Privacy Notice concerning our
VOCUS
Data Processing Activity

(Boeing Data Processing Activity ID Number: 8265)

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 "VOCUS" 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:
  • 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?

Personal Information:

email address

 

What are the purposes of processing personal data in this activity? The personal information will be used to identify that a user belongs to an Airline Customer before providing feedback using App. EMail is ONLY stored on the local device and transmitted to any controller or processor as hashsum which cannot be decoded back into an email address.
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: 
  • Fulfilling it's corporate duties of due diligence

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.  Without providing the email address it is not possible to authenticate in the application and use it.
Who are the recipients of the personal data in this activity? The email address is only used to send an authentication code from an automated system. The address is not retained.
In what countries will the personal data be processed? The servers for the authentication, which relies on the email address, are based in the United States and Europe.

The personal information will not be stored beyond initial authentication.

How long will the personal data be retained by this activity? The data is only retained within the mobile application during initial authentication. Afterwards an anonymized hashsum is stored.
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 "VOCUS" 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 "VOCUS" 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 "VOCUS" 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 2024-04-24 12:53:28 (UTC).

 

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