Candidate Privacy Notice
Last Updated: January 1, 2023
Categories of Personal Information We Process
Categories of Personal Information We Process
We collect the following categories and types of personal information about you with your consent or as otherwise required or permitted by law. Where provided by you, we may also collect this information about your dependents/beneficiaries.
- Contact Information. We collect your full name, email address, current and prior address, telephone number. We may also collect this information for your emergency contacts and references.
- Identifiers. We collect social security number, driver’s license number, employee number signature, passport number, state identification card number, I-9 documentation, IP address, social media user names, and account username and password.
- Personal Characteristics or Traits. We collect date of birth, gender, age, nationality, racial or ethnic origin, religion, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, disability information, genetic information, or pregnancy and related information, if you provide this information as part of your application, during onboarding, or while working for us.
- Financial Information. We collect financial or bank account information.
- Audio/Visual Data. We collect audio, electronic, photographic, visual or similar data including videos, photographs, or audio recordings.
- Geolocation Data. If you use your personal device to access our timeclock systems or access Microsoft applications, we may collect information such as your GPS coordinates and location.
- Biometric Information.We, or our third-party vendors, may collect characteristics about you that can be used to establish your identity. For example, if you use the Microsoft Authenticator to log-into our systems, Microsoft may collect your faceprint.
- Internet or Electronic Usage Data. In some circumstances, such as when you access Microsoft applications such as Office or Outlook on your personal device, we may collect your IP address and website activity.
- Professional or Employment Information. We collect job application details, previous work history, salary wage expectation, reference or background checks, drug test results, professional memberships, personnel number, job title role, office location, company entity, compensation and bonus data, benefits data, dependency information, emergency contact information, time tracking, absence and annual leave, travel booking details, expense details, performance rating, records of disciplinary action, health and safety related information, workers compensation claims, grievances and complaints, exit interview and comments, and reasons for termination.
- Non-public Education Information: We collect education history, degrees, transcripts, qualifications and certifications.
- Health Insurance Information. We collect health insurance information such as your policy number and spouse or dependent information, if applicable.
- Medical Information. To the extent permitted and required by applicable laws, we may collect information about your medical and treatment history, diagnosis, dates of service, provider name, and your ability to work. Additionally, we may collect information about physical screenings or drug test results, if your application or position required such screenings or testing or our clients require us to conduct that screening or testing.
- Sensitive Personal Information. We may collect social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, state identification card number, racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership, generic information, biometric information, health information, and sexual orientation.
- Inferences: We use information from the categories of personal information described above in order to create a profile about you, to reflect your preferences, characters, behavior and attitude.
Sources of Personal Information
Sources of Personal Information
We collect information in a variety of ways:
- Directly from you. We collect contact information, identifiers, personal characteristics or traits, financial information, audio/visual data, professional or employment information, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, and sensitive personal information that you provide directly to us.
- When you visit our locations. We collect audio/visual data from security cameras at our facilities.
- Automatically. When you access our timeclocks or work applications and platforms on your personal devices, we may collect identifiers, geolocation data, and internet or electronic usage data.
- From our clients. We collect professional or employment information and inferences from our clients regarding your performance and conduct on an Insight Global engagement.
- From third parties: We may collect contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, audio/visual data, inferences, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, inferences, and professional or employment information from third-parties including recruiters, LinkedIn, vendors, service providers and your references.
- From other employees or job applicants. We may collect contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, and professional or employment information from our current or former job applicants, contractors and employees.
Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
Purposes for Collecting Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- Recruiting and Hiring. We use contact information, identifiers, audio/visual data, professional or employment information, non-public education information, financial information, sensitive personal information, and inferences make informed decisions on recruitment and assess your suitability for the role, communicate with you about your application, respond to your inquiries and schedule interviews, and to reimburse you for any agreed expenses incurred in the application process.
- Background Checks. We may require our applicants, and in certain circumstances our employees, to complete a background check to verify your identity, check for criminal history, check your credit worthiness, and confirm the validity of your application. We use identifiers, personal characteristics or traits, professional or employment information, non-public education information, and sensitive information to enable the completion of the background check.
- Credentialing. If required by your position, we will use your contact information, identifiers, audio/visual data, professional or employment information, non-public education information, financial information, medical information, sensitive personal information, and inferences to provide credentialing information to our clients.
- Onboarding. We use contact information, identifiers, personal characteristics or traits, audio/visual data, professional or employment information, non-public education information, medical information, and sensitive personal information to complete new hire paperwork, enroll you in our human resource management system, collate company directories and provide communication services, provide you access to our offices and IT systems and set up your personnel file
- Benefits. We use contact information, identifiers, personal characteristics or traits, audio/visual data, professional or employment information, non-public education information, medical information, health insurance information and sensitive personal information to create benefits packages and provide and administer employee benefits.
- Payroll. We use contact information, identifiers, financial information, geolocation data, sensitive personal information, and biometric information to track your time and attendance and absences and to pay you and reimburse you for professional expenses.
- Leave and Accommodation Requests. We use contact information, identifiers, personal characteristics or traits, professional or employment information, health insurance information, medical information, and sensitive personal information to evaluate and process time off, sick leave, leaves of absence, or accommodation requests, if you make such requests.
- Resource Planning and Consultant Management. We use contact information, identifiers, professional or employment information, non-public education information, and inferences for performance and talent management, disciplinary and grievance procedures, and reviews and assessments.
- Business Operations. We use contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, geolocation data, biometric information, internet or electronic usage data, audio/visual data, inferences, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, inferences, and professional or employment information for guiding our recruiting, hiring, and onboarding efforts, maintaining records, planning, budgeting, calibration, headcount, database administration, diversity metrics, surveys, evaluations, reports, legal claims, compliance, regulatory, audit, investigative and disciplinary purposes (including disclosure of such information in connection with legal process or litigation) and other ethics and compliance reporting tools, and support our business operations.
- Analytical Purposes. We use identifiers, personal characteristics or traits, professional or employment information, non-public education information, sensitive personal information, and inferences to analyze trends and statistics, including analyzing and monitoring the equality, diversity and inclusivity of our workforce (as permitted by local law). We may do so in order to better understand our workforce, to prevent discrimination in the workplace and/or to respond to allegations or claims.
- Maintenance and Improvement of our Systems. We use identifiers, geolocation data, internet or electronic usage data to improve our systems, provide and maintain functionality on our systems, and help us diagnose technical and service problems and administer our systems. Maintenance of our systems includes activities such as applying security controls for company systems, providing new system implementations, applying change management processes, and providing IT Service Desk / Help Desk Support.
- Security and Fraud Prevention. We use contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, geolocation data, biometric information, internet or electronic usage data, audio/visual data, inferences, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, inferences, and professional or employment information to: (i) protect our Sites, premises, assets, systems, products, services and intellectual property; (ii) protect us, our affiliated companies, our employees, our carriers and others from fraud, theft and other misconduct; (iii) enforce our policies; and (iv) detect and prevent fraud, theft and misconduct including by verifying the identity of those we are conducting business with.
- Legal: We use contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, geolocation data, biometric information, internet or electronic usage data, audio/visual data, inferences, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, inferences, and professional or employment information to comply with our legal obligations, including reporting requirements, and defend ourselves in legal proceedings, and protect our company and our property, employees, and others through legal proceedings.
- Other Purposes: We may use contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, geolocation data, biometric information, internet or electronic usage data, audio/visual data, inferences, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, inferences, and professional or employment information for other reasons we may describe to you.
We Combine Information
We Combine Information
We combine information we obtain from different sources with publicly available information, including to create inferences about you. For example, we may combine information that we have collected offline with information we collect online. We combine information that we have collected across other third party sites. We combine information across devices, such as computers and mobile devices. We may also combine information we get from a third party with information we already have.
Sensitive Personal Information
Sensitive Personal Information
Unless specifically requested, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose to us, through the Services or otherwise, any Sensitive Personal Information (e.g., social security number, taxpayer identification number, passport number, driver’s license number, or other government-issued identification number; credit or debit card details or financial account number, with or without any code or password that would permit access to the account, credit history; or information on race, religion, ethnicity, sex life or practices or sexual orientation, medical or health information, genetic or biometric information, biometric templates, political or philosophical beliefs, political party or trade union membership, background check information, judicial data such as criminal records, or information on other judicial or administrative proceedings).
How Long We Keep Personal Information
How Long We Keep Personal Information
We will retain and use your information for as long as we need it to provide you services or products, or as long as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. If you wish to request that we no longer use your information to provide you services or products, please contact us at privacy@https://staging-insightglobal.kinsta.cloud.
We use the following criteria to determine retention periods:
- how long the information is needed to provide our services and operate our business;
- whether there are contractual or legal obligations that exist that require us to retain the information for period of time;
- whether any law, statute, or regulation allows for a specific retention period;
- whether an individual has agreed to a longer retention period;
- whether the data is considered to be sensitive data, and
- what the expectation for retention was at the time the data was provided to us.
Security
Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us and have implemented reasonable technical, organization, administrative and physical measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure, however. Therefore, we cannot guarantee its absolute security and encourage you to use websites and share information with caution.
Processing in the United States and Canada
Processing in the United States and Canada
Please be aware that information we obtain about you will be processed in the United States and across Canada by or service providers or us. By using the Sites or our services, you acknowledge your personal information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions outside your own as described in this Privacy Notice. Please be aware that the data protection laws and regulations that apply to your personal information transferred to the United States, Canada or other jurisdictions may be different from the laws in your country of residence. The United States may not afford the same level of protection as laws in your own country.
California Privacy Rights/Notice to California Residents
California Privacy Rights/Notice to California Residents
This section applies to our privacy practices as required under the California Consumer Privacy Act, including as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (together, the “CCPA”).
Categories, Sources, and Uses of Personal Information We Collect. In the preceding 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information: contact information, identifiers, financial information, personal characteristics or traits, geolocation data, internet or electronic usage data, audio/visual data, non-public education information, health insurance information, medical information, sensitive personal information, professional or employment information, and inferences. For details about precise data points we collect, the categories of sources of such collection, and the business and commercial purposes for collecting personal information, please see the sections above titled Categories of Personal Information We Collect, Sources of Personal Information, and Purposes for Collecting Personal Information.
Sale or Sharing of Personal Information. In the preceding 12 months, we have not “sold” or “shared” (as those terms are defined in the CCPA) any personal information that we process in connection with a candidate’s application to or appointment as an consultant to fulfil roles for our clients or companies that we represent. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of minors under the age of 16.
Use or Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information. In the preceding 12 months, we have not used or disclosed sensitive personal information for purposes to which the right to limit use and disclosure applies under the CCPA.
Disclosure for a Business Purpose. In the preceding 12 months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information to the following categories of third party recipients:
Category of Personal Information | Categories of Recipients |
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Contact Information |
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Identifiers |
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Financial Information |
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Personal Characteristics or Traits |
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Geolocation Data |
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Biometric Information |
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Internet or Electronic Usage Data |
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Professional or Employment Information |
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Audio/Visual Data |
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Non-public Education Information |
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Health Insurance Information |
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Medical Information |
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Sensitive Personal Information |
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Inferences |
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For a more expansive description of the categories of recipients and business purposes for which we share personal information, please see the How We Share Personal Information section above.
Your Rights Under the CCPA. Subject to certain exceptions and limitations, the CCPA affords California consumers the following rights:
- You have the right to request that we tell you (i) the categories of personal information we have collected, sold, or shared about you, (ii) the sources of that information, (iii) the business or commercial purposes for collecting, selling or sharing the personal information; and (iv) the categories of third-parties to whom we have disclosed, sold or shared personal information.
- You have the right to request that we provide you with a copy of your personal information.
- You have the right to request that we delete personal information that we have collected from you. We may not delete all of your personal information if one of the exceptions to the CCPA applies.
- You have the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.
- You have the right to direct us to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information to only the purposes specified in the CCPA.
- You have the right to correct inaccurate personal information that we hold about you.
- You have the right to opt out of automated decision-making, including profiling, that we use to evaluate certain qualifications as part of the recruitment process.
- You have the right to not be discriminated against for exercising any of your CCPA rights. We will not discriminate against you, deny you services, charge you a different price, or provide you with a lesser quality of services if you exercise any of your CCPA rights.
Exercising Your Rights. To exercise any of your rights, please use our webform, which is available at https://staging-insightglobal.kinsta.cloud/consumer-rights-request/ or call us toll free at 1-833-742-0828. For all requests, you must provide us with your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We will verify your identity by matching the information we have collected against the information you have provided. Failure to provide the foregoing information may prevent us from processing your request.
In order to designate an authorized agent to act on your behalf, you must send a signed, written authorization to us at privacy@https://staging-insightglobal.kinsta.cloud. If you are a parent or legal guardian, you may also exercise rights on behalf of your minor or the individual over whom you are guardian.
If you choose to use the Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) browser signal, you will only be opted out of online sales or sharing of personal information, and will need to turn it on for each browser you use. Disabling all cookies will also only opt you out of online selling or sharing relating to cookies. To submit a request to opt out of sales and sharing which would not otherwise be controlled by GPC or cookies, please use our webform or call us at the contact information above.
Notice of Financial Incentive. We do not offer a financial incentive for the collection, retention, sale, or sharing of personal information.
Metrics. We are not subject to the requirement to compile and report metrics regarding its responses to consumer requests during the prior calendar year.
Canada Privacy Rights
Canada Privacy Rights
Your Rights. If you are a resident of Canada, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, you have the following rights:
- You have the right to request that we inform you of the existence, use, and disclosure of your personal information and provide you with a copy of that personal information within the timeframes provided for by law.
- If the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to have it rectified.
- You have the right to contact us to request information about our data processing activities, namely what personal information was collected from you and how we process it. You may ask us to clarify the categories of third-parties that have access to your personal information and the applicable retention period for that information.
- You have the right to withdraw that your consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of personal information at any time. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.
Exercising Your Rights Under the CCPA. To exercise any of your rights, please use our webform or call us toll free at 1-833-742-0828. For all requests, you must provide us with your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address. We will verify your identity by matching the information we have collected against the information you have provided. Failure to provide the foregoing information may prevent us from processing your request.
Contact Us
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, please email us at privacy@https://staging-insightglobal.kinsta.cloud. You can also write to us at:
Insight Global
Attention: Data Privacy Officer
1224 Hammond Drive, Suite 1500
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
Updates to this privacy notice
Updates to this privacy notice
This Privacy Notice is reviewed and updated annually to ensure that it accurately captures our practices and procedures. We will notify you of any material changes to this Privacy Notice as required by law. The “Last Updated” legend above indicates when this Privacy Notice was last revised. Any revised Privacy Notice will become effective immediately upon posting to any website, internal location, or other distribution.