Current statement referring to today's press conference

No address stored according to paragraph 5 of the basic data protection regulation

20-Jun-2020 - Germany

We are extremely grateful to the responsible authorities and all the supporting organisations in the district for their commitment and the currently untiring work. All those responsible in our company are also working around the clock to ensure all possible support on our part.

We are aware that the localisation of all employees at their place of residence is essential for the tracing and thus containment of the infection. It is very regrettable if delays occur in this follow-up due to a partial lack of data.

However, we must contradict the impression that we have negligently withheld data in order to hinder the work of the authorities.

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As a company we were in an extreme situation. In several thousand cases, we had to violate applicable law and break data protection laws in order to demand and provide the necessary personnel data from our service providers within the required time. In the end, after weighing up all the consequences, we provided the required data of the employees of our service providers.

By way of explanation:

According to paragraph 5 of the basic data protection regulation, our company may only record the first name, surname and date of birth of the employees in the contract for work and services. We are not allowed to possess any other data!

In the course of clarifying the current situation, we were asked to report all address data of the employees in the contract for work and services to the authorities. This request was immediately passed on to all service providers. In this way, part of the many address data could be handed over to the authorities at short notice.

However, some service providers had expressed serious data protection concerns and were not willing to disclose personal data without a written request. Once this written request had been received by the authority, the outstanding addresses could also be handed over to the authority immediately.

In conclusion, we would like to emphasize once again..: We understand the pressures under which all concerned are working. All those responsible at Tönnies will continue to work flat out and give the authorities every possible support in this exceptional situation.

Cause investigation

A detailed technical inspection to determine the cause of the problem was carried out today, Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. by the Detmold District Government's Occupational Safety Department, the Gütersloh District Health Department and Bonn University Hospital in a cooperative atmosphere with our experts.

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