Data Privacy Statement (Application Platform)

This privacy notice describes how and for which purposes Boehringer Ingelheim (hereafter “Boehringer Ingelheim”, “we”, “our”, “us”) processes personal data when you search for jobs, create a profile or apply for a job. It also describes how we share your data and informs you about your rights. 

We provide our privacy notice in various languages – you can find a list of translation below in section 2.

1. Log data and Cookies

When you visit the website, we receive log data sent by your browser (e.g. IP address, previous website visited, time and date, displayed contents, information regarding the browser and operating system). Collecting log data is technically required to enable you to use our website (the legal basis is Art. 6 (1) b) GDPR). The log files will be stored for as long as necessary for the respective purpose, in principle no longer than 14 days.

We use cookies (small text files placed on your browser) and may also use similar technologies such as pixel tags (hereinafter referred to as “Cookies”).

1.1 Essential Cookies

Essential Cookies are necessary for the website to function properly by providing basic features such as page navigation, access to secure areas of the website or language settings. We store these essential Cookies for up to 12 months.

1.2 Cookies that require your consent

1.2.1 Website optimization 

If you consent in our cookie banner to the section "Optimization", we set Cookies that allow you to navigate our website more conveniently, e.g. by storing your searches or allowing you to share job positions on social media, as well as to recognize your device on subsequent visits to get information and statistics on your usage. Cookies are stored for up to three months.

We use the following services of third-party providers: 

Adobe Analytics (Omniture)

If and as long as you consent, we use Cookies from Adobe Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited (“Adobe”). Adobe Analytics uses Cookies on behalf of Boehringer Ingelheim to analyse all traffic and usage patterns. The Cookies' lifetime extends from the respective session up to three years. The IP address collected by the Cookies is made anonymous before it is geolocated. In addition, it is replaced by a generic IP address. Adobe will not associate your IP address with other information held by Adobe. You can prevent Adobe from collecting and using information (Cookies and IP address) by using your options at http://www.adobe.com/privacy/opt-out.html (link is external) or changing your settings here.   

The analyses help us to improve our services.  

The Cookies related to this service allow us for example to 

  • Create a unique ID for users and enabling us to track visitors across our different domains,

  • Determine, if Cookies are enabled,

  • Captures statistics about the user's visits to the website,

  • Identify the time (in days) between two visits by the same visitor,

  • Learn about the number of visits by a single user.

1.2.2 Marketing Cookies

If you consent, we use marketing Cookies which may allow you to use the website more conveniently and allow us and our partners (specified below) to follow users to other websites to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.  

We work with the following services of third-party providers:  

LinkedIn

You can upload data from your LinkedIn account when you apply for a job. This requires your consent that LinkedIn can drop Cookies to upload the data, to analyze your behavior when you upload the data and interact with LinkedIn for their statistical review and to display advertising on LinkedIn or other networks. For information how LinkedIn (LinkedIn Ireland, Wilton Plaza, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland) processes your data please check https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. Cookies necessary for the functioning of our service are stored up to two years, advertising cookies are stored for 30 days. 

1.3 Withdrawing your consent

You may withdraw your consent at any time with future effect if you click here and then activate the following icon which you can find at the bottom of your screen:

 

2. Privacy Notice

The privacy notice is available in the following languages: 

Chinese (trad.)
Chinese (simplified)
German
English
French
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish