Data Privacy Notice for Applicants

We are happy that you want to apply with us. Our careers page https://gptw.jobs.personio.decontains an up-to-date list of open positions you can apply for. To apply with us, you must create a personal application profile.

The following provides information about how we handle your data and your rights.

Responsible party

The responsible party for data processing within the meaning of data protection law is: 

GPTW Switzerland AG

Schiffbaustrasse 7

8005 Zurich

Personal Data, Legal Bases, and Purposes for Processing Personal Data in Applications

We collect and process your personal data for the purpose of handling the application process.
By submitting your application on our recruiting page, you express your interest in seeking employment with us. In connection with this, you provide us with personal data, which we will use and store solely for the purpose of your application.
Specifically, the following data will be collected:

  • First and last name
  • E-mail address
  • Phone number
  • Salary expectations
  • Availability Date

Additionally, you have the option to upload further documents such as a cover letter, your resume, and certificates. These may contain additional personal data such as date of birth, address, etc. 
Only authorized employees involved in the recruitment process have access to your data. 

Storage of personal data

The personal data will generally be stored exclusively for the purpose of filling the vacant position for which you have applied. 

Your data will be kept for a period of 365 Stored beyond the termination of the application process. This is usually done to fulfill legal obligations. Your data will then be anonymized. In this case, the data will only be available to us as so-called metadata without a direct personal reference for statistical evaluations (e.g., proportion of women and men in applications, number of applications per period, etc.). 

If you proactively apply to our talent pool: here If you apply, we will keep your data stored in our system until revoked. By applying via Talentpool, you agree to the storage of your data until further notice.

If you receive and accept an offer of employment from us during the application process, we will store the personal data collected during the application process for at least the duration of the employment relationship.  

Disclosure of data to third parties

The data submitted as part of your application will be transmitted via TLS encryption and stored in a database. This database is operated by Personio SE & Co. KG, which offers HR management and applicant tracking software (https://www.personio.ch/impressum/). In this context, Personio is our data processor according to Art. 9 GDPR / Art. 28 GDPR. The basis for this processing is a data processing agreement between us as the responsible party and Personio.

Rights of affected persons

If personal data is processed by us as the responsible party, you, as the data subject, have certain rights under the DSG or the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on the legal basis and purpose of the processing. To assert your data subject rights concerning the data processed in this online application procedure, please contact our Data Protection Officer.

Contact: Ms. Ulrike Preissner: CH_privacy@greatplacetowork.com

Final Provisions

We reserve the right to adjust this privacy policy at any time to always comply with current legal requirements or to reflect changes in the application process or similar. The new privacy policy will then apply for a repeat visit to this recruiting page or for a renewed application.