BRIEF COMPANY PRESENTATION

This document, drawn up pursuant to art. 13 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 "Personal Data Protection Code" and European Union Regulation 679/2016, is intended to describe the methods of use of the website www.engelvoelkers.com/napoli (hereinafter, the "Site") owned by Blenda s.r.l., with registered office in Naples (hereinafter "Engel&Völkers") of the processing and free circulation of personal data of users who access the site for the sole purpose of freely browsing or in order to use the services made available on the portal.

This document therefore constitutes the "Privacy Policy" of this site which will be subject to updates.

Definitions

Pursuant to art. 4) of the European Union Regulation 679/2016, the following definitions apply:

- personal data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person («data subject») who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person;

- processing: any operation or set of operations, performed with or without the aid of automated processes and applied to personal data or sets of personal data, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;

- restriction of processing: the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;

- profiling: any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;

- pseudonymisation: the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person;

- filing system: any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria, whether centralised, decentralised or dispersed on a functional or geographical basis;

- controller: the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law;

- processor means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;

- recipient means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body, to which the personal data are disclosed, whether a third party or not. However, public authorities which may receive personal data in the framework of a particular inquiry in accordance with Union or Member State law shall not be regarded as recipients; the processing of those data by those public authorities shall be in compliance with the applicable data protection rules according to the purposes of the processing;

- third party: a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, controller, processor and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data;

- consent of the data subject: any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her;

- personal data breach: a breach of security that leads to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data transmitted, stored or otherwise processed.

Data controller and processor

Blenda specifies that, pursuant to art. 13 of the European Union regulation 679/2016, the User, following the consultation of this site, acknowledges having been fully informed that the data controller is the company Blenda S.r.l., in the person of its legal representative pro tempore domiciled for the office at the registered office in Naples at via Nevio, 102/A, PEC blendasrl@pec.it

Legal basis of the processing

Blenda will process the necessary data with reference to the Contractual Purposes as such data are necessary in order to:

• provide the requested services;

• comply with the provisions of the applicable legislation.

Should the User decide not to provide the data necessary for the contractual purposes, Blenda will be unable to provide the requested services.

The data processing for the Legitimate Business Interest Purposes of the data controller is carried out pursuant to Article 6, letter f) of the European Union Regulation 679/2016 for the pursuit of the legitimate interest of Blenda which is fairly balanced with the interests, rights and freedoms of the User as the data processing activity is limited to what is strictly necessary for the execution of the operations indicated therein. The processing for the Legitimate Interest Business Purposes of the data controller is not mandatory and the User may object to such processing in the manner set out in this notice, but if he or she decides to object to such processing, his or her data may not be used for Legitimate Interest Business Purposes, unless Blenda demonstrates the presence of prevailing compelling legitimate reasons or the exercise or defense of a right pursuant to Article 21 of the European Union Regulation 679/2016.

The processing of data for Legitimate Interest Marketing Purposes is functional to the pursuit of a legitimate interest of the Company adequately balanced with the interests, rights and freedoms of the User in light of the limits imposed by current legislation. Even in this case, the processing for the Legitimate Interest Marketing Purposes is not mandatory and the User may object to such processing in the manner indicated in this information notice, but if he/she were to object to such processing, he/she will no longer be able to receive the relevant communications, unless Blenda demonstrates the presence of prevailing legitimate compelling reasons or the exercise or defense of a right pursuant to Article 21 of the GDPR. In the event that the User wishes to obtain more information about the activities of balancing interests, rights and freedoms, he/she may contact the Company at any time in the manner indicated in this information notice.

More specifically, Blenda processes the User's data for the following purposes:

● satisfaction of contact requests (the legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract and, in the case of transfer of the interested party's data to other license partners of the Engel & Völkers Group, the interested party's consent);

● if applicable, the fulfillment of the request for valuation of the property described by the data subject based on the market price, as well as the interest in selling thus transmitted (the legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract and - in the case of the entry of contact data by the data subject and their forwarding to a licensing partner of the Engel & Völkers Group responsible for the area or geography or to the company that technically carries out the valuation - the consent of the data subject and - in the case of the use of contact data for direct marketing - the justified interest in marketing our services or his consent);

● telephone contact by us (the legal basis is the fulfillment of the contract or, in the case of use of the telephone number for advertising purposes, the consent of the data subject);

● sending an e-mail newsletter about our offers and our own and third-party advertising, to the extent permitted by law or on the basis of the consent of the interested party (the legal basis is the consent of the interested party or our legitimate interest in direct marketing, provided that the marketing is carried out in compliance with data protection requirements and competition law);

Place of data processing

The processing of data connected to the web services of this site takes place at the aforementioned headquarters and is handled only by technical staff of the Office in charge of processing or by any persons in charge of occasional maintenance operations. No data deriving from the web service is communicated or disseminated. The personal data provided by users who forward requests for the sending of informative material are used for the sole purpose of performing the service or performance requested and are communicated to third parties if this is necessary for this purpose.

Type of data processed

The personal data processed by Blenda in carrying out activities such as the search, sale or rental of a property, the request for a listing presentation or the evaluation of a property, include, by way of example and not limited to, the following categories of data relating to the User:

(i) identification data contact and access data, such as name, surname, email address, telephone number, information on the property (land registry, utility bills, division declarations and other) both in the case of research and in the case of marketing, the access credentials to the services and/or products provided by the interested party in the case of the services offered on our company website (for example in the context contact requests and sending newsletters, as well as determining the market price (“valuation” of properties);

(ii) product data such as data relating to the services provided by Blenda, which the User has requested, accessed or used;

(iii) preference data such as data relating to the User's preferences, activities and spending habits;

(iv) payment and banking data current account number or IBAN code, proof of salary, proof of solvency;

(v) data acquired from public sources such as the data of representatives and attorneys that are collected through, for example, the Chambers of Commerce or commercial information services;

(vi) navigation data: The computer systems and software procedures used to operate this website acquire, during their normal operation, some personal data whose transmission is implicit in the use of Internet communication protocols. This information is not collected to be associated with identified interested parties, but by its very nature could, through processing and association with data held by third parties, allow users to be identified. This category of data includes IP addresses or domain names of computers used by users who connect to the site, URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses of requested resources, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file obtained in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the response given by the server (successful, error, etc.) and other parameters relating to the operating system and the user's IT environment. These data are used for the sole purpose of obtaining anonymous statistical information on the use of the site and to check its correct functioning and are deleted immediately after processing. The data could be used to ascertain responsibility in the event of hypothetical computer crimes against the site: except for this eventuality, at present the data on web contacts do not persist for more than seven days.

Purpose of processing

The data is processed by Blenda in the performance of its economic and commercial activities for the following purposes:

a) fulfillment of the contractual relationship or a pre-contractual legal relationship - also by independent real estate consultants who collaborate with us - including invoicing and credit assessment (the legal basis is art. 6 I let. b. GDPR and art. 6 I let. f GDPR; our legitimate interest in relation to the disclosure of data to independent real estate consultants derives from the freedom of choice to also fulfill contractual relationships with independent brokers or sub-brokers. The legitimate interest in carrying out credit checks derives from the legitimate interest in protecting against bad debts);

b) fulfill obligations arising from the law, regulations or community legislation (e.g. anti-money laundering, tax and accounting obligations);

(the purposes referred to in letters a) and b) are jointly defined as the "Contractual Purposes")

c) promotional information on properties marketed by us or other authorized partners of the Engel & Völkers Group (the legal basis is Art. 6 I let. f GDPR; the processing of personal data for direct advertising purposes is in our legitimate interest. The legal basis is also the user's consent pursuant to Art. 6 I a. GDPR, if the promotional information is sent to the data subject by e-mail, fax or telephone);

d) to assert and defend its rights, including in the context of debt collection and credit assignment procedures, including through third parties;

e) to analyze and improve the services offered;

f) to complete a potential merger, transfer of assets, transfer of business or branch of business by disclosing and transferring the data to the third party(ies) involved;

(the purposes from letter b) to e) are jointly defined as the"Purposes of Legitimate Business Interest")

g) to provide the User, pursuant to Article 130 of Legislative Decree 196/2003 ("Privacy Code"), marketing communications via email on services similar to those that Blenda provides to him, without prejudice to the fact that, at any time, he will have the possibility to oppose the sending of such communications;

h) with the prior consent of the User, to provide him with marketing communications relating to the services offered by Blenda, to involve him in market research or other customer satisfaction initiatives via traditional communication channels such as paper mail and via automated communication tools such as email, automatic messages and other remote communication tools;

i) with the prior consent of the User, to provide him/her with marketing communications according to the methods referred to in the previous letters f) and g) relating to the services of other companies in the group of which Blenda is part and/or commercial partners belonging to the distribution network and commercial channels of Blenda, to whom the data may be communicated and whose list is available by contacting the Company through the methods indicated in this information;

j) without prejudice to what is indicated below, to carry out, with the prior consent of the User, an analysis of the User's preferences, activities and spending habits, in order to send the marketing communications indicated above. (the purposes from letters f) and i) are jointly defined as the"Marketing Purposes");

- to carry out, towards the User to whom it is possible to send communications for Marketing Purposes pursuant to this information, forms of minimally invasive segmentation based, among other things, on membership categories such as the professional category of membership, the city/province/region in which it is based and the type of service provided by Blenda. ("Legitimate Interest Marketing Purposes").

Profiles

In order to use some services of the portal, it may be necessary to register on the portal  by filling out a specific registration form.

In the provision of personal data, some are mandatory to complete the registration procedure; therefore, failure to enter, partial or incorrect entry of such data invalidates the registration and therefore will not allow you to use the services themselves.

Others (such as biography, interests, external links, etc.), are purely optional, therefore their failure to enter, partial or incorrect entry will not prevent you from registering on the portal and accessing the services offered.

Any personal data entered in the Profile may, at the User's discretion, be automatically published on the portal pages       and therefore be visible to all Internet users via search engines or, with the possibility of making such data private, not allow Internet users access to the personal data entered therein.

Advertising message management

On the pages of the web portal          advertising messages managed by       and by independent advertising providers are displayed. Part of the advertising proposed to users is generic and the same for all browsers, part could be personalized but still anonymous.

In particular,       and independent advertising providers, with a view to providing a more interesting advertising information service, will use the information obtained from the navigation of users of the portal      and from the use of some services offered to publish some personalized advertisements within the portal     . The advertising that is displayed will therefore contain information that is more in line with the interests of users.

                , as part of the personalized advertising service, never stores information that can allow the personal identification of users.

Interaction with social networks and external platforms

The portal also allows the user to register and authenticate, including by accessing personal accounts, on the Facebook and Google platforms, through which Blenda acquires the user's data registered on Facebook and Google.

In this regard, Blenda specifies that this service allows interactions with social networks, or with other external platforms, directly from the pages of the site                   

The interactions and information acquired from said site are in any case subject to the User's privacy settings relating to each social network.

In the event that a service for interaction with social networks is installed, it is possible that, even if the Users do not use the service, it collects traffic data relating to the pages on which it is installed.

In the case of Facebook:

- the "Like" button and social widgets are services for interaction with said social network, and are provided by Facebook Inc.;

- the personal data collected are cookies and usage data;

- the place of processing of said data is the United States of America.

Data provided voluntarily by the user

The optional, explicit and voluntary sending of electronic mail to the addresses indicated on this portal entails the subsequent acquisition by Blenda S.r.l. of the sender's address, necessary to respond to requests, as well as any other personal data included in the message. However, it is ensured that such processing will be based on the principles of correctness, lawfulness and transparency and protection of confidentiality as indicated in Legislative Decree 196/2003 and in Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

Users are invited not to include sensitive and/or judicial data in the body of the email that are not strictly essential for the provision of services; any sensitive data present, if necessary, will be processed in compliance with the principles and regulations in force.

Personal data are not disclosed to third parties, but if requested they must be made available to the Postal and Communications Police, the judicial authority and the Judicial Police.

The User, with his/her registration and/or authentication to the platform, expressly exonerates Blenda from any damages he/she may receive as a result of the illicit, illegal and incorrect use of the data that said company has transferred to third parties or to the author of the campaign to which the donation is intended.

Specific privacy policy conditions are to be considered an integral part of this document; in the absence of specific conditions, the content of this privacy policy is to be considered exhaustive.

Specific summary information (disclaimer) may be made available on individual services in cases where the context requires it, just as acceptance of specific conditions for use of the service may be required on some services; in these cases, any additional information to supplement this privacy policy document is provided on the service access page.

Optional nature of providing data

Apart from what is specified for navigation data, users are free to provide their personal data. Failure to provide such data may only make it impossible to obtain what is requested.

Blenda specifies, however, that in some cases (not subject to the ordinary management of this site) the Authority may request news and information pursuant to art. 157 of the "Personal Data Protection Code" for the purposes of controlling the processing of personal data. In these cases, the response is mandatory under penalty of administrative sanctions.

Processing methods

The data will be processed by Blenda with electronic and manual systems according to the principles of correctness, loyalty and transparency provided for by the applicable legislation on the protection of personal data and protecting the confidentiality of the User through technical and organizational security measures to guarantee an adequate level of security.

Data retention

The data will be retained for the period of time necessary to pursue the purposes for which such data were collected, as stated in this information. In any case, the following retention terms will apply with reference to the processing of Data for the purposes indicated below:

a) for Contractual and Legitimate Business Interest Purposes, the data are retained for a period equal to the duration of the provision of the services requested by the User and for 10 years following the termination of the supply, without prejudice to any renewals and cases in which retention for a subsequent period is required for any disputes, requests from the competent authorities or pursuant to applicable legislation;

b) for Marketing Purposes and for the Legitimate Interest Marketing Purpose, the data are retained for a period equal to the duration of the provision of the services requested by the User and a period of 24 months following the last contact with the User, to be understood as, among others, participation in a Blenda event, use of a service provided by the Company or opening a newsletter (jointly defined as the "Last Contact");

c) for Marketing Purposes, the data are retained for a period of 12 months from registration;

d) for the Marketing Purposes referred to in art. 9.4., letter i), the data are stored by Blenda for a period equal to the duration of the provision of the services requested by the User and a period of 12 months following the Last Contact, while they are stored by third parties for a period equal to 12 months from registration.

Communication, dissemination and transfer of data

For Contractual Purposes, the data may be transferred to third parties who carry out activities functional to those for the provision of the services requested by the User located inside and outside the European Union.

For Legitimate Business Interest Purposes, the data may be transferred to categories of recipients, located inside and outside the European Union.

For Marketing Purposes and for Legitimate Interest Marketing Purposes, data may be transferred to the following categories of recipients, located inside and outside the European Union: (a) third parties in charge of data processing, suppliers of assistance and consultancy services for Blenda with reference to the activities of sending marketing communications; (b) companies of the group to which Blenda belongs.

These recipients, depending on the case, process the User's Data as data controllers, data processors or data processors. The complete and updated list of the subjects who process the Data as data controllers is available upon request to the Data Protection Officer, according to the contact methods indicated in this notice.

If the interested party's contact request concerns offers from other companies of the Engel & Völkers, we will transfer the personal data entered by the data subject to the respective company of the Engel & Völkers Group with the prior consent of the data subject or - if legally permissible - on the basis of a so-called legitimate interest. Apart from that, we will not transfer your personal data for other purposes.

When we refer to the "Engel & Völkers Group" in this privacy policy, we mean the companies belonging to the Engel & Völkers Group within the meaning of Sections 15 et seq. of the AktG (German Stock Corporation Act) and the licensing partners (masters) that are directly or indirectly contractually affiliated with this group of companies, of which we also belong. For an up-to-date overview of these licensing partners, please see the following link: https://www.engelvoelkers.com/de/unternehmen/standorte/).

Furthermore, the personal data of the data subject may be transmitted to contractual partners (landlords, lessors, search clients) and support service providers such as notaries, lawyers, property managers, real estate developers in the context of processing a contractual relationship, as well as in the context of credit information or to supervisory authorities (e.g. for documentation on money laundering). 

The data subject's data may be transferred to third parties to the extent permitted by law. The third parties to whom the personal data of the data subject may be disclosed, regardless of the performance, include external consultants (for example, lawyers and auditors), public authorities within their jurisdiction to comply with legal obligations and/or to protect the rights of Blenda (for example, tax authorities, police, prosecutors, courts), potential purchasers or acquirers of all or part of the assets and/or activities, and other third parties where the data subject has given instructions to disclose the data or has provided his/her consent.

Furthermore, the personal data of the data subject will be shared only with employees (permanent staff such as clerks and freelance real estate consultants) and with third-party companies (for example, IT service providers, hosting, etc.) to whom services involving processing operations have been outsourced under a contractual processing agreement.

Transfer of data abroad

The data may be freely transferred outside the national territory to countries located in the EEA/UK, but may also be transferred outside the EEA/UK and in particular to the United States.

With reference to transfers outside the territory of the EEA/UK to countries not considered adequate by the European Commission, Blenda adopts suitable and appropriate security measures to protect the data.

Consequently, any transfer of data to countries located outside the EEA/UK will, in any case, take place in compliance with the appropriate and suitable guarantees for the purposes of the transfer itself, such as the standard contractual clauses for data protection, pursuant to the applicable legislation and in particular Articles 45 and 46 of the European Union Regulation 679/2016, unless the GDPR provides for an exception (Article 49 GDPR).

In the event that the Customer wishes to obtain more information regarding the existing guarantees and request a copy of the same, he/she can contact Blenda at any time according to the methods indicated in this information.

You may request copies of the appropriate safeguards (where you rely on them) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/UK

Your Rights

The User, to whom the personal data processed by Blenda refers, as a consequence of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, has the right at any time:

- pursuant to art. 7 III of the aforementioned Regulation, the data subject may withdraw at any time the consent he has given us. This means that we will no longer be able to continue processing the data based on that consent for the future.

- pursuant to art. 15 of the aforementioned Regulation, to obtain from the data controller confirmation of the existence of the data and access to their content;

- pursuant to art. 16of the aforementioned Regulation, to obtain from the data controller the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her as well as the integration of his or her incomplete data;

- pursuant to art. 17and art. 18 of the aforementioned Regulation, to obtain from the data controller the erasure or restriction of processing of data processed in violation of the law, including data whose retention is unnecessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or otherwise processed;

- pursuant to art. 19 of the aforementioned Regulation, to receive from the data controller any rectification, erasure or limitation of processing unless this proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort;

- pursuant to art. 20 of the aforementioned Regulation, to receive a copy of the data concerning him/her in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, to transfer them to himself/herself or to a different service provider. In the cases in which Blenda processes such data on the basis of his/her consent or on the basis of the circumstance that the processing is necessary for the provision of the services and/or products requested and the data are processed through automated tools;

- pursuant to art. 21 of the aforementioned Regulation, to object at any time, for reasons relating to his or her particular situation, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her pursuant to art. 6, paragraph 1, letters e) or f), including profiling based on those provisions. The data controller shall no longer process the personal data unless he or she demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;

- to withdraw consent, where given, without prejudice to the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given before its withdrawal;

- to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority (Guarantor for the protection of personal data www.garanteprivacy.it) in the event of a violation of the regulations on the protection of personal data;

To exercise these rights, the interested party may contact the Data Protection Controller, who can be contacted by sending a request to blendasrl@pec.it, or by sending the communication by post to Blenda S.r.l. – Via Nevio, 102 – 80123 Naples (NA).

When contacting Blenda, the interested party must ensure that he/she includes his/her name, email/postal address and/or telephone number(s) to ensure that his/her request can be handled correctly.

Processing of data of the data subject who applies on his/her own initiative or in response to a job advertisement

1) Data of the data subject processed by Blenda

If the data subject applies via the website or a job advertisement, Blenda processes the name and address of the data subject, as well as telecommunications and application data. Providing the address and telecommunications data, advertised as mandatory data, is necessary to contact the data subject regarding his/her application and to be able to assign the application.

2) Purpose of processing and legal basis

Blenda processes the personal data of the data subject for the following purposes:

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

● defense against any legal claims asserted against us as a result of the application process, to the extent that this is necessary (the legal basis is the legitimate interest in fulfilling the obligation to provide evidence in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG); Art. 6 I let. f GDPR).

● Blenda also processes the personal data of the data subject on the basis of a previously given consent, in order to inform him/her about interesting job offers (the legal basis is Art. 6 I let. a GDPR). 

If the legal basis is the consent of the data subject, the latter has the right to withdraw his/her consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal. If the legal basis is legitimate interest, the data subject also has the right to object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning him/her for reasons arising from his/her particular situation. In this respect, Art. 21 GDPR applies.

The personal data of the data subject are necessary to fulfill the processing purposes listed above. The data subject is free not to provide any personal data. In this case, the data subject will not be allowed to participate in the application process for vacant positions. 

3) Data transmission

Blenda only transmits the personal data of the data subject to third parties if this is necessary for the fulfillment of the contract, if Blenda or the third party has a legitimate interest in transmitting the data, if there is a legal obligation to do so or if the data subject has given his or her consent. If data is transferred to third parties on the basis of a legitimate interest, this will be explained in this data protection provision.

If the data subject has applied via the global online job portal of Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH, the application documents of the data subject have been transmitted to us by Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH. The data subject has learned how Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH processes his or her personal data during the application process and can view this at any time via the global online job portal on the respective website of Engel & Völkers Holding GmbH. 

4) Data transmission to countries outside the EEA

In addition to the previous paragraph on “Sharing personal data”, the following applies: 

The recipients of the personal data may be located outside the EEA/UK. Where personal data is transferred to locations outside the EEA/UK, Blenda will ensure, as required by law, that data protection rights are adequately protected, either because the European Commission has decided that the country to which the personal data is transferred ensures an adequate level of protection (Article 45 GDPR), or because the transfer is subject to appropriate safeguards (e.g. EU standard contractual clauses) agreed with the recipient (Article 46 GDPR), unless the GDPR provides an exception (Article 49 GDPR). In addition, where necessary, Blenda will agree with recipients additional measures to ensure an adequate level of data protection. You can request copies of the appropriate safeguards (where you rely on them) and a list of recipients outside the EEA/UK. Please note that these copies may be reduced to the extent necessary to protect trade secrets or other confidential information.

5) Storage and deletion of your data

Blenda stores the personal data of the data subject for the time necessary to achieve the purpose for which the data were collected and subsequently processed, including any retention period required by applicable law (for example, the retention of accounting records).

In the context of application procedures that end without hiring, the data subject's data will regularly be stored for a further six months for documentation purposes and then deleted or destroyed, together with the documents that have been sent to us. With the data subject's consent to the processing of data for future application procedures, we also store them for a proportionally longer period of time.

Changes and updates

This information may be subject to changes also as a result of any regulatory changes and/or additions. The changes will be notified in advance and the text of the information constantly updated will be available on the website.