Data Retention

Annex A - Data Retention Period for Job Application and Recruitment

We retain your personal data, if there is legal basis to do so, only as long as necessary to achieve the intended purposes or as long as you have not revoked your consent. In the event of an objection to the processing of your personal data, we will delete your personal data unless further processing is still permitted by law.

Applying these general principles we will usually delete your personal data immediately after the legal basis has ceased to apply and provided that no other legal basis (e.g. commercial and tax law retention periods) intervenes. If the latter applies, we will delete the data after the other legal basis has ceased to apply.

Unless country-specific retention periods apply (as shown in the tables below), the general data retention period is defined as 3 years.

It starts as soon as the candidate (“data subject”) has withdrawn their application or is marked as not suitable for the job they applied for.

Job Application

Data Retention Period Location
1 MonthHonduras, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Turkmenistan, Slovenia
2 MonthsMontenegro, Serbia
3 MonthsNew Zealand
6 MonthsDenmark, El Salvador, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
7 MonthsAustria, Pakistan
1 YearChile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Slovakia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE
2 YearsDominican Republic, Hong Kong, Finland, Latvia, Sweden
5 YearsFrance, Portugal
6 YearsUnited States
7 YearsIsrael
Data Retention Period: 1 Month Location: Honduras, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Turkmenistan, Slovenia
Data Retention Period: 2 Months Location: Montenegro, Serbia
Data Retention Period: 3 Months Location: New Zealand
Data Retention Period: 6 Months Location: Denmark, El Salvador, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Data Retention Period: 7 Months Location: Austria, Pakistan
Data Retention Period: 1 Year Location: Chile, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Slovakia, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE
Data Retention Period: 2 Years Location: Dominican Republic, Hong Kong, Finland, Latvia, Sweden
Data Retention Period: 5 Years Location: France, Portugal
Data Retention Period: 6 Years Location: United States
Data Retention Period: 7 Years Location: Israel

Talent Community

Data Retention Period Location
2 YearsFinland, France, Sweden, Ukraine
Data Retention Period: 2 Years Location: Finland, France, Sweden, Ukraine

Recorded Video Assessments

Data Retention Period Location
Immediately after withdrawing / being flagged as not suitableAustria
1 YearIran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
Data Retention Period: Immediately after withdrawing / being flagged as not suitable Location: Austria
Data Retention Period: 1 Year Location: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia