Data protection for applications

We offer you the opportunity to apply to us digitally (eg via online form or e-mail) or by post. In the following we will inform you about the scope, purpose and use of your personal data collected as part of the application process.

Scope and purpose of data collection
In order for us to be able to consider you in the application process for a specific position, customary and meaningful application documents are required, with which you inform us about your personality profile and your qualifications.

The personal data you provide and transmit to us as part of your application usually includes:
cover letter, curriculum vitae with the usual personal information (first and last name, date of birth, address, telephone number, e-mail address, photo) as well as evidence and testimonials.

In principle, we only use your application documents to decide on filling the position for which you have expressly applied. We only process the personal data provided to us insofar as this is necessary for the purpose of making a decision on establishing an employment relationship with us. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR, Art. Contact details, date of birth, information about your professional qualifications and school education or information about professional training). If you voluntarily provide us with further information, we process this on the basis of your consent in accordance with Article 6 (1) (a) GDPR. In the course of the application process, further personal data may be collected from you personally and from generally accessible sources for this information purpose. Within our company,

If we process personal data about you to defend against legal claims asserted against us from the application process, we refer to Article 6 Paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR as the legal basis. The legitimate interest is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

If you send us an unsolicited application that does not refer to a specific position, we will include your application documents in the context of staffing decisions for all possible positions. We will make the applicant data available for selected decision-makers in our company so that they can find out about your personality profile and your qualifications. In this case, too, the legal basis for data processing is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR in conjunction with Art. 28 GDPR, Section 26 (1) BDSG (new).

Categories of recipients of personal data
Your personal data will only be transmitted to third parties for the purposes listed below. We only pass on your personal data, which we have received as part of the application process, to third parties if:

• you have given your express consent to this in accordance with Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR, Section 26 BDSG (new),
• the transfer according to Article 6 paragraph 1 lit. f GDPR is necessary to assert, exercise or defend legal claims and there is no reason to assume that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not disclosing your data,
• in the event that there is a legal obligation to pass on data pursuant to Article 6 (1) (c) GDPR, and
• this is legally permissible and required for the establishment or processing of contractual relationships with you in accordance with Article 6 (1) (b) GDPR, Section 26 (1) sentence 1 BDSG (new).

Retention period of the data
If we cannot make you a job offer, you reject a job offer, withdraw your application, revoke your consent to data processing or ask us to delete the data, the data you have transmitted, including any remaining physical application documents , will be stored for a maximum of 6 months saved or stored after the application process has been completed (retention period) in order to be able to understand the details of the application process in the event of discrepancies (Article 6 (1) (f ) GDPR).

If an application procedure leads to a hiring, we will include your application documents in your personnel file on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. b GDPR, Section 26 Para the personality profile you described and the qualifications you mentioned.

Provision of the data
The provision of your personal data is not required by law in the initiation phase of an employment relationship. However, the provision of personal data is necessary for the conclusion of a contract for an employment relationship with us. This means that if you do not provide us with any personal data in an application, we cannot and will not enter into an employment relationship with you.

Automated decision-making There is no automated decision in individual cases within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. This means that we evaluate your application personally and the decision on your application is not based solely on automated processing.