Privacy Policy

Introduction

“Our Privacy Policy details our dedication to protecting your personal information, including how it is collected, used, shared, and secured, along with your rights to access, update, or correct it."

“This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information, and the options you have for accessing, correcting, or controlling it."

"This Privacy Policy governs the data we collect from registered candidates on our platform and the publicly available information we obtain from various websites about unregistered candidates."

"For registered candidates, this Privacy Policy covers all data collected through our platform. For unregistered candidates, it applies to publicly accessible information sourced from third-party websites."

"At NextFindit, protecting the privacy of our users (“You” / “Your”) is a core commitment. We work to ensure a safe and secure user experience by safeguarding all personal information (“PII”) in our possession. Maintaining the confidentiality of your PII and preventing its misuse is our highest priority. This applies equally to registered users who have provided PII on our platform and to unregistered users whose data we collect from publicly available sources across the web."

• The Company adheres to all applicable data protection laws. This Privacy Policy extends to the WAP (mobile website) and all other mobile applications operated by the Company.
• "In line with our commitment to data protection compliance, this policy applies to the WAP version of the website as well as any mobile applications through which the Site operates."
• "For the purposes of this Policy, 'PII' means any information that, whether on its own or combined with other data, can identify a specific, identifiable individual. Examples of PII include, but are not limited to, an individual’s name, mobile number, email address, and residential address."
• This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and constitutes a part of the Platform’s Terms of Use.
• "By using the Platform, you agree that this Privacy Policy is an integral component of its Terms of Use."

Scope of this Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to current and former users of the platform. By visiting and/or using/downloading the mobile app, and for the unregistered users, whose publicly available data / information that we source from various websites, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this privacy policy. The statements and procedures mentioned under this Privacy Policy must be read in conjunction with our Terms of Use available at our Platform.

The Privacy Policy is published and shall be construed in accordance with the provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made thereunder including the Information Technology (reasonable security practices and procedures and sensitive personal data or information) Rules, 2011 as amended thereof and other applicable laws enacted from time to time. The Company shall at all times follow the provisions of Information Technology Act, 2000 and rules made thereunder. There is no requirement of any physical, electronic, or digital signature in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy explains the Company’s policy regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and transfer of Your PII by the Company in relation with the use of the platform including but not limited to the transmission of information and content.

You accept this Privacy Policy when You visit the Platform or use any Services, content, features, technologies or functions offered on Company’s Platform

Applicability of Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to PII as defined in this Policy and such other information as may be required on need-to-know basis for the usage of the Services offered by the Company.

This Privacy Policy is intended to govern the use of Services by Company’s Customers (including, without limitation those who use Company’s Services in the course of their trade or business unless otherwise agreed.

Our commitment to maintaining your privacy.

We are deeply committed to protecting your privacy. We understand the importance of maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information. We want you to feel safe and secure when using our services, and we take our responsibility to safeguard your data seriously.

This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to this web site and sets out how and when personal information is collected, used, shared, and secured as well as your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information.

This Privacy Commitment applies to data gathered on the Nextfindit.com web site and also the information of unregistered users from publicly available data across websites for where These profiles are made accessible to potential employers for employment-related considerations.

Registered users may revoke your consent to this policy. To revoke your consent, please contact us at complain@nextfindit.com If you revoke your consent, your account and profile information will be removed from our website. The unregistered users can contact us at complain@nextfindit.com or use optout link on nextfindit.com’ s website.

This Privacy Policy is intended to govern the use of Services by Company’s Customers (including, without limitation those who use Company’s Services in the course of their trade or business unless otherwise agreed.

2. Types of Personal Information collected by NextFindit.

"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 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 NextFindit 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 and the services used after accessing the Platform.
• If you choose to access services offered by any of our affiliates, we will share your data with the affiliate in accordance with this policy. When you access the webpage/link or services of our affiliates through the Platform, you will also be governed by the terms and privacy policy of such affiliates. You are advised to read the terms and privacy policy of the affiliates to understand the manner in which the affiliates handle and process your personal data, including sharing your data with IEIL.
• when you use a device to access the Platform, Nextfindit may collect technical or other related information from the device as well as the device location.
• To the extent permitted by law, IEIL 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.

How Nextfindit may use your Personal Information

We will only use your personal data in a fair and reasonable manner, and where we have a lawful reason to do so.

Our use of your personal 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 to send you job alerts, calendar alerts, relevant search results, recommended jobs and/or candidates (as the case maybe), 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 with the aim of improving our products and services.
• Sending you information about our products and services (including those of our affiliates) 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 NextFindit’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 in relation to such legal proceedings.

The Basis/ Grounds which we rely on for collection and processing of your Personal Information:

Your Personal Information is collected and processed by NextFindit based on the following legal grounds depending upon the nature of Personal Information and the purposes for which it is processed.

• Consent:
  IEIL relies on your consent in order to process your Personal Information in certain situations. If NextFindit 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 NextFindit, to the extent that such processing is necessary to allow NextFindit to comply with a legal obligation. An example of this would be if NextFindit is required to disclose your Personal Information to respond to a court order or if IEIL is required to retain specific records for a fixed period to comply with requirements under any applicable law.

Information Sharing and Disclosure

We restrict access to your Personal Information to employees who we believe reasonably need to know/or that information to fulfil their jobs to provide, operate, develop, or improve our products or services.

NextFindit 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 aimed at helping you in your career enhancement.
• 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 NextFindit may contact you or forward your resume to potential recruiters.
• If in case you initiate a contact with a specific jobseeker, your contact details may be shared with the jobseeker.
• 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 NextFindit’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 NextFindit’s business assets we may disclose Personal Information to those involved in the negotiation or transfer.
• Third party service providers and marketing partners that NextFindit engages to a) provide services over the Platform on NextFindit’s behalf; b) maintain the Platform and mailing lists; or c) communicate with you on NextFindit’s behalf about offers relating to its products and/or services. NextFindit 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 to 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 web sites 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.

NextFindit does not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on NextFindit 's 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 in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

If you are a Minor User Below the age of 18.

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 Nextfindit 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.

Retention of Personal Information

Your Personal Information will not be retained by Nextfindit any longer than it is necessary for the purposes for which the Personal Information 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 or archived in compliance with applicable laws.

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) in relation to your Personal Information which is being processed by NextFindit.

NextFindit 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 NextFindit in certain circumstances, you are requested to contact us using the contact details mentions in paragraph 14 below. We will require you to provide a valid proof of your identity, in order 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/ NextFindit may in accordance with 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 above-mentioned rights are not absolute and are subject to limitations as per the applicable data protection laws.

At any time, if you wish to delete your account on NextFindit, you may do so by using the settings available in your account.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

NextFindit 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.