Privacy Policy for Applicants
Crytek takes the protection of personal data very serious and will handle your data very careful and according to the applicable law; specifically the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the German Federal Data Protection Law (“BDSG”). Please find below further information regarding the processing of Personal Data of Applicants.
What is Personal Data?
According to the GDPR personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Who is the controller?
If you apply for a job at Crytek we are the controller of your personal data. Our contact details are:
Crytek GmbH
An der Welle 3
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Why are we processing your personal data?
If you apply for a job at Crytek some personal data is necessary to assess whether your qualification matches the job profile. The processing of the respective data is legally based on Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR as a necessary step to potentially conclude an employment agreement. If you agree to a longer retention period the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. Further, data processing activities (e.g. personality tests) are based on your consent (Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR.
Which personal data do we process?
Certain personal data is necessary for the specific application process. Generally we will need your:
- Full name
- Contact details
- Qualifications, certificates, testimony and job experience
- In some cases personality test or IQ-test
Who are the recipients of the personal data?
The access to your personal data is restricted to certain people inside Crytek on a “need-to-know” – basis. This will be members of the HR department, team leads/directors and – sometimes – subject matter experts which are stakeholders of the job.
Within our application process we use software of the service provider based in the USA: Lever, Inc., 155 5th Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103. With regard to us Lever serves as a data processor in terms of the GDPR. Any transfer of personal data is safeguarded by a data processing agreement including Standard Contractual Clauses as provided by the European Union.
How long will your personal data be stored?
We will store your personal data during the application process and a period of six months after the end of the application process.
Based on your explicit consent we will store your personal data for a period up to four years in order to to review your qualifications for future job opportunities.
What rights do you have?
- You are entitled to withdraw your consent any time without any reason with effect to the future.
- You have the right to request access to your personal data we store and ask for a rectification or erasure or a restriction of the processing of your personal data. You are also entitled to your right of data portability.
- You have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority.
If you have further questions to the processing of your personal data during the application process or want to make use of your rights listed above please contact our Data Protection Officer by sending an email to privacy@crytek.com.