Controller

The controller for the data processing regulated in this data protection notice is in accordance with Art. 4 (7) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (hereinafter "we" or "us")

Our contact details are as follows: EuV Potsdam Immobilien GmbH Licence partner of Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH Hamburg Seestraße 11 A D-14467 Potsdam Phone: +49-331 - 27 91 00 Fax: +49-331 - 27 91 011 E-mail: [email protected]

1. data protection officer

If you have any questions about this privacy policy and data protection, please contact our data protection officer:

Mrs Stefanie Schneider Engel & Völkers Berlin Mitte GmbH, Licence partner of Engel & Völkers Residential GmbH Hamburg Lennéstraße 3 D-10785 Berlin Phone: +49-30 - 20 37 81 27 Fax: +49-30 - 20 37 82 00 E-mail: [email protected]

If you have a complaint about the way we process your data, you have the option of lodging a complaint with the supervisory authority.

Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Friedrichstr. 219 10969 Berlin Telephone: 030 13889-0 Fax: 030 2155050 E-mail: [email protected]

2. your rights as a data subject

You have a right to information about the processing of your personal data (e.g. the origin of this data, the purpose of processing, the modalities of data processing). Furthermore, under certain conditions, you are entitled to object to data processing for the future, to restrict it or to request the deletion of the data. Finally, you can stop the sending of advertising material or the carrying out of market research or commercial communications at any time.

In summary, you have the right to

• Access,

• rectification,

• erasure (or to be forgotten),

• restriction of processing,

• data portability,

• objection to the processing of your personal data,

• lodge a complaint with the supervisory authorities.

  In addition, you have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes.

  In accordance with Art. 7 III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter "GDPR"), you can revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we may no longer continue the data processing based on this consent in the future.

  In accordance with Art. 7 III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter referred to as "GDPR"), you can revoke your consent to us at any time. As a result, we are no longer permitted to continue the data processing based on this consent in the future.

  Please note that your right to erasure is subject to restrictions. For example, we are not obliged or permitted to erase any data that we are still required to retain due to statutory retention periods. Data that we require for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims is also excluded from your right to erasure.

  If you have a complaint about the way in which we process your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement.

  In the event of a legal obligation, we reserve the right to disclose information about you if we are required to do so by lawful authorities or law enforcement agencies. Legal basis: Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. c GDPR (legal obligation).

  Overview of our data processing processes

  Our following data protection information is then structured as follows and gives you an overview of the following data processing processes:

  1. You visit us on our company website on the Internet

  2. You conclude a search or marketing contract with us, request an exposé from us or commission us with a property valuation

  3. We search for a property for you together with another Engel & Völkers licence partner (referral)

  4. You send us an unsolicited application or respond to a job advert

  5. Storage and deletion of your data

     I. Collection and processing of personal data when you visit our company website on the Internet

     We only process personal data if you send it to us via the contact forms on our company website. Personal data is only processed if you have given us your consent to do so or if the processing is permitted by law. For certain services that we offer on our company website, we require a minimum amount of data. We have marked this mandatory information with an "asterisk". Without the mandatory information, we cannot provide the services labelled as such.

     1. what data we process from you (hereinafter referred to as "you" or "user")

     When using the website for information purposes only, i.e. if you do not register or otherwise provide us with information, we only collect the personal data that your browser transmits to our server. If you wish to view our website, we collect the following data, which is technically necessary for us to display our website to you and to ensure stability and security (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. f GDPR)

     • IP address

     • Date and time of the enquiry

     • Time zone difference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

     • Content of the request (specific page)

     • Access status/HTTP status code

     • Amount of data transferred in each case

     • Website from which the request originates

     • browser

     • Operating system and its interface

     • Language and version of the browser software.

       If you use our company website for more than just informational purposes, we process personal data, namely

       Email address, first name, surname, title, address, telephone number, property data - referred to as "data" or "personal data" in the context of this privacy policy) provided by you in the case of the services offered on our company website (e.g. in the context of contact enquiries and newsletter mailings as well as the market price determination ("valuation") of properties). In addition to the purely informational or other use of our website, we offer various services that you can use if you are interested. To do so, you must generally provide additional personal data that we use to provide the respective service and to which the aforementioned data processing principles apply. We process personal data that we receive from interested parties and/or our customers or their representatives/authorised representatives or employees as part of the business initiation phase and/or as part of our business relationship. We also process personal data when you visit our websites (including social media, such as Facebook, Instagram, etc.). This means that we collect your personal data in particular when you contact us, are interested in our products, register on our websites, contact us by email, telephone or via a contact form or use our products and services as part of existing business relationships. In addition, we process - to the extent necessary for the provision of our services - personal data that we have received from other companies of the Engel & Völkers Group or from other third parties in a permissible manner (e.g. for the execution of orders, for the fulfilment of contracts or on the basis of consent given by you). In addition, if this is necessary for our services, we process some personal data that we have legitimately obtained from publicly accessible sources (e.g. debtor directories, commercial and association registers, press, media, internet) and are authorised to process.

       Relevant personal data may include:Personal identification data, e.g. first and last name, title, position/function, date of birth, private and business address, private and business telephone/mobile number, private and business e-mail address, fax number, order and contract data, e.g. information on your product or contract interests (information on products or services sought). Contractual interests (information on properties sought or offered) and property documents, property data, data from the fulfilment of our contractual obligations, copies of correspondence/communication content Data on your financial situation, e.g. creditworthiness information, payment history, entries with credit agencies, payment arrears, information on income, information on your interests and wishes that you communicate to us, e.g. information on participation in direct marketing measures. As well as any other data comparable with these categories.

       Newsletter

       With your consent, you can subscribe to our newsletter, with which we inform you about our current interesting offers. The advertised goods and services are named in the declaration of consent. We use the so-called double opt-in procedure to subscribe to our newsletter. This means that after you have registered, we will send you an e-mail to the specified e-mail address in which we ask you to confirm that you wish to receive the newsletter. If you do not confirm your registration, your information will be blocked and automatically deleted after one month. In addition, we store the IP addresses used and the times of registration and confirmation. The purpose of this procedure is to be able to prove your registration and, if necessary, to clarify any possible misuse of your personal data. The only mandatory information for sending the newsletter is your e-mail address and your name. After your confirmation, we will save your e-mail address and your name for the purpose of sending you the newsletter. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 lit. a GDPR.

       You can revoke your consent to receive the newsletter at any time and unsubscribe from the newsletter. You can declare your cancellation by clicking on the link provided in every newsletter e-mail, by e-mail to: [email protected] or by sending a message to the contact details given in the imprint.

       We would like to point out that we evaluate your user behaviour when sending the newsletter. For this analysis, the emails sent contain so-called web beacons or tracking pixels, which are single-pixel image files stored on our website. For the analyses, we link the data mentioned under point 4 and the web beacons with your email address and an individual ID. Links received in the newsletter also contain this ID. We use the data obtained in this way to create a user profile in order to tailor the newsletter to your individual interests. We record when you read our newsletters, which links you click on in them and deduce your personal interests from this. We link this data to the actions you take on our website.

       You can object to this tracking at any time by clicking on the separate link provided in each email or by sending an email to [email protected].

       The information will be stored for as long as you are subscribed to the newsletter. After unsubscribing, we store the data purely statistically and anonymously. Such tracking is not possible if you have deactivated the display of images in your e-mail programme by default. In this case, the newsletter will not be displayed in full and you may not be able to use all the functions. If you display the images manually, the above-mentioned tracking will take place.

       Use of cookies

       Use of cookies on the website Engel & Völkers uses so-called cookies to improve your browsing experience on the website. Cookies are small text files, usually consisting of letters and numbers, which are stored by the user's web browser on their PC and contain pseudo-anonymised data. Cookies allow a website to recognise the user's computer in order to track the browsing of multiple pages on a website and to identify users who return to a website. There are cookies for technical, analytical and profiling purposes.

       The website uses the following technical cookies:

     • To save the language selection _icl_visitor_lang_js, _icl_current_language, evlocale.

     • To save the selection ofthe units of measure engelundvoelkersconfig.

     • To save the last search requests LAST_SEARCH.

     • To save theID of the watchlist watchlist_id.

     • To save the test assignment in the context of AB tests user_ab.

     • To save the assignment to distributed systems with load balancers BIGipServergroup-rz-webfeprod. Engel &Völkers informs users that they can disable or remove cookies in their web browser by following the instructionscontained in the links below:

     • Internet Explorer ((https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorerdelete-manage-cookies).

     • Mozilla Firefox (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored).

     • Safari (https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_GB). The website also usesanalytical cookies that are set by third-party providers, such as Google (see also provisions on the use of analysisprograms and tracking tools) and Adroll (https://www.adroll.com/de-DE/about) /privacy) and Haufe(https://de.onlinehelp.umantis.com/index.php/Cookies). Specifically, these are:

  a) Google Analytics Engel & Völkers uses the web analytics serviceGoogle Analytics from Google Inc. ("Google") to analyse use of the websites. The information generated fromcookies about the use of the websites is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA where it is stored.Engel & Völkers uses Google Analytics exclusively with the extension "ga ('set', 'anonymizeIp', true)" to ensurethat IP addresses are only processed in truncated form and to exclude any direct references to individual persons.Google may transfer data to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process thedata on Google's behalf. Google will not disclose the IP address of users in connection with other Google data.Users can prevent the recording and storage of data by Google Analytics at any time by installing a Google-approved browser plug-in, which can be downloaded from the following link:https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.

  b) Universal Analytics Engel & Völkers uses the Universal Analyticsfunctions provided by Google. With these functions, Engel & Völker can record and analyse socio-demographicdata about users with the help of a Google ID (if available) and cookies generated by Google from advertisingcontent (DoubleClick). If a Google ID is available, the data controller will also record this data across all devices(e.g. if users use a smartphone and a PC) in order to analyse visitor flows across all devices. Users can preventthe recording and storage of data by Google at any time by installing a Google-published browser plug-in, whichcan be downloaded from the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. This website does notuse profiling cookies.

  c) Google remarketing and retargeting We use the Google Analytics advertising functions, which enable users who have already visited the website andhave shown an interest in certain offers to be addressed again through targeted advertising on the pages ofGoogle partner networks. Advertising is displayed through the use of cookies that analyse user behaviour duringa visit to the website and send targeted product recommendations and advertising based on the user's areas ofinterest.Users can prevent Google Remarketing and disable the use of cookies by Google for these purposes byaccessing the deactivation page for DoubleClick. Alternatively, users can disable the use of cookies by thirdparties by accessing the deactivation page of the Network Advertising Initiative.

  d) Facebook remarketing and retargeting We use remarketing technology for advertising on Facebook. With this technology, users who have alreadyvisited the website and are interested in an offer are addressed through targeted advertising on Facebook in theform of displayed adverts. Advertising is made possible through the use of cookies by the service provider AdRoll(AdRoll EMEA, Level 6; 1, Burlington Plaza Burlington Road, Dublin 4, Ireland). Users can deactivate targetedadvertising via Facebook remarketing technology by disabling the use of cookies by third parties on the FacebookAdvertising Initiative deactivation page at the following link: http://optout.networkadvertising.org/

  You will find the Cookie Policy at the bottom of our company website.

  Links to social media pages

  This website contains links to the most important social media network sites (e.g. Facebook and Twitter). Toprevent the providers of the respective social media plug-ins from collecting information about users, they can logout of the social media network at the beginning of their visit to the website and delete any cookies that may existfrom their browser.) In this respect, we do not mean the embedding of social media plug-ins, but rather links inwhich personal data is not transmitted to the social media operators.

  Rights of data subjects

  You have a right to information about the processing of your personal data (e.g. the origin of this data, thepurpose of its processing, the modalities of data processing). Furthermore, under certain conditions, you areentitled to object to data processing for the future, to restrict it or to request the deletion of the data. Finally, youmay at any time stop the sending of advertising material or the execution of market research or commercialcommunications. In summary, you have a right to:

• Information,

• Rectification,

• Erasure (or to be forgotten),

• Erasure (or to be forgotten),

• Data portability,

• Object to the processing of your personal data,

• Lodge complaints with supervisory authorities.

Please note that your right to the deletion of your data is subject to certain restrictions. For example, we do nothave to or are not allowed to delete data that we are required to retain due to legal retention periods. Data that weneed for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims is also excluded from your right of deletion.

3. Purpose of processing and legal basis

We process your data for the following purposes:

• Fulfilment of contact requests (legal basis is the fulfilment of the contract, as well in case of the transferof user data to other licence partners of the Engel & Völkers Group (for the definition, please refer toClause 3 below), your consent.

• If applicable, for the purpose of fulfilment of a valuation request of the property as described by the user,as well as the implied interest in the sale of the property as submitted by the valuation request (the legalbasis is the fulfilment of the contract as well as, your consent in the event that we need to share yourcontact data with a suitable licence partner of the Engel & Völkers Group based on expertise orgeographical location (for the definition, please refer to Clause 3 below)) or to the company technicallyimplementing the evaluation and the legitimate interest in marketing our services or your consent in thecase of the use of your contact data for direct marketing);

• Contact by telephone by us (legal basis is the fulfilment of the contract or, in the case of the use of thetelephone number for advertising purposes, your consent);

• Sending out an email newsletter containing our offers as well as our own and third-party advertising tothe extent permitted by law or based on the consent given (the legal basis is either your consent or ourlegitimate interest in direct marketing, as long as the marketing is carried out in compliance with dataprotection and competition law requirements);

In summary:

The legal basis for the processing of personal data is Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. a GDPR, if the processing is based onconsent, Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. b GDPR, if the basis of the processing is a contractual (or possibly pre-contractual)relationship and Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. f GDPR, if the basis is our legitimate interest. Insofar as the processing ofpersonal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject, Art. 6 I sentence 1 lit. c GDPRserves as the legal basis.

If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting thelawfulness of any personal data processing carried out with consent prior to its withdrawal. If the legal basis is alegitimate interest, you are also entitled in principle to object to the processing of personal data concerning you atany time for reasons arising from your particular situation. In this respect, Art. 21 GDPR applies.

4. Disclosure of your personal data

We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if this is deemed necessary to fulfil the contract, if we orthe third party have a legitimate interest in doing so, if there is a legal obligation to disclose it or if you have givenyour consent. If data is transmitted to third parties on the basis of a legitimate interest, this will be explained in thisPrivacy Policy.

If your contact request pertains to offers from other companies in the Engel & Völkers Group, we will transmit thepersonal data provided by you in this case to the respective company from the Engel & Völkers Group with yourprior consent or - if legally permissible - on the basis of a legitimate interest. We will not pass on your personaldata beyond this.

When we refer to the "Engel & Völkers Group" in this Privacy Policy, we mean the companies belonging to theEngel & Völkers group of companies pursuant to §§ 15ff. AktG (German Stock Corporation Act) as well as the(master) licence partners which are directly or indirectly contractually affiliated to this group of companies and towhich we also belong. A current overview of these licence partners can be found here:https://www.engelvoelkers.com/de/unternehmen/standorte/).

5. Transmitting data to non-EEA countries

In addition to the above paragraph “Disclosure of your personal data", the following applies: 

The recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transmitted to locationsoutside the EEA/UK, we will ensure, as required by law, that your data protection rights are adequately protected,either because the European Commission has decided that the country to which personal data is transmittedensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or such transmission is subject to appropriate safeguards(e.g. standard contractual clauses) of the European Union agreed with the recipient (Art. 46 GDPR), unless theGDPR provides for an exception (Art. 49 GDPR). Furthermore, where necessary, we intend to agree additionalmeasures with the recipients to ensure an appropriate level of data protection. Copies of the appropriatesafeguards (where we rely on them) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/UK can be requested. Please notethat these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidentialinformation.

II. You conclude a search request or marketing contract with us, request an exposé from us orcommission us to carry out a property valuation

1. What data do we process from you

When searching for, selling or renting a property, requesting an exposé or evaluating a property, we regularlyprocess the following personal data concerning you:

• First name, last name, title, address, telephone number, details of the property request (in the case ofproperty search) or (in the case of property marketing or property valuation) details of the property;

• Email address if you have agreed to receive advertising information, in particular the offer or valuation ofproperties, or if you wish to receive communication by email;

• In case of purchase/sale or rental of real estate, bank details, identity details, copy of ID (in case ofpurchase/sale of real estate) as well as land register, electricity, oil and/or gas bills, general itemisedbills, declarations of partition, WEG minutes (resolutions) and/or purchase contract (in case of sale ofreal estate) or in case of rental of real estate, bank details, identity details, CV if applicable, proof ofsalary, proof of creditworthiness, landlord's confirmation and/or tenancy agreement.

2. Purpose of processing and legal basis

We process this personal data for the following purposes:

• Fulfilment of the contractual relationship or a pre-contractual legal relationship - also by independent realestate consultants cooperating with us - including billing and credit checks (legal basis is Art. 6 I lit b.GDPR and Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR; our legitimate interest in connection with the transfer of data toindependent real estate consultants follows from the freedom of choice to also fulfil contractualrelationships with independent brokers or sub-brokers. The legitimate interest in performing creditchecks follows from the legitimate interest in protecting against bad debts);

• Fulfilment of a legal obligation, in particular in connection with the Money Laundering Act; (legal basis isArt. 6 I lit. c GDPR);

• Promotional information about properties that we or other licence partners of the Engel & Völkers Groupmarket (legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR; we have a legitimate interest in processing personal data fordirect advertising. The legal basis is also your consent according to Art. 6 I a. GDPR, if the promotionalinformation is sent to you by email, fax or telephone).

If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of any data processing carried out with consent prior to its withdrawal. If the legal basis is a legitimate interest, you are also entitled in principle to object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. In this respect, Art. 21 GDPR applies.

3. Disclosure of data

If your enquiry (e.g. on the occasion of an evaluation enquiry) concerns offers from other licence partners of the Engel & Völkers Group, we will transmit the personal data you have entered to the respective company of the Engel & Völkers Group following your prior consent.

For more information, please read the information regarding referrals in section III.

Furthermore, we transmit personal data to contractual partners (owners, landlords, search clients) and supporting service providers such as notaries, lawyers, property managers, and property developers as part of the processing of a contractual relationship, as well as in the context of credibility reports or to supervisory authorities (such as for money laundering documentation). We may also transfer your data to third parties to the extent permitted by law. Third parties to which we may disclose your personal data, irrespective of our performance, include external advisors (e.g. lawyers and auditors), public authorities within their jurisdiction to comply with legal obligations and/or to protect our rights (e.g. tax authorities, police, public prosecutors, courts), potential purchasers or acquirers of all or part of our assets and/or activities, and other third parties where you instruct us to disclose data or give your consent to do so.

Other than that, we will only share your personal data with staff (permanent staff such as employees and freelance property consultants) and third-party companies (e.g. IT service providers, hosting providers, etc.) to whom/which we have outsourced services involving processing operations as part of order processing.

4. Transmitting data to non-EEA countries

In addition to the above paragraph "Disclosure of your personal data", the following applies: 

The recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transmitted to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will ensure, as required by law, that your data protection rights are adequately protected, either because the European Commission has decided that the country to which personal data is transmitted ensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or such transmission is subject to appropriate safeguards (e.g. standard contractual clauses) of the European Union agreed with the recipient (Art. 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Art. 49 GDPR). Furthermore, where necessary, we intend to agree additional measures with the recipients to ensure an appropriate level of data protection. Copies of the appropriate safeguards (where we rely on them) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/UK can be requested. Please note that these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information.

If your enquiry relates to licence partners of the Engel & Völkers Group outside the European Union, we will transfer your data to the locally / matter-related licence partner following your consent.

III. We search for a property for you together with another Engel & Völkers licence partner ("referral")

If we search for a property for you together with another licence partner, your data will only be transmitted based on your prior consent. Please note that both we, as your initial contact, and the licence partner of the Engel & Völkers Group to which your data is provided process your personal data. Both parties, namely we and this licence partner, are independently responsible for the respective data processing. Both we and this other licence partner do not have access to each other's data and do not process your data jointly. If you wish to assert data subject rights, please check in advance whether you wish to assert them against us or against the other licence partner of the Engel & Völkers Group which also processes your data. 

Please refer to the above information to find out how how we process your data in connection with the marketing of your property, what rights you have in this context and who your contact persons are in the event that you wish to assert data subject rights.

IV. You apply on your own initiative or in response to a job advertisement

1. What data do we process from you

If you apply to us via our website or via a job advertisement, we will process your name as well as your address, telecommunications and application data. The provision of your address and telecommunications data, which is stipulated as mandatory information, is necessary to contact you about your application and to be able to allocate the application.

2. Purpose of processing and legal basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• Checking the application for an employment relationship within our company (legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR, if applicable, in conjunction with Section 26 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) (for the Federal Republic of Germany as the area of application)).

• Defence against any legal claims asserted against us from the application process, if this is necessary (the legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in meeting our obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG); Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR).

• Furthermore, we process your personal data based on previously given consent in order to inform you about potential job offers (legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. a GDPR).

If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of any data processing carried out with consent prior to its withdrawal. If the legal basis is a legitimate interest, you are also entitled in principle to object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. In this respect, Art. 21 GDPR applies.

We need your personal data in order to fulfil the processing purposes listed above. You are free to not disclose any personal data to us. In this case, you will be unable to participate in the application process for job vacancies.

3. Disclosure of data

We will only disclose your personal data to third parties if this is deemed necessary to fulfil the contract, if we or the third party have a legitimate interest in doing so, if there is a legal obligation to disclose it or if you have given your consent. If data is transmitted to third parties on the basis of a legitimate interest, this will be explained in this Privacy Policy.

If you apply via the global online job portal of Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH, your application documents will be sent to us by Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH. You should now know how Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH processes your personal data as part of the application process and you can read about this at any time via the global online job portal on the corresponding Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH website.

4. Transmitting data to non-EEA countries

In addition to the above paragraph "Disclosure of your personal data", the following applies: 

The recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transmitted to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will ensure, as required by law, that your data protection rights are adequately protected, either because the European Commission has decided that the country to which personal data is transmitted ensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or such transmission is subject to appropriate safeguards (e.g. standard contractual clauses) of the European Union agreed with the recipient (Art. 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Art. 49 GDPR). Furthermore, where necessary, we intend to agree additional measures with the recipients to ensure an appropriate level of data protection. Copies of the appropriate safeguards (where we rely on them) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/UK can be requested. Please note that these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information.

5. Storage and deletion of your data

We will retain your personal data for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and further processed, including any retention period required by applicable law (e.g. retention of accounting records). 

In the context of application procedures that conclude without an employment arrangement, your data will be regularly stored for six months for documentation purposes and then deleted or destroyed; this includes any additional documents provided to us in relation to the application process. In the event that you provide us with express consent to retain your data for future applications, we will retain the relevant data for a longer period of time.