Update from: August 2023

Privacy policy for our LinkedIn page

ANY DISCUSSION OF LEGAL RIGHTS/OBLIGATIONS RELATES TO SINGAPORE LAW ONLY.

In the following we would like to inform you about the collection and processing of personal data when using our LinkedIn page. Personal data are all data which refer specifically to you personally, e.g. your LinkedIn profile, your pictures, your e-mail or IP address.

Overview

LinkedIn is a social network and online platform for professionals and management personnel. Since 2016, LinkedIn has been part of Microsoft. Our LinkedIn page serves us primarily as a communication platform for customers, interested parties, business partners, applicants and users.

We receive statistical information from LinkedIn about the popularity of our LinkedIn page (e.g. number of profile views). The way in which this data is collected and processed is the responsibility of LinkedIn itself and takes place exclusively in the form that ensues from LinkedIn’s terms of use.

Relevant Organisations

The organisations involved with the collection and processing of personal data when you use our LinkedIn page are:

FOCKE SINGAPORE (Pte Ltd)

The page is operated on a day to day basis by FOCKE (SINGAPORE) Pte Ltd, German Centre, 25 International Business Park, Singapore 309916.

Please refer to the imprint for further details about FOCKE (SINGAPORE) Pte Ltd.

Data protection officer:

The business contact details of the FOCKE (SINGAPORE) Pte Ltd data protection officer are as follows:

Alexander Kliegl

E-mail: alexander.kliegl@focke.de

 

LinkedIn Corporation

The organisation responsible for the entire LinkedIn social network is LinkedIn Corporation, 1000 W. Maude Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA.

LinkedInĀ“s privacy policy is found on the LinkedIn website, and is applicable in respect of LinkedInĀ“s processing of your personal data.

Information on how you may contact LinkedInĀ“s data protection officer is provided at the following link:

Contacting LinkedInĀ“s Data Protection Officer




1. Data processing by FOCKE SINGAPORE PTE LTD

We offer you the opportunity to comment on our posts, share them, “likeā€ them or send us a private message. Generally, your comments can be accessed by anyone worldwide on the Internet. The content of communication via messenger, however, can only be accessed by LinkedIn itself, e.g. as part of IT administration.

 

For the purpose of optimizing our LinkedIn page, we use the anonymized page analytics provided to us by LinkedIn. We only use this information to identify trends; it is not possible for us to relate it back to the respective persons. We have no influence on how for what purpose the data that goes into these page analytics is processed.

 

We receive the following data via LinkedIn page analysis:

 

Follower Analytics:

  • Follower highlights (total number of followers, number of members following our page since creation, changes compared to last 30 days)
  • Follower metrics (changes in the number of followers + the ability to filter by time period)
  • Total number of followers (listed in order of recency)
  • Demographics of followers (breakdown of persons according to: location, job function, seniority, industry and company size)

Visitor Analytics

  • Visitor highlights (total number of page views + percentage change from last 30 days)
  • Visitor metrics (page visits filtered by time range)
  • Visitor demographics (breakdown of visitors by time ranges, job function, location, seniority, industry, and company size)

Update Analytics

  • Update highlights (total number of likes, comments, and shares in the last 30 days + the percentage change from the last 30 days)
  • Update metrics, the following metrics are available:

    • Impressions shows the number of times each update was visible for at least 300 milliseconds with at least 50% in view on a (logged in) memberā€™s device screen or browser window
    • Unique impressions shows the number of times your updates were shown to individual members
    • Clicks shows the number of clicks on our content, our company name and our logo by a (logged in) member
    • Reactions, comments and shares
    • Engagement rate shows the number of interactions plus the number of clicks and followers acquired, divided by the number of impressions
  • Update engagement, the following information is available:
    • Target audience shows whether the update was sent to all followers or only a targeted audience
    • Views show, for example, when an article was completely loaded or the number of times one of our video posts was viewed for three seconds or more
    • Video analytics: the total minutes a particular video has been watched, including views less than 3 seconds
    • CTR shows the number of clicks our update received divided by the number of impressions our update received
    • Reactions show the number of times people have applied a Like, Celebrate, Love, Insightful, or Curious in response to our update
    • Comments (the number of comments per update)
    • Shares show the number of times our update has been shared
    • FollowsĀ show the number of Follow clicks on our sponsored content.

More information on page analytics is available at the following website:

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/4499/linkedin-page-analytics-overview?lang=en

1.1 Storage period of your data

In principle, there is no set storage period for your published contributions, which means we either delete your data when storage is no longer required (concerning data we can delete ourselves) or restrict processing if there are statutory obligations to keep such data stored.

 

Furthermore, personal data will also be deleted if it is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.

 

You can also delete your posts on our LinkedIn page yourself at any time.

1.2 Purpose & Legal Basis of data processing

We operate our LinkedIn page in our own interest in order to be able to communicate with customers, interested parties, business partners, applicants and users and to inform them about our enterprise, our offers, goods and events.

 

We process the statistical information provided by LinkedIn in our own interest to optimize our LinkedIn page. Anonymised data, that is, data from which an individual cannot be identified, is not covered by the definition of ā€œpersonal dataā€ in the Personal Data Protection Act (ā€PDPAā€). Nearly all of the data we handle in the course of operating our LinkedIn page falls into the category of anonymised data.

 

Furthermore, in cases where the data falls under the category of ā€œpersonal dataā€, the basis of our processing of the personal data is consent (s13 PDPA), since the data is voluntarily given (e.g. if you choose to comment on one of our posts using your LinkedIn account, revealing the public information on your profile).

 

However, in individual cases, and only if the statutory requirements are met, personal data may be processed on the basis that it is publicly available (i.e. under Paragraph 1 of Part 2 of the First Schedule of the PDPA, read with Ā section 17 of the PDPA).

1.3 Transfer of data outside of Singapore

We may transfer personal data outside of Singapore in cases where either:

  • The personal data concerned is publicly available data;
  • We have your consent; or
  • We have taken appropriate steps to ensure that the recipient of the personal data is bound by legally enforceable obligations to provide the transferred personal data a standard of protection comparable to the protection under the PDPA.
2. Data processing by LinkedIn

Please refer to the LinkedIn Privacy Policy, and the following pages:

LinkedIn privacy policy

User agreement

Cookie policy

Community policy

LinkedIn-Ads

3. Your rights

You are generally entitled to the following rights vis-Ć -vis us. In individual cases, these may be restricted pursuant to the relevant provisions in the PDPA:

  • right to access to personal data (section 21 of the PDPA)
  • right to correction of personal data (section 22 of the PDPA)
  • right to data portability

If you request us to transfer your personal data to another organisation, we will comply, unless an exception applies.

We are not permitted to retain your personal data longer than necessary to fulfil the original collection purpose or other lawful purposes (s25 PDPA).

3.1 Revocation of consent

You are entitled to revoke any consent you have given to the processing of your data at any time. Such revocation will affect the permissibility of processing your personal data after it has been declared to us and only in cases where the data cannot be processed without your consent.

3.2 Complaint to the Singapore personal data protection commission

For more information regarding lodging a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Commission Singapore, please see the link below:

www.pdpc.gov.sg/complaints-and-reviews

3.3 Contact options regarding your rights

To exercise your rights, you can contact us at any time. To do this, please use the following e-mail address:

alexander.kliegl@focke.de