Privacy Notice concerning our
Service Bulletin Center
Data Processing Activity

(Boeing Data Processing Activity ID Number: 7761)

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 "Service Bulletin Center" 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
  • Contract Labor
  • Subsidiary Employees
  • Customers
  • Non-Boeing Individuals with BEMS IDs (consultants, purchased services, suppliers, etc.)

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

What categories of personal data are processed by this activity?

Personal Information:

Name, BEMSid, Work Email Address, Company Name

 

What are the purposes of processing personal data in this activity? User is volunteering airplane service bulletin kit installation information to Boeing and requesting maintenance and flight manual updates. The personal information will be used to track who provided the updates.
What is the legal basis for processing personal data in this activity? Processing is necessary for purposes of legitimate interests pursued by The Boeing Company: 
  • Improving the value and efficiency of its products

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 not required.  It is necessary to associate user information with data regarding airplane service bulletin kit installations on a plane, in order to provide traceability for the data and thereby make the airline's ability to search SBCenter for service bulletin kits they have installed possible. Not having user information would also make troubleshooting of the feature much more difficult.
Who are the recipients of the personal data in this activity? SBCenter administrators, generally limited to the development team and the product owner, can see the name, BEMSid, email address and company of users who visit the application. The history of maintenance and flight manual update requests shows the name of the requestor to their own company's users, and to Boeing users.
In what countries will the personal data be processed? The information will be used in all countries except embargoed ones per limitations of EAR No License Required data.

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

How long will the personal data be retained by this activity? Data will be retained 2 years for website activity logs, and 10 years for incorporation and manual update requests.
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 "Service Bulletin Center" 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 "Service Bulletin Center" 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 "Service Bulletin Center" 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 2025-01-08 21:54:06 (UTC).

 

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