Privacy Notice for Samsung SDI Europe Career Site
Latest update: 04.12.2023
1. General information
Thank you for visiting our Samsung SDI Europe Career Site available at: https://samsungsdieu-career.dvinci.de/de/jobs ("'Website") and for your interest in Samsung SDI Europe GmbH ("we").
The protection and safety of our users’ personal information is very important to us. For this reason we have designed our Website and business processes in such a way that as little personal information as possible is generated or processed. Of course, we adhere to the legal regulations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG) and other data protection regulation applicable to us.
2. How to contact us
The responsibility for the processing of your personal data lies with:
Samsung SDI Europe GmbH
Reichenbachstraße 2
85737 Ismaning
If you have any questions about how we process your personal data, please contact us. You may send an e-mail at: recruiting.sdieu@samsung.com
You may also contact our data protection officer Hoyoung Aarong Lee by email at: aaron.hlee@samsung.com
3. Scope and purpose of data processing; legal basis
(a) Visiting to the Website
If you visit our Website, information about you is automatically transmitted, collected and stored in a log file; these information include:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system used
- Previously visited website via which you came to our Website (Referrer URL)
- (Currently) visited webpage
- Date and time you accessed our Website
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address which we subsequently anonymize
We do not assign this data to specific users, but store it separately from other personal data.
We process your personal data in order to deliver and optimize the content of our Website, to ensure the long-term functionality of our information technology systems as well as of the technology of our Website and to provide law enforcement authorities with the information necessary for criminal prosecution in the event of a cyber attack.
Your personal data is processed on the basis of our legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest lies in the provision of a functional and user-friendly website.
(b) Applications
You can apply for a job via various channels, for example via the contact form on our Website, via email, via a headhunter or via job portals such as Stepstone, LinkedIn, Xing etc..
When you apply via our contact form, the following personal data is collected from you:
- Title
- First name, surname
- Address
- Country,
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Earliest possible start date
- Salary expectations
- Your entire application documents - the content of the application documents depends on the documents you provide, but often includes CV, cover letter and references.
You can also provide the following information on a voluntary basis:
- Title
- Date of birth
- Alternative telephone number
- Comment on the application
- Channel through which you found out about us
If you apply to us via email, a headhunter or a job portal, the type of personal data that we process about you depends on the content of your email or on the personal data the headhunter or the job portal transfers to us about you. In general, the personal data corresponds to the personal data collected via the contact form on our Website (see above).
If you are invited to a job interview by us, we will process further personal data about you, such as email correspondence to coordinate and plan the job interview or feedback from the interviewers on the job interview conducted with you.
We process your personal data for the purpose of assessing your suitability for the position for which you have applied, coordinating and scheduling interviews and providing feedback on the recruitment decision.
In this case, we process your personal data to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you (i.e. to initiate a contractual relationship).
(c) Talent pool
In the event that we find your application interesting, but are unable to offer you a suitable position at the time of your application, we would like to add you to our talent pool so that we can contact you if a suitable vacancy arises at a later date.
We process the following personal data about you for inclusion in our talent pool:
- First name, surname
- Email address
- Information about our previous contact with you
- Your curriculum vitae
We process your personal data for the purpose of contacting you later.
In this case, we process your personal data on the basis of your consent.
(d) Assertion of and defense against legal claims
If necessary, we process your application data (see section 3 (b)) to assert and defend against legal claims on the basis of our legitimate interest. Our legitimate interest lies, for example, in being able to present evidence in proceedings under the German General Law on Equal Treatment.
4. Source of your personal data
We process personal data that we obtained from you when contacting us. We may also obtain your personal data via third parties, such as headhunters or job portals (LinkedIn, Stepstone, Xing).
5. Necessity of the provision of your personal data
The provision of your personal data as part of the application process is voluntary. However, we can only make a decision on the establishment of an employment relationship or establish an employment relationship with you if you provide us with the personal data we need for this purpose.
6. To whom do we disclose your personal data?
We treat all personal data confidentially. We have engaged external service providers who process the data on our behalf to make our Website and online application process available to and to enable communication with you.
In addition, we are a matrix organization in which various Samsung group companies (located in and outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"), including our global headquarter in Korea) make recruitment decisions. If necessary for the specific application process, we will transfer your personal data to other Samsung group companies. The transfer is necessary to take steps prior to entering into a contract with you (i.e., to initiate a contractual relationship).
Your personal data will not be disclosed to other controller without your express consent, unless we are required or entitled to do so by law, a court or authority.
7. Duration of storage
We store your personal data for as long as necessary to make decision on your application.
If your application is successful, your personal data will be transferred to your personnel file.
If your application is unsuccessful, we will delete your application documents no later than six months after the end of the application process (e.g., notification of the rejection decision), unless longer storage is legally required or permitted. This is the case, for example, if the further processing of your personal data is necessary for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims; your personal data will then be processed for the duration of the legal dispute.
If you have given your consent to be included in our talent pool, we will process your personal data for two years.
8. Cookies
A cookie is a small text file that we store on your device when you visit our Website.
When you visit our Website, we set the "JSessionID" cookie, which is required for the delivery and use of the Website and is only stored for the duration of your visit to our Website.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Please refer to the documentation for your browser to find out more about this option. However, if you use your browser settings to block cookies (in this case the strictly necessary session cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Website.
9. International data transfer
If we transfer your personal data to recipients outside the European Union ("EU")/EEA (e.g., to Samsung Group companies), we have provided appropriate safeguards to ensure an adequate level of protection in the recipient country outside the EU/EEA (e.g., adequacy decision of the EU Commission or conclusion of the standard contractual clauses).
10. Your data protection right
If you wish to access, correct, update or delete your personal data, you can do so at any time by contacting us at the above contact details.
You may also object to the processing of your personal data, request us to restrict the processing of your personal data or demand portability of your personal data. You can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details above.
Likewise, if we have collected and processed your personal data on the basis of your consent, you can withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of your consent has no affect on the lawfulness of the processing that we carried out before your withdrawal. You can also withdraw your consent at any time using the contact details above.
You are entitled to file a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority regarding our collection and use of your personal data. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
11. Links to external websites and third party providers
On our Website you can find links to other external websites (e.g. Facebook, Xing, LinkedIn) for further information. If you access these links, you will leave our Website. We have no influence on these pages or their data protection practices.
