We are pleased that you are interested in us and that you are applying or have applied for a position in our company. With the following information, we would like to give you an overview of how we process your personal data in connection with your application and your rights under data protection law.

1. Who is responsible for data processing and who can I contact?

The responsible body is:

Ardelt Kranbau GmbH

Heegermühler Straße 64

16225 Eberswalde

Phone: +49 3334 81936-0

E-mail: info@ardelt-kranbau.de

You can reach our company data protection officer at

Dr. Andreas Melzer

kelobit IT-Experts GmbH

Tel: +49 345 132553-80

E-mail: dsb@kelobit.de

2. What sources and data do we use?

We process the data that you have sent us in connection with your application in order to check your suitability for the position (or any other open positions in our companies) and to carry out the application process.

This personal data includes in particular

• Personal details (e.g. name and address and contact details)
• Details of qualifications (e.g. training, professional experience, language skills and further training)

3. What do we process your data for (purpose of processing) and on what legal basis?

The legal basis for the processing of your personal data in this application procedure is primarily Art. 6 para. 1 b DSGVO, and secondarily Section 26 BDSG. According to this, the processing of data required in connection with the decision on the establishment of an employment relationship is permitted.

If an employment relationship is established between you and us, we may further process the personal data already received from you for the purposes of the employment relationship in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 b DSGVO and Section 26 para. 1 BDSG if this is necessary for the performance or termination of the employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfillment of the rights and obligations of the representation of employees’ interests arising from a law or a collective agreement, a works or service agreement (collective agreement).

It may happen that we are unable to consider you for a position immediately, but would still like to keep your application on file so that we can contact you quickly if necessary. If this is the case, we will ask for your consent in accordance with Section 26 (2) BDSG to include your application in our application pool for a certain period of time. If you give us this consent, it can be revoked informally at any time.

Should your data be required for legal prosecution after completion of the application process, processing may be carried out on the basis of the requirements of Art. 6 DSGVO, in particular to safeguard legitimate interests in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. Our interest then lies in the assertion or defense of claims, for example in the context of the burden of proof in proceedings under the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG).

4. Who receives my data?

Your application data will be reviewed by the HR department upon receipt of your application. Suitable applications will then be forwarded internally to the department managers responsible for the respective open position. The further process is then coordinated. Within the company, only those persons have access to your data who need it for the proper course of our application procedure.

5. Is data transferred to a third country or to an international organization?

As a rule, data is not transferred to bodies in countries outside the European Economic Area (so-called third countries). Nevertheless, data may be transferred to third countries in individual cases, insofar as:

• it is prescribed by law,
• you have given us your consent or
• this is legitimized by the legitimate interest under data protection law and does not conflict with any higher interests of the data subject worthy of protection.

Furthermore, we do not transfer any personal data to bodies in third countries or international organizations.

However, we use service providers for certain tasks, most of whom also use service providers that may have their registered office, parent company or data centers in a third country. A transfer is permitted if the European Commission has decided that an adequate level of protection exists in a third country (Art. 45 DSGVO). If the Commission has not made such a decision, we or our service providers may only transfer personal data to a third country if suitable guarantees exist (e.g. standard data protection clauses adopted by the EU Commission or the supervisory authority in a specific procedure) and enforceable rights and effective legal remedies are available.

We have concluded corresponding contracts with our service providers and have also contractually agreed that data protection guarantees must always be in place with their contractual partners in compliance with the European level of data protection.

6. How long will my data be stored?

We store your personal data for as long as is necessary to make a decision on your application. If you are accepted for a position as part of the application process, your applicant data will be transferred to our personnel information system.

If we are unable to consider you for a position immediately and you consent to the further storage of your personal data, we will transfer your data to our applicant pool. Your data will be deleted after the agreed period (usually 12 months) or after you withdraw your consent.

If an employment relationship between you and us does not materialize, we may continue to store data to the extent necessary to defend against possible legal claims. As a rule, this includes six months after notification of the rejection or until the final decision in a pending legal dispute.

7. What data protection rights do I have?

Every data subject has the right of access under Article 15 DSGVO, the right to rectification under Article 16 DSGVO, the right to erasure under Article 17 DSGVO, the right to restriction of processing under Article 18 DSGVO, the right to object under Article 21 DSGVO and the right to data portability under Article 20 DSGVO. The restrictions under Sections 34 and 35 BDSG apply to the right of access and the right to erasure. In addition, there is a right of appeal to a competent data protection supervisory authority (Article 77 DSGVO).

You can withdraw your consent to the processing of personal data at any time. This also applies to the revocation of declarations of consent given to us before the General Data Protection Regulation came into force, i.e. before May 25, 2018. Please note that the revocation is only effective for the future. Processing that took place before the revocation is not affected.

8. Is there an obligation to provide data?

The provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually required, nor are you obliged to provide this data. However, the provision of this data is necessary for the conclusion of a contract of employment with us. Without this data, we will not be able to enter into or perform an employment relationship with you.

9. Is there automated decision-making?

We do not use automated decision-making in accordance with Article 22 DSGVO to establish, implement and terminate the working relationship. If we use these procedures in individual cases, we will inform you separately about this and about your rights in this regard, insofar as this is required by law.

10. Does profiling take place?

We do not process your data with the aim of automatically evaluating certain personal aspects.

11. information about your right to object in accordance with Article 21 DSGVO

11.1 Right to object on a case-by-case basis

You have the right to object, on grounds relating to your particular situation, at any time to processing of personal data concerning you which is based on Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO (data processing on the basis of a balancing of interests). This also applies to profiling based on this provision within the meaning of Art. 4 No. 4 DSGVO.

If you object, we will no longer process your personal data unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing serves the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims.

11.2 Recipient of an objection

The objection can be made informally with the subject “Objection”, stating your name, address and date of birth, and should be sent to the contact details mentioned under point 1 or the channel used for the application.

12. Amendment of this data protection notice

We will revise this data protection information in the event of changes to data processing or other occasions that make this necessary. You will always find the current version on this website.

Status: June 2025