Privacy Policy Instagram

Privacy Policy Instagram Fan Page

As of May 2024

Data protection is a top priority for VISIONISTAS GmbH. We know that the careful handling of your personal information is important to you. That is why we treat your data confidentially in strict compliance with the applicable data protection regulations.

Below we explain which data we use on the Instagram site, when and for what purpose. Instagram is an online service for sharing photos and videos that belongs to Facebook.

Our aim is to help you understand how the Services work and how we protect your personal data, which is very important to us.

We only use your personal data if we have your consent or legal permission.

We would like to point out that there is massive criticism of the way Facebook works and its data protection practices. One of the biggest data protection problems is that, according to the prevailing opinion in the specialist literature, the NSA has access to Instagram and Facebook data through its programs such as PRISM and XKEYSCORE and that no deletion periods are set for this data. This is intended to create permanent profiles for every person at the NSA secret service. Facebook also uses personal data from Instagram to combine it with Facebook and WhatsApp data and other data in order to enable profiling. At the same time, Facebook is one of the most important social media tools and many businesses rely on working with Instagram (keyword: "social proof", for example). We try to make this as data protection-compliant as possible by providing transparent information about it.



Table of contents



I. Principles of joint processing and contact details of the controllers
II. Contact details of the data protection officer
III. General information on data processing at Instagram
IV. Purposes and legal bases
V. Categories of data
VI. Recipients of data
VII. Data transfers
VIII. Storage period
IX. Automated decisions
X. Business Profile
XI. Rights of the data subject
XII. Use of Linky


I. Principles of joint processing and contact details of the controllers

1. Joint controllers for the processing of personal data


The purposes and means of processing personal data when visiting our Instagram page are determined jointly by VISIONISTAS GmbH, Werftstr. 26, 40549 Düsseldorf, Germany ("VISIONISTAS") and Facebook Ireland Ltd. ("Facebook") within the meaning of Art. 26 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This results from the fact that VISIONISTAS GmbH, as the operator of the Instagram page, gives Facebook, as the operator of the Instagram service, the opportunity to process personal data by setting up such an account.


As part of the joint controllership, Facebook assumes primary responsibility under the GDPR for the processing of Insights data and fulfills all obligations under the GDPR with regard to the processing of Insights data (including Articles 12 and 13 GDPR, Articles 15 to 22 GDPR and Articles 32 to 34 GDPR). In addition, Facebook makes the essence of this Page Insights Addendum available to the data subjects (regulated by the corresponding "Page Insights Controller Addendum").


Below you will find a description of how VISIONISTAS and Facebook handle personal data when you visit the Instagram account. However, since VISIONISTAS generally or largely has no influence on the data collected by Facebook and its processing by Facebook, we cannot currently provide any clear information on the purpose and extent of the processing of your data by Facebook. However, we will monitor further developments in this regard and adapt this data protection declaration accordingly if necessary.

We would like to point out that you use the Instagram account and its functions at your own risk. This applies in particular to the use of interactive functions (such as commenting, sharing, rating).


2. Name and address of the joint controllers


a) The primary responsible party is:

Facebook

Facebook Ireland Ltd.

4 Grand Canal Square

Grand Canal Harbour

Dublin 2 Ireland


b) Another responsible party is:

VISIONISTAS GmbH

Werftstr. 26

40549 Dusseldorf

Germany

021199446748



info(at)haustierkost.de

https://www.haustierkost.de/


II. Contact details of the data protection officer



You can contact the data protection officer of the other responsible party VISIONISTAS under 2.b) at:

DataCo GmbH

Dachauer Strasse 65

80335 Munich

Germany

+49 89 7400 45840
www.dataguard.de


You can contact Facebook Ireland’s data protection officer using the online contact form provided on the Facebook platform.



III. General information on data processing at Instagram



1. Data processing by Facebook


The Instagram privacy policy lists the categories of personal data that are processed when using Facebook products like Instagram. The policy describes in general terms the purposes for which this data is used. And this policy lists the categories of recipients to whom this data is sent. You will also find information on the legal basis for processing this data and information on how to withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data. In the policy you will find information on how you can exercise your rights of access, rectification, portability and erasure vis-à-vis Facebook Ireland. For more information on your control options, please visit Instagram's settings options or their help pages.


2. Cookies from Facebook


When you visit our Instagram page and your browser allows cookies to be saved, Facebook stores information in the form of small text files in your browser's memory (hereinafter referred to as "cookies") and can access this information when you visit the Instagram or Facebook platform. For more information about the purpose of the cookies used, the integration of these cookies by other websites and your control options in this regard, please see Facebook's information on Instagram cookies .

We would like to point out that Facebook is able to track your user behavior through the cookies used. This applies to both those who are registered on the Instagram platform and those who are not registered there.


We would also like to point out that we have no influence on Facebook's data processing in connection with cookies. It is also possible to visit our Instagram page if you configure your browser so that no cookies are stored by Facebook. Information on how to adjust the settings for cookies in your browser can usually be found in the help section of the browser you are using.


If you are registered or logged in to the Instagram or Facebook platform and would like to prevent Facebook from linking your visit to our Instagram page to your Instagram or Facebook user account, you should log out of Instagram, delete the cookies on your device and close and restart your browser.


3. Data processing during interactions on our Instagram page


On our Instagram company page, you have the opportunity to react to our posts, comment on them and send us messages. Please check which personal data you share with us via our Instagram company page. If you want to prevent Facebook from processing the personal data you have sent to us, please contact us using the contact details provided above.


In addition to the content you submit, information about your profile and posts is visible to us, depending on your privacy settings. You can change this yourself using the settings on Instagram.



As far as we can, your data processed by us will be deleted when our Instagram company page is closed. If this data is still stored by Facebook, it will be based solely on the provisions of the Instagram privacy policy and the Instagram terms of use.



IV. Purposes and legal bases


Your personal data is collected in order to communicate with the customers and business partners of VISIONISTAS GmbH, to market the products and thereby to develop better products for our customers.

The processing of your data when contacting or interacting with our Instagram account or its contents is carried out by us on the

Basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter f GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in answering your inquiry or interacting with our customers as part of social media marketing. If your contact is aimed at concluding a contract, the additional legal basis for processing is Art. 6 Para. 1 Clause 1 Letter b GDPR.


We process the data you provide in this context in order to protect our legitimate interests in customer communication. This also includes our legitimate interests in data processing in accordance with Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. f GDPR.



V. Categories of data



The information that Facebook processes:

  • Device attributes: Information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, available storage space, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins.
  • Device operations: Information about the operations and activities performed on the device, such as whether a window is in the foreground or background or mouse movements.
  • Identifiers: Unique identifiers, device IDs and other identifiers, such as those of games, apps or accounts used, and family device IDs.
  • Device signals: Bluetooth signals and information about nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons, and cell towers.
  • Data from device settings: Information from the device settings, such as access to GPS location, camera or photos.
  • Network and connections: Information such as the name of your mobile or internet provider, language, time zone, mobile number, IP address or connection speed, and in some cases information about other nearby devices.
  • Cookie data: Data from cookies stored on the device, including cookie IDs and preferences.



VI. Recipients of data



The majority of personal data, such as photos, names or usernames, are made public by Instagram. Only direct Instagram messages to VISIONISTAS are data that are not public in the context of this privacy policy. Your personal data will be passed on by VISIONISTAS GmbH to internal employees of the marketing and sales department, and if necessary to contract processors, such as a marketing agency.


It is assumed that Facebook will pass on data to third parties or to authorities, such as the NSA, and this is described in their data protection guidelines and specialist literature.



VII. Data transfers



The Instagram privacy policy explains Facebook’s data transfers to third countries and their legal basis.

VISIONISTAS GmbH does not plan to transfer the data to third countries.



VIII. Storage period



The Instagram privacy policy also provides information on the duration of storage of personal data, as well as information on the criteria for determining this duration and the possibility of blocking or deleting Instagram accounts.


IX. Automated decisions

Instagram uses automated decisions to display content to users. Instagram recommends content that Instagram believes users will like. The decision-making logic behind this is not known to VISIONISTAS GmbH. The scope and impact of using Instagram and other similar social media is large and can be used in mass surveillance systems and for deepfakes and other facial recognition systems.



X. Business Profile



The Instagram page of VISIONISTAS GmbH is a business profile (hereinafter "Instagram company page" or "company presence") and therefore has the Instagram Insights function. This means that part of the data collected by Facebook during use is made available to us in an anonymized form as a statistical evaluation. This statistical evaluation only relates to users, content and activities on our Instagram page. The evaluation specifically includes the following data:

  • Number of likes on our photos and videos
  • Number of comments on our photos and videos
  • Number of people who have seen a photo or video
  • Number of times a photo or video has been shared
  • Number of times a photo or video was reported as spam
  • Number of times the user clicked that the page no longer liked it



This information transmitted by Facebook to VISIONISTAS is anonymized and cannot be linked by us to you as a user of the Instagram page. However, this does not mean that the data collection and processing by Facebook itself is anonymized.


We provide information on our Instagram company page and offer Instagram users the opportunity to communicate. If you carry out an action on our Instagram company page (e.g. comments, posts, likes, etc.), you may thereby make personal data (e.g. real name or photo of your user profile) public. However, since we generally and to a large extent have no influence on the processing of your personal data by Facebook, we cannot provide any binding information on the purpose and scope of the processing of your data by Instagram or Facebook.


Our Instagram company page is used for communication and information exchange with (potential) customers and business partners. In particular, we use the company presence for:

  • Products
  • Competitions
  • Employer branding



The publications about the company’s presence may contain the following content:

  • Information about products

• Competitions

• Advertising



Every user is free to publish personal data through activities.

The data generated by the company's presence is not stored in our own systems.



You can object to the processing of your personal data that we collect as part of your use of our Instagram company page at any time and/or assert your rights as a data subject as set out in XI. of this data protection declaration.



To assert your data subject rights as set out in Section XI of this Privacy Policy against Facebook, you must contact Instagram directly.



XI. Rights of the data subject


If your personal data is processed, you are a data subject within the meaning of the GDPR and you have the following rights vis-à-vis the controller:


1. Right to information


If your personal data is processed, you have the right to receive information from the controller about the data stored about you (Article 15 GDPR).

2. Right to rectification

If incorrect personal data is processed, you have the right to rectification (Article 16 GDPR).


3. Right to erasure or restriction and objection


If the legal requirements are met, you can request the deletion or restriction of processing and object to the processing (Articles 17, 18 and 21 GDPR).


4. Right to information

If you have asserted the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing vis-à-vis the responsible party, this

obliged pursuant to Art. 19 GDPR to inform all recipients to whom the personal data concerning you was disclosed of said rectification or erasure of the data or restriction of processing, unless doing so should prove impossible or involve disproportionate expenditure.


5. Right to data portability


If you have consented to data processing or if a data processing contract exists and the data processing is carried out using automated procedures, you may have a right to data portability (Article 20 GDPR).


6. Right to object

You have the right pursuant to Art. 21 GDPR to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you which is carried out on the basis of Art. 6 (1) sentence 1 lit. e or f GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation; this also applies to profiling.

7. Right to revoke the declaration of consent under data protection law

If you have consented to the processing by the controller by means of a corresponding declaration, you can revoke your consent at any time for the future. The legality of the data processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation is not affected by this.

8 Automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling


According to Art. 22 GDPR, you have the right not to be subjected to a decision based solely on automated processing – including profiling – that produces legal effects concerning you or significantly affects you in a similar way.

9. Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Furthermore, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Article 77 GDPR).



XII. Use of Linky


We use the WordPress plugin Linky so that you can access other relevant links from us on the Instagram page via a hyperlink in our Instagram description. By clicking on the links listed, you can be redirected to other pages, including third-party websites. When you open the Linky landing page, no personal data is processed from you and no cookies are set. The hosting runs on our own servers, which are located in Germany.

For more information, see:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/linky/



This privacy policy was created with the support of DataGuard .