Privacy Policy
Your privacy is important. This Privacy Statement explains how we handle your personal information in connection with the website, product, or service that links to this Privacy Statement and the administration of the employment relationship with our employees (we call these our “Services”). It applies generally to the following groups:
- Customers and users (including prospective customers and users)
- Employees
- Third party business partners
- Other individuals who interact with us or whose personal information we maintain.
This Privacy Statement does not apply to any website, application, product, or service that links to its own privacy statement or that is offered by third parties, in which clicking on third party links or enabling those connections may allow the third party to collect, use, or share data about you. We encourage you to read their respective privacy statements.
What personal information do we collect and why?
Generally, we collect, use, disclose and process personal information in the following categories:
Category | Examples |
Name & Contact Information | Name, address, phone number, social media user ID, email address |
Account Information | Account ID, User ID, account profile, settings and preferences, purchase history, subscriptions, and registrations |
Security Information | User credentials (username and password) and similar security information, individual network activity in security and audit logs |
Billing & Payment Information | Payment and payment card information or bank account information, billing contact details, ship to and bill to information |
User Contributions & User Content | Personal information in content and communications uploaded, sent, shared, or inputted through our Services or via our networks and infrastructure, including feedback you provide to us and the content of communications between you and us or sent via our network and Services |
Device & Browser Information | Network and internet service provider (ISP) information, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, device and browser identifiers, device and browser information, advertising identifiers, cookie/tracker identifiers and related information |
Usage and Browsing Information | Usage, search, and browsing history, user journey history (including clicks, navigation, user actions, interactions, and session replays), usage and diagnostics analytics and metrics, including on our Services and on our internal networks and corporate devices by employees, contractors, and site visitors. |
Location Data | Region, country, state, and coarse and precise geolocation data |
Demographic Information | Age, date of birth, marriage status, gender, physical characteristics, military status, political, religious, or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origin, union membership |
Pictures, audio, video recordings | Pictures, audio recordings, video recordings, including footage from CCTV and other security cameras used at our locations and events |
Inferences from Personal Information | Profiles reflecting a person’s preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes. |
Career, Education, and Organization Information | Affiliated organizations (such as employer, industry associations, or licensing bodies) and status, position and title, information about colleagues and contacts, career and education history, professional certifications and licenses, employee identification number, employee record (including performance and compensation information), job application information |
Background Checks | Information from background checks, including criminal history |
Health, Benefits, and Insurance Information | Enrollment and participation in insurance or benefits programs, personal information of beneficiaries, family members, emergency contacts, or dependents, medical records, disability information |
Identity Information | Government identification, governmental identifiers (such as tax identifiers, social security or national insurance numbers, and passport or driver’s license numbers) |
Financial Information | Financial status, tax returns and related information, financial filings, credit standing, payroll and related information |
Legal Information | Legal status, immigrations status, legal court cases and proceedings, governmental records, personal property or real estate records, liens & judgments, death records, public filings, driving records, licenses and registrations, and criminal information (such as arrests, charges, convictions, and incarceration records) |
A note on children’s online privacy:
Our online Services provide information solutions intended for professionals and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of sixteen (16).
How do we collect your personal information?
- Direct Interactions: You provide your personal information when you interact with us, such as when you register for Services, fill in forms, communicate with us, apply for jobs, and work for us.
- User Contributions: We collect your personal information when you or others upload, share, send, or input that information through our Services or networks, or when you or they communicate with us.
- Automatically: We automatically collect personal information about you when you interact with us, such as when use our Services, visit our offices or events, open emails or view advertisements from us, or communicate with us. We may collect some of this personal information by using cookies and other similar technologies.
- Third Party or Publicly Available Sources: We may receive your personal information from third parties, such as our third party business partners (including data brokers and advertising partners), your organizations, governmental agencies who publish public records, and other publicly or generally available sources (including online websites).
How do we use your personal information?
This section includes details of the purposes for which we use personal information and the different legal reasons (also called legal basis) for processing that personal information.
Purpose | Legal Use |
To fulfil our contractual obligations, including to register your account and provide our Services and to fulfill our obligations as an employer Communicate with you about our Services and process related transactions For any purpose with your consent or to follow your instructions | Our performance of a contract As outlined in your consents or instructions |
To operate, improve, and/or personalize our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Develop new products, services, content, and other offerings Monitor the usage of our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Audit usage of our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure, including consumer interactions Ensure the security of our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Detect fraud and abuse, including for our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Manage our internal operations (such as account administration, corporate asset deployment, billing, troubleshooting, repair) | Our performance of a contract As outlined in your consents or instructions To pursue legitimate interests |
To operate, improve, and/or personalize our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Develop new products, services, content, and other offerings Monitor the usage of our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Audit usage of our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure, including consumer interactions Ensure the security of our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Detect fraud and abuse, including for our Services, corporate networks and devices, offices, events, and related infrastructure Manage our internal operations (such as account administration, corporate asset deployment, billing, troubleshooting, repair) | Our performance of a contract As outlined in your consents or instructions To pursue legitimate interests |
Where do we store your personal information?
As described above, we are a global organization so your personal information may be transferred outside of your home country and may be stored in and accessed from multiple countries, including the United States. When you interact with us, you authorize us to transfer your personal information outside of your home country and you acknowledge the risk that we may transfer your personal information to countries that may provide less protection than your home country’s privacy laws and we may not be able to prevent government authorities in some countries from accessing your personal information.
What steps do you take to secure personal information?
We work to implement technical and organizational measures designed to protect the security of personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.The security of your information also depends on you: you are responsible for using unique, strong usernames and passwords for each of your accounts, and for keeping those usernames and passwords confidential. We are not responsible for the circumvention of any privacy settings or cybersecurity measures contained on our Services, and any transmission of personal information is at your own risk.
How long do we retain your personal information?
We retain personal information as required by our enterprise records retention schedule, which varies by Service, business function, country, record classes, and record types. We calculate the retention period based upon the time the personal information is needed to: (a) fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Statement, (b) meet the timelines required or recommended by regulators, professional bodies, or associations, (c) comply with applicable laws, legal holds, and other legal obligations (including contractual obligations), and (d) comply with your requests.
Changes to this Privacy Statement:
This Privacy Statement is expected to change over time. We reserve the right to update it at any time, for any reason. We will notify you of changes to our Privacy Statement by updating the “Last Updated” date and posting the updated Privacy Statement on this page. We may e-mail periodic reminders of our notices and terms and conditions, but you should check our Services frequently to see the current Privacy Statement and any changes made to it.
If there are any differences between the English version of our Privacy Statement and a version translated in another language, the English version controls.