Celonis Privacy Notice for Application and Hiring Process
1. About this Privacy Notice
2. About us
3. What types of Personal Data do we collect?
4. How do we collect your Personal Data?
5. Why do we process your Personal Data?
6. On which legal basis do we process your Personal Data?
7. Who will have access to your Personal Data?
8. How long do we store your Personal Data?
9. How do we protect your Personal Data?
10. What are your rights regarding your Personal Data?
11. Updates

Last Update: May 15, 2023.

Celonis Privacy Notice for Application and Hiring Process

1. About this Privacy Notice

This Celonis Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) , on behalf of Celonis SE and all subsidiaries (“Celonis”),  explains how and what type of data related to you as a natural person (“Personal Data”) is collected, why it is collected and to whom it is shared or disclosed. It also contains information about your rights related to your Personal Data. Please read this Privacy Notice carefully.

This Privacy Notice applies when you apply for a position at Celonis, including any related hiring process.

On our website, we also collect cookies information; for details please see our Cookies notice.

2. About us

When we refer to “Celonis” (“we”, “us”) in this Privacy Notice, we mean Celonis SE and/or the Celonis subsidiary that is responsible for the processing of your Personal Data:

Celonis SE, Theresienstraße 6, 80333 Munich, Germany.

Any request related to data privacy may be addressed to privacy@celonis.com. 

3. What types of Personal Data do we collect?

We collect and process the following types of Personal Data:

Application and hiring process data

Your full name, contact information (e.g. email, phone number), curriculum vitae information (e.g. including information on your education, degrees, previous and current employment) and other data such as cover letter, salary expectation, authorization to work in the country you are applying.

If applicable, the need of sponsorship for employment visa status, background check results (as allowed by local law), criminal certificate, results from a job related assessment (e.g. cognitive abilities), as well as other professional and/or academic information. 

Diversity data

Special categories of personal data, such as race / ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, if permitted by local law.  Your decision to provide such data is completely voluntary and your preference not to provide such information will not negatively affect in any way the application process. 

Reference data

References submitted from contacts you provide us through our reference tool. Reference contacts receive an email asking them to answer a questionnaire about their experience when working with you. Occasionally, you may also be asked to provide contact information for references outside of the tool. 

4. How do we collect your Personal Data?

You provide Personal Data directly to us when applying for an open position and through the hiring process. We may receive additional information from the reference contacts you provide us. We also may obtain Personal Data from third party sources, such as business and employment oriented websites and social media platforms. In case of referrals, we receive your contact details from the Celonis employee referring you for a job opportunity.

5. Why do we process your Personal Data?

We process your Personal Data for the following purposes (if applicable):

Application and hiring process

To manage your application, to assess your suitability for the position you are applying to and - if the application is successful - for the hiring process in order to enter into an employment contract or arrangement with you.

Talent pool

To retain and process your data to evaluate possibilities about another open role you may want to apply for in line with local requirements.

Process analytics 

To improve our application process and enhance applicants’ experience with us, we may perform analytics and reporting activities.

Compliance 

To comply with any legal and regulatory obligations.

Marketing

To send emails to inform you about us, our activities and events.

Diversity Efforts

To increase diversity of our workforce through our hirings.

6. On which legal basis do we process your Personal Data?

We process your Personal Data only where one of the following applies:

  • We need to process your Personal Data to enter into an employment contract or arrangement with you,

  • We have a legitimate interest to process your Personal Data (which is not overridden by your rights),

  • You have given consent to process your Personal Data,

  • We need to process your Personal Data to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation. 

7. Who will have access to your Personal Data?

Depending on the purpose and the necessity, we may disclose your Personal Data to the following categories of recipients:

  • To any subsidiaries of Celonis SE (i.e. internal transfer within our organization),

  • To third parties who act as data processors under our instruction as specified in the related concluded contracts,

  • To government, law enforcement and regulatory bodies to meet applicable legal or regulatory obligations. 

A list of applicable recipients can be provided upon request.

If you are a EU resident, your Personal Data may be transferred outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). We take the necessary steps to ensure that the transfer of your Personal Data outside of the EEA receives an adequate level of protection. 

We do not disclose any Personal Data we collect to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

8. How long do we store your Personal Data?

When permitted and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, your Personal Data will be deleted as soon as it is no longer required to achieve the purpose for which it has been collected. If regulations (e.g., employment law) require longer storage of your Personal Data, or if we need your Personal Data to assert legal claims or defend against legal claims, we will store your Personal Data until the expiration of the corresponding storage period or until the settlement of the claims.

9. How do we protect your Personal Data?

To protect your Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, use, or alteration and against unauthorized disclosure or access, we use adequate physical, technical and organizational security measures.

10. What are your rights regarding your Personal Data?

As permitted and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we provide you with the following rights:

  • Request access, update, correction or deletion of your Personal Data,

  • Withdraw your consent at any time for future processing (i.e. our marketing emails permit you to opt-out of receiving further communications by selecting the “unsubscribe” link),

  • Request to restrict the processing or object to the processing of your Personal Data, 

  • Have your Personal Data transmitted to other recipients, if technically feasible,

  • File a complaint with us and/or with a relevant data protection authority,

  • Not to be discriminated for exercising your rights.

Additional rights may be applicable to you based on local laws and regulations.

You may exercise your rights by contacting us at privacy@celonis.com.

11. Updates

We regularly review this Privacy Notice. 

This Privacy Notice was last updated on May 15, 2023.

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