Personal Information We Collect

Examples How is the personal information used? How is the personal information collected? Who does Spherion share your information wtih?
Identifiers

Name, contact information (including home address, email address, home phone number and mobile phone number), citizenship and country of residence, date of birth, government issued identifiers including (without limitation) social security number, passport or driver’s license, as legally required.

To provide our Services to you (including matching and proposing you to clients, interviews, assessments). For example, we may contact you to recommend jobs to you based on your profile and enable our consultants to provide you with tailored job opportunities, career advice, reskilling options, suggest additional training where necessary, and introduce you to hiring managers.

Dispute management, litigation and handling any reports through Spherion 's misconduct reporting procedure.

From you, when it is provided as part of our application process.

From you, if you choose to import from third party services like file storage sites or single sign-on services.

From your current and previous employers, your references, or background check providers.

From third party websites and services like job boards and professional network sites.

From Spherion clients.

From business intelligence sources, including data aggregators and list providers.

From Spherion affiliates, which are companies that own Spherion, that are owned by Spherion, or are under common ownership with Spherion.

We may share your personal information:

With our service providers.

With third parties as required by law.

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; or

if all or a substantial part of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case the personal information that we hold about you may be one of the transferred assets.

Internet or other electronic network activity

Internet protocol (IP) address, internet service provider (ISP), browser type and device ID, operating system, device screen resolution, preferred language, date/time stamp, geographic location, the internet address from which you were linked through to our website, and/or clickstream data.

To manage the website and for system administration purposes (e.g., diagnosing technical problems, analyzing the traffic to our website).

For web analytics, in order to improve the user experience (analyzing the way our pages are visited, analyzing trends, observe and measure how our visitors engage with our website) and the quality of the content provided to you (e.g., job postings).

 

Training and updating of systems/statistical purposes. Some of the systems that we use to provide our services are based on machine learning technology. In order for that technology to function reliably, it needs to be trained and updated on the basis of existing data. We may also process personal data in an aggregated manner for reporting or statistical purposes. We may share this aggregate personal data with clients, advertisers, and other third parties. This information does not identify you personally.

Automatically when you use our site or applications.

With our service providers.

With third parties as required by law.

Professional or employment-related information

CV/resume, work history, information about your skills, your experience and educational background and other relevant information (such as your photograph, interview notes and personal data included in the cover letter or as part of the application process), your current compensation and benefits including (without limitation) your current bonus, recurring payments and benefits.

To provide our Services to you (including matching and proposing you to clients, interviews, assessments). For example, we may contact you to recommend jobs to you based on your profile and enable our consultants to provide you with tailored job opportunities, career advice, reskilling options, suggest additional training where necessary, and introduce you to hiring managers.

 

Dispute management, litigation and handling any reports through Spherion 's misconduct reporting procedure.

Compliance with labor/employment, tax and social security laws and other legal or regulatory requirements (e.g. equal opportunity and workplace diversity requirements).

From you, when it is provided as part of our application process.

From you, if you choose to import from third party services like file storage sites or single sign-on services.

From your current and previous employers, your references, or background check providers.

From third party websites and services like job boards and professional network sites.

From Spherion clients.

From business intelligence sources, including data aggregators and list providers.

From Spherion affiliates, which are companies that own Spherion, that are owned by Spherion, or are under common ownership with Spherion.

With our service providers.

With third parties as required by law.

Geolocation Data

Information about your physical location, including your precise location if you are using a mobile application

This information is used to display relevant job postings and site content.

We may also process in an aggregated manner for reporting or statistical purposes.

From your device, if you choose to share it with us.

With our service providers.

With third parties as required by law.

Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law

Demographic information, including age, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, mental and physical disability, gender, or military status.

This information is only used by Spherion to meet diversity goals. We do not provide this information to hiring managers.

Dispute management, litigation and handling any reports through Spherion 's misconduct reporting procedure.

Compliance with labor/employment, tax and social security laws and other legal or regulatory requirements (e.g. equal opportunity and workplace diversity requirements).

From you, if you choose to provide it when submitting a job application.

With our service providers.

With third parties as required by law.

Sensitive Personal Information as defined by CPRA

Government issued identification such as Social Security numbers or passports; precise geolocation; information about racial or ethnic origin, or union membership

Records required for Spherion to administer direct and contract employment.

Dispute management, litigation and handling any reports through Spherion 's misconduct reporting procedure.

Compliance with labor/employment, tax and social security laws and other legal or regulatory requirements (e.g. equal opportunity and workplace diversity requirements).

From you, when provided as part of the application or employment process.

From your device, if you choose to share your location.

With our service providers.

With third parties as required by law.

Candidate-specific data management

If you are a candidate, we may also collect and process personal information about you in the following ways:

  • Photographs and video footage – when participating in recruitment-related events, meetings, conferences, interviews, visiting a branch, etc., we may process photographs or videos of you.
  • Visitor information – when accessing our buildings, we may collect your name, contact details, license plate number, and other identification for security reasons. Where we are legally required to do so we may also ask you to disclose information about your health (including information related to viral infections, flu, etc.) for health and safety reasons.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

Spherion maintains record retention schedules to ensure that personal information is retained only as long as reasonably necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which such data was collected or otherwise meet valid legal or business requirements.