Privacy Statement

Our Data Protection Promise:

We will handle your personal data properly.
We will use your personal data for the purposes for which it was collected.
We will not share your personal data with third parties without your consent.
We respect your decisions about the use of your data.
Our data protection officer supports you in safeguarding your rights.

Table of Contents:

visit to our company website
application for a job advertisement
starting or maintaining a business relationship
your rights as a data subject
contact information

1. Visit to our Company Website

Purpose of the Data Processing
The purpose of the processing is your voluntary use of our company websites.

Scope and Necessity of your Personal Data
When you use our company websites, technically necessary personal data is collected. This includes, among other things, the date and time of use, the Internet protocol address of the computer system you are using and the identifier of the web browser you are using.

This Personal Data is Necessary To:

Enable telecommunications with your computer systems.
Ensure the network and information security of our computer systems.
Ensure the functionality and user-friendliness of our company websites.

It is not possible to use our company websites without this data.

If we request additional personal data from you, you will be informed separately about the voluntary nature of the information.

Use of Cookies
We only use technically necessary cookies. Cookies from other domains are not set. Cookies or a comparable technology for tracking visitor behaviour are not used.

Storage Period of your Personal Data
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for storing it no longer applies. This is usually the case 90 days after your visit.

Recipients of your Personal Data
The recipient of your personal data is Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH.

Your personal data will not be transferred to a third country or an international organisation.

In the context of general administration and management, we may be supported by service providers. Our service providers are bound by European data protection law within the framework of the service contracts.

Source of your Personal Data
If you have not made your personal data available to us yourself, it originates from technically necessary processes.

No Exclusively Automated Decision
An exclusively automated decision, in particular an exclusively automated profiling is not planned.

Legal Basis for Processing
The legal basis for processing is the performance of pre-contractual measures and the fulfilment of contracts (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1b) and our mutual legitimate interest (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1f) in a business relationship.

The legal basis may also be the protection of other legitimate interests. (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1f) A legitimate interest exists in the following cases, among others: Prevention of fraud; Protection of legal claims; Ensuring network and information security.

In addition, the legal basis may be the fulfilment of a legal requirement. (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1c). Legal requirements can arise from a variety of legal sources, such as the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Hamburg, and in particular prescribe retention periods.

2. Application for a Job Advertisement

Purpose of the Processing of your Personal Data
The purpose of the processing is to consider your application in the application and selection process, in particular to check and assess your suitability for a vacant position. (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1b)

In addition, the purpose of the processing is, where applicable, the protection of legitimate interests, without infringing on your possibly overriding interests. (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1f) A legitimate interest exists in particular in the following cases: Prevention of fraud; Enforcement of legal claims; Ensuring network and information security.

In addition, the purpose of the processing may be the fulfilment of a legal requirement. (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1c). Legal requirements arise in particular from the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

Scope and Necessity of your Personal Data
You only need to provide us with the data that is necessary to consider your application in the application and selection process.

The scope of the necessary application documents depends on the requirements of the job advertisement and can be requested from your contact person at any time. As a rule, a cover letter, a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae and the relevant references, certificates and attestations are necessary for an application.

Insofar as it is necessary as part of the application process, we also process personal data that you have obviously made public. This is in particular data published about you on the Internet.

Without this necessary data, it is not possible to consider your application in the application and selection process. If we request additional data from you, you will be informed separately about the voluntary nature of the information.

Source of your Personal Data
In all job advertisements, we ask you to send your application directly to us. If, in individual cases, you have applied directly to the employer, the employer will have forwarded your application to us.

Storage Period of your Personal Data
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the purpose for which it was stored no longer applies and the statutory retention obligations have expired. Records of rejected applications are usually deleted after 6 months.

No Exclusively Automated Decision
An exclusively automated decision, in particular an exclusively automated examination and assessment of your suitability for a position, does not take place.

Recipients of your Personal Data
The recipient of your personal data is Kontrast Personalbertaung GmbH. A transfer of your personal data to the employer will only take place after your consent.

A transfer of your personal data to a third country or an international organisation is not planned. If the employer is located in a third country or is an international organisation, you will be informed separately.

In the context of general administration and management, we may be supported by service providers. All our service providers are bound by European data protection law within the framework of written contracts.

3. Starting or Maintaining a Business Relationship

Purpose of the Data Processing
The purpose of the processing is the start or maintenance of a long-term business relationship between your company / employer and Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH. This includes, among other things, the offer, preparation, coordination, implementation, follow-up, invoicing and documentation of our services.

Scope and Necessity of your Personal Data
As a rule, we process your professional contact data (title, surname, first name, position, company, e-mail, telephone), as well as a history of our previous contacts with you, if applicable.

Without this necessary information, it is not possible for us to contact you as the contact person for your company/employer in a business relationship. If we request additional personal data from you, you will be informed separately about the voluntary nature of the information.

Right to Object
Under certain circumstances, you may object to the processing of your personal data on personal grounds. After your objection, we can no longer maintain a business relationship with you. You can submit your objection to our data protection officer.

Storage Period of your Personal Data
Your personal data will be deleted as soon as the purposes for which it was stored no longer apply and the statutory retention obligations have expired.

Recipients of your Personal Data
The recipient of your personal data is Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH.

Your personal data will not be transferred to a third country or an international organisation.

Within the scope of general administration and management, we may be supported by service providers. Our service providers are bound by European data protection law within the framework of the service contracts.

Source of your Personal Data
If you have not provided us with your personal data yourself, it usually comes from public sources and may then have been collected by one of our service providers.

No Exclusively Automated Decision
An exclusively automated decision, in particular an exclusively automated profiling is not planned.

Legal Basis for Processing
The legal basis for processing is the performance of pre-contractual measures and the fulfilment of contracts (DSGVO Art. 6 para. 1b) and is also our mutual legitimate interest (GDSGVO Art. 6 para. 1f) in an effective business relationship.

4. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You can request us to exercise the following rights at any time. We will examine your request and grant it if the legal requirements are met. We will inform you about the status of your request without delay, but at least within 30 days.

Right of Revocation: You can revoke a declaration of consent once given at any time and without giving reasons. (DSGVO Art. 7)

Right to Information: You can request further information from us about the processing of your personal data. (DSGVO Art. 15, BDSG §34)

Right to Rectification: You may request us to rectify incorrect, incomplete or outdated personal data. (DSGVO Art. 16)

Right to Erasure: Under certain circumstances, you may request us to erase your personal data. (DSGVO Art. 17, BDSG §35) Our data protection officer will inform you about the exact circumstances upon request.

Right to Restriction of Processing: Under certain circumstances, you can demand that we restrict the processing of your personal data. (DSGVO Art. 18) Our data protection officer will inform you about the exact circumstances upon request.

Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data from us in a digital data format. (DSGVO Art. 20)

Right to Object to Direct Marketing: You may object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time and without giving reasons. (DSGVO Art. 21)

Right to Object: Under certain circumstances, you may object to the processing of your personal data. (DSGVO Art. 21) Our data protection officer will inform you about the exact circumstances upon request.

Right to Complain to the Supervisory Authority: You have the right to complain to a supervisory authority if you believe that the processing of personal data concerning you violates data protection law. (DSGVO Art. 77)

5. Contact Information

The responsible person in the sense of the data protection regulations is:

Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH
Banksstraße 6
20097 Hamburg

Telephone: 040 76 79 305 - 0
Fax: 040 76 79 305 - 41
E-mail: info@kontrast-consulting.de

The responsible person is represented by his managing directors Mr. Dipl.-Kfm. Ingo Scheider and Ms. Dipl.-Psych. Annette Feist.

Name and Address of the Data Protection Officer
The data controller has appointed a data protection officer.

The data protection officer is not bound by instructions in the performance of his duties and reports directly to the management. The Data Protection Officer is bound to maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of the personal data of which he or she becomes aware.

Data subjects may consult the Data Protection Officer on any matter relating to the processing of their personal data and the exercise of their rights under this Regulation.

Confidential
For the attention of Knut Meinke
Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH
Banksstraße 6
20097 Hamburg

Telephone: 040 76 79 305 - 0
Fax: 040 76 79 305 - 41
E-mail: datenschutz@kontrast-consulting.de

Competent Supervisory Authority
The responsible party is based in Hamburg, Germany and does not maintain any branches in non-European countries. The supervisory authority responsible for the responsible person is:

The Hamburg Commissioner
for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Klosterwall 6
20095 Hamburg

Telephone: 040 4 28 54 - 40 40
Fax: 040 4 279 - 11811
E-mail: mailbox@datenschutz.hamburg.de