Your data. Our responsibility.

We want you to know just how important protecting your data and privacy is to us.

Build a successful network.

Membership in a jobs network is essential when pursuing a career, and data forms the foundation.

XING is trusted.

More than 21 million members already entrust XING with their personal and professional data.

Cultivate your career.

Your data enables us to provide tailored suggestions that help you boost your professional network and further your career.

It's both our duty and our commitment.

We do everything we can to safeguard data. We have an extensive set of security measures in place that extend beyond the legal requirements.

Privacy made in Germany.

Founded in Hamburg, XING has always complied with some of the strictest privacy laws in the world.

Actions speak louder than words.

Learn more about the security measures we have in place and how you can tailor your privacy settings to suit your preferences.

Find out about your privacy

Cookies:

Small files that enable us to store specific information related to you, the user, on your end device. You can edit the settings of your browser to prevent cookies from being saved.

Third country:

A country outside of the European Union.

EU GDPR:

The Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and the Council dated 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, on the free movement of such data, and on the repeal of the EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC.

Newsletter:

Newsletters or status e-mails and advertising for XING’s own similar products and services, or surveys for the purpose of XING’s own market research.

Personal data:

Pursuant to Article 4 (1) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person; an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Pixel:

Pixel: An image file or link to an image file that is added to the website code but not sent to your end device (e.g. PC, smartphone). Pixels are usually used in conjunction with cookies.

Profile:

The page on the XING Websites where the personal data made available by the user is displayed in the jobs network.

Profiling:

Pursuant to Article 4 (4) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or move-ments.

Jobs network:

The contact and communication forums belonging to the applications of the service XING.

XING:

The service XING and the applications belonging to the service XING (XING, onlyfy, etc.).

XING Websites:

All websites, subdomains, aliases, mobile applications, background applications, web services and embedding in third-party websites where the service XING is available.