Frequently Asked Questions

Personal data sharing

What personal data is shared between the Platforms?

What personal data is shared is determined by the Privacy and Cookie policies of the Platforms you use.

The personal data shared depends on your interaction with the Platforms in the course of your job search and application activities. It may include your first and last name, user name, email address, telephone number, resume/profile information, IP address, advertiser ID, answers to any employer screener questions, job listings, job notifications, application progress, and users’ search, click and session activity on the Platforms.

Why is my personal data shared in this way?

Your personal data is shared for a few reasons, including to:

Connect more job seekers with more job listings and employers

Improve our services

Facilitate better security for users

More details on the benefits of data sharing are available to you.

When is data shared and how does sharing take place?

When and how your personal data is shared depends on the individual Platform, the type of data being shared, and the actions you take on the Platforms.

For example, our Platforms may use and share your previous search or browsing history (e.g. the jobs you click on) and your resume or profile information to determine relevant search results and job alerts. Specific actions may also automatically initiate sharing, such as opening an account on one of our Platforms.

How do I stop my personal data from being shared in this way?

Indeed values your privacy and tries to facilitate your preferences. If you do not wish your information to be shared in this way, depending on the site, you can request the deletion of your account, request the deletion of your personal data, or request that your data not be shared this way while maintaining an account. These options can be requested by following the instructions in the Privacy Policy of the sites you have used.

HR Privacy Center and the Platforms

Does the information in the HR Privacy Center change how my personal data will be used?

No, the information set out in our FAQs and Privacy Center is designed to provide you with more transparency about how we use data.

Does this mean that all my data is shared by the Platforms without restriction?

No, the sharing of your personal data is governed by the provisions of the privacy and cookie policies of the Platforms you have used. We encourage you to refer to those provisions, so you have a clear understanding.

How do the Platforms manage the transfer of my personal data among the affiliated Platforms?

We use various mandated legal methods to ensure that adequate protections are applied to the transfer of data. That may include one or a combination of measures. This may include standard contractual clauses or other mechanisms as we determine to be appropriate to adequately protect transfers of your personal data. 

Who is the data controller of my personal data?

The data controller of your personal data should be specified in the Privacy Policy of the Platform you used. 

How do the Platforms view privacy?

The HR Platforms take the privacy of their users very seriously. We invest significant resources as part of our efforts to protect your personal data and endeavor to adhere to applicable privacy rules. We very much value the trust that our job seekers place in us to help them find jobs, and our employers place in us to help them find great candidates. Please consult our Privacy Values for more information.

In what language does each Platform provide its privacy or cookie policy?

A Platform’s Privacy and Cookie policy is available in the local languages of the markets targeted by that Platform. If a particular Platform does not have its privacy or cookie policy in a specific language, it is because the Platform does not yet target users in markets where that language applies.

Your privacy rights

What privacy rights are available to me on the Platforms?

We endeavor to treat all our users equally by providing a broad suite of privacy rights to all our users globally. That means that any user of the Platform, irrespective of their location, can contact a Platform to get:

Access to their personal data

Deletion of personal data

Their personal data rectified

A portable version of their personal data

Restriction of or objection to certain processing of their personal data

How can I exercise my privacy rights?

You can exercise your privacy rights by consulting the Privacy Policy of the Platform you used and following the instructions specified there.

What security measures are adopted by the Platforms?

We take the security of your personal data very seriously and have devoted significant resources to that end. We employ various practices with the goal of preventing unauthorized access, disclosure, destruction, or accidental loss. These practices will vary depending on the nature of the data, the context of the processing, the risks involved, and the technology available.

We use a range of security measures to protect your personal data, adopting a risk-based approach, including where applicable:

Selective pseudonymisation and encryption of personal data

Designing internal systems to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of our processing systems and services

Using systems and processes designed to give us the ability to restore the availability and access to personal data kept by us in a timely manner in the event of a physical or technical incident

Regularly testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of the Platforms’ security measures