Update from: July 2022

Privacy policy YouTube channel

In the following we would like to inform you about the collection and processing of personal data when visiting and interacting with the YouTube channel that we operate, and/or watching our videos. Personal data are all data which refer specifically to you personally, e.g. your YouTube profile, your pictures, your e-mail or IP address.

Controller

Joint controllers pursuant to Art. 26 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are:

FOCKE & CO. (GmbH & Co. KG)

Controller for the YouTube page is FOCKE & CO. (GmbH & Co. KG), please see our imprint.

Data protection officer:

FOCKE & CO. (GmbH & Co. KG)

Data protection officer

Postfach 1369

D – 27263 Verden (Aller)

E-mail: datenschutz@focke.de

 

Google Ireland Limited

Service provider is Google Ireland Ltd, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland.

You can contact the data protection officer of Google Ireland via a form provided by Google Ireland:
https://support.google.com/policies/contact/general_privacy_form.




1. Data processing by FOCKE & CO. (GmbH & Co. KG)

Please carefully consider what personal data you submit to us via YouTube. If you would like to avoid that YouTube/Google processes data transmitted by you, please contact us by other means. You can find our contact details above, under item 1 of this privacy policy or in the imprint.

 

The purpose of data processing by us is to provide information about current offers, promotions, factual topics and enterprise news as well as to interact with visitors of our YouTube presence on these topics in terms of subject matter and content, as well as to respond to corresponding queries, praise and criticism. We offer you the opportunity to comment on, share, “like” or “dislike” or save our videos and posts. Your posts can be accessed by anyone worldwide on the Internet.

 

We process personal data when you contact us via our YouTube channel, for example by commenting on a post. If you contact us via our YouTube channel, we will process the content of your message as well as any other personal data transmitted in the process. Please note that in addition to the data and content actively transmitted by you, we may also have access to further information about your user profile, your posts and, for example, “Like” comments. Access to this information depends on the privacy settings you have made in your YouTube user account. YouTube/Google explains how to review and change your privacy and data protection settings here:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9315727?hl=de&ref_topic=9386940, https://support.google.com/policies/answer/9581826?p=privpol_privts&hl=de&visit_id=637217551183067910-377434558&rd=1.

1.1 Storage period of your data

Insofar as we are able to do so, and insofar as we have also processed the data outside of YouTube (e.g. by sending you an email), the data you have actively communicated to us will be deleted by us when the purpose for the processing no longer applies, i.e. specifically after the contact with you has terminated ultimately. This does not apply to data that is stored by the YouTube/Google system as part of our communication; we have no influence on the deletion of this data. Statutory retention periods remain unaffected.

 

You can also delete your own posts, such as comments, yourself at any time.

1.2 Legal basis of data processing

We use your data strictly for the purpose of communicating with you or processing your request. The legal basis for this data processing is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our outweighing and legitimate interest here, in the context of a balancing of interests, is to communicate with you and to respond to your inquiries and other requests.

2. Data processing by Google Ireland

Each time you access our YouTube channel (via the link provided on our website or by other means) on the YouTube websites, personal data is processed by YouTube/Google. Information concerning the processing of personal data by YouTube/Google can be found in Google’s privacy policy at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de&gl=de.

We have no knowledge beyond this information provided by Google concerning the extent to which, for what purposes, for how long and at what location data is processed by YouTube/Google, whether and how YouTube/Google fulfills its obligation to delete data, to whom data is disclosed, how data is merged, analyzed and marketed by YouTube/Google with other data and information, and whether and to what extent profiling is carried out by YouTube/Google.

 

In addition, whenever our YouTube channel is accessed (via the link provided on our website or otherwise), cookies are set by YouTube/Google on the YouTube websites. Companies and institutions may integrate Google technologies and products into their websites and apps (e.g. social plugins, Google Analytics, Google Maps). If you visit websites or use apps provided by companies and institutions that use such Google technologies/products, Google will also use cookies in the process. This enables Google to track and analyze your user behavior far beyond YouTube and Google websites. For more information on the use of cookies by YouTube/Google, please see Google’s cookie policy at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=de&gl=de.

You can individually define in your browser settings whether and which cookies may be stored and when they are deleted. At this point, we would like to mention that visiting our YouTube channel is also possible if your browser blocks cookies.

 

The processing of personal data and the setting of cookies by Google occurs regardless of whether you are logged into your YouTube or Google user account or have one at all. If you are logged into your YouTube or Google user account, you enable Google to assign your user behavior across devices directly to your personal profile. According to the company, you can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube/Google user account. The provider of YouTube in Germany is Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. The parent company of YouTube is Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. Google transfers personal data and other information to countries in the EU and also to the USA and other third countries – where a lower level of data protection than in the EU may prevail – and where such data is processed by Google and its partners.

 

In addition to the YouTube/Google privacy and cookie privacy listed above, your and our use of YouTube is subject to the Terms of Service (https://www.youtube.com/static?template=terms), the Community Guidelines (https://www.youtube.com/intl/de/about/policies/#community-guidelines) as well as the other guidelines and notices regarding security and copyright (https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/9223153). We have no influence on any processing of your data by YouTube/Google or on Google´s compliance with applicable data protection regulations.

3. Data processing by FOCKE & CO. (GmbH & Co. KG) and Google Ireland (statistics)

As mentioned above, we and YouTube are joint controllers for data processing within the meaning of Art. 26 GDPR in the context of the creation and use of statistics or “YouTube Analytics”. “YouTube Analytics” are analyses in statistical form provided by YouTube/Google for the operators of YouTube channels, these statistics contain evaluations of which persons/groups interact in which way with the respective YouTube channel and the content contained therein.

 

“YouTube Analytics” show us, for example, the reach of our YouTube channel, the interaction of users with our posts (view, comment, subscribe) and demographic data (e.g. age, gender, location) of visitors as well as the number of views of our videos. To compile “YouTube Analytics” statistics, YouTube/Google uses certain events – e.g. viewing or commenting on one of our videos or subscribing to our channel – and personal data collected when interacting with our YouTube channel, which is logged by Google servers.

 

Our responsibility as joint controller with YouTube/Google includes the collection and aggregation of data for “YouTube Analytics” statistics for our YouTube channel provided to us by YouTube/Google. The legal basis for this data processing on our side is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. The processing of the data serves to protect our legitimate interests in optimizing our external presentation and communication via our YouTube channel, legitimate interests which outweigh in the context of a balancing of interests and which are made possible for us by “YouTube Analytics”.

 

YouTube or Google currently does not provide any agreement on responsibility as joint controllers within the meaning of Art 26 para. 1 sentence 2 GDPR that specifies which controller fulfills which data protection obligations under the GDPR. Further information on data protection concerning “Youtube Analytics” can be found at https://support.google.com/youtube/topic/9257532?hl=de&ref_topic=9257610.

 

Regarding statistics and “YouTube Analytics”, we have no knowledge beyond the information provided above concerning the extent to which, for what purposes, for how long and at what location data is stored by YouTube/Google, whether and how YouTube/Google fulfills its obligation to delete data, to whom data is disclosed, how data is merged, analyzed and marketed by YouTube/Google with other data and information, and whether and to what extent profiling is carried out by YouTube/Google.

4. Your rights

You are generally entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis us and Google Ireland as controllers. In individual cases, these may be restricted by legal requirements (Art. 15-21 GDPR):

  • right to information about what personal data we and Google Ireland process and for what purpose
  • right to rectification of inaccurate data
  • right to erasure of your data
  • right to restriction of processing
  • right to data portability

 

Please note the following:

If you wish to exercise your rights with respect to processing for which we are the sole data controller within the meaning of the GDPR, you may do so by contacting us using the contact details provided above. If you wish to exercise your rights with respect to processing for which Google Ireland is the sole or joint controller within the meaning of the GDPR, please contact Google Ireland directly. Details on how to contact Google Ireland’s data protection officer are provided in an earlier section of this privacy policy.

5. Right of objection and revocation and objection concerning direct advertising

If we process your personal data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR in order to protect our legitimate interests that outweigh in the context of a balance of interests, you have the right to object to the processing at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process your personal data unless there is a compelling interest in the processing, an outweighing interest of a third party or a legal provision that obliges us to process the personal data.

 

If personal data is processed for purposes of direct advertising, you have the right to object at any time to processing of personal data concerning your person for such advertising; this also applies concerning profiling to the extent that it is related to such direct advertising. If you object to processing for direct advertising purposes, the personal data is no longer processed for such purposes.

 

Please note the following:

If your right to object concerns the processing of data for which we are the sole data controller within the meaning of the GDPR, you may exercise this right against us using the contact details provided under item 1 of this privacy policy. However, if your right to object concerns the processing of data for which Google Ireland is the sole or joint controller within the meaning of the GDPR, we would ask you to contact Google Ireland directly. Details on how to contact Google Ireland’s data protection officer are also provided under item 1 of this privacy policy. More information and choices about personalized advertising by YouTube/Google can be found here: https://safety.google/intl/de/privacy/ads-and-data/. An opt-out-option for personalized advertising carried out by Google can be found here: https://adssettings.google.com/anonymous?sig=ACi0TCgxe64iCWXTsstZ9BTR0UGoyceuQlk6z2ys49Z2dHLVbUuG5_NfhugV5EjWl2bn27jn8Peeo-js8I2OFDNZYcYTNE34-hcCtgK4C1ACSpFNbDjeLNA&hl=de.

5.1 Complaint to the data protection supervisory authority

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority about processing of your data. The competent supervisory authority relevant in our case is:

 

The State Commissioner for Data Protection in Lower Saxony

http://www.lfd.niedersachsen.de/wir_ueber_uns/wir-ueber-uns-56228.html

5.2 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: datenschutz@focke.de

 

In most cases, however, it makes sense to contact Google Ireland directly, insofar as we do not have access to all data and cannot influence all data processing within YouTube. The corresponding contact details can be found in an earlier section of this privacy policy.