Executive Search will usually collect personal information directly from you. This collection could occur through conversations in person, over the phone, or through e-mail. Executive Search may also collect information in other ways, such as through your interaction with Executive Search websites, social sites, applications, or your use of third party websites and applications that interact with Executive Search. The amount of personal information that you are required to supply will be limited to only that which is necessary to supply our services to you. Throughout the process of providing our services to you, you will be asked to supply personal information such as your name, contact information, work experience, education, and/or personal skills. Executive Search may also ask for types of personal information that is viewed by some countries as “sensitive,” such as information related to the providing of health care services, national or tax identification number, credit card or bank account numbers, biometric data, or the results of drug and background screenings. The collection of such sensitive data is carried out either in compliance with employment law, required as part of our contractual relationship, or is necessary for the interests of the supplier of that information. Where appropriate, we will seek your explicit consent prior to the collection of this type of information. Additionally, in order to comply with statutes, rules, and regulations pertaining to equal employment opportunities or to assist Executive Search in compiling data for its affirmative action practices, we may also ask you to provide gender or racial information. The provision of this type of information will be voluntary, unless it is required by law, and failure to provide this information will not hinder your employment or project opportunities. Some Executive Search sites require you to provide personal information, such as when you create a profile and log in credentials. Instead of having to type in your personal information, some of these functionalities may allow you to use third-party authentication tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google to populate certain fields. By authenticating through one of the social media options, you allow us to receive your personal and other information that is accessible through these tools. This information may be incorporated into your profile. For the tool you chose to use, we encourage you to also review the tool provider’s privacy policy and any terms and conditions. We may use personal information to permit you to participate in live social media feeds. If you choose to participate, your public username may be displayed on the sites along with your post, including, but not limited to, comments, images, and video. We may provide you with access to third-party functionality that allows you to post content to your social media account(s). Any information that you provide through use of this functionality is governed by the applicable third party’s privacy policy, and not by this Privacy Statement.
In general, Executive Search will primarily use your personal information for the process of providing to you the services which you have requested of Executive Search, and/or throughout the lifecycle of your employment. These uses may include, but are not limited to, using your personal information for insurance or workplace claims, payroll, or providing your information to customers who are seeking to fill an employment position that matches your profile. We may use your contact information to send you e-mail messages about our company or job postings that fit your profile. Only Executive Search (or agents working on behalf of Executive Search) will send you these direct mailings. You may opt out of receiving future mailings via e-mail; see the Choice: Opt Out/Opt In section in the emails. Executive Search may also collect anonymous demographic data (e.g. what percentage of our employees are college graduates) in order to improve our own internal processes, or in order provide reports to customers, marketing companies, or as required by law. If we do collect and report this demographic information, we remove any unique personally identifiable information (name, address, etc.) that would attach you to this demographic data, and combine it with other anonymous data in order to view it at an aggregated level. Executive Search will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide you with our services, or as otherwise required by law. When it is no longer necessary to hold your personal information, it will be removed from our systems.