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Privacy Policy


Privacy

Collection of Personal Information

The Job Site collects and maintains personal information from the following categories of individuals:

  • Visitors: individuals who visit or use our Site(s) or any other The Job Site Services, so that we can provide them with the Site(s) or The Job Site Services they require;
  • Job seekers: individuals that apply for job opportunities with The Job Site to fill our internal positions or as part of our staffing and recruiting services or The Job Site’s customers through our search, workforce management or talent advisory services (in each case, whether such applications are made online or offline);
  • Customers, vendors, service providers and other suppliers: employees, representatives and/or agents of our customers, service providers, vendors and other suppliers with whom we have a business relationship and/or manage on behalf of our customers.

If you submit any personal information relating to other people to us or to our service providers in connection with the The Job Site Services, you confirm that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this Policy.

The types of information we collect include the following:

  • Information submitted to us: The Job Site collects personal information that individuals provide to us through The Job Site Services, such as when they visit one of our Sites, post on our forums or blogs, sign up for an The Job Site account to access certain The Job Site Services (like an The Job Site job board or our Communities Site) or if they subscribe to our marketing or register for an The Job Site event or webinar or otherwise contact us. We may also collect personal information from individuals’ offline, for example when individuals provide information to us by telephone or in person at events or at one of our recruitment offices.
    • contact information (such as name, postal address, email address and telephone number);

The types of personal information we may collect include:

Where we request information from you, we will let you know prior to collection whether the provision of the personal information we are requesting is compulsory or whether the information may be provided on a voluntary basis and the consequences of not providing the information.

  • Information we collect automatically: We automatically collect certain technical information from visitors to our Site(s), such as the Internet protocol (IP) address of their device, their login information, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platforms. We may also automatically collect certain information about their visits to our Site(s), such as download errors experienced and length of visits to certain pages. When you download, install or use The Job Site apps, we and our service providers may track and collect certain device related information (such as your device's unique ID) and certain app usage data (such as the date and time the app on your device accesses our servers and what information and files have been downloaded to the app based on your device ID.
  • Information we receive from other sources or third parties: We may receive or acquire information about our visitors, job seekers, customers and suppliers from third party partners (such as background check providers) or other third party sources (such as information from publicly available sites (like Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com or LinkedIn),or a job seeker’s third party reference.
  • You may also choose to provide us with access to certain personal information stored by third parties like social media sites. For example, if you register for an account to access some of our Sites (like the Communities Site), you can choose to import your LinkedIn basic profile data (such as your name, experience, location, photo and contact information). By authorizing The Job Site to have access to this information, you agree that we may collect, store and use this information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Sensitive Personal Information: In connection with the various services we provide or if you are applying for a job opportunity with us or one of our customers, you may be asked for types of personal information that are viewed by some countries as sensitive personal information. Sensitive personal information includes, for example, government-issued identification number (such as a social security number), information relating to a person's race or ethnic origin, political opinions or religious beliefs, physical or mental health or condition, sexual orientation, trade union membership, genetic data and any related legal actions or the processing of biometric data for the purposes of uniquely identifying an individual. It also includes information about an individual's criminal offences or convictions, as well as any other information deemed sensitive under applicable data protection laws (collectively "Sensitive Personal Information").

  • Although we aim to minimize the amount of Sensitive Personal Information we process, we may process such information in certain circumstances, such as where we are required to or permitted to do so by law (e.g. information about your racial / ethnic origin, gender and disabilities for equal opportunity monitoring or affirmative action program), or where it is necessary to provide you with a service, or if we need to perform a criminal background check, drug/alcohol test or fitness for duty testing. If required by applicable data protection laws, we will obtain your express consent to our use of your sensitive personal information. .

Use of Personal Information

The personal information The Job Site collects will be used only as described in this Policy and/or in the way we specify at the time of collection. For the most part, we collect and use personal information to effectively provide and improve the The Job Site Services (such as our Sites and related staffing and recruiting services, or search, workforce management or talent advisory services) and to comply with applicable laws and government regulations (such as, to comply with mandatory employment, tax and insurance requirements).

More specifically, we may use your personal information for the following purposes:

  • Providing and administering the The Job Site Services and for internal operations (for example, troubleshooting, data analysis, statistical and survey purposes);
  • Protecting the The Job Site Services (for example, fraud monitoring and prevention);
  • Responding to your communications;
  • Complying with applicable laws and government regulations;
  • If you are a job seeker:
    • facilitating the recruitment, staffing or search process by helping to find job seekers a suitable assignment or job match with us or with our customers;
    • storing information about your recruitment or other preferences;
    • sending you e-mails and other communications about job postings that we think fit your profile, and to notify you about events, offers, surveys, workshops and training sessions run by The Job Site or our partners; and
    • to interact with you on third party social networks (like LinkedIn).
  • Gauging the number of users and usage of the Site(s), so we can plan Site bandwidth and capacity accordingly
  • Recognizing you when you return as a repeat visitor to our Site(s) or other online The Job Site Services;
  • Providing information on goods and services you have requested;
  • Sending you e-mails and other promotional communications about The Job Site marketing, advertising and promotions in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt-out of our marketing at any time by notifying us in writing.
  • For our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, fraud monitoring and prevention, developing new products, services and offerings, enhancing, improving or modifying our Sites, products and services and operating and expanding our business activities; and
  • Notifying you about changes to our Site(s) or other The Job Site Services.

Personal information collected online through the The Job Site Services may also be supplemented with information you provide to us through other The Job Site services , as well as other online and offline sources (such as recruitment fairs, social media platforms (like LinkedIn), trade shows, or other events) and other data appending methods (such as spot tags, tracking and cookies as referenced below).

We may also use the personal information we receive for the purposes of creating anonymized and aggregated statistics that do not reveal the specific identity of any person.

In most cases, The Job Site will process personal information for a variety of business purposes which are in our legitimate interests (for example, to operate its business and provide you with services you have requested), in order to enter into or perform a contract with you and/or for compliance with our legal obligations (as described above). However in some cases and always where required by applicable law, The Job Site will seek your consent to process your personal information (including any Sensitive Personal Information).

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Cookies and Online Tracking

The Job Site websites use "cookies" and similar technologies (like web bugs) to help personalize your online experience and for our analytics purposes.

A cookie is a small data file placed on the hard drive of your computer when you visit certain websites. A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you have visited.

A web bug is a graphic on a web page or email that gathers information about the computers used to view the web page or email. A web bug can collect your computer’s IP address and the time you viewed the website or email.

Some parts of The Job Site’s websites use cookies and web bugs to track user traffic patterns on the The Job Site sites. The Job Site does this tracking in order to determine the usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure is in helping users reach that information.

If you prefer not to receive cookies or web bugs while browsing our website, you can set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies or web bugs and refuse them when your browser alerts you to their presence.

You can also refuse all cookies and web bugs by turning them off in your browser, although you may not be able to take full advantage of The Job Site websites if you do so. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use/navigate through many parts of The Job Site websites, except that access to certain The Job Site Web pages require a login and password.

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)

You can find information on popular browsers and how to adjust your cookie preferences at the following websites:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm

Mozilla Firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/psm/help_21/using_priv_help.html

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416

Apple Safari: Blocks cookies by default and accepts cookies only from your current domain. To change, click Safari, Preferences, Security, and choose your preference.

For more information on the types of cookies which are used on the The Job Site websites, please see our cookie statement, which is available on each of our websites.

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Sharing Your Personal Information within The Job Site

The Job Site may disclose your personal information to any affiliate within The Job Site for use in accordance with this Privacy Statement. This includes our subsidiaries, affiliates and our ultimate holding company.

This sharing of personal information with The Job Site affiliates may include combining the personal information gathered by certain The Job Site Sites with information independently gathered on other The Job Site Sites as well as information gathered offline into one or more database(s) useable by The Job Site, including all of its affiliates. Again, this combined information will only ever be used for the purposes disclosed within this Privacy Statement.

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Sharing Your Personal Information with Third Parties

The Job Site may share and disclose personal information about you with the following types of third parties and in the following circumstances:

  • Potential employers or potential customers - We may share your personal information if you are a job seeker with a customer for the purpose of providing the The Job Site Services (such as staffing and recruiting services, or search, workforce management or talent advisory services).

In connection with the above, we may need to disclose certain data about your previous employment (such as your resume and corresponding information or to the extent permitted by law, the results of any criminal background checks or other specific employee data such SSN/National ID) with that customer or other service providers or agents acting on our behalf to facilitate and enable the potential placement or employment. To the extent you are employed by a customer of The Job Site through our search, workforce management or talent advisory services, the The Job Site customer will process such personal information in accordance with its own policies and procedures.

  • Compliance with laws - We may disclose personal information to a third party where we are legally required to do so in order to respond to or comply with any applicable law, regulation, subpoenas, court orders, legal process or government requests, including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.