Data protection statement for visitors of this website

If we want to operate successfully, we are dependent on the trust of our customers, employees and potential future employees. Data protection is therefore of the utmost importance to apsolut, our customers, and our cooperation partners. The obligations below regarding the protection of your applicant data form the basis of apsolut's business activities at all times.

§1 Information on the collection of personal data

(1) We hereby inform you about the processing of your personal data by apsolut GmbH and the rights you are entitled to under data protection law.

(2) The person responsible in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

apsolut GmbH
Oelmühlenstr. 30
33604 Bielefeld
Germany

e-mail: info@ap-solut.com

(see our imprint).

You can reach our data protection officer at:

Bugl & Kollegen GmbH
Sedanstraße 7
93055 Regensburg
Germany

e-mail: kontakt@buglundkollegen.de

§2 Your rights

You have the following rights against us with regard to your personal data:

(1) Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR: The person concerned may request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data relating to him/her is being processed. If this is the case, the person concerned has a right to access certain information concerning this personal data.

(2) Right of correction according to Art. 16 GDPR: The person concerned shall have the right to request the rectification of incorrect personal data concerning him/her by the data controller without delay. Taking into account the purpose of the processing, the person concerned has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data.

(3) Right of deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to demand from the person responsible that personal data relating to him/her be deleted immediately, and the person responsible is in principle obliged to delete personal data immediately. However, there are personal data that are exempt from this obligation to delete and where we are even obliged by other laws to continue storing them.

(4) Right to limit processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: The data subject shall have the right to request the person responsible to restrict processing, provided that certain conditions are met.

(5) Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR: The data subject has the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to him or her which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter e GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling within the meaning of Article 4 No. 4 GDPR based on this provision.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If you wish to exercise your right of objection, simply send an e-mail to career@ap-solut.com.

(6) Right of revocation in the case of consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to revoke his or her consent at any time. Revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

(7) Right of complaint to the authority: If you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you by us is unlawful or if we breach data protection law for other reasons, you may complain to our competent supervisory authority.

You can find the supervisory authority responsible for North Rhine-Westphalia for data protection issues under the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html

§3 Processing scope

(1) Categories of personal data

Your personal data is generally collected directly from you as part of the recruitment process, in particular from the application documents, the job interview and from the personnel questionnaire. 


We also receive data from third parties (e.g. Flynn, Agentur für Arbeit).

We also process personal data that we have obtained with permission from publicly accessible sources (e.g. professional networks). 


In the context of the application procedure, we process the following personal data:

• Your master data (such as first name, last name, name affixes, date of birth) 

• If necessary, work permit / residence permit 

• Contact information (such as private address, (mobile) phone number, e-mail address), 

• Skill data (e.g. special knowledge and skills) 


• Curriculum vitae data (e.g. school education, vocational training, work experience, language skills)
• Documents related to applications (application photos, cover letter, certificates, references, work samples, etc.)

(2) Storage duration

If you are hired, we will transfer your application documents into your personnel file. After termination of the employment relationship, we will continue storing those personal data we are legally obliged to keep. This regularly results from legal obligations to provide evidence and to retain data, which are regulated in the German Commercial Code and the German Fiscal Code, among others. The storage periods thereafter are up to ten years. In addition, personal data may be stored for the time during which claims can be made against us (statutory limitation period of three or up to thirty years).

In the event of a rejection, your application documents will be deleted no later than six months after completion of the application process, unless you have given us your consent to longer storage (talent pool).

(3) Processing purposes and legal basis

We process your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The primary purpose of data processing is to establish the employment relationship. The primary legal basis for this is Art. 88 para. 1 GDPR in conjunction with § 26 para. 1 FDPA.

our data will be processed exclusively for the purpose of filling the specific position for which you have applied.

If you would like to be included in our talent pool in the event of a rejection, we require a declaration of consent from you.

If your application is to be considered for other open positions in the company, we need a declaration of consent from you.

(4) Obligation to provide data

In order to be able to consider your application, we need the personal data from you that are necessary for the decision on the establishment of the employment relationship.

(5) Existence of an automated decision making process

The processing of data relating to you by us is not related to automated decision making or profiling.

§4 Transfer and foreign reference

(1) Recipient / categories of recipients

Within our company, only those persons and positions (e.g. department) receive your personal data that are involved in the decision about your employment.

In the course of the necessary business processes and application procedures, our specialist departments are supported in fulfilling their tasks by using appropriate software solutions such as Softgarden (further information).

(2) Intention of the transfer to a third country

We do not transfer your applicant data to third countries.

If we want to run our business successfully, we are dependent on the trust of our customers. Data protection is therefore of the utmost importance to apsolut, our customers, and our cooperation partners. The obligations set out below with regard to data protection in the context of customer relationships form the basis of apsolut's business activities at all times.

§1 Information on the collection of personal data

(1) In the following we provide information about the collection of personal data in the context of maintaining customer relations. Personal data are all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.

(2) The person responsible in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is

apsolut GmbH
Oelmühlenstr. 30
33604 Bielefeld
Germany

e-mail: info@ap-solut.com

(see our imprint).

You can reach our data protection officer at:

Bugl & Kollegen GmbH
Sedanstraße 7
93055 Regensburg
Germany

e-mail: kontakt@buglundkollegen.de

§2 Your rights

You have the following rights against us with regard to your personal data:

(1) Right to information in accordance with Art. 15 GDPR: The person concerned may request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data relating to him/her is being processed there. If this is the case, the person concerned has a right to access information about certain information concerning this personal data.

(2) Right of correction according to Art. 16 GDPR: The person concerned shall have the right to request the rectification of incorrect personal data concerning him/her by the person responsible without delay. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the person concerned has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data.

(3) Right of deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to demand from the person responsible that personal data relating to him/her be deleted immediately, and the person responsible is in principle obliged to delete personal data immediately. However, there are personal data that are exempt from this obligation to delete and where we are even obliged by other laws to continue storing them.

(4) Right to limit processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: The person concerned shall have the right to request the person responsible to restrict processing, provided that certain conditions are met.

(5) Right of objection according to Art. 21 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her that is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter e of the GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f of the GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling within the meaning of Article 4 No. 4 GDPR based on this provision.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can prove compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If you wish to exercise your right of objection, simply send an e-mail to privacy@ap-solut.com

(6) Right of revocation in the case of consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to revoke his or her consent at any time. Revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

(7) Right of complaint to the authority: If you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you by us is unlawful or if we violate data protection law for other reasons, you may complain to our competent supervisory authority.

You can find the supervisory authority responsible for North Rhine-Westphalia for data protection issues under the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html

§3 Processing scope

(1) Categories of personal data

We process the following personal data as part of and to initiate a contract:

• Contact data (e.g. first and last names of the current and, if applicable, previous contact persons as well as name extensions, company name) and address of the customer (employer, mobile, landline telephone number with extension, e-mail address, fax number)
• Job-related data (e.g. function in the company, department)
• If applicable, date of birth, contact picture, length of service or similar (for customer service purposes, if you provide us with this provide information on your own initiative)

(2) Data source

We process personal data that we receive from our customers and business partners in the course of our business relations. In addition, we process personal data which we obtain with permision from publicly accessible sources (e.g.: Internet, commercial and association register, press) or which are legitimately transmitted to us by other companies or third parties.

(3) Storage duration

We process and store your personal data as long as it is necessary to fulfill our contractual and legal obligations. We will of course comply with our obligations to delete personal data even if not explicitly requested by our customers. Such obligations result, for example, from Art. 17 GDPR. Deletion is then required, inter alia, if the personal data are no longer necessary for the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

However, there are personal data which are exempt from this deletion obligation and where we are even obliged by other laws to continue storing them. For example, there are obligations to store data according to § 257 German Commercial Code (HGB) and § 147 German Fiscal Code (AO). We only store this data to comply with legal storage obligations. Upon expiration of the retention periods, we will immediately delete this data without you having to request that we do so.

(4) Processing purposes and legal basis

We process your personal data to initiate or execute our contractual relationship. This is necessary to comply with the obligations arising from our business relationship. The processing basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR

It is in apsolut's interest to maintain the customer relationship with you and to send you information and offers about our products and services. We therefore process your data in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR and §7 Para. 3 UWG in order to send you the relevant information and offers by e-mail and to conduct webinars, online meetings, and customer satisfaction surveys. If you do not wish for this, you can object to the use of your personal data for the purpose of direct advertising at any time. If you object, we will no longer process your data for this purpose.

If you have given us your consent to process personal data for specific purposes, the lawfulness of this - targeted - processing is given on the basis of your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a GDPR. A given consent can be revoked at any time. The revocation of a consent is only effective for the future and does not affect the legality of the data processed until revocation. Regarding the participation in webinars or online meetings, for example, the following applies: We only use the audio or video recording function and the use of functions that are not necessary for a webinar or meeting on the legal basis of the consent of the persons concerned in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a GDPR.

The declaration of consent is obtained in advance. Should it be necessary, we will process your data beyond the actual fulfillment of the contract to protect legitimate interests of us or third parties, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. This is necessary, for example, for the assertion of legal claims and defence in legal disputes, for the prevention or investigation of criminal offences for consultation and data exchange with credit agencies or for measures for business management and further development of services and products.

Under certain circumstances, the provision of personal data is required by law or contract. Processing is then required in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject.

(5) Obligation to provide and possible consequences of nonprovision

Within the scope of our business relations, you are obliged to provide us with those personal data which are necessary for the initiation, execution and termination of a business relationship and for the fulfilment of the associated contractual obligations or which we are legally obliged to collect. Without this data we are regularly not in a position to conclude, execute or terminate a contract with you.

(6) Existence of automated decision making

The processing of data relating to you by us is not related to automated decision making or profiling.

§4 Transfer and foreign reference

(1) Recipient/ categories of recipients

The processing of your data by us is primarily for the purpose of fulfilling and performing our contractual obligations, in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR. For this purpose we also use mail-order companies, credit agencies, lawyers, tax consultants and other business partners necessary for the fulfilment of the contract. In this context, personal information such as name, address, date of birth, invoices and other invoice and financial data such as tax number, commercial register number, etc. are forwarded.

A transfer to third parties is only possible if:

• you have given your explicit consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR;
• this is required in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance/fulfillment of a contract with you or
• in the event of a legal obligation to pass on the data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

In the course of the necessary business processes, our specialist departments are supported in fulfilling their tasks by using appropriate software solutions. Data in these software solutions is stored and processed outside apsolut GmbH's data centers. To protect the data to be processed, the necessary data protection agreements have been concluded with all providers/service providers.

(2) Intention of the transfer to a third country

Not performed.

If we want to run our business successfully, we are dependent on the trust of our customers and potential customers. Data protection is therefore of the utmost importance to apsolut and our cooperation partners. The obligations regarding data protection set out below form the basis of apsolut's business activities at all times.

§1 Information on the collection of personal data

(1) In the following, we provide information about the collection of personal data within the scope of our online surveys. Personal data are all data that can be related to you personally, e.g. name, address, e-mail addresses, user behavior.

(2) The person responsible in accordance with Art. 4 para. 7 EU General Data Protection Basic Regulation (GDPR) is

apsolut GmbH
Oelmühlenstr. 30
33604 Bielefeld
Germany

e-mail: info@ap-solut.com

(see our imprint).

You can reach our data protection officer at:

Bugl & Kollegen GmbH
Sedanstraße 7
93055 Regensburg
Germany

e-mail: kontakt@buglundkollegen.de

§2 Your rights

You have the following rights against us with regard to your personal data:

(1) Right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR: The person concerned may request confirmation from the person responsible as to whether personal data relating to him/her is being processed there. If this is the case, the person concerned has the right to access information about certain information concerning this personal data.

(2) Right of correction according to Art. 16 GDPR: The person concerned shall have the right to request the rectification of incorrect personal data concerning him/her by the person responsible. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject has the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data.

(3) Right of deletion in accordance with Art. 17 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to demand from the person responsible that personal data relating to him/her be deleted immediately, and the person responsible is in principle obliged to delete personal data immediately. However, there are personal data that are exempt from this obligation to delete and where we are even obliged by other laws to continue storing them.

(4) Right to limit processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR: The person concerned shall have the right to request the person responsible to restrict processing, provided that certain conditions are met.

(5) Right of objection pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR: The data subject has the right to object at any time, for reasons arising from his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data relating to him or her which is carried out on the basis of Article 6 paragraph 1 letter e GDPR (data processing in the public interest) and Article 6 paragraph 1 letter f GDPR (data processing based on a balancing of interests); this also applies to profiling within the meaning of Article 4 No. 4 GDPR based on this provision.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate reasons for processing that outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless the processing serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.

If you wish to exercise your right of objection, simply send an e-mail to privacy@ap-solut.com

(6) Right of revocation in the event of consent in accordance with Art. 7 para. 3 GDPR: The person concerned has the right to revoke his or her consent at any time. Revocation of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until revocation.

(7) Right to complain to the authority: If you believe that the processing of personal data relating to you by us is unlawful or if we violate data protection law for other reasons, you may complain to competent supervisory authority.

You can find the supervisory authority responsible for North Rhine-Westphalia for data protection issues under the following link: https://www.bfdi.bund.de/DE/Service/Anschriften/Laender/Laender-node.html

§3 Processing scope

(1) Categories of personal data

Personal data may be collected when you participate in our surveys. Your personal data will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations. It is voluntary to participate in an apsolut survey. All information will be treated confidentially. Participation in an online survey is by invitation and/or online (self-)registration.

Depending on the survey, we collect the following data:

• Contact information (e.g. first/last name, company name, e-mail address, phone number)
• If applicable, job-related data (e.g. function in the company, department)
• If applicable, professional interests within the scope of the professional activity

(2) Storage duration

We store the questions and answers of the surveys as well as record, if applicable, your participation and the transmitted data. Your survey answers will be made anonymous or deleted as soon as we have finished the evaluation. Unless there are reasons that justify longer storage (for example: if you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. a GDPR.

(3) Processing purposes and legal basis

Survey in the context of meetings and webinars

The survey results and participation are evaluated and analysed by employees of apsolut GmbH. Provided that you have given your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Par. 1 lit. a GDPR, the documentation will be used to support our sales activities or to expand our product range, as well as to query your satisfaction. Any publication of the survey results will be made exclusively in anonymised form, without your name being mentioned and without providing any information that would allow conclusions to be drawn about your person. Name and e-mail address may be forwarded to a software platform for online surveys and stored there for the duration of the survey or subsequent evaluation of the participation and answers.

General surveys

As a general rule, no personal data is collected when answering our surveys. If the chosen or formulated answer makes it possible to draw conclusions about personal details of the participant, data processing is carried out to protect our legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f GDPR. If you agree to the results being sent (in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 letter a GDPR), the data will only be stored for the purpose of sending the results.

(4) Existence of automated decision making

The processing of data relating to you by us is not related to automated decision making or profiling.

§4 Transfer and foreign reference

(1) Recipients / categories of recipients

As a matter of principle, we do not pass on your data. A transfer to third parties is only possible if:

• you have given your express consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR;
• this is necessary in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR for the performance of a contract with you or
• in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on the data pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR.

In the course of the necessary business processes and the execution of surveys, our specialist departments are supported are supported in fulfilling their tasks by using appropriate software solutions. Data may be stored and processed in these software solutions outside apsolut GmbH's data centers. To protect the data to be processed, the necessary data protection agreements have been concluded with all providers/service providers.

(2) Intention to transfer data to third countries

Not performed.

apsolut operates an online presence on Facebook, a so-called Facebook fan page. The following additional information on data processing applies when visiting our fan page. For general information about data protection on Facebook, please click here (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/).

Joint responsibility, contact data, company data protection officer

Together with Facebook, we are responsible for for operating our Facebook fan page according to art. 26 GDPR/ § 28 KDG. For this purpose, we have entered into an agreement with Facebook to determine who fulfils which obligations with regard to data protection. This agreement can be accessed here (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum). According to this agreement, Facebook is primarily responsible for providing the person responsible with information about the joint processing and for enabling the person responsible to exercise his or her data protection rights. Irrespective of this, we hereby inform you about your visit to our fan page.

Our contact details are as follows:

apsolut GmbH
Oelmühlenstr. 30
33604 Bielefeld
Germany

e-mail: info@ap-solut.com

(see our imprint).

You can reach Facebook at:

Facebook Ireland Ltd.
4 Grand Canal Square,
Grand Canal Harbour,
Dublin 2, Irland
You can reach Facebook online here: (https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/2061665240770586)

Unseren betrieblichen Datenschutzbeauftragten erreichen Sie unter:

Bugl & Kollegen GmbH
Sedanstraße 7
93055 Regensburg
Germany

e-mail: kontakt@buglundkollegen.de

You can reach the Facebook data protection officer at https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/540977946302970.

Collection and storage of personal data as well as type, purpose and their use

a) Data collected by Facebook:

If you are a Facebook user, Facebook collects the information described in the Facebook Data policy under "What types of information do we collect? If you are not a Facebook user, cookies, small text files containing identifiers, may still be stored in your browser to track your user behavior.

As a general rule, when you visit Facebook, the user data is also processed by Facebook for market research and advertising purposes. Based on user behaviour (also when visiting our fan page), complex user profiles are created, which Facebook can use to display personalised advertisements to the visitor inside and outside of Facebook. You can also find more detailed information on this in the Facebook Data policy.

If you do not agree with this, you can opt out here.

b) Data used by us ("page insights") and legal basis

Facebook provides us with statistics and usage data, which we can use to analyse the use of our fan page (so-called "page insights"). This enables us to continuously improve our offering on Facebook. We as operators do not make any decisions regarding the processing of Insights data and all other information resulting from Art. 13 GDPR/ § 14 KDG, such as the storage duration of cookies on user devices. In accordance with the GDPR it is Facebook's primary responsibility to process Insights data and Facebook fulfils all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of Insights data.

We as site administrators have no other possibility, not even via user tracking, to evaluate user behavior on our fan page. It is also fundamentally impossible for us to identify the visitor of the fan page on the basis of the Page-Insights. In particular, according to the agreement, we have no right to require Facebook to disclose individual visitor data. We are only able to identify a visitor if we can assign individual profile pictures to"like" information for the page, but only if our fan page has been marked "liked" by the respective visitor and the "liked" information is set to "public".

If you would like to learn what information Facebook uses to create Page Insights, please click here.

The operation of the Faceboook fan page and the use of the Page Insights serves our legitimate interest in an effective external presentation and efficient communication with our customers and interested parties. This interest justifies the operation of the page both against the legitimate interests of Facebook users, as well as against visitors to our fan page who do not have a Facebook account. The legal basis is accordingly Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f) GDPR/ § 6 para. 1 lit. g) KDG.

Transfer of data to third parties

Data collected by Facebook is exchanged and processed within the entire Facebook group. The Facebook Group also includes, for example, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus. For example, information collected via Facebook is used to display personalized advertising to users on Instagram, or information from WhatsApp is used to take action on Facebook against accounts that send spam via WhatsApp. This information can be found in the Facebook Data Policy under "How do Facebook companies work together?".

Facebook's processing of data may involve the transfer of user data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), particularly the United States. For more information on the processing of your data, please refer to the Facebook privacy policy: https://facebook.com/privacy/explanation

Right of objection

If your personal data are processed on the basis of legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Par. 1 letter f) GDPR/ Art. 6 Par. 1 letter g) KDG, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR/ Art. 23 KDG if there are reasons for doing so That arise from your particular situation or if the objection is directed against direct marketing. In the latter case you have a general right of objection, which will be implemented by us without indication of a special situation. If you wish to exercise your right of revocation or objection, simply send an e-mail to privacy@ap-solut.com.

Rights of persons concerned

You have the right to revoke your consent given to us at any time. As a result, we are not allowed to continue the data processing that was based on this consent for the future. Furthermore, you have the right to information according to Art. 15 GDPR/ § 17 KDG, the right to correction according to Art. 16 GDPR / § 18 KDG, the right to deletion according to Art. 17 GDPR / § 19 KDG, the right to restriction of processing according to Art. 18 GDPR/ § 20 KDG, as well as the right to data transferability according to Art. 21 GDPR/ § 22 KDG. Furthermore, there is a right of appeal to a competent data protection supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR/ § 48 KDG).

In principle, you can assert your rights as a person concerned against Facebook as well as against us. Since only Facebook has direct access to your user data, you can most effectively assert your rights as a person concerned against Facebook.

If you have any questions regarding this data protection notice, you can contact us or our data protection officer at any time.