Privacy Policy for Recruitment
Talent Link Solutions and its Licensees (“we,” “us,” “our,” ‘Talent Link Solutions,” “Licensees”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy acts as the basis on which we will process any personal data we collect from Candidates or Clients for employment, or data that is provided to us by individuals or third-party sources for the purposes of recruitment. Wherever you apply for a job opening posted by us, these Privacy Notice provisions will apply to how we process your personal information. Personal data means all information that relates to an identified individual or to an identifiable individual.
General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”)
For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the Data Controller is Talent Link Solutions. This policy provides you with certain information that must be provided under the General Data Protection Regulation [(EU) 2016/679] (GDPR) and the local data protection law. This policy does not form part of any contractual agreement and may be amended at any time.
How Is Your Personal Data Collected?
We collect personal data about you from the following sources:
You, the Candidate or Client, via an online job site, career site, email, in person at video interviews, and/or by any other method.
Those who referred you, from whom we collect your personal data. Trusted third-party vendors who recommend you as a candidate or client for a specific job opening or for our business more generally. From publicly accessible sources, such as LinkedIn or Source Boosters (Indeed, Monster, Career Builder, Dice, and so on), where we collect your full name, email, work history, and other data included on your profile. Please find detailed information about this in the section below.
Personal Information We Collect From You
In particular, we collect the following personal details:
Name Contact information Educational background Employment background Job qualifications/skills CV/resume or transcripts, and any supporting documentation attached to your resume, such as copies of certificates, passport, cover letters, etc. Details of your visits to our career site, including but not limited to traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, the site that referred you to our website, and the resources that you access.
Lawful Basis For Processing
We rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis by which we collect and use your personal data. Wherever you apply for a job opening through our Quick Apply and job board integration vendors, we rely on consent during the application process to disclose your personal data to the service provider on the basis described below.
Purposes Of Processing
We process personal data related to you for the purposes of enabling us to consider your suitability for employment. Without such processing, it would not be possible for us to consider your application for employment. We use information held about you for any or all of the following purposes:
Identifying and evaluating Candidates or Clients for potential employment, as well as for future roles that may become available Maintaining records in relation to recruiting and hiring To communicate with you and respond to your requests or application
Disclosure Of Your Information
We take care to only share your personal information with those who really need it in order to perform their tasks and duties. Primarily, we pass your information to our service providers, including Talent Link Solutions, their sub-processors, and the third-party integrations enabled by us in Talent Link Solutions, who use your information only in accordance with our instructions and as otherwise required by law. For example: Talent Link Solutions may engage a sub-processor to assist us in parsing your CV and obtaining the information required for the application/interview process. We may disclose your personal information to third-party integrations provided by Talent Link Solutions for purposes like background verification, assessment, and so on. Wherever you have applied for a job opening through our Smart Apply feature, and wherever you have consented to this disclosure, we will disclose to the service provider certain personal data that we hold, including but not limited to a unique identifier used by the service provider to identify you, and information about your progress through our hiring process for the applicable job opening; as well as tangible, intangible, visual, electronic, present, or future information that we hold about you, such as your name, contact information, and other details involved in the data analysis process related to you as an applicant for employment (collectively, "Disposition Data"). The service provider's Privacy Notice regarding their use of this shared data will be available on their website.
Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need-to-know. They will only process your personal data on our specific instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. In case of any security breach, we will notify you and any applicable regulator where we are legally required to do so.
Where We Store And Who Has Access To Your Personal Data
We store your personal data in the United States. If you are a Candidate or Client from the European Economic Area, the data that we collect from you and process may be transferred to a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). It may also be accessed and processed outside the EEA by our Licensees who operate and work with Talent Link Solutions. If you would like further information, please contact us (see 'Contact Us' below).
How Long We Store Your Personal Data
We shall determine appropriate retention periods considering the purposes stated in this policy and relevant legal requirements. Your personal information will be deleted on one of the following occurrences:
(i) Receipt of a written request by you to us.
(ii) Deletion of your personal information based on criteria defined by us.
For example, if we failed to receive your consent within the defined timeline, your data will be automatically deleted.
Your Rights All Candidates and Clients have rights. Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include:
Right to know and access Right to seek correction Right to request erasure Right to receive a copy of your data Right to object to processing and to direct marketing Right to object to automated decision-making
Right to restrict processing
If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please Contact us using our contact details below and provide us enough information to verify your identity and advise us the information to which your request relates
How To Complain
We trust that we can resolve any question or concern you raise about our use of your information. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives you the right to lodge a complaint with an appropriate
supervisory authority, particularly if you are from the European Economic Area.
How to Contact Us
We encourage your questions and comments about this policy and our privacy practices. Please reach out via the Contact Us page on our website, and Talent Link Solutions will respond to you as soon as reasonably possible.
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