a. We process the following categories of personal data:
Data we collect from you as part of the membership application, in particular
- about you, such as your name, contact information, gender, and date of birth;
- about your occupation, such as employer, occupational group, industry, length of employment, income, and education;
- regarding your union membership, such as type of membership;
- the bank account information you provided, specifically the name of the bank, IBAN, and BIC;
In the case of employer-administered membership: data we receive from your employer; data relating to a change in your employment relationship that justifies a change in your contribution payments.
b. “We”—that is, our employees in the organizational units of IG Metall and, depending on their responsibilities and duties, our volunteer officers at the workplace—process personal data for the following purposes:
We process the data we collect from you as part of your membership application
- to administer your membership in IG Metall;
- to conduct elections (for example, to verify eligibility to vote, and to support and oversee the conduct of elections for shop stewards, works council members, youth and apprentice representatives, and representatives for employees with severe disabilities);
- to support the work of union officials (for example, through educational activities and oversight, in the formation of committees and working groups, and by recognizing local activities);
- to generally manage our union activities and optimize internal processes related to the other purposes listed here;
- to support members during strikes;
and - to fulfill our other statutory duties as a union (e.g., holding meetings; registering, training, and advising shop stewards, works council members, representatives for employees with severe disabilities, and members of youth and apprentice representative bodies; monitoring the activities of local officials; overseeing collective bargaining agreements, wages, salaries, and working conditions; promoting local union activities).
In the case of workplace-based dues collection: We process the data we receive from your employer in order to collect your statutory dues directly through your employer’s payroll department.
c. We base the data processing on the following legal grounds:
The legal basis for processing your personal data relating to your person or your profession is Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (“GDPR”), which permits processing for the performance of a contract. The contractual obligations are essentially specified in the IG Metall Bylaws, as currently in force.
The legal basis for processing is also Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR, which permits processing to safeguard our legitimate interests, provided that such processing is necessary and does not override your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Legitimate interests in this sense exist, in particular, to the extent that we process the data in the course of performing the tasks assigned to us under the Articles of Association, such as to inform members or communicate with former members. If you would like more detailed information about our legitimate interests or the balancing of these interests against your own, please contact our Data Protection Officer (see Section 2).
All processing purposes listed in Section 3.b are additionally based on the legal basis of Article 9(2)(d) of the GDPR, which generally permits trade unions to process personal data indicating trade union membership within the scope of their lawful activities.
The legal basis for the transfer of your personal data, including information regarding union membership, to our payment service provider (in the case of payroll deduction: your employer) is Article 6(1)(a) in conjunction with Article 9(2)(a) of the GDPR, which permits processing with your consent.
