Privacy Rights

Your Privacy Rights

Tested Talent is committed to protecting the privacy of our users, and strives to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect and use online data.

By using this site or application, you explicitly accept the collection, use and transfer of your data as described in this Privacy Policy.

If you do not want your information to be collected, used, and transferred as described by this policy, you may revoke your consent to our Privacy Policy. To revoke your consent, please click here to contact us. If you do revoke your consent, your account and profile information will be deleted.

We share information with employers. We are unable to control their use of your data. We also do not control the data use practices of either (a) those who access your information on or through our sites and applications or (b) ad networks and other third parties with whom we work to serve you personalized ads.

Scope of this Policy

This policy applies to information we collect on sites and applications owned or controlled by Tested Talent Services or its affiliated companies. Affiliated companies are entities that control, are controlled by or are under common control with Tested Talent Services.

We link to other websites over which we have no control. Tested Talent is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites. You may wish to review the privacy policies of those sites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information.

Information We Collect

We collect information about you when you use our sites and applications. For example, depending on the services you use, we collect:

• Your name
• Contact information such as address, email address, telephone number
• Credit card number and billing information (for services requiring payment)
• Information about your education, occupation, skills and experience, awards, memberships and affiliations, activities and interests
• Information imported by you or your connections from third party applications
• Information about third parties, such as references or contacts, that you provide to us if you have their express written consent to do so
• Your ZIP code, postal code, preferences, occupation, career history, interests and favorites
• Your age, gender, race or ethnicity, if permitted by local law and you choose to provide it

“We do not store credit card details nor do we share customer details with any 3rd parties”

We automatically collect information about how you use our sites, the areas of our site that you visit, as well as information about your computer including your IP address, device ID, physical location, browser and operating system type, and referring URLs. This information is necessary for providing personalized and location-based content as well as for analyzing the use of resources, troubleshooting problems, preventing fraud, and improving our services. We may combine this information with information in your account to help prevent fraud.

When you post information on another user’s profile or comment on another user's post, the public availability of that information will be subject to the other user’s privacy settings.

How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to provide our services, respond to you, operate and improve our sites and applications, and foster a positive user experience. Our services include the display of personalized products, content, and advertising relating to your career experience and interests, either on our site or other sites with which we have a business relationship. By registering with Tested Talent, by managing your profile, or by opting in when presented with choices, you have consented for us to use your information in the following ways:

• to create a profile for you based on information that you have provided to us, information imported from other sites or applications, or information provided to us by third parties such as your contacts or advertisers;
• to provide personalized, targeted, or location-based content, services, and advertising from us and third parties;
• to allow you to contact other users or to invite others to join or create and account;
• to allow you to import information about yourself or your contacts from other sites or applications or to export your information to other sites or applications;
• to make purchases;
• to contact you about feature updates, informational and service-related communications, including important security updates;
• to provide you with additional communications, information, and promotions such as newsletters and career advice;
• to inform you of other products or services available from Tested Talent or its affiliates;
• to enable you to contact us and for us to respond to you to conduct surveys, promotions and contests, and to publish the results thereof;
• to provide information about you and your potential interest in job postings to employer customers;
• to provide products and services to employer customers to complete the recruitment and hiring process;
• to provide products and services that enable users to network, post information on bulletin boards, view and compare profiles;
• to generate internal reports about the use of our sites and applications;
• to allow you to share jobs and profile information with your connections;
• to give search engines access to public information; and
• to detect, investigate and prevent activities that may violate our policies or be illegal.

Some of our products and services, such as our searchable CV database and Executive search, enable third parties to see your personal information and to contact you. Profile information may be used for networking with other community members or may be visible to employers who are using Tested Talent sites and applications.

Information you post in public areas of Tested Talent sites or applications or place in the searchable CV database may be accessed, used, and stored by others around the world, including those in countries that might not have legislation that guarantees adequate protection of personal information as defined by your country of residence. While Tested Talent takes measures to safeguard your information from unauthorized access or inappropriate use, Tested Talent does not control these third parties and we are not responsible for their use of information you give to us. Accordingly, you should not post sensitive information, personality profiles, or any other information you would not want made public, to any Tested Talent site or application.

We use data we have about you to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third party. We show you targeted ads on our sites or other sites with which we have a business relationship. These ads are targeted based on information we collect about you and information about you we acquire from third parties.

How We Share Information

One of our primary purposes is to provide you with a platform to broadcast the information in your CV and profile widely in order to maximize your career opportunities. The information we gather may be shared within the Tested Talent group of companies on a worldwide basis. We do not share information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosure. We disclose your information as set forth below: 1. We share your information with third parties who help deliver our products and services to you. Examples include hosting our web servers, including CV database storage, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not use that data for any other purpose. We will remain responsible for any information shared in this way.

2. We may disclose information to third parties if you consent. For example:

(a) if you make your CV searchable, then all parties with access to our searchable CV database will have access to your CV;

(b) if you opt in to receive information about the opportunities, products, or services of third parties, we supply your contact information to those third parties so they may contact you;

By applying to a job or providing your contact information to show interest in a job, you consent to the disclosure of your information to that employer.

We also share aggregated information (including location data) about Tested Talent site visitors and application users with third parties to serve advertisements to you on our sites or other sites with which we have a business relationship. We may also aggregate data regarding job qualifications, schooling, age, experience level or other information relevant to the job search. This aggregated data does not identify users individually, and may be made available to employers or fellow job seekers or community members. If we create a co-branded site with another company, information will be retained by both companies and subject to the privacy policies of both companies which will be published on the co-branded sites.

3. We disclose information if legally required to do so, or at our discretion pursuant to a request from a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith – after considering your privacy interests and other factors – that such action is necessary to: (a) meet legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public.

4. We may disclose and transfer information to a third party who acquires any or all of Tested Talent’s business units, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event Tested Talent becomes the subject of an insolvency proceeding, such information will be disposed of in a transaction approved by the court. You will be notified of the sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party by email or through a prominent notice posted on the site.

An Important Note About Your CV
When you create or post a CV, we store it in our searchable CV database. CVs can be found by anyone with access to our CV database. We cannot control the retention, use or privacy of CVs that have been viewed or downloaded by others. Your CV can be transferred to the relevant employer, who may retain a copy of your CV or distribute it to third parties. We attempt to limit access to our searchable CV database to legitimate users such as paying employers, recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters and human resource professionals, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. We cannot control the use made of CVs by third parties who access the CV database. Once your CV has been disclosed, Tested Talent is not able to retrieve it from the third parties who accessed it.

You may remove your CV from our searchable database at any time. However anyone who viewed your CV may have kept a copy of it in their own files or databases. Accordingly, you should not put sensitive information, personality profiles, or other information you would not want made public, in your CV.

If you provide us with details of a reference, it is your responsibility to ensure that the person is aware that you have forwarded his/her details and has consented in writing for you to do so.

CVs you give to us must not contain sensitive data relating to your (i) racial or ethnic origin (ii) political beliefs (iii) philosophical or religious beliefs (iv) membership of a trade union or political party (v) physical or mental health or biometric details or genetic makeup (vi) addictions, sexual life (vii) the commission of criminal offences or proceedings and associated penalties or fines, (viii) the commission of any unlawful or objectionable conduct and associated penalties, or (ix) any Social Security Number or national identification number. If your CV does contain this information, then you agree that it is at your own risk. We cannot control third parties’ access to such information from our searchable database.

How We Store Information

Because managing your career is a life-long process, we retain all the information we gather about you in an effort to make repeat use of our sites more efficient, practical and relevant until you change or remove your personal data as described below. You may access, review, correct, update, change or delete your profile or CV at any time. Log into your account, go to your profile or CV, and make the desired changes.

Access to or correction, update, or deletion of your personal information may be denied or limited by Tested Talent if it would violate another person's rights and/or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. If you wish to delete or close your account or account profile information altogether, please click here to contact us. We will send you an email to confirm that your personal information has been deleted (save for an archival copy which is not accessible by you or third parties on the Internet). The archival copy is retained only for as long as needed for audit and record purposes. We will also keep logs and information that may relate to your activity on the site.

We will respond to information access requests without undue delay of receipt and in any event within 30 days. If we require additional time to provide access to your information, we will acknowledge receipt of your request within 30 days and promptly supplement our response within the time period required by applicable law.

If you are a job seeker with a visible CV and have not logged onto Tested Talent for an extended period, we may make your CV unsearchable. If you do not log into your account for a significant period of time, it will expire and be scheduled for deletion. Expired accounts are deleted on a periodic basis. Our current expiration period is approximately 36 months; we may extend or reduce this period in order to adjust to changing hiring patterns. If we change the period, we will update this notice. You will always receive an email from us before we delete your CV in this manner.

Security

You are responsible for keeping your username and password secret.

Tested Talent takes appropriate measures to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, the Internet is an open system and we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes. You can find additional information on conducting a safe job search in our Security Centre. You should be aware that CVs may be monitored by your current employer.

When you place an order online at Tested Talent, your credit card information is encrypted with industry standard encryption. This makes it difficult for your credit card information to be intercepted or stolen while being transmitted. Tested Talent uses a service company to process its credit card transactions.

Children

Tested Talent is not intended for, nor do we knowingly collect information from, children under the age of 18.

If you live outside the European Economic Area, Tested Talent endeavors to comply with applicable law for the international transfer of your personal information.

Changes to Privacy Policy

If we decide to materially change the substance of this Privacy Policy, we will, where required, contact you via the email address that you maintain in your profile. We will also post those changes through a prominent notice on the site.

Contact Information

If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us online

JavaScript

JavaScript: Tested Talent uses JavaScript to collect information about users’ visits to our sites and applications, measure and improve the effectiveness of advertisements and job postings, and deliver co-branded services. They help us compile aggregated statistics about site usage. JavaScript can be deactivated via your browser settings. If you disable JavaScript you will not be able to use some of the functions of the website.

Update effective 18 December 2013.