We are pleased that you are interested in joining our company. Here, we would like to explain how we process your personal data in relation to your application, and to provide other relevant information in this context.
1. Who is responsible for processing your personal data?
AGRO AG, Korbackerweg 7, CH 5502 Hunzenschwil, Switzerland (hereinafter referred to as we is the responsible entity in the context of applicable data protection laws.
2. Data protection officer
In relation to all matters concerning the processing of your personal data and exercising your rights, you can contact our data protection officer for information, at
[email protected].
3. For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process personal data?
We process personal data about you for the purpose of your application for an employment relationship with us, insofar as this is necessary for the decision-making process relating to the establishment of an employment relationship. Furthermore, we may process personal data about you insofar as this may be necessary to defend against legal claims asserted against us from the application process. If an employment relationship is established between you and us, we may process the personal data already received from you for the purposes of the employment relationship.
4. What types of personal data do we process?
We process data related to your application. This may be general data about yourself (such as your name, address and contact details), information about your professional qualifications, education or school training further, or other information that you provide to us in connection with your application. We may also process career-relevant information that you have made publicly available, such as a profile on professional social media networks.
5. Where else can personal data be sourced, as well as directly from you?
Insofar as we do not obtain data directly from you, and you disclose an inactive or only partially active profile to us during the application process, we reserve the right to obtain your personal data via search engines and social networks.
6. In what cases may your personal data be passed on to other companies?
We may pass on your personal data to companies affiliated with us insofar as this is permissible in the context of the purposes and legal basis outlined in Item 3 above.
7. Is the transfer of data to an entity in another country intended?
In the course of processing your application, data may be transmitted to our parent company, Kaiser GmbH & Co. KG in Germany.
8. How long will your data be stored?
We store your personal data as long as is necessary in relation to the decision on your application. If an employment relationship does not come about between you and us, we may further continue to store data insofar as this may be necessary to defend against possible legal claims. The application documents will be deleted six months after notification of the decision to reject the application, unless longer storage is required in relation to a legal dispute.
9. What are your rights?
As an applicant with us you have, depending on the situation in individual cases, the following data protection rights, in relation to which you may contact our data protection officer at any time using the contact information given in Items 1 and 2 above:
a. Information
You have the right to receive information about your personal data that is processed by us and to request access to your personal data and/or copies of this data. This includes information about the purpose of use, the type of data used, and the recipients and authorised users of the data. It also includes, if possible, the expected duration of the data storage, or if not possible, the criteria for determining this duration.
b. Correction, deletion or restriction of processing
You have the right to demand that we correct any incorrect personal data concerning you without delay. Taking into account the purposes of our processing of your data, you have the right to request the completion of incomplete personal data – including by means of a supplementary declaration.
c. Right of objection
You have the right to object to the processing of this data at any time for reasons that arise from your particular situation. We will then no longer process this personal data unless we can establish that there is a legitimate reason for doing so that outweighs your interests, rights and freedoms, or unless continuing to process the data serves to assert, exercise or defend legal claims.
d. Right of withdrawal
If our processing of your data is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. In such cases, the legality of any processing of data already carried out on the basis of the consent up to the point of withdrawal of consent shall not be affected. You can contact us or our data protection officer at any time using the contact data provided above.
e. Right of erasure
You have the right to request that we immediately delete personal data concerning you, and we are obliged to immediately delete personal data if any of the following reasons apply:
- The personal data is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected or otherwise processed.
- You object to the processing of your data in accordance with Item 9c above and there are no overriding legitimate reasons for continuing to process the data.
- The personal data has been processed unlawfully.
- The deletion of personal data is necessary to fulfil a legal obligation to which we are subject under European Union law or the law of the member states.
This does not apply if the processing of data is necessary:
- to fulfil a legal obligation under Swiss law that requires the data to be processed.
- for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims.
f. Right of restriction of processing of data
ou have the right to demand that we restrict processing of your data if any of the following conditions is met:- You dispute the correctness of the personal data, in which case the restriction would apply for a period that enables us to check the correctness of the personal data;
- the processing is unlawful and you reject the deletion of the personal data and instead request that the use of the personal data be restricted;
- we no longer need the personal data for processing purposes, but you need it to assert, exercise or defend legal claims; or
- you have lodged an objection to the processing in accordance with Item 9c above, until determined whether our legitimate reasons outweigh yours.
If processing has been restricted in accordance with this clause (9f), the personal data – except as relates to storage – may only be used with your consent or for the assertion, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of an important public interest, of the European Union or a member state.
If you have obtained a restriction on processing of your data, we will inform you before the restriction is lifted.
g. Right of appeal
You have the right to contact the responsible supervisory authority in case of any complaints. The responsible supervisory authority is:
Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner
Feldeggweg 1
CH-3003 Bern
Tel.: +41(0)58 462 43 95
www.edoeb.admin.ch
10. The need to provide personal data
The provision of personal data is not required by law or contract, and you are not obliged to provide any. However, the provision of personal data is required for the conclusion of an employment relationship with us. This means that if you do not provide personal data in an application, we will not enter into an employment relationship with you.
