Privacy Notice concerning our
DAS - SLACK
Data Processing Activity

(Boeing Data Processing Activity ID Number: 7786)

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 "DAS - SLACK" 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 entities determine the purposes and means of processing of the personal data in this activity? Jeppesen Systems AB Jeppesen GmbH Boeing Digital Solutions (formerly Jeppesen Sanderson) Foreflight
Who represents these entities 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.
What other entity may process this personal data on behalf of Jeppesen Systems AB Jeppesen GmbH Boeing Digital Solutions (formerly Jeppesen Sanderson) Foreflight ?

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

Slack Technologies, LLC, a Salesforce company
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.)
  • Customer employees

who are in the following locations:

  • The United States
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • The European Union (EU)
  • India
  • Singapore
  • The United Kingdom (UK)

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

What categories of personal data are processed by this activity?

Personal Information:

The processed data categories are:
- identification details (name, username);
- contact details (email, phone);
- location (city, state, country, timezone);
- employment details (company, role, start date, team name, employee type, employee ID, organization, department);
- Skype handle
- messages posted on the Slack channels, replies; corresponding timestamps
- private and group messages; corresponding tiemstamps
- timestamps of audio and video calls (huddles);
- profile picture;
- authentication token (name, email, username, authentication ID, Issue instance).
- access logs (date, time, type of access (web/desktop app/mobile app, IP, number of previous logins from the same device and most recent login from device).

 

What are the purposes of processing personal data in this activity? The personal information is used for account management to establish user accounts and verify authorized identities to access the Slack system and for internal communications.
What is the legal basis for processing personal data in this activity? Processing is necessary for purposes of legitimate interests pursued by Jeppesen Systems AB Jeppesen GmbH Boeing Digital Solutions (formerly Jeppesen Sanderson) Foreflight : 
  • providing a tool for internal communication

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.  The provision of the personal data by data subjects is not required. Not providing the data would lead to inability to use Slack, which is not a mandatory tool within the company.
Who are the recipients of the personal data in this activity? Enterprise workspace managers of Slack workspaces, and Active Directory manager who are Boeing employees that maintain the Slack application.
In what countries will the personal data be processed? The personal information will be used by business processes based in the United States.

The personal information will be stored in the United States.

How long will the personal data be retained by this activity? The retention time is set to 60 months.
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 "DAS - SLACK" 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 "DAS - SLACK" 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 "DAS - SLACK" 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 2024-03-11 16:50:18 (UTC).

 

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