TALENTPAIR PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: December 6, 2021

This Privacy Policy explains how Talentpair, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (“Talentpair”) collects, uses, and discloses information about you through its website, and other online products and services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Services”), or when you otherwise interact with us.

By submitting information, including Personal Information, through Our Services, You agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy, as well as Our Data Processing Agreement located at the following link https://talentpair.com/data-processing-agreement. If You do not agree, You should discontinue use of the Services immediately.

Talentpair services are only available to residents of the United States

We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice, such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services or otherwise interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the choices available to you.

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us

We collect information you provide directly to us.  For example, we collect information when you create an account, participate in any interactive features of the Services, fill out a form, request customer support, or otherwise communicate with us.  The types of information we may collect include your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you choose to provide.

Information About Your Use of the Services

Usage Information

We collect information about your use of the Services, such as the emails you have opened and the advertisements with which you have interacted.

Automatically Collected Information

When you access or use our Services, we automatically collect information about you, including:

§  Log Information:  We collect log information about your use of the Services, including the type of browser you use, error logs, access times, pages viewed, your IP address, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services. 

§  Device Information:  We collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access our Services, including the hardware model, operating system and version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.

§  Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies:  We use different technologies to collect information, including cookies and web beacons.  Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us improve our Services and your experience, see which areas and features of our Services are popular, and count visits.  Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Services or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, and understand usage and campaign effectiveness.  For more information about cookies and how to disable them, please see “Your Choices” below.

Information We Collect from Other Sources

We may obtain information from other sources and combine that with information we collect through our Services.  For example, we may collect information about you from third parties, including but not limited to publicly available sources.  Additionally, if you create or log into your account through a social media site, we will have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information, and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site.

Use of Information

We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, such as to allow you and users to search the information provided to find matches between job candidates and jobs.  Also, our current practice is to use the information we collect to:

§  Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts and support, and administrative messages, and to respond to your comments, questions, and customer service requests;

§  Communicate with you about products, services, and offers, and events offered by Talentpair and others, and provide news and information we think will be of interest to you;

§  Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our Services;

§  Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions and other illegal activities, and protect the rights and property of Talentpair and others;

§  Personalize and improve the Services and provide advertisements, content, or features that match user profiles or interests;

§  Facilitate promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards; and

§  Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

Sharing of Information

We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

§  With vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;

§  In response to a request for information if we believe disclosure is in accordance with, or required by, any applicable law or legal process, including lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;

§  If we believe your actions are inconsistent with our user agreements or policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of Talentpair or others;

§  In connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company;

§  Between and among Talentpair and our current and future parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and other companies under common control and ownership; and

§  With your consent or at your direction.

We may also share aggregated or de-identified information, which cannot reasonably be used to identify you. For example, we may share a hashed version of your email address to facilitate customized ad campaigns on other platforms. 

Social Sharing Features

The Services may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools, such as the Facebook “Like” button, which let you share actions you take on our Services with other media, and vice versa.  Your use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature.  For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others

We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the internet and in applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Talentpair and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising, and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites, and better understand your online activity.  For more information about interest-based ads, or to opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices.

Data Retention

We store the information we collect about you for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which we originally collected it. We may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or as required by law.

Transfer of Information to the U.S. and Other Countries

Talentpair is based in the United States and we process and store information in the United States.  As such, we and our service providers may transfer your information to, or store or access it in, jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction. We will take steps to ensure that your personal data receives an adequate level of protection in the jurisdictions in which we process it.

International Users

Talentpair services are only available to residents of the United States. If you reside outside of the United States and sign up for Talentpair, you are obligated to inform our privacy team immediately at privacy@talentpair.com. Your Talentpair profile and all personal information will be immediately deleted. 

Residents of the European Economic Area

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you have certain rights and protections under the law regarding the processing of your personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing

Talentpair is a service only available to candidates residing in the United States. If you are a resident of the EEA, when we process your personal data we will only do so in the following situations:

§  We need to use your personal data to perform our responsibilities under our contract with you (e.g., processing payments for and providing the Talentpair services you have requested).

§  We have a legitimate interest in processing your personal data.  For example, we may process your personal data to send you marketing communications, to communicate with you about changes to our Services, and to provide, secure, and improve our Services.

Data Subject Requests

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access personal data we hold about you and to ask that your personal data be corrected, erased, or transferred.  You may also have the right to object to, or request that we restrict, certain processing.  If you would like to exercise any of these rights, you can log into your Talentpair account.  Alternatively, you may contact us as indicated below.

Questions or Complaints

If you are a resident of the EEA and have a concern about our processing of personal data that we are not able to resolve, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data privacy authority where you reside.  For contact details of your local Data Protection Authority, please see: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm.

Your Choices

Account Information

You may update, correct, or delete information about you at any time by logging into your online account. If you wish to deactivate your account, please email us at privacy@talentpair.com, but note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time because of updates to Our Terms of Use or Privacy Policy.

Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default.  If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies.  Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Services.

Promotional Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails or text messages from Talentpair by following the instructions in those emails or text messages or by emailing privacy@talentpair.com.  If you opt out, we may still send you non-promotional emails, such as those about your account or our ongoing business relations.

California Privacy Disclosure

Your California Privacy Rights

By availing yourself of the rights afforded in this section of our Privacy Policy, you are declaring that you are a California resident.

Other residents: You may make a verified request to Talentpair regarding your Personal Information. While Talentpair does not sell your Personal Information, you can nonetheless make a formal request to delete your Personal Information held by Talentpair through your account or, if you are unable to access your account, via email at privacy@talentpair.com 

California’s “Shine the Light” Act. Pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, residents of California have the right to request from a business with whom the California resident has an established business relationship, certain information with respect to the types of Personal Information the business shares with third parties for direct marketing purposes by such third party and the identities of the third parties with whom the business has shared such information during the immediately preceding calendar year. To request a copy of the information disclosure provided by Us pursuant to Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code, You must contact Us at the e-mail or regular mail address specified in the Contacting Us section below with “California Privacy Request” in the first line. Please note that under this law, We are not required to respond to Your request more than once in a calendar year, nor are We required to respond to any request that is not sent to the designated e-mail or mailing address.

California Do Not Track Disclosure. Do Not Track is a privacy preference that some Users may set in their web browsers. When a User turns on the Do Not Track signal, the browser sends a message to websites requesting them not to track the User. At this time, We do not recognize or respond to Do Not Track browser settings or signals and We will still receive information. As a result, We may still collect information about You and Your internet activity, even if You have turned on the Do Not Track signal.

California Consumer Protection Act. Pursuant to the California Consumer Protection Act, the following additional disclosures and consumer rights, updated, on an annual basis, apply to California residents who access or use Services:

1. DISCLOSURES.
   
   1. Categories of Personal Information Collected: The categories of Personal Information collected by Us in the preceding 12 months are described in Section 2 of the Privacy Notice.
   2. Sources of the Personal Information Categories: The sources of Personal Information collected by Us in the preceding 12 months are described in Section 3 of the Privacy Notice.
   3. Purpose for the Collection of Personal Information: The purpose and legitimate basis for the collection of Personal Information by category by Us in the preceding 12 months is set forth in this Privacy Notice and further enumerated in the chart below: