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KARGO EU CANDIDATES’ PRIVACY POLICY

April 2023

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1.  Background to this Candidate Privacy Promise

 

 

This Candidate Privacy Promise applies to all recruitment candidates in the course of application for employment in any of our EU offices, with regards to personal data related to their application and potential employment for the Company as referred to below.

 

Processing of personal data is necessary for the reasons set out in this Privacy Policy. If you wish to object to processing of personal data relating to you, or require us to delete it, this could lead to us being unable to comply with the application process or other legal obligations.

 

The Company processes personal data in regard to processing your application for recruitment, and does so in accordance with all applicable laws including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable national laws, as further described in this Privacy Policy. It applies to personal data that the Company needs to run our business and manage our relationship with you, at all stages during the recruitment process. We process personal information for a range of purposes relating to general recruitment activities as well as the recruitment process and this may include your application, assessment, pre-employment screening, and your worker permissions.

 

If you become an employee, then we will inform you of other data processing necessary in connection with your employment.

 

If you want to learn more about the way the Company processes personal data in connection with its digital data business, or if you want to exercise your rights or manage your choices, please the KARGO’s Privacy Policy: https://www.kargo.com/privacy.


 

 

2.  Data Controller and DPO Details

 

The entity that decides on the purposes for which and ways in which personal data relating to you is processed is:

·       KARGO Ireland Limited if you apply to work in our Irish offices situated at Waterford Institute of Technology West Campus, 2nd floor, Carriganore, Waterford, Ireland

 

 

 

For any personal data-related issues you can contact:

(a)           The data privacy team at privacy@kargo.com

(b)           Or the Data Protection Officer at dpo@kargo.com

 

at: Kargo Global LLC, 826 Broadway, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003

 

 

3.  What types of personal data does the Company process?

 

This Privacy Policy covers the Company’s processing of “personal data”, which is defined as follows:

 

‘Personal data’ - means any information relating to you (or any other identified or identifiable person), which may include name, address, telephone numbers, education, experience and qualifications, household, tax and social security information, and details of or any change in your personal circumstances which affects, or may affect, your tax status or right to work in the role for which you are applying.

 

'Special categories of personal data' - means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person’s sex life or sexual orientation.

 

This data will only be processed for certain narrowly defined purposes.

 

The personal data the Company may hold includes:

 

a)             Your CV, application letter, tests, or application forms

b)             References

c)             Records relating to your employment history, such as training, appraisals, other performance measures and, where appropriate, disciplinary and grievance records;

d)             Correspondence, such as offer letters;

e)             Data regarding past, desired and possible compensation: basic salary, benefits, bonuses, etc.;

f)               Contact and emergency contact details;

g)             Personal data needed for any equal opportunities monitoring policies;

h)              Criminal convictions data: the Company does not currently process such data and would do so only where this is expressly permitted or required by the law and in accordance with all applicable restrictions

i)                CCTV Images and video footage of what takes place at our office locations (e.g. when you attend an interview), at all times of day, in real time.

We operate CCTV cameras within the following EU offices (                               ). Footage is recorded for the following purposes: health and safety, prevention of crime and theft of property and is usually held for a maximum of                        days from the time of recording.

At our discretion, we may disclose CCTV footage and/or personal data in response to valid requests from the police and other statutory law enforcement agencies or if otherwise required by law.

j)                Nationality / visa / right to work permit information; (e.g. passport, driving licence, National Insurance numbers);

k)               Special categories of personal data:

Health: We may keep (when necessary) personal data relating to your health or medical conditions. This personal data will be used in order to comply with our health and safety and occupational health obligations – to consider how your health affects your ability to do your job and whether any adjustments to your tasks or the workplace might be needed. For other special categories such as personal sensitive data revealing your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious and philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, biometric data or sexual orientation, we will always obtain your explicit consent before processing.

Also, in the cases of compliance with laws, carrying out obligations related to employment rights, protection of health or safety, we would then also process your personal data.

 

 

4.  Why does the Company need to collect and process this personal data?

 

The Company keeps and processes personal data relating to you in order to:

 

·       manage and process your application and for general recruitment purposes, on the basis that it is in the legitimate interests of the Company to do so;

·       comply with applicable laws or regulations;

·       in the case of special categories of information (as per the details in section 3) where we have obtained your explicit consent or where permitted by applicable laws.

 

 

5.  Do we transfer your personal data?

 

We may transfer personal data about you to other Company offices for purposes connected with your recruitment application or the management of the Company’s business. At the date of this Privacy Promise, the Company has offices and staff in: New York, Waterford….

 

We may use third party data processors to manage personal data in connection with our recruitment processes, who may be located within the EU, the EEA or Switzerland or elsewhere. We only transfer data within the EU, EEA or to third party countries based on appropriate transfer mechanisms when needed such as the EU-US Privacy shield or EU model clauses.  



6. Data retention

 

For job applicants and candidates: not more than 180 days after the role has been filled (unless you ask or authorise us to keep it for longer)

 

 

7.  Your rights

 

You have a number of rights with regard to your personal data, i.e.:

 

·       The right to be informed

·       The right of access

·       The right of rectification

·       The right to erasure

·       The right to restrict processing

·       The right to data portability

·       The right to object

·       The right not to be subject to automated decision-making

 

 

We are not always required to ask for your consent for the processing of personal data (for example, in case of a legitimate interest). However, where we do rely on any consent that you have given, then you are always allowed to withdraw your consent at any time (though the processing that took place before withdrawal will still be legal).

 

In certain circumstances it may not be possible for these rights to be exercised in full or at all as they are closely related to your application or applicable employment laws. We will explain any actions we have taken or not taken in relation to any request you make.

 

If you believe that your rights have not been respected at any time then you also have a right to complain to the Supervisory Authority in your country (in Ireland, the Data Protection Commission, “DPC”; in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office, “ICO”; in France, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, “CNIL”; in Spain, the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, “AEPD”…).