TechTree Privacy Policy

 

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy outlines how C2C Talent Network LTD (operating as "TechTree") ("TechTree", "we", "our", "us") gathers and handles personal information. TechTree values your privacy and is dedicated to safeguarding it through our adherence to this Privacy Policy. By utilizing our site, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the collection and processing of your information as described in this Privacy Policy, we cannot provide you with our services, and you should refrain from using our site.

2. What personal information do we collect and how do we collect it?

Job Candidates

When you utilize TechTree's services (our "Service") by signing up with TechTree, or submitting an application to TechTree, regarding a job opportunity, the information we gather may include: Name, email address, social media profiles, cover letter (if applicable), resume and employment history, education, email and text messages sent via our Service, email and text communications, and additional information that you elect to send to us or to provide us administrative access to. Metadata associated with your use of the Service, such as when you access the Service and how you interact with the Service.

Customers and Potential Customers

We gather information from prospective customers when they request information about TechTree's services, interact with TechTree, and ask for a demonstration of our Service, and we collect information from customers when they enroll for our Service. This information may include name, company name, email address, phone number, and payment information.

Third-Party Data

We may acquire your personal information from third parties, including data brokers, as well as from public resources such as social media platforms. We may employ this third party data to enhance personal information about you that we have obtained from you or other sources.

Automatic Data Collection

As you browse through and engage with our site, we may employ automatic data collection technologies to gather certain information about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns, including: (1) specifics of your use of our site, including traffic data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and utilize on the site; and (2) information about the type of device or browser you use, your device's operating software, your internet service provider, your device's regional and language settings, and other similar information. This data may include IP address, MAC address, device advertising ID (e.g., IDFA or AAID), and other device identifiers.

3. How do we use personal information?

To provide our Service

The personal information we collect may be processed and/or utilized in the following ways for purposes of delivering our Service:

  • To assist companies post and manage jobs
  • To help companies identify candidates for jobs
  • To help companies handle applicants for jobs
  • To help examine recruiting activities
  • To deliver customer support
  • To customize your experience (your information helps us to better address your individual needs)
  • To enhance our Service (we constantly strive to improve based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
  • To deliver and improve customer service
  • To provide demonstrations of our Service
  • To promote our Service

To market our Service

We may utilize your personal information, including your name, email address, phone number, and other contact details, to provide you with marketing communications, promotions, and special offers. Specifically: (1) we may evaluate your interactions with our Service to present content and promotions that match your interests and preferences; (2) we may send you newsletters, product updates, event invitations, or other promotional materials; and (3) occasionally, we may invite you to take part in surveys or provide feedback to enhance our products and marketing strategies.

If you do not want us to utilize your personal information for marketing purposes, you may opt out via our Privacy Request Manager.

To monitor and improve our site and our Service

The information we collect automatically assists us in enhancing our site and Service, including by enabling us to: (1) estimate our audience size and usage patterns; (2) store information about your preferences, allowing us to tailor our Service according to your individual interests; (3) accelerate your searches; and (4) recognize you when you return to our site.

To process your application if you apply for a job at TechTree

If you apply for a position at TechTree, the personal information you submit with your application is utilized to assess your qualifications and suitability for TechTree employment opportunities, administer the recruitment process, conduct interviews, communicate with you, verify your work eligibility, and comply with legal or regulatory obligations. This information may include contact details, employment history, educational qualifications, references, and any other personal details provided during the application process.

4. Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider places on your computer's hard drive through your Web browser that enables the site's or service provider's systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our site.

5. How long do we retain your personal information?

Our retention period for your personal information depends on the type of data and the purpose for which we process the data. We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

6. How can we disclose or share your information?

We may share information about you as follows:

Service Providers We may share your information with our agents, vendors and other service providers (collectively "Service Providers") in connection with their work on our behalf. Service Providers assist us with services such as payment processing, credit checks, data analytics, marketing and promotional services, website hosting, and technical support. Service Providers are prohibited from using your information for any purpose other than to provide this assistance, although we may permit them to use aggregated information which does not identify you or de-identified data for other purposes.

Affiliates We may share your information with our related entities, including our parent and sister companies. For example, we may share your information with our affiliates for customer support, marketing and technical operations.

Business Partners We may share your information with our business partners in connection with offering you co-branded services, selling or distributing our Service, or engaging in joint marketing activities.

Professional Advisors We may share your information with our professional advisors such as lawyers, auditors, bankers and insurers, where necessary in the course of the professional services that they render to us.

Merger or Acquisition We may share your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any proposed or actual merger, purchase, sale or any other type of acquisition or business combination of all or any portion of our assets, or transfer of all or a portion of our business to another business.

Security and Compelled Disclosure We may share your information to comply with the law or other legal process, and where required, in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements. We may also share your information to protect the rights, property, life, health, security and safety of TechTree, our Service or any third party.

Consent We may share your information for any other purpose disclosed to you and with your consent.

7. How do we keep your personal information secure?

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. TechTree's Security Overview is available here. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers that are hosted within data centers that commit to industry-leading security practices.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where you have chosen credentials for access to certain parts of our site or use an email /SSO account to authenticate, you are responsible for keeping the credentials or the account secure.

8. How can you access, correct or delete your personal information?

You may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to request access, correction, updates, or deletion of your personal information. We will evaluate and respond to any such request in accordance with our rights and obligations (including our obligations to verify your identity) under applicable law. You may submit a request to us regarding your personal information using our Privacy Request Manager.

Our Service is designed to assist our customers in managing their applicant tracking and recruitment processes. Our customers act as the data controllers under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or as businesses under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). TechTree, in its role as data processor under the GDPR and as service provider under the CCPA, processes personal information solely on behalf of our customers and in accordance with their instructions. We do not independently determine how personal information is used, nor do we make decisions regarding the rights of individuals related to the personal information we process on behalf of our customers.

For requests to access, correct or delete your personal information that has been collected by or on behalf of an TechTree customer, we recommend that you reach out directly to the company you applied to or that contacted you for an employment opportunity. They will be able to initiate the necessary process to address your request. For information about how your personal information is used by an TechTree customer or to make a request to an TechTree customer regarding your rights, please refer to the privacy policy of the organization to which you submitted your application or otherwise provided your personal information, or that contacted you.

Subject to the foregoing, residents of certain countries and states may have additional personal information rights and choices. Please see below for your rights as (1) an EU, UK or Swiss resident or (2) a California resident.

9. International Data Transfers

TechTree is a U.S.-based company. If you are a non-U.S. resident and provide us with your personal information, you acknowledge and agree that your personal information may be transferred to and processed in the United States, where the laws regarding processing of personal information may be less stringent than the laws in your country. In addition, TechTree may share your personal information with service providers that are not located in the United States. By providing your information to TechTree, you consent to TechTree transferring your information to those service providers for purposes of providing our Service.

10. EU, UK and Swiss Residents

If you are a resident of the European Union, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, you are entitled to certain information and you have certain rights under, respectively, the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the "EU GDPR"), the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the "UK GDPR") (collectively, the "GDPR") and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection ("FADP"). Those rights include:

  • The right of access to your personal data.
  • The right to rectify your personal data if it is incorrect or incomplete.
  • The right to have your personal data erased ("right to be forgotten") if certain grounds are met.
  • The right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal data at any time (if our processing is based on consent).
  • The right to object to our processing of your personal data (if processing is based on legitimate interests).
  • The right to object to our processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes.
  • The right to receive your personal data from us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and the right to transmit your personal data to another controller without hindrance from us (data portability).

If you are located in the European Union, the United Kingdom or Switzerland and you are or have been a user of our Service, we may send you marketing communications based on our legitimate interests, subject always to your right to opt out of such communications. Further, if you are located in the European Union, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we will never share your personal data with a third party for such third party's marketing purposes, unless you have specifically consented to us doing so.

You may exercise any of the above rights by submitting a request using our Privacy Request Manager. We may request specific information from you to confirm your identity, and in some circumstances, we may charge a reasonable fee for access to your information.

Furthermore, if you believe that our processing of your personal data is inconsistent with your data protection rights under the GDPR or FADP (as applicable) and we have not adequately addressed your concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection supervisory authority of your country.

11. California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have certain rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (CCPA). These rights include:

Right to Know. You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the purposes for which your personal information is used, the categories of sources from which the information was collected, and the categories of third parties with whom we share your information.

Right to Delete. You may request that we delete personal information we have collected about you, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Correct. You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please submit a request using our Privacy Request Manager. We will verify your identity before processing your request as required by law. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights.

12. Google API Services User Data Policy

TechTree's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

13. Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we make any changes to our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this site and update the Privacy Policy modification date above. Privacy Policy changes will apply only to information collected after the effective date of the change.

14. Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us via email: data@techtree.dev

Or via our mailing address:
C2C Talent Network LTD (trading as "TechTree")
124 City Road
London, England
EC1V 2NX