The Privacy Policy for Candidates, Contractors, Vendors, and Other Third-Parties
Welcome to our Privacy Policy. Thank you for taking the time to read it. Do you live in California? Check out our California Privacy Statement for Candidates, Contractors, Vendors and other Third-Parties , which supplements this Privacy Policy.
We appreciate that you trust us with your information and we intend to always keep that trust. This starts with making sure you understand the information we collect, why we collect it, how it is used and your choices regarding your information. This Policy describes our privacy practices in plain language, keeping legal and technical jargon to a minimum.
1. Who We Are
The company responsible for your information under this Privacy Policy (the “data controller”) depends on your location, the Site you used or the purpose of processing. To get details on the specific data controller please refer to the Appendix to this Privacy Policy.
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3. Information We Collect and How We Use It
We collect data:
- Directly from you when you provide us with information or use a functionality on our Sites, for instance when you complete a contact form, subscribe to our newsletter or when you apply to a job posting;
- Automatically when you navigate and use functionalities on our Sites (e.g., IP address, interactions with our content, cookies information etc.);
- When you interact with us or our tools and systems in a different capacity (e.g., by visiting our premises, using our visitor registration tools, joining our meetings).
We can also receive information from partners (e.g., headhunting agency, agency running our social media pages, etc.). For instance, when you apply to our posts or vacancies published on a partner’s service or via a headhunting agency, they may pass along application details. Where legally allowed, we can also receive information about suspected or convicted bad actors from third parties as part of our efforts to ensure safety and security on our Sites and premises or background checks information in the context of a hiring process to the extent allowed under applicable law. We can also receive information from other Match Group companies, for example, if your inquiry concerns multiple Match Group companies, for safety and anti-fraud purposes.
4. How We Share Information
We share some of the data with service providers and partners who assist us in operating the Sites, with other Match Group companies for specified reasons as laid out below and, in some cases, legal authorities. Read on for more details about how your information is shared with others.
