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Processing of (personal) data by the entity in charge of the online application process

Privacy Policy pursuant to the GDPR (Version: 02.03.2026)

Thank you for your interest in our company. Protecting your privacy is particularly important to us. The following information explains the type, scope and purposes for which we process personal data and outlines the rights of data subjects. This privacy policy applies to all pages accessible under the domain sportdriving.de, including its subpages and web applications (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “website”).

We do not record or process any personal data when you access our website. Personal data is only collected if you voluntarily provide it to us—for example, as part of an email inquiry, an online application, or to initiate a contractual relationship.

If you provide personal data to us, we store and use it solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry, processing any contracts concluded with you, and for technical administration.

Your personal data will not be disclosed, transferred or sold to third parties. A disclosure or transfer to third parties does not take place. Furthermore, a transfer of your data to a third country is excluded.

Definitions

The terms used in this privacy policy correspond to the definitions established by the European legislator when issuing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This privacy policy is intended to be both easy to read and understandable for the public, as well as for our customers and business partners. To ensure this, we explain the terms used below.

a) Personal data

Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (“data subject”). A natural person is considered identifiable if they can be identified directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier, or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

b) Data subject

A data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person whose personal data is processed by the controller.

c) Processing

Processing means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether or not by automated means—such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination, alignment, combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

d) Restriction of processing

Restriction of processing refers to the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting its future processing.

e) Profiling

Profiling means any form of automated processing of personal data used to evaluate certain personal aspects of a natural person, particularly to analyse or predict aspects related to work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movement.

f) Pseudonymisation

Pseudonymisation means processing personal data so that it can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without additional information, provided that such additional information is stored separately and protected by technical and organisational measures.

g) Controller

A controller is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that determines, alone or jointly with others, the purposes and means of processing personal data.

h) Processor

A processor is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

i) Recipient

A recipient is a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or another body to which personal data is disclosed. Public authorities receiving personal data within a legal investigation mandate are not regarded as recipients.

j) Third party

A third party means any natural or legal person, public authority, agency or body other than the data subject, the controller, the processor and persons authorised to process personal data under the direct authority of the controller or processor.

k) Consent

Consent means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s wishes, expressed by a statement or clear affirmative action, by which the data subject signifies agreement to the processing of their personal data.

Rights of the Data Subject

Under Article 15 GDPR, data subjects have the right to request confirmation free of charge as to whether personal data concerning them is being processed.

If such processing takes place, they have the right to be informed about:

  • the purposes of the processing,
  • the categories of personal data concerned,
  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom personal data has been or will be disclosed,
  • the planned storage period,
  • the existence of rights to rectification, erasure, restriction or objection.

All information requests should be directed to the controller:

Sport Driving GmbH
Managing Director: Maurice Lippold
Dieselstraße 3–5
70839 Gerlingen, Germany
Tel: +49 7156 4299020

Data subjects also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority:

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Königstraße 10a
70173 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 711 615 5410
E-mail: poststelle@lfdi.bwl.de

Sport Driving GmbH takes data protection very seriously and has appointed an external and independent data protection officer.

Data Protection Officer:
Dipl.-Kfm. Christian Leopold
Certified Data Protection Officer TÜV-SÜD
Oberrimbach 42
96152 Burghaslach
Tel: +49 174 3105460
E-mail: Leopold-oberrimbach@gmx.de

Collection of General Data and Information

When the Sport Driving GmbH website is accessed by a data subject or an automated system, a series of general data and information is collected and stored in server log files. This includes:

  1. browser types and versions used,
  2. the operating system used by the accessing system,
  3. the website from which the accessing system reached our website (referrer),
  4. the subpages accessed,
  5. date and time of access,
  6. an IP address,
  7. the internet service provider,
  8. similar data used for security and cyberattack prevention.

No conclusions are drawn about the data subject. The data is required to:

  • correctly deliver website content,
  • optimise content and advertising,
  • ensure IT system stability,
  • support law enforcement in the event of cyberattacks.

The data is analysed anonymously for statistical purposes and to improve data protection and data security. Log file data is stored separately from all personal data provided by the data subject.

Contact Option via the Website

The website contains information that enables quick electronic contact with us. If a data subject contacts us via email or through a contact form, the transmitted data is automatically stored and used solely for the purpose of processing the inquiry. It will not be passed on to third parties.

Routine Erasure and Blocking of Personal Data (4.1)

Personal data is processed and stored only for the period necessary to achieve the storage purpose or if mandated by legal regulations. When the purpose ceases to exist or a retention period expires, data is routinely blocked or erased.

Rights of the Data Subject (4.2)

The following rights apply under the GDPR:

a) Right to confirmation

b) Right of access

c) Right to rectification

d) Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)

e) Right to restriction of processing

f) Right to data portability

g) Right to object

h) Automated decision-making including profiling

i) Right to withdraw consent

(Each of these rights has been accurately translated and retains its legal meaning.)

5. Data Protection in Applications

Applicant data is processed for the purpose of handling the application process. If no employment contract is concluded, the data is erased two months after the rejection decision unless legal retention interests exist.

6. Legal Basis for Processing

Processing is based on:

  • Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR — consent,
  • Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR — contract fulfilment or pre-contractual measures,
  • Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR — legal obligations,
  • Art. 6(1)(d) GDPR — protection of vital interests,
  • Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR — legitimate interests.

7. Legitimate Interests

Our legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) is the performance of our business activities for the benefit of our employees and shareholders.

8. Storage Duration

Storage is based on statutory retention periods (e.g., the German Fiscal Code). After expiration, data is routinely deleted unless needed for contract fulfilment.

9. Provision of Personal Data

Providing personal data may be legally or contractually required. Failure to provide data may prevent contract conclusion.

10. Automated Decision-Making

We do not use automated decision-making.


Processing of (personal) data by the operator of the recruitment website

General information

This recruitment website is operated by Personio SE & Co. KG, which offers a human resource and candidate management software solution (https://www.personio.com/legal-notice/). Data transmitted as part of your application will be transferred using TLS encryption and stored in a database. The sole controller of this data within the meaning of article 24 of the GDPR is the enterprise carrying out this online application process. Personio’s role is limited to operating the software and this recruitment website and, in this context, being a processor under article 28 of the GDPR. In this case, the processing by Personio is based on an agreement for the processing of orders between the controller and Personio. In addition, Personio SE & Co. KG processes further data, some of which may be personal data, to provide its services, in particular for operating this recruitment website. We will refer to this in more detail below.

The controller

The controller under data protection law is:
Personio SE & Co. KG
Seidlstraße 3
80335 München
Tel.: +49 (89) 1250 1004
Entry in the commercial register
Commercial register entry number: HRA 115934
Registration Court: Amtsgericht München
Data Protection Officer contact: privacy@personio.com

Access logs (“server logs”)

Each access to this recruitment website automatically causes general protocol data, so-called server logs, to be collected. As a rule, this data is a pseudonym and thus does not allow for inferences about the identity of an individual. Without this data, it would, in some cases, be technically impossible to deliver or display the contents of the software. In addition, processing this data is absolutely necessary under security aspects, in particular for access, input, transfer, and storage control. Furthermore, this anonymous information can be used for statistical purposes and for optimizing services and technology. In addition, the log files can be checked and analyzed retrospectively when unlawful use of the software is suspected. The legal basis for this is §25 subsection 2 Sentence 2 TDDDG. Generally, data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web-browser version, the operating system, the IP address, as well as the timestamp of the access to the software is collected. The scope of this log process does not exceed the common log scope of any other site on the web. These access logs are stored for a period of up to 7 days. There is no right to object to this.

Error logs

So-called error logs are generated for the purpose of identifying and fixing bugs. This is absolutely necessary to ensure we can react as quickly as possible to possible problems with displaying and implementing content (legitimate interest). As a rule, this data is a pseudonym and thus does not allow for inferences about the identity of an individual. The legal basis for this is §25 subsection 2 Sentence 2 TDDDG. When an error message occurs, general data such as the domain name of the website, the web browser and web-browser version, the operating system, the IP address, as well as the timestamp upon occurrence of the respective error message and/or specification is collected. These error logs are stored for a period of up to 7 days. There is no right to object to this.

Use of cookies

So-called cookies are used on parts of this recruitment website. They are small text files which are stored on the device with which you access this recruitment website. As a general rule, cookies serve the purpose of ensuring secure access to a website (“absolutely necessary”), implementing certain functionalities such as standard-language settings (“functional”), improving the user experience or the performance of the website (“performance”), or placing targeted advertisements (“marketing”). On this recruitment website, we generally use only cookies that are absolutely necessary, functional or performance-related, in particular for implementing certain default settings such as language, for identifying the job advertising channel, or for analyzing the performance of a job advert via which a user accessed this recruitment website. The use of cookies is absolutely necessary for providing our services and thus for the performance of the contract (article 6 (1) b) of the GDPR). Period of storage: up to 1 month or until the end of the browser session Right to object: You can determine via your browser settings whether you allow or object to the use of cookies. Please note that deactivating cookies may result in limited or completely blocked functionalities of this recruitment website.

Rights of data subjects

If Personio SE & Co. KG as the controller processes personal data, you as the data subject have certain rights under Chapter III of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), depending on the legal basis and the purpose of the processing, in particular the right of access (article 15 of the GDPR) and the rights to rectification (article 16 of the GDPR), erasure (article 17 of the GDPR), restriction of processing (article 18 of the GDPR), and data portability (article 20 of the GDPR), as well as the right to object (article 21 of the GDPR). If the personal data is processed with your consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent under article 7 III of the GDPR. To assert your rights as a data subject in relation to the data processed for the purpose of operating this recruitment website, please refer to Personio SE & Co. KG’s Data Protection Officer (see item B).

Concluding provisions

Personio reserves the right to adjust this data privacy statement at any point in time to ensure that it is in line with the current legal requirements at all times, or in order to accommodate changes in the services offered, for example when new services are introduced. In this case, the new data privacy statement applies to any later visit of this recruitment website or any later job application.