Hireology Privacy Policy

Hireology, Inc. (“Hireology”, “we” or “us”) provides the website located at www.hireology.com and its associated webpages, the mobile and touch versions, and any other mobile applications or sites we have now or in the future that reference these Terms of Use (the “Site”) and the resources, services, information, communications, and publications available through the Site (the “Services”). This Privacy Policy applies to your use of the Site, as well as the associated career websites that we host and make available to you on behalf of our Customers.

Hireology as a Service Provider

To provide some background to individuals who purchase our Services (“Customers”) and their data sources (“Data Sources”), we are a service provider or data processor that processes personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”) on behalf of and in accordance with the instructions of the data controllers (i.e., our Customers), who may collect such information from Data Sources (typically, candidates) during the recruitment process or otherwise. Our Customers collect such information from Data Sources using the Site. Personal information and other data submitted by or on behalf of a Customer in connection with the Services, belongs to and is controlled by our Customers. We act only on and in accordance with instructions from our Customers, the data controllers, and as provided in our Subscription Services Terms, available here. Our data processing activities are limited to the minimum necessary for the performance of the contracts between our Customers and us.

 Our Customers collect the Personal Information of Data Sources in a few different ways. One way in which they collect Personal Information is directly from the Data Source(s). For example, a Data Source may provide Personal Information such as name, email address, telephone number, social security number, and information provided in a Form W-9 if he or she registers for a candidate account within the Site, applies for an open position with our Customers through the Site, or signs up for an interview through our Site. Certain Personal Information may also be provided by a Data Source on the Site, including, but not limited to, through posting material on the Site, inputting search queries, or completing surveys, forms, or polls. As a data processor, we may gain authorized access to the Personal Information of the Data Sources, including personally identifiable information, that was collected by our Customers and which is hosted in our servers. Our Customers, and not Hireology, are responsible for the collection, storage, and use of personal information, including biometric data, identifiers, or information, from Data Sources for pre-employment hiring purposes, it is our Customer’s responsibility to obtain, maintain and protect such information in accordance with all applicable standards and laws, including, without limitation, individual notice requirements, maintaining appropriate retention and destructions schedules for collection, storage and use for such information, maintaining appropriated protective measures for such information, maintaining restrictions on further disclosures or sales of such information to third-parties, and obtaining written consent from Data Sources where applicable.

For more information regarding how a Data Source’s information, including biometric information, if any, is processed, please refer to the applicable Customer’s privacy policy. We are not responsible for the privacy or data security practices of our Customers, including with respect to the personal information they collect or upload to our Services.  If you are Data Source of one of our Customers whose Personal Information we process and you are seeking to exercise your data rights, you should contact our Customer directly. If a Data Source does not wish for Personal Information to be shared with us through the Site for the purposes described herein, he or she must not provide or upload such information to the Site.

Consent for Collection, Use, Disclosure, Processing, and Retention

This Privacy Policy provides details about our practices relating to Personal Information collected from or about visitors to the Site, our Customers, and others who interact or engage with the Services (collectively, our “Visitors” or “you”). It describes how your Personal Information is collected, used and shared by us in the course of the provision of the Services and operating the Site and our business.

This Privacy Policy only applies to our Visitor’s personal information.  It does not apply to any of Personal Information provided by Data Sources of our Customers.

We urge you to read this Privacy Policy carefully and to check back periodically as this Privacy Policy may change from time to time and Hireology may revise this Privacy Policy at any time without notice to you. The revised Privacy Policy will be effective when posted. Continued use of the Site indicates consent to the then-current Privacy Policy as posted, and you agree that the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy will apply to information previously collected or collected in the future. If you do not consent to the changes to the Privacy Policy, you must not continue to access or use the Site.

All access to and use of the Site and related services and materials is subject to the terms and conditions in Hireology’s Terms of Use. Access to and use of the Services may also be subject to terms and conditions set forth in a separate agreement (“Services Agreement”) between Hireology and the company or other entity purchasing such Services.

The provisions of the Terms of Use and any applicable Services Agreement take precedence over any inconsistent or contrary provisions in this Privacy Policy.

You may withdraw your consent for collection, use, disclosure, storage, or processing at any time by sending an email to support@hireology.com. Please note that if you do, we may suspend our provision of Services to you.

Personal Information that We Collect

Hireology collects information, including Personal Information, from Visitors and Customers.

When expressing an interest in obtaining additional information about the Services, registering to use the Services, or contacting us for help, Hireology requires you to provide it with contact information, such as name, company name, address, phone number, and e-mail address (“Required Contact Information”). When purchasing the Services, Hireology requires you to provide it with financial qualification and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, and the number of employees within the organization that will be using the Services (“Billing Information”). Hireology may also ask you to provide additional information, such as company annual revenues, number of employees, or industry, or you may offer to provide us with Personal Information during your interaction with the Site (each, “Optional Information”). Required Contact Information, Billing Information, and Optional Information are referred to collectively as “User Data.”

We also collect information from social media platforms and networks that you use in connection with the Site, or that share or allow you to share information with us, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. For example, if you use functionalities, plugins, widgets, or tools from social media platforms or networks in connection with the Site (for example, to share purchases and other content from the Site with your friends and followers on social media), we will collect the information that you share with us, or that those social media platforms or networks share with us. For more information about social media platform and network privacy practices, please review the privacy policies and settings of the social media platforms and networks that you use.

Additionally, User Data you provide to us will be used for your purchases and retained in hard copy form of the original invoice as well as within our database system, which generates our invoices.

Site Navigational Information

As you navigate the Site, Hireology and third parties we work with may also collect information through the use of commonly used information-gathering tools, such as cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, and other tracking technologies (“Tracking Technologies”) with your consent. Such information includes standard information from your web browser (such as browser type and browser language), IP address, and the actions you take on the Site (such as the web pages viewed and the links clicked) (collectively, “Site Navigational Information”). This section describes the types of Site Navigational Information Hireology may collect and how Hireology may use this information. If you wish to update your consent to receiving Tracking Technologies, please click here.

Cookies

Hireology uses cookies to make interactions with Hireology’s Site easy and meaningful. When you visit the Site, Hireology’s servers send a cookie to your computer or mobile device. There are two types of cookies: session-based and persistent-based. Session cookies exist only during one session. They disappear from your computer or mobile device when you close your browser software or turn off your computer or mobile device. Persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device after you close your browser or turn off your computer or mobile device.

Hireology uses session cookies containing encrypted information to allow Hireology to uniquely identify you. Each time you log into the Services, a session cookie containing an encrypted, unique identifier that is tied to your account is placed in your browser. These session cookies allow Hireology to uniquely identify you when you are logged into the Services and to process your online transactions and requests. Session cookies are necessary for the Site to function and are required to use the Services. If you set your browser to block these cookies, some parts of the Site will not function and you will not be able to use the Services.

Hireology uses persistent cookies that only Hireology can read and use to identify browsers that have previously visited the Site and to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. These cookies may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. When you purchase the Services or provide Hireology with Personal Information, a unique identifier is assigned to you. This unique identifier is associated with a persistent cookie that Hireology places on your web browser. If you disable your web browser’s ability to accept these cookies, you will be able to navigate the Site, but you will not be able to successfully use the Services.

Hireology may use information from session and persistent cookies in combination with User Data to provide you with information about Hireology and the Services.

Web Beacons

Hireology uses web beacons alone or in conjunction with cookies to compile information about your usage of the Site and interaction with e-mails from Hireology. Web beacons are clear electronic images that can recognize certain types of information on your computer or mobile device, such as cookies, when you viewed a particular website tied to the web beacon, and a description of a website tied to the web beacon. For example, Hireology may place web beacons in marketing e-mails that notify Hireology when you click on a link in the e-mail that directs you to the Site. Hireology uses web beacons to operate and improve Hireology’s Site and e-mail communications. Hireology may use information from web beacons in combination with User Data to provide you with information about Hireology and the Services.

Log Data and Performance Cookies

When you interact with our Site, our servers automatically receive and store certain information (“Log Data”). This Log Data is collected passively and may include information such as your IP address, device and browser type, or the domain from which you are visiting, Site pages you visit, the search terms you use, and any advertisements on which you click. We use Log Data and pool it with other information to monitor the use of our Site, and for the technical administration of our Site.

In addition, our Site uses performance cookies to allow us to count visits and traffic sources so that we can measure and improve the performance of our Site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and to see how Visitors move around the Site. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our Site, and we may not be able to monitor its performance.

Third-Party Cookies and Analytics

From time to time, Hireology engages third parties to track and analyze usage and volume statistical information from individuals who visit Hireology’s Site. Hireology may also use other third-party cookies to track the performance of its advertisements. Further, certain targeting cookies may be set through our Site by our advertising partners, who may use these cookies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites. If you choose not to allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

We use Google Analytics to measure and report how users interact with Hireology’s Site and associated websites hosted by us on behalf of our Customers, emails and advertisements to analyze the traffic to our websites and for the other purposes set forth in the “Use of Information” section below. For more information about Google Analytics and how it collects and processes data, please see “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.” For more information about how Google Analytics uses cookies to measure user interactions on websites, click here. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to the Site is restricted by Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If you do not want your website visit data reported by the Google Analytics JavaScript, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. This add-on instructs the Google Analytics JavaScript to prohibit sending visit information to Google Analytics, but does not prevent information from being sent to the website itself or in other ways to other website analytics services. Click here if you would like to learn more about the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, and click hereto install the opt-out browser add-on.

Third Party Merchants

If you make a purchase from a third party linked to our Site, the information obtained during your visit to that third party, and the information you give such as your credit card number and contact information, is provided to such third party for the purpose of processing that transaction. This is to enable transactions to take place.

Third parties linked to our Site have separate privacy and data collection practices, and any information that you provide to such third parties will be governed by their respective privacy policies, and not by Hireology’s Privacy Policy. Hireology has no responsibility or liability for these independent policies. For more information regarding the third party, their website, and their privacy policies, please see that merchant’s website.

From time to time, you may be offered the opportunity to receive materials or special offers from third parties. If you opt in to receive information from these third parties, Hireology will (with your permission) share your name and email address with them.

Statistical Information

“Personal Information” and “User Data” do not include anonymous statistical information. By analyzing your use of the Site we may compile certain statistical information, such as anonymous information about how users use the Services. Statistical data helps Hireology understand trends and customer needs so that new products and services can be considered and in order to tailor existing products and services to customer desires. Aggregate statistical information is anonymous and will not be linked to any Personal Information for provision to third parties. We may share such anonymous statistical information with our partners, without restriction, on commercial terms that we can determine in our sole discretion.

Use of Information

Hireology uses Personal Information and User Data to provide the Services, to customize your user experience and perform other services requested, to fulfill requests for products, services or information, to communicate with you, to provide social media features, and to understand your needs. For example, if you request a free trial, Hireology will use the information provided to contact you about your interest in the Site or the Services.

Hireology may also use Personal Information and User Data for marketing purposes. For example, Hireology may use information you provide to contact you to further discuss your interest in Hireology, the Services, and to send you information regarding Hireology and its partners, such as information about promotions or events.

Hireology uses credit card information solely to check the financial qualifications of prospective Customers, to collect payment for the Services, and to maintain payment records.

Hireology uses Site Navigational Information for analytics, including to understand how you use the Site, to analyze website traffic, to determine the methods and devices used to access the Site, and to operate and improve the Site. Hireology may also use Site Navigational Information in combination with User Data to provide personalized information about Hireology. In addition to the above, Hireology collects and uses Personal Information and User Data you provide for the following purposes:

• To comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process, or government request;
• To respond to a legitimate claim, or to address our reasonable belief, that you are violating the rights of any third party or any of the agreements or policies that govern your use of our Site or any product or service on our Site;
• To protect against legal liability;
• To protect and defend the rights of Hireology and the services, products, information, and rights of our Site and Services, including but not limited to the security or integrity of the Site and Services;
• To act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Site users or the public;
• To identify and resolve technical problems concerning our Site, its information, or any of our products or services; and
• In any other way authorized by you or the applicable user, including as permitted by the Terms of Use and any applicable Services Agreement.

Hireology also uses Personal Information in anonymized aggregated form (i.e., not individually attributable to you) for its business analysis, operational, marketing, and other promotional purposes. If we hire other companies to provide some products or services on our behalf, then we will only provide those companies the Personal Information they need for the purposes described in this section, and we will limit their rights to use and further disclose your Personal Information as appropriate in the course of their work for us.

Disclosure, Processing, and Retention

We may disclose your personal information to the following third parties:

• To someone you have designated to act as your agent, for one or more of the purposes listed above under the heading “USE OF INFORMATION” (the “Identified Purposes”);
• To Hireology’s employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, joint venturers, affiliates, consultants, business associates, service providers, suppliers, and agents, acting on our behalf for any of the Identified Purposes;
• If Hireology has reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with Hireology’s rights or property, other users of our Site, Services, or other products or services, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities; and
• To respond to judicial process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted by law, or otherwise as required by law.
  In addition, as we continue to develop our business, we or our affiliates may sell or buy other businesses or entities, or we may sell, transfer, or otherwise share some or all of our assets, including Personal Information, User Data, and any other information covered by this Privacy Policy, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, change of control transaction, sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy.
• To Anyone whom you explicitly consent for us to disclose your Personal Information.

We may retain copies of your User Data, including your Personal Information, even after you have closed your account pursuant to our data retention practices or in order to comply with legal obligations.

Your information may be stored and processed in the United States, or in any other country in which Hireology or its affiliates, subsidiaries, or agents maintain facilities. The laws that apply to the use and protection of personal information in the United States or other countries or jurisdictions in which we transfer or process Personal Information may be different than the laws and protections in your country. By using this Site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country.

Communications Preferences

You may manage your receipt of marketing and non-transactional notifications or communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link located at the bottom of Hireology’s marketing e-mails, or, if you are using our mobile application, by adjusting the notification settings on your mobile device. Additionally, you may send a request specifying your communications preferences to support@hireology.com. Customers cannot opt out of receiving transactional e-mails related to their account with Hireology or the Services.

Correcting and Updating your Information

Customers may update or change their registration information by editing their user or organization record. To update a user profile, please log in to your account and use the features and functionalities available there. You may also make a request for access to Personal Information by sending an email or writing to us at the address specified in the “Contacting Us” section below. We are not able to grant all access requests, and we may request additional information from you in order to verify your identity before accommodating an access request. Customers are responsible for informing Hireology about changes to their User Data. Hireology will use new or updated User Data it receives from Customers to update its own records.

Security

Subject to the Terms of Use and any applicable Services Agreement, Hireology will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with industry standards to protect your Personal Information. However, no Internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error free; any transmission is at your own risk.

Children’s Privacy and Parental Controls

The Site is not directed to or intended to be used by individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly request or collect any Personal Information from children under 16 years of age without prior verifiable consent. IF YOU ARE NOT 16 OR OLDER, YOU MUST NOT USE THE SITE. Parents should be aware there are parental control tools available online that can be used to prevent children from submitting information online without parental permission or from accessing material that is harmful to minors. If you believe that your child under the age of 16 has submitted Personal Information to us in connection with the Site, and without prior verifiable parental consent, please email us at support@hireology.com so that we can take steps to delete the Personal Information that he or she provided as required in accordance with applicable law.

California Privacy Rights

Pursuant to applicable California law, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Hireology makes the following disclosures regarding the personal information Hireology has collected within the last 12 months:

Category of Personal Information	Category of Source from Which Data is Collected	Purpose of Collection	Category of Third Parties to Whom Data is Disclosed
Contact information: name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, date of birth	Directly from customers	To provide the Services, to fulfill requests for products, services or information, to communicate with customers; to market our services	Service Providers
Personal information of our customer’s candidates	Directly from customers	To provide our services to our customers	Service Providers
Information from social media platforms and networks	Social media platforms	Analytics	Service Providers
Financial qualification and billing information, such as billing name and address, credit card number, and the number of employees within the organization that will be using the services	Directly from customers	To facilitate payment for our services	Service Providers
Automatically collected information such as IP address, device type, browser type	Cookies and other tracking technologies	To gather information about use of the website, to improve the website, and to enhance functionality of the website	Service Providers

Hireology discloses Personal Information to third parties for the purposes identified in the “Disclosure, Processing, and Retention” section above. If you are a California resident, pursuant to the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA), you have the right to request:

• the categories of Personal Information Hireology has collected about you;
• the categories of sources from which your Personal Information is collected;
• the business or commercial purpose of collecting your Personal Information;
• the categories of third parties with whom Hireology discloses your personal information;
• the specific pieces of Personal Information Hireology has collected about you;
• correction of inaccurate Personal Information that Hireology maintains about you;
• deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exemptions.

To submit a request, or designate an authorized agent to make a request under the CCPA on your behalf, please contact us at support@hireology.com, or (844) 650-0422, or complete the web form located on our Contact Us page. To verify your identity when you submit a request, we will match the identifying information you provide us to the personal information we have about you. If you have an account with us, we will also verify your identity through our existing authentication practices for your account. If you are using an authorized agent, please note that you will be required to verify your identity and provide written confirmation that you have authorized the agent to make a request on your behalf. For requests to access or delete, we may require you to verify your identity directly with us, and directly confirm with us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request. We will respond to most requests within forty-five (45) days, or otherwise request an additional forty-five (45) day period within which to respond.‍

Hireology will not retaliate against you in the event you exercise any of the aforementioned rights under CCPA.

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Disputes

Any dispute over privacy or any information described in this Privacy Policy is subject to our Terms of Use and any applicable Services Agreement, including limitations on damages other liability and application of the law of the State of Illinois.

Contacting Us

Any questions about this Privacy Policy should be addressed to support@hireology.com or by mail at: Hireology Inc., 24 E. Washington St, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60602