Privacy Notice concerning our
LD - Digital Credentials with Credly
Data Processing Activity

(Boeing Data Processing Activity ID Number: 7695)

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 "LD - Digital Credentials with Credly" data processing activity are as concise, transparent, and intelligible as possible.  We welcome your suggestions for improvement of any of the content presented below.

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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.)

What other entity may process this personal data on behalf of The Boeing Company (including its fully integrated subsidiaries around the globe)?

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

Credly
Whose personal data is intended to be processed by this activity? This activity is intended to process the personal information of:
  • The Public

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

What categories of personal data are processed by this activity?

Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information:

  • Personal Email Address

Personal Information:

Name, BEMSID for Boeing employees, work email address for Boeing employees

 

What are the purposes of processing personal data in this activity? Credly is a platform that allows learning participants to receive a digital credential (such as a digital badge) showing the completion of coursework that entitles them to that credential. This activity and platform support career development and acquiring new skills and knowledge. The digital badges are lifelong and learning participants can carry with them in their career journey and be posted on social media or on career networking sites.
What is the legal basis for processing personal data in this activity? Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is a party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.
Additional Privacy Notice and Information for Credly  • Obtaining a digital badge with Credly is a voluntary activity.

• Learning participants may review the Credly Privacy Policy at https://www.credly.com/privacy which contains information regarding Credly’s privacy practices, your privacy rights, and how to contact them if you have any questions.

• The Credly platform is neither owned nor maintained by Boeing. Boeing employees as well as the general public who choose to receive a badge provided by Credly understand, agree, and acknowledge that they are using it at their own risk.
 
Credly Usage Tips  • Badge profiles through Credly can be public or private.

• If learning participants wish to keep their profiles nonpublic/non-viewable, account settings need to be adjusted under the Privacy and Security Account settings on the user account.

• Boeing employee users may may update their account with their personal email address if they wish to keep their account after leaving employment.
 
What are the legal bases for processing in this activity?  For data subjects that have an employment relationship with Boeing, legitimate interests of employee well-being and career development are the legal bases for processing personal information in this activity. For non-Boeing users, informed consent is received through the Privacy Notice at the front end activity that is providing the learning. Learnworlds is the current learning provider of education and has a Privacy Notice at the point of sign-up for an account. The Data Processing Agreement for Learnworlds indicates the usage of Zapier as a subprocessor that facilitates the movement of learning participant information to Credly for issuing of badges. 
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 required.  This activity would require the processing of personal information in order to get the digital badge. Learning participants may choose to not provide the personal data needed to issue the badge, but would not be able to receive the badge from Credly.
Who are the recipients of the personal data in this activity? The recipients of the personal information may include select members of the Boeing Learning Development team.
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 only be stored in the United States.

How long will the personal data be retained by this activity? The data will be retained for as long as the learning participant wishes. The data subject has control over the retention of their data with Credly. If the learning participant is a Boeing employee and separates from the company, the user may still continue to use Credly by changing their profile to use their personal email address instead of their work email address to retain their digital badges.
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 "LD - Digital Credentials with Credly" 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 "LD - Digital Credentials with Credly" 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 "LD - Digital Credentials with Credly" 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 2024-03-04 10:38:32 (UTC).

 

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