Jobalrt is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our users while providing personalized career management services on our website. This Privacy Policy for jobalrt.com describes our practices on the collection, use and disclosure of your information. By using the Platform, you agree to the practices described here.

1. Types of Personal Information collected by Jobalrt

"Personal Information" means any information relating to an identified or identifiable person, such as a name, email address, phone number, location data or an online identifier. We collect information about you and your usage to provide better services. The information we collect depends on how you interact with us. We collect the following categories of Personal Information:

name, email address, password, phone number, country, city and the company/organization you are associated with, when you sign up or create an account on the Platform;

information that one would usually include in a resume, including work experience, educational qualifications, skills, current and expected remuneration and a copy of your resume, when you register as a candidate or upload your profile;

company details, job postings and candidate-related notes and activity, when you use the Platform as a recruiter or employer;

information about the services you use and how you use them, including pages visited, searches, applications, log information, IP address, browser and device type, and approximate location;

information from surveys, forms and communications, including messages you send to us or to other users through the Platform;

responses and recordings that you submit, if you take part in a video interview on the Platform;

technical information collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies when you visit the Platform;

if you choose to sign in with your social media account, the profile information that the account shares with us. Please see your social media provider's privacy policy for more information about how they share information.

2. How Jobalrt may use your Personal Information

We will only use your Personal Information in a fair and reasonable manner, and where we have a lawful reason to do so. We may process your Personal Information for the following purposes:

creating and managing your account and providing our services to you, including job alerts, relevant search results and recommended jobs and/or candidates (as the case may be);

matching candidates with jobs and recruiters, including through AI-assisted features such as resume analysis, job-to-resume matching and interview question generation;

providing customer support and protecting our users;

improving, testing and securing the Platform and its content to provide better features and services;

conducting market research and surveys with the aim of improving our products and services;

sending you service notices and, where permitted by law, information about our products and services for marketing purposes (you can opt out at any time);

preventing, detecting, investigating and taking action against fraud, abuse, illegal activities or violations of Jobalrt's Terms of Use;

complying with legal obligations, identity verification requirements and due diligence checks, and establishing, exercising or defending legal rights in connection with legal proceedings.

3. AI-Assisted Processing

Some features of the Platform use third-party AI service providers to process content such as resumes and job descriptions. We share only what is needed to deliver the feature, and we require such providers to handle the data under appropriate confidentiality and security terms. AI output is meant to assist human decision-making, and hiring decisions remain with the recruiters and employers using the Platform.

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 keep you signed in, remember your preferences and collect information about website activity. Most browsers allow you to control cookies, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them.

If you choose to erase or block your cookies, you may need to sign in again and some parts of the Platform may not work properly.

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 analyse 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 Jobalrt based on the following grounds, depending upon the nature of the information and the purposes for which it is processed.

Consent:

Jobalrt relies on your consent to process your Personal Information in certain situations. Where consent is required under applicable data protection laws, it is sought at the time of collection and such processing will only be performed where consent is secured. You may withdraw your consent at any time, subject to legal and contractual restrictions.

Performance of our services:

Your Personal Information may be processed to the extent necessary to provide the services you have requested, such as maintaining your account and enabling job applications.

Compliance with a legal obligation:

Your Personal Information may be processed by Jobalrt to the extent that such processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation. An example of this would be if Jobalrt is required to disclose your Personal Information to respond to a court order or to retain specific records for a fixed period under applicable law.

6. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We restrict access to your Personal Information to employees who reasonably need it to provide, operate, develop or improve our products or services. Jobalrt does not sell your Personal Information. We do not disclose, transfer or share your Personal Information with others except with:

Recruiters and employers on the Platform, when you apply for a job or make your profile visible, or when we determine that your resume matches a particular job description/vacancy. By registering on the Platform and consenting to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that your profile and resume may be viewed by, or forwarded to, such recruiters and employers;

Third party service providers that we engage to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting, email delivery, analytics, security and AI processing. We take reasonable steps to ensure that these providers are obligated to protect your Personal Information and are subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations;

Our affiliates and group companies, to the extent required for our internal business and administrative purposes;

Enforcement, regulatory and judicial authorities and other third parties, if we determine that disclosure 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 Jobalrt's 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 Jobalrt's business assets, we may disclose Personal Information to those involved in the negotiation or transfer, subject to confidentiality.

If your Personal Information is transferred outside India, we take the necessary steps to protect it in accordance with 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, vendor services, social networks, etc.

Jobalrt 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.

8. Children

To use the Platform, you must be at least eighteen (18) years old, or older if local laws require a higher age for Jobalrt to lawfully provide the services to you.

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. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors without verifiable parental consent. If you believe a minor has provided us with information, please contact us and we will delete it.

9. Retention of Personal Information

Your Personal Information will not be retained by Jobalrt any longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed and/or in accordance with legal, regulatory, contractual or statutory obligations as applicable.

At the expiry of such periods, your Personal Information will be deleted, anonymized or archived in compliance with applicable laws.

10. Controlling your Personal Information

You have the right to invoke the rights available to data principals or data subjects (as per applicable laws and regulations) in relation to your Personal Information processed by Jobalrt.

Jobalrt 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 us; c) access a copy of your Personal Information; d) request erasure of your Personal Information; or e) withdraw consent or object to certain processing, including marketing communications, you are requested to contact us using the contact details mentioned in paragraph 14 below. We may require you to provide valid proof of your identity in order to ensure that your rights are respected.

You acknowledge that the above mentioned rights are not absolute and are subject to limitations as per the applicable data protection laws. Jobalrt may, in accordance with applicable law, charge a fee for fulfilling a request in the case of an excessive or manifestly unfounded request.

At any time, if you wish to delete your account on jobalrt.com, you may do so by using the settings available in your account or by contacting us.

11. Confidentiality and Security

The security and confidentiality of your Personal Information is important to us and Jobalrt has implemented technical, organizational and procedural safeguards to protect it. When using external service providers acting as processors, we require that they adhere to the same standards as Jobalrt does. Regardless of where your Personal Information is transferred or stored, we take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that it is kept secure.

We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and Rules made thereunder to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. Please keep your password confidential and inform us promptly if you suspect any unauthorized use of your account.

12. Social media

Jobalrt may operate channels, pages and accounts on some social media sites to inform, assist and engage with customers. Jobalrt may monitor and record comments and posts made on these channels about itself in order to improve its products and services.

Please note that you must not communicate the following information to Jobalrt through such social media sites: sensitive personal data such as government identification numbers, financial account details, health information, information about racial or ethnic origin, political opinions or religious beliefs, and criminal convictions or offences; or excessive, inappropriate, offensive or defamatory content. Jobalrt is not responsible for any information posted on those sites other than the information posted by its employees on its behalf.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

Jobalrt reserves the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The Privacy Policy shall come into effect from the date of publication of such update, change or modification. Continued use of the Platform after such changes means that you accept the updated Privacy Policy.

14. Disclaimer

Jobalrt does not store any credit / debit card details. Jobalrt 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 Jobalrt which is not requested by Jobalrt during registration (whether mandatorily or optionally), Jobalrt will not be liable for any information security breach or disclosure in relation to such information.

15. Data Protection Officer / Grievance Officer

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the protection of your Personal Information, or any complaints and/or grievances in relation to the processing of your Personal Information, you can send an e-mail to our Grievance Officer:

Grievance Officer

[Company Legal Name]

[Registered Address, City, State, PIN]

Email: [privacy@jobalrt.com]

Phone: [Contact Number]