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Privacy policy for applicants

Your data is in safe hands: we handle it with care and only use it for a fair and secure application process

Privacy policy for applicants

At Whitevision, we attach great importance to privacy. That’s why we handle all applicants’ personal data with care. In this document, you can read which data we collect, why we process it, how long we keep it and which rights you have as an applicant. This policy complies with the requirements of the GDPR.

What data do we collect? We only collect the data that is needed to assess your application:

  • Name and contact details

  • CV information, cover letters and correspondence

  • LinkedIn profile

  • Evaluations of interviews

  • Any notes that are relevant to the application procedure

  • Optional: portfolio, references or other documents or data that you provided yourself

Why do we process your data? We only process your data for the following purposes:

  • To assess your application and to contact you

  • To carry out the application process properly

  • If you join us, to build your personnel file and to comply with our legal obligations

Retention periods We apply the following retention periods:

  • Default: your data is deleted within 30 days after the application procedure has ended

  • If you give your consent: we keep your data for a maximum of 180 days

  • We will automatically send you a reminder asking whether we may extend your consent; if you don’t respond, your data is automatically deleted within 30 days

  • Have you requested deletion of your profile? Then this is done automatically within 14 days

  • Once a month, an additional manual check is carried out on the data that is due to be deleted

Where is your data stored? Your data is stored exclusively within the EU.

Do we share your data with third parties? We process your data in Recruitee (an applicant tracking system). Recruitee processes personal data on our behalf and complies with the GDPR. We have concluded a data processing agreement with Recruitee, which sets out appropriate technical and organisational measures.

Your rights as an applicant Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access: you may ask which data we hold about you

  • Right to rectification: you may have data corrected

  • Right to erasure: you may request that your data be deleted

  • Right to object: you may object to the processing

  • Right to restriction: you may ask us to temporarily pause the processing

  • Right to data portability: you may request your data in a portable format

Security Whitevision is ISO 27001 (information security) certified. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to prevent misuse, loss and unauthorised access. These include:

  • Secure storage in Recruitee

  • Strict authorisation structures

  • Need-to-know access

  • Encrypted connections

Contact Do you have questions about privacy or your data? Please contact HR at humanresources@whitevision.com. We want you to be in control of your own data. You can submit a request for correction or a request for deletion to be removed from our database.

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