Data protection

We are very delighted that you have shown interest in our enterprise. Data protection is of a particularly high priority for the management of the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH. If you contact us electronically, by telephone or in person or wish to use our website, it may be necessary to process personal data. If the processing of personal data is necessary and there is no legal basis for such processing, we generally obtain your consent.

Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH operates as a municipal company of the City of Jena in accordance with Section 2 (2) of the Thuringian Municipal and District Code (Thüringer Kommunalordnung – ThürKO , 28 January 2003) for the interests of business and industry.

Personal data is processed in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and in accordance with the country-specific data protection regulations applicable to Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH. By means of this data protection declaration, we inform the public about the type, scope and purpose of the personal data processed by us. Furthermore, this data protection declaration informs you about your rights.

The data protection declaration of the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH is based on the terms used by the European legislator for the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our privacy policy should be easy to read and understand for the public as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we would like to explain the terms used in advance.

We use the following terms, among others, in this privacy policy:

a) personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (hereinafter referred to as “data subject”). An identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject

Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing.

c) Processing

Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of restricting its future processing.

e) Profiling

Profiling is any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.

f) Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation is the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person.

g) Controller or controller responsible for the processing

Controller or controller responsible for the processing is the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data. Where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

h) Processor

Processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient

Recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular enquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients.

j) Third party

Third party is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.

k) Consent

Consent is any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

Each data subject has the following rights granted to the controller by the European legislator:

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her, or similarly significantly affects him or her, provided that the decision (1) is not necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller, or (2) is authorised by Union or Member State law to which the controller is subject and which also lays down suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, or (3) is based on the data subject’s explicit consent.

If the decision (1) is necessary for entering into, or the performance of, a contract between the data subject and a data controller, or (2) it is based on the data subject’s explicit consent, the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH shall implement suitable measures to safeguard the data subject’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, at least the right to obtain human intervention on the part of the controller, to express his or her point of view and contest the decision.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the rights concerning automated individual decision-making, he or she may at any time directly contact our Data Protection Officer of the controller or another employee of the controller.

When contacting us (e.g. by contact form, e-mail, telephone or via social media), the user’s details are processed to process the contact enquiry and its handling in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b) GDPR. The user’s details may be stored in a customer relationship management system (“CRM system”) or comparable enquiry organisation. The following data may be stored:

Your data will remain stored in our CRM system for as long as is necessary for the performance of our business relationship. We review the necessity every two years; furthermore, the statutory archiving obligations apply.

With your binding event registration, you consent to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of organising the event and for the publication of your surname, first name, title and company name. We process your data to compile lists of participants and name badges (surname, first name, title, company name, location). We will only process your data for as long as is necessary to prepare and organise the event. Upon request, we will delete your data immediately, unless there are legal obligations to retain it.

Photographs, sound recordings and films may be made at our events and published in various media. If you do not agree to the publication of the material in individual cases, please inform us immediately before the start of the event.

As the controller, Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH has implemented numerous technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data processed via this website is protected as completely as possible. Nevertheless, Internet-based data transmissions can generally have security gaps, so that absolute protection cannot be guaranteed. For this reason, you are free to transmit personal data to us by alternative means.

The website of the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH collects a series of general data and information each time you or an automated system accesses the website. This general data and information is stored in the server log files. The following can be recorded

(1) browser types and versions used,

(2) the operating system used by the accessing system,

(3) the website from which an accessing system reaches our website (so-called referrer),

(4) the sub-websites that are accessed via an accessing system on our website,

(5) the date and time of access to the website,

(6) an Internet Protocol address (IP address),

(7) the Internet service provider of the accessing system and

(8) other similar data and information used for security purposes in the event of attacks on our information technology systems.

When using this general data and information, the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH does not draw any conclusions about you. Rather, this information is required in order to

(1) to deliver the content of our website correctly,

(2) to optimise the content of our website and the advertising for it,

(3) to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems and the technology of our website, and

(4) to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for prosecution in the event of a cyber-attack.

Therefore, the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH analyses anonymously collected data and information statistically, with the aim of increasing the data protection and data security of our enterprise, and to ensure an optimal level of protection for the personal data we process. The anonymous data of the server log files are stored separately from all personal data provided by a data subject.

We process and store your personal data only for the period of time necessary to achieve the purpose of storage or if this has been provided for by the European legislator or another legislator in laws or regulations to which the controller is subject.

If the storage purpose no longer applies or if a storage period prescribed by the European legislator or another competent legislator expires, the personal data will be routinely blocked or deleted in accordance with the statutory provisions.

According to Art. 17 para. 3 GDPR, there is no obligation to erase data if there is a legal obligation – in particular a statutory retention period – to the contrary. Retention periods may arise, for example, from Section 257 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) or Section 147 of the German Fiscal Code (AO).

The Internet pages of the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH use cookies. Cookies are text files that are placed and stored on a computer system via an Internet browser.

Numerous websites and servers use cookies. Many cookies contain a so-called cookie ID. A cookie ID is a unique identifier for the cookie. It consists of a character string that allows websites and servers to be assigned to the specific internet browser in which the cookie was stored. This enables the websites and servers visited to distinguish the individual browser of the data subject from other Internet browsers that contain other cookies. A specific Internet browser can be recognised and identified via the unique cookie ID.

Through the use of cookies, the Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Jena mbH can provide the users of this website with more user-friendly services that would not be possible without the cookie setting.

Cookies can be used to optimise the information and offers on our website for the benefit of the user. As already mentioned, cookies enable us to recognise the users of our website. The purpose of this recognition is to make it easier for users to use our website. For example, the user of a website that uses cookies does not have to re-enter their access data each time they visit the website because this is taken over by the website and the cookie stored on the user’s computer system.

The data subject can prevent the setting of cookies by our website at any time by means of a corresponding setting of the Internet browser used and thus permanently object to the setting of cookies. Furthermore, cookies that have already been set can be deleted at any time via an Internet browser or other software programmes. This is possible in all common internet browsers. If the data subject deactivates the setting of cookies in the Internet browser used, not all functions of our website may be fully usable.

In our newsletter, we inform you about current developments in Jena as a business and science location and draw your attention to events.

With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter. The newsletter topics are named in the declaration of consent.

We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to subscribe to our newsletter. This means that after you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the e-mail address you have provided in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store the IP addresses used and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data.

The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address. The provision of further, separately marked data is voluntary and is used to address you personally. After your confirmation, we will save your e-mail address for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

We use rapidmail to send our newsletter. Your data will therefore be transmitted to rapidmail GmbH. In doing so, rapidmail GmbH is prohibited from using your data for purposes other than sending the newsletter. Rapidmail GmbH is not permitted to pass on or sell your data. rapidmail is a German, certified newsletter software provider that has been carefully selected in accordance with the requirements of the GDPR and the BDSG.

You can revoke your consent to the sending of the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare your cancellation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter email, by sending an email to unsubscribe.jenawirtschaft@jena.de or by sending a message to the contact details given in the legal notice.

On this website, data is collected and stored using the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service provided by InnoCraft Ltd, 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”) on the basis of our legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation and marketing purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR.

Cookies (see section 6.2 for more details) are stored on your computer to analyse this data. You can stop the analysis by deleting existing cookies and preventing the storage of cookies. If you prevent the storage of cookies, we would like to point out that you may not be able to use this website to its full extent. You can prevent the storage of cookies by changing the settings in your browser. You can prevent the use of Matomo by removing the following tick to activate the opt-out plug-in:

This website uses Matomo with the “AnonymiseIP” extension. This means that IP addresses are further processed in abbreviated form, so that they cannot be directly linked to individuals. The IP address transmitted by your browser using Matomo is not merged with other data collected by us.

The Matomo programme is an open source project. Information from the third-party provider on data protection can be found at matomo.org/privacy-policy/.

We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored on http://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website.

We have integrated YouTube videos into our online offering, which are stored on http://www.YouTube.com and can be played directly from our website. The integration of YouTube content only takes place in “extended data protection mode”. This is provided by YouTube itself and ensures that YouTube does not initially store any cookies on your device. However, when the relevant pages are accessed, the IP address and other data are transmitted and thus, in particular, which of our Internet pages you have visited. However, this information cannot be assigned to you unless you have logged in to YouTube or another Google service (e.g. Google+) before accessing the page or are permanently logged in.

Further information on the purpose and scope of data collection and its processing by YouTube can be found in the privacy policy. There you will also find further information on your rights and setting options to protect your privacy: www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy. Google also processes your personal data in the USA and has submitted to the EU-US Privacy Shield, https://www.privacyshield.gov/EU-US-Framework.

The controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation, other data protection laws applicable in the Member States of the European Union and other provisions of a data protection nature is the:

Business Development Corporation Jena mbH
Steinweg 10
07743 Jena
Phone: +49 3641-8730030
Fax: +49 3641-8730059

Website: www.jenawirtschaft.de
E-mail: jenawirtschaft@jena.de

You can contact our data protection officer as follows

Landgraf Datenschutz GmbH
Market 22
07743 Jena

E-mail: dsb@landgraf-datenschutz.de
Telephone: +49 3641-3161180