Privacy Notice concerning our
BCA Sales & Marketing - Customer Letters of Invitation (LOI)
Data Processing Activity

(Boeing Data Processing Activity ID Number: 7261)

The Boeing Company and its group of companies seek to maintain the privacy, accuracy, and confidentiality of personal data that we collect and use.

We have established privacy and security measures both internally and (where applicable) in our relations with third parties to safeguard personal information in our data processing activities.

We hope that the following questions and answers addressing privacy issues related to our "BCA Sales & Marketing - Customer Letters of Invitation (LOI)" data processing activity are as concise, transparent, and intelligible as possible.  We welcome your suggestions for improvement of any of the content presented below.

 

Question

Answer

What corporate entity determines the purposes and means of processing of the personal data in this activity?

(This is the "Controller" under the EU General Data Protection Regulation and other applicable laws.)

The Boeing Company
Who represents this entity with regard to privacy issues? The Boeing Global Privacy Office is responsible for privacy issues related to this activity.  Contact information for the Boeing Global Privacy Office appears below this table.

(The Boeing Global Privacy Office will route issues to the appropriate Data Protection Officer where applicable.)

Whose personal data is intended to be processed by this activity? This activity is intended to process the personal information of:
  • Employees
  • Customers

It is not intended to process the personal information of individuals in other categories.

What categories of personal data are processed by this activity? Unstructured Highly-Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (as may be entered free-form by the user)

Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information:

Special Category Personally Identifiable Information:

  • Medical or Health Information
  • Data Concerning Children

Personal Information:

Customer name (first/last)and customer job title.

 

What is the purpose of processing personal data in this activity? The personal information will be used to create letters of invitation that Boeing remits to customers to support their internal U.S. visa process.
What is the legal basis for processing personal data in this activity? Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which The Boeing Company is subject.
Is the data subject (the person to whom the data relates) required to provide personal information for this processing activity, and what would be the possible consequences of failing to do so? Provision of personal information for this processing activity is required.  Failure to provide the personal information would prevent Boeing providing a Letter of Invitation to the customer who could then not apply for a U.S. visa to attend a Boeing sponsored customer engagement such as business meetings and/or aircraft deliveries.
Who are the recipients of the personal data in this activity? The recipients of the personal information in this activity may include the Sales Director, Sales Program Manager and the Office Assistant who creates the Letter of Invitation. On occasion, depending upon customer's choice, the submission of the PII can be remitted thru an intermediary (such as field service or customer engineering) and forwarded to the Sales Team focals noted above. Customer Relations has access to the PII after initiating the registration process for Fleet Team meetings in the Certain tool. Meeting focals in the Fleet Chief Office are then responsible for creating and remitting letters of invitation to the customers. These meeting focals have access to Certain and to only the information required to complete the letters of invitation.
In what countries will the personal data be processed? The personal information may be used by sales teams primarily based in the United States and secondary offices such as in Russia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, China and Korea where a sales presence is supported by an Office Administrator and where there is a requirement for the Letter of Invitation to obtain a U.S. visa.

The personal information will only be stored in the United States.

How long will the personal data be retained by this activity? Personal data will be retained by this activity for 2 years after the Letter of Invitation is remitted to the customer. There is an activity in work to reduce the retention to one year.
What specific privacy rights may the individuals whose personal data is processed by this activity have, and how can they be exercised? Anyone may have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (https://boeing.com/privacy/authorities.html).

Depending upon the jurisdiction(s) in which you live or work, you may have the following additional rights:

  • to request access to and rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing
  • to object to processing
  • to data portability
  • to not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing which produces legal effects concerning you or similarly affects you

If not offered as a self-service capability within the "BCA Sales & Marketing - Customer Letters of Invitation (LOI)" data processing activity or otherwise addressed in another answer above, any applicable privacy rights may be exercised using https://boeing.com/privacy/rightsexerciseportal.

If you have questions or concerns about privacy issues associated with our "BCA Sales & Marketing - Customer Letters of Invitation (LOI)" data processing activity, you may contact the Boeing Global Privacy Office by:

Boeing Global Privacy Office

Email

Telephone

Mail

globalprivacy@boeing.com

+1-206-544-2406
+1-877-544-2407

Boeing Global Privacy Office
Mail Code 11-503
7755 East Marginal Way S.
Seattle, WA 98108

 

You may use https://boeing.com/privacy/rightsexerciseportal to exercise any applicable privacy rights for which a self-service capability has not been offered within the "BCA Sales & Marketing - Customer Letters of Invitation (LOI)" data processing activity or for which other specific instructions do not appear above.

For customers and visitors to our web sites: This notice supplements the Boeing Privacy and Cookie Statement.

For employees, contract labor, retirees, and subsidiary employees: This notice supplements the Boeing Employee Privacy Notice.
 

 


Boeing will periodically review and update the content of this notice at its discretion.
It was last updated 2025-07-21 22:45:14 (UTC).

 

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