Privacy Policy

TalentMicro Innovations Pvt. Ltd. and/or its affiliates ("TalentMicro" the "Company", "we", "us", and "our") respect your privacy in and is committed to protecting it through its compliance with its privacy policies. This policy describes:

• The types of information that TalentMicro may collect from you when you access or use its websites, mobile apps, applications under the brand names TALLITE™, CVMine™, iCanRefer™, ITAL™ and other online services owned and operated by TalentMicro (collectively, referred as "Services"); and
• its practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting and disclosing that information.

This policy applies only to the information TalentMicro collects through its Services, in email, text and other electronic communications sent through or in connection with its Services.

This policy DOES NOT apply to information that you provide to, or that is collected by, any third-party, such as partners at which you make reservations and/or pay through TalentMicro Services and social networks that you use in connection with its Services. TalentMicro encourages you to consult directly with such third-parties about their privacy practices.

Please read this policy carefully to understand TalentMicro's policies and practices regarding your information and how TalentMicro will treat it. By accessing or using its Services and/or registering for an account with TalentMicro, you agree to this privacy policy and you are consenting to TalentMicro's collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of your personal information as described here. If you do not provide the information TalentMicro requires, TalentMicro may not be able to provide all of its Services to you.

TalentMicro Innovations Pvt. Ltd., located at No.2243, Vishishta Arcade, 1st Floor, 23rd Cross Road, Banashankari II stage, Bengaluru - 560070 will be the controller of your data provided to, or collected by or for, or processed in connection with our Services.

Your data controller is responsible for the collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of your information in accordance with its privacy standards as well as any applicable national laws. Your data controller may transfer data to other members of TalentMicro as described in this Privacy Policy. TalentMicro may process and retain your personal information on its servers in USA or Europe where its data centres are located through cloud partners like Google, Amazon and Massive Grid, and/or on the servers of its third parties (in or outside USA), having contractual relationships with TalentMicro. The data of all countries is stored in a centralised server located at Germany and United States of America. You are requested not to subscribe to the services the you have your country requires to store the data elsewhere other than Germany and United States America. This policy may change from time to time, your continued use of TalentMicro Services after it makes any change is deemed to be in acceptance of those changes, so please check the policy periodically for updates.

The information we collect and how we use it

TalentMicro collects several types of information from its uses related to the company name, contact information and review of information of Jobseeker process for interview or information related to the employees who get separated from the organization. The employee or jobseeker information includes, name, contact numbers, e-mail ID, any other ID to identify the jobseeker or separated employee to help other organizations find the review data that aids in background check of the jobseeker.

• Your Personal Information("PI") - Personal Information is the information that can be associated with a specific person and could be used to identify that specific person whether from that data or other information that we have, or is likely to have access to. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.
• Information about your internet connection, IP Address, the equipment you use to access our Services and your usage details.
• Information you upload related to jobseekers, employees and their review without any obligation on TalentMicro whatsoever.

We collect this information:

• Directly from you when you provide it to us during sign up or otherwise; and/or
• Automatically as you navigate through our Services (information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses and information collected through cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies).
• Collect connection and related information directly when you use our web portal, mobile app and other personal data that you may provide while signing, making payments, downloading review reports and other information.
• We will seek payment information like credit card or bank details that we use to enable you make payments or reverse/make reverse payments.

We use the information you provide to make the services function as desired and enable other users access review data for their decision making. We also use this information to display relevant promotions, provide support to you, communicate with you, and comply with our legal obligations.

Information we collect through user interface and automatic data collection

We may automatically collect certain information about the computer or devices (including mobile devices) you use to access the Services, and about your use of the Services, even if you use the Services without registering or logging in.

• Usage information: Details of your use of our Services, including traffic data, location data, IP Address, logs, other communication, information on the review reports you have generated and the resources that you access and use on or through our Services.
• Stored information and files: Our applications will capture and store the assessment information you upload or download that is related to Jobseeker or separated Employees. This may include, contact information, skills, review status, your perceived rating/review information and the like information.
• Location information: Our applications collect real-time information about the location of your device, as permitted by you.
• Last URL visited: The URL of the last web page you visited before visiting our websites.
• Mobile device IDs: Unique mobile device identifier (e.g. IDFA or other device IDs on Apple devices like the iPhone and iPad), if you're using our Services on a mobile device, we may use mobile device IDs (the unique identifier assigned to a device by the manufacturer), instead of cookies, to recognize you. We may do this to store your preferences and track your use of our applications. Unlike cookies, mobile device IDs cannot be deleted. Advertising companies may use device IDs to track your use of our applications, track the number of advertisements displayed, measure advertising performance and display advertisements that are more relevant to you. Analytics companies may use mobile device IDs to track your usage of our applications.
• Your preferences: Your preferences and settings such as time zone and language.
• Your activity on the Services: Information about your activity on the Services, such as your search queries, comments, domain names, search results selected, number of clicks, pages viewed, downloading review of a jobseeker or uploading the review information related to jobseeker or Employee or separated Employees and that is accessible to other organization users on this network. Other information like the order of those pages, how long you visited our Services, the date and time you used the Services, error logs, and other similar information.
• Mobile status: For mobile application users, the online or offline status of your application.
• Applications: If you use the TalentMicro application, TalentMicro may collect information about the presence and/ or absence and/ or details pertaining to other applications on your mobile phone. The applications we gather information for, may vary across categories including, without limitation, shopping, fashion, and travel, services, products of kind that are legal to consume. This will help us understand you and your preferences better and enable TalentMicro to provide you with a personalized experience.

Cookies and Other Electronic Tools

We, and third parties with whom we partner, may use cookies, pixel tags, web beacons, mobile device IDs, "flash cookies" and similar files or technologies to collect and store information in respect to your use of the Services and third party websites. A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer that enables us to recognize you (for example, as a registered user) when you visit our website, store your preferences and settings, enhance your experience by delivering content and advertising specific to your interests, perform research and analytics, track your use of our Services, and assist with security and administrative functions. Cookies may be persistent or stored only during an individual session. To understand more about cookies, click here https://www.aboutcookies.org. A pixel tag (also called a web beacon or clear GIF) is a tiny graphic with a unique identifier, embedded invisibly on a webpage (or an online ad or email), and is used to count or track things like activity on a webpage or ad impressions or clicks, as well as to access cookies stored on users' computers. TalentMicro uses pixel tags to measure the popularity of our various pages, features and services. We also may include web beacons in e-mail messages or newsletters or documents to determine whether the message has been opened and for other analytics.

Most browsers are set to automatically allow cookies. Please note it may be possible to disable some (but not all) cookies through your device or browser settings, but doing so may interfere with certain functionality on the Services. Major browsers provide users with various options when it comes to cookies. Users can usually set their browsers to block all third-party cookies (which are those set by third-party companies collecting information on websites operated by other companies), block all cookies (including first-party cookies such as the ones TalentMicro uses to collect search activity information about its users), or block specific cookies. To modify your cookie settings, please visit your browser's help settings. You will need to opt out on each browser and each device you use to access the Services. Flash cookies operate differently than browser cookies and cannot be removed or blocked via web browser settings. By using our Services with your browser set to accept cookies you are consenting to our use of cookies in the manner described in this section. For more information please read our Cookie Policy.

Third parties whose products or services are accessible or advertised through the Services, including social media services, may also use cookies or similar tools, and we advise you to check their privacy policies for information about their cookies and other practices. We do not control the practices of such partners and their privacy policies govern their interactions with you.

Information from Third Parties

We may collect, process and store your user ID associated with any social media account (such as your Facebook and Google account) that you use to sign into the Services or connect with or use with the Services. When you sign in to your account with your social media account information, or otherwise connect to your social media account with the Services, 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. This could include, without limitation, any information that you have made public through your social media account, information that the social media service shares with us, or information that is disclosed during the sign-in process. 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.

We may also obtain information about you from third parties such as partners, marketers, third-party websites, and researchers, and combine that information with information which we collect from or about you.

Anonymous or De-Identified Data

We may anonymize and/or de-identify information collected from you through the Services or via other means, including via the use of third-party web analytic tools as described below. As a result, our use and disclosure of aggregated and/or de-identified information is not restricted by this Privacy Policy, and it may be used and disclosed to others without limitation.

How we use the information we collect

We use the information we collect from and about you for a variety of purposes, including to:

• Building global repository of review data of all people related their Documents, review of their conduct, personality and any other information that reflects their ability for a career
• Share the review reports to other employers/users on demand, enable users to search the review by their contact information, National ID, company name or any other ID/information to locate jobseekers by other partners or employers who use for their employment, consulting or any similar purchase
• Enable users to search and download review reports on demand.

Services are provided for the users to publish review data and also enable to same users to retrieve the data by searching and download the review reports.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide, as described in this privacy policy, in the following ways:

General Information Disclosures

• Share the review information to customers (users) to help them in selected right candidate for employment, partnership or any other purchase for which professional career history is important.
• To third-parties who are associated our services of background verifications or any other process that requires credibility rating and review information.
• Legal Purposes. We may share your information or the review information you save for any demand form legal authorities of any state/country.
• Social Networks. We may provide the stored information for he specific social media that reflects the credibility or reviews of the people whose credibility information is published.

Payment Card Information

To store and use the credit card information provided as users of this platform and reserve the right bill and collect payments:

• When you use a credit or debit card to secure a reservation through our Sites, we provide your credit or debit card account information (including card number and expiration date) to our third-party payment service providers and the applicable partners.
• Collect non-refundable annual membership payment and for other services as per the subscriptions enabled by the user

Analytics and tailored advertising

To help us better understand your use of the Services, we may use third-party web analytics on our Services, such as Google Analytics. These service providers use the sort of technology described in the "Automatically-Collected Information" Section above. The information collected by this technology will be disclosed to or collected directly by these service providers, who use the information to evaluate our users' use of the Services. We also use Google Analytics as described in the following section. To prevent Google Analytics from collecting or using your information, you may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser add-on.

Tailored Advertising

Third parties whose products or services are accessible or advertised via the Services may also use cookies or similar technologies to collect information about your use of the Services. This is done in order to help them-

• Inform, optimize, and serve ads based on past visits to our website and other sites and
• Report how our ad impressions, other uses of ad services, and interactions with these ad impressions and ad services are related to visits to our website. We also allow other third parties (e.g., ad networks and ad servers such as Google Analytics, OpenX, Pubmatic, DoubleClick and others) to serve tailored ads to you on the Services, and to access their own cookies or similar technologies on your computer, mobile phone, or other device you use to access the Services. We neither have access to, nor does this Privacy Policy govern, the use of cookies or other tracking technologies that may be placed by such third parties. These parties may permit you to opt out of ad targeting. If you are interested in more information about tailored browser advertising and how you can generally control cookies from being put on your computer to deliver tailored advertising (i.e., not just for the Services), you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative's Consumer Opt-Out Link, and/or the Digital Advertising Alliance's Consumer Opt-Out Link to opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from companies that participate in those programs. To opt out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising or customize Google Display Network ads, you can visit the Google Ads Settings page. Please note that to the extent advertising technology is integrated into the Services, you may still receive ads even if you opt-out of tailored advertising. In that case, the ads will just not be tailored to your interests. Also, we do not control any of the above opt-out links and are not responsible for any choices you make using these mechanisms or the continued availability or accuracy of these mechanisms.

When accessing the Services from a mobile application you may also receive tailored in-application advertisements. Each operating system: iOS, Android and Windows Phone provides its own instructions on how to prevent the delivery of tailored in-application advertisements. You may review the support materials and/or the privacy settings for the respective operating systems in order to opt-out of tailored in-application advertisements. For any other devices and/or operating systems, please visit the privacy settings for the applicable device or operating system or contact the applicable platform operator.

Choices about how we use and disclose your information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. You can set your browser or mobile device to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. To learn how you can manage your Flash cookie settings, visit the Flash player settings page on Adobe's website. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our Services may then be inaccessible or not function properly. We do not share your personal information with any advertising agency.

Communication choices

When you sign up for an account, you are opting in to receive emails from other TalentMicro users, businesses, and TalentMicro itself. You can log in to manage your email preferences and follow the "unsubscribe" instructions in commercial email messages, but note that you cannot opt out of receiving certain administrative policy, service policy, or legal policy from TalentMicro.

Reviewing, changing or deleting information

If you would like to review, change or delete personal information we have collected from you, or permanently delete your account, please use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of every page (also located here), or contact the TalentMicro Data Protection Officer (DPO) at legal@talentmicro.com.

If you delete your User Contributions from our websites, copies of your User Contributions may remain viewable for life and available for other users as review reports, or might have been copied or stored by other users of our websites. Proper access and use of information provided on our websites, including User Contributions, is governed by our Terms of as stated on our web site (www.jsrating.com).

Accessing & correcting your personal information

We will take reasonable steps to accurately record the personal information that you provide to us and any subsequent updates.

We encourage you to review, update, and correct the personal information that we maintain about you, and you may request that we delete personal information about you that is inaccurate, incomplete, or irrelevant for legitimate purposes, or are being processed in a way which infringes any applicable legal requirement.

Your right to review, update, correct, and delete your personal information may be limited, subject to the law of your jurisdiction:

• If your requests are abusive or unreasonably excessive,
• Where the rights or safety of another person or persons would be encroached upon, or
• If the information or material you request relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings between you and us, or providing access to you would prejudice negotiations between us or an investigation of possible unlawful activity. Your right to review, update, correct, and delete your information is subject to our records retention policies and applicable law, including any statutory retention requirements.

Security: How we protect your information

• We have implemented appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and help prevent unauthorized access to your information and to maintain data security. These safeguards take into account the sensitivity of the information that we collect, process and store and the current state of technology. We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the personal information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it. The third party service providers with respect to payment gateway and payment processing are all validated as compliant with the payment card industry standard (generally referred to as PCI compliant service providers).
• We assume no liability or responsibility for disclosure of your information due to errors in transmission, unauthorized third-party access, or other causes beyond our control. You play an important role in keeping your personal information secure. You should not share your user name, password, or other security information for your TalentMicro account with anyone. If we receive instructions using your user name and password, we will consider that you have authorized the instructions.

Permissible Age

The Services are not intended for users under the age of 18 years, unless permitted under applicable local laws (Permissible Age). We do not knowingly collect any personal information from users or market to or solicit information from anyone under the Permissible Age. If we become aware that a person submitting personal information is under the Permissible Age, we will delete the account and any related information as soon as possible. If you believe we might have any information from or about a user under the Permissible Age, please contact us at legal@talentmicro.com.

Third party links and services

The Services may contain links to third-party websites. Your use of these features may result in the collection, processing or sharing of information about you, depending on the feature. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other websites or services which may be linked on our services. We do not endorse or make any representations about third-party websites or services. Our Privacy Policy does not cover the information you choose to provide to or that is collected by these third parties. We strongly encourage you to read such third parties' privacy policies.

California privacy rights

California law permits users who are California residents to request and obtain from us once a year, free of charge, a list of the third parties to whom we have disclosed their personal information (if any) for their direct marketing purposes in the prior calendar year, as well as the type of personal information disclosed to those parties. To make such a request, please contact us at the information provided in Contact us section on web site www.jsrating.com.

EU privacy/data protection rights

EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has provided the below rights to the EU residents:

• Right to information - including contact details to the DPO, the purposes for processing Personal Information and the rights of the individual.
• Right to access the Personal Information that are processed
• Right to erasure (Right to be forgotten)
• Right to rectification
• Right to restriction of processing
• Right to data portability of the Personal Information supplied to TalentMicro by the EU resident
• Right to object (opt-out) to processing (unless TalentMicro otherwise has compelling legitimate grounds)

EU residents can exercise these rights by raising a request directly at legal@talentmicro.com or contact us at the page provided in Contact section on web site www.jsrating.com.

Data retention and account termination

You can close your account by visiting your profile settings page on our mobile app. We will remove your public posts from view and/or dissociate them from your account profile, but we may retain information about you for the purposes authorized under this Privacy Policy unless prohibited by law. Thereafter, we will either delete your personal information or de-identify it so that it is anonymous and not attributed to your identity. However the review data you have published will not be deleted unless instructed by legal authorities or courts.

Changes to this privacy policy

We reserve the right to amend this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, our data collection and use practices, the features of our services, or advances in technology. Please check this page periodically for changes. Use of information we collect is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the changes here. Please review the changes carefully. Your continued use of the Services following the posting of changes to this Privacy Policy will constitute your consent and acceptance of those changes.

Contact us

If you have any queries relating to the processing/ usage of information provided by you or TalentMicro's Privacy Policy, you may email the Data Protection Officer (DPO) at legal@talentmicro.com or write to us at the following address or for any general queries, please write to support@talentmicro.com.