SAIPEM Abu Dhabi Branch
06th floor, Al Wafra Square Building Number 30
Al Ghazal St., Al Reem Island Najmat P.O Box 47117
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Information Notice on the Processing of Personal Data of Candidates
in accordance with the United Arab Emirates Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree Law No. 45 of 2021 regarding the Protection of Personal Data, and 13 of Regulation (UE) 2016/679 (GDPR)

Data Controller
Your personal data are processed by SAIPEM SpA Abu Dhabi Branch, 06th floor, Al Wafra Square Building Number 30, Al Ghazal St., Al Reem Island Najmat P.O Box 47117, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (SAABU or Company) as data controller and the persons who process these data on SAABU's behalf as data processors.
The contact point within SAABU for data subjects to exercise their rights under the Federal Data Protection (FDPA) and any other data protection laws that may be applicable, in particular the GDPR, and any other applicable legislation on data privacy, and for the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) and any other data protection authorities responsible for the data processing by the Company can be contacted under privacy-UAE@saipem.com.

Personal Data Processed
This Information Notice on the Processing of Personal Data of Candidates (Information Notice) applies to all personal data that you provide or that are collected by or on behalf of SAABU in connection with your application for a job position with SAABU and your evaluation for that position.
Please note that all of the personal data will be processed in accordance with the FDPA, in the version applicable, any ordinance, guidelines and information sheets issued thereunder by the FDPIC or any other competent public authority, and any other data protection laws that may be applicable, in particular the GDPR, and any other applicable legislation on data privacy. The Company undertakes to process your personal data in accordance with the principles of fairness, lawfulness and transparency, in compliance with the purposes set out below and only insofar as necessary for these specified purposes. Only authorized and properly trained personnel will be allowed to process said data.

In particular, the Company will collect, record, consult, and generally process your personal data, among others: name, address, phone number, date of birth, prior activities and professional affiliations, name of reference persons, testimonials, only insofar as necessary for the application and evaluation process.

For any personal data submitted through the communication function of social media platforms, the data protection rules of the respective social media platform apply in addition to this Information Notice.

Purposes and Legal Basis of the Processing

1.Registration for application
Through our web-based online application tool, by email to SAABU or any of its affiliates, via our external agencies, or through the communication function of social media platforms.

The processing of personal data is lawful because it is necessary for the execution of pre-contractual measures (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (b) GDPR) and for the purposes of the legitimate interests of SAABU (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR).

2.Recruitment and selection for open positions
(including positions in an internship program) and, in case of a positive decision, negotiation and conclusion of an employment contract.

The processing of personal data is lawful because it is necessary for the execution of pre-contractual measures (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (b) GDPR), for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by SAABU or a third party (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR), and for special categories of particularly sensitive personal data because it is necessary for the legitimate interests pursued by SAABU or a third party (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR) and to carry out the obligations and exercise the rights of a data controller in the field of employment, accounting, tax, social security, and social protection laws (art. 9 para. 2 lit. (b) GDPR).

3.Internal controls
To ensure that your application is handled and decided upon in compliance with the hiring and selection standards of SAABU and the applicable laws.

The processing of personal data is lawful because it is necessary for compliance with legal obligations to which SAABU is subject (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (c) GDPR) and for the purposes of the legitimate interest of SAABU (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR).

4.Assertion or defense of legal rights
If necessary, to assert or defend against a right or claim of or against the Company in court, in arbitration, in conciliation procedures, or in criminal or administrative procedures. 
The processing of personal data is lawful for the purposes of the legitimate interest pursued by SAABU and a third party (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (f) GDPR). With regard to special categories of data the lawfulness of processing is to establish, exercise or defend the rights in court (art. 9 para. 2 lit. (f) GDPR). 

Retention Period of Data
The normal retention period is 12 months after receipt by SAABU (the time until a decision is normally communicated to you about your job application). In case of a negative decision, after this period, all data will be deleted except your name, address, nationality, position for which you applied, and contact detail. In case of a positive decision, after this period, your personal data exclusively related to the application and evaluation will be deleted, and certain other personal data will be retained pursuant to the Information Notice regarding the Processing of Employees’ Personal Data of SAABU.

Longer retention periods apply if SAABU is under a legal requirement or has a legitimate interest to retain certain data for longer periods, particularly for the purposes set out in points 2 through 4 above.
Personal data necessary for the execution of pre-contractual measures (art. 6 para. 1 lit. (b) GDPR) may be retained in cases where a claim was asserted or appears likely to be asserted by or against SAABU for which these personal data may become relevant.

Personal data retained for the assertion of or defense against a right or claim of or against SAABU may be retained in general until the end of the term of prescription of the respective claim, plus an additional period for instituting, submitting or receiving a claim, pre-procedural negotiations and the duration of any possible litigation or negotiations in view of a settlement in full. 

After the normal retention period of para. 1, access to the personal data will be restricted in order to make sur that they are processed exclusively for the purposes that justify their longer retention. 

During the period of lawful retention, the data will be retained in accordance with standard data security, storage and backup procedures. 

Once the period of lawful retention has elapsed, the data will be erased or made anonymous in accordance with standard data erasure and anonymization procedures as soon as practicable, normally at certain intervals.

Way of Processing and Provision of Data
The processing of personal data will be carried out on digital, paper and other media, with methods and tools aimed at ensuring maximum security and confidentiality, by persons specifically appointed and qualified for this purpose. 
In case of online application through the Company's website, the provision of data in the fields marked with an asterisk (*) is necessary to take your application into consideration in the recruitment and selection process. 
The recruitment officer may ask you for additional data. A refusal to provide data requested may mean that your application cannot be considered. 
In case of online application through the Company's website, your acknowledgment to this Information Notice is necessary to take your application into consideration in the recruitment and selection process.

Recipients and Data Transfer
The Company may transfer personal data to other parties for the purposes set out above, for example: 

•Other Saipem Group companies as data processors for SAABU (including the company for which the selected employee will perform work) in order to carry out certain activities as part of the application and selection process; 
•Third parties (e.g., consultants, IT service providers, recruiting agents, etc.), who carry out certain activities and thereby process personal data on behalf of SAABU as its data processors; 

•Administrative authorities, courts and arbitral tribunals to whom communication of these data is required by law or necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests of SAABU or a third party. These subjects will process the data in their capacity as independent data controllers. 
Personal data are transferred to third parties only under contractual or otherwise binding conditions that the data may only be used for the specific purposes for which they are transferred and not for any purpose for which SAABU could not process them. 

SAABU may transfer personal data to any country outside United Arab Emirates where any Saipem Group companies have their seat or registered office or any establishment, or to any country where a processor has its registered office or establishment as per the list “SAABU Register Appointment Data Processor” which is accessible upon demand to SAABU. 

Personal data are transferred to countries outside United Arab Emirates and the EU only if data privacy is guaranteed by adequacy decisions by the FDPIC, the Federal Council or another competent Emirati government entity or the European Commission or on the basis of data protection provisions of a contract between the controller or the processor and its contracting partner, standard model clauses, or binding corporate rules.

Data Subjects’ Rights
You have the right to ask SAABU as the data controller for access to your personal data, and for rectification, erasure, hand-over of your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable (portable) format, completion of incomplete personal data, restriction of processing in the cases provided for by art. 18 GDPR, as well as the right to object to any processing that is not in compliance with the applicable laws, or for reasons related to your particular situation in cases where data processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interest of SAABU as the data controller or a third party, stating explicitly which interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of yours requiring protection of personal data override the legitimate interests of SAABU or the third party, or restriction of disclosure to third parties that is not in compliance with the applicable laws and this Information Notice. In addition, where data are processed on the basis of your consent, you may revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future. 
These rights can be exercised at any time against SAABU as the Controller by sending a specific request in writing to the e-mail addresses privacy-UAE@saipem.com. You can also write to the Company at the address given in letterhead above. 
You are aware that a deletion, hand-over of your personal data in a portable format, restriction of processing or of disclosure to third parties or revocation of your consent for processing of your personal data may mean that your application can no longer be considered or that you can no longer hold the position for which you were selected. 
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the FDPIC or any other competent Supervisory Authority and to use other means of protection, as provided by the FDPA and other applicable laws. 

I hereby acknowledge that I have read and understood the Information Notice on the processing of personal data of Candidates 

The Information Notice on data processing is available on Saipem Website www.Saipem.com

Types of Data collected

Among the Personal Information collected by this Site through the contact form and the form for spontaneous applications there are: Cookies, Usage Data, Email, Password, Name, Surname.

Other Personal Data collected may be indicated in other sections of this privacy policy or through informative texts displayed together with the collection of the Data.

Personal Data is entered voluntarily by the User.

Any use of Cookies - or other tracking tools - by this Site, unless otherwise specified, has the purpose of identifying the User and recording the related preferences for purposes strictly related to the provision of the service requested by the User.

Failure to provide the User with some Personal Data may prevent this Site from providing its services.

The User assumes the responsibility of the Personal Data of third parties published or shared through this Site and guarantees to have the right to communicate or disseminate them, freeing the Owner from any liability to third parties.

Purposes of the processing of collected data

The Data concerning the User is collected to allow the Owner to provide its services, as well as for the following purposes: Analytics, Contacting the User, Optimizing and distributing traffic.

The types of Personal Data used for each purpose are indicated above.

Communication and dissemination of data

The data collected using cookies may be processed by employees and collaborators of nCore HR, as persons in charge and responsible for data processing.

The list of data is constantly updated and is available upon request by sending a communication to the address below or an e-mail to ----

The data collected using cookies will not be disclosed.

Your rights

At any time you can request information on the processing of your personal data, obtain the update, correction or integration of the same, as well as obtaining the cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed in violation of the law and oppose the processing of You according to the provisions of art. 7 of Legislative Decree no. 196/2003 reported in full at the end of this policy.

To exercise your rights you can contact the Data Controller by sending a written notice to the address below or an e-mail to ----

Owner and manager of the treatment

Holder of the treatment is ----

Internal manager of the treatment is ----

Last updated: July 2015

Art. 7 D.Lgs 196/2003. Rights attributed to the interested party.

The interested party has the right to obtain confirmation of the existence or not of personal data concerning him, even if not yet registered, and their communication in intelligible form.
The interested party has the right to obtain the indication:
the origin of personal data;
of the purposes and methods of processing;
of the logic applied in case of treatment carried out with the aid of electronic instruments;
of the identifying details of the holder, of the responsible and of the designated representative according to article 5, paragraph 2;
the subjects or the categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who can learn about them as appointed representative in the territory of the State, managers or agents.
The interested party has the right to obtain:
updating, rectification or, when interested, integration of data;
the cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed unlawfully, including data whose retention is unnecessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or subsequently processed;
the attestation that the operations referred to in letters a) and b) have been brought to the attention, also with regard to their content, of those to whom the data have been communicated or disseminated, except in the case in which this fulfillment proves impossible o involves a use of means manifestly disproportionate to the protected right.
The interested party has the right to object, in whole or in part:
for legitimate reasons, the processing of personal data concerning him, even if pertinent to the purpose of the collection;
to the processing of personal data concerning him for the purpose of sending advertising or direct sales material or for carrying out market research or commercial communication.
Changes to this information

The Data Controller reserves the right to make changes to this privacy statement at any time by giving notice to Users on this page. Please therefore consult this page often, referring to the date of the last modification indicated at the bottom. In case of non-acceptance of the changes made to this statement, the User is required to cease using this Site and may request the Data Controller to remove his Personal Data. Unless otherwise specified, the previous privacy policy will continue to apply to Personal Data collected until then.

Information on this privacy policy

The Data Controller is responsible for the privacy policy.

Last updated: July 2015