Data Privacy Consent Statement

By registering, you can enter your application online and apply for a vacant position at a Bertelsmann company or a Bertelsmann Stiftung or at an selected Partner Company. Your online application also includes personal data, for which reason data protection provisions and in particular the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) apply. Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA, Carl-Bertelsmann-Straße 270 in 33311 Gütersloh, Germany as operator of the applicant portal and the company or Bertelsmann Stiftung or the partner company of the job posting for which you are applying are responsible for data protection in your online application. Upon receipt of your online application, your data will be processed for recruitment purposes on the basis of Art. 6 Para. 1 (b) GDPR and, if available, on the basis of the local regulations on the employee data protection. Your data will only be processed for further purposes if it is necessary for the fulfillment of contractual or legal obligations or if you have expressly given us your consent. The complete information on data protection according to Art. 12 to 14 GDPR and your rights to information, correction, deletion, limitation of processing, data transferability and objection according to Art. 15 to 21 GDPR can be found here.

Participation in the candidate pool and/or the prospect pool

Regardless of the individual online application, you can participate in the global candidate pool and/or the global prospect pool if you wish to be contacted about career opportunities. If you check the box during registration indicating that you agree to global access to your applicant profile and thus participate in the global candidate pool and/or the global prospect pool of Bertelsmann and the Bertelsmann Foundations and partner companies, you give your consent to data protection by clicking "Accept." However, if you do not wish to participate in the candidate pool and/or prospect pool, there will be no global access, and the following consent will not apply. You can find further information about data processing in the privacy policy.

With my consent to participate in the candidate pool and/or prospect pool, I allow all authorized recruiters of Bertelsmann companies and the Bertelsmann Stiftungen and Partner Companies to have access to my candidate profile in order to check it for suitable career matters, and to contact me in this regard. I only allow contact if the notification function is activated. Included in my consent are the general data in my applicant profile, which may consist of the following personal data depending on the use of the optional data:

  • Surname/first name;
  • Residence;
  • Contact;
  • Academic and/or professional background;
  • Qualifications/certificates;
  • Skills/language skills;
  • Willingness to travel.

Bertelsmann is established worldwide. Therefore, access can also take place from outside the EU, from a so-called third country. The GDPR initially only applies in the EU, so that no globally appropriate level of data protection can be guaranteed. However, efforts to ensure a similar level of data protection for third countries is underway. For example, standard contractual clauses provided by the EU Commission may qualify as a suitable guarantee. Any guarantees may exceptionally be waived if you consent to this. Therefore, my con-sent also includes data processing by third countries according to Art. 49 Para. 1 (a) GDPR.

I can revoke my consent at any time with effect for the future by restricting access via my profile settings and/or deactivating the notification function. It is valid until the deletion of my applicant profile or until revocation. The consent is voluntary. A refusal or a revocation has no negative effects on current application procedures.

Version: 3.0, Published September 21th, 2021