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Privacy Notice for Job Candidates
Last updated: November 6, 2026

At Social Discovery Group ("we", "our", or "us"), we are committed to protecting the privacy of all individuals who apply for a position with us. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, store, and share your personal data during the recruitment process.

1. Who is the Data Controller?

Social Discovery Group is a group of companies located worldwide. The Data Controller is the possible future employer or client within us, and the determination of the controller depends on the role you apply for and the location where you are situated. To make sure we give you unambiguous information on Data Controller details, please ask your recruiting manager or Contact Us, and we will provide you with this information shortly.

2. What Personal Data Do We Collect?

We may process the following categories of data:

- General Data: full name, date of birth, nationality, photograph (if provided).
- Identification Data: passport, ID and/or work permit document (e.g., temporary or permanent residence permit) after offer acceptance.
- Contact Details: email, phone number, address, and your emergency contacts (after offer acceptance).
- Recruitment Data: CV/resume, cover letter, work history, education, references.
- Assessment Data: interview notes and video and audio recordings (if consented), test results, task submissions.
- Public Data: LinkedIn or other professional profiles.
- Data confirming your residency and absence of sanctions applicability: lease agreement, utility bills, copy of an electronic work record card.
- Financial Data: your bank account details to be able to conduct payments from your work after offer acceptance.
- Other Info: any additional information you voluntarily provide.

3. How Do We Collect Your Data?

We collect data:
- Directly from you (e.g., job applications, interviews) via application channels you choose (e.g., our website, recruiters' LinkedIn personal page, etc.)
- Via third-party recruitment platforms or agencies
- From publicly available sources like LinkedIn
- From referrers you've been engaged with

4. Why Do We Process Your Data?

We process your data to:
- Assess your qualifications and suitability for a role
- Communicate with you about the recruitment process
- Conduct interviews and evaluations
- Make hiring decisions
- Maintain records for compliance and business purposes

5. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on the following legal bases:

- Contract conclusion and performance: completing steps to enter the contract and receiving services from you if you would like to go on with it as a contractor.
- Legal Obligation: complying with employment, anti-discrimination, and sanctions laws if you would like to go on with us as an employee; complying with legal requirements if you would like to go on with us as a contractor.
- Legitimate Interest: assessing candidates as part of our vacancy fulfillment and analyzing data for our recruitment process.
- Consent: where applicable (e.g., when we will process your data for a purpose different from the initial one).

6. Who Do We Share Your Data With?

We may engage third parties for certain data processing activities, like third-party service providers (e.g., applicant tracking systems like Breezy HR or TeamTailor or Google Workspace).

We may also share personal data, provided we have a legal basis for doing so, with the authorities and other governmental bodies where required by law.

In any event, we do not sell your data.

7. Data Retention

If your application is unsuccessful, we typically retain your data for up to 24 months and more following our legitimate interest in ensuring a smooth, effective and correct requirements process unless you opt out of our processing. You have a right to opt out of the following section 8 of this Privacy Notice.

Please also note that we may keep your personal data for purposes of compliance, legal defence and accounting, if any, following applicable legal obligations or requirements vested in us by law.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Request correction or deletion
- Withdraw consent at any time, if you have ever consented to processing
- Object to or restrict processing, provided there are conditions for that per applicable law
- Lodge a complaint with a data protection authority

To exercise your rights, please Contact Us.

9. International Transfers

We may be located in a country other than yours. If we transfer your data outside the EEA/UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses.

10. Changes to This Notice

We may update this notice from time to time. When we update it, we will let you know.

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