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.
The purposes of tracking and your opt-out options
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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).
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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.
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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.