1. Responsibility

Thank you for visiting the website of PowerCo SE, Industriestraße Nord, 38239 Salzgitter, PowerCo SE, registered in the commercial register of Braunschweig Local Court under HRB 209737 ("PowerCo SE").

In the following, we inform you about the processing of your personal data by PowerCo SE (hereinafter referred to as "PowerCo") in connection with your visit to the website.

2. Processing your personal data

2.1 Processing of log files

When you visit our web page, we process data in accordance with Article 6 (1) (f) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in being able to properly display the web page to you. The data is only processed for as long as you access our web page.
We process the following data, which consists of log files and do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about you::

• An anonymous cookie ID, which does not allow your IP address to be identified
• The operating system and web browser you are using, and your selected screen resolution
• The date and time of your visit
• The pages you visited on our website
• The website from which you are visiting us.

2.2 Contact form

You can contact us by e-mail and send us an inquiry. In this context, the legal basis for our processing of your data is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR as we process the following data in order to contact you and process your request:

• Name
• Email address
• Subject
• Message 

Once we have answered your request to your satisfaction, we will delete your data unless other retention periods (e.g. tax retention periods) prevent this.

3. Career website and job portal

3.1 Purpose and form of data processing

We process and use your personal data on this website and in our online application system exclusively for the purposes stated below.

3.1.1 Implementation of the application procedure

We process the personal data you provide to the extent necessary to ensure the effective and correct handling of the application process and to make a decision on the establishment of an employment relationship. This also applies to data added in the course of the application process, e.g. from queries and subsequently submitted documents. In the online application process, data is requested that is required for the online application. The fields provided for this purpose are marked as "mandatory fields". In addition, further voluntary information can be provided in "optional fields".

3.1.2 Registration and creation of an applicant profile

• Master data (e.g. name, title, academic degree, gender, date and place of birth and nationality, private contact details, marital status, photos, language skills, etc.).
• Application data (e.g. cover letter and curriculum vitae, references, certificates, etc.).
• Information on marital status (marriage, registered civil partnership, children), which may indicate sexual orientation if provided as part of your application.
• Health data (severe disability): you have the opportunity to voluntarily provide particularly sensitive personal data regarding the date of severe disability so that we can ensure that the representative council of employees with disabilities is involved in the selection process.
• Your registration data (surname, first name, country of residence, email address and password) will be collected for the purpose of providing you with the access data for our career portal.

If you create an individual application profile after successful registration, your registration data will be transferred directly to your application profile. You no longer need to enter this information separately. This registration data is regarded as application data in further processing.

3.1.3 Inclusion in the talent pool

You also have the opportunity to be included in our talent pool. This means that your application profile can then be considered independently of an application for positions that meet defined filter criteria. We will contact you without obligation if your application profile matches a corresponding position. If you no longer wish this, you can independently block your application profile at any time with effect for the future by removing the corresponding check mark in your application profile or by revoking your consent at any time without giving reasons to PowerCo SE by e-mail to careers@powerco.de or using the contact details given in the imprint with effect for the future.

3.1.4 Feedback on the job offer

In order to make our offers more attractive to future applicants, you can also tell us how you became aware of PowerCo and/or the job offer and any other information that may help us. This information is of course voluntary and has no influence on the application process. However, it would help us a lot.

3.1.5 Job Agent

When you register, you have the option of activating the so-called job agent. The job agent notifies you by e-mail as soon as new jobs are published that match the filter criteria you have previously defined in the job search or have similar criteria to the job for which you have activated the job agent. This results in the following 3 options for activating the job agent:

• Notifications about new job postings can be activated upon registration.
• At the top of your own applicant profile (Options > Job notifications). Job notifications can be activated here with the help of self-selected filters.
• Job alerts can be activated directly when viewing the job search using self-selected filters.

All active job agents are listed in your applicant profile under "Options > Job notifications". You can also deactivate the job agent at this point in the application profile by clicking on the "trash can icon" of the respective entry or in the emails you receive.

Your data is transmitted in encrypted form using a suitable procedure.

3.1.6 Optimization of our processes, implementation of recruiting processes

We are constantly optimizing and improving our processes. For this purpose, we create non-personal reports (e.g. statistics) from which we can draw conclusions that help us to adapt our career portal to the needs of our company. To create these reports, your personal data may also be aggregated , i.e. combined with other data. We can calculate statistics from this aggregated data, which we evaluate for analysis purposes in order to improve our processes. No user profiles are created and your data is not used for advertising or market research purposes.

3.1.7 Fulfillment of legal obligations

PowerCo SE also processes your personal data for the purpose of complying with legal obligations that must be complied with as part of the application process. This includes, among other things, certain notification obligations to authorities and statutory retention obligations.

3.2 On what legal basis do we process your data?

3.2.1 Implementation of the application procedure

Mandatory information

As far as mandatory information is concerned, we process your personal data for the purpose of carrying out the application procedure and for deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship on the basis of Section 26 (1) sentence 1 of the Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG). If it is necessary, for example to comply with legal requirements when filling the position, we also process special categories of personal data on the basis of Section 26 (3) BDSG for the purpose of carrying out the application process and deciding on the establishment of an employment relationship. In certain cases, where necessary, we process your personal data for the purpose of assessing your ability to work on the basis of Section 22(1)(1)(b) BDSG.

We cannot carry out the application process without this data.

Voluntary information when creating an application profile

We store voluntary information that you enter in your application profile on the basis of your consent in accordance with Section 26 (2) BDSG. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by deleting the data in your profile.

3.2.2 Registration and creation of an applicant profile

Registration and the creation of an applicant profile are based on the application conditions, which must be accepted before registration and the creation of the applicant profile. The legal basis is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter b GDPR (performance of a contract).

3.2.3 Inclusion in the talent pool

The legal basis for the storage of your applicant profile in the Talent Pool is your consent in accordance with Section 26 (2) BDSG. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by removing the corresponding check mark in your application profile or by revoking your consent at any time without giving reasons to PowerCo SE by e-mail to careers@powerco.de or under the contact details given in the imprint with effect for the future.

3.2.4 Feedback on the job offer

The legal basis for the processing of your feedback on the job offer is your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by removing the corresponding check mark in your application profile or by revoking your consent at any time without giving reasons to PowerCo SE by e-mail to careers@powerco.de or under the contact details given in the imprint with effect for the future.

3.2.5 Job Agent

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data for the purpose of receiving emails for positions that match your application profile is your consent. You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future by removing the corresponding check mark in your application profile or by revoking your consent at any time without giving reasons to PowerCo SE by e-mail to careers@powerco.de or under the contact details given in the imprint with effect for the future.

3.2.6 Fulfillment of legal obligations

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data to fulfill legal obligations is Art. 6 para. 1 sentence 1 letter c GDPR and the respective law that requires the processing of your data.

3.3 Who are the recipients of my data?

The following recipients process your personal data that you have provided as part of the application process or in the online application system.

• Recruiter
• Hiring Manager
• Works Council members
• Management, if applicable

All persons involved in the processing are separately bound to secrecy and treat your data as strictly confidential.

In addition, the following persons at PowerCo SE may process your personal data in certain cases:

• Human resources department in the event of recruitment
• Legal department in the event of disputes
• System administrators in the context of necessary care and maintenance work on the online application system

You also have the option of releasing your application profile only for positions for which you are applying, or nationally or worldwide. A worldwide release means that your application profile can then be viewed and considered by PowerCo SE recruiters at other locations independently of an application for positions for which your application profile matches. In this case, we would contact you without obligation. You can change this setting in your application profile at any time with effect for the future.

Third parties as service providers

• SAP Germany SE & Co KG: PowerCo SE has commissioned SAP Deutschland SE & Co KG (Hasso-Plattner-Ring 7, 69190 Walldorf, Germany) to operate the PowerCo career website and the online application system. Your data will be processed accordingly by SAP SE & Co KG as a service provider.
• Volkswagen Group Services GmbH: PowerCo SE has commissioned Volkswagen Group Services GmbH (Major-Hirst-Str. 11, 38442 Wolfsburg; www.volkswagen-groupservices.com) to support PowerCo SE with certain services in the implementation of application procedures. In this case, your data will be processed accordingly by Volkswagen Group Services GmbH as a service provider.

3.3.3 Other third parties

• Authorities
• Lawyers
• Courts

3.4 Storage period and data deletion

After completion of the application process for which we have received your data, it will be automatically deleted from the system after 6 months. Your applicant profile will be automatically deleted if you have not logged into your profile for more than 365 days. You will receive an automated notification email shortly before this period expires. The automatic deletion will not take effect if

• you log in to your profile within the 365 days,
• You are in an active application process.

You also have the option of updating or deleting your data/applicant profile in the system yourself at any time.

You can withdraw your application and/or deactivate your approvals at any time. This will be taken into account in the application process.

You can also delete your external profile at any time or ask us to do so. In this case, (1) the existing user contract with PowerCo SE for the use of the online application system will end, (2) all active applications will be withdrawn, and (3) your applicant account will be permanently deleted.

3.5 Automated decision making

An automated decision on your selection or rejection for job interviews and a possible establishment of an employment relationship does not take place.

4. Use of cookies and tracking tools

4.1 What are cookies?

A cookie is a small data record that is stored on your end device and contains data such as personal page settings and login information. This data record is generated by the web server with which you have established a connection via your web browser and sent to you. In general, we use cookies to analyze interest in our websites and to improve the user-friendliness of our websites.

How we use cookies

Our websites use cookies to provide full functionality, to offer you a customized browsing experience and to enable us to optimize the performance of the website.

4.2 Types of cookies

We use the following cookies:

4.2.1 Necessary cookies

These cookies help you to use our website, for example by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website or by saving the status of your cookie settings. Our website cannot function properly without these cookies.

You can find details of the necessary cookies we use in our Cookie Consent Manager, which is displayed when you visit our website or which you can access at the bottom of our website under "Cookie Consent Manager"

4.2.2 Functional cookies

These types of cookies allow a website, for example, to remember choices you make or information you input (such as the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may be set by us or by third parties whose services we have added to our Sites. They are also used to enable requested functions such as playing movies or using maps.

You can find details of the functional cookies we use in our Cookie Consent Manager, which is displayed when you visit our website or which you can access at the bottom of our website under "Cookie Consent Manager", as well as in our Cookie Policy.

4.2.3 Third-party cookies for advertising purposes

Third-party cookies originate from other providers. They can be used, for example, to collect information for advertising, user-defined content and web statistics.

We use these third-party cookies to display advertising tailored to your interests by third parties on other websites (e.g. LinkedIn or Facebook). These third-party cookies are set by LinkedIn through our website and may be used to create a user profile based on your behavior on our website in order to show you relevant advertising on other websites. They work by uniquely identifying your browser or device.

Please note that if you deactivate these cookies, you may still see our advertising, but it will not be tailored to your interests.

These cookies are deactivated by default. You can find details on the cookies used for analysis purposes and cross-page functions and activate these cookies in our Cookie Consent Manager, which is displayed when you visit our website or which you can access at the bottom of our website under "Cookie Consent Manager", as well as in our Cookie Policy. Further information on other services or tools we use can be found in section 6.

4.2.4 Duration of the storage of cookies

The type of cookie can be identified by how long it remains. Details on the storage period can be found in our Cookie Consent Manager, which is displayed when you visit our website or which you can access at the bottom of our website under "Cookie Consent Manager", as well as in our Cookie Policy

Session cookies - these cookies are only required for the duration of your session and are deleted or become invalid as soon as you close our website.

Persistent cookies - these cookies remain on your device for a predefined longer period of time. They enable you to access our websites more quickly without having to reconfigure certain settings, such as the language you have selected.

4.2.5 How to deactivate cookies

If you wish to restrict or block the cookies set by our websites, you can do so at any time with effect for the future by restricting or blocking cookies via your browser settings and in our Cookie Consent Manager.
Please note that restricting cookies may have a negative impact on your website experience.

5. Other services used on our website

5.1 YouTube

We embed YouTube videos via iFraming. YouTube is operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. Once the external content/videos have been accessed, they will be identified by the YouTube logo. You can find YouTube's privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

When you visit one of our websites with embedded videos, your browser does not automatically establish a connection to the server of said website. Only by clicking on the embedded video do you consent to communication with YouTube and the setting of cookies by the YouTube website. After clicking on the respective embedded video, the information that you have accessed our website is forwarded to YouTube and YouTube cookies are set on your computer.

If you are logged in to YouTube during a visit to our website, the transmitted data will be assigned to your respective user account. If you want to prevent YouTube from linking information to your user account in this way, please log out of YouTube or Google before clicking on the respective video.

Even if you have not registered with YouTube or are not currently logged in, there is a possibility that your data will be stored by the YouTube operator after you click on the notice. We have no influence on the setting of cookies by YouTube or on the content and scope of the data that YouTube collects and uses. Please refer to the privacy policy of the aforementioned website for more information.

We obtain your prior express consent for this use and sharing of your personal data via our Cookie Consent Manager on our website. You can revoke the consent you have given us at any time with effect for the future by removing the corresponding check mark in the cookie settings on the page.

In the event that personal data is transferred to the USA, YouTube is certified in accordance with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can find more information here: https://www.dataprivacyframework.gov/.

6. Your rights

You are entitled to the following rights vis-à-vis PowerCo at any time free of charge. Further information on asserting your rights is provided in section F.

6.1 Right to information
You are entitled to receive information (Article 15 GDPR) from us relating to the processing of your personal data.

6.2 Right to rectification
You have the right to request that we rectify (Article 16 GDPR) any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that concerns you.

6.3 Right to erasure
You have the right to request that your data be erased if the conditions set out in Article 17 of the GDPR are met. For example, you may ask for your data to be erased if it is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. You may also ask for your data to be erased if we process your data based on your consent and you have withdrawn that consent.

6.4 Right to restriction of processing
You have the right to ask for a restriction of the processing of your data if the conditions set out in Article 18 of the GDPR are met. That is the case, for example, if you dispute the accuracy of your data. You can then demand a restriction of processing for the period it takes to verify the accuracy of the data.

6.5 Right to object
In accordance with Article 21 of the GDPR, if processing is based on an overriding legitimate interest, you have the right to object to the processing of your data. An objection is permitted if processing is conducted either in the public interest or on the basis of a legitimate interest of PowerCo or a third party. If you object to the processing of your data, please notify us of the grounds for your objection.
You also have the right to object to data processing for the purposes of direct marketing. This also applies to profiling where this is connected to direct marketing. 

6.6 Right to data portability
You have the right to receive your data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transfer this data to another data processor provided that data processing is based on consent or contract fulfilment and that automated processing methods are used (Article 20 of the GDPR).

6.7 Right to withdraw consent
You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future, without being required to give any reason (Article 7 of the GDPR). Your withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of your data based on your consent until the withdrawal. Your withdrawal is to be addressed to PowerCo and best sent by email to careers@powerco.de or by using the contact details provided in the Imprint. 

6.8 Right to lodge a complaint
You also have the right to lodge a complaint about our processing of your data with a supervisory authority (such as the Data Protection Commissioner for the State of Lower Saxony in Germany [Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz Niedersachsen]). 

7. Your contact person

7.1 Contact person for exercising your rights

If you have any questions about exercising your rights or require further information, please contact data-privacy@powerco.de.

7.2 Data Protection Officer

The Data Protection Officer of PowerCo SE is available to you as a contact person for data protection-related concerns:

PowerCo SE
Group Legal  - Data Protection 
Industriestraße Nord, 38239 Salzgitter