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Data Protection Information AutoScout24

Effective date 01.09.2022

This data protection notice explains how AutoScout24 GmbH, Tölzer Str. 16, 82031 Grünwald („AutoScout24 Germany“), the national companies of the AutoScout24-Group (see section 1.2) and AutoScout24 Smyle GmbH, Tölzer Str. 16, 82031 Grünwald („smyle“) (see section 1.5) handle personal data and what rights you have as a data subject. Please note that the above-mentioned companies are individual controllers within the meaning of data protection law and that the following information is therefore provided within the scope of their respective responsibility.

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1.1 AutoScout24 Germany

This privacy notice describes how AutoScout24 Germany, as a data controller within the meaning of applicable data protection law, processes your personal data when you access an AutoScout24-Group website, app, or social media channel and, in doing so, your behavior on one of these websites is evaluated for statistical or online marketing purposes or used to tailor the website to your needs.

1.2 National companies of the AutoScout24-Group

In addition, the respective national companies of the AutoScout24-Group in individual European countries are each independent controller within the meaning of the applicable data protection law if you

  • subscribe to the newsletter of a national company of the AutoScout24-Group;
  • contact the customer support of a national company of the AutoScout24-Group;
  • in particular, create and manage your customer data and generally your account with a national company of the AutoScout24-Group;
  • participate in events hosted by a national company of the AutoScout24-Group;
  • visit or use their websites, apps or social media channels, provided that this does not involve the evaluation of your behavior in connection with the visit or use.

(hereinafter: our "Services").

The controllership in between the respective national companies of the AutoSout24-Group is divided as follows:

Country Website Name and address of the company
Belgium https://www.autoscout24.be/ AutoScout24 Belgium, Internationalelaan 55G, 1070 Brussel, Belgium
Germany https://www.autoscout24.de/ AutoScout24 GmbH, –Tölzer Str. 16, 82031 Grünwald, Germany
France https://www.autoscout24.fr/ AutoScout24 France SAS, Av Général Leclerc 88Ter 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt
Italy https://www.autoscout24.it/ AutoScout24 Italia S.p.a., via Battaglia 71/C, 35020, Albignasego – Padova, Italy
Netherlands https://www.autoscout24.nl/ AutoScout24 Nederland B.V., c/o Epicenter Amsterdam, Fred Roeskestraat 115, NL-1076 EE Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Austria https://www.autoscout24.at/ AutoScout24 AS GmbH, Ungargasse 37, A-1030 Vienna, Austria
Spain https://www.autoscout24.es/ Sumauto Motor S.L, Calle de Josefa Valcárcel 40 bis, 28027 Madrid, Spain.

Explanations:

  • When you select the AutoScout24 website for Belgium, the term "AutoScout24" refers to AutoScout24 Belgium mentioned above in the table for Belgium. This means that for some of the processing described in this Privacy Notice, AutoScout24 Belgium is the data controller and for other processing, this is AutoScout24 Germany (see Section 1.1).
  • If you select the AutoScout24 website for Germany, it follows from the above table and the explanations in section 1.1 that AutoScout24 Germany is always the data controller.
  • If you use a country-specific AutoScout24 website that is not listed in the above table, AutoScout24 Germany is always the sole data controller.

1.3 If you have a business relationship with us as a commercial customer, partner, supplier or contractor, as well as for applicants or employees, special data protection information will apply that be provided to you as part of your contract documents.

1.4 If you use the Auto-Subscription service, AutoScout24 Germany processes your personal data as a joint controller with Autoscout24 Subscription GmbH, Bothestraße 11-15, 81675 Munich, Germany ("AS24 Subscription"), Imove AS, Lars Hilles gate 30, 5008 Bergen, Norway ("Imove”) and the car providers listed within the service. For more information on joint controllership, please see Section 10.

1.5 If you order or have ordered a vehicle through smyle, smyle is an independent controller in regard to the processing your data that is necessary for the execution of your order and the provision of the requested services. However, as a subsidiary of AutoScout24 Germany, smyle is supported, for example, in implementing data subject rights and responding to customer inquiries; to this extent, AutoScout24 Germany and smyle process your personal data in part as joint controllers. For more information on the data processing activities of smyle, please refer to Section 11.

In principle, you can visit our website without registering and actively providing us with personal data. In this case, AutoScout24 only collects data to a limited extent about the end device you are using and your usage behavior on our services.

This includes the following data when you call up a website:

  • File name of the page or file or information provided by you in the context of entries;
  • File name of the page from which the current page or file was requested;
  • Date and time of the request;
  • Amount of data transferred;
  • Access status (page transferred, page not found, etc.);
  • Type and operating system of the web browser used;
  • IP address of the client and, if applicable, its domain name or the name of the Internet service provider;
  • Statistics on page views, traffic data as well as advertising data (e.g. by means of cookies - see under sections 3.3 and 3.4).

2.1 Registration with AutoScout24

If you decide to actively trade on our marketplace, registration is required, during which we collect the following data from you:

As a provider: Email address and password, first name, last name, street and house number, postal code and city, area code and telephone number.

As a commercial provider: Title, first and last name, address, email address and telephone number, company name, VAT number, user name, mobile phone number (optional) and fax (optional). As well as contact person for contractual questions, different billing address, different business address, if entered.

As a customer: email address and password, title, last name, first name, postal code, current vehicle ownership, customer type (private/commercial).

2.1.1 Facebook Login

For registration with AutoScout24 we also offer the option of using the Single Sign On procedure of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Habour, Dublin D02X525, Ireland, "Facebook"). If you decide to use the single sign-on procedure, you will be redirected to the Facebook website for registration, where you can log in with your account data (email address and password). After your registration, your Facebook profile and your user account with AutoScout24 will be linked if you confirm this accordingly after logging in. By linking, AutoScout24 processes your email address.

We process the aforementioned data in order to provide you with the option of Facebook login (single sign on procedure). This processing is carried out based on legal regulations that allow us to process personal data insofar as it is necessary for the use of a service or the performance of a contract (Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR), or because AutoScout24 has an overriding legitimate interest in making the use of the platform as easy and efficient as possible (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR). Our legitimate interest is to simplify the registration of your account, if requested.

For more information on the login and privacy settings, please refer to the privacy policy and the terms of use of Facebook.

Legal basis: Performance of a contract and execution of steps necessary prior entering into a contract (Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR); legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

2.2 Data you enter on AutoScout24

Depending on the capacity in which you use which function of the platform, we collect further data that you enter in our platform. You are not obligated to provide the respective data. However, without the requested information you may not be able to use a specific function. We inform you about data that we collect in connection with your use of the platform here.

As a user of the vehicle search function: Information about the type of vehicle you are looking for (make, model, price, first registration, mileage, performance, vehicle condition and comparable data).

As a user of the Sell / advertise function: Information about the type of vehicle offered (vehicle type, make, model, price, first registration, mileage, performance, vehicle condition, vehicle identification number (VIN), photos and comparable data) and about the advertisement (running time).

As a user of the express sale function: information about the type of vehicle offered (vehicle type, manufacturer, type, model, price, first registration, mileage, performance, vehicle condition, vehicle identification number (VIN), photos and comparable data, about the advertisement (term) and your telephone number.

As a user of the direct sale function: information about the type of vehicle offered (vehicle type, manufacturer, type, model, price, first registration, mileage, performance, vehicle condition) as well as the full name, email address and telephone number. This data is transmitted to the selected seller and temporarily stored at AutoScout24.

As a user of the car loan, car insurance, leasing functions: user name and password (only if you register as an enquirer), title, first and last name, address and email address; date of birth, nationality, data on loan calculation and financing inquiries or applications or on creditworthiness. Depending on which functions you use, the scope of the data collected by us differs, as it becomes visible to you in the individual case when you enter the data for the inquiry. These are transmitted to the financial service providers and temporarily stored for billing purposes.

As a user of contact forms: Title, first and last name, address, email address and telephone number and other information regarding the contact.

As users of contact forms in financial calculator integrations: Title, first and last name, address, email address and telephone number and further details regarding the contact.

As a subscriber of newsletters and mailings: email address and, if specified by registration as a provider, first and last name for title, further data such as zip code for the playout of local services, as well as further personalization based on consumer behavior (e.g. search history, ad content). In order to be able to design our newsletter optimally according to your interests and wishes, the clicks on the links in the email newsletter are registered and stored.

As participants of raffles in the context of online surveys: title, first and last name and email address for the purpose of the raffle and contacting the winners.

As participants in test drives as part of vehicle market launches (AutoScout24 TestDriver Wanted): Title, first and last name, email address and telephone number for the purpose of contacting the manufacturer and their contract trade. The data is stored at AutoScout24 and the commissioning manufacturer.

As participants in user tests, recruited through online surveys: title, first and last name and email address for the purpose of establishing contact.

As a user of AutoScout360: first and last name, email address.

As a user of the online seller registration: Title, first and last name, address, email address and telephone number, company name, VAT number, user name, mobile phone number (optional), fax (optional). As well as contact person for contractual questions, different billing address, different business address, if entered.

As a user of the seller exclusive offer: offer text, end date of the offer.

As a seller email management user: Title, position, first name, last name, email address, notification type.

As a participant in online surveys as a seller:

  • The analysis of our surveys is generally pseudonymized.
  • However, for quality assurance purposes or for special analyses of specific customer groups (e.g., comparing customers who have booked different products), in individual cases the answers from a survey are assigned to personal information such as contract data or product usage data. However, even in these cases, your information from the surveys will be aggregated, i.e. evaluated only together with the responses of other participants from a customer group.

2.3 Data we collect through your use of our services

In the course of your use of our services, we collect various data on how you use our services.

2.3.1 Seller response rate

If you, as a seller, receive messages forwarded by us from interested parties and use the input mask provided by us to respond: the number of times you respond and do not respond to inquiries, and the response time required for the response.

2.4 Data processing when using our social media features

As a user of our social media features, data that is required to use the respective function (e.g., contracting, commenting, sharing, rating) are processed. In addition, the provider of the respective social media platform collects, among other things, your IP address as well as other information that is collected directly via your end device, among other things, via cookies and other technologies. In principle, the respective provider of the social media platform is responsible for the collection of personal user data on the platform.

2.4.1. Use of the AutoScout24 Facebook page

When you visit our Facebook page, Facebook (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, 4 Grand Canal Square, Dublin D02X525, Ireland; "Facebook") processes your IP address and other information that is present on your PC in the form of cookies. This information is used to provide AutoScout24, as the operator of the Facebook pages, with statistical information about the use of the Facebook page (so-called insights data). Facebook provides more detailed information on this under the following link: https://de-de.facebook.com/help/pages/insights and in the Facebook data protection information https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation. With the help of these anonymized visitor statistics, we are able to evaluate the quality of our Facebook page and our content. These statistics are compiled on the basis of usage data which Facebook collects via your interaction with our Facebook fan page. As the operator of the Facebook fan page, we have no influence on the generation and display of this data.

Facebook and AutoScout24 are joint controllers for the processing of Insights data within the meaning of data protection law. In this regard, Facebook Ireland Limited assumes primary responsibility for the processing of insights data and fulfills all obligations with regard to the processing of Insights data and to your rights under the GDPR and provides you with the essentials of the agreement applicable to this. To exercise your rights to, among other things, access to Insights Data, please contact Meta Platforms Ireland Limited. However, you are free to also contact us in this regard.

You can find more information about this on the Facebook page under the following link: https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/page_controller_addendum.

Our legitimate interest is based in particular on being able to react to user contributions and to continuously improve our services. It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access individual user profiles.

Legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

2.4.2 Use of the AutoScout24 LinkedIn page

When visiting or interacting with our LinkedIn page, LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland; "LinkedIn") processes personal data, especially data provided by you as a LinkedIn member, such as data on professional function, country, industry, seniority, company size and employment status from a member's profile. In addition, LinkedIn processes information about how a member has interacted with our LinkedIn page, such as whether a member is a follower. In this regard, LinkedIn only provides us with aggregated data (so-called insights data) and, will not provide such personal data of members in relation to page insights that allow us to draw conclusions about individual members.

LinkedIn ensures the security of the processing of member data and the provision of page insights by implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures; further information can be found here: https://security.linkedin.com/.

LinkedIn and AutoScout24 are joint controllers for the processing of Insights data within the meaning of data protection law. In this regard, LinkedIn assumes primary responsibility for the processing of Insights data and fulfills all obligations with regard to the processing of Insights data and to your rights under the GDPR and provides you with the essence of the agreement applicable to this. To exercise your rights, including to access insights Data, please contact LinkedIn. However, you are free to also contact us in this regard. Our legitimate interest is based in particular on being able to react to user contributions and to continuously improve our services. It is not possible for us to draw conclusions about individual users or access individual user profiles.

You can find more information about this on LinkedIn at https://legal.linkedin.com/pages-joint-controller-addendum and in LinkedIn's privacy policy at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.

Legal basis: legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

2.5 Data we collect from third parties

Occasionally, we collect data from publicly available sources, such as mobile.de, pkw.de, gelbeseiten.de, ebay-kleinanzeigen.de, etc. This is exclusively freely accessible data, which is displayed on the respective page. These can be descriptions of the car model given on the third party site (make, model, sales price), or information about the respective seller, such as the company address and also contact details, such as the telephone number. We also use this data exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the current data protection laws.

We process your data primarily to provide you with our services and the associated services and functions. In addition, processing takes place for other purposes, which we present below together with the respective legal basis. Among other things, AutoScout24 Germany uses various procedures on the platform for usage analysis and for the provision of online advertising (both also using cookies). We also process data for the purposes of direct advertising by email and for security and legal tracking purposes.

3.1 Provision of our services

We process your data in order to provide you with the respective service and the associated functions. As part of the use of the contact form within the advertisements on our platform, the contact information entered by interested parties is transmitted to the advertisers.

We store and process the vehicle data you provide us with (vehicle type, manufacturer, type, model, price, first registration, mileage, performance, vehicle condition, VIN) for the purpose of statistical evaluations and their publication beyond the duration of the advertisement.

In order to ensure that your services/advertisements are noted by as many interested parties as possible, we sometimes also disseminate advertisements via cooperating car exchanges/websites. This means that we pass on your data, as publicly displayed in the advertisement, to the cooperating car exchange/website. We also send your listings via notification email to interested parties who have subscribed to a search request and share your listings on social media (such as Facebook). After a completed (sales) purchase, we also contact you via email to ask you about your (sales) purchase experience.

In some areas, we allow you to rate partner and third-party services found through our platform as a guide for other users. For this purpose, we will send you an email asking you to submit such an evaluation.

In addition, we process your data insofar as this is necessary for the implementation and processing of contractual relationships entered into, such as for the sending of invoices or for contacting you in the event of problems arising.

This processing is carried out on the basis of statutory provisions that allow us to process personal data insofar as it is necessary for the use of a service or the performance of a contract (Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR), or because AutoScout24 has an overriding legitimate interest in making the use of the platform as easy and efficient as possible (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR). In some cases, we also obtain your consent to data processing (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR).

3.1.1 Facebook login

For the login to your user account at AutoScout24, we also offer the option of using the single sign on procedure of Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Habour, Dublin D02X525, Ireland, "Facebook"). If you decide to use the single sign on procedure, you will be redirected to the Facebook website for registration, where you can log in with your account data (email address and password). After you have logged in, your Facebook profile and your user account with AutoScout24 will be linked if you confirm this accordingly after logging in. By linking, AutoScout24 processes your email address.

We process the aforementioned data in order to provide you with the option of Facebook login (single sign on procedure). This processing is carried out on the basis of legal regulations that allow us to process personal data insofar as it is necessary for the use of a service or the performance of a contract (Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR), or because AutoScout24 has an overriding legitimate interest in making the use of the platform as easy and efficient as possible (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR). Our legitimate interest is that you can carry out the registration process even more easily at your own request. Our legitimate interest is that you can log in to your AutoScout24 user account even more easily at your own request.

For more information on the Facebook login and privacy settings, please refer to the privacy policy (https://facebook.com/about/privacy/) and the terms of use (https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms) of Facebook.

Legal basis: Performance of a contract and execution of steps necessary prior entering into a contract (Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR); legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

3.2 For the creation of individual product recommendations including email advertising.

If you have consented to this in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR or we are otherwise entitled to do so, we will also process your data to inform you about our products, services, events and promotions. We may deliver this information to you through various channels such as email, telephone, SMS, postal mail and third party social networks. In order to be able to design our services optimally according to your interests and wishes, these communications can be tailored to your preferences (e.g. if you tell us your preferences or we can infer these from your usage behavior on our services, or if you click on links in our emails).

3.3 For statistical analysis and optimization (AutoScout24 Germany)

When you use our offer, AutoScout24 Germany creates usage profiles using pseudonyms for the purposes of statistical analysis and user-oriented design of our services. This processing is carried out on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR) or because AutoScout24 Germany has an overriding legitimate interest in a user-oriented design geared to user habits and the statistical evaluation of our offer (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

For the aforementioned purposes, AutoScout24 Germany uses so-called cookies for our websites, i.e. its own alphanumeric identification characters and those of third-party providers, which AutoScout24 transmits to your computer by means of your web browser. You thus enable AutoScout24 Germany's systems to distinguish your browser from others. On the one hand, AutoScout24 Germany sends you so-called persistent cookies, which AutoScout24 Germany uses to record the search criteria you enter in our car database and store them for AutoScout24 Germany's internal evaluations.

On the other hand, AutoScout24 Germany uses so-called session cookies, with the help of which you receive a session ID for the duration of a visit to our pages, which enables AutoScout24 Germany to distinguish you from other visitors to the website. This enables AutoScout24 Germany to create continuity for you during your visit and to prevent you from being shown the same advertisements over and over again. The session cookie and your session ID are deleted at the end of your visit to our website.

For our apps, AutoScout24 Germany uses appropriate technical services that enable AutoScout24 Germany to distinguish your terminal device from those of other users. Again, only pseudonymous data will be processed.

You can prevent cookies from being set by deactivating them in your web browser. In addition, you can decide in the for our websites and, when used within the apps for the app in question, whether and to what extent cookies may be used by AutoScout24 Germany when using our websites or corresponding technical services when using our apps. Unfortunately, you can only use all functionalities of our services with an activated cookie acceptance or acceptance of the technical services within the app.

We work with the following partners in this regard:

AutoScout24 Germany uses the app analysis service of Adjust GmbH (Saarbrücker Str. 38a, 10405 Berlin; "Adjust") for our apps to analyze app usage. The Adjust service has been tested and certified according to the ePrivacyseal (European Seal for your Privacy) of ePrivacyseal GmbH (see https://www.eprivacy.eu/en/customers/awarded-seals/). The information collected through the use of the app is used by AutoScout24 Germany to analyze the function and use of the app by creating anonymized evaluations and graphics on app usage behavior. The analyses are used exclusively by AutoScout24 Deutschland for the purposes of market research as well as the optimization and user-oriented design of the app. For this purpose, your mobile identifiers (such as IDFA or Google Play Services ID), and when using the website IP and Mac address, which are anonymized immediately after transmission, are used. It is not possible to draw any conclusions about your person from this. You can find more information about Adjust's data protection here: https://www.adjust.com/terms/privacy-policy/.

Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG (New German Telecommunications-Telemedia Data Protection Act)).

AutoScout24 Germany uses Crashlytics (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland; " Crashlytics") to improve our apps, in particular to avoid system crashes. Data on app usage in relation to system crashes and errors is collected via the Crashlytics tool. This involves collecting information about the device you are using, the app version you have installed, and other information relating to the software and hardware of the mobile device you are using, which is used for troubleshooting purposes. You can find more information about Crashlytics' data protection here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG).

AutoScout24 Germany uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland ("Google"), for our website. 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 the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. However, due to the activation of IP anonymization on this website, your IP address will be truncated beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there.

On behalf of AutoScout24 Germany, Google will use this information 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 AutoScout24 Germany. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

For more information on terms of use and data protection, please visit https://marketingplatform.google.com/about/analytics/terms/gb/ or https://policies.google.com/?hl=en&gl=en. We would like to point out that on this website Google Analytics has been extended by the code "gat._anonymizeIp();" to ensure anonymized collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).

Legal basis: for personalized advertising: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG); for IT security purposes and provision of the platform: legitimate interest (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 2 TTDSG).

Our website and app use the multi-stage measurement procedure 'INFOnline Measurement' from INFOnline GmbH (https://www.INFOnline.de) to determine statistical parameters (page impression, visit, technical client) about the use of our digital offering.
The goal of usage measurement is to statistically determine the number of visits to our offerings, the number of website visitors and app users, and their usage behavior - on the basis of a uniform standard procedure - and thus to obtain values that are comparable across the market.

As a member of the Informationsgemeinschaft zur Feststellung der Verbreitung von Werbeträgern e.V. (IVW - https://www.ivw.eu), usage statistics are regularly provided by IVW with the performance values 'Page Impression' and 'Visits' in the IVW report (https://ausweisung.ivw-online.de/index.php). As a participant in the agof daily digital facts study, the usage statistics of our digital offering are regularly processed further by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Online-Forschung e.V. (agof - https://www.agof.de) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Media-Analyse e.V. (agma - https://www.agma-mmc.de into reach figures and published with the performance value 'Unique User'.

3.3.4.1. Nature of the data

INFOnline GmbH collects the following data, which has a personal reference according to GDPR:

  • IP address: On the Internet, every device requires a unique address, the so-called IP address, in order to transmit data. The storage of the IP address, at least for a short period of time, is technically necessary due to the way the Internet works. The IP addresses are shortened by 1 byte before any processing and are only processed anonymously. No storage or further processing of the untruncated IP addresses takes place.
  • A randomly generated client identifier: Range processing uses unique identifiers of the end device, a "local storage object" or a signature created from various automatically transmitted information from your browser to recognize computer systems. This identifier is unique to a browser as long as the cookie or Local Storage Object is not deleted. Measurement of the data and subsequent assignment to the respective client identifier is therefore also possible when you call up other websites that also use the measurement procedure of INFOnline GmbH. The shortened client IP, User Agent Advertising Identifier, Installation ID, Android ID and Vendor ID can be transmitted as unique identifiers as a hash to INFOnline GmbH.
The validity of the cookies used is limited to a maximum of 1 year.

3.3.4.2. Use of the data

The measurement procedure used by INFOnline GmbH on this website determines usage data. This is done in order to collect the performance values page impressions, visits and clients.

A so-called geolocation, i.e. the assignment of a web page call to the location of the call, is performed exclusively on the basis of the anonymized IP address and only down to the geographic level of the federal states/regions. Under no circumstances can conclusions be drawn about the specific location of a user from the geographical information obtained in this way.

The usage data of a technical client (e.g., a browser on a device) is aggregated across websites using the pseudonymous measurement method (IOMp) and stored in a database.

3.3.4.3 Storage period of the data

The complete IP address is not stored by INFOnline GmbH. The IP address is only used to receive the data packets and is then shortened by 1 byte.

The shortened IP address is stored for a maximum of 60 days. The usage data in connection with the unique identifier are stored for a maximum of 6 months.

3.3.4.4 Passing on data

The IP address as well as the shortened IP address are not passed on by INFOnline GmbH.

Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

The purpose of processing personal data is to form digital performance values (page impression, visit and technical client) in order to create statistics. The statistics are used to be able to track and prove the use of our offer.

AutoScout24 Germany uses the Mouseflow program on our websites, a web analysis tool from Mouseflow ApS (Flaesketorvet 68, 1711 Copenhagen, Denmark; "Mouseflow"), to record randomly selected individual visits (with anonymized IP address). This creates a log of mouse movements and clicks with the intention of randomly replaying individual website visits and deriving potential improvements for the website. The recorded information is not personal and will not be shared.

You can find more information about Mouseflow's data protection here: https://mouseflow.com/legal/company/privacy-shield/.

Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

AutoScout24 Germany uses Optimizely, a web analytics service provided by Optimizely, Inc. (631 Howard St. Suite 100, San Francisco, CA 94105; "Optimizely") on our websites. Optimizely uses cookies to help analyze how you use our website. The information generated by the cookie about your visit to the website is usually transmitted to and stored by Optimizely on servers in the United States. Your IP address is first anonymized before being stored by Optimizely, so that it is impossible to relate the transferred data to a specific person. Your use of our website is evaluated by AutoScout24 Germany via the Optimizely tool in order to compile reports on website activities. AutoScout24 Germany also has the option of using the tool to carry out so-called A/B tests in particular, which can be used to identify which versions of our websites you like best.

You can find more information about Optimizely's data protection here: https://www.optimizely.com/privacy.

Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

3.4 Online advertising

The advertising on our services is optimized for you by processing your usage behavior based on predicted interests. Cookies and function-similar technologies are used for this purpose, which are stored in the memory of your Internet browser or (mobile) end device and enable recognition.

Data is collected about your activities on our services (e.g., advertising banners clicked, sub-pages visited, search queries made, etc.). This data is used by means of pseudonymous data by third parties for the purpose of displaying content and advertising that matches your interests.

When you enter your email address on our website or app to sign up or make electronic contact with an advertiser, we may share personal or other data we collect from you, such as your email address (in hashed, pseudonymized form), your IP address, or information about your browser or operating system with our online ID partners. Our partners use this information to create an online ID with which you can be recognized on the devices you use.

These processing operations are carried out based on your consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR towards AutoScout24 Germany. Your consent is obtained through the AutoScout24 Privacy Manager, which AutoScout24 Germany displays when you visit our services and by means of which you can set your preferences for the use of your personal data. As part of these processing operations, AutoScout24 Germany also carries out the transaction data on the websites and in the mobile apps from AutoScout24 (pages viewed, content clicked on, etc.) and data from other services used on these websites / in these apps together with your registration data in order to be able to show you interesting advertising services on these websites / in these mobile apps.

For the delivery of usage-based online advertising, we use different operators of advertising networks under these conditions.

We work with the following partners in this regard:

3.4.1.1. Google Ads

AutoScout24 Germany uses Google Ads on our websites, a service of Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google"). Google Ads is an Internet advertising service that allows advertisers to place ads both in Google's search engine results and in the Google advertising network. Google Ads allows an advertiser to specify certain keywords in advance, by means of which an ad is displayed in Google's search engine results exclusively when the user retrieves a keyword-relevant search result using the search engine. In the Google advertising network, the ads are distributed on topic-relevant websites by means of an automatic algorithm and in compliance with the previously defined keywords.

The purpose of Google Ads is to promote our website by displaying interest-relevant advertisements on the websites of third-party companies and in the search engine results of Google's search engine and to display third-party advertisements on our website.

If a data subject accesses our website via a Google ad, a so-called conversion cookie is stored on the data subject's information technology system by Google and user data based on pseudonymized, hashed email addresses is used as an online ID. A conversion cookie loses its validity after thirty days and is not used to identify the data subject. The conversion cookie is used to track whether certain subpages, for example the shopping cart from an online store system, have been called up on our website, provided that the cookie has not yet expired. Through the conversion cookie, both we and Google can track whether a data subject who accessed our website via a Google Ads ad generated a sale, i.e. completed or cancelled a purchase of goods.

The data and information collected through the use of the conversion cookie are used by Google to create visit statistics for our website. These visit statistics are in turn used by us to determine the total number of users who were referred to us via Google Ads ads, i.e. to determine the success or failure of the respective Google Ads ad and to optimize our Google Ads ads for the future. Neither our company nor other Google Ads advertisers receive information from Google by means of which the data subject could be identified. By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, for example the websites visited by the data subject, is stored.

By means of the conversion cookie, personal information, for example the internet pages visited by the data subject, is stored. Each time the data subject visits our website, personal data, including the IP address of the internet connection used by the data subject, is transmitted to Google in the USA. This personal data is stored by Google in the USA. Google may pass on this personal data collected via the technical procedure to third parties.

Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

3.4.1.2 Google Ad Manager

Google Ad Manager 360 is a service provided by Google Ireland Limited (Google Building Gordon House, Barrow St, Dublin 4, Ireland; "Google"). Google Ad Manager 360 uses cookies and user data based on pseudonymized, hashed email addresses as an online ID to present you with ads that are relevant to you. In doing so, a pseudonymous identification number (ID) is assigned to your browser in order to check which ads were displayed in your browser and which ads were called up. The use of Ad Manager 360 cookies and user data based on pseudonymous hashed email addresses only allows Google and its partner websites to serve ads based on prior visits to our website or other websites on the Internet. The information generated by the cookies and user data based on pseudonymized, hashed email addresses is transmitted by Google to a server in the USA for analysis and stored there. A transfer of data by Google to third parties only takes place due to legal regulations or within the framework of order data processing. Under no circumstances will Google combine your data with other data collected by Google.

Legal basis: Einwilligung, Art. 6 Abs. 1 a) DSGVO, § 25 Abs. 1 TTDSG.Oconsent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

3.4.1.3. Objection to Google Advertising Products / Data protection information from Google

In addition to the objection to data processing for Google Advertising Products via the , Google offers its own option with which you can object to this use of your pseudonymous data by Google at any time by installing a browser add-on. You can download this here: https://support.google.com/My-Ad-Center-Help/answer/12155656?visit_id=638340202097530373-3799938599&rd=1.In addition, you have the option to permanently object to interest-based advertising by Google if you use a Google account. To do this, the data subject must call up the link https://www.google.com/settings/ads from any of the internet browsers he or she uses and make the desired settings there.

All information on Google's data protection can be found here https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.

In addition, AutoScout24 Germany uses the services of the following advertising networks:

  • Adnami

    We use Adnami (Adnami ApS, Store Kongensgade 59A 1 th, 1262 Copenhagen, Denmark; "Adnami") on our websites to handle online advertising campaigns. Adnami collects anonymous statistical data about our visitors in order to track the delivery of our campaigns and improve their performance. More information about Adnami's privacy policy can be found here: https://www.adnami.io/privacy-policy-services.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Adsquare

    We use adsquare GmbH(Saarbrücker Str. 36, 10405 Berlin, Germany; "adsquare"), an advertising service provider and operator of a data exchange platform, on our services for the purpose of usage-based advertising. Adsquare collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie or mobile advertising IDs, which are used to analyze your user behavior. The usage profile created is used to show you targeted interest-based advertising.

    You can find more information about adsquare's data protection here: https://www.adsquare.com/privacy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Amazon

    AutoScout24 Germany uses services of Amazon Inc. (410 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; "Amazon") on our websites as a service provider for advertising and operator of an intermediary platform (supply side platform). Amazon collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie or pseudonymized hashed user data based on your email address (also known as online ID), which is used to analyze your usage behavior. We use the user profile created to show you targeted advertising based on your interests. https://advertising.amazon.com/resources/ad-policy/eu-data-protection-and-privacy.

    You can find more information about Amazon's data protection here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GX7NJQ4ZB8MHFRNJ.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Bing Ads

    AutoScout24 Germany uses Bing Ads (Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA; "Bing Ads"), a search engine advertising tool, on our websites to display ads in the search network (websites such as Bing, AOL, Yahoo, other websites belonging to and operated by Bing or Yahoo, and syndicated search partner websites) and in the content network (within Windows apps or on Windows devices in Bing Smart Search results). Using Bing Ads Tracking (UET - Universal Event Tracking), completion tracking and remarketing in paid search is possible.

    You can find more information on the data protection of Bing Ads here: https://about.ads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/microsoft-advertising-privacy-policy.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Criteo Direct Bidder

    We use Criteo Direct Bidder (Criteo SA, 32 Rue Blanche, 75009 Paris, France, "Criteo SA"), an advertising service provider and supply side platform operator, to serve ads on our websites. Criteo Direct Bidder collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, contextual targeting or pseudonymized hashed user data based on your email address (also known as online ID), which is used to analyze your usage behavior. We use the user profile we create to show you targeted advertising based on your interests. We use the created user profile to show you targeted interest-based advertising. We use the created user profile and contextual targeting to show you targeted interest-based advertising.

    You can find more information on data protection at Criteo here: https://www.criteo.com/privacy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Facebook

    Pixel and iOS & Android Facebook SDK: To evaluate and support our online marketing measures on or via Facebook, a so-called "Facebook tracking pixel" is integrated on our websites, which is provided and evaluated by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (4 Grand Canal Square, Grand Canal Habour, Dublin D02X525, Ireland, "Facebook"). When you visit our platform, the tracking pixel establishes a direct connection between your browser and the Facebook server. Facebook thereby receives, among other things, the information from your browser that our website was accessed from your end device. In our mobile apps for iOS and Android, the "Facebook SDK" is also integrated. When you use our apps, a direct connection between your smartphone and the Facebook server is established via the Facebook SDK. Facebook thereby receives, among other things, the information that our app was used by your end device. If you are a Facebook user, Facebook can assign the visit to our pages and apps to your user account. Likewise, Facebook can subsequently recognize whether a Facebook ad has had an effect, e.g. has led to an online purchase.

    We only receive statistical data from Facebook for this purpose without any reference to your specific person. This is done for the purposes of advertising effectiveness, market research and user-oriented design of our website and apps. Tracking with the help of the pixel and the SDK is done in a way that does not allow us to identify you as a person and only marks users as visitors to our website in an anonymized form for us. Facebook uses cookies for this purpose. Facebook stores and uses the data collected with the help of the pixel and the SDK. This also occurs, at least in part, outside the territorial scope of EU data protection regulations.

    Custom Audience via pixel method: A Facebook tracking pixel is embedded on our website. In our mobile applications for iOS and Android, the Facebook SDK is also integrated. With the help of this pixel and the SDK, Facebook can track the user's browsing behavior on the website and within the app. Based on your browsing behavior, Website Custom Audiences can be created in Facebook Audience Manager to classify you based on your browsing behavior. These formed Website Custom Audiences can then be used in remarketing or lookalike campaigns. An example of this is if you were visiting the website to place a particular order, but would abandon it. You would subsequently fall into a "dropout audience" and be retargeted in a Facebook remarketing campaign.

    Audience Network: We also use Facebook's Audience Network to support our online marketing efforts. The Audience Network facilitates the placement of third-party advertisements and/or Facebook ads or other commercial or sponsored content ("Ads") on our Platform, as well as in our mobile applications, mobile websites and video players.

    If you are a Facebook user, Facebook may associate your visit to our Sites and Apps with your user account through a pixel ID, the Facebook SDK, a Facebook cookie, or pseudonymized hashed user data based on your email address (also known as an online ID). As a Facebook member, you can also edit your account settings at https://www.facebook.com/ads/website_custom_audiences/ and use them to object to data collection via Custom Audiences across devices.

    You can find more information about Facebook's data protection here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/update?ref=old_policy.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Gemius

    AutoScout24 Germany works with the service provider Gemius SA (48 Domanewska Street, D48 building, 6 floor, 02-672 Warsaw, Poland; "Gemius"). The company offers solutions for digital marketing. Its offer includes solutions that allow sending advertisements and measuring their effectiveness in real time. It also has tools for monitoring competition through studies that provide information on all campaigns conducted during the period.

    In its daily work, the company follows the guidelines of the European Association for Market Research and Opinion Research (ESOMAR), which determines the implementation of market research projects and ensures their quality and reliability. Gemius has received the ISO 27001:2013 quality certificate and is a member of IAB Europe.

    You can find more information about Gemius' data protection here: https://www.gemius.com/privacy-policy.html.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • GroupM

    AutoScout24 Germany uses technologies from the GroupM Germany GmbH agency group (Derendorfer Allee 26, 40476 Düsseldorf, Germany; "GroupM") on our websites. In the process, data is processed for marketing and optimization purposes. From this data, usage profiles can be created under a pseudonym through the use of cookies. The data collected using GroupM technologies is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym.

    You can find more information about GroupM's data protection here https://www.groupm.com/mplatform-privacy-notice/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Improve Digital

    AutoScout24 Germany uses Improve Digital (Danzigerkade 215, 1013AP Amsterdam, Netherlands; "Improve Digital"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. Improve Digital collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. The usage profile created is used by AutoScout24 Germany to show you targeted, interest-based advertising.

    You can find more information about data protection at Improve Digital here: https://www.improvedigital.com/privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Index Exchange

    AutoScout24 Germany uses Index Exchange (20 W 22nd St. Suite 1101, New York, NY 10010, USA; "Index Exchange"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. Index Exchange collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. The usage profile created is used by AutoScout24 Germany to display targeted advertising tailored to your interests.

    You can find more information about the data protection of Index Exchange here: http://www.indexexchange.com/privacy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • InsurAds

    AutoScout24 Germany uses services on our websites from InsurAds Tech SA. (Av. Amália Rodrigues, N25 Lj1, 2675 Odivelas, Lisbon, Portugal, "InsurAds"), a service provider for online advertising and operator of a supply side platform. InsurAds processes information about your activities by setting a cookie to analyze your usage behavior based on pseudonymous data. AutoScout24 Germany uses the usage profile created for the targeted, interest-oriented playout of advertising.

    You can find more information on the data protection of InsurAds here: https://insurads.com/privacy.html.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Integral Ad Science

    We use services of Integral Ad Science Inc. (95 Morton Street 8th Floor, New York, NY 10014, USA; "Integral Ad Science") for our services to better understand whether our ads are seen by users and whether they are well visible. We collect and provide Integral Ad Science with information collected from users' browsers. For more information about Integral Ad Science's privacy policy, please visit: https://integralads.com/ias-privacy-data-management/policies/privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • LiveRamp ATS

    We have integrated components of LiveRamp SAS (25 rue Anatole, 92300 Levallois Perret, France; "LiveRamp") on our services. LiveRamp is a platform provider with core competencies in online IDs.

    When you enter your email address on our website (to sign up, subscribe to a newsletter, or similar), we may share personal or other information we collect from you, such as your email address (in hashed, pseudonymized form), your IP address, or information about your browser or operating system with our partner LiveRamp, Inc. and its affiliates. LiveRamp's privacy policy and how to opt-out can be found here: https://liveramp.com/privacy/service-privacy-policy/. LiveRamp uses this information to create an online identification code that can be used to recognize you on the devices you use. The code does not contain any of your directly identifying personal information and will not be used by LiveRamp to directly re-identify you again. We place the code in our cookie or use a LiveRamp cookie for this purpose and have it used for online and cross-platform advertising. It may be shared with our advertising partners and other third-party advertising providers around the world to enable interest-based content or targeted advertising across your online experience (e.g., web, email, connected devices, apps, etc.). These third-party advertisers may, in turn, use the Code to link demographic or interest-based information that you have provided during interactions with them. You have the right to opt-in to our use of LiveRamp cookies and our sharing of this data with LiveRamp for the above purposes.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • OpenX

    AutoScout24 Germany uses OpenX Technologies Inc. (888 East Walnut Street, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA; "OpenX"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. OpenX processes information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. The usage profile created is used by AutoScout24 Germany to show you targeted, interest-based advertising.

    You can find more information about OpenX data protection here: https://www.openx.com/legal/privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Opticks Security

    We use Opticks Security (OPTICKS SECURITY, S.L., Carrer Balmes 76, 08007, Barcelona; "Opticks Security") for our website to protect us from advertising fraud, in particular to detect fraudulent traffic sent by other publishers. These are also our legitimate interests. Opticks Security collects data that is matched with information from offline third-party databases to detect advertising fraud. This data includes IP address, user agent, and other browsing information.

    For more information about Opticks Security's privacy practices, please see here: https://resources.optickssecurity.com/hubfs/GDPR/OPTICKS_privacy_policy.pdf.

    Legal basis: legitimate interests, (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG).

  • Outbrain

    We use technologies of Outbrain UK Limited (175 High Holborn, London, United Kingdom; "Outbrain") on our services. Information about your user behavior for marketing purposes is collected by Outbrain as an independent data controller in pseudonymized form and cookies are also set for this purpose. Outbrain can thus analyze your user behavior and subsequently display targeted product recommendations as suitable advertising banners when you visit other websites. In no case can the collected data be used to identify you personally. The data collected by Outbrain is only used to improve the advertising offer.
    You can find more information on data protection here: https://www.outbrain.com/privacy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Pinterest tag

    We use the conversion tracking technology "Pinterest Tag" on our websites, which is provided and evaluated by Pinterest Europe Ltd. (Palmerston House, 2nd Floor, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, Ireland; "Pinterest"). The Pinterest tag is a tracking pixel that allows Pinterest to track visitors to our website and the actions visitors take on our website after seeing our Pinterest ad. This allows us to measure how effective our Pinterest ads are. To do this, we analyze the actions ("conversions") that visitors take on our website after seeing or interacting with our ad. When you visit our platform, a direct connection is established between your browser and the Pinterest server via the conversion tag. Pinterest thereby receives, among other things, the information from your browser that our website was called up from your end device. If you are a Pinterest user, Pinterest can assign the visit to our website to your Pinterest account through the Pinterest tag. We receive only statistical data from Pinterest without reference to your specific person. This is done for the purposes of advertising effectiveness and market research and the user-oriented design of our website and apps. The tracking with the help of the tag is done in a way that does not allow us to identify you as a person and only marks users as visitors to our websites in an anonymized form for us. Pinterest stores and uses the data collected using the tag. This also happens at least partially outside the territorial scope of the EU data protection regulations.

    With the help of the Pinterest tag, Pinterest can track the surfing behavior of visitors to our websites. Based on your surfing behavior, Target Audiences can be created that classify you based on your surfing behavior. These created Target Audiences can then be used in remarketing or Actalike campaigns. An example of this is if you visit our website and make a particular order transaction, but cancel it. You would subsequently fall into a "dropout audience" and be retargeted in a Pinterest remarketing campaign.

    For more information about the purpose and scope of the data collection and the further processing and use of the data by Pinterest, as well as your settings options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the Pinterest privacy policy, which you can view here: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy

    Furthermore, you can also object to the data collection by Pinterest in the account settings of your Pinterest account. You can find more information about this here: https://help.pinterest.com/de/article/personalization-and-data

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Pubmatic

    AutoScout24 Germany uses PubMatic Inc. (c/o Privacy, 305 Main Street, First Floor, Redwood City, California 94063, USA; "PubMatic"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. PubMatic processes information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. The usage profile created is used by AutoScout24 Germany to show you targeted, interest-based advertising.

    You can find more information about Pubmatic's data protection here: https://pubmatic.com/legal/privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • RTB House

    AutoScout24 Germany uses technologies from RTB House GmbH (Kurfürstendamm 226, 10719 Berlin, Germany; "RTB House") on our websites. Information about your user behavior is collected in pseudonymous form for marketing purposes and cookies are set for this purpose. RTB House can thus analyze your user behavior and subsequently display targeted product recommendations as appropriate advertising banners when you visit other websites. In no case can the data be used to identify you personally. The data collected by RTB House is only used to improve the advertising offer.

    You can find more information on data protection here: https://www.rtbhouse.com/privacy-center/services-privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Magnite

    We use Magnite Inc. (1250 Broadway 15th Floor, New York 10001, USA; "Magnite"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. Magnite collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. We use the usage profile created to show you targeted advertising that is tailored to your interests.

    You can find more information about Rubicon's data protection here: https://www.magnite.com/legal/advertising-technology-privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Santander Consumer Finance

    On our websites and in our apps, we use a software plugin from Santander Consumer Finance, S.A. (Avda. de Cantabria, s/n, 28660 Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain; "Santander Consumer Finance") that adds financing services to the features we offer our users. The plugin has a firewall that analyzes all requests coming from users' web browsers in order to block dangerous cookies and prevent them from reaching Santander's systems. The cookies only store a random ID to identify users and sessions separately, without encoding other private information. The plugin also stores cookies to monitor customer interactions and behavior on Santander Consumer Finance's web components, in order to create technical metrics about user behavior and the use and performance of Santander Consumer Finance's components. Santander Consumer Finance acts as its own data controller in this regard.
    For more information about data protection at Santander Consumer Finance and your rights as a data subject, please click here: https://www.santanderconsumer.com/grundlegende-informationen-zum-datenschutz/.

    Legal basis: Firewall (Imperva): legitimate interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

    Legal basis: Interactions & user behavior (Google Analytics): consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR).

  • Smart

    AutoScout24 Germany uses Smart AdServer SAS (8-10 rue Saint Fiacre, Paris 75002, France; "Smart") on our websites to handle online advertising campaigns. Smart collects anonymized statistical data about our website visitors to track the delivery of our campaigns and improve their performance. In addition, Smart may process information about your activities by setting a cookie to analyze your usage patterns. AutoScout24 Germany uses the usage profile created for the targeted playout of interest-based advertising. You can find more information on Smart's privacy policy here: https://equativ.com/end-users-privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Ströer SSP

    We use Ströer SSP (Ströer SSP GmbH, St-Martin-Str. 106, 81669 Munich, Germany, "Ströer SSP"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. Ströer SSP collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. We use the usage profile created and contextual targeting to show you targeted, interest-based advertising.

    You can find more information about Ströer SSP's data protection here: https://www.stroeer.de/werben-mit-stroeer/onlinewerbung/crossmedia/stroeer-ssp/stroeer-ssp-datenschutz/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Taboola

    We use technologies of Taboola Germany GmbH (Alt-Moabit 2, 10557 Berlin, Germany; "Taboola") on our services. Information about your user behavior for marketing purposes is collected by Taboola as an independent data controller in pseudonymized form and cookies are also set for this purpose. Taboola can thus analyze your user behavior and then display targeted product recommendations as suitable advertising banners when you visit other websites. In no case can the collected data be used to identify you personally. The data collected by Taboola is only used to improve the advertising offer.
    You can find more information on data protection here: https://www.taboola.com/policies/privacy-policy.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Teads

    AutoScout24 Germany uses on our websites services of Teads SA (5 rue de la Boucherie L-1247 Luxembourg, Luxembourg; "Teads"), a service provider for online video advertising and operator of a supply side platform. Teads processes information about your activities by setting a cookie to analyze your usage behavior. AutoScout24 Germany uses the usage profile created to show you targeted, interest-oriented advertising. Further information on Teads' privacy policy can be found here: https://teads.tv/privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • The Media Trust

    We use The Media Trust (TMT Digital Inc., 1660 International Drive, Floor 8 McLean, VA 22102 USA; "The Media Trust") on our websites to ensure security, data privacy compliance and quality assurance of advertising campaign delivery. The Media Trust uses pseudonymous statistical data about delivered advertising banners and may block the delivery of advertising banners that compromise users' IT security in real time. You can find more information about The Media Trust's data usage here: https://mediatrust.com/privacy-statement/.

    Legal basis: legitimate interests, (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 2 No. 2 TTDSG).

  • TikTok

    Pixel and iOS & Android TikTok SDKTo evaluate and support our online marketing measures, a so-called "TikTok tracking pixel" is integrated on our websites, which is provided and evaluated by TikTok Technology Limited (10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, D02 T380, Ireland; "TikTok"). When you visit our platform, the tracking pixel establishes a direct connection between your browser and the TikTok server. TikTok thereby receives, among other things, the information from your browser that our website has been accessed from your end device. In our mobile apps for iOS and Android, the "TikTok SDK" is also integrated. When you use our apps, a direct connection between your smartphone and the TikTok server is established via the TikTok SDK. TikTok thereby receives, among other things, the information that our app was used by your end device. If you are a TikTok user and are logged into your user account, TikTok can thereby assign the visit to our websites and apps to your user account. Likewise, TikTok can subsequently recognize whether a TikTok advertisement has had an effect, e.g. has led to an online purchase. We receive from TikTok for this purpose exclusively statistical data without reference to your specific person. This is done for the purposes of advertising effectiveness, market research and user-oriented design of our websites and apps. Tracking with the help of the pixel and the SDK is done in a way that does not allow AutoScout24 Germany to identify you as a person and only marks users as visitors to our website in an anonymized form for us. TikTok uses cookies for this purpose. TikTok processes the data collected using the pixel and the SDK. This is also done, at least in part, outside the territorial scope of the EU data protection regulations.
    Custom Audience via pixel procedure: A TikTok tracking pixel is embedded on our website. In our mobile applications for iOS and Android, the TikTok SDK is also integrated. Using the pixel and the SDK, TikTok can track the user's browsing behavior on the website and within the app. Based on your browsing behavior, Website Custom Audiences of AutoScout24 Germany can be created in the TikTok Audience Manager, which classify you based on your browsing behavior. These formed Website Custom Audiences can then be used in remarketing or lookalike campaigns. An example of this is if you visit our website to place a particular order, but would cancel it. You would subsequently fall into a "dropout audience" and be retargeted in a TikTok remarketing campaign.

    If you are a TikTok user, TikTok can associate your visit to our websites and apps with your user account through a pixel ID, the TikTok SDK, and a TikTok cookie. As a TikTok member, you can also edit your account settings at https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/cookie-policy/en and use them to object to data collection via Custom Audiences across devices.
    You can find more information about TikTok's data protection here: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/eea/privacy-policy/en.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Xandr

    AutoScout24 Germany uses Xandr Inc. (28 W. 23rd Street, New York, New York, 10010; "Xandr"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, which also acts as a controller of your data, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. Xandr collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. We use the usage profile created to show you targeted advertising that is tailored to your interests. You can find more information about Xandr's data protection here: https://www.xandr.com/privacy/cookie-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Yahoo

    We use Yahoo (Yahoo EMEA Limited with its registered office at 5-7 Point Square, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland, "Yahoo"), an advertising service provider and operator of a supply side platform, to display usage-based advertising on our websites. Yahoo collects and stores information about your activities by setting a cookie, which is used to analyze your user behavior. We use the usage profile created to show you targeted, interest-based advertising. You can find more information about Yahoo's data protection here: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/index.html.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • YOC

    Our websites also use technologies from the technology provider YOC AG (Greifswalder Str. 212, 10405 Berlin, Germany; "YOC") to collect data for the purpose of advertising playout and performance measurement. From this data, usage profiles can be created under a pseudonym through the use of cookies. The data collected using YOC technologies is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. The collection and storage of data can be objected to at any time with effect for the future. You can find more information about YOC's data protection and the option to opt out here: https://yoc.com/privacy/ and https://t.visx.net/opt-out.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

  • Zeotap ID+

    AutoScout24 Germany works with zeotap GmbH (c/o WeWork Warschauer Platz 11-13, 10245 Berlin; "Zeotap") to create an individual profile of you based on your activities on our sites and external sources, which we use to show you targeted advertising. In doing so, we identify you by means of a unique marketing ID.

    You can find more information about Zeotap's data protection here: https://zeotap.com/product-privacy-policy/.

    Legal basis: consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG).

3.5 Share Buttons

Our website uses so-called "share buttons", which are plugins of various social networks, namely Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Tumblr and Twitter. No information about your visit to our website is passed on to the respective operator of the social network via these share buttons. Only when you click on the respective share button will you be directed to the page of the network operator. The associated data processing is the responsibility of the operator of the respective social network under data protection law. Please consult the privacy policy of the respective network operator for details.

3.6 Direct advertising via email

In order to provide you with the most comprehensive service possible, we also use your data to send you suitable additional information of our own or of third parties in connection with all services, e.g. an intended purchase, financing or leasing, furthermore also the sale or leasing and the services of AutoScout24.

These processing operations are carried out on the basis of statutory provisions that permit personal data to be processed for direct advertising purposes because AutoScout24 has an overriding legitimate interest in doing so and, exceptionally, an unreasonable nuisance cannot be assumed (including Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

If you do not wish to receive such emails, you can unsubscribe at any time, either on the main page of your personal area or by sending an email to widerspruch@autoscout24.de

Provided that you have given us consent, AutoScout24 will process your email address for advertising in connection with cars, car buying and selling, car financing and leasing, workshop services and for products for prospective car buyers. Based on the corresponding consent, AutoScout24 combines your registration data with the transaction data on the websites and in the mobile apps of AutoScout24 (pages accessed, content clicked on, etc.) and data from other services used on these websites/ in these apps in order to align the email advertising with your interests (Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR).

3.7 Security and protection against misuse

Ultimately, we use the data of all users in order to effectively counteract possible acts of abuse within the scope of our car marketplace in the interest of honest users and to protect our customers from harm in such cases.

This processing is carried out on the basis of legal regulations that allow us to process personal data to protect against misuse and for legal prosecution and because AutoScout24 has an overriding legitimate interest in processing to ensure the functionality and security of the offer (including Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR; Art. 6 Para 1 c) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 32 Para. 1 GDPR).

3.8 Customer service

AutoScout24 customer service answers service inquiries from commercial dealer customers, private customers and interested parties in day-to-day business. In the process, personal data of the customers is collected and processed. Personal data is collected by customers submitting it to us in a contact form provided for this purpose on the website or by contacting us by email, telephone or chat. We collect the provided data for the purpose of unambiguous customer verification and for fast processing of customer inquiries. Since we are constantly striving to improve our services for our customers, the data may be analyzed anonymously. All data will be used exclusively for the intended purpose and will not be passed on to third parties.

You have the following contact options:

The contact form allows users to contact AutoScout24 customer service. We collect the information provided via the contact form for the purpose of processing customer concerns quickly. For private customers, we collect the category selected in the form (passenger car, express sale), the subject of the inquiry, the request (free text), the first name, last name, email address and optionally the customer's telephone number. For dealer customers, the postal code is also optionally collected.

Personal data that customers and interested parties voluntarily provide to us when using electronic forms, such as contact forms, or by email are generally collected, processed and used for the purpose for which they were provided to us.

In order to improve our services, the data may be evaluated anonymously.

3.8.1.1 Contact form seller requests

As a potential buyer, you have the option to send a request to a seller. As a seller, you have the option of receiving messages from interested parties and replying to them.

Based on the consent given to us by you as a potential buyer, we store your message temporarily and forward it to the seller and measure the response rate and response time of the seller. To prove that you have given us such consent, we store the consent you have given us together with the date and time you gave your consent, your name and email address. The processing of this data is based on our obligation to be able to prove consent given by you. After you have withdrawn your consent, we store the proof for 6 years based on our legitimate interests in proving that we have acted in accordance with the law during the period in which the statute of limitations has not yet occurred.

In addition, as a potential buyer, you have the option to optionally provide your telephone number. If you make use of this, we will forward your telephone number to the seller together with the inquiry and store it with us. The data processing is based on our legitimate interests in forwarding and storing the telephone number you have optionally provided.

Based on the consent given to us by you as a seller, we temporarily store your message and forward it to the potential buyer and measure your response rate and response time. To prove that you have given us such consent, we store the consent you have given us together with the date and time you gave your consent and your seller ID. The processing of this data is based on our obligation to be able to prove consent given by you. After you withdraw your consent, we store the evidence for 6 years based on our legitimate interests in proving legally compliant actions during the period in which the statute of limitations has not yet occurred.

The live chat for dealers enables our registered dealer customers to contact AutoScout24 customer service quickly. Data received by us via the "Live chat for dealers" will be assigned to the respective user account and stored there. We will request the following data from users of the chat: title, first name/last name, customer number, email address and, in the context of the chat, further information regarding the contact.

When contacting private customers by telephone via the service hotline +49 89 444 56 1000 or +49 89 444 56 1666, we will request the following data: title, first name/last name, email address and, in the context of the conversation, further information regarding the contact. If the caller is a registered AutoScout24 customer, a summary of the concern expressed on the phone is assigned to the AutoScout24 user account. This enables any further processing of the concern by a specialist department that may be necessary. We store the following data for calling dealer customers: Title, first name/last name, company name, customer number, email address and other non-personal information within the scope of the profile and advertisements.

In order to provide our dealer customers with a quick service in case of questions and problems, it is possible to contact the customer service via WhatsApp. Users of the WhatsApp service are asked to provide the following information after contacting us: Title, first name/last name, company name (optional), customer number, email address and other information regarding the contact. The mobile phone number is automatically transferred when using the instant messaging service WhatsApp.

3.9 Car subscription

In order to record whether we have successfully referred you to a vehicle provider when you use Auto Abo, we use a cookie to record whether you have clicked on an advertisement. The processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR, Sec. 25 Para. 1 TTDSG.

3.10 Data exchange with shareholding companies

We share data with companies in which AutoScout has a shareholding (this includes, for example, LeasingMarkt.de GmbH and AUTOproff Deutschland GmbH) for administrative purposes, for customer acquisition and management of the customer relationship, and as part of marketing measures. This data processing is carried out based on our legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR in the exchange of data for the aforementioned purposes with companies in which AutoScout has a shareholding.

It may happen that we also pass on your data to other recipients within the scope of the above-mentioned purposes. For example, as part of the provision of the offer and the associated functions and services, we pass on your data to providers and interested parties of cars and their financing, provided that you make use of the respective service.

Exceptionally, there may also be situations in which we are required by law to disclose your personal data to third parties, for example in the context of government law enforcement measures. In the event of an objectionable misuse of the AutoScout24 platform, the prerequisite for passing on data to other users is that there are justified and documented indications of the misuse.

In addition, your personal data may be passed on within the AutoScout24 group of companies, to service companies (possibly also third countries), to government authorities and to persons affected by a violation of the law and possibly to other companies as part of a corporate transaction, as explained in detail below.

4.1 Disclosure within the AutoScout24 group of companies

AutoScout24 operates internationally and is part of the AutoScout24 group of companies. Certain personal data, such as data provided by the user during registration, may be passed on within the group of companies for internal administrative purposes, including joint customer support, to the extent necessary.

4.2 Transfer to service providers bound by instructions

In some cases, we use service providers bound by instructions (both companies of the AutoScout24 group of companies and external service providers) for certain data processing activities. These are, without exception, service companies bound by instructions, which process the data on our behalf and according to our instructions.

4.3 Transfer to independent service providers

We offer some of our services in cooperation with independent service providers. These service providers are not bound by our instructions but are in turn independent controllers for processing the data they receive from us. This is the case, for example, if you choose the car loan, car insurance or leasing functions. In such cases, AutoSout24 acts only as an intermediary and for this purpose passes on data to an independent service provider who in turn provides a service to you. We will inform you about the passing on of personal data to independent service providers in the context of entering data to be passed on.

4.4 Disclosure to government agencies, to injured parties and for legal prosecution

If it is necessary to clarify illegal or abusive use of AutoScout24 or for legal prosecution, personal data will be forwarded to the law enforcement authorities and, if necessary, to injured third parties. However, this only happens if there are indications of unlawful or abusive behavior. A transfer may also take place if it serves the enforcement of terms of use or other agreements. We are also legally obligated to provide information to certain public authorities upon request. These are law enforcement agencies, authorities that prosecute administrative offenses subject to fines and the tax authorities.

4.5 Disclosure in the context of corporate transactions

As our business evolves, we may change the structure of our company by changing its legal form, establishing, buying or selling subsidiaries, divisions or components. In such transactions, customer information may be transferred to the acquirer or legal successor along with the part of the company being transferred. In any transfer of personal information to third parties to the extent described above, we will ensure that this is done in accordance with this Privacy Notice and applicable data protection law.

Any disclosure of personal data will be made on the basis of the statutory provisions. Accordingly, this data processing is justified by the fact that (1) the processing is necessary for the performance of the contract for the use of AutoScout24, or (2) AutoScout24 has a legitimate interest in disclosing the data for administrative purposes or the processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which AutoScout24 is subject.

5.1 Protection of your data in the third country

Due to the aforementioned transfers, the service providers bound by instructions may process the data in countries outside the EU ("third countries").

Insofar as AutoScout24 Germany or AutoScout24 transfers your personal data to a third country, appropriate guarantees are provided in accordance with Art. 44 ff. GDPR. With recipients in third countries for which there is no Commission adequacy decision, we have concluded the EU standard contractual clauses (or standard data protection clauses) in accordance with Art. 46 Para. 2 c) GDPR. A copy of the clauses can be found here (2010/87 Commission Decision of 5 February 2010) and here (2021/914 Commission Implementing Decision of 4 June 2021).

5.2 Consent to the transfer to third countries when using cookies

Personal data that we collect through the use of cookies on our website or app is transferred to several third countries where we cannot adequately protect your data even by entering into standard contractual clauses. We therefore only transfer the data collected via cookies to third countries if you consent to the transfer (Art. 49 Para. 1 a) GDPR). In order for you to understand the risks involved, we ask that you review the following information in advance.

We cannot effectively protect your personal data from access by intelligence agencies or investigative authorities in the third country. Rights and protections that apply to the processing of your data in Europe are not available or are limited in third countries. This could mean that you have no recourse against measures taken by authorities in third countries. It is possible that there are no special requirements for the protection of your personal data in the third country. Accordingly, in most third countries there are also no data protection supervisory authorities to supervise whether the data is processed in accordance with data protection principles by the recipient within the third country or to ensure that you can exercise your data subject rights.

Especially in respect to the transfer of personal data to the U.S., the Court of Justice of the European Union has declared that your data will be insufficiently without additional measures that protect your data within the third country. Thus, U.S. intelligence agencies may be entitled to challenge your data with one of the third-party providers or intercept it during transmission. If this occurs, U.S. law does not provide you with any legal recourse against the intelligence agencies authority. According to the U.S. government, such actions should only occur in exceptional circumstances.

Within the provider list in the AutoScout Privacy Manager, you can see in detail to which providers in third countries we transfer your personal data.

We delete or anonymize your personal data as soon as it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we process it according to the above paragraphs. The specific storage period depends on how you use our offer.

If you have not registered with us, we store your personal data for the duration of the use of our offer plus a period of up to 14 days, during which we keep backup copies after deletion, unless this data is needed longer for criminal prosecution or to secure, assert or enforce legal claims.

If you have registered with us, we store your personal data for the duration of your registration and delete it as soon as you delete your user account. However, we still keep backup copies of your data for a period of up to 14 days before these are also permanently deleted.

In the event that you have given us consent to process your data (e.g. for the purpose of advertising use including the associated profiling), we will store your data until you withdraw your consent.

Insofar as we must retain data for legal reasons, a restriction on the further processing of the data concerned will take the place of deletion.

As a data subject of the processing of personal data, you have a right of access to the processed data, a right to rectification of your personal data, a right to erasure of your personal data, a right to restrict the processing of your personal data and a right to the portability of your personal data. Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

In cases where the data processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 e) or f) GDPR or is carried out for the purpose of direct marketing, you have the right to object the processing.

If you have given us consent, you can withdraw this at any time with effect for the future.

7.1 Right to object

You have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, you have the right to object to the processing of your data at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation, Without prejudice to the above right to object, you may also object at any time to the collection and processing of information on the use of the email newsletter.

Please note that with an objection, the sending of the newsletter will be terminated. Please send your objection to newsletters and mailings to: widerspruch@autoscout24.de.

You can also send your objection to newsletters and mailings to the postal address AutoScout24 GmbH, Tölzer Straße 16, 82031 Grünwald, or to the telephone number +49 89 444 56 1666.

7.2 Withdrawal of consent

You may withdraw any consent you may have given us at any time with effect for the future without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent up to the withdrawal. You can address your withdrawal to AutoScout24 GmbH, Tölzer Straße 16, 82031 Grünwald, or by email to widerspruch@autoscout24.de.

For the consent(s) given by you by means of the AutoScout24 Privacy Manager, you can withdraw them by calling up the .

7.3 Right to rectification and complete data

You have the right to demand that we immediately correct the personal data concerning you if it is incorrect. Furthermore, you have the right, within the scope of Art. 16 Para. 2 GDPR, to demand that we complete your data - also by means of a supplementary declaration - if it should be incomplete.

7.4 Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")

You have the right to request that we delete personal data relating to you under the conditions described in Article 17 GDPR. These conditions provide in particular for a right to erasure if the personal data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed, as well as in cases of unlawful processing, the existence of an objection or withdrawal of consent, the existence of an obligation to erasure under Union law or the law of the Member States to which AutoScout24 is subject, or the collection of data in relation to information society services offered in accordance with Art. 8 Para. 1 GDPR.

7.5 Right to restriction of processing

You have the right to demand that we restrict processing in accordance with Art. 18 GDPR. This right exists in particular if the accuracy of the personal data is disputed between the user and AutoScout24, for the period of time required to verify the accuracy, as well as in the event that the user requests restricted processing instead of deletion in the case of an existing right to deletion; furthermore, in the event that the data is no longer required for the purposes pursued by AutoScout24, but the user requires it for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims, as well as if the successful exercise of an objection is still disputed between AutoScout24 and the user.

7.6 Right of access and right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to receive access from us at any time upon request to the personal data processed by AutoScout24 that concerns you within the scope of Art. 15 GDPR.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority responsible for us or to another supervisory authority.

7.7 Right to data portability

Insofar as we process data that you have provided to us, you have the right to receive the personal data concerning you in a structured, common and machine-readable format or to transfer this data to another controller.

In order to facilitate business transactions between members of the AutoScout24 community, our service allows you to access certain contact information of other users (see section 3 above). By agreeing to our GTC (general terms and conditions), you agree to use this personal data exclusively for the following purposes:

  • Communications related to content posted on AutoScout24, but not unsolicited promotional content,
  • Other purposes for which the user concerned has given his or her express consent.

AutoScout24 and its members do not tolerate harassment through the sending of unsolicited advertising emails (spam). Therefore, you are not permitted to include a user's email address in your email distribution list or in any other address list without the express consent of the user concerned.

Note: Do not use the AutoScout24 "send page" service or other forwarding services to send unsolicited emails (spam).

Our Group Data Protection Officer will be happy to provide you with information and answer any questions you may have on the subject of data protection:

AutoScout24 Group (including smyle)
Data Protection Officer
Tölzer Str. 16
82031 Grünwald
as24-datenschutz@autoscout24.com

10. Joint controllership Auto Abo AutoScout24 Germany arranges services via our Auto Abo service for you together with AS24 Subscription, Imove and the vehicle providers (see section 1.3). We therefore also jointly guarantee the protection of your personal data.

10.1 When does joint controllership exist?

When you use our "Auto Subscription" service, for example by accessing the corresponding subpage of our website, the data that AutoScout24 Germany collects as part of the tracking process is also passed on to AS24 Subscription, Imove and, in some cases, to the vehicle providers.

Imove and AS24 Subscription support AutoScout24 Germany in providing the technical infrastructure needed to offer you car subscriptions. For the operation and optimization of the platform set up for this purpose, the companies involved exchange your personal data.

In addition, the car providers receive anonymous overviews of the use of the platform from AutoScout24 Germany. Data is further exchanged with the providers in order to determine whether we were able to place you successfully.

10.2 What does this mean for me?

As part of their joint controllership under data protection law, all participating companies have agreed on who fulfills which obligations of the GDPR. This relates in particular to the exercise of the rights of the data subjects and compliance with the information obligations pursuant to Articles 13 and 14 GDPR.

It was agreed that AutoScout24 Germany will inform you about the processing of your data and ensure that you can assert your data subject rights at any time. You can simply contact AutoScout24 Germany directly regarding your rights. Irrespective of this, however, you are free to assert your rights with one of the other companies involved via their respective business address.

If you wish to purchase or have purchased a car through smyle, smyle is the independent controller for processing your personal data (see section 1.5). In the context of providing services, smyle also cooperates with Autoscout24 Germany. In part, the processing of your personal data is therefore the joint controllership of smyle and AutoScout24 Germany.

In the following, we would like to inform you in detail about which data processing is carried out by smyle as an independent controller and to what extent the processing of your data is carried out within the scope of joint controllership with AutoScout24 Germany.

11.1 For what purposes and on what legal basis does smyle process your data as an independent controller?

In order for you to take advantage of smyle services, smyle processes the data about you that is required to initiate and execute the contract. The following services in particular are covered by smyle services:

  • the sale of vehicles;
  • the registration of vehicles;
  • the processing of provisional motor vehicle liability and insurance;
  • the delivery of the vehicle;
  • the provision of a breakdown service;
  • the provision of warranty insurance;
  • handling vehicle financing, if applicable and
  • if applicable, execution of payment processing (cash purchase).

The legal basis for data processing is the contract agreed between smyle and you pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR.

Under certain circumstances, smyle may also be legally obligated to process your personal data, e.g. in order to be able to fulfill defect rights asserted by you (Sec. 437 BGB). Furthermore, smyle may be required to retain your personal data for a certain period of time due to legal obligations under tax and commercial law (see section 11.3). In individual cases, smyle may also be obligated to hand over your data as part of an official investigation.

The legal basis for data processing in these cases is in each case the compliance with the relevant legal obligation pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 c) GDPR.

11.2 For what purposes and on what legal basis does smyle process your data together with AutoScout24 Germany?

In principle, AutoScout24 Germany is the independent controller with regard to processing that takes place in the context of providing the website and managing customer accounts. Data processing by smyle only takes place if

  • you use the order section integrated on the pages of AutoScout24 Germany in order to make use of smyle services;
  • you place an order with smyle using an AutoScout24 account.

In this respect, smyle and AutoScout24 Germany process your data as joint controllers.

The legal basis for the data processing is the performance of a contract or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR and legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR. The legitimate interest is to be able to provide you with an optimized and functional ordering process and digital contract management via the customer account.

Together with Autoscout24 Germany, smyle also processes your personal data to inform you about smyle products, services, events and promotions. This information may be provided to you by AutoScout24 Germany or smyle through various channels such as email, telephone, SMS, postal mail and third party social networks.

If you have consented to this, AutoScout24 Germany or smyle will process the data based on consent pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR. In individual cases, the processing is based on Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR and the legitimate interest to advertise products of AutoScout24 Germany and/or smyle, provided you have not objected to the processing of your personal data for advertising purposes.

Data processing in connection with the provision of customer support and the implementation of data subject rights in relation to smyle products and services is carried out by smyle under joint controllerhsip with AutoScout24 Germany.

The legal basis for this is Art. 6 Para. 1 b) GDPR (in the case of inquiries regarding the contractual relationship), Art. 6 Para. 1 c) GDPR (in the case of the assertion of data subject rights) and our legitimate interest in responding to your inquiries pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR.

11.3. Recipients to whom the personal data are enclosed

smyle or AutoScout24 Germany will pass on your personal data to the following recipients to the extent necessary:

In addition, in the cases described in Section 11.1.2, it may be necessary to pass on your personal data to public authorities, such as the public prosecutor's office. In addition, smyle or AutoScout24 Germany cooperates with lawyers and consultants who provide support as needed in the implementation of legal obligations.

11.4. How long do we store your data?

smyle deletes or anonymizes your personal data as soon as it is no longer required for the above-mentioned purposes for which smyle processes it. The specific storage period depends on the particular smyle service used. If you use smyle services without an AutoScout24 account, smlye will store your personal data for the duration of your use of smyle services plus a period of up to 7 days, unless this data is needed longer for criminal prosecution or to secure, assert or enforce legal claims.

If you use smyle services with an AutoScout24 account, smyle will store your personal data for the duration of your registration and delete it as soon as you delete your account. smyle will, however, retain backup copies of your data for a period of up to 14 days before these are also permanently deleted. In the event that you have given your consent to the processing of your personal data (e.g. for the purpose of advertising, including the associated profiling), smyle or AutoScout24 Germany will store your personal data until you withdraw your consent. If smyle is required to retain data for legal reasons, the deletion will be replaced by a restriction on the further processing of the data concerned. This applies in particular to the retention of personal data about you for reasons of tax law in accordance with Sec. 147 AO for a period of six or ten years from the end of the calendar year in which you purchased a vehicle as part of our "smyle" offer. In parallel, smyle is obligated to store your personal data after the purchase of a vehicle within the scope of our "smyle" offer until the limitation of your warranty rights (Sec. 438 Para. 1 No. 3 and Para. 2 BGB) from the delivery of the vehicle to you.

11.5. What rights do you have as a data subject?

As a data subject, you have the rights listed in section 7. All data subject inquiries are processed and managed centrally. You can therefore assert your rights with regard to processing by smyle directly against smyle or alternatively contact AutoScout24 Germany.

Withdrawal of consent and objections to processing can also be addressed centrally to widerspruch@autoscout24.de

11.6. What does joint controllership mean for me as a data subject?

As described in detail in Section 11.2, smyle and AutoScout24 Germany carry out some processing as joint controllers. For this purpose, a contract was concluded that primarily specifies who fulfills which obligations under the GDPR.

Therefore, it was agreed that AutoScout24 Germany will inform you about the processing of your data and ensure that your data subject requests are processed and fulfilled in accordance with the legal requirements.

AutoScout24's services are constantly being developed, in particular to further improve the services and functionalities of the platform. Such changes may also affect the use of your personal data. We will therefore adapt this data protection information accordingly from time to time. The latest version is available on our website under the heading "Data Protection Information". Please inform yourself regularly about the current status of the data protection information in this way.