3. Information automatically collected through your use of XING

Data about you is automatically collated by means of tracking whenever you visit or make use of the XING service. This takes place with the help of various tracking technologies.

How does tracking work?
Data about users and other visitors are collated on our server along with cookies, pixels and similar tracking technologies on end devices.

The purposes of tracking and your opt-out options

Ensuring security
One reason for tracking is to ensure and preserve the legitimate interest of the protection of users, the security of user data, XING Websites, and the XING service. To this end, we save the data we record for up to 12 months in its full form. Only a limited number of our employees with the respective authorisation rights have access to this data. The legal basis for this processing of personal data are Article 6 (1) f) and Article 32 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Provision of our service
The main purpose of tracking and the analysis of user behaviour that this entails is to provider our service. The legal basis for this processing of personal data are Article 6 (1) b) and Article 6 (1) f) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can opt out of tracking by certain third-party providers if you wish.
Measurement and optimisation of advertising
Tracking is also carried out to measure the success of advertising campaigns and optimise the display of advertising. This involves the use of providers such as Google. The legal basis for this processing of personal data is your consent, see Article 6 (1) a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

Tracking of content and your opt-out options

Tracking in embedded third-party content
In some of our applications we make the content of external providers available to you. When it comes to this external content we have no control over the type of tracking used, as responsibility for this lies with the respective external provider. That said, it is possible, if you wish, to opt out of this type of tracking at least within the XING environment.

Back to overview of all topics

Cookies:

Small files that enable us to store specific information related to you, the user, on your end device. You can edit the settings of your browser to prevent cookies from being saved.

Third country:

A country outside of the European Union.

EU GDPR:

The Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council dated 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, on the free movement of such data, and on the repeal of the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.

Newsletter:

Newsletters or status e-mails and advertising for XING’s own similar products and services, or surveys for the purpose of XING’s own market research.

Personal data:

Pursuant to Article 4 (1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; 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.

Pixel:

Pixel: An image file or link to an image file that is added to the website code but not sent to your end device (e.g. PC, smartphone). Pixels are usually used in conjunction with cookies.

Profile:

The page on the XING Websites where the personal data made available by the user is displayed in the social network.

Profiling:

Pursuant to Article 4 (4) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), 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 move-ments.

Social network:

The contact and communication forums belonging to the applications of the service XING.

XING:

The service XING and the applications belonging to the service XING.

XING Websites:

All websites, subdomains, aliases, mobile applications, background applications, web services and embedding in third-party websites where the service XING is available.