Privacy Policy University Network by f+u

Our main concern is the compliance with data security and data protection regulations according to EU-GDPR and DSAnpUG-EU. We would like to inform you below about the processing and use of your data.
University Network by f+u processes and uses your data exclusively within the scope of legal regulations.

1. Name and contact details of the controller and the data protection officer

Responsible person:

University Network by f+u
Kurfürsten-Anlage 64 – 68
D-69115 Heidelberg
Tel.: +49 174 1727334
Fax: +49 6221 7050-350
E-Mail: recruiting@talentscouts-germany.com
https://www.talentscouts-germany.com
Registered office: Heidelberg
Managing Directors: Hans-Dieter Sauer, Ralph Sauer
Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Mannheim HRB 744543

Data Protection Officer:

F+U Rhein-Main-Neckar gGmbH
Klaus Ludwig
Poststraße 4-6
D-64293 Darmstadt
Tel.: +49 6151 8719-33
E-Mail: dsb@fuu.de

2. Collection and storage of personal data as well as the nature and purpose of their use

The use of our website is generally possible without providing personal information.
Every access to our homepage and every retrieval of a file stored on the homepage is logged. The storage serves internal system-related and statistical purposes.
To be logged:

• the name of the retrieved file
• the date and time of request
• the amount of data transferred
• notification of successful retrieval
• web browser and requesting domain
• IP addresses of the requesting systems
• used browsers, operating systems and your access provider

The above-mentioned data will be processed by us for the following purposes and stored until it is automatically deleted:

• Ensuring a smooth connection setup and comfortable use of the website
• Evaluation of system security and stability
• For further administrative purposes

The legal basis for data processing is 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the data collection purposes listed above.
In no case will this data be used to draw conclusions about your person.
We also use cookies and analysis services. For more information, see paragraphs 4 and 5.

Please note that data transmission over the Internet (e.g. communication by e-mail) can have security gaps. A complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible.
The use of contact data published within the scope of the imprint obligation by third parties for sending unsolicited advertising and information material is hereby expressly prohibited. The operators of these pages expressly reserve the right to take legal action in the event of the unsolicited advertising information being sent, such as spam e-mails.
The website contains links to other websites, which are subject to the liability of the respective site operators. At the time of linking no legal violations were evident.

Contact Form
If you have questions about our offers, you may contact us using the forms provided on our website.
Your e-mail address and name are required so that we know who sent the request and can respond to it. This information is always provided on a voluntary basis and will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent.
Additional personal data is only collected if you provide this information voluntarily.
The data will be processed for the purpose of contacting us and is in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily consent.
The personal data collected by us for the use of the contact form will be deleted after your request has been finally processed.
The purpose of the data processing is to answer your enquiry or to inform about the educational offers listed on our websites, or your application or registration.

Linkedin

The comprehensive use of our fan page de.linkedin.com/company/talentscouts-germany on Linkedin is connected with the establishment or the existence of a Linkedin account.

This requires the specification of

• e-mail address,
  • password

is required.

Other personal information, may be required from you in the settings of your account.

This service is provided by Linkedin Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland. Linkedin’s privacy policy can be viewed at

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv

Linkedin and University Network by f+u are jointly responsible for the processing of personal data.

The use of our fan page and its functions is your own responsibility. This applies in particular to the use of the interactive functions (e.g. commenting, sharing, rating). Alternatively, you can also access the information offered there on our website https:\www.universitynetwork.de.

The data collected about you when you access our fan page on Linkedin will be processed by Linkedin Inc. and may be transferred to countries outside the European Union. How this data is processed by Linkedin Inc. is unknown to us.

Please note that if you are logged in to Linkedin, Linkedin can track that you have visited this website and how you have used this and possibly other websites.

We, as the provider of this fan page, may process data if, for example, you apply or inquire with us via contact forms located there or leave contact requests or remarks in your comments. Beyond that, we do not process any other personal data from your use of our service.

Data processing by University Network by f+u is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent as well as in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed there.

The purpose of the data processing is to provide information and advice on our listed school and educational offers as well as the job offers linked there.

Instagram

The comprehensive use of our fan page www.instagram.com/fuu_university.network/ on Instagram is connected with the establishment or existence of an Instagram account.

This requires the specification of

• – First name, last name,
  • – E-mail address or mobile phone number,
  • – password

required.

Further personal information, whether in public or private mode, is to be provided by you in the settings of your account.

This service is provided by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square Harbour, Dublin 2, Ireland.

Instagram’s privacy policy is available at:

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875/?maybe_redirect_pol=0

Instagram and University Network by f+u are jointly responsible for the processing of personal data.

For more information on Instagram’s data processing, please refer to Instagram’s privacy policy at https://help.instagram.com/196883487377501?ref=dp.

We expressly point out that both Instagram and Facebook process user data (e.g. personal information, IP address, etc.) and may also use it for business purposes.

It is not comprehensible for us which data, for how long and where this data is stored.

If you have any concerns about the use of this fan page, please contact us via our website https:\www.universitynetwork.de.

The supplemental agreement to Facebook’s privacy policy can be read as a Page Insights supplement at:

https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum

According to this supplement, we are obligated to forward all user inquiries or contacts from supervisory authorities directly to Facebook by means of a form in order to obtain a joint clarification.

As the provider of this fan page, we may process data if, for example, you apply or inquire with us via contact forms located there or leave contact requests or remarks in your comments. Beyond that, we do not process any further personal data from your use of our service.

Data processing by University Network by f+u is carried out in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR on the basis of your voluntarily given consent as well as in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest follows from the purposes for data collection listed there.

The purpose of the data processing is to provide information and advice on our listed school and educational offers as well as the job offers linked there.

DocuSign

We use this service as part of the digital conclusion of contracts with you. This enables us to offer you the option of signing and signing contracts electronically. You can do this using any browser on a PC or smartphone.

If you provide us with your e-mail address when executing the contract, we can provide you with the contract to be signed via the “DocuSign” platform if you wish. In this case, we will send you an e-mail with a link to your contract documents.

Unless otherwise stated in the following sections, the data processing will be carried out exclusively by the University Network by f+u .

The signature service of our partner DocuSign Inc. Germany, Neue Rothofstrasse 13-19, 60313 Frankfurt, offers the possibility to exchange contract documents via the Internet and to sign them in a legally compliant manner even without the exchange of paper documents.

For this purpose, you will receive an e-mail from us with a personalized link through which you can view the documents intended for you and sign the contract. The personalized link is created when we send the documents that belong to your contract to our partner DocuSign in encrypted form.

By giving us your e-mail address, it is ensured that the personalized link is transmitted exclusively to you.

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is the fulfillment of the contract according to Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.

After signing the contract documents, your personal data transmitted to us is stored in the database of our hosting partner DocuSign as a so-called closed envelope. We receive an e-mail about the signature and storage, then transfer the signed documents to our own system and assign them to your contract. The completed envelope at DocuSign is automatically deleted after 12 weeks. We store the documents in our system in accordance with the legally prescribed retention period and then delete them automatically.

In the case of transfer to third countries, Docusign guarantees the maintenance of an adequate level of data protection through the following binding internal data protection rules recognized by the EU (so-called Binding Corporate Rules).

https://www.docusign.com/trust/privacy/binding-corporate-rules

Further information on data protection can be found at:

https://www.docusign.com/company/privacy-policy

YouTube

We use the YouTube service of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland on our websites.

We use YouTube to post our own videos and make them publicly accessible. YouTube is a service provided by YouTube LLC.

Some of our website pages contain links or connections to YouTube. We would like to point out that if you follow a video produced by us via a link on YouTube, YouTube will process the data (e.g. personal information, IP address) in accordance with its own data usage guidelines and use it for business purposes.

We also directly integrate videos stored on YouTube on some of our Internet pages. This means that when you access a YouTube video on a page of our website, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. You will be asked to accept or reject cookies before the content is displayed.

The integration of YouTube content therefore 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 any other data are transmitted and thus, for example, which of our websites 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.

As soon as you start playing an embedded video by clicking on it, YouTube only stores cookies on your device through the extended data protection mode, which do not contain any personally identifiable data, unless you are currently logged in to a Google service. These cookies can be prevented by making the appropriate browser settings and extensions.

The privacy policy of Google Ireland Limited can be found at

https://policies.google.com/privacy.

OpenApply

We use the OpenApply service of Faria Education Group Limited, 121 SW Salmon Street, Suite 1200, Portland, OR 9720, U.S.A. on our websites.

We use this service as part of the digital online application system for job applications. This allows you to complete all forms and questionnaires online and upload the required documents. Please read the admission information on the application page https://www.hpc-international.de/de/programme/grade-5/grade-5-open-apply before you start your application.

We collect the following data on this registration page:

– Contact details (e-mail, telephone, etc.)

– portrait

– Gender, date and place of birth

– nationality

– Address and country

It is then necessary to register via a registration portal. You will be asked to provide the following data:

– E-mail address,

– password,

– Repeat password.

You can then use this portal to submit further application documents such as

– school-leaving certificate

– Graduation date and grade

– School name and location

– language skills

– if applicable, further information such as certificates, etc.

upload.

Faria Education Group Limited ensures that an adequate level of data protection is maintained when transferring data to third countries by means of the following binding corporate rules recognized by the EU.

Further information on data protection can be found at

https://www.managebac.com/terms/gdpr

Your personal data will not be transmitted to third parties for purposes other than those listed below. We will only pass on your personal data to third parties:

• For the purpose of comprehensive advice on further educational offers by our affiliates
• Internationale Berufsakademie der F+U Unternehmensgruppe gGmbH,
• F+U Rhein-Main-Neckar gGmbH,
• ISBA gGmbH – Internationale Studien- und Berufsakademie,
• Internationale Hochschule für Wirtschaft, Technik und Kultur gGmbH,
• Academy of Languages gGmbH,
• Edunex GmbH.

The data processing is based on our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR as well as your explicit consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.

• If you have given your explicit consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR (e.g. to potential practice partners, authorities, social insurance institutions, banks, landlords, employers, if required etc.),
• the disclosure, in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to believe that you have a predominantly legitimate interest in not disclosing your data.
• in the event that a legal obligation exists for the disclosure in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR, and
• this is permitted by law and is required by Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR for the processing of contractual relationships with you.
• a transfer of your data to third countries is not planned.

We use cookies on our site. These are small files that your browser creates automatically and that are stored on your device (laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit our website. Cookies do not damage your device, do not contain viruses, Trojans or other malware. Information is stored in the cookie, which results in each case in connection with the specific used device. However, this does not mean that we gain direct knowledge of their identity.
The use of cookies serves on the one hand to make the use of our offer more pleasant for you. For example, we use so-called session cookies to determine whether you have visited any of our websites. These are automatically deleted after leaving our pages.
In addition, we also use temporary cookies that are stored on your device for a specified period of time to optimize user-friendliness. If you revisit our pages to use our services, it is automatically recognized that you have already visited us and which inputs and settings you have made so that you do not have to enter them again.
On the other hand, we use cookies to statistically record the use of our websites and to evaluate them for the purpose of optimizing our offers (see Section 5). These cookies allow us to automatically recognize that you have already been with us when you return to our pages. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined period of time.

The data processed by cookies is required for the aforementioned purposes in order to protect our legitimate interests as well as 3. In accordance with Art. (1) (f) GDPR.
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, you can configure your browser so that no cookies are stored on your computer or a message always appears before a new cookie is created. However, disabling cookies completely may mean that they cannot use every feature of our website.

The tracking measures listed below and used by us are carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. With the tracking measures used, we want to ensure that our websites are designed to meet requirements and are continually optimized. On the other hand, we use the tracking measures in order to statistically record the use of our websites and to evaluate them for the purpose of optimizing our services for you. These interests are to be regarded as legitimate within the meaning of the aforementioned provision.
The respective data processing purposes and data categories can be taken from the corresponding tracking tool.

Use of Google Analytics/Remarketing and Google Adwords

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service of Google Inc (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. However, if IP anonymization is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google beforehand within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and truncated there. Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this website for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. You can also prevent Google from collecting the data generated by the cookie and relating to your use of the website (including your IP address) and from processing this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de .

Our pages use Google retargeting technologies.

This makes it possible to target visitors to our websites with personalized, interest-based advertising. The advertising is displayed using a cookie-based analysis of previous usage and surfing behavior. To the best of our knowledge, no personal data is stored in the process. A cookie is stored for this purpose in order to collect anonymized data about the interests of the user and thus adapt advertising individually to this information. These cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device.

You can permanently object to the use of cookies for retargeting by deactivating interest-based advertising by Google here:

https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

Further information and the data protection provisions can be found in Google’s privacy policy at http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/

This website uses the online advertising program “Google AdWords” and, as part of this, conversion tracking. The conversion tracking cookie is set when a user clicks on an ad placed by Google. These cookies lose their validity after 30 days and are not used for personal identification. If the user visits certain pages of this website and the cookie has not yet expired, we and Google can recognize that the user clicked on the ad and was redirected to this page. Each Google AdWords customer receives a different cookie. Cookies can therefore not be tracked via the websites of AdWords customers.

The information collected using the conversion cookie is used to generate conversion statistics for AdWords customers who have opted for conversion tracking. Customers learn the total number of users who clicked on their ad and were redirected to a page with a conversion tracking tag. However, they do not receive any information that can be used to personally identify users. Users who do not wish to participate in tracking can easily deactivate the Google conversion tracking cookie via their Internet browser under user settings. These users will not be included in the conversion tracking statistics. Learn more about Google’s privacy policy.

Use of Hotjar

This website uses the web analysis service Hotjar from Hotjar Ltd.

Hotjar Ltd. is a European company based in Malta (Hotjar Ltd, Level 2, St Julians Business Center, 3, Elia Zammit Street, St Julians STJ 1000, Malta.

With this tool, movements on the websites on which Hotjar is used can be tracked (so-called heat maps). This makes it possible to see your movement behavior, how far you scroll and which buttons you click and how often. The tool also makes it possible to obtain feedback directly from website users. In this way, we obtain valuable information to make our websites even faster and more customer-friendly.

When you visit our websites, we can only register which buttons you click and how far you scroll. Areas of the websites in which personal data about you or third parties is displayed are automatically hidden by Hotjar and are therefore not traceable at any time.

Hotjar offers you the option of using a “Do Not Track header” to prevent the use of the Hotjar tool so that no data about your visit to the respective websites is recorded. This is a setting that is supported by all standard browsers in current versions. For this purpose, your browser sends a request to Hotjar with the information to deactivate the tracking of the respective user. If you use sipgate websites with different browsers/computers, you must set up the “Do Not Track header” separately for each of these browsers or platforms.

Detailed instructions with information about your browser can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com/opt-out

Further information about Hotjar Ltd. and the Hotjar tool can be found at: https://www.hotjar.com

You can find the privacy policy of Hotjar Ltd. at: https://www.hotjar.com/privacy

Use of Facebook Pixel

This website uses the remarketing function “Custom Audiences” of Facebook Inc. (“Facebook”), 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA. This function is used to present interest-based advertisements (“Facebook Ads”) to visitors to this website when they visit the social network Facebook. Data such as location, IP address, duration of use, websites visited, etc. are processed. The Facebook remarketing tag has been implemented on this website for this purpose. This tag establishes a direct connection to the Facebook servers when you visit the website. It is transmitted to the Facebook server that you have visited this website and Facebook assigns this information to your personal Facebook user account. For more information on the collection and use of data by Facebook and your rights and options for protecting your privacy in this regard, please refer to Facebook’s privacy policy at https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/.

Alternatively, you can deactivate the remarketing function “Custom Audiences” at https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads#_=_

(opt-out). To do this, you must be logged in to Facebook.

The legal basis for the use of this service is your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR and our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.

Use of Microsoft Clarity

This website uses the Microsoft Clarity service (Clarity) from Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft), One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399 USA for statistical analysis of user behavior and for marketing purposes. Clarity collects and stores various user information.

Clarity collects user data, such as

– Access times,

– IP addresses,

– cursor and scroll movements,

– time zone setting,

– operating system and platform,

– geographical origin of the page view,

– in the case of redirection to our site, the redirection origin,

– duration of visits to certain pages

– and information about website interactions (e.g. scrolling, clicks and mouse-overs).

Usage profiles can be created and analyzed from this data. Cookies are used to collect and analyze this data. These cookies are stored by Microsoft for up to one year. The use of cookies for reading information on the end device used is only carried out if you have given us your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR when accessing our website. Without this consent, Clarity will not be used.

The data collected by Microsoft will not be used to identify you personally without your consent.

Please note that processed information may be transmitted to Microsoft servers in the USA and stored there. We have concluded an order processing contract with Microsoft, in which we oblige Microsoft to protect our customers’ data and not to pass it on to third parties.

You can find additional information on Clarity’s privacy policy at https://clarity.microsoft.com/terms.

You have the right:

• to request information about your personal data processed by us in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR. In particular, you may request information about the processing purposes, the category of personal data, the categories of recipients to whom your data has been or will be disclosed, the planned storage period, the existence of a right of correction, deletion, restriction of processing or objection the existence of a right of appeal, the origin of your data, if not collected by us, and the existence of an automated decision-making process, including profiling and, where appropriate, meaningful information about its details;
• to immediately demand the correction of incorrect or completed personal data stored by us in accordance with Art. 16 GDPR;
• to demand the deletion of your personal data stored with us in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR, unless the processing is necessary to exercise the right to freedom of expression and information, to fulfil a legal obligation, for reasons of public interest or to assert, exercise or defend legal claims;
• to demand the restriction of the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR, if the accuracy of the data is disputed by you, the processing is unlawful, but you refuse to delete it and we no longer need the data, which are, however, required for asserting, exercising or defending legal claims or you have lodged an objection against the processing in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR;
• in accordance with Art. 20 GDPR, to receive your personal data that you provided to us in a structured, current and machine-readable format or to request the transfer to another person responsible;
• in accordance with Art. 7 (3) GDPR, you may at any time revoke your consent once given to us. As a result, we are no longer allowed to continue the data processing based on this consent for the future, and
• to complain to a supervisory authority pursuant to Art. 77 GDPR. As a rule, you can contact the supervisory authority of your usual place of residence or place of work or our company headquarters.

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR, provided that there are reasons for this arising from your particular situation or the objection is directed against direct advertising. In the latter case, they have a general right of objection, which we implement without providing details of a specific situation.
If you would like to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to the data protection officer dsb@fuu.de.

We use the popular SSL procedure in conjunction with the highest encryption level supported by your browser for your website visits. In general, this is a 256 bit encryption. If your browser does not support them, we will use 128 bit V3 technology instead. Whether a single page of our website is encrypted is indicated by the closed display of the key or lock symbol in the status bar of your browser.
We also use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against accidental or intentional manipulation, partial or complete loss, destruction or unauthorized access by third parties. Our security measures are continuously improved in line with technological developments.

This privacy policy is currently valid and has status as of February 2025.
Due to the further development of our websites and offers above or due to changed legal or official requirements, it may become necessary to adapt this data protection declaration. The current data protection declaration can be downloaded at any time from our website https://www.universitynetwork.de/Privacy-Policy