Privacy Policy

Data Controller and Your Rights as a Data Subject * (*Gender note: For reasons of readability, the simultaneous use of masculine, feminine, and diverse (m/f/d) forms has been omitted. All subsequent personal designations apply equally to all genders.)
The data controller responsible for the data processing regulated in this privacy policy is Engel & Völkers Investment Consulting GmbH (hereinafter "we" or "us"). Our contact details are:
Licensing partner of Engel & Völkers Commercial GmbH
Neue Mainzer Straße 20
Investment.Consulting@engelvoelkers.com
In summary, you have the right to: - access, - rectification, - erasure (or the right to be forgotten), - restriction of processing, - data portability, - object to the processing of your personal data, - lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Furthermore, you have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes. You also have the right to object at any time to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes. If you object to processing for direct marketing purposes, we will no longer process your personal data for these purposes. ... In accordance with Article 7(3) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter "GDPR"), you may withdraw your consent at any time. This means that we will no longer be permitted to process your data based on this consent in the future. Please note that your right to erasure is subject to limitations. For example, we are not required or permitted to erase data that we must retain due to statutory retention periods. Data that we need for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims is also excluded from your right to erasure.
If you have a complaint about how 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, your place of work, or the place of the alleged infringement. do. Our data protection information below is structured as follows and provides you with an overview of the following data processing activities: I. You visit us on our company website in Internet III. We search for a property for you together with another Engel & Völkers licensed partner (referral) IV. You submit an unsolicited application or an application in response to a job advertisement V. Storage and deletion of your data
We generally only process personal data if you submit it to us via the contact forms on our company website. Personal data is only processed if you have given us your consent or if the Processing is permitted by law. For certain services we offer on our company website, we require a minimum amount of data. We have marked these mandatory fields with an asterisk. Without this mandatory information, we cannot provide the services marked in this way.


Please refer to the "Cookie Notice" for a description of usage-related data processing in connection with the use of cookies and other tracking technologies.

- Contacting you by telephone (legal basis is the performance of a contract or, in the case of using your telephone number for advertising purposes, your consent);

- Sending an email newsletter about our own offers as well as our own and third-party advertising to the extent permitted by law or based on your consent (legal basis is either your consent or our legitimate interest in direct marketing, provided that the marketing complies with data protection and competition law requirements);

In summary:
The legal basis for processing personal data is Article 6(1)(a) GDPR if the processing is based on consent, Article 6(1)(b) GDPR if the processing is based on a (possibly pre-contractual) contractual relationship, and Article 6(1)(f) GDPR if the processing is based on our legitimate interests. Where processing personal data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, Article 6(1)(c) GDPR serves as the legal basis.
If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing of your personal data carried out based on your consent before its withdrawal. If the legal basis is legitimate interest, you are also generally entitled to object to the processing of your personal data at any time on grounds relating to your particular situation. Article 21 GDPR applies in this respect.

3. Disclosure of your personal data

We generally only disclose your personal data to third parties if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we or the third party have a legitimate interest in the disclosure, if there is a legal obligation to do so, or if you have given your consent. If data is transferred to third parties based on a legitimate interest, this will be explained in this privacy policy.
If your contact request concerns offers from other companies within the Engel & Regarding the Engel & Völkers Group, we will transmit the personal data you have entered in this case to the respective company within the Engel & Völkers Group after obtaining your prior consent or – where legally permissible – on the basis of a legitimate interest. We will not otherwise disclose your personal data.
When we refer to the "Engel & Völkers Group" within this privacy policy, we mean the companies belonging to the Engel & Völkers Group as defined in Sections 15 et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), as well as the (master) license partners contractually affiliated with this group, either directly or indirectly, to which we also belong. You can find a current overview of these license partners here: https://www.engelvoelkers.com/de/unternehmen/standorte/. When we refer to the "Engel & Völkers Group" within this privacy policy, we mean the companies belonging to the Engel & Völkers Group as defined in Sections 15 et seq. of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), as well as the (master) license partners who are contractually affiliated directly or indirectly with this group, to which we also belong. In addition to the above paragraph "Transfer of Your Personal Data", the following applies: Recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. When personal data is transferred to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will, as required by law, ensure 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 (Article 45 GDPR) or the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses) agreed upon with the recipient by the European Commission (Article 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Article 49 GDPR). Furthermore, 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 are available upon request. Please note that these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information. Furthermore, where necessary, we intend to agree on additional measures with the recipients to ensure an adequate level of data protection. - Promotional information about properties that we or other licensed partners of the Engel & Völkers Group provide Marketing (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR; our legitimate interest arises from the processing of personal data for direct marketing purposes. Your consent pursuant to Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR is also the legal basis if the advertising information 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 processing based on consent before its withdrawal. If the legal basis is legitimate interest, you are also generally entitled to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you. Art. 21 GDPR applies in this respect.
3. Disclosure of Data Please also refer to our information on data transfer in Section III.
Furthermore, in the course of processing a contractual relationship, we transmit personal data to contractual partners (owners, landlords, prospective buyers) and supporting service providers such as notaries, lawyers, property managers, developers, as well as for credit checks or to supervisory authorities (e.g., for anti-money laundering documentation). We may also disclose your data to third parties to the extent legally permissible. transmit. Third parties to whom we disclose your personal data, irrespective of our service provision, include external advisors (e.g., lawyers and auditors), authorities within their jurisdiction to comply with legal obligations and/or protect our rights (e.g., tax office, police, public prosecutor's office, courts), potential buyers or acquirers of all or part of our assets and/or activities, and other third parties, provided you instruct us to disclose data or give your consent. Furthermore, we only disclose your personal data to employees (permanent staff such as employees and freelance real estate consultants) and third-party companies (e.g., IT service providers, hosting providers, etc.) to which we have outsourced services involving data processing as part of commissioned data processing. In addition to the preceding paragraph “Sharing of Your Personal Data”, the following applies:
Recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transferred to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will, as required by law, ensure 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) agreed with the recipient by the European Union (Art. 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides an exception (Art. 49 GDPR). Furthermore, 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 these) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/United Kingdom 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 Engel & Völkers Group license partners outside the European Union, we will, with your consent, transfer your data to the locally/materially responsible license partner.

III. We will search for a property for you together with another Engel & Völkers license partner (“referral”)
We will search for a property for you together with another license partner. Your data will only be transferred based on your prior consent. Please note that both we, as your initial contact, and the Engel & Völkers Group licensee to whom your data is transferred, process your personal data. Both we and this licensee are independently responsible for their respective data processing. We and this other licensee do not have access to each other's data and do not process your data jointly. If you wish to exercise your data subject rights, please check beforehand whether you wish to assert them against us or against the other Engel & Völkers Group licensee who also processes your data.
For information on 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 should you wish to exercise your data subject rights, please refer to the above explanations. When you apply to us via our website or via a job posting, we process your name, address, contact information, and application data. Providing your address and contact information, which is listed as mandatory, is necessary so that we can contact you regarding your application and process it. We process your We process your personal data for the following purposes: - Reviewing your application for employment within our company (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b GDPR, possibly in conjunction with Section 26 BDSG (for the Federal Republic of Germany)).
- Defending against any legal claims that may be asserted against us arising from the application process, if necessary (legal basis is our legitimate interest in fulfilling our burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG); Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR).
- We also process your personal data based on your prior consent to inform you about interesting job opportunities (legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR). GDPR). If the legal basis is your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until its withdrawal. If the legal basis is legitimate interest, you are also generally entitled to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you on grounds relating to your particular situation. Article 21 GDPR applies in this respect. Your personal data will only be disclosed to third parties by us if this is necessary for the performance of a contract, if we or the third party have a legitimate interest in the disclosure, if there is a legal obligation to do so, or if you have given your consent. If data is transferred to third parties based on a legitimate interest, this will be explained in this privacy policy.
In addition to the preceding paragraph, “Transfer of Your Personal Data,” the following applies:
Recipients of personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. If personal data is transferred to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will, as required by law, ensure 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) agreed with the recipient by the European Union (Art. 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Art. 49 GDPR). Furthermore, to the extent that It may be necessary 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/United Kingdom can be requested. Please note that these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information. We store your personal data for the period necessary to achieve the purposes for which the data is collected and further processed, including any retention period required by applicable laws (e.g., maintaining the Accounting documents).