Privacy policy statement

Data Privacy Statement

Declaration of consent (Version 02.08.2017)
Welcome to our internet site and thank you for your interest in Hilti. Please be aware of the following declaration:

1. Preface
This e-recruiting application is run, also for other companies belonging to the Hilti group, by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Liechtenstein as the operator. As a rule, the responsible entity is the Hilti group company specified in the respective job posting. In case of unspecified applications it is Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Liechtenstein.
You agree that your personal data including all information of attachments entered to the system by yourself (hereinafter as "data") may be stored and used by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Liechtenstein respectively the responsible Hilti group company for the purpose of your application. Personal data which contain information about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, health or sex life will not be collected on purpose. If you voluntarily disclose special types of personal data (including those mentioned in your attachments), you formally agree that this data will be dealt with in the same way as described in this document.

2. Data access
The relevant persons required to fill open positions within the Hilti group have access to your stored data, as mentioned below:

2.1. Declaration of privacy consent - Option 1
My Data will be made available by Hilti (Aust) Pty Limited ("Hilti") to human resources and/or technical departments of different entities of the Hilti group (hereafter "Hilti Group") within the scope of an application process for the following purposes: evaluation of my application by my potential supervisor, and/or the competent human resources staff, who might in each case be working for another entity of Hilti and may be processed and used also after completion of the application process for another period of one (1) year. The purpose of the above is to enable the Hilti Group to get in touch with me for professional purposes and to potentially consider me within the scope of another job offering (hereafter "Database Purpose"). The human resources staff and the decision makers in the respective technical departments of the Hilti Group will have access to My Data. In this regard, the entities of the Hilti Group might be located in a country that does not provide the same level of data protection as my home country. I accept that My Data will not be protected in the same scope in these countries as they are in in my home country. Under the following link, I can check which entities belong to the Hilti Group.

2.2. Declaration of privacy consent - Option 2
My Data will be made available by Hilti (Aust) Pty Limited ("Hilti") to human resources and/or technical departments of different entities of the Hilti group (hereafter "Hilti Group") within the scope of an application process for the following purposes: evaluation of my application by my potential supervisor, and/or the competent human resources staff, who might in each case be working for another entity of Hilti. The human resources staff and the decision makers in the respective technical departments of the Hilti Group will have access to My Data. In this regard, the entities of the Hilti Group might be located in a country that does not provide the same level of data protection as my home country. I accept that My Data will not be protected in the same scope in these countries as they are in in my home country. Under the following link, I can check which entities belong to the Hilti Group.

To ensure proper operation, selected employees of Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Liechtenstein / Hilti Befestigungstechnik AG, Buchs, Switzerland have access to the data. In addition, selected employees of subcontractors of Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Liechtenstein have access to the data from the U.S. in order to fulfill their administrative and support duties. Data protection is ensured in an appropriate way. In particular, those employees are not permitted to use the data for their private or other purposes not covered by this statement and are under a written obligation to maintain secrecy.
Furthermore, the data entered by you is protected against unauthorized access through encrypted transmission and storage, a data backup concept and physical security arrangements for the servers as well as a role and authorization concept.

3. Data storage
The data which are stored in encrypted form are located in a data center in Switzerland. Your data will be retained according to the respective local applicable data retention period unless you delete your profile before the standard retention period ends.
If you update the information before the expiry of the data retention period the respective period will be prolonged respectively.

4. Your responsibility
You are responsible for ensuring that the personal data you fill in or complete (incl. any attachments) is lawful, truthful, correct, non-ambiguous and up-to-date. You can maintain your own account to secure rightness of all your data.

5. Display, modification or deletion of your personal data
You have the right to view your personal data upon request free of charge. In addition, you have the right to have any personal data deleted, to object to the processing of your data and to have any incorrect data corrected.
If you do not have your data deleted it will remain stored after the application process has been expired up to the specific retention period according to the local law where the candidate is located. This period restarts if you submit a new application or update your profile.
If you have filled in or completed your candidate profile without applying for a specific open position, your data will be retained according to the respective local applicable data retention period unless you delete your profile before the standard retention period ends.
If you need support to display, modify or withdraw your personal data, contact us with an email to mycareer-techsupport@hilti.com

6. Data administration
Because of the specifics of the internet and computer systems, Hilti does not accept any liability for the availability of the Hilti website or e-Recruiting application.

7. Exclusion of liability
Any liability in connection with the correctness and accuracy of the information contained therein, or for any third-party intellectual property rights or copyrights is explicitly excluded. Liability on the part of Hilti shall be excluded except where mandatory liability applies.

8. Cookies
The e-Recruiting application uses cookies and places them on your PC. These cookies are session-related, do not contain any personal data and will be deleted at the end of the session.