly with us via a social media platform, we delete these messages (including any replies to them from goetzpartners) at the latest after the retention period of 6 years under commercial and tax laws has ended. We do not store any other data.

Information on data storage by the respective platform operator can be found in the data protection notices of the respective operating company on the corresponding platform website under the above-mentioned link.

7. YOUR RIGHT TO OBJECT

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. We will then no longer process the personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

8. YOUR OTHER RIGHTS

Upon request, goetzpartners will inform you if and which data goetzpartners has stored about you. If the legal requirements are met, you have the right to correct, block or delete this data.

You also have the right to receive from goetzpartners the personal data concerning you which you have provided to goetzpartners, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. You have the right to transmit (or have transmitted) those data to another controller.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection matters.

9. DATA PROTECTION OFFICER OF GOETZPARTNERS

If you have questions or suggestions regarding data protection, please contact the goetzpartners data protection officer. You can reach him by post at the goetzpartners address given above or by e-mail to datenschutz@goetzpartners.com.