Privacy Policy
ANIMUS GmbH
We are pleased about your visit to the ANIMUS website. The protection of your personal data is important to us, which is why we treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the statutory data protection regulations and this privacy policy. The legal basis for data protection can be found in the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Telemedia Act (TMG).
1. Controller
2. Contact details of the data protection officer
You can reach our data protection officer at: datenschutz@animus.de
3. Use of cookies
First party cookies
We use cookies on our website. These are small files that your browser automatically creates and stores on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our site. We use technical and functional cookies to ensure the functionality of the website. The legal basis is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We use cookies for statistical purposes. The aim is to optimize the website experience for our users. We only use these with your express consent. The legal basis is consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. We use Google Analytics from Google LLC to collect and process this data. We anonymize this data as soon as we have collected it. This serves to minimize personal reference. The legal basis is a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
We also use marketing and tracking cookies. With these, we can create user profiles, display advertising or track visitors across multiple websites for similar advertising purposes. The legal basis is consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR.
Social media plugins and third party cookies
Use of YouTube
Components (videos) of YouTube, LLC (YouTube) may be used on this website. These are only permitted in "extended data protection mode". When visiting this website, no cookies are set by YouTube servers yet (except for the no-cookies cookie). Only when playing a video can technically necessary and certain statistical cookies be set by YouTube. The legal basis for processing technically necessary cookies is YouTube's legitimate interest in providing the video.
Use of LinkedIn
This website may contain LinkedIn plugins. After your consent, a connection to LinkedIn servers is established and cookies are installed in your browser. These transmit data to LinkedIn. If you are logged in to LinkedIn, the data collected by LinkedIn can be linked to your LinkedIn profile. The legal basis is your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Further information and a detailed list of the cookies used can be found in our cookie policy.
4. Contact form
You can contact us via our contact form. We use the personal data provided to respond to your inquiry and process your request. The legal basis is our legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
5. Newsletter registration
If you register for our newsletter on this website, we use your data to send newsletter emails on a regular basis. The legal basis is consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR. Sendinblue GmbH supports us with newsletter delivery.
6. Chatbot
On the website, you can communicate with us via chatbot. We process the data collected via chatbot to answer your questions, review your concerns and prevent misuse of the chatbot. The legal basis is a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR in providing the chatbot. WriteSonic Inc. supports us with the chatbot.
7. Website protection
To ensure the security of the website, we implement additional measures. For this purpose, our website establishes a permanent connection to the servers of Wordfence (Defiance Inc.) so that Wordfence can compare its databases with the accesses made on our website and block them if necessary. It may happen that your IP address is processed for this purpose. Data transfer to the USA takes place on the basis of the European Commission's standard contractual clauses. The legal basis is a legitimate interest pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.
To protect your inquiries via internet forms, we use the reCAPTCHA service of Google Inc. (Google). The query is used to distinguish whether the input is made by a human or abusively by automated, machine processing. The query includes the transmission of the IP address and possibly other data required by Google for the reCAPTCHA service to Google. For this purpose, your input is transmitted to Google and further used there. However, your IP address is first truncated by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases is the full IP address transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of this service. The IP address transmitted by your browser in the context of reCaptcha is not merged with other Google data. The divergent data protection provisions of Google apply to this data. Further information on Google's data protection policies can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de
8. Data subject rights
You have the right
- pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR to request information about your personal data processed by us;
- pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR to immediately request the correction of inaccurate or completion of your personal data stored by us;
- pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR to request the deletion of your personal data stored by us;
- pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR to request the restriction of the processing of your personal data;
- pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing;
- pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR to receive your personal data that you have provided to us in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to request transmission to another controller;
- pursuant to Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR to revoke your consent once given to us at any time for the future;
- pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR to complain to a supervisory authority. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or workplace.
9. Responsible supervisory authority
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen
Postfach 20 04 44
40102 Düsseldorf
Privacy information for applicants
We are pleased about your interest in our company. In accordance with the requirements of Art. 13, 14 and 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we hereby inform you about the processing of personal data transmitted by you in the context of the application process and possibly collected by us, as well as your related rights. To ensure that you are fully informed about the processing of your personal data in the context of the application process, please take note of the following information.
1. Controller
2. Contact details of the data protection officer
You can reach our data protection officer at: datenschutz@animus.de
3. Purposes and legal bases of processing
We process your personal data for the following purposes
- as a basis for a decision on establishing an employment relationship; § 26 BDSG in conjunction with Art. 88 GDPR,
- for further processing within the scope of a possible employment relationship; § 26 BDSG in conjunction with Art. 88 GDPR,
- insofar as processing is subject to a legal obligation; Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR,
- as evidence for legal disputes arising from the application procedure; Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f.
4. Data categories and sources
We process the data that you have provided directly or via an intermediary and that are necessary for the aforementioned purposes.
5. Recipients
We only pass on your personal data within our company to those departments and persons who need this data to fulfill (pre-)contractual and statutory obligations or to implement our legitimate interest. Under certain circumstances, your data may be processed by processors (e.g. hosting providers). These have been checked by us for data protection compliance and process the data exclusively on our instructions. Data disclosure to recipients outside the company otherwise only takes place insofar as statutory provisions permit or require it, disclosure is necessary to fulfill legal obligations or we have your consent.
6. Duration of processing
We store your personal data for as long as this is necessary for the decision on your application. Your personal data or application documents will be deleted a maximum of six months after the end of the application process, unless longer storage is legally required or permitted. Beyond this, we only store your personal data insofar as this is legally necessary or necessary in the specific case for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims for the duration of legal proceedings. If an employment relationship, training relationship or internship relationship follows the application process, your data will continue to be stored insofar as necessary and permitted, and then transferred to the personnel file.
7. Data subject rights
Every data subject has the right to information pursuant to Art. 15 GDPR, the right to rectification pursuant to Art. 16 GDPR, the right to erasure pursuant to Art. 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing pursuant to Art. 18 GDPR, the right to notification pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR and the right to data portability pursuant to Art. 20 GDPR. In addition, there is a right to complain to a data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR if you believe that the processing of your personal data is not lawful. The right to complain exists regardless of any other administrative or judicial remedy. If data processing is based on your consent, you are entitled pursuant to Art. 7 GDPR to revoke your consent to the use of your personal data at any time. Please note that the revocation only takes effect for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation is not affected. Please also note that we may be required to retain certain data for a certain period of time to fulfill statutory requirements.
8. Right to object
Insofar as the processing of your personal data is carried out pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR for the protection of legitimate interests, you have the right pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR to object to the processing of this data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process this personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.
9. Necessity of providing personal data
The provision of personal data in the context of application processes is neither legally nor contractually required. You are therefore not obliged to provide information about your personal data. However, please note that this data is necessary for the decision on an application or the conclusion of a contract regarding an employment relationship with us. If you do not provide us with personal data, we cannot make a decision on establishing an employment relationship. We recommend that you only provide personal data in your application that is necessary for carrying out the application process.