Privacy Policy
When this Privacy Policy applies?
Taffin is an online job board (www.taffin.tech) providing services to :
- Job seekers to assist them with finding jobs relevant to their skills.
- Recruiters (Recruitment Agencies and Companies) job posting products and online sourcing tools to connect with our job seekers.
What information do we collect?
- Visitors to our websites : When someone visits www.taffin.tech we use third-party services such as Google Analytics to collect standard internet information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone personaly.
- Use of Cookies.
- Use of job services : When you use our job services, we may collect personal information such as your name, DoB, email address, address, phone number, LinkedIn URL, website URL and other CV details.
How we use the information you provide to us ?
In order for Taffin to provide you with job services we need to collect personal information from you. You provide us with your information in the following ways:
- When you set up an account with us directly or through a third-party
- When you upload a CV
- When you create a job offer
- When you make a job application
- When you set up a job alert
- When you talk/chat to a recruiter
- When you use our website or mobile services
- When you talk to us or contact us
- When you send us an email or a letter
- To fulfil a contract we have with you
- When you consent to it
- When it is in our legitimate interest (we have a business or commercial reason)
- When it is our legal duty or vital to protect someone’s life
What information we won’t share?
We will not sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent. We will not pass your information to third-parties to enable them to contact you themselves about products and services they offer.
What information that we share?
We do not share personal information with companies, organisations and individuals outside of Taffin and its subsidaries unless one of the following circumstances applies:
- When we use a Third-Party to provide part of our service : We may share your personal information on to a third-party service/software provider that Taffin use to provide you with services you have requested. Any third-party that we share your information with are obligated to keep your details securely and to only use them to fulfil the service they provide you on our behalf.
- When you make a job application : If you submit a job application on our site we will disclose your information to the advertisers of the job. Advertisers are either Recruitment Agencies or Companies or Startups. Advertisers sign our Terms and Conditions agreeing to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner following data protection law.
- When you make your profile or CV searchable : We will make your personal information available to Recruitment Agencies, Companies and Startups based on your access settings.
- When you accept an invitation to chat with a recruiter : We will disclose the information you provide in your chat message to the recruiter who invited you to chat.
- When it is our legal duty : We may disclose your personal information with a third-party to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation or court order.
- If we have new business partners or owners : We may disclose your personal information if we enter into a joint venture with or is sold to or merged with another business entity.
DO we disclosure information outside the European Economic Area (EEA)?
- Your information may be accessed by our staff working within and outside the EU and third-party companies that we may use to provide part of our services and who may be located outside of the European Economic Area. Both our staff and third-parties are obligated to keep your information safe and private.
- If you submit a job application for a job on our site that is located outside of the EEA we will disclose your information to the advertiser of the job. This could be a job in USA, Australia, Morocco, Brazil, India etc. Advertisers are either Recruitment Agencies or Companies. Advertisers sign our Terms and Conditions agreeing to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner following applicable data protection law.
What are your rights regarding your information ?
- You have genuine choice and control over how we use your personal information.
- You have the right to access, update and delete your information at any time. The only reason we would be unable to delete information at your request is where there is a legitimate legal reason why we are obligated to keep it.
- You also have the right to restrict or object to certain kinds of processing of your information, including marketing emails.
- Where you have provided consent you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Your information is available in a csv format for you to receive a copy.
- We may send you emails if we have your consent or a ‘legitimate interest’ which means we have a business or commercial reason to use your information. You can change your preferences on your account if you do not want to receive certain types of email, but whatever you choose, you will still receive essential emails about changes to our existing job services and your account.
- You are not obligated to share your personal information with Taffin, if you choose not to share your information we may not be able to provide you with our services.
- You have the possibility to opt-out from our portal. in that case we keep only your email tagged with the option "opted-out", date and raison for the opt-out. You can change your mind and opt-in again (new subscription)
How to access, change, delete or obtain a copy of your information ?
You have full access to the personal information that we hold about you. When logged into your account you can:
- Access and update your personal information
- Change your preference settings for features like Job Suggestions and Job Alerts
- Change your settings to give or withdraw consent to receive marketing emails
- Change your access settings to give or withdraw consent for making your CV searchable
- See your recent activities
- Opt-Out from our services and therefore Delete your personal information and/or your account (except email, date and raison for opting-out).
How to exercise your rights?
In terms of data privacy and protection, you have various rights. However, these rights are not absolute and are subject to certain conditions in accordance with the GDPR.
If you wish to exercise any of your rights, you can contact us at the contact-us page.
When submitting a request to exercise your rights, please include your contact information (name, surname, email) and provide a form of identification. We may request additional information if necessary to confirm your identity.
We strive to respond to your request as soon as possible, typically within one month. However, the response time may be extended depending on the complexity, our load and number of requests.
What about Data Security?
We commit to taking all necessary precautions and appropriate organizational and technical measures to preserve the security, integrity, and confidentiality of the data we process, and specifically to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, modification, or deletion by third parties.
These measures are tailored to the sensitivity level of the personal data processed and the risk level presented by the processing or its implementation.
If a security breach affecting your personal data occurs, we will inform you promptly and according to the legal and regulatory provisions in force.
However, we cannot guarantee the elimination of all risks of data misuse. It is important for you to maintain the confidentiality of your login credentials to prevent unauthorized use of your account.
Here are some of the measures we commit to taking in this context:
- Secure access with a password
- We use only synthetic data during development cycles, ensuring your real data is never shared with developers or testers. Synthetic data is artificially generated to replicate real-world scenarios while being entirely fake.
- Encrypted connections
- Management of third-party access to data
- Securing communication channels
Do we make changes to This Privacy Policy?
TAFFin reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time.
If the Privacy Policy is updated, we will post the new version on our platforms with the updated revision date.
Please review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.
Last Update: 10 October 2024