ESS-FOOD Privacy Notice

ESS-FOOD Privacy Notice

PRIVACY NOTICE

Thank you for submitting your job application and/or CV. 

In order to apply for a job, you need to provide us with certain information about yourself. The purpose of this privacy notice is to inform you, as a job applicant, about how ESS-FOOD A/S ("ESS-FOOD") processes your personal data and what your rights are in that respect.

1. Data Controller:

The data controller for processing your personal data is: 

ESS-FOOD A/S

CVR no. 73 59 93 18

Vesterbrogade 4A, 2.,

1620 København V

Tlf.: +45 43 46 90 00

ESS-FOOD A/S is part of the Danish Crown Group. 

What types of personal data is collected? 

ESS-FOOD will process the personal data submitted by you in connection with your job application on this page or subsequently. This may for example include: 

  • Contact information (e.g. name, postal address, telephone number and email address)
  • Background information (e.g. information about work experience, language- and academic qualifications)
  • Demographic information (e.g. information about age, gender, nationality, income and work situation)
  • Information collected as part of the interview process (e.g. notes taken during your interview and personality test)
  • Portrait picture in CV

In addition, ESS-FOOD may process personal data about you collected to a job interview (e.g. interview notes) or gathered from third parties with your consent (e.g. if you reference a previous employer in your job application and allow us to contact said employer to obtain information about you). 

2. For what purposes does ESS-FOOD use the personal data? 

ESS-FOOD will process your personal i) in order to pursue its legitimate interest in being able to evaluate your job application and to carry out the recruitment process, and ii) when relevant to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you, cf. Articles 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation). 

3. How long will ESS-FOOD keep personal data? 

ESS-FOOD saves personal data regarding the candidates who have not been offered employment for up to 6 months after completion of the recruiting process. The purpose of saving the data during this period of time is for ESS-FOOD to have the possibility to respond to questions regarding the recruitment process and the reasons the position was given to another candidate. 

In some cases, we may, with your consent, keep your personal data for the eventuality that future job opportunities arise for which we consider you suitable. 

4. Who may access my personal data?

Your personal data will only be used by ESS-FOOD and service providers in connection with recruitment of employees for ESS-FOOD. Your personal data are kept in absolute confidence and will only be available to trusted employees in our HR department and the managers involved in the recruitment in question. 

Your personal data will be processed solely within the EU/EEA, unless you have decided to submit your job application to a company based outside the EU/EEA. 

5. Security measures

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational security measures to ensure an adequate security level and require that trusted third parties who process your personal information do the same. Accordingly, we use our best efforts to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data.

6. What are my rights? 

Subject to certain exemptions set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation), you have the following rights in respect of your personal data:

a) the right to obtain a copy of the personal data collected about you and to transmit said copy to another data controller

b) the right to update or amend the personal data collected about you if it is inaccurate or incomplete

c) the right to erase, or restrict the processing of, the personal data collected about you 

d) the right to object to the processing of the personal data collected about you, including in respect of any data processed for direct marketing purposes 

e) the right to withdraw any consent you have provided in respect of our processing of your personal data

f) the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority

If you would like to exercise any of the above rights, please contact using the following link: How to exercise your data privacy rights

7. Changes to this privacy notice

We reserve the right to amend this privacy notice based on substantial changes in the legislation, new technical solutions, new or improved functions and to improve the website. 

8. Contact information

If you have any questions relating to the handling of your personal data by the Danish Crown Group, please do not hesitate to contact us at GDPR@danishcrown.dk. ESS-FOOD A/S is part of Danish Crown Group.