This Privacy Policy explains how Coca-Cola HBC AG and its subsidiaries (“Coca-Cola HBC”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collect, use, store, and protect your personal data when you interact with our Careers Portal. Please read it carefully.
1. Who We Are
Coca-Cola HBC AG is a Swiss-incorporated holding company registered at Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, Switzerland. We are one of the world’s largest bottlers of The Coca-Cola Company’s products, operating in 29 markets across Europe and Africa.
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, Coca-Cola HBC AG acts as the data controller in respect of personal data collected through this Careers Portal.
2. What Data We Collect
When you use our Careers Portal, we may collect the following categories of personal data:
Data you provide directly
- Name, email address, and contact details
- CV / résumé, cover letter, and supporting application documents
- Employment history, qualifications, and professional skills
- Answers to screening or assessment questions
- Diversity and inclusion data (where provided voluntarily and permitted by law)
Data collected automatically
- IP address, browser type, and device information
- Pages visited, time spent, and navigation patterns on our Careers Portal
- Referral source (e.g. LinkedIn, job board, direct)
- Cookie identifiers (see our Cookie Policy)
3. How We Use Your Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- Processing your job application — to evaluate your suitability for roles, arrange interviews, and manage the recruitment process
- Talent pool management — to retain your details for future suitable vacancies (with your consent)
- Legal compliance — to meet our obligations under applicable employment and data protection laws
- Portal improvement — to analyse usage patterns and improve the experience of our Careers Portal
- Communication — to keep you informed about the status of your application or other relevant roles
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data on the following legal bases under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Contractual necessity — processing required to take steps at your request prior to entering an employment contract
- Legitimate interests — managing and improving our recruitment processes, subject to your rights
- Legal obligation — complying with employment, tax, and anti-discrimination laws
- Consent — for optional data such as talent pool registration or diversity information
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with:
- Coca-Cola HBC group companies — where your application is relevant to a role in another market
- Recruitment service providers — applicant tracking systems, assessment platforms, and background-check providers, bound by appropriate data processing agreements
- Regulatory authorities — where required by law
6. Data Retention
We retain your application data for up to 24 months after the conclusion of the recruitment process, unless you consent to being added to our talent pool (in which case we may retain it for up to 36 months). Data collected for legal compliance purposes is retained for the period required by applicable law.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
- Request erasure of your data (“right to be forgotten”)
- Restrict or object to certain processing activities
- Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority
To exercise any of these rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at privacy@coca-colahbc.com.
8. International Transfers
Coca-Cola HBC operates globally. Your data may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your own, including countries where data protection laws may differ. Where we transfer data outside the European Economic Area, we do so using appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
9. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. These include encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, and regular security assessments.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact:
Coca-Cola HBC AG — Data Protection Officer
Turmstrasse 26, 6312 Steinhausen, Switzerland
Email: privacy@coca-colahbc.com