Privacy policy

This policy explains what personal data Germany Dev Jobs (germanydevjobs.com) processes and why. Contact: hello@germanydevjobs.com.

Applying for jobs

You apply on the employer's own website. We don't receive or store CVs or applications. When you click "Apply", we count the click to show employers how many people were interested. We don't store your IP address: we store only a salted hash that changes every day, so clicks can't be linked to you. With the click we also record how your visit reached the site, as a short label such as "google.com", "telegram" or "direct", so we can tell employers which channels bring applicants. We never record the page you came from or anything you searched for. To carry that label from page to page, your browser keeps it in session storage for the open tab and forgets it when you close the tab; it is not a cookie and says nothing about you.

Job alerts

If you sign up for job alerts we store your email address and the filters you chose. We send a confirmation email first (double opt-in) and only send alerts after you confirm; if you don't confirm, we send one reminder. You can have several alerts, each with its own filters and its own email. Once your address is confirmed, a new alert you add starts at once: we email you that it was added, with a button to remove it. Two weeks after you confirm we send one email asking how your job search is going: if you press one of its buttons we store your answer, and "Found a job" stops your alerts. The page that opens may ask one optional follow-up question (what would make the alerts more useful, or whether you found the job through us and with which company) and has an optional box for any other feedback; we store what you send with your answer and read it to improve the alerts. If you found a job you can also share a short line about it: we show it on the site only if you tick the box that allows it, with your first name or anonymously as you chose, and you can ask us to remove it at any time. Every alert email has a link to change your alert filters or turn alerts back on, without an account. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and you can alsounsubscribe or ask us to delete your data at any time by email. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).

Monthly newsletter

The newsletter is separate from job alerts and you only get it if you ask for it: by ticking the box on a job alert or Follow form (the box is never ticked for you), with the button on the page that confirms your job alerts, on the page that opens from the newsletter button in a job alert email, or on the page to manage your alerts. We use your email address to send you one email a month withsalary data, visa updates and the best new jobs. The newsletter may later include sponsored content, which will always be clearly labelled as sponsored; we never give your email address to sponsors. Besides your email address we store that you agreed, when, where (form, confirmation page, alert email or manage page) and which version of the wording you saw, and when you withdrew. A ticked box on a form only counts once you confirm your email address with the link we send you, or at once if your address is already confirmed (the email about your new alert says so, with a link to unsubscribe from the newsletter). Your consent covers Germany Dev Jobs only, not our other job boards. Legal basis: your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can withdraw it at any time, as easily as you gave it: with the unsubscribe link in every newsletter, with the newsletter switch on the page to manage your alerts (linked from every alert email), or by email. Unsubscribing from your last job alert also stops the newsletter. Withdrawing doesn't affect the emails we sent before.

Employer enquiries

If you contact us through the "Post a job" form we store your name, email, company and message to reply to you. Legal basis: steps prior to a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR). We delete enquiries that don't lead to a contract after 12 months.

Reporting a problem with a job

If you report a problem with a job we store the job, the reason you chose, your comment and, only if you give it, your email address, so we can check the job and reply to you (legal basis: our legitimate interest in accurate job listings, Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Cookies and analytics

We don't use tracking cookies or third-party advertising. If you close the announcement bar, your browser remembers that choice in local storage on your device; it is never sent to us. Your My jobs list is kept the same way: the jobs you save with the heart button, the jobs whose Apply button you clicked, and the statuses and private notes you add stay only in your own browser, are never sent to us, and are gone if you clear your browser's site data.

We count visits with Umami, a cookie-free analytics tool that we host ourselves on our own server in the EU; no analytics data goes to a third party. It records the page, the referring site, browser, operating system, device type, screen size, language, approximate location (country, region, city) and how fast pages load, but not search terms in URLs (only the campaign tags of links we share, such as utm_source). It also counts a few actions: a click on Apply (with the company's name and the job's role, level, workplace, visa, featured status and paid upgrade), the filters chosen in a job search and how many jobs matched (never the words you typed), reading most of a guide, saving a job or removing a saved one (with the job's role, featured status and paid upgrade, never which job), sharing a job (only how it was shared, such as WhatsApp or copy link, never which job), changing an application's status on My jobs (only the new status, never which job or your note),sending the job alert, alert confirmation and employer contact forms and saving changes to your alert (never what you typed or chose), asking for the monthly newsletter (only whether it was on a form or the confirmation page), sending a job problem report (only the reason you chose), whether the job alert suggestion shown after Apply was displayed or closed, and whether the "Applying from abroad?" note was displayed, closed or its guide opened. Separately, your own browser remembers which applications you opened, that you subscribed, if you closed that suggestion or that note, how often the note was shown and which guides you opened, so we don't show them again; this stays on your device and is never sent to us. Your IP address is used only while the request is processed: to look up that approximate location and, with your browser's user agent, to compute a salted hash that changes every month, so we can count unique visitors. Your IP address itself is not stored, and nothing is stored on your device. Legal basis: our legitimate interest in understanding how the site is used (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Processors

• OVH SAS (France): hosting in the EU.
• Resend: sending job alert and confirmation emails.

Your rights

You can ask for access to, correction or deletion of your data, restrict or object to processing, and receive your data in a portable format. You can also complain to your data protection authority. Email hello@germanydevjobs.com.