The protection of your personal data is very important to us. We would therefore like to inform you below about our data protection principles, which we undertake to comply with in the application process.

What information do we collect?
During the application process, you will be required to submit certain personal data and information to us. When you register in the applicant portal, we first store your first and last name, date of birth, address and e-mail address. You will then receive a registration confirmation by e-mail. By sending us your CV, you provide us with further personal data (professional and academic background information, job and salary expectations). We will treat your personal user data as strictly confidential and will not pass it on to third parties.

When you send us your application documents by e-mail, they are automatically read out and recorded in our applicant management system. All documents sent (cover letter, CV, certificates and other evidence) and the information contained therein will be saved.

If you still send us your application documents in person or by post, we reserve the right to digitise them and then enter them in our applicant management system.

Inadmissible contents
You are solely responsible for the content of the posted texts. Please ensure that you do not send us any file attachments containing viruses or worms. Personal data that you submit to us should not contain the following:

• Information about illnesses,
• information about pregnancy,
• information about ethnic origin,
• political, religious or philosophical beliefs,
• trade union membership and sexual orientation,
• defamatory or degrading information,
• information that has no specific connection with your application.

The information you send us must be truthful, must not violate the rights of third parties, public law regulations or morality ("Unacceptable content"). Please also note that you will indemnify us against any claims we may have as a result of information containing Prohibited Content that you submit to us.

Who processes your data?
The applicant portal is operated by KCP Personaldienstleistungsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurterstrasse 561, 51145 Cologne. The website is hosted on a dedicated server of Hetzner Online AG, Stuttgarter Str. 1 in 91710 Gunzenhausen. The processing of the data sent by you therefore also takes place through these companies.

To whom is personal data forwarded?
Your application data will only be used in our company for application purposes. The data will not be passed on to third parties. When you submit your application, we check whether there are alternative vacancies in our company and also approach you about these vacancies.

How long will your personal data be stored?
Your personal data will only be stored as long as necessary, taking into account all applicable legal requirements. If you have applied to us and we would like to keep your personal data for future job advertisements, we will ask for your consent beforehand.

If we do not have your consent to keep your application for a longer period, your profile and personal data will be automatically deleted 180 days after your (last) application.

We are entitled at any time to discontinue this service or to delete your data in whole or in part without giving reasons.

Data security
We take precautions to protect your data and to prevent misuse from the outside. Measures such as encryption (SSL encryption), firewalls, hacker defence programmes and manual security precautions are used. SSL encryption is active when the key symbol at the bottom of your browser is closed and when the address begins with "https://". Please note that JavaScript™ technology is used on our pages.

Disruption of the Service, discontinuation or modification of the Service or deletion of data
We do not guarantee that the service will be available at any particular time. We do not exclude the possibility of malfunctions, interruptions or a possible failure of the online offer. The servers are carefully backed up on a regular basis. However, if data is transmitted to us - in whatever form - we recommend that you make backup copies. We reserve the right to change, extend, limit or completely discontinue this service at any time. Any liability on our part for deleted data or data loss is therefore excluded.

File formats
Please note: The maximum file size is 25 MB (per attachment). All files that are not sent by you as pdf will automatically be saved as pdf.

Notice of changes
We may partially update or change this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. However, the existing level of data protection will be maintained in any case.