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Privacy Notice for Applications via the Bruker website (iCIMS) – January 2026

This Privacy Notice covers the processing of personal information when you, the applicant, apply for a position at Bruker (“Bruker”, “we” or “us”) on www.bruker.com

  • For what purposes do we process your personal information?
  • To evaluate your application and your suitability for the role
  • To assess your eligibility to a specific job opening
  • To communicate with you about your application, including to invite you to interview or to offer you a position
  • To carry out references checks from former work employers, where required and as communicated during the interview process
  • To prepare your employment offer or contract
  • To keep records related to your hiring processes
  • To contact you for future work opportunities, where you elect to remain in our candidate database in case we do not offer you a position or if you decline it
  • To monitor diversity and inclusion trends, using aggregated data, in the jurisdictions where it is legally required or permitted
  • To perform background check screening against sanctions list[1], as required for a specific position
  • To collect aggregated statistics
  • What types of personal information do we know about you?

We can only require from you the personal data which is necessary for an identified purpose and is allowed under applicable law(s).

  1. Personal information
  • We collect and process the personal information which is relevant to take the necessary steps prior to extending an employment offer or entering a contract of employment with you, including:
  • Contact details, such as but not limited to Your first name, last name, phone number, email address, postal mail delivery address
  • CV or resume, Degrees, Certificates, Diplomas, Qualifications, Transcripts
  • Nationality, Residence, Work Permit, Visa
  • Education and Employment history, References

Please note that the non-provision of required personal information may impact our ability to evaluate your application and may thus keep us from moving forward with your application.

  • Your application file may contain additional personal information that Bruker did not require. We only have access to this information because you voluntarily included it in your application, and this should never be considered as necessary to any of the above-mentioned purposes:
  • Picture
  • Date of birth
  • Previous Salary
  • Gender
  • Address
  • Social Media handles
  • Marital status, Number of children

In that case, we will rely on your consent to store this data from your application.

  1. Sensitive/Special personal information
  • Sensitive personal information is processed if, and only if, it is authorized by law or if it is necessary to comply with a specific legal requirement which will be communicated to you at the time of collection.
  • Health information, including any disability or request for accommodation due to disability
  • Ethnicity
  • In certain jurisdictions, banking information
  • Criminal record
  • How do we collect your personal information?
  • Directly from you, when you file an application online.
  • Indirectly, when:
    • We are reviewing public information you published online only to the extent it is relevant to the assessment of your application and/or the recruitment process, for instance your postings on professional networking or career development platforms,
    • We check the references you authorized us to contact during the recruitment process,
    • We perform background check screenings against relevant sanction lists,
    • A recruitment agency hired by Bruker selected you and share with us any information you previously shared with them.
  • What do we do with your personal information?
  • By setting up a user account to manage your application via bruker.com, your data will be stored in an application management system.
  • Your information will be accessed by relevant HR members and the Hiring Team.
  • As we operate at a global level, we may need to transfer personal information:
    • To other Bruker Group companies located in countries other than the ones in which the information was originally collected, in particular when the hiring manager and/or the Hiring Team are located in another country than the one where you will be located. Click here to access the list of all Bruker Legal entities.
    • To one of our Information Technology services providers:
      1. (Microsoft Inc., storage, data sharing, e-mail, calendar, and videoconferencing services;
      2. iCIMS Inc., talent acquisition portal provider
  • OneTrust, our privacy management platform
  1. LinkedIn
  • If you agree to do so, we will include your CV or resume in our talent pool to contact you for future opportunities that we consider fitting your profile. You can update your information and/or withdraw your consent at anytime.
  • For how long do we retain your personal information?

Your personal information as a candidate will only be used and stored for as long as needed to fulfill our activities as indicated above.

  • If you accept a role at Bruker, the information collected during the recruitment process will form part of your ongoing staff member record and will be stored according to the data retention requirements applicable in the Country where you are employed.
  • If your candidacy is not successful, we will delete your information as required by the retention times applicable in the relevant Country, unless you have agreed to be included in Bruker’s talent pool for future opportunities.
  • What are your rights?

Under most data privacy laws, you have the right to access, correct, update or delete your personal information, You can do so at any time in Your application account or by filling a request on our dedicated platform, or by contacting us at privacy@bruker.com should you have any questions or concerns about your privacy. We will verify the data privacy law applicable to you and fulfill your request or respond to your enquiry.

In some circumstances, you can object to the processing of your personal information and ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information or request the portability of your personal information.

If we process your personal information with your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, or the processing of your personal information based on any lawful processing grounds.

You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of Your personal information. If you are in the EU/EEA, you can contact your local data protection authority.

We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Privacy Rights Statement

If you are a California resident, California law provides you with the following rights with respect to your personal information:

  • The right to know what personal information we have collected, used, disclosed, and sold about you. To submit a request to know, you may call us at +1 (888) 914-9661 and enter the PIN 960300 or submit your request via our Data Subject Request Form.
  • The right to request that we delete any personal information we have collected about you. To submit a request for deletion, you may call us at +1 (888) 914-9661 and enter the PIN 960300 or submit your request via our Data Subject Request Form.

When you exercise these rights and submit a request to us, we will verify your identity by asking you for your email address, telephone number, information about your contract or your direct relationship with Bruker. We also may use a third-party verification provider to verify your identity.

Your exercise of these rights will have no adverse effect on the and quality of our goods or services.

For the 12-months period prior to the date of this Privacy Notice, Bruker has not sold any personal information, nor does it have any plans to do so in the future.

This Notice may be updated periodically to reflect any necessary changes in our privacy practices.

[1] Sanctions lists are a catalog of people and businesses who governments believe are engaged in illegal behavior.