Privacy policy
Creating a profile
When you create a profile, you provide the University of Basel
with data about yourself and agree that the University of Basel may contact you about suitable positions. Your profile
data is stored as a convenience to you and for the purpose of applying to several PhD positions, job openings or
courses. In addition to you, only University of Basel employees involved in the recruitment process are able to access
your data.
You can delete your profile at any time. If you are not enrolled in an ongoing application process and have not
logged in for more than one year, your profile and all the data contained within it will be automatically deleted.
Application for an advertised position
By applying for a position, you make your personal details
available to the University of Basel. You can view and update these details at any time. You confirm that the
information given is true, and are aware that a false statement may lead to termination of an employment relationship.
For the purpose of recruitment, your data will be made available to the staff responsible for the recruiting process,
the relevant organizational unit as well as authorized external persons who may be assisting in the recruitment process.
University of Basel keeps strictly confidential and will ensure that its service providers and such other third parties
keep your personal information strictly confidential and that they only use the personal information for the specific
purpose for which it was disclosed. University of Basel and its service providers may use your personal information in
an anonymized form (in a form in which your identity cannot be determined) for statistical purposes.
You can withdraw your application at any time. Rejected applications are deleted from the system after the
recruitment process has been closed.
Providing a letter of reference to a candidate
By providing a letter of reference for a candidate, you
provide information about your person as well as your assessment of a candidate and confirm that the information given
is true. While the fact that you have provided a letter of reference is communicated to the candidate, the content of
your letter of reference is not disclosed. This data will be made available to the staff responsible for the recruiting
process, the relevant organizational unit as well as authorized external persons who may be assisting in the recruitment
process. University of Basel keeps strictly confidential and will ensure that its service providers and such other third
parties keep your personal information strictly confidential and that they only use the personal information for the
specific purpose for which it was disclosed. University of Basel and its service providers may use your personal
information in an anonymized form (in a form in which your identity cannot be determined) for statistical purposes.
You can withdraw your letter of reference at any time by contacting the technical contact for this server,
indicating the details of the reference letter in question. Reference letters are automatically deleted from the system
after the recruitment process has been closed.
Department of Chemistry, University of Basel
Human Resources
As of: June 2018