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Processing of (personal) data by the entity in charge of the online application process

Consent to Data Processing in the Recruitment Process

Supplementary to the Qlar Privacy Notice
By creating an applicant profile in our recruitment portal, you provide the Company with your personal data in connection with a specific application for the purpose of seeking employment opportunities. By submitting your application, you express your interest in employment with us. In this context, you transmit personal data, which we use and store solely for the purposes of your job search and recruitment process. Your data is stored and processed on the systems of our software partner, Personio.

1. General Information
This Privacy Notice applies exclusively to data collected as part of the online recruitment process. It explains how we process the personal data collected from you during the online application process.

2.Data Protection and Confidentiality
Protecting your personal data is important to us. Qlar and its software partner, Personio, have implemented the necessary organizational and technical measures to ensure the protection and confidentiality of your application.

3. Personal Data Collected During the Recruitment Process
Personal data means any information relating to the personal or material circumstances of an identified or identifiable individual. This includes information such as your name, address, telephone number, and date of birth, as well as details relating to your professional background or similar information through which an individual can be identified with reasonable effort. Information that cannot be linked, either directly or indirectly, to your actual identity is not considered personal data.

4. Use of Your Personal Data
As part of your application, we process the following personal data:
  • Contact details contained in your applicant profile (e.g., first and last name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth).
  • Information provided in the application form (e.g., salary expectations, notice period, and, where relevant to the advertised position, information regarding a disability).
  • Application documents (e.g., résumé/CV, cover letter, certificates, and records of your professional experience), which may contain additional personal data.
  • References that you provide to us, where applicable.
This data is stored, reviewed, processed, and/or shared internally solely for the purposes of your application. Access is restricted to employees of the Human Resources department and those individuals responsible for the selection process (e.g., hiring managers and employee representatives for persons with disabilities).

5. Purpose of Data Processing
Your personal data is processed exclusively for the following purposes:
  • Initiating and establishing an employment relationship.
  • Contacting you if you are considered for an alternative position.
  • Contacting you in connection with an unsolicited application.
  • Including you in a talent pool, subject to your consent.
6. Legal Basis for Data Processing
The legal basis for processing your personal data is Section 26 of the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) in conjunction with Article 88 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Processing is necessary in the context of the relationship established during the recruitment process and the initiation of a prospective employment contract.
Providing your personal data as part of the recruitment process is voluntary. However, the provision of personal data is necessary for the processing of your application and/or the conclusion of an employment contract with us.

7. Disclosure of Data to Third Parties
Data submitted as part of your application is transmitted using TLS encryption and stored in a database. This database is operated by Personio, a provider of software solutions for human resources and applicant management. In this context, Personio acts as our data processor within the meaning of Article 28 GDPR. Processing is based on a data processing agreement concluded between us, as the data controller, and Personio.
Apart from this, your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties unless required to comply with legal obligations. Data may, where necessary, be shared with contracted data processors (e.g., recruitment consultants) and with persons who are subject to specific confidentiality obligations, such as legal counsel.

8. Talent Pool
If you have applied for a position but no suitable vacancy is available at that time, we may offer to include your profile in our talent pool. The talent pool enables us to contact you regarding future opportunities. Your consent will be obtained before your data is added to the talent pool. If, after joining the talent pool, you no longer wish to remain in it, please notify us at career@qlar.com.

9. Storage, Correction, and Deletion of Data
During the recruitment process, you have the opportunity to access, update, or independently delete your electronic data.
Your data will be retained for a period of 180 days following the completion of the recruitment process. This is generally done to comply with legal requirements and/or to defend against potential claims arising under applicable laws. After this retention period, we are required to delete or anonymize your data.
In the event of anonymization, the data will only be available in the form of metadata without direct personal reference and may be used solely for statistical analyses (e.g., proportion of applicants, number of applications within a certain period, etc.). Due to pending legal proceedings and/or statutory limitation periods, data retention may in some cases extend for several years. You will not receive separate notification when your data is deleted.
Your right to erasure may be overridden by our legitimate interest in the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, which may require the continued retention of personal data. As a result of ongoing legal proceedings and/or statutory limitation periods, retention periods may extend over several years.
If your application is included in the talent pool, your data will be retained for 12 months and subsequently deleted unless renewed consent for further storage is obtained.
Data may also be processed for statistical purposes (e.g., reporting). In such cases, it is not possible to identify individual persons.
If you receive and accept an offer of employment from us, the personal data collected during the recruitment process will be retained for at least the duration of your employment in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice.

10. Right of Access, Withdrawal of Consent, and Data Portability
Under Chapter III of the GDPR, you have the right to obtain information from the data controller about the personal data concerning you, to request restriction of processing, to object to processing, and to exercise your right to data portability.
The withdrawal of your consent to data processing does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out prior to such withdrawal.
To exercise your rights as a data subject in relation to data processed as part of this online recruitment process, please contact our Data Protection Officer at datenschutz@qlar.com.

11. Final Provisions
We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Notice at any time to ensure ongoing compliance with applicable legal requirements or to reflect changes in the recruitment process or other business processes. The updated Privacy Notice shall apply to all future visits to this careers website and to any future applications submitted.

Processing of (personal) data by the operator of the recruitment website

General information

This recruitment website is operated by Personio SE & Co. KG, which offers a human resource and candidate management software solution (https://www.personio.com/legal-notice/). Data transmitted as part of your application will be transferred using TLS encryption and stored in a database. The sole controller of this data within the meaning of article 24 of the GDPR is the enterprise carrying out this online application process. Personio’s role is limited to operating the software and this recruitment website and, in this context, being a processor under article 28 of the GDPR. In this case, the processing by Personio is based on an agreement for the processing of orders between the controller and Personio. In addition, Personio SE & Co. KG processes further data, some of which may be personal data, to provide its services, in particular for operating this recruitment website. We will refer to this in more detail below.

The controller

The controller under data protection law is:
Personio SE & Co. KG
Seidlstraße 3
80335 München
Tel.: +49 (89) 1250 1004
Entry in the commercial register
Commercial register entry number: HRA 115934
Registration Court: Amtsgericht München
Data Protection Officer contact: privacy@personio.com

Access logs (“server logs”)

Each access to this recruitment website automatically causes general protocol data, so-called server logs, to be collected. As a rule, this data is a pseudonym and thus does not allow for inferences about the identity of an individual. Without this data, it would, in some cases, be technically impossible to deliver or display the contents of the software. In addition, processing this data is absolutely necessary under security aspects, in particular for access, input, transfer, and storage control. Furthermore, this anonymous information can be used for statistical purposes and for optimizing services and technology. In addition, the log files can be checked and analyzed retrospectively when unlawful use of the software is suspected. The legal basis for this is §25 subsection 2 Sentence 2 TDDDG. Generally, data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web-browser version, the operating system, the IP address, as well as the timestamp of the access to the software is collected. The scope of this log process does not exceed the common log scope of any other site on the web. These access logs are stored for a period of up to 7 days. There is no right to object to this.

Error logs

So-called error logs are generated for the purpose of identifying and fixing bugs. This is absolutely necessary to ensure we can react as quickly as possible to possible problems with displaying and implementing content (legitimate interest). As a rule, this data is a pseudonym and thus does not allow for inferences about the identity of an individual. The legal basis for this is §25 subsection 2 Sentence 2 TDDDG. When an error message occurs, general data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web-browser version, the operating system, the IP address, as well as the timestamp upon occurrence of the respective error message and/or specification is collected. These error logs are stored for a period of up to 7 days. There is no right to object to this.

Use of cookies

So-called cookies are used on parts of this recruitment website. They are small text files which are stored on the device with which you access this recruitment website. As a general rule, cookies serve the purpose of ensuring secure access to a website (“absolutely necessary”), implementing certain functionalities such as standard-language settings (“functional”), improving the user experience or the performance of the website (“performance”), or placing targeted advertisements (“marketing”). On this recruitment website, we generally use only cookies that are absolutely necessary, functional or performance-related, in particular for implementing certain default settings such as language, for identifying the job advertising channel, or for analyzing the performance of a job advert via which a user accessed this recruitment website. The use of cookies is absolutely necessary for providing our services and thus for the performance of the contract (article 6 (1) b) of the GDPR). Period of storage: up to 1 month or until the end of the browser session Right to object: You can determine via your browser settings whether you allow or object to the use of cookies. Please note that deactivating cookies may result in limited or completely blocked functionalities of this recruitment website.

Rights of data subjects

If Personio SE & Co. KG as the controller processes personal data, you as the data subject have certain rights under Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on the legal basis and the purpose of the processing, in particular the right of access (article 15 of the GDPR) and the rights to rectification (article 16 of the GDPR), erasure (article 17 of the GDPR), restriction of processing (article 18 of the GDPR), and data portability (article 20 of the GDPR), as well as the right to object (article 21 of the GDPR). If the personal data is processed with your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent under article 7 III of the GDPR. To assert your rights as a data subject in relation to the data processed for the purpose of operating this recruitment website, please refer to Personio SE & Co. KG’s Data Protection Officer (see item B).

Concluding provisions

Personio reserves the right to adjust this data privacy statement at any point in time to ensure that it is in line with the current legal requirements at all times, or in order to accommodate changes in the services offered, for example when new services are introduced. In this case, the new data privacy statement applies to any later visit of this recruitment website or any later job application.