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Last update: February 2026

Oerlikon is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data.

You should read this Privacy Notice before creating an account and accessing our e-Recruiting platform and before applying to any job offer at Oerlikon.

This privacy notice explains how Oerlikon uses your personal data during a recruitment process, the rights that you have on your personal data and how to exert them. By “Oerlikon”, we mean all and every company of the Oerlikon Group. By “Oerlikon Group” we mean OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Pfäffikon (Switzerland) and all its subsidiaries.

By “personal data”, we mean any information that may directly or indirectly identify a job applicant.

1. Who is responsible for the collection and use of your personal data?

The company legally responsible for the use of your personal data (the “data controller”) is the Oerlikon company proposing the job offer/position you are applying for. This Oerlikon company is identified in the relevant job description.

If you choose not to share your profile solely with the Oerlikon company at the origin of a specific job offer, but to look for opportunities with other Oerlikon companies as well, all the Oerlikon companies accessing your profile will be acting as separate data controllers.

2. What personal data about you is collected and used in the selection process?

The personal data that Oerlikon collects to manage recruitment processes in line with applicable laws are:

-          personal data collected from you : name, surname, date of birth (optional), home address, phone number, email address, CV information with career history, education, certifications, additional skills or knowledge and any other information that would be required from job applicants in order to comply with local laws (i.e. we do not collect any sensitive data about job applicants, as race or religion, except in countries where local laws, notably anti-discrimination laws, so require), or that candidates deem relevant to provide us with, in order to better asses their professional skills.

-          personal data collected from other sources, for example when:

o   external recruitment agencies or temp agencies provide us with your CV

o   we consult your professional profile on professional social media as LinkedIn or Xing

o   we perform any due diligence legally required in the country where the Oerlikon company at the origin of a job offer is located

o   with your prior consent, the Oerlikon recruitment team, in charge of analysing your application, contacts your previous employer.

3. What is the legal basis for collecting and processing such data?

Oerlikon collects and uses personal data relating to job applicants based on:

-          the necessity to comply with laws and regulations applicable to the Oerlikon company at the origin of a job opportunity and recruitment process

-          the legitimate interest to assess and select appropriate job applicants for a specific job and to defend its rights before a court, tribunal or authority where necessary

-          the necessity to negotiate with the selected candidate, the terms of a job offer and employment contract.

We leverage on your prior consent to keep your personal data in our job applicants pool for 2 years, for sharing it within the Oerlikon group or for contacting your former employer.[CD1] 

4. Why do we collect and use personal data about you?

We collect and use your personal data to assess and select job applicants in line with applicable laws, our Code of conduct as well as our policies and business needs.

5. For how long do we store your personal data?

If your application is successful:

-          your personal data will be kept in our HR systems for the duration of your employment relationship and will then be archived only for legal purposes for the applicable statute of limitation period.

If your application is not successful:

-          any original document provided, copies of passport/ID cards or official documents issued by public authorities, will be immediately returned to the applicant

-          the CV, application, communications with you and any tests will be archived by Oerlikon for the statute of limitation period applicable in the country of the Oerlikon company you are applying to for legal reasons

-          with your prior consent: we will keep your personal data (identification data, CV and application) in our “job applicant pool”, for future job opportunities, for a maximum period of 2 years

-           please note that you will be able to delete your profile from our active” job applicants pool” at any time, by logging into your candidate profile and selecting the “Delete Profile” option in the section “My Profile”. For offline recruitment processes, you will otherwise be able to request the deletion of your profile at any time to the HR person mentioned as the point of contact for the job offer you responded to.

6. Who has access to your personal data?

Your personal data will be accessed and processed only by the below recipients to the extent necessary for them to perform their respective tasks in relation with the management of the recruitment process and job applicants’ data:

-          HR department of the Oerlikon company/companies you are applying to

-          Hiring managers within the recruiting Oerlikon company/companies

-          Works council where applicable

-          Oerlikon IT teams and external IT suppliers providing support with the maintenance and storage of systems containing job applicants’ data

-          Our compliance and legal teams in case of litigation or legally required verification

-          Providers of HR and recruitment services.

7. In which country the e-Recruiting platform is stored?

The e-Recruiting Platform is stored within the EU (Germany). [CD2] In the case where your application would need to be shared between different Oerlikon companies to respond to your application request(s) then it will be protected by our Intra Group Data Transfer and Data Processing Agreement (IGDTPA) which is based on the EU Standard Contractual Clauses of the European Commission and includes the required UK and Swiss amendments.

8. What are your rights on your personal data collected through our e-Recruiting platform?

You have the rights to request:

-          information about what personal data is collected about you, how it is used and obtain a copy of it

-          the correction or deletion of your personal data if it is incomplete or incorrect

-          that we do not use or stop using (right to object) or restrict our use of your personal data. We will therefore no longer process your personal data unless we have compelling legitimate reasons for keeping and using your personal data which outweigh your interests such as the necessity for us to comply with applicable laws or exercise and defend our rights before a court or regulator

-          the withdrawal of any consent given for a certain use of your personal data (e.g. keeping your profile in our job applicants pool during 2 years after your initial application). Such withdrawal will apply for the future only but not retroactively

-          explanation as to why your application was not successful. Please note that, at Oerlikon, no recruitment decision is taken solely based on automated results. Every recruitment process is conducted by a recruitment team composed of the Human Resources team members of the Oerlikon company at the origin of the recruitment process and the concerned hiring manager(s), in compliance with our Code of Conduct and applicable employment laws.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the competent data protection authority in the country where the Oerlikon company at the origin of the job opportunity you applied for is located (its name and address is mentioned in the job offer).

Job applicants using the e-Recruiting tool can always amend or delete their profile online through their own account. For any request concerning the recruitment and whether your application has been accepted or not and why, you can contact the person responsible for the recruitment indicated in the concerned job offer.

For any other request or concern concerning the use of your personal data by an Oerlikon company, you can contact the Global Data Privacy Officer at  privacy.corporate@oerlikon.com.  

When you write to the Global Data Privacy Officer, please specify: your name, surname, a valid email address, the job offer you responded to, the name of the Oerlikon company who issued the concerned job offer, the nature of your request or concern and the scope of personal data covered by your request.