Privacy Policy

When searching for, selling, or renting a property, requesting an exposé, or conducting a property valuation, the following personal data is regularly processed:

● First name, last name, title, address, telephone number, information about the property you are looking for (in the case of a property search) or (in the case of property marketing or property valuation) information about the property;

● Email address, if you have agreed to receive promotional information, in particular regarding offers or property valuations, or if you wish to be communicated by email;

● and (if it concerns the purchase/sale or rental of real estate) bank details, identity information, ID copy (in the case of the purchase/sale of a property) as well as land register, electricity, oil and/or gas bills, general itemized cost statements, declarations of division, condominium protocols (resolutions), purchase agreement (in the case of the sale of a property) or (if it concerns the rental of a property) bank details, identity information, if applicable, CV, proof of salary, proof of creditworthiness, landlord confirmation, rental agreement.

2. Purpose of processing and legal basis

We process this personal data for the following purposes:

● Fulfillment of the contractual relationship or a pre-contractual legal relationship - also through Independent real estate consultants cooperating with us – including billing and credit checks (the legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. b. GDPR and Art. 6 I lit. f. GDPR; our legitimate interest in sharing data with independent real estate consultants stems from the freedom to choose to also fulfill contractual relationships with independent brokers or sub-brokers. The legitimate interest in conducting credit checks stems from the legitimate interest in protecting against bad debts.);

● Fulfillment of a legal obligation, particularly in connection with the Money Laundering Act; (the legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. c. GDPR);

● Advertising information about properties that we or other license partners of the Engel & Völkers Group market (the legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. f. GDPR; our legitimate interest arises from the processing of personal data for the purpose of direct marketing. The legal basis is also your consent in accordance with Art. 6 I a. GDPR). provided that the promotional information is sent to you by email, fax, or telephone.)

If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to revoke your consent at any time, without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. If the legal basis is legitimate interest, you are also generally entitled to object to the processing of personal data concerning you at any time for reasons arising from your particular situation. Art. 21 GDPR applies in this respect.

3. Transfer of data

If your inquiry (e.g., in connection with an evaluation request) concerns offers from other license partners of the Engel & Völkers Group, Engel & Völkers will transmit the personal data you entered in this case to the respective company. of the Engel & Völkers Group with your prior consent.

In this context, please also inform yourself about our information on transfer in Section III.

Furthermore, within the scope of processing a contractual relationship, we transfer personal data to contractual partners (owners, landlords, search clients) and supporting service providers such as notaries, lawyers, property managers, developers, as well as within the scope of credit reports or to supervisory authorities (such as money laundering documentation). We may also transfer your data to third parties within the scope of what is legally permissible. Third parties to whom we transfer your personal data, independent of our service provision, include external consultants (e.g., lawyers and auditors), authorities within the scope of their jurisdiction to comply with legal obligations and/or to protect our rights (e.g., tax authorities, police, public prosecutors, courts), potential buyers or acquirers of all or part of our assets and/or activities, and other third parties, to the extent you instruct us to do so. or give your consent.

In addition, we will only share your personal data with employees (permanent staff such as employees and freelance real estate consultants) and third-party companies (e.g., IT service providers, hosting providers, etc.) to whom we have outsourced processing operations.

4. Sharing of data to non-EEA countries

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

The recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transferred 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 transferred ensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or the transfer 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, we intend to agree on additional measures with the recipients, where necessary, to ensure an adequate level of data protection. Copies of the appropriate safeguards (to the extent 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 request relates to license partners of the Engel & Völkers Group outside the European Union, we will transfer your data to the locally/subject-matter-relevant controller with your consent. License partner.

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III. We are searching for a property for you together with another Engel & Völkers license partner ("referral")

If we are searching for a property for you together with another license partner, your data will only be transmitted based on your prior consent.

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

How we process your data in connection with the marketing of your property, what rights you have in this regard, and who your contact persons are should you wish to assert your data rights can be found in the above information.

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IV. You apply speculatively 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. Providing your address and telecommunications data, which are advertised as mandatory information, is necessary in order to contact you about your application and to assign the application.

2. Purpose of processing and legal basis

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

● Reviewing your application for employment within our company (the legal basis is Art. 6 I lit. b GDPR, if applicable, in conjunction with Section 26 BDSG (for the scope of application of the Federal Republic of Germany).)

● Defending against potentially asserted asserted against us from the application process, if necessary (the legal basis for this is our legitimate desire to fulfill our burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG), Art. 6 l lit. f GDPR).

● Furthermore, we process your personal data on the basis of a previously granted consent in order to inform you about interesting job offers (the legal basis is Art. 6 l lit. a GDPR).

If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to revoke your consent at any time without affecting the legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the revocation. If the legal basis is legitimate interest, you are also generally entitled 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 to fulfill the processing purposes listed above. You are free not to provide us with any personal data. In this case, we cannot enable you to participate in the application process for open positions.

3. Disclosure of Data

Your personal data will generally only be disclosed to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill the contract, if we or the third party have a legitimate interest in the disclosure, if there is a legal obligation, or if you have given your consent. If data is transmitted to third parties based on a legitimate interest, this will be explained in this privacy policy.

If you applied via the global online job portal of Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH, your application documents were sent to us by Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH. You learned how Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH processes your personal data during the application process, and you can unsubscribe at any time. via the global online job portal on the relevant Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH website.

4. Transfer of data to non-EEA countries

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

The recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transferred 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 determined that the country to which personal data is transferred ensures an adequate level of protection (Art. 45 GDPR) or the transfer 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). In addition, Where necessary, we intend to agree on additional measures with the recipients to ensure an adequate level of data protection. Copies of the appropriate safeguards (to the extent 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 store your personal data for the time necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data is collected and further processed, including any retention period required by applicable law (e.g., retention of accounting records).

In the context of application processes that end without employment, your data will regularly be stored for a further six months for documentation purposes and thereafter, as well as the documents sent to us, will be deleted or destroyed. With your consent to process the data for future application procedures, we will retain it for a correspondingly longer period.