1. Data Processing by the RAG-Stiftung

We process your data in connection with our social media channels based on our legitimate interest in public relations, communication, and interaction with you, as well as the ability to share our website content via social media and thereby increase our reach. Specifically:

1. Interaction via our social media channels
When you interact with us via our social media channels—for example, through comments, likes, sharing content, direct messages, or other posts—the data you enter is published by the respective social media platform.

We process this data exclusively for the purpose of communicating with you and addressing your inquiry. If the respective platform feature allows it, we may also share your content via our social media channel (e.g., through so-called reposts). The data will not be used for any other purposes.

We reserve the right to delete content if necessary. 

2. Share Button
We integrate so-called share buttons from social media platforms (e.g., from Facebook or LinkedIn) on our website. These allow you to share content from our website on the respective social media platforms.

The share buttons are disabled by default. They are only activated when you click on them, which establishes a connection to the respective social media platform. In this case, the operator of the social media platform receives information that you have visited our website. If you are logged in to the respective social media platform, your visit may be associated with your user account.

3. Analytics and Insights
The operators of the social media platforms provide us with analytics and statistics functions (so-called insights). These are based on the processing of usage data and provide us with information about how visitors interact with our social media channel.

To generate these statistics, the platform operators process various user data, such as when you visit our page, view content, or interact with it. Cookies and similar tracking technologies (e.g., pixels) are used for this purpose. This may also occur even if you do not have a user account with the respective social media platform or are not logged in.

We receive only aggregated or statistical analyses from these analytics functions and have no access to the personal data underlying the statistics. We also have no influence over the specific data processing carried out by the platform operators.

2. Data Processing by Platform Operators

In addition, the operators of the social media platforms process data about you, particularly for advertising and web tracking purposes. Please note that we have no influence over the data processing carried out by the platform operators. Further information regarding their data processing, your rights, and—where applicable—the joint controller agreement can be found below:

• Instagram: operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland;
  • Meta’s Privacy Policy,
  • Joint Controller Agreement.
• Facebook: operated by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin 2, Ireland;
  • Meta Privacy Policy,
  • Joint Controller Agreement.
• LinkedIn: operated by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland;
  • LinkedIn Privacy Policy,
  • Joint Controller Agreement.
• YouTube: operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland;
  • Google Privacy Policy.

F. Sharing Your Data with Third Parties

We may share your personal data with the following categories of recipients:

• to our service providers, who provide us with data processing services and may operate worldwide. These include, in particular, our website spam protection service provider, our service provider for managing our social media channels, and our service provider for sending greeting and event cards and for contact and guest management.
• to a competent law enforcement agency, regulatory authority, government agency, court, or other third party, to the extent we deem it necessary to (1) comply with legal or regulatory requirements; (2) exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights; or (3) protect your vital interests or the interests of another person;
• to other individuals for whom we have your consent to disclose the information.

G. International Data Transfers

We do not transfer your data to third parties based outside the European Union.

Please note that when you visit and use our social media channels, the operators of the social media platforms may transfer your data to the United States or other third countries and process it there.

H. Retention Period

We process and store your data only for as long as is necessary to achieve the respective purpose. For example, contact requests are deleted as soon as the request has been fully processed and answered. If the contact request relates to an existing contract, it is stored for the duration of the contract. Your data stored in the email distribution list for sending greeting cards and event invitations will be deleted as soon as it is no longer necessary to achieve the respective processing purpose or you have objected to receiving further greeting cards and invitations. Your data collected in connection with an event registration will be deleted after the respective event has concluded or upon revocation of your consent.

As soon as the purpose of processing no longer applies, your data will generally be deleted, provided that no legal retention obligations or legitimate interests on our part preclude this. This applies in particular to storage for the duration of limitation periods or for the assertion and defense of legal claims.

I. Your Rights

When we process your data, you have the following rights vis-à-vis us:

• Right of access
• Right to rectification
• Right to erasure
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to object to processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to withdraw your consent

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our processing of your data.