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Processing of (personal) data by the entity in charge of the online application process

tech11 GmbH  

Dear applicant, 


Thank you for your interest in our company. In accordance with the provisions of Art. 13, 14 and 21 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we hereby inform you about the processing of the personal data you submit as part of the application process and any personal data we collect and your rights in this regard. To ensure that you are fully informed about the processing of your personal data as part of the application process, please take note of the following information.  


1. Responsible body within the meaning of data protection law 

tech11 GmbH 

Beethovenstraße 1a 

97080 Würzburg 

+49.931.49738966  


2. Contact details of our data protection officer 

Markus Rheindt 

Datenschutzbeauftragter 

Beethovenstraße 1a 

97080 Würzburg 

3. Purposes and legal bases of processing  

We process your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), insofar as this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship with us. The legal basis for this is Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 BDSG for the purposes of the employment relationship, if this is necessary for the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship.  

Furthermore, we may process your personal data if this is necessary to fulfill legal obligations (Art. 6 para. 1 lit. c GDPR) or to defend against or assert legal claims. The legal basis for this is Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR. The legitimate interest is, for example, a burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG). 

If you give us your express consent to process personal data for specific purposes, the lawfulness of this processing is based on your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a GDPR, Section 26 para. 2 BDSG. Any consent given can be revoked at any time with effect for the future (see section 9 of this data protection information). 

If there is an employment relationship between you and us, we may, in accordance with Art. 88 GDPR in conjunction with Section 26 BDSG, further process the personal data already received from you for the purposes of the employment relationship, insofar as this is necessary for the performance or termination of the employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfillment of the rights and obligations of the representation of employees' interests arising from a law or a collective agreement, a works or service agreement (collective agreement). 

4. Categories of personal data  

We only process data that is related to your application. This may include general personal data (name, address, contact details, etc.), information on your professional qualifications and schooling, information on further professional training and any other data that you provide to us in connection with your application. 


5. Sources of the data  

We process personal data that we receive from you by e-mail when you contact us or submit your application to us via Jobs at tech11 GmbH. 


6. Recipients of the data  

We only pass on your personal data within our company to those areas and persons who need this data to fulfill contractual and legal obligations or to implement our legitimate interest. 

We may transfer your personal data to companies affiliated with us insofar as this is permitted within the scope of the purposes and legal bases set out in section 3 of this data protection information sheet. 

Your personal data is processed on our behalf on the basis of order processing contracts in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR. In these cases, we ensure that the processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the GDPR. The categories of recipients in this case are providers of internet service providers and providers of applicant management systems and software.  

Otherwise, data will only be passed on to recipients outside the company if this is permitted or required by law, if the transfer is necessary to fulfill legal obligations or if we have your consent. 


7. Transfer to a third country  

As part of the application process, it may be necessary for personal data of applicants to be viewed or processed by employees in Accra (Ghana). As Ghana is a third country within the meaning of the GDPR and there is currently no adequacy decision by the EU Commission, we ensure that appropriate protective measures are taken.  

The transfer is based on the standard contractual clauses of the European Commission and additional measures to protect the data. We will provide further information on these protective measures on request.  

If no other legal basis exists, we obtain the express consent of applicants before transferring data to a third country. 

8. Duration of data storage   

We store your personal data for as long as is necessary for the decision on your application. Your personal data or application documents will be deleted 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. We only store your personal data beyond this if this is required by law or in the specific case for the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims for the duration of the legal dispute. 

In the event that you have consented to your personal data being stored for a longer period, we will store it in accordance with your declaration of consent.  

If the application procedure is followed by an employment, training or internship relationship, your data will, if necessary and permissible, initially continue to be stored and then transferred to the digital personnel file. 

Following the application process, you may receive an invitation to join our talent pool. This allows us to consider you for suitable vacancies in our applicant selection process in the future. If we have your consent to do so, we will store your application documents in our talent pool in accordance with your consent or any future consents. 


9. Your rights  

Every data subject has the right of access under Art. 15 GDPR, the right to rectification under Art. 16 GDPR, the right to erasure under Art. 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing under Art. 18 GDPR, the right to notification under Art. 19 GDPR and the right to data portability under Art. 20 GDPR.  

In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority in accordance with Art. 77 GDPR if you believe that your personal data is being processed unlawfully. The right to lodge a complaint is without prejudice to any other administrative or judicial remedy. 

If the processing of data is based on your consent, you are entitled to withdraw your consent to the use of your personal data at any time in accordance with Art. 7 GDPR. Please note that the revocation only takes effect for the future. Processing that took place before the withdrawal is not affected. Please also note that we may have to retain certain data for a certain period of time in order to comply with legal requirements (see section 8 of this data protection information). 

Right to object:  

Insofar as your personal data is processed in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f GDPR to safeguard legitimate interests, you have the right to object to the processing of this data at any time in accordance with Art. 21 GDPR for reasons arising from your particular situation. We will then no longer process this personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing. These must outweigh your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing must serve the assertion, exercise or defense of legal claims.  

To protect your rights, you can contact us using the contact details provided in section 1. 


10. Necessity of providing personal data  

The provision of your personal data as part of the application process is voluntary. However, we can only make a decision to establish an employment relationship or establish an employment relationship with you if you provide the personal data that is necessary to carry out the application.  


11. Automated decision making  

The decision on your application is not based exclusively on automated processing. Therefore, there is no automated decision in individual cases within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR. 

Processing of (personal) data by the operator of the recruitment website

General information

This recruitment website is operated by Personio SE & Co. KG, which offers a human resource and candidate management software solution (https://www.personio.com/legal-notice/). Data transmitted as part of your application will be transferred using TLS encryption and stored in a database. The sole controller of this data within the meaning of article 24 of the GDPR is the enterprise carrying out this online application process. Personio’s role is limited to operating the software and this recruitment website and, in this context, being a processor under article 28 of the GDPR. In this case, the processing by Personio is based on an agreement for the processing of orders between the controller and Personio. In addition, Personio SE & Co. KG processes further data, some of which may be personal data, to provide its services, in particular for operating this recruitment website. We will refer to this in more detail below.

The controller

The controller under data protection law is:
Personio SE & Co. KG
Seidlstraße 3
80335 München
Tel.: +49 (89) 1250 1004
Entry in the commercial register
Commercial register entry number: HRA 115934
Registration Court: Amtsgericht München
Data Protection Officer contact: privacy@personio.com

Access logs (“server logs”)

Each access to this recruitment website automatically causes general protocol data, so-called server logs, to be collected. As a rule, this data is a pseudonym and thus does not allow for inferences about the identity of an individual. Without this data, it would, in some cases, be technically impossible to deliver or display the contents of the software. In addition, processing this data is absolutely necessary under security aspects, in particular for access, input, transfer, and storage control. Furthermore, this anonymous information can be used for statistical purposes and for optimizing services and technology. In addition, the log files can be checked and analyzed retrospectively when unlawful use of the software is suspected. The legal basis for this is §25 subsection 2 Sentence 2 TDDDG. Generally, data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web-browser version, the operating system, the IP address, as well as the timestamp of the access to the software is collected. The scope of this log process does not exceed the common log scope of any other site on the web. These access logs are stored for a period of up to 7 days. There is no right to object to this.

Error logs

So-called error logs are generated for the purpose of identifying and fixing bugs. This is absolutely necessary to ensure we can react as quickly as possible to possible problems with displaying and implementing content (legitimate interest). As a rule, this data is a pseudonym and thus does not allow for inferences about the identity of an individual. The legal basis for this is §25 subsection 2 Sentence 2 TDDDG. When an error message occurs, general data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web-browser version, the operating system, the IP address, as well as the timestamp upon occurrence of the respective error message and/or specification is collected. These error logs are stored for a period of up to 7 days. There is no right to object to this.

Use of cookies

So-called cookies are used on parts of this recruitment website. They are small text files which are stored on the device with which you access this recruitment website. As a general rule, cookies serve the purpose of ensuring secure access to a website (“absolutely necessary”), implementing certain functionalities such as standard-language settings (“functional”), improving the user experience or the performance of the website (“performance”), or placing targeted advertisements (“marketing”). On this recruitment website, we generally use only cookies that are absolutely necessary, functional or performance-related, in particular for implementing certain default settings such as language, for identifying the job advertising channel, or for analyzing the performance of a job advert via which a user accessed this recruitment website. The use of cookies is absolutely necessary for providing our services and thus for the performance of the contract (article 6 (1) b) of the GDPR). Period of storage: up to 1 month or until the end of the browser session Right to object: You can determine via your browser settings whether you allow or object to the use of cookies. Please note that deactivating cookies may result in limited or completely blocked functionalities of this recruitment website.

Rights of data subjects

If Personio SE & Co. KG as the controller processes personal data, you as the data subject have certain rights under Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on the legal basis and the purpose of the processing, in particular the right of access (article 15 of the GDPR) and the rights to rectification (article 16 of the GDPR), erasure (article 17 of the GDPR), restriction of processing (article 18 of the GDPR), and data portability (article 20 of the GDPR), as well as the right to object (article 21 of the GDPR). If the personal data is processed with your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent under article 7 III of the GDPR. To assert your rights as a data subject in relation to the data processed for the purpose of operating this recruitment website, please refer to Personio SE & Co. KG’s Data Protection Officer (see item B).

Concluding provisions

Personio reserves the right to adjust this data privacy statement at any point in time to ensure that it is in line with the current legal requirements at all times, or in order to accommodate changes in the services offered, for example when new services are introduced. In this case, the new data privacy statement applies to any later visit of this recruitment website or any later job application.