AAI Data Privacy

‍We will never sell any of your personal data to a third party. In some cases, to provide our services to you, we share some data with our trusted third-party service providers. Whenever we share your data, we put safeguards in place which oblige them to keep your data safe and to ensure that they do not use your data for own purposes.

This website is hosted by an external service provider (Webflow, Inc.; US). Personal data collected on this website are stored on the server of the host. These may include, but are not limited to, IP addresses, contact requests, metadata and communications, contact information, names, web page access, and other data generated through a web site.

This service is used to ensure a secure, fast, and efficient provision of our online services by a professional provider (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO).

Our host will only process the data to the extent necessary to fulfil its performance obligations and to follow our instructions with respect to such data. In order to guarantee the data processing in compliance with the general data protection regulations, we have concluded a data protection agreement (DPA) with our host, Webflow, Inc.

‍We work with carefully selected third parties, such as our customer database hosting provider and advertising partners who assist us in providing you with a positive customer experience. We work with these third parties to place relevant content for you on our website, other websites, online media channels and apps. In order to do this, we use pixels and cookies.

AAI records some details in relation to your visit by using cookies on this website.

We use a consent-Tool (Cookiebot; DK) to manage the cookie use and the related consents. In the context of using Cookiebot, personal data as well as information of the end devices used, such as the IP address, are processed. The legal basis for the processing is Art. 6 para. 1 p. 1 lit. ci.V.m. Art. 6 para. 3 p. 1 lit. a GDPR in conjunction with. Art. 7 para. 1 GDPR (and alternatively lit. f GDPR). By processing the data, we help our customers to fulfil their legal obligations (e.g. obligation to provide evidence). Our legitimate interests in the processing lie in the storage of user settings and preferences in relation to the use of cookies and other functionalities.

With the first access to our website an easily perceivable so-called “cookie banner” will appear. With the first access you have the possibility to approve or refuse the use of the different kinds of cookies in the banner. Please note that the “cookie banner” will no longer be displayed as soon as you have approved the use of cookies. You can of course deactivate cookies again anytime as requested (therefore you find a respective icon in the lower left corner). Cookiebot stores your data as long as your user settings are active. After leaving the website, your settings will expire, your data deleted and a new request for consent is made upon the next website visit.

By reading the following paragraph you will understand what type of cookies we use, the information we collect and how we use them. Furthermore, we explain how to adjust the cookie set up.

Cookies are little text files which are stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you visit a web page or application. Cookies work to make your experience browsing our site as smooth as possible and they remember your preferences, so you don’t have to insert your details again and again.

Cookies can be stored for varying lengths of time on your browser or device. There are two main types of Cookies:
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‍Session cookies (transiente Ccookies):
are erased when you close the Web browser. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from your computer. They typically will store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.

‍Persistente cookies (permanent cookies):
‍are stored on your hard drive until it expires or until you delete the cookie. Persistent cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user (e.g. web surfing behaviour or preferences).

Essential cookies:
Essential cookies help to make the website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website, display the correct page for the device you are using, remember your preferred language settings. Without these cookies some parts of our site won’t work as they should. (e.g. CookieConsent)

‍Performance & statistic cookies:
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously and collect information of any issues encountered. These cookies do not identify you as a person. (e.g. _ga; _gat; _gid)

Marketing cookies:
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to determine how you access and use the website. (e.g. _et_coid)

Third-party cookies:
Based on the type of cookies used by the relevant third-party, the information these cookies collect may include personal data. (e.g. LinkedIn; YouTube Videos)

We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience.
The cookies are saved on your hard drive and transferred to our server. You can configure the data and information processing from cookies by yourself. Within your browser you can choose whether you wish to accept cookies or not. Generally, your browser will offer you the choice to accept, refuse or delete cookies at any times. Each browser’s website should contain instructions on how you can do this.

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-erlauben-und-ablehnen
‍Chrom: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=de&hlrm=en&answer=95647
‍Internet Explorer / Edge: https://windows.microsoft.com/de-DE/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
‍Safari: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
‍Oper: https://help.opera.com/de/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
‍Yandex: https://browser.yandex.com/help/personal-data-protection/cookies.html

Furthermore, you can activate the Browser’s “Do-Not-Track” function. See below some links for typical browsers where you can find further information:

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/wie-verhindere-ich-dass-websites-mich-verfolgen
‍Chrom: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=de
‍Internet Explorer / Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/17288/windows-internet-explorer-11-use-do-not-track
‍Oper: https://help.opera.com/en/presto/be-safe-and-private/
‍Yandex: https://browser.yandex.com/help/personal-data-protection/do-not-follow.html
‍Safari: Safari does not support the "Do-Not-Track" function since February 2019. With the following link the cross-website-tracking can be avoided: https://support.apple.com/de-de/guide/safari/sfri40732/12.0/mac

‍We recommend deleting cookies from the browser history regularly.

We are using the service of etracker GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) to analyse the traffic on our website. Etracker is not using any cookies by default. In the case they are using performance &/or statistic cookies, we obtain your explicit consent in advance. If you have given your consent to the processing, cookies are used for statistic range analysis of this website, as well as tests for the optimization of our web presence. Etracker cookies do not contain information, which can identify the user.

The generated data will be exclusively processed and stored in Germany. The processing is therefore subject to strict German and European data protection laws and standards. Etracker has been idependently audited, certified and granted the data protection seal of certification.

The data processing is based on the legal regulation of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit f (legitimate interest) GDPR. Our concern in terms of the GDPR is the optimization of our web presence. As the privacy of our visitors and customers is important to us, the data which may allow a reference to an individual person (e.g.: IP address, device identifiers), will be anonymized or pseudonymized as soon as possible. Anyother use or transfer to third parties is excluded.

You can object to the aforementioned data processing at any time. This has no adverse consequences for you.
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For further information about the data protection of etracker GmbH you can find: https://www.etracker.com/datenschutz/

We use softgarden software for the application processing. Softgarden e-Recruiting GmbH (Berlin, Germany) processes the data on behalf of AAI and always acts according to instructions. Data is processed exclusively at the server location in Germany.

Your personal application data will only be collected, stored, processed, and used for purposes in connection with your interest in current or future employment with us and the actual processing of your application. Your online application will only be processed and handled by the relevant HR people in our company. All employees entrusted with data processing are obliged to maintain the confidentiality of your data. Find here our Data Privacy for applicants and in the following further information how softgarden supports GDPR compliance: https://softgarden.de/unternehmen/datenschutz-webseite/.
You can contact softgarden at the following E-Mail address: datenschutz@softgarden.de

We use a Button with the link to the social media network LinkedIn (LinkedIn Corporation, US) on our website. Our LinkedIn presence is intended to ensure the most comprehensive presence possible on the Internet. This is a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR. The analysis processes initiated by LinkedIn may be based on different legal bases, which are to be specified by the operators of LinkedIn (e.g. consent within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. a DS-GVO). This LinkedIn button is a link to our LinkedIn company page. It is clearly marked with the familiar LinkedIn logo and you will find it in the lower right corner of our landing page. For the European Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company Wilton Place in Dublin is responsible for the data processing.

However, this is not a usual social plug-in, but a button with a link. The button will be activated by clicking on it. As long as the button is not clicked, no data is transmitted to the social network. Only when you click on the button, you declare your consent to communicate with the servers of the social network and the button becomes active and the connection is established.

By activating the button, the social network then receives, among other things, the information that and when you accessed the corresponding page of our website, as well as, e.g., your IP address, information on the browser used and the language settings. If you click the button, your click will be transmitted to the social network and used according to its data usage guidelines.

If you visit our social media site, we are jointly responsible with the operator of the social media platform for the data processing operations triggered during your visit. In principle, you can insist on your rights (information, correction, deletion, restriction of processing, data portability and complaint) both vis-à-vis us as well as vis-à-vis LinkedIn.

Please note that despite the joint responsibility, we do not have full influence on the data processing of LinkedIn. Our options are largely determined by the corporate policy of LinkedIn. For the purpose and scope of the data collection, processing and use of the data by LinkedIn, as well as your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy, please refer to the information:

LinkedIn Privacy Policy: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
How to deactivate the LinkedIn-Ad-Cookies: www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-controls/retargeting-opt-out

By clicking the „Submit“-button on the contact and support form, you give your content to our processing and storing of the information you’ve entered. All your private data we process just for the purpose of responding to your request. We process the data based on the consent in accordance of Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR. Your data will be encrypted and transferred to our E-Mail (info@automotive-ai.com). Further we ensure the security of your data regarding the principle of integrity and confidentiality (Art. 5 GDPR). We will delete such data as soon as it is no longer needed for its intended purpose, latest after 3 months.

You may, at any time, revoke your consent. Please send an E-Mail to dsb@automotive-ai.com with the information that you wish to withdraw. No special wording needed. This revocation has no effect on the legality of data processing activities carried out prior to the revocation.

For the comment function below our blog entries, we will store beside your post, also the information about the time the comment was created, your chosen name/alias and the optional provided E-Mail address. Our comment function stores the IP addresses of users who post comments. As we do not check comments on this website before they were submitted, we need this data in order to be able to take actions against the author in the event of legal violations such as insults or propaganda (for further information see our Community Guidelines).

The comments and the associated data are saved and remain on this website, until the commented content has been completely deleted, the comments must be deleted for legal reasons (e.g. offensive comments) or you withdraw your consent.

Posts and comments are stored on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by E-mail (dsb@automotive-ai.com) is sufficient for the revocation. The legality of data processing operations that have already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.

If you would like to get access to the download materials on our website, we request you to register on our website. The data transmitted is the prerequisite of using the respective offer or service. Mandatory information requested during registration must be provided in full. Otherwise the download will be refused. 
In the event of important changes, for example for technical reasons, we will inform you by E-Mail. The E-Mail will be sent to the address provided. 

The processing of the data entered is based on your consent (Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time. An informal notification by E-Mail (dsb@automotive-ai.com) is sufficient for the cancellation. The legality of the data processing that has already taken place remains unaffected by the cancellation.

Type and Scope of data processing

We have integrated Google reCAPTCHA components on our website. Google reCAPTCHA is a service of Google Ireland Limited and enables us to distinguish whether a contact request originates from a natural person or is automated by means of a programme. When you access this content, you establish a connection to the servers of Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, whereby your IP address and possibly browser data such as your user agent are transmitted. In addition, Google reCAPTCHA records the time spent on the website and the user's mouse movements in order to distinguish between automated and human requests. This data is processed exclusively for the above-mentioned purposes and to maintain the security and functionality of Google reCAPTCHA.

Purpose and legal basis

‍The use of Google reCAPTCHA is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 (1)(a) GDPR and § 25 (1) TTDSG. Google reCAPTCHA will transfer personal data to third countries outside the European Economic Area, in particular the USA. In cases where there is no adequacy decision by the European Commission (e.g. in the USA), we have agreed other suitable guarantees with the recipients of the data within the meaning of Art. 44ff. GDPR have been agreed. Unless otherwise stated, these are standardcontractual clauses of the EU Commission in accordance with Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/914 of 4 June 2021. You can view a copy of these standardcontractual clauses at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/DE/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32021D0914&from=DE.
In addition, prior to such a third country transfer, we will obtain your consent in accordance with Art. 49 (1)(a) GDPR, which you give via the consent in the Consent Manager (or other forms, registrations, etc.). We would like to point out that in the case of third country transfers, there maybe risks that are unknown in detail (e.g. data processing by security authorities in the third country, the exact scope and consequences of which we do not know, over which we have no influence and of which you may not become aware).

Storage duration

The specific storage period of the processed data cannot be influenced by us, but is determined by Google Ireland Limited. Further information can be found in the privacy policy for Google reCAPTCHA: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

We embedded YouTube (subsidiary of Google, US) videos on our website. This way we can present interesting videos directly on our site. By clicking the “Watch Video” button, data will be transmitted. In this case Google Ireland Limited (Dublin, Ireland) is responsible for all data processing in the European area.

We have embedded our videos in the so-called "enhanced privacy mode" to provide you with a privacy-friendly view. Cookies from YouTube are only set when the user actively activates the playback of the video. When you play the videos, a connection to a YouTube server is established. This transmits to YouTube which of our web pages you have visited. If you are logged in with your YouTube account, YouTube assigns this information to your personal account. You can prevent this by logging out of your user account and deleting the corresponding cookies, before using our videos. Further information about the YouTube’s Privacy Policy and how adjust the setting options to protect your privacy, here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?gl=DE&hl=en.

‍In broad terms, we will only retain your personal data for as long as it is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. This means that the retention periods will vary according to the type of the data and the reason that we have the data.

If you have given your consent for the data processing, we will delete your personal data if you withdraw your consent and there is no other legal basis for the processing.

We will delete your personal data if you object to the processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing.

If a deletion is not possible because the processing is still necessary to be compliance with legal obligations (statutory retentions periods, etc.) or to defend legal claims, we will restrict the processing of your personal data.

‍In order to guarantee the protection of the personal data controlled by us, we take all organizational, technical and administration-related measures to a reasonable extent.

If you have cause to assume that your interaction with us is no longer secured, you must inform us without delay by using the contact information on the website below (please note that if you contact us by normal post the processing of your problem by us may be delayed).

SSL- and/or TLS encryption
For security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, this website uses an SSL encryption programme (GoGet SSL, part of EnVers Group Ltd, located in Latvia, EU). You can recognise an encrypted connection by checking whether the address line of the browser switches from „http://“ to „https://“ and also by the appearance of the lock icon in the browser line.

Autonomous Driving becomes reality. We are working hard to support this advancement.

In the following we inform you about the recording and processing of data in connection with the use of a Sensor Car on publics roads. AAI uses a so-called Sensor vehicle to collect road data and analyse them for our development and testing purposes. The car is equipped with sensors, Lidars, measuring devices and cameras. It is marked accordingly.

The installed measurements record video and picture images of the public road traffic incl. vehicle license plates and pedestrians. This kind of personal data will be anonymized directly on the installed hard drive before we continue to process this data. Therefore, the data do not allow any further conclusions to be made about individuals.

Based on the legitimate interest to carry out our business regarding Art. 6 Para. 1 f) GDPR, AAI processes the data exclusively for recording purposes (anonymization right after the recording process). Any further use is excluded. The legitimate interest lies primarily in the analysis of the real vehicle behaviour/ traffic interaction and road architecture. Since the recording of data takes place in public area, occurs as a by-product of our main activity, there does not exist reasonable alternatives, we do not use the cameras with a “monitoring intention” and moreover, any subsequent processing only serves the purpose of anonymizing the data, the restriction of the rights of data subjects is classified as rather low.  

You have several rights relating to your personal information and what happens to them. You are entitled to (according to the GDPR):

Right of information, correction and deletion

You have the right to get information about your stored personal data, their origin, the recipients and the purpose of the data processing (Art. 15 GDPR). Furthermore, you have the right to correct (Art. 16 GDPR) and to delete (Art. 17 GDPR) this information.

Right to get copies of your processed data

You have the right to find out if an organisation is using or storing your personal data. This is called “right of access”. You can exercise this right by asking for a copy of the data, which is commonly known as making a “subject access request”. (Art. 15 Para 3 GDPR)

Right of limitation of processing

If the legal requirements are met, you can demand that the processing be restricted (regarding Art. 18 GDPR).

Right of data transfer

You have the right to receive the data that you have provided to us in a structured and machine-readable format as long the requirements of Art. 20 GDPR are met.

Right to object to the use of your data

You have the right to file an objection against the processing of your personal data anytime.We will no longer process the personal data relating to you, unless we can proof essential reasons for the processing, which outweigh your interests, or the processing serves the assertion, exercising or defence against legal claims. (based on Art. 21 GDPR)
If the processing of your data is based on your consent, you have the right to revoke this at any time and with effect for the future. We will delete your data unless there is a legal storage or retention period. In this case, the data will be blocked unless there is a legal basis for the data processing.

Right to file a complaint at a supervisory authority

You are entitled to the right to lodge a complaint at a supervisory authority, if you consider that the processing of the personal data relating to you contravene the GDPR (Art. 77 GDPR, in conjunction with §19 BDGS). The supervisory authority, at which the complaint was lodged, will inform the complainant about the status and the results of the complaint including the possibility of a legal remedy in court.
The responsible authority would be:
Berliner Beauftragte für Datenschutz & Informationsfreiheit, https://www.datenschutz-berlin.de/.

This Link will lead you to the text of the GDPR law.

Contact information of AAI data protection officer:

Our data protection officer can be reached via E-Mail (dsb@automotive-ai.com) or phone (+49 176 248 329 68), if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.
For further question please contact us by E-Mail under the following address: info@automotive-ai.com.

We reserve the right to replenish this Website Privacy Policy in the future. That is why you should check the Privacy Policy regularly when you visit our website.

The Privacy Policy was last updated on 15.12.2023.