Recruiting Privacy Policy

KARL STORZ, as identified in Sec. 7 (Contact us) below, ("KARL STORZ" or "we", "us" or "our") is pleased about your visit to our career portal ("Career Portal") or one of our career social media channels ("Career Channels") as well as your interest in working at our company. We take the protection of your personal data serious and we want you to feel comfortable visiting our Career Portal and Career Channels. The protection of your privacy in the processing of personal data is an important concern for us, which we take into account in our business processes. This Recruiting Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") informs you, as a visitor of the Career Portal or Career Channels how we, as controller within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), collect and process personal data and other information of you in connection with your usage of the Career Portal (see A.) or Career Channels (see B.).

A.   Career Portal

When you visit our Career Portal, this Recruiting Privacy Policy applies in addition to the Website Privacy Policy which can be found here https://www.karlstorz.com/de/de/data-privacy.htm. The Website Privacy Policy contains further information on how we handle your data when you visit our website.

The information on the Career Portal consists of a "Summary Notice" (see below at section 1.) and a "Detailed Notice" (see below at section 2.).

1.   Summary Notice

a.   Categories of personal data and processing purposes

If you apply for a job on our Career Portal, we may collect and process the personal data provided by you.

If provided by you, the personal data we collect about you may qualify as special categories of personal data such as information about any disability.

We process your personal data only for purposes necessary for the recruiting process. Furthermore, we process your personal data to comply with applicable laws and to be able to communicate with you, within KARL STORZ and/or with third parties. We might also process your personal data for responding to and complying with requests and legal demands from other authorities in or outside of your home country.

For details, please refer to section 2.a.

b.   Third parties and international transfers

Your personal data may be received by different recipients within the KARL STORZ Group (click here to see a list of the KARL STORZ Entities). Depending on the position you apply for different KARL STORZ entities and internal departments within the KARL STORZ Group may have access to your personal data for the above mentioned purposes.

We will transfer your personal data to SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG  who acts as our service provider in order to administrate and provide the Career Portal (SuccessFactors).

We may transfer your personal data with governmental authorities, courts, external advisors, and similar third parties that are public bodies as required or permitted by applicable law.

For details, please refer to section 2.b.

c.   Legal basis for the processing and necessity to provide data

We may carry out the processing of your personal data in connection with the Career Portal generally on the legal basis of consent, the necessity to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, necessity for compliance with legal obligations, necessity for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, or overriding legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.

If you want to apply for a job using the Career Portal, you must provide your personal data except in limited instances when we indicate that certain information is voluntary. Not providing your personal data may prevent KARL STORZ from reviewing and assessing your job application and may require KARL STORZ to reject your job application.

For details, please refer to section 2.c.

d.   What rights do you have and how can you assert your rights?

Pursuant to applicable data protection law, you may have certain rights in relation to the processing of your personal data by us. For further information regarding your rights and how to exercise your rights, please visit our Website Privacy Policy.

e.   Cookies and other tracking technologies

Further information on cookies and other tracking technologies can be found in our Website Privacy Policy.

f.    How long do we keep your personal data?

Unless you consented to a longer retention period, your personal data is stored by KARL STORZ strictly to the extent necessary to assess your job application and carry out the hiring process and for the time necessary to achieve those purposes.
In principle, we will delete your personal data 6 months after a negative hiring decision by KARL STORZ or after your rejection of a job offer from KARL STORZ.
If you accept an offer from us, your personal data will be retained for the duration of your employment with KARL STORZ.
For details, please refer to section 2.f.

g.   Contact us

If you have concerns or questions regarding this Recruiting Privacy Policy, please contact us:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-0
info@karlstorz.com

The contact details of our data protection officer are as follows:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
ATTN: KARL STORZ Data Protection Officer
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-6965
privacy@karlstorz.com

2.   Detailed Notice

a.   Categories of personal data and processing purposes

Categories of personal data

If you apply for a job on our Career Portal, we may collect and process the personal data provided by you, whereby we assume that you provide, for example, the following personal data: full name, academic title, postal address, email address, telephone number, mobile number, termination period (current employment), how you have found KARL STORZ, earliest possible entry date, contract type (regular, temporary), school qualification, job education, professional experience and abilities, further experience, preferred communication language, expected compensation, photo, job references, driving license information (depending on the position), student status (depending on the position), language skills (depending on the position), as well as further personal data provided by you in formula fields, your cover note, CV and other attachments you send to us.

Special categories of personal data

If provided by you, the personal data we collect about you may qualify as special categories of personal data such as information about any disability. However, we will generally not explicitly ask you to provide such sensitive data.

Source of your personal data

We obtain the above mentioned personal data, including special categories of personal data, directly from you in your application or during job interviews with you.

Processing purposes

We process your personal data only for purposes necessary for the recruiting process, in particular to review and assess your job application, to make a hiring decision, and to complete the hiring process in case you should be offered and accept a position at KARL STORZ. Furthermore, we process your personal data to comply with applicable laws, such as employment and immigration laws and employment-related requirements, and to be able to communicate with you, within KARL STORZ and/or with third parties (such as government officials). We might also process your personal data for responding to and complying with requests and legal demands from other authorities in or outside of your home country.

b.   Third parties and international transfers

Recipients within the KARL STORZ Group

Your personal data may be received by different recipients within the KARL STORZ Group (click here to see a list of the KARL STORZ Entities . Depending on the position you apply for different KARL STORZ entities and internal departments within the KARL STORZ Group may have access to your personal data for the above mentioned purposes. We will transfer your personal data in particular to those KARL STORZ entities who offer the position you applied for or you showed an interest in.

Transfer to service providers

We will transfer your personal data to SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG  who acts as our service provider in order to administrate and provide the Career Portal (SuccessFactors).

Other recipients

We may transfer - in compliance with applicable data protection law - personal data to external advisors like interim managers, personnel consultants, advisors for personnel development, law enforcement agencies, governmental authorities, judicial authorities, legal counsels, external consultants, or business partners. In case of a corporate merger or acquisition, personal data may be transferred to the third parties involved in the merger or acquisition. We will not disclose your personal data to third parties for advertising or marketing purposes or for any other purposes without permission.

c.   Legal basis for the processing and necessity to provide data

We may carry out the processing of your personal data in connection with the Career Portal generally on the following legal basis:

  • You have given your consent to the processing of your data for one or more specific purposes;
  • The processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;
  • The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of you which require protection of personal data; such legitimate interests are the fulfilment of the processing purposes set out above in Sec. 1 (Categories of personal data and processing purposes);
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest;
  • The processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity;
  • The processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations, in particular in the area of labor and employment law, social security and protection law, data protection law and corporate compliance laws.

If you want to apply for a job using the Career Portal, you must provide your personal data except in limited instances when we indicate that certain information is voluntary. Not providing your personal data may prevent KARL STORZ from reviewing and assessing your job application and may require KARL STORZ to reject your job application.

d.   What rights do you have and how can you assert your rights?

Pursuant to applicable data protection law, you may have certain rights in relation to the processing of your personal data by us. For further information regarding your rights and how to exercise your rights, please visit our Website Privacy Policy.

e.   Cookies and other tracking technologies

Further information on cookies and other tracking technologies can be found in our Website Privacy Policy.

f.    How long do we keep your personal data?

Unless you consented to a longer retention period, your personal data is stored by KARL STORZ strictly to the extent necessary to assess your job application and carry out the hiring process and for the time necessary to achieve those purposes. When we no longer need to use your personal data, we will remove it from our systems and records and/or take steps to properly anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it (unless we need to keep your personal data to comply with legal or regulatory obligations to which we are subject).

In principle, we will delete your personal data 6 months after a negative hiring decision by KARL STORZ or after your rejection of a job offer from KARL STORZ.

If you accept an offer from us, your personal data will be retained for the duration of your employment with KARL STORZ, including any additional storage obligations.

g.   Contact us

If you have concerns or questions regarding this Recruiting Privacy Policy, please contact us:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-0
info@karlstorz.com

The contact details of our data protection officer are as follows:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
ATTN: KARL STORZ Data Protection Officer
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-6965
privacy@karlstorz.com

B.   Career Channels

When you visit one of our Career Channels this Recruiting Privacy Policy applies in addition to the privacy notice of the respective social network. As of today, we use the following Career Channels:

  • LinkedIn (KARL STORZ), the privacy notice of which can be found here.
  • XING (KARL STORZ), the privacy notice of which can be found here.
  • Instagram(@karlstorzkarriere), the privacy notice of which can be found here.

The information on the Career Channels consists of a "Summary Notice" (see below at section 1.) and a "Detailed Notice" (see below at section 2.).

1.   Summary Notice

a.   Categories of personal data and processing purposes

If you visit our Career Channels and interact with us via our Career Channels, we may collect and process certain personal data.

If provided by you, the personal data we collect about you may qualify as special categories of personal data such as information about any disability.

We process your personal data only for purposes necessary for responding to your interactions with our Career Channels and the recruiting process Furthermore, we process your personal data to comply with applicable laws and to be able to communicate with you, within KARL STORZ and/or with third parties. We might also process your personal data for responding to and complying with requests and legal demands from other authorities in or outside of your home country.

For details, please refer to section 2.a.

b.   Joint controller notice

Due to the social media profiles we create and operate on the Career Channels, we are joint controllers with the operators of the respective social networks. Therefore, we have entered into a joint controller agreement with each of the operators of the respective social networks setting out the responsibilities to safeguard your personal data.

For details, please refer to section 2.b.

c.   Third parties and international transfers

Your personal data may be received by different recipients within the KARL STORZ Group (click here to see a list of the KARL STORZ Entities). Depending on the position you apply for different KARL STORZ entities and internal departments within the KARL STORZ Group may have access to your personal data for the above mentioned purposes.

We will transfer your personal data to the SAP Germany SE & Co. KG who acts as our service provider in order to administrate and provide the Career Portal.

We may transfer your personal data with governmental authorities, courts, external advisors, and similar third parties that are public bodies as required or permitted by applicable law.

For details, please refer to section 2.c.

d.   Legal basis for the processing and necessity to provide data

We may carry out the processing of your personal data in connection with the Career Portal generally on the legal basis of consent, the necessity to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, necessity for compliance with legal obligations, necessity for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest, or overriding legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party.

If you want to apply for a job using the Career Portal, you must provide your personal data except in limited instances when we indicate that certain information is voluntary. Not providing your personal data may prevent KARL STORZ from reviewing and assessing your job application and may require KARL STORZ to reject your job application.

For details, please refer to section 2.d.

e.   What rights do you have and how can you assert your rights?

Pursuant to applicable data protection law, you may have certain rights in relation to the processing of your personal data by us. For further information regarding your rights and how to exercise your rights, please visit our Website Privacy Policy

f.    Cookies and other tracking technologies

Further information on cookies and other tracking technologies can be found in our Website Privacy Policy

g.   How long do we keep your personal data?

Unless you consented to a longer retention period, your personal data is stored by KARL STORZ strictly to the extent necessary to assess your job application and carry out the hiring process and for the time necessary to achieve those purposes.

In principle, we will delete your personal data 6 months after a negative hiring decision by KARL STORZ or after your rejection of a job offer from KARL STORZ.

If you accept an offer from us, your personal data will be retained for the duration of your employment with KARL STORZ.

h.   Contact us

If you have concerns or questions regarding this Recruiting Privacy Policy, please contact us:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-0
info@karlstorz.com

The contact details of our data protection officer are as follows:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
ATTN: KARL STORZ Data Protection Officer
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-6965
privacy@karlstorz.com

2.   Detailed Notice

Categories of personal data and processing purposes

Categories of personal data

If you visit our Career Channels and interact with us via our Career Channels, e.g., by liking, commenting and/or sharing our posts or by sending us a message, we may collect and process certain personal data.

Which personal data we receive from the Career Channels can be derived from the following:

LinkedIn: Name, like, comments
XING: Name, like, comments
Instagram: Name, like, comments

Further, we process the personal data provided by you, e.g., in comments or messages, whereby we assume that you provide, for example, the following personal data: full name, academic title, date of birth, postal address, email address, telephone number, mobile number, termination period (current employment), how you have found KARL STORZ, earliest possible entry date, contract type (regular, temporary), school qualification, job education, professional experience and abilities, further experience, preferred communication language, expected compensation, photo, job references, driving license information (depending on the position), student status (depending on the position), language skills (depending on the position), as well as further personal data provided by you in formula fields, your cover note, CV and other attachments you send to us.

Special categories of personal data

If provided by you, the personal data we collect about you may qualify as special categories of personal data such as information about any disability.

Processing purposes

We process your personal data only for purposes necessary for responding to your interactions with our Career Channels and the recruiting process, in particular to review and assess your job application, to make a hiring decision, and to complete the hiring process in case you should be offered and accept a position at KARL STORZ. Furthermore, we process your personal data to comply with applicable laws, such as employment and immigration laws and employment-related requirements, and to be able to communicate with you, within KARL STORZ and/or with third parties (such as government officials). We might also process your personal data for responding to and complying with requests and legal demands from other authorities in or outside of your home country.

b.   Joint controller notices

Due to the social media profiles we create and operate on the Career Channels, we are joint controllers with the operators of the respective social networks. Therefore, we have entered into a joint controller agreement with each of the operators of the respective social networks setting out the responsibilities to safeguard your personal data as follows:

LinkedIn:  Summary of the joint controller agreement can be found here.
Instagram: Summary of the joint controller agreement with Meta (page controller addendum) can be found here.

c.   Third parties and international transfers

Recipients within the KARL STORZ Group

Your personal data may be received by different recipients within the KARL STORZ Group (click here to see a list of the KARL STORZ Entities https://www.karlstorz.com). Depending on the position you apply for different KARL STORZ entities and internal departments within the KARL STORZ Group may have access to your personal data for the above mentioned purposes. We will transfer your personal data in particular to those KARL STORZ entities who offer the position you applied for or you showed an interest in.

Other recipients

We may transfer - in compliance with applicable data protection law - personal data to external advisors like interim managers, personnel consultants, advisors for personnel development, law enforcement agencies, governmental authorities, judicial authorities, legal counsels, external consultants, or business partners. In case of a corporate merger or acquisition, personal data may be transferred to the third parties involved in the merger or acquisition. We will not disclose your personal data to third parties for advertising or marketing purposes or for any other purposes without permission.

d.   Legal basis for the processing and necessity to provide data

  • We may carry out the processing of your personal data in connection with the Career Channels generally on the following legal basis:
  • You have given your consent to the processing of your data for one or more specific purposes;
  • The processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract;
  • The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of you which require protection of personal data; such legitimate interests are the fulfilment of the processing purposes set out above in Sec. 1 (Categories of personal data and processing purposes);
  • The processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest;
  • The processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity;
  • The processing is necessary for compliance with legal obligations, in particular in the area of labor and employment law, social security and protection law, data protection law and corporate compliance laws.

If you want to apply for a job using the Career Channels, you must provide your personal data except in limited instances when we indicate that certain information is voluntary. Not providing your personal data may prevent KARL STORZ from reviewing and assessing your job application and may require KARL STORZ to reject your job application.

e.   What rights do you have and how can you assert your rights?

Pursuant to applicable data protection law, you may have certain rights in relation to the processing of your personal data by us. For further information regarding your rights and how to exercise your rights, please visit our Website Privacy Policy https://www.karlstorz.com/de/de/data-privacy.htm.

f.    Cookies and other tracking technologies

We ourselves do not use cookies and other tracking technologies on the Career Channels. The providers of the platforms on which we operate our Career Channels may use such cookies and other tracking technologies; please refer to the information provided by them in this regard.

g.   How long do we keep your personal data?

Unless you consented to a longer retention period, your personal data is stored by KARL STORZ strictly to the extent necessary to react to your interaction with our Career Channels and, to the extent applicable, assess your job application and carry out the hiring process and for the time necessary to achieve those purposes. When we no longer need to use your personal data, we will remove it from our systems and records and/or take steps to properly anonymize it so that you can no longer be identified from it (unless we need to keep your personal data to comply with legal or regulatory obligations to which we are subject).

In principle, we will delete your personal data 6 months after a negative hiring decision by KARL STORZ or after your rejection of a job offer from KARL STORZ.

If you accept an offer from us, your personal data will be retained for the duration of your employment with KARL STORZ, including any additional storage obligations.

h.   Contact us

If you have concerns or questions regarding this Recruiting Privacy Policy, please contact us:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-0
info@karlstorz.com

The contact details of our data protection officer are as follows:

KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
ATTN: KARL STORZ Data Protection Officer
Dr. Karl-Storz-Straße 34, 78532 Tuttlingen, Germany
Tel. +49 7461 708-6965
privacy@karlstorz.com

Changes to this Recruiting Privacy Policy

We may update this Recruiting Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, regulatory or operational requirements.

Last updated: July 2023

 

­KARL STORZ NORTH AMERICA

CALIFORNIA EMPLOYEE PRIVACY NOTICE

Last Updated: August 21, 203

The purpose of this Applicant Privacy Notice (“Notice”) is to inform California job applicants (“Applicants” or “you”) of KARL STORZ North America, including KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc., KARL STORZ Imaging, Inc., and KARL STORZ Veterinary Endoscopy America, Inc. (“KSNA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), of the categories of Personal Information we collect, use, and disclose, and the rights you have relating to your Personal Information under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (the “CCPA”).

As used in this Notice, the term “Personal Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with KSNA Applicants. Personal Information does not include information that is publicly available, de-identified, or aggregated, and the CCPA exempts certain additional categories of information from its purview, such as information subject to other laws and regulations.  This Notice applies only to information governed by the CCPA.

Unless otherwise noted, the disclosures herein cover our activities in the twelve (12) months preceding the Last Updated Date, as well as our current practices.

Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Personal Information

We may collect, use, and disclose Personal Information for business purposes consistent with applicable laws as identified below. Where KSNA discloses applicable Personal Information to recipients, such as our service providers, it does so for the same business purposes described below. These examples may vary depending on the nature of your interactions with us.

Category of Personal Information

Business Purposes for Collection, Use, or Disclosure

Categories of Recipients to Whom Personal information is Disclosed for a Business Purpose

Identifiers such as personal contact details such as name, username and password for our careers website, telephone number, email address, mailing address, professional license numbers, IP address

To open and maintain your application records

To communicate with you regarding your application

To confirm eligibility, qualification, and background checks

To comply with applicable state, federal labor, employment, equal employment opportunity, and related laws

To manage the security of our premises and systems

To detect and prevent fraud against you and/or us

Data analytics providers

Security providers

Background check vendors

Information technology vendors

Service providers

Personal information described in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e) such as name, physical and electronic signature, address, telephone number, physical characteristics, education, employment, employment history

Some of this information overlaps with the other categories listed in this Notice.

To open and maintain your application records

To communicate with you regarding your application

To confirm eligibility, qualification, and background checks

To comply with applicable state, federal labor, employment, equal employment opportunity, and related laws

To manage the security of our premises and systems

To detect and prevent fraud against you and/or us

Data analytics providers

Security providers

Background check vendors

Information technology vendors

Service providers

Protected classification characteristics, including race, gender, veteran status, and disability for EEO reporting purposes.

To comply with applicable state, federal labor, employment, equal employment opportunity, and related laws

Security providers

Information technology vendors

Service providers

Internet or other electronic network activity information such as browser type and language, operating system, website access time, duration of visit, referring website address, browsing and search history on our websites, webpages viewed immediately before and after our websites, information related to your interactions with our websites, emails, text message communications, and advertisements

To open and maintain your application records

To communicate with you regarding your application

To investigate security breaches and misuse of computer equipment and systems, and for safety and security.

To confirm eligibility, qualification, and background checks

To manage the security of our premises and systems

To detect and prevent fraud against you and/or us

Data analytics providers

Security providers

Background check vendors

Information technology vendors

Service providers

Professional or employment-related information such as skills, qualifications, work experience, references, recommendations, and other information included in a resume, CV, application form, or cover letter;

Answers to behavioral or other screening questions in an application or interview;

Information contained in any websites or documents you choose to share with us;

Information relating to professional licenses, training, disciplinary actions, and membership in professional organizations;

Information relating to membership in civic organizations.

To open and maintain your application records

To communicate with you regarding your application

To confirm eligibility, qualification, and background checks

To comply with applicable state, federal labor, employment, equal employment opportunity, and related laws

To manage the security of our premises and systems

To detect and prevent fraud against you and/or us

Data analytics providers

Security providers

Background check vendors

Information technology vendors

Service providers

Non-public education information such as school(s) attended, grades, transcripts, records of attendance, disciplinary records, and other information relating to your secondary and post-secondary education, including any graduate or professional degrees.

To open and maintain your application records

To communicate with you regarding your application

To confirm eligibility, qualification, and background checks

To comply with applicable state, federal labor, employment, equal employment opportunity, and related laws

To manage the security of our premises and systems

To detect and prevent fraud against you and/or us

Data analytics providers

Security providers

Background check vendors

Information technology vendors

Service providers

Personal Information that does not directly fall within the categories listed in the CCPA, including immigration, visa status, and work authorization information, languages spoken, willingness to relocate, driving record, and the contents of your communications with us.

To assess your eligibility for employment

for security and fraud detection and prevention

For internal research

To confirm eligibility, qualification, and background checks

To comply with applicable state, federal labor, employment, equal employment opportunity, and related laws

To manage the security of our premises and systems

To detect and prevent fraud against you and/or us

Data analytics providers

Security providers

Background check vendors

Information technology vendors

Service providers

In addition, we may receive and collect additional categories or examples of information from you that you may provide on a voluntary basis which we would not otherwise request or collect.  For example, information you provide to us in communications, during your interviews, on your CV, or in your cover letter.

How We Disclose Personal Information

We may disclose each of the categories of Personal Information identified above to the respectively identified categories of recipients for operational or business purposes consistent with the purposes for collection or use designated, as is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve those purposes, or for another purpose that is compatible with the context in which the Personal Information was collected including, but not limited to:

Helping to ensure security and integrity;

Debugging, repairing, and improving functionality;

Short-term, transient use;

Performing services on our behalf;

Internal research for technological development; and

Verifying quality and/or safety.

In addition to the other purposes for collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information described in this Notice, we may collect, use, and disclose Personal Information as required by law, regulation or court order; to respond to governmental and/or law enforcement requests; to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interfering with our or others’ rights or property; to support any actual or threatened claim, defense or declaration in a case or before any jurisdictional and/or administrative authority, arbitration or mediation panel; or in connection with disciplinary actions/investigations. Likewise, we may use and disclose Personal Information to other parties in connection with the sale, assignment, merger, or reorganization.

Sources of Personal Information

We may collect the Personal Information identified above from the following sources:

Directly from you. For example, during the application process and throughout your interactions with us, including through our IT systems, company forms, and other processes where you submit information to us.

Automatically when using our electronic systems. For example, we may collect your usage history when you use our websites, systems, and applications.

Automatically when you visit our facilities. For example, security camera footage.

From service providers that help us run our business. For example, from human resources and information technology vendors, background check agencies, and other service providers.

We may also collect publicly available information about you, including information that is lawfully made available to the general public from federal, state, or local government records.

Selling or Sharing of Personal Information

do not sell Personal Information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not have actual knowledge that we sell or share the Personal Information of consumers under sixteen (16) years of age.

How Long We Keep Personal Information

We generally maintain Personal Information according to our retention obligations and policies, operational business purposes, and other legal and regulatory requirements. For example, the Personal Information you provide may be retained and used to consider whether your skills are suitable for other opportunities with KSNA. We discard this Personal Information when reasonably practicable.

We keep the categories of Personal Information described above for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this Notice or otherwise authorized by law. This generally means holding the information for as long as one of the following apply:

Your Personal Information is reasonably necessary to manage our operations, to manage your relationship with us, or to satisfy another purpose for which we collected the information;

Your Personal Information is reasonably necessary to carry out a disclosed purpose that is reasonably compatible with the context in which it was collected;

Your Personal Information is reasonably required to protect or defend our rights or property (which will generally relate to applicable laws that limit actions in a particular case); or

We are otherwise required or permitted to keep your Personal Information by applicable laws or regulations.

Where your Personal Information is used for more than one purpose, we will retain it until the purpose with the latest period expires. For more information about our retention policies, please contact us using the contact details below.

Submitting Requests Relating to Your Personal Information

If you are a resident of California, you have the right to submit certain requests relating to your Personal Information as described below. To exercise any of these rights, please submit a request by email to privacy_americas@karlstorz.com or by phone at 1-888-984-1355. Please note that, if you submit a request to know, request to delete or request to correct, you will be asked to verify your identity. You may designate an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf; however, you will still need to verify your identity directly with us before your request can be processed.

Right to Know. You have the right to know what Personal Information we have collected about you, which includes:

The categories of Personal Information we have collected about you, including:

The categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected;

Our business purposes for collecting or disclosing Personal Information;

The categories of recipients to which we disclose Personal Information;

The categories of Personal Information that we disclosed for a business purpose, and for each category identified, the categories of recipients to which we disclosed that particular category of Personal Information.

The specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.

Right to Delete Your Personal Information. You have the right to request that we delete Personal Information we collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Correct Inaccurate Information. If you believe that Personal Information we maintain about you is inaccurate, you have the right to request that we correct that information.

Right to Opt Out of Sales and Sharing of Personal Information. We do not sell Personal Information or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. We do not use or disclose sensitive Personal Information for purposes to which the right to limit use and disclosure applies under the CCPA. 

Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of Your Privacy Rights. If you choose to exercise any of your privacy rights under the CCPA, you also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment by us, including retaliation against you as an Applicant.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about how we handle your Personal Information, please contact us at: privacy_americas@karlstorz.com or by phone at 1-888-984-1355.

Email: privacy_americas@karlstorz.com