Yes, because very many processes are not possible without processing personal data, including common and even unavoidable internal processes. It is not al-ways possible to determine this precisely in advance, nor the scope of the data processed, but below you will find information on typical (though not necessarily frequent) cases:
— Communication: When we are in contact with you (e.g. when you call cus-tomer service or when you communicate with us on a social media plat-form), we process information about the content of the communication re-garding the type, time and place of the communication. We may also pro-cess proof of identity information for your identification.
— Compliance with legal requirements: We may disclose data to authorities within the scope of legal obligations or powers and to comply with internal regulations.
— Job applications: If you apply for a job with us, we process the data that we receive from you as part of the application process and, if applicable, other data from public sources such as job-related social media. We use this data as part of your application and may also use it for non-personal statistical purposes. We generally delete the data from unsuccessful appli-cations after six months, unless you agree to us retaining your details for further application procedures, and subject to your name and the date of application.
— Prevention: We process data to prevent criminal data and other breaches, e.g. as part of the fight against fraud or internal investigations.
— Legal proceedings: If we are involved in legal proceedings (e.g. court or administrative proceedings), we process data, e.g. about parties to the proceedings and other persons involved, such as witnesses or persons providing information, and disclose data to such parties, courts and author-ities, possibly also abroad.
— IT security: We also process data for monitoring, controlling, analyzing, se-curing and checking our IT infrastructure, as well as for backups and archiv-ing data.
— Competition: We process data about our competitors and the market envi-ronment in general (e.g. the political situation, the association landscape, etc.). We may also process data about key individuals, in particular their name, contact details, role or function and public statements.
— Transactions: If we sell or acquire receivables, other assets, business units or companies, we process data to the extent necessary for the preparation and execution of such transactions, e.g. details of customers or their con-tact persons or employees, and also disclose corresponding data to buyers or sellers.
— Other purposes: We process data to the extent necessary for other purpos-es such as training and education, administration (e.g. contract manage-ment, accounting), enforcement of and defense against claims, evaluation and improvement of internal processes, preparation of anonymous statis-tics and analyses; acquisition or sale of receivables, businesses, parts of businesses or companies and safeguarding other legitimate interests.