Privacy Policy

foundit Users for Asia Pacific and Gulf Region

About this Policy

This Privacy Policy explains the company’s commitment towards managing Your personal information and sets out how and when PII is collected, used, shared, and secured as well as Your choices regarding use, access, and correction of Your personal information.

This Privacy policy applies to the data gathered on the platform for the registered candidates. For the unregistered candidates, it applies to the publicly available data / information that we source from various websites.

Company (Monster.com.hk Limited) is committed in protecting the privacy of its Users (“You” / “Your”). The Company strives to provide a safe, secure User experience through protecting the personal information (hereinafter referred to as “PII”) that resides with the Company. Keeping Your PII safe, secure, and preventing any misuse thereof, is therefore a top priority of the Company. The Company is strongly committed to protecting Your privacy and has undertaken all necessary and reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of any information i. e for users who have shared PII on our platform and `unregistered users whose information we source from publicly available data across websites.

It is Company’s policy to comply with data protection legislation. This policy shall also apply to the WAP, i.e. mobile version of the Website, and other mobile applications in which the Site operate.

As mentioned in this Policy, PII shall mean and include any information that alone or in combination with other information related to a specific identifiable individual person. By way of illustration and not limitation, PII includes individual’s name, mobile, email ID and address etc.

This Privacy Policy forms part and parcel of the Terms for the use of Platform.

Scope of this Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to current and former users of the platform. By visiting and/or using/downloading the mobile app, and for the unregistered users, whose publicly available data / information that we source from various websites, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this privacy policy. The statements and procedures mentioned under this Privacy Policy must be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use available at our Platform. The Company would comply with applicable data protection legislation including The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "PDPO") of Hong Kong

Company’s commitment to managing your personal information in compliance with the applicable data protection legislation including The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "PDPO") of Hong Kong and sets out how and when personal information is collected, used, shared, and secured as well as your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information. This Privacy Commitment only applies to data gathered on the www.foundit.hk web site and Mobile App, and does not apply to any other information or web site.

This Privacy Policy explains the Company’s policy regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of Your PII by the Company in relation with the use of the platform including but not limited to the transmission of information and content.

You accept this Privacy Policy when You visit the Platform or use any Services, content, features, technologies or functions offered on Company’s Platform.

Applicability of Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to PII as defined in this Policy and such other information as may be required on need-to-know basis for the usage of the Services offered by the Company.

This Privacy Policy is intended to govern the use of Services by Company’s Customers (including, without limitation those who use Company’s Services in the course of their trade or business unless otherwise agreed.

Our commitment to maintaining your privacy.

We are deeply committed to protecting your privacy and comply with applicable data protection legislation including The Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the "PDPO") of Hong Kong

We understand the importance of maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information. We want you to feel safe and secure when using our services, and we take our responsibility to safeguard your data seriously.

This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to this web site and sets out how and when personal information is collected, used, shared, and secured as well as your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information.

This Privacy Commitment applies to data gathered on the foundit web site and also the information of unregistered users from publicly available data across websites for where These profiles are made accessible to potential employers for employment-related considerations.

Registered users may revoke your consent to this policy. To revoke your consent, please contact us at compliance@foundit.in If you revoke your consent, your account and profile information will be removed from our website. The unregistered users can contact us at compliance@foundit.in or use optout link on foundit’s website.

1. Who are we?

foundit, is the leading talent platform that operates in an online employment marketplace spanning the Asia-Pacific region such as India, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Hongkong and Gulf.

As we operate in different markets, aspects of this Privacy Policy address certain region-specific requirements under applicable Privacy Laws. It is important that you read this Privacy Policy in full to ensure you understand all aspects that apply to you.

2. Who is responsible for your Personal Information?

This section sets out which legal entity at foundit, Monster.com.hk Limited, is responsible for the Personal Information we collect from you and clarifies when we are a controller or a processor of your Personal Information.

If you are a Candidate, when you apply to a role advertised on our platform, we are processing your job application (and any Personal Information included within that application) on behalf of the employer to whom you are applying. Here, we are the data processor, and the employer is the data controller.

Company is committed in protecting the privacy of its Users. The Company strives to provide a safe, secure User experience through protecting the personal information (hereinafter referred to as “PII”) that resides with the Company. Keeping your PII safe, secure and preventing any misuse thereof, is therefore a top priority of the Company. The Company is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and has undertaken all necessary and reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of any information including PII shared by you.

Company Database

The information you provide is stored on the Company database.

 Monster.com.hk Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Hong Kong having its office at Unit 1905, Empress Plaza, 17-19 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, is the legal entity determining the purposes and means of processing the information gathered on foundit.hk website and applications and is the data controller of all data Company collects from you. Company is also a data controller of personal data collected on its website (site).

3. What Personal Information do we collect?

We collect information about you when you use our sites and applications. We receive and store this information when you enter it on our website, send it to us, or provide it to us in any other way. We collect various types of information about individuals based on their interactions and usage of products and services. For example:

• To sign up as a Registered User on our platform (whether you are a Candidate or an employer), you will need to provide basic information such as your name, email address, Education Details and Employment History,

• The PII of Jobseekers/candidates is collected automatically once provided by them at the time of registration. The information you use while searching and applying for jobs on the platform is collected and stored with the company to enhance and provide best career opportunities on the platform. In addition, we are also authorized to source your publicly available data across websites encompassing employment history, educational background, skills, and other pertinent information to enrich your foundit profile, which will be made accessible to potential employers for employment-related considerations.

• Unregistered User - We source publicly available data across websites encompassing employment history, educational background, skills, and other pertinent information to construct composite profiles. These profiles are made accessible to potential employers for employment-related considerations.

• We also collect information that You submit when using the website while using any service available on the website, Information provided by You while participating in activities, which may include activity postings, survey responses, assessment responses, training, interviews, and any other data You generate, and Information You submit while using support services including any associated third party support services.

• Users may voluntarily provide us with information they have made available on social media websites. If You provide us with any such information, we may collect publicly available information from the social media websites you have indicated which can control how much of your information available social media websites make public by visiting these websites and changing their (Users) privacy settings.

We do not share your information with any third party for direct marketing or promotional purposes.

The information (including Personal Information) we may collect includes but is not limited to. Additionally, few of the information may vary for certain regions /countries.

You can correct or remove this information by accessing your account settings. We also collect information from you in the following ways: Single Sign-on: If you choose to sign in to foundit.in with Facebook or similar services, we import the requested information from your account and we make it part of your profile.

a) If you are a Registered User:

b) If you are an Unregistered User:

We source your publicly available data across websites encompassing employment history, educational background, skills, and other pertinent information to construct composite profiles. These profiles are made accessible to potential employers for employment-related considerations.

c) If you are a Minor User:

The Company does not specifically collect information about minors, i.e., people below the age of 18 years or as per age of majority under applicable jurisdiction. Therefore, any information pertaining to minors shall only be provided on the Platform with the consent of their parents or guardians.

4. Do we collect Sensitive Information?

In most cases, we do not need to collect your Sensitive Information when you engage with us. You should not disclose any Sensitive Information to us which is not necessary or relevant to disclose. Candidates should be especially mindful of this during a job application process.

However, there may be some situations where we do collect and handle your Sensitive Information such as:

• You explicitly consent to us collecting and processing your Sensitive Information by voluntarily including such information within documents and other information provided by you to an employer as part of a job application process or where you voluntarily include such information within your Profile.
• We are also authorized to source your publicly available data across websites encompassing employment history, educational background, skills, and other pertinent information to enrich your foundit profile, which will be made accessible to potential employers for employment-related considerations.
• There is another legal basis permitting us to collect such information.

Express Consent

• You expressly consent to provide Your details/information/documents to the Company under this Privacy Policy.
• You while providing Your details/documents over the Platform, including but not limited to the personal information or other information as mentioned hereinabove, expressly consent to Company (including its marketing channels and Company’s engaged third party service provider /business partners) to contact You through SMS, call and/ or e-mail and to follow up calls in relation to the Services provided through the Platform, for imparting You service knowledge, offering promotional offers running on Platform & various other offers offered by Company’s engaged third party service provider /business partners. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about You.

Users opting for assessment services , Company’s engaged third party service provider /business partners may collect and retain candidate's name, email id, phone number, public profile information, educational qualifications, college details, employment history, job application details and any other information that is relevant to have a record of their candidature, while taking a job or for providing skill assessment services. Third parties/vendors can also collect and retain candidate's data in form of clicked selected responses to questions, voice, images, written text and/or video, as a part of their assessment process. This information is collected as a part of a candidate's assessment for job or skill evaluation and may or may not necessarily result in users employment.

5. How do we collect Personal Information?

We collect your Personal Information in a few different ways.

Registered Users:

a) Directly from you as a Registered User

Users who use and/or register on the platform will be requested to provide their PII. The PII is used for efficient service and better user experience and career opportunities for you.

b) From third parties

We may also collect your Personal Information via third parties, for example:

Google or Facebook logins or LinkedIn

The Company, for the purpose of Unregistered user, may use third party data aggregators to collect Your publicly available information from third party platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook among others, and showcase the same alongside Your curriculum vitae on the Platform for Employers to ensure better prospects of securing appropriate employment.

For unregistered Users

• Collect data that is publicly available on various platforms.

6. How do we use your Personal Information?

We collect Personal Information from you which we have a legal basis to collect and is necessary for the purposes set out below:

a) To provide Users with products and services

b) Marketing and communication purposes

c) To meet our regulatory, compliance and legal obligations

We use information with your consent as described at the time we collect that consent. This includes your account creation, resume upload at foundit.in website We use personal data for our legitimate interests, namely:

To operate Company services;
To contact and communicate with you when you contact us;
To analyze, improve and optimize Company services; and
To protect Company Services and the rights of users and others
To enforce terms of Company’s services and prevent fraud and abuse of systems
By registering with foundit.in website , by managing your profile, by publicly posting information, or by opting in when presented with choices, you have consented for us to use your information in the following ways:
To provide you with our services, which includes
To create a foundit.in account for you, including any resume you create or upload
To enable you to search for jobs and share them with others
To enable you to apply to help potential employers find your resume and contact youto make purchases
to enable you to contact us and for us to respond to you
to display targeted recruitment messages from employers;
To contact you with service-related communications and security updates
to provide information about you and your interest in job postings to employers;
to provide products and services to employer customers to complete the recruitment and hiring process;

For marketing
to provide personalized, targeted, or location-based content, services, and advertising from us and third parties;
to send you job alerts, newsletters, career advice, or other marketing communications you have opted in to receive;
to inform you of other products or services available from Company or its affiliates;
to conduct surveys, promotions and contests, and to publish the results thereof;
foundit.in website also hosts/run lead based advertisements of third Parties containing a link to a form (the ‘lead form’) which may be completed by users who may opt for the product / services on such advertisements at their sole discretion confirming their interest in the Advertiser’s services and/or products and agreeing to be contacted by the Advertiser (each a ‘User Lead’).
The users personal information such as name, email address, contact No. and location/address is collected as per users submissions of Lead Forms. The information contained in the Lead Form will be transferred to the Advertiser at the user’s action.
We also collect some of the technical information, when users visit our website such as IP address, location and cookies data. Please refer below the Cookies and Online Advertising section of Privacy Policy.

7. Who do we share your Personal Information with?

We provide you with a platform to broadcast information about yourself to maximize your career opportunities. The information we gather as registered and unregistered users, may be shared with the following categories of third parties:

• Employers

• Other companies/third parties hired to provide services on Company’s behalf.

• Other third parties where required by law (Government authorities).

• Other third parties when you give your consent to such sharing such as for foundit.in website resume services / foundit.in website Career services.

• Mergers, acquisitions or restructures

• We provide you with a platform to broadcast information about yourself to maximize your career opportunities. The information we gather may be shared with the following categories of third parties:

• The Company group of companies on a worldwide basis;

• Employers, when you make your resume searchable or apply to a job;

• Other companies hired to provide services on Company’s behalf;

• Other third parties where required by law;

• Other third parties when you give your consent to such sharing such as for foundit.in website resume services / foundit.in website Career services;

• By applying to a job, providing your contact information to show interest in a job, or by replying to a message from an employer, you consent to the disclosure of your information to that employer and to be contacted by such employer for employment related purposes

• We use the information we gather on the foundit.in website, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purposes of operating and improving the Web Site, fostering a positive user experience, and delivering the products and services that we offer. If you have provided consent for us to do so, we may also use the information we gather to inform you of other products or services available from us or our affiliated companies or to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered and we may use your contact information in order to send you e-mail or other communications regarding updates at the Web Site to contact you about your opinion of current products and services or potential new products and services that may be offered and may also provide additional communications, promotions and information on new foundit.in website opportunities, and additional job postings which may be of interest to you. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about you.

• In addition, at the time of creation of your foundit.in website account, you have the option to elect or not elect to receive additional communications, information and promotions, including without limitation, free informational newsletters from us relating to topics that may be of special interest to you, such as career management advice which option you may change on login to your account privacy settings.

• We do not share contact information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes without your consent unless you affirmatively agree to such disclosure. We also share information in the following ways

• We share your information to employers who have posted job opportunities that may be of interest to you on the Web Site when you apply for those jobs.

• We share your information with our service providers, which are third parties who help us in the delivery of our products and services to you. Examples include hosting our web servers, analyzing data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These service providers will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may not use that data for any other purpose. We will remain responsible for any information shared in this way.

• We may disclose such information to third parties if you consent to such disclosure. For example, if you make your resume searchable, then all parties with access to our searchable resume database (or copies thereof) will have access to your resume. If you indicate by configuring your profile that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties , we supply your contact information to select third parties such as employers, recruiters, data aggregators, marketers or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. We use data we have about you (such as the interests and preferences you have expressed) to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third party. For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for foundit.in website account, we supply your contact information to third parties such as employers, recruiters, data aggregators, marketers or others for the purpose of sending you e-mail or otherwise communicating with you. We also share aggregated information (including location data) about visitors to the foundit.in website with Company's clients, partners, other Site visitors to foundit.in website, and other third parties so that they can understand the kinds of visitors to the foundit.in website and how those visitors use the foundit.in website in order to serve advertisements to you on foundit.in website or other websites with which we have a business relationship. We may also aggregate on an anonymous basis data regarding job qualifications, schooling, age, experience level or other information relevant to the job search or competition among job seekers for any such job. Such aggregated data does not identify users individually, and may be made available to employers or fellow job seekers or community members. We disclose information to companies and individuals we employ to perform functions on our behalf. Examples include hosting our web servers, data, providing marketing assistance, processing credit card payments, and providing customer service. These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as may necessary to perform their functions, but they may not share that information with any other third party. We supply technology, hosting, hiring management and related services to other leading companies to power recruitment areas on their Web sites (sometimes referred to as "Hosted Career Sites"). Personal and/or demographic information supplied by you in Hosted Career Sites becomes part of the Company database, but it is not accessible by anyone other than you, Company, and the company concerned without your consent. If you attempt to register with foundit.in website after registering with a Hosted Career Site, it will recognize your information and you will be able to use the information you provided to the Hosted Career Site in your account registration. Information gathered on a page in a Hosted Career Site area or on a co-branded page may be retained by both Company and the other company. In that instance, the use of such information by the other company will be subject to the privacy policy of both companies which will be published on the co-branded sites. We may disclose to third parties information that we have collected from other websites.

• We disclose information if legally required to do so, or at our discretion pursuant to a request from a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith after considering your privacy interests and other factors that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process; (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies; (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public. We may disclose and transfer such information to a third party who acquires any or all of Company's business units, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event Company becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, Company or its liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the court. You will be notified of the sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party by email or through a prominent notice posted on the Site.

8. How do we keep your information secure?

We take relevant steps to ensure the security of our systems and to protect your personal Information from misuse, interference and loss as well as unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. Any personal information which we hold is stored on secure servers and protected in controlled facilities.

We follow industry standards to protect your Personal Information. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is guaranteed to always be secure.

Third parties with whom we share your Personal Information (including Employers) are asked by us to comply with all relevant obligations relating to the use and when you make your resume searchable or apply to a job of Personal Information that are outlined in applicable Privacy Laws and any other relevant laws. Where you are asked by a third party to provide your information directly to them (for example, where you apply for a job via an employer career’s platform), the use of your information by these third parties will be governed by their own privacy policies and is not our responsibility or within our control. You can also play an important role in keeping your personal Information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used on the Platforms. Please notify us immediately if you become aware of any unauthorised use of, or breach of security relating to, your account.

Information you post in public areas of the foundit.in website or place in the searchable resume database will be accessed, used, and stored by others around the world, including those in countries that might not have legislation that guarantees adequate protection of personal information as defined by your country of residence. While Company takes measures to safeguard your information from unauthorized access or inappropriate use Company does not control these third parties and we are not responsible for their use of information you provide to us. Accordingly, you should ensure that you do not post sensitive information, or any other information you would not want made public, to any foundit.in website or application or to a public website.

Our services include the display of personalized products, content, and advertising relating to your career experience and interests. We use data we have about you to determine whether you might be interested in the opportunities, products or services of a particular third party. We show you targeted ads on our sites or other sites with which we have a business relationship. These ads are targeted based on information we collect about you and information about you we acquire from third parties

We gather information about all of our users collectively, such as what areas users visit most frequently and what services users access the most. We only use such data anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you. We may share this information with our partners, but only in the aggregate, so that they too may understand how foundit.in visitors use our Web Site, and also create a better overall experience for you. We do not disclose information about your individual visits to foundit to any outside parties, except when to the extent necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable laws, rules or regulations or in legal proceedings when such information is relevant.

foundit.in is a career site; we retain your personal information to assist in your career performance or management including finding or retaining work; or to facilitate other services to or by us.

For example, when you sign up to use a service, enter into a contest, or purchase a product, we collect more specific personal information about you, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, qualifications or career history.

We may also ask you for other information, such as information on your interests, your likes and dislikes regarding the Web Site, the types of jobs you are interested in, etc., in an effort to deliver to you the best possible Web Site experience. When you grant us your permission, we will communicate with you regularly with tips, advice and survey information on using the foundit.in Web Site to maximize your career development. foundit.in also provides you with the opportunity to opt-out of these types of communications. If you choose to receive these types of communications at the time of registration, but later decide you no longer want to receive them, simply log in to your foundit.in website account and edit your account profile.

If you input your information on a co-branded registration page, such as that of a Company and partner company-sponsored contest, then your information will be collected, used and becomes the property of both Company and the partner co-sponsoring the contest. In that instance, Company is not responsible for the information that the partner company receives or how it is used.

The Company’s user’s/job seeker’s database, which also contains publicly available information of the users educational qualification, skills, employment history and relevant information. The Company provides to the Client the publicly available information of the users which is obtained from third-party data aggregators /scrappers / providers. The Company has tech enabled unique search features on foundit website to search and find relevant candidates on foundit website as required by the Client. Client may use these features to search the relevant candidates.

The Company services and all data and information obtained and provided the services are provided on an “as is,” “as available” basis. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, Company makes no warranty or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the services or Client’s use of the services, or any data or information obtained via the services or provided under this agreement and/or accuracy thereof, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, non-infringement, and/or fitness for a particular purpose.

Company does not have any obligation to monitor the information included in the Product and it is not responsible for the availability, accuracy, applicability, or legality of any information, data, or domain does not represent or warrant that the information provided under the Product shall be error-free or that any errors will be corrected. Company shall not be liable for any damages or loss incurred to the Client, or any other third party as a result or in connection with the use of the Product or in connection with use of or reliance on any information derived from the Product. Access and use of the product is solely at the Client’s own risk.

Users agree and accept that Company has made no guarantees with respect to the products or services advertised as Company being a online media for the displaying those advertisement and users any action on such advertisement shall be at their sole discretion and option subject to the privacy policy of the such respective advertisers without any liability and responsibility of Company whatsoever.

Data Security Standards and Certifications

ISO 27001 :2013

Organization has achieved ISO 27001:2013 is an international standard that specifies the requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving an Information Security Management System (ISMS) within the context of an organization's overall business risks.

• ISO 27001:2013 certification serves as a tangible demonstration of an organization's commitment to information security, providing assurance to internal and external stakeholders while contributing to the overall resilience and success of the business.
• Fostering a security-aware culture within the organization through employee training and awareness programs. Ensuring that employees understand their roles and responsibilities in maintaining information security.

SOC2 Type 2

Organization has implemented SOC 2 Type 2 certification for effective controls and safeguards to protect the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of customer data.

• This certification is particularly relevant for technology and cloud computing organizations that handle sensitive information for their clients. SOC 2 Type 2 requires the establishment of an effective incident response program to identify, respond to, and report security incidents.

• SOC 2 Type 2 certification provides a comprehensive and ongoing assessment of a service organization's information security practices, offering assurance to clients, stakeholders, and partners about the effectiveness of its controls and risk management.

9. How do we use Cookies data Cookie Policy and Online Advertising and Usage and Device Data?

a) IP Addresses

Our web servers gather your Internet Protocol (IP) address to assist with the diagnosis of problems or support issues with our services, and to monitor the use of our Platforms, including the monitoring of the location of our Users.

b) Cookies

The company makes use of cookies on the Platform to analyse trends, administer websites, track user’s movements around the website, and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. Cookies help personalize and maximize Your use of the Platform, including storing user preferences, improving search results and ad selection, and tracking user trends. You can control Your cookies at the browser level, but if You choose to disable cookies, it may limit Your use of certain features or functions on the Platform or service. We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie”.

We use the following types of cookies:

a) Security: These cookies allow the Company to secure access to User account.

b) Preference: These cookies are used to store User preferences like language choice and display of job search results.

c) Analytics: We track traffic patterns in order to identify popular content and potential problems.

d) Features: This cookie enables the company to track jobs Jobseekers search for, view, and apply to enhance job search experience of Jobseekers on the Platform. We also use cookies to split some Users into test groups to test new features.

e) Advertising: We use non-identifiable information about you to show you advertising on the Platform and third-party websites.

Some cookies will remain on your computer after you have left our site such as, Security cookies will remain for 30 days after your last visit., cookies relating to advertisements and site notices will remain for some days or unless you choose to delete them.

The Company allows employers to display advertisements on the platform or perform email outreach using the platform. These employers can set their own cookies on the platform, just like their own web page. The cookies placed by these third parties could remain on Users computer for some days unless specifically deleted by Users themselves.

c) Our Apps

In addition to the above, where Users access our mobile applications (Our Apps) we use third party software development kits (SDK’s) and services which collect information relating to your use of Our Apps, including tracking of app installs and re-engagement. This information is used to tailor and measure display advertisements to install and/or use Our Apps which appear on third party sites/apps and are targeted towards Users’ usage preferences.

Company is also using various latest technologies, methodologies, operational processes including but not limited to Artificial Intelligence in its legitimate business interest for its customers and job seekers for getting the right candidates for potential job opportunities and right jobs for the candidates respectively.

10. Retention and Storage of PII

The company will retain your information for as long as necessary for providing the services available on the platform, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or till your request to terminate your account, whichever is later.

Post termination of your account or withdrawn on consent or opt-out to use certain information/ data, the company continue to use your anonymized data aggregated or in combination with anonymized data of other users. We use this aggregated anonymized data for data analysis, profiling, and research purposes, for example to gain insights about our users and their profiles.

Some Employers may store their resume databases on the Company servers. In such a case, the Company serves as a data processor for personal information received in this way. Therefore, if candidate intends to access, review, or correct their individual personal information, then they shall be required to contact the said Employer (potential or existing) with any such requests. The Company will cooperate as appropriate with requests from such Employers to assist with such responses.

11. Access and Updating Account Information

Accessing and updating of information is limited to registered users when the user accesses the platform, the Company makes good faith efforts to provide the User, as and when requested by the User, with access to his/her PII and user shall further ensure that any PII or sensitive personal data or information found to be inaccurate or deficient shall be corrected or amended as feasible, subject to any requirement for such PII or sensitive personal data or information to be retained by law or for legitimate business purposes.

In case you would like to modify / delete any details with respect to your personal / non-personal information, or to access Your information in readable format, you can access and modify your details by accessing your account on the platform by selecting the manage your settings or write to us at compliance@foundit.in

The Company shall process all information access requests under 7 days of receipt. However, in case the Company requires additional time to provide access to your information, the same shall be acknowledged on the User email id, from which the information access request was sent under 7 days.

The Company reserves the right to verify and authenticate your identity and PII the access to which is requested.

12. Candidate Profile Visibility Settings

Upon registration, all Candidates are asked to create a personal Profile by providing certain personal information and selecting one of the visibility settings - ‘standard’, or ‘hidden’ - as described below. For unregistered user, foundit has created a standard profile basis the publicly available data across platforms.

Account preferences

Additional actions that users can take.

13. Posting Your Information to Public Areas of the Platform

Any information, including but not limited to PII, posted in the public areas of the platform, such as in online forums, public profiles, chat rooms, or in the searchable resume database, may be viewed, collected and used by others.

We give you the option of putting your resume in our database. You may control the status of your resume by setting it to private or public. You can store your resume in our database, but not allow it to be searchable by potential employers or recruiters. Not allowing your resume to be searchable means that you can use it to apply for a job online, but employers and recruiters will not have access to search it through our resume database product.

If you set your resume as private, it is not searchable by potential employers or other with access to our resume database. You may still use your resume to apply online to a job with a Private resume.. If you do apply online to a job, your resume will be transferred to the relevant employer, who may retain a copy of your resume.

If you set your resume as public, but want your contact information to be confidential, your resume will be searchable by potential employers, but we will hide your contact information and current company. You must also remove your contact information from your uploaded or copy and paste text resume. You should be aware that if you have a rare skill or job title, for example, it may still be possible for you to be identified even without your contact details being included. If you are worried about being identified, you should not include specific details by which you could be identified. If you use a confidential resume to apply to a job online, the employer to whom you send your resume will be able to view your contact information in order to contact you about your application.

If you allow your resume to be searchable without making it confidential, then all parties with access to our searchable resume database (or copies thereof) will have access to your resume. Employers or other parties with access to our searchable resume database may be located in countries whose data protection legislation may not be equivalent to the laws in your country. For example, your resume may be viewed and accessed by employers outside the European Economic Area who have access to our searchable database. By making your resume searchable, you are expressly consenting to such transfers of data.

We attempt to limit access to our searchable resume database to legitimate users such as paying employers, recruiters, hiring managers, headhunters and human resource professionals, as well as law enforcement and national security agencies, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. We cannot control the use made of resumes by third parties who access such resumes while they are in our searchable database. You may remove your resume from our searchable database at any time; details of how to do this are given below. However, employers, recruiters and others who have paid for access to that database, as well as parties who have otherwise gained access to the database may have retained a copy of your resume in their own files or databases. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that parties other than those mentioned above will not, without our consent, gain access to this database. However, Company is not responsible for the retention, use, or privacy of resumes by any third parties. We cannot control the retention, use or privacy of resumes or profiles that have been downloaded by third parties. Accordingly, you should not put sensitive information, personality profiles, or other information you would not want made public, in your resume.

We attempt to limit access to our resume and profile database to legitimate users, but cannot guarantee that other parties will not gain access to this database. Once your resume has been disclosed, Company is not able to retrieve it from the third parties who accessed it. Accordingly, you should not put sensitive information, personality profiles, or other information you would not want made public, in your resume or profile.

Access to your Personal Data: You can gain access to the personal information you have provided by visiting our Web Site. To do so, login to your foundit.in website account, go to your resume or profile, and make the desired changes. Upon request Company will provide you with access to information We hold about you. You may access, update, or delete your resume or profile at any time from foundit.in website. If you need assistance to log in you can contact us by calling or emailing info@foundit.in . If you do not have an account, or if you believe that someone else has provided us with your contact information, please contact us emailing info@foundit.in .

You also have the rights to data portability and to request that Company restrict processing data about you.

Access to, or correction, update, or deletion of your personal information may be denied or limited by Company if it would violate another person’s rights and/or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

You can delete your resume from Company’s online database, close your foundit.in website account at any time in which event we will remove all our copies of your resume and your account information from the Web Site.

Your choices about Your Information

Because managing your career is a life-long process, we retain all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use with us more efficient, practical and relevant until you change or remove your personal data as described below. You may have access to, review, correct, update, and change or delete your account profile information or resume at any time. Simply log into your account, go to your profile or resume, and make the necessary changes. You may delete your resume from Company's online database at any time by accessing your foundit.in website account. Before providing you with a copy of your personal information or correcting, updating or deleting such information, we reserve the right to verify and authenticate your identity and the personal information to which you have requested access. Access to or correction, updating or deletion of your personal information may be denied or limited by Company if it would violate another person’s rights and/or as otherwise permitted by applicable law. We will respond to information access requests within 30 days of receipt. If we require additional time to provide access to your information, we will acknowledge receipt of your request within 30 days and promptly supplement our response within the time period required by applicable law. We will respond to information access requests within 30 days of receipt. If we require additional time to provide access to your information, we will acknowledge receipt of your request within 30 days and promptly supplement our response within the time period required by applicable law.

If you wish to delete or close your account or account profile information altogether, please contact us at info@foundit.in to contact us. An email will be sent to you to confirm that your personal information has been deleted. We may retain your personal data even after you have closed your foundit.in website account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, investigate security incidents, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to "unsubscribe" from further messages from us. We will retain anonymized information after your foundit.in website account has been closed. We will respond to information access requests within a reasonable timeframe. If we require additional time to provide access to your information, we will acknowledge receipt of your request within a reasonable timeframe and promptly supplement our response within the time period required by applicable law.

Some Company customers store their resume databases on Company servers. Company is a data processor for personal information received in this way. If you would like to access, review, or correct your personal information, you should contact our customer (your potential or existing employer) with any such requests. We will cooperate as appropriate with requests from our customers to assist with such responses.

If you do not want your information to be processed as described by this policy, you make revoke your consent to our Privacy Policy. If you wish to do so, please email at info@foundit.in to contact us. However, please note that if you do withdraw your consent, you may not be able to use the relevant services and your account and profile information will be deleted.

If you previously opted to receive newsletters, commercial e-mails or other communications from Company or third parties, but subsequently change your mind, you may opt-out by editing your account profile on foundit.in website as described above. If you previously opted not to receive such communications, you may later opt-in by editing your account profile.

Online Security

If you are buying a product from Company via the foundit.in Web Site, your personal details and credit card information are scrambled using Secure Socket Layer ("SSL") encryption technology before being sent over the Internet. SSL makes it very difficult for your information to be stolen or intercepted while being transferred. However, we cannot guarantee encryption or the privacy of your personal details and credit card information. When we receive your order, it is kept encrypted until we are ready to process it. We will take reasonable steps to keep the information you provide us with secure.

Company Database

The information you provide is stored on the Company database. Monster.com.hk Limited a company incorporated and registered under the laws of Hong Kong, is the legal entity determining the purposes and means of processing the information gathered on foundit.hk website and applications and is the data controller of all data Company collects from you. Company is also a data controller of personal data collected on its website (site)

14. Withdrawal of Consent (Unsubscribe/Optout)

Registered Users:

The consent provided to the company by you for collection of PII and such other information may be withdrawn at any time by emailing us at compliance@foundit.in

If you do not want your information to be processed as described by this policy, you may revoke your consent to our Privacy Policy. If you wish to do so, please email at compliance@foundit.in to contact us. However, please note that if you do withdraw your consent, you may not be able to use our relevant services and your account will be deleted within 7 days from the platform.

Unregistered users:

The unregistered users can opt-out their profile using any of the below steps:

• Using opt-out option on the foundit website.
• Sending an email compliance@foundit.in to Optout from foundit communication
• Unsubscribing from the email footer to stop emails from specific recruiter.

We will comply with any unsubscribe request as soon as reasonably practicable, and in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws.

If you wish to fully unsubscribe from foundit website, visit our website to opt-out or feel free to write to compliance@foundit.in. In the absence of above action(s) from your end, you hereby provide your consent that your profile will be available on foundit for potential employers to contact you.

Collection and Use of Publicly available online jobs information

• The company also collects information related to jobs from various online sources that are publicly available.
• The company does not modify or create such information. It is clarified that such information is used only for the purpose of display of such information on “as is where is basis” for the benefit of Users of the Platform.
• The users on clicking the said jobs would be redirected to the website where the said jobs were originally posted.
• It is further clarified that the Company does not verify or authenticate the credentials, truthfulness or authenticity, veracity of the said information hosted, it is the responsibility of the Users to use and rely on the said information at their sole discretion.
• The Company reserves the right to delete the said information at the sole discretion of the Company. The Company may also delete the said information.
• upon a request for the deletion of the same by the User or as may be required under applicable laws for the removal of the same without any notice or information by anyone and / or by any regulatory or judicial authorities.

Policy For Private Resume Database Hosting

The Company provides a variety of services to Employers related to hosting private databases, and the use of certain Platform applications in connection with such databases. These Hosted Databases are hosted by the Company, but the Company does not own the data in the Hosted Databases or submitted to our applications. These Hosted Databases may contain personal information about individuals, including Jobseekers Such data may include contact details, work history, educational history, work preferences, and other data, depending on the particular Jobseeker and application at issue, and, in some instances, may include PII. Company provides hosting space to the Employers who own these Databases and utilize our applications on such data, and Company therefore conduct its activities strictly in accordance with the Employer instructions and pursuant to Company’s contractual arrangements with them. Such Employers act as data controllers with respect to all such Hosted Databases. The data in such databases, including any such data submitted to our applications, is subject to the Employer’s privacy policies. If You are a Jobseeker with one of such Employer, You should refer to the Employer’s Terms of Use/ Privacy page on their career site to understand the terms and privacy practices that apply to Your data. Moreover, if You would like to access and review Your Personal Information, You should contact the Employer with any such requests. We will cooperate as appropriate with requests from the Employer to assist with such responses. It is clarified that the Company shall not be responsible for the Employer’s privacy policies or practices.

Express Consent

• You expressly consent to provide details/information/documents to the Company under this Privacy Policy.
• You while providing Your details/documents over the Platform, including but not limited to the personal information or other information as mentioned hereinabove, expressly consent to Company (including its marketing channels and business partners) to contact You through SMS, call and/ or e-mail and to follow up calls in relation to the Services provided through the Platform, for imparting service knowledge, offering promotional offers running on Platform & various other offers offered by its business partners. The nature and frequency of these messages will vary depending upon the information we have about You.
• By applying to a job, providing Your contact information to show interest in a job, or by replying to a message from an Employer, You consent to the disclosure of Your information to that Employer and to be contacted by such Employer for employment related purposes.
• In addition, at the time of creation of Your account, You will have the option to opt out of receiving additional communications, information and promotions, including without limitation, free informational newsletters from us relating to topics that may be of special interest to You, such as career management advice which option You may change on login to Your account privacy settings

Company Database

The information, including but not limited to PII, provided by the Users of Platform is stored on the Company database. The Company is a legal entity determining the purposes and means of processing the information gathered on the Platform and applications and is the data controller of all data Company collects from You.

Important Information

The Users are themselves responsible for ensuring that log-in credentials used on the Platform i.e. Your username and password) are kept confidential at all times;

The Company has implemented technical and organizational measures designed to secure Your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure.

Notwithstanding to anything contained in above clauses, the Internet is an open system and the Company in no way guarantee that unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat those measures or use Your personal information for improper purposes.

The Company’s primary purpose is to provide You with a platform to broadcast the information in Your resume and profile widely in order to maximize Your career opportunities. However, it may happen that certain unauthorised third parties may view gain access the database on the Platform, therefore, it is recommended for You to refer to the Company’s Security Center for additional information on conducting a safe job search on the Platform.

User Acknowledgements

The User hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Privacy Policy:

• Is clear and easily accessible and provide statements of Company policies and practices with respective to the Information;
• provides for the various types of personal or sensitive personal data of information to be collected;
• Provides for the purposes of collection and usage of the Information;
• Provides for reasonable security practices and procedures.
• User further acknowledges that the User is at least 18 years of age or above and competent as defined under the provisions of the applicable Contract Act, to understand and agree the terms, conditions, obligation, affirmations, representations and warranties set forth in this Privacy Policy.

The Company also makes use of cookies, web beacons, and Java Script to administer the Platform and deliver a personalized experience. For additional detailed information on each of these, kindly refer to the Cookie Policy.

Cookies Policy.

• This Cookies Policy explains what Cookies are and how We use them. You should read this policy so You can understand what type of cookies We use, or the information We collect using Cookies and how that information is used. This Cookies Policy was generated by Monster.com.hk Limited (“Cookies Policy Generator”). Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about You may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from Cookies. For further information on how We use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy. We do not store sensitive personal information, such as mailing addresses, account passwords, etc. in the Cookies We use.
• Interpretation and Definitions Interpretation: The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural. Definitions For the purposes of this Cookies Policy: “Company” (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Cookies Policy) refers to Monster.com.hk Limited.
• “Cookies” means small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
• “Website” refers to https://www.foundit.hk/, accessible from foundit.hk
• “You” means the individual accessing or using the Website, or a company, or any legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Website, as applicable. The use of the Cookies Type of Cookies We Use Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close your web browser.
• We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
• Necessary / Essential Cookies Type: Session Cookies Administered by Us
• Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.
• Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies Type:
  
  Persistent Cookies Administered by Us
  
  Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on the Website.
  
  Functionality Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by Us
  
  Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your preferences every time You use the Website.
  
  Tracking and Performance Cookies Type: Persistent Cookies Administered by: Third-Parties
  
  Purpose:
  These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to the Website and how users use the Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify you as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device you use to access the Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Website to see how our users react to them.
  
  Your Choices Regarding Cookies
  
  If You prefer to avoid the use of Cookies on the Website, first You must disable the use of Cookies in your browser and then delete the Cookies saved in your browser associated with this website. You may use this option for preventing the use of Cookies at any time.
  If You do not accept Our Cookies, You may experience some inconvenience in your use of the Website and some features may not function properly. If You'd like to delete Cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse Cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
  For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050 For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
  For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored For the Safari web browser, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
  
  For any other web browser, please visit your web browser's official web pages. Contact Us If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy,
• You can contact us:
• By visiting this page on our website: https://www.foundit.hk/info/contact-us
• By sending us an email: compliance@foundit.in

15. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time. You should review this Privacy Policy periodically so that you are updated on any changes. In some circumstances, depending on the nature of the changes, you will be notified of the changes to this Privacy Policy prior to them taking effect if required to do so under applicable Privacy Laws.

By continuing to use our platform, products or services, you agree to any modifications that are made to this Privacy Policy.

16. Legal and Contact Information

If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Statement or believe that we have not adhered to this Privacy Statement, please feel free to contact us online at

Registered Office

17. Data Protection Officer

You may contact our Data Protection Officer if you have any enquiries or feedback on our personal data protection policies and procedures; or if you wish to make any request, in the following manner:

Data Protection Officer
Contact email Address: privacypolicy@foundit.in

18. Definitions