Privacy Policy

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 pursuant to Art. 6 I a GDPR, provided that the advertising 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 The legality of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until its revocation is affected. 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.

Disclosure of data

If your inquiry (e.g., in connection with a valuation 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 within the Engel & Völkers Group after your prior consent.

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

Furthermore, as part of the processing of a contractual relationship, we transmit 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 regulatory authorities (e.g., for 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, regardless 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 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, provided you instruct us to share data or provide your consent.

In addition, we will only share your personal data with employees (permanent employees 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 services.

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 decided 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) of the European Union agreed with the recipient (Article 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Article 49 GDPR). In addition, we intend, where 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/UK may be obtained from our website. requested. Please note that these copies may be redacted to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information.

If your inquiry relates to license partners of the Engel & Völkers Group outside the European Union, we will transfer your data to the locally/subject-matter-relevant license partner with your consent.

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

If we are looking for a property for you together with another Engel & Völkers 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 license partner to whom your data is transferred, 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 access to each other's data 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 statements.

You are applying speculatively or in response to a job advertisement

What data do we process from you?

If you apply to us via our website or via a job advertisement, we process your name, address, telecommunications, and application data. Providing your address and telecommunications data, which are mandatory, is necessary in order to communicate with you. To be able to contact you and assign your application.

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 any legal claims asserted against us arising from the application process, if necessary (the legal basis is our legitimate interest in fulfilling our burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG); Art. 6 I lit. f GDPR).

We also process your personal data on the basis of a previously granted Consent to inform you about interesting job offers (the legal basis is Art. 6 I 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. Art. 21 GDPR applies in this respect.

We need your personal data 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 job offers.

Disclosure of data

We will generally only disclose your personal data to third parties if this is necessary to fulfill the contract, or if we or the third party has a legitimate interest in the Disclosure is required by law, or your consent has been obtained. If data is transferred 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 can read more about it at any time via the global online job portal on the relevant website of Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH.

Disclosure of 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 transferred to locations outside the EEA/UK, we will ensure, as required by law, that your data protection rights are adequately protected. are protected, either because the European Commission has decided 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) of the European Union agreed with the recipient (Article 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides an exception (Article 49 GDPR). In addition, we intend, where necessary, to agree on additional measures with 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.

Storage and deletion of your data

We We 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).

For application processes that end without employment, your data will generally be stored for a further six months for documentation purposes and then deleted or destroyed, along with any documents sent to us. With your consent to the processing of your data for future application processes, we will also retain it for a correspondingly longer period.