Blend HRM Inc. is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how Blend and its subsidiaries, affiliates, and related entities (collectively, "Blend" "we," or "us") collect and use personal information about you during the application and recruitment process. This Privacy Policy applies to job applicants only.
This Privacy Policy describes the categories of personal information that we collect, how we use your personal information, how we secure your personal information, when we may disclose your personal information to third parties, and when we may transfer your personal information outside of your home jurisdiction. This Privacy Policy also describes your rights regarding the personal information that we hold about you and how you can access, correct, and request erasure of your personal information.
We will only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by applicable law. We take steps to ensure that the personal information that we collect about you is adequate, relevant, not excessive, and used for limited purposes.
In this Privacy Policy, personal information means any information about an identifiable individual collected in connection with the recruitment process. Blend may collect personal information directly from you, as a job applicant, or may receive personal information from third parties, for example, in connection with a background, employment, or reference check, subject to your consent where required by law. Personal information excludes anonymous or de-identified data that is not associated with a particular individual. We may collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information in connection with our recruiting activities:
We only use your personal information where applicable law permits or requires it in connection with carrying out our application and recruitment process. We may use your personal information for the following legitimate business purposes:
In addition to using your personal information for the position for which you have applied, we may retain and use your personal information to inform you about and consider you for other positions that may be appropriate for you. If you do not want to be considered for other positions or would like us to remove your personal information, you may contact us as specified below under Contact Us.
We will only use your personal information for the purposes we collected it for. If we need to use your personal information for an unrelated purpose, we will provide notice to you and, if required by law, seek your consent. We may use your personal information without your knowledge or consent where required by applicable law or regulation.
You will not be subject to hiring decisions based solely on automated data processing without your prior consent.
We will only disclose your personal information to third parties where required by law or to our employees, contractors, designated agents, or third-party service providers who require it to assist us with administering the recruitment process, including third-party service providers who provide services to us or on our behalf. We may use third-party service providers for various purposes, including, but not limited to, obtaining employment verification and background checks. These third-party service providers may be located outside of Canada.
We require all our third-party service providers to implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information consistent with our policies and any data security obligations applicable to us. We do not permit our third-party service providers to use your personal information for their own purposes, or to communicate your personal information to third parties without consent. We only permit them to use your personal information for specified purposes in accordance with our instructions.
We may also disclose your personal information for the following additional purposes where permitted or required by applicable law:
Where applicable law permits, we may transfer the personal information we collect about you to the United States and other jurisdictions that may not be deemed to provide the same level of privacy protection as Canada for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy.
The measures that we use to protect personal information are subject to the legal requirements of the jurisdictions to which we transfer personal information, including lawful requirements to disclose information to law enforcement and government agencies in those countries. If you wish to access information about our policies and practices regarding service providers outside of Canada, or if you have any questions about the collection, use, disclosure, or storage of personal information by service providers outside of Canada, please contact us.
We have implemented appropriate physical, technical, and organizational security measures designed to secure your personal information against accidental loss and unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. In addition, we limit personal information access to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties that have a legitimate business need for such access.
Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we will only retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Under some circumstances we may anonymize your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you. We reserve the right to use such anonymous and de-identified data for any legitimate business purpose without further notice to you or your consent.
It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during the recruitment process. By law you have the right to request access to and to correct the personal information that we hold about you, or withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information under certain circumstances. If you want to review, verify, correct, or withdraw consent to the use of your personal information, please contact us at info@blend-hrm.com. Any such communication must be in writing. We may charge you a fee to access your personal information, however, we will notify you of any fee in advance.
We may request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and your right to access, and to provide you with the personal information that we hold about you or make your requested changes. Applicable law may allow or require us to refuse to provide you with access to some or all of the personal information that we hold about you, or we may have destroyed, erased, or made your personal information anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices. If we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.
Where you have provided your consent to the collection, use, and transfer of your personal information, you have the legal right to withdraw your consent under certain circumstances. To withdraw your consent, if applicable, contact us at info@blend-hrm.com.
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time, and we will provide you with a new Privacy Policy when we make any updates. If we would like to use your previously collected personal information for different purposes than those we notified you about at the time of collection, we will provide you with notice and, where required by law, seek your consent, before using your personal information for a new or unrelated purpose. We may use your personal information without your knowledge or consent where required or permitted by applicable law or regulation.
31 Adelaide St East, Box 716
Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2J8
Effective Date: June 11, 2021.