PRIVACY POLICY
1. Information required for us to provide payroll services, including banking details, tax deductions and vacation allowances. We use your information to:
WHEN DO WE DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION AND TO WHOM? Your personal information is never traded, sold or leased by us to any external companies. Your information is only disclosed for our legitimate business purposes or as required to meet legal and regulatory requirements, for example to comply with a court order. In the normal course of business, we disclose your personal information to our clients when we feel there is a potential for a job placement. As a job seeker, you are relying on us to share such information. We only provide your information to employers if there is a job opening that is well-suited for you, and we only provide information required and requested to make an informed decision regarding a job candidate. We may share information with our affiliates, partners, contractors or other companies (collective “representatives”) that we use to provide full staffing services. However, we only disclose limited information as required for the function that will be performed by the representative on our behalf. We also ensure that every contract we enter into with a representative clearly outlines the representative’s obligation to protect your personal information and live up to the principles of privacy. HAVE YOU CONSENTED? Having read this policy and by using our services and providing us with your personal information, we imply your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information as specified herein. Wherever possible and when necessary, we obtain your express consent for particular uses and disclosures. We imply your consent if we feel we are using your personal information for purposes that are obvious to you. For example, if you list the names and phone numbers of your previous employers on your resumé for reference checking purposes, we will not seek your express consent before checking these references. HOW LONG IS YOUR INFORMATION RETAINED? We retain your information as long as you are using our placement services, or longer if required by law. For temporary or contract workers, that means we retain all your information as long as you remain on our payroll, and for seven years thereafter. For permanent placements, we retain your information for one year after you accept a permanent employment position. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SECURE? We have staff procedures and policies in place to ensure that your personal information, in both paper and electronic format, are secure. For example, we require the following:
HOW CAN YOU ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION AND CHECK ITS ACCURACY? HCR PERMANENT SEARCH relies on the information provided by you, as well as third parties such as those providing references, educational institutions or those conducting background checks. You may at any time make a written request for access to your personal information. Upon payment of a small administrative fee, we will provide you with a copy of the personal information we have on file. HCR PERMANENT SEARCH strives to maintain accurate records of your personal information, however, this cannot be achieved without your help. In this ongoing effort, we ask you to provide us with your most up to date information. Please use the e-mail address below and let us know of any personal information you have given us in the past that is incomplete, inaccurate, or no longer relevant. It will be our pleasure to make appropriate modifications. CONTACT US WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS HCR PERMANENT SEARCH takes full responsibility for the management and confidentiality of the personal information it collects. If you have any concerns about this policy, or feel that HCR PERMANENT SEARCH is not abiding by it, please write to: Dennis Bosse (Privacy Officer) HCR PERMANENT SEARCH 17 Four Seasons Place, Suite 200 Toronto, ON M9B 6E7 contactus@hcr.ca |