Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
We, at Career Hunts and our affiliated companies worldwide, are committed to respecting your online
privacy and recognize the need for appropriate protection and management of any personally identifiable
information you share with us. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") describes how Career Hunts collects, uses,
discloses and transfers personal information of users through its websites and applications, including
through www.carerhunts.com, mobile applications and online services (collectively, the "Platform"). This
policy applies to those who visit the Platform, or whose information Career hunts otherwise receives in
connection with its services (such as contact information of individuals associated with Career Hunts
including partners) (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Users"). For the purposes of the Privacy Policy,
"You" or "Your" shall mean the person who is accessing the Platform.
2. Types of Personal Information collected by Career Hunts
"Personal information" (PI) - means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person
including common identifiers such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or
one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social
identity of that natural person and any other information that is so categorized by applicable laws. We
collect information about you and/or your usage to provide better services and offerings. The Personal
Information that we collect, and how we collect it, depends upon how you interact with us. We collect the
following categories of Personal Information in the following ways:
● name, email address, password, country, city, contact number and company/organization that you
are associated with, when the you sign up for alerts on the Platform;
● information that one would usually include in a resume, including name, contact details including e-
mail address and mobile number, work experience, educational qualifications, data relating to your
current and past remuneration or salary, a copy of your resume, etc. when you register on the
Platform;
● information about the services that you use and how you use them, including log information and
location information, when you are a user of the services through the Platform;
● we may collect your Personal Information such as name, age, contact details, preferences, etc.
through surveys and forms, when you choose to participate in these surveys etc.;
● we may also collect information relating to your caste and information about whether you are
eligible for any affirmative action programmes or policies, if you opt to provide such information;
● when you communicate with Career Hunts or use the Platform to communicate with other Users
(such as partners), we collect information about your communication and any information you
choose to provide;
● when you visit the Platform, we use cookies to automatically collect, store and use technical
information about your system and interaction with our Platform;
● when you use a device to access the Platform, Career Hunts may collect technical or other related
information from the device as well as the device location;
● To the extent permitted by law, Career Hunts may record and monitor your communications with us
to ensure compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations and our internal policies. This may
include the recording of telephone conversations;
● If you choose to sign in with your social media account to access the Platform, or otherwise connect
your social media account with the services of the Platform, you consent to our collection, storage,
and use, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, of the information that you make available to us
through the social media interface. Please see your social media provider's privacy policy and help
centre for more information about how they share information when you choose to connect your
account.
3. How Career Hunts may use your Personal Information
We will only use your data fairly and reasonably, and where we have a lawful reason to do so.
Our use of your data depends on the purpose for which you interact with us. We may process your Personal
Information for the following purposes:
● Providing our services and products to you including sending you job alerts, calendar alerts,
relevant search results, recommended jobs and/or candidates (as the case may be), and other
social media communication facilities;
● Protecting our Users and providing you with customer support;
● We use information collected from cookies and other technologies, to improve your user experience
and the overall quality of our services (for more information please refer to paragraph 4 below).
When showing you tailored ads, we will not associate an identifier from cookies or similar
technologies with sensitive categories, such as those based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or
health.
● Improving the Platform and its content to provide better features and services.
● Conducting market research and surveys to improve our products and services.
● Sending you information about our products and services for marketing purposes and promotions;
● Preventing, detecting, investigating, and taking action against crimes (including but not limited to
fraud and other financial crimes), any other illegal activities, suspected fraud, or violations of Career
Hunts’s Terms of Use in any jurisdiction
● To the extent required for identity verification, government sanctions screening and due diligence
checks.
● Establishing, exercising, or defending legal rights in connection with legal proceedings (including
any prospective legal proceedings) and seeking professional or legal advice concerning such legal
proceedings.
4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some of our web pages utilize "cookies" and other tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small text file that
may be used, for example, to collect information about website activity. Some cookies and other
technologies may serve to recall Personal Information previously indicated by a user. Most browsers allow
you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with
your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter
your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the Platform.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol
(IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times
that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our
Platform and the overall website experience. We may also analyze information that does not contain
Personal Information for trends and statistics.
For more information about our use of cookies please refer to our Cookie Policy.
5. The Basis/ Grounds which we rely on for collection and processing of your Personal
Information:
Your Personal Information is collected and processed by CAREER HUNTS based on the following legal
grounds depending upon the nature of Personal Information and the purposes for which it is processed.
● Consent:
CAREER HUNTS relies on your consent to process your Personal Information in certain situations. If
CAREER HUNTS requires your consent to collect and process certain Personal Information, as per
the requirements under the applicable data protection laws, your consent is sought at the time of
collection of your Personal Information and such processing will only be performed where consent is
secured.
● Compliance with a legal obligation:
Your Personal Information may be processed by CAREER HUNTS, to the extent that such processing
is necessary to allow CAREER HUNTS to comply with a legal obligation. An example of this would be
if CAREER HUNTS is required to disclose your Personal Information to respond to a court order or if
CAREER HUNTS is required to retain specific records for a fixed period to comply with requirements
under any applicable law.
6. Information Sharing and Disclosure
We restrict access to your Personal Information to employees who we believe reasonably need to know/or
that information to fulfill their jobs to provide, operate, develop, or improve our products or services.
CAREER HUNTS does not disclose, transfer or share your Personal Information with others except with:
● Our affiliates and group companies to the extent required for our internal business and/or
administrative purposes and/or general corporate operations and for provision of services;
● Potential recruiters if we determine that your resume matches a particular job description/ vacancy
available with such recruiters. By registering on the Platform and consenting to the terms of this
Privacy Policy, you agree that CAREER HUNTS may contact you or forward your resume to potential
recruiters;
● Third parties including enforcement, regulatory and judicial authorities, if we determine that
disclosure of your Personal Information is required to a) respond to subpoenas, court orders, or
legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; or b)
investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving
potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of CAREER HUNTS’ Terms of Use or
as otherwise required by law;
● In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets or any other situation involving the
transfer of some or all of CAREER HUNTS’ business assets we may disclose Personal Information to
those involved in the negotiation or transfer.
● Third-party service providers and marketing partners that CAREER HUNTS engages to a) provide
services over the Platform on CAREER HUNTS’ behalf; b) maintain the Platform and mailing lists, or
c) communicate with you on CAREER HUNTS behalf about offers relating to its products and/or
services. CAREER HUNTS will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service
providers are obligated to protect your Personal Information and are also subject to appropriate
confidentiality/non-disclosure obligations.
● Third-party advertisers display advertisements to you when you visit the Platform. The third-party
advertisers include financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stockbrokers, and
mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies).
These companies may use information about you and your visits to this Platform and other websites
to provide advertisements on this Platform.
The Company does not provide any Personal Information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a
targeted advertisement. However, if you interact with or view an advertisement, the advertiser may make
certain assumptions and, in the process, learn certain Personal Information about you. For instance, if you
view and click an advertisement that is targeted towards women in the age group 18- 24 from a specific
geographic area, the advertiser may assume that you meet the relevant criteria.
CAREER HUNTS does not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who
are not bound to act on CAREER HUNTS’ behalf unless such transfer is legally required.
If your Personal Information is transferred outside India, we take the necessary steps to protect your
Personal Information following applicable data protection laws.
7. Third Party Content:
Please be aware that the Platform sometimes contains links to other sites that are not governed by this
Privacy Policy. Users may be directed to third-party sites for more information, such as advertisers, blogs,
content sponsorships, vendor services, social networks, etc.
CAREER HUNTS makes no representations or warranties regarding how your information is stored or used on
third-party servers. We recommend that you review the applicable privacy statements and policies of each
third-party site linked from the Platform to determine their use of your personal information.
8. Children
To use the Platform, you agree that you must be the minimum age (described in this paragraph below) or
older.
The minimum age for these purposes shall be eighteen (18), however, if local laws require that you must be
older for CAREER HUNTS to be able to lawfully provide the services over the Platform to you then that older
age shall apply as the applicable minimum age.
If you are under the age of 18 or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must use the Platform under
the supervision of your parent, legal guardian, or responsible adult.
9. Retention of Personal Information
Your Personal Information will not be retained by CAREER HUNTS any longer than it is necessary for the
purposes for which the Personal Information is processed and/or under legal, regulatory, contractual, or
statutory obligations as applicable.
At the expiry of such periods, your Personal Information will be deleted or archived in compliance with
applicable laws
9. Retention of Personal Information
Your Personal Information will not be retained by CAREER HUNTS any longer than it is necessary for the
purposes for which the Personal Information is processed and/or under legal, regulatory, contractual, or
statutory obligations as applicable.
At the expiry of such periods, your Personal Information will be deleted or archived in compliance with
applicable laws
10. Controlling your personal information
You have the right to invoke your rights which are available to data principals or data subjects (as per
applicable laws and regulations) concerning your Personal Information which is being processed by CAREER
HUNTS.
CAREER HUNTS provides you the ability to keep your Personal Information accurate and up-to-date. If at
any time you would like to a) rectify, update or correct your Personal Information; b) obtain confirmation on
whether or not your Personal Information is processed by it; c) access your Personal Information or exercise
your right to data portability; or d) exercise your right to restrict the continuing disclosure of your Personal
Information to any third party by CAREER HUNTS in certain circumstances, you are requested to contact us
using the contact details mentions in paragraph 15 below. We will require you to provide valid proof of your
identity, to ensure that your rights are respected.
For the exercise of certain rights, you may be required to approach the relevant authority / designated
officer as per the provisions of the applicable data protection laws/ CAREER HUNTS may under the
provisions of applicable data protection laws, charge a fee for fulfilling your request, in particular in case of
excessive or manifestly unfounded request. Further, you acknowledge that the abovementioned rights are
not absolute and are subject to limitations as per the applicable data protection laws.
10. Confidentiality and Security
● The security and confidentiality of your Personal Information are important to us and CAREER
HUNTS has invested significant resources to protect the safekeeping and confidentiality of your
data. When using external service providers acting as processors, we require that they adhere to
the same standards as CAREER HUNTS does. Regardless of where your Personal Information is
transferred or stored, we take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal data is kept
secure.
● We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and
Rules made thereunder to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy. We have
physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to
protect your Personal Information, details of which are available on the website. By accepting the
terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that the standards and practices being implemented by us,
are reasonable and sufficient for the protection of your Personal Information.
11. Social media
CAREER HUNTS operates channels, pages, and accounts on some social media sites to inform, assist and
engage with customers. CAREER HUNTS monitors and records comments and posts made on these channels
about itself to improve its products and services.
Please note that you must not communicate the following information to CAREER HUNTS through such social
media sites:
- sensitive personal data including (i) special categories of personal data meaning any information revealing
racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and
the processing of genetic data, biometric data to uniquely identify a natural person, data concerning health
or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation and (ii) other sensitive personal data
such as criminal convictions and offenses and national identification number; - Excessive, inappropriate,
offensive or defamatory content. CAREER HUNTS is not responsible for any information posted on those
sites other than the information posted by its employees on its behalf. CAREER HUNTS is only responsible
for its use of the Personal Information received through such sites.
12. Changes to this Privacy Policy
CAREER HUNTS reserves the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The Privacy
Policy shall come to effect from the date of publication of such update, change, or modification.
13. Disclaimer
CAREER HUNTS does not store any account-related information or any credit/debit card details. CAREER
HUNTS shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by Users as a result of any disclosure
(inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the User's account, credit cards, or debit cards in
the course of any online transactions or payments made for any products and/or services offered through
the Platform.
In case any Personal Information is shared by you with CAREER HUNTS, which is not requested by CAREER
HUNTS during registration, (whether mandatorily or optionally), CAREER HUNTS will not be liable for any
information security breach or disclosure concerning such information.
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the protection of your Personal Information,
please contact CAREER HUNTS Data Protection Officer/ Grievance Officer at the following:
14. Data Protection Officer/ Grievance Officer
In case you have any complaints and/or grievances concerning the processing of your Personal Information
you can send your complaints via e-mail to our grievance officer:
Grievance Officer
CAREER HUNTS
Kolkata
Email: Privacy@careerhunts.com
Cookie Policy
Introduction
This Cookie Policy ("Policy") explains that we believe in being open and clear about how we use your
information. In the spirit of transparency, this Policy provides detailed information about how and when we
use cookies on our Websites. This cookie policy applies to any CareerHunts.com product or service that links
to this policy or incorporates it by reference.
a. Does CareerHunts.com uses cookies?
CareerHunts.com uses cookies, tags, and other technologies when you use any of the CareerHunts.com
websites, mobile sites, or mobile apps (collectively "the services"). Cookies are used to ensure everyone has
their best possible experience. Cookies also help us keep your account safe. By continuing to visit or use our
services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this
policy. If you prefer not to receive cookies or web beacons, then you should stop using our site, or consult
your browsing and third party cookie settings as described below.
b. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small pieces of text stored by a website you visit in your browser and subsequently sent by your
web browser in every request to the website. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Site
or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Site more useful to you.
Essentially, cookies are a user’s identification card for the Careerhunts.com servers. Cookies allow
CareerHunts.com to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience on our site.
Web beacons, tags, and scripts may be used in the Websites or in emails to help us to deliver cookies, count
visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and
acted upon. We may analyze or perform analysis based on the use of these technologies and generate
reports on an individual and aggregated basis.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as an existing
user, so it’s easier to return to CareerHunts.com or interact with our services without signing in again. After
you sign in, a persistent cookie stays in your browser and will be read by CareerHunts.com when you return
to one of our sites or a partner site that uses our services. Session cookies only last for as long as the
session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session).
c. What are cookies used for?
When you visit our Websites, we may place many cookies in your browser. These are known as First Party
Cookies and are required to enable to hold session information as you navigate from page to page within the
website. For example, we use cookies on our Websites to understand visitor and user preferences, improve
their experience, and track and analyze usage, navigational, and other statistical information. Additionally,
cookies allow us to bring you advertising both on and off the CareerHunts.com site and bring customized
features to you. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you elect not to
activate the cookie or to later disable cookies, you may still visit our Websites, but your ability to use some
features or areas of the Websites may be limited. We may use any of the following categories of cookies on
the Websites as detailed below. Each cookie falls within one of the four following categories:
Category Description
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies (First Party Cookies) are sometimes called "strictly
necessary" as without them we cannot provide many services that you
need on the Website. For example, essential cookies help remember your
preferences as you move around the Website. Essential cookies also keep
you logged in to a website. Without them, the login functionality would
not work.
Analytics Cookies
These cookies track information about visits to the CareerHunts.com and
partner (recruiter websites) websites so that we can make improvements
and report our performance. For example: analyze visitor and user
behavior to provide more relevant content or suggest certain activities.
They collect information about how visitors use the Websites, which site
the user came from, the number of each user’s visits, and how long a
user stays on the Websites. We might also use analytics cookies to test
new ads, pages, or features to see how users react to them.
Functionality or Preference Cookies
During your visit to the Websites, cookies are used to remember
information you have entered or choices you make (such as your
username, language, or your region) on the Websites. They also store
your preferences when personalizing the Websites to optimize your use
of CareerHunts.com. These preferences are remembered, through the
use of persistent cookies, and the next time you visit the Websites you
will not have to set them again.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies
These Cookies are placed by third-party advertising platforms or
networks or CareerHubts.com to, deliver ads and track ad performance,
enable advertising networks to deliver ads that may be relevant to you
based upon your activities (this is sometimes called "behavioral"
"tracking" or "targeted" advertising) on the Websites. They may
subsequently use information about your visit to target you with
advertising that you may be interested in, on CareerHunts.com websites
or other websites. For example, these cookies remember which browsers
have visited the websites.
d. When does CareerHunts.com place cookies?
We use cookies on our websites, mobile sites, and mobile applications. Any browser visiting these sites will
receive cookies from us which helps us identify you more quickly when you return. Cookies help us to
determine which pages or information you find most useful or interesting on our websites.
CareerHunts.com may also have some cookies for its own analytics i.e. analytics not part of Google
Analytics. Such cookies help generate statistics and reports about visitors and their activities on the website
or app.
e. How cookies are used for online analytics purposes?
We may use web analytics services on CareerHunts.com, such as those of Google Analytics. These services
help us analyze how users use the services, including by noting the third-party website from which you
arrive. The information collected by the technology will be disclosed to or collected directly by such service
providers, who use the information to evaluate your use of the services. We also use Google Analytics for
certain purposes related to online marketing, as described in the following sections.
f. How are cookies used for advertising purposes?
Cookies and other ad technology such as beacons, pixels, and tags help us serve relevant ads to you more
effectively. They also help us provide aggregated auditing, research, and reporting for advertisers,
understand and improve our service, and know when content has been shown to you. We work with website
analytics and advertising partners, including Google Display Network, Facebook, etc. to deliver
CareerHunts.com advertisements on third-party publisher websites - these partners may set cookies on your
computer's web browser. These cookies allow our partners to recognize your computer so that the ad server
can show you CareerHunts.com advertisements elsewhere on the Internet, and so that our analytics
software can measure your engagement and interactions while using CareerHunts.com services. In this way,
ad servers may compile anonymous, de-identified information about where you, or others who are using
your computer, saw our advertisements, whether or not you interacted with our advertisements, and actions
performed on subsequent visits to Careerhunts.com websites and applications. This information allows an ad
network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you, and it allows
CareerHunts.com to optimize the performance of our advertising campaigns and the usability of our website.
In other words, we use analytics data in concert with data about our online ads that have been shown using
the Google Display Network, Facebook for Advertisers, or other online advertising networks. By doing so, we
can understand how anonymous users interacted with our website after seeing our ads.
g. What third-party cookies does CareerHunts.com use?
Please note that the third parties (advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic
analysis services) may also use cookies on our Services. Cookies on our sites. Also, note that the names of
cookies, pixels, and other technologies may change over time.
We use trusted partners to help us service advertising, who may place cookies on your device. We also pull
through content from social networks into our pages, such as embedded Facebook feeds. Social networks,
such as Facebook, Google, etc. may themselves also put cookies on your machine. If a user logs into
Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ via our website, they will leave a cookie on the users' computer. This is the
same process as if the user logs into these social networks directly.
We also use Google Analytics on our Services to help us analyze how our Services are used. Google
Analytics uses performance cookies to track customer’s interactions. For example, by using cookies, Google
can tell us which pages our users’ view, which are most popular, what time of day our websites are visited,
whether visitors have been to our websites before, what website referred the visitor to our websites, and
other similar information. All of this information is anonymized.
h. What are Web Beacons?
CareerHunts.com occasionally advertises on third party websites. As part of our effort to track the success of
our advertising campaigns, we may at times use a visitor identification technology such as "web beacons,"
or "action tags," which count visitors who have come to our site after being exposed to a CareerHunts.com
banner ad on a third-party site. Our partners may also use web beacons to collect data in the aggregate as
provided by your browser while you are on our site or another site where CareerHunts.com is a third party.
By navigating on our site, you agree that we can place cookie and web beacons on your computer or device.
If you prefer not to receive web beacons, then you should stop using our site, or consult your browsing
settings.
i. How to control cookies?
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you choose to
turn off these cookies, you will still see advertising on the internet but it may not be tailored to your
interests. It does not mean that you won't be served any advertisements whilst you are online. Whilst we
have mentioned most of the third parties involved in using targeting or advertising cookies in the preceding
section, the list is not exhaustive and is subject to change. Therefore, even if you choose to turn off all the
third-party cookies listed in the section, you may still receive some tailored advertisements and
recommendations.
There are several ways you can manage what cookies are set on your devices. Essential cookies, however,
cannot be disabled. If you do not allow certain cookies to be installed, the website may not be accessible to
you, and/or the performance, features, or services of the website may be compromised.
You can also manage this type of cookie in the privacy settings on the web browser you are using. Please
note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies you may not be able to access parts of our or
others' websites. Please see below for more information.
Changing your Cookie Settings: The browser settings for changing your cookies settings are usually
found in the 'options' or 'preferences' menu of your internet browser. To understand these settings, the
following links may be helpful. Otherwise, you should use the 'Help' option in your internet browser for more
details.
● Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
● Cookie settings in Firefox
● Cookie settings in Chrome
● Cookie settings in Safari