PRIVACY POLICY

We at Board+CEO Advisors value your privacy. The protection of your personal data is of particular importance to us. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.

We process your data only on the basis of legal provisions and pursuant to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Austrian Data Protection Act. This data protection information provides you with the most important aspects of data processing in the framework of our website.

1. Who We Are – Responsible for Data Processing

Board+CEO Advisors
Johann Strauss Gasse 24/35, 1040 Vienna, Austria
office@boardandceoadvisors.com

We are responsible for your personal data on this website.

2. What We Collect

We process only the information you provide voluntarily or that is technically required:

Contact details (e.g. name, email, phone) when you inquire via form or email.
Job application data such as CV, cover letter, career history, LinkedIn profile info, references, or other details you provide.
Technical / site usage data (e.g. IP address, browser type, date/time) logged automatically to ensure website functionality and security.

We do not use your data for marketing without explicit consent.

3. How We Use Your Data

To respond to your inquiries — legal basis: consent or legitimate interest.
To carry out executive search processes and process applications — legal basis: pre-contractual measures (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR) and, where applicable, your explicit consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).
To maintain and improve website functionality — legal basis: legitimate interest.

4. Executive Search Processes & Job Applications

When you send us your CV or apply for a role, you give us your explicit consent for storage, processing and usage of your data for executive search purposes.

We use your data only for executive purposes.
We may contact you for follow-up steps or, with your consent, keep your details on file for future opportunities.
If you prefer us not to keep your data beyond a specific process, we will delete it immediately after completion.
Application data is stored securely and accessed only by authorized consultants.
All application data is stored exclusively within the EU.

5. How Long We Keep Your Data

Contact data: only as long as needed to handle your inquiry.
Application data: deleted after the recruitment process ends, unless you consent to longer storage (typically 12 or 24 months).
Technical data: kept for a short period to ensure security.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

Request access to your personal data.
Ask for correction, deletion, or restriction of processing.
Object to processing (especially for marketing).
Request data portability.
Withdraw consent at any time.

Please contact us at office@boardandceoadvisors.com for any request.

We will process your enquiries promptly and in accordance with the legal requirements and inform you of the measures we have taken or will take.

7. Security Measures

We apply technical and organizational safeguards such as encryption, restricted access, and secure servers to protect your data.

8. Transfers of Data

We do not forward your data to third parties without your consent.

If transfer to a third party is required (e.g. in the course of an executive search), this is always done with your consent, under strict confidentiality and GDPR rules.

We will not disclose your data to third parties beyond this purpose.

9. Cookies & Tracking

Our website uses so-called cookies. Cookies are small files that are transferred to your terminal device through your web browser. They do not cause any harm. By using this website, you agree to our use of cookies.

We use session cookies. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Furthermore, for reasons of reliability and load distribution, a cookie is placed on a device of the network infrastructure with an expiration time of 24 hours. It exclusively contains information disclosing to which device the webserver is or was connected with. This is to ensure that in case of an interruption and a reconnection the session can be continued. This cookie is not read or analysed by any other system components of our website.

If you do not agree with this, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being set, allowing the use of cookies only in individual cases. You can do this through your browser settings.

If you disable cookies, the functionality of the website may be limited.

Visiting the website

Personal data (information that is directly linked to you or can be directly linked to you, such as name, address, telephone number etc.) is, in general, not required for the use of this website. However, IP addresses can also be considered as personal data. Consequently, please note that visits to the website of the can be recorded for statistical purposes.

Web analytics

Our website uses software for the statistical evaluation of visitor accesses. To this end, the IP address, browser and the pages accessed are statistically processed for the purpose of improving the website. The data is not forwarded to third-party providers.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. Significant changes will be posted on our website.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us anytime at office@boardandceoadvisors.com.

Last updated: September 1, 2025