In the following, we inform you about the processing of your personal data ("data") by us and the claims and rights to which you are entitled under the data protection regulations.
Version: December 2025
A. Who is responsible for data processing?
Volkswagen AG
Berliner Ring 2
38440 Wolfsburg
info@volkswagen-newsroom.com
registered in the commercial register of the Braunschweig District Court under the number HRB 100484 (hereinafter "Volkswagen AG or VW AG")
B. Collection, processing and use of your data
I. What data do we process and from which sources does it originate?
We process data that we generally receive from you. Relevant personal data is regularly the following:
- Private contact and master data
Name, address, e-mail - Professional work and organizational data
Contact details (professional): name, address, e-mail, telephone number, company
Work Organization Assignment: Area, Department, Personnel Numbers, Responsibilities - IT usage data
User and login data: username, roles, permissions
Logging data: Technical logs, login times
oSoftware and hardware data: IP address, MAC address, computer name
In addition, to the extent necessary for the performance of obligations imposed by law or the authorities, we process data that we have lawfully received from authorities (e.g. on the basis of legal authority, to execute orders, to fulfil contracts or on the basis of consent given by you).
Furthermore, we process data that we have lawfully collected from publicly accessible sources (e.g. commercial and association registers, company directories, credit agencies, credit bureau, press, publications, Internet) as well as from other sources (e.g. municipalities, other persons commissioned by you, authorities) and are allowed to process.
II. Is there an obligation to provide data?
You only have to provide the data that is necessary for the initiation, establishment, implementation and termination of a business relationship or that we are legally obliged to collect. Without this data, we will usually have to refuse to conclude a contract or execute an order, or we will not be able to perform an existing contract or service.
If we are asking you for your consent to the processing of your personal data, such consent will always be voluntary. However, if you do not give your consent, we might not be able to provide a particular service, if the relevant service cannot be provided without such data.
III. For what purposes and on what legal basis do we process your data?
3.1. General
In principle, the processing of your data can be carried out on the basis of the following legal bases:
- If you have given us your consent in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a) GDPR for certain purposes (e.g. advertising, market or opinion research, or the recording and publication of recordings), the lawfulness of the processing on the basis of consent is given.
A given consent can be withdrawn at any time. A withdrawal is only effective for the future. Processing that took place before the withdrawal remains unaffected. - The processing is necessary for the initiation and/or performance of a contract to which you are a party or to which you represent a contracting party, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures that are taken upon request, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation under EU law or the law of an EU member state to which Volkswagen AG is subject, Art. 6 (1) (c) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person, Art. 6 para. 1 lit. d) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary for the performance of a task that is in the public interest or is carried out in the exercise of official authority vested in Volkswagen AG, Art. 6 (1) (e) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary to safeguard the legitimate interests of Volkswagen AG or a third party, unless your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms, which require the protection of personal data, prevail over Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR.
If special categories of personal data are processed, this may be done differently on the following legal bases:
- You have given your explicit consent, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. a) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another natural person and the data subject is unable to give his or her consent for physical or legal reasons, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. c) GDPR.
- The processing refers to data that you have obviously made public, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. e) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. f) GDPR.
- The processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. g) GDPR,
- The processing is necessary for the purposes of preventive health care or occupational medicine, e.g. for the assessment of the ability to work, Art. 9 para. 2 lit. h) GDPR.