California Notice at Collection & Privacy Policy for Job Applicants

Last Modified: September 27, 2024

Mindpath Health understands the importance of our obligation to protect the privacy of job applicants’ personal information. This California Notice at Collection & Privacy Policy (“Notice”) is adopted to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (collectively, the “CCPA”), and explains how Mindpath Health collects, uses and discloses personal information from job applicants who reside in California. We do not sell personal information we collect about job applicants or share it with third parties for cross-context behavioral advertising. However, we do share personal information we collect from job applicants with the following categories of third parties for Mindpath Health’s business or commercial purposes described below.

 

Personal Information Category Examples Categories of Third Parties to Whom Disclosed
Identifiers Real name, alias, postal address, email address, telephone number, job applicant portal username, Social Security number, driver’s license or state identification card number – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
– Vendors that perform background checks and other Human Resources services
– Professional advisors (accountants, lawyers, and auditors)
– Former employers and references of our job applicants
Personal information of the types listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.803(e)) Name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, driver’s license or state identification card number, education or employment information – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
– Vendors that perform background checks and other Human Resources services
– Professional advisors (accountants, lawyers, and auditors)
– Former employers and references of our job applicants
Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law Race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, military status – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
– Vendors that perform background checks and other Human Resources services
– Professional advisors (accountants, lawyers, and auditors)
Internet or other similar network activity IP addresses, access logs, browsing history, search history, and usage history with respect to job applicant portals or systems – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
Sensory data Audio recordings, voicemail or similar information – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
Professional or employment-related information Information from resumes or provided by consumers regarding educational history, transcripts or records of degrees and vocational certifications obtained, grades or class results, disciplinary records, or other education records or information – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
– Vendors that perform background checks and other Human Resources services
Pre-hire information Job application, resume, background check results, job interview notes, and candidate evaluation records – IT and cloud/hosting service providers, such as our email providers, business application providers, managed services providers and IT consultants
– Vendors that perform background checks and other Human Resources services

 

Mindpath Health is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against job applicants based on gender, race, race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, marital status, disability, age, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information or testing, HIV-positive status, veteran’s status or military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Please note that we may also use, disclose, or transfer your information in connection with the sale, merger, dissolution, restructuring, divestiture, or acquisition of our company or its assets. We may also disclose your personal information in response to a court order, subpoena, search warrant, law, or regulation.

 

How We Collect Your Information

Mindpath Health collects the above-identified categories of personal information from the following sources:

  • Direct collection: We collect information directly from you when you choose to provide it to us by filling out forms or surveys, participating in an interview or other components of the applicant process, or otherwise directly providing the information to us.
  • Third parties: We collect information about you from third parties who support our Human Resources and job application process, including recruitment agencies, background check vendors, and other hiring technologies.
  • Indirect and technology-based collection: We also collect certain information from you indirectly when you access our websites or job applicant portals. Mindpath Health collects certain identifiers (such as IP addresses) and internet and similar network activity (such as website usage data) from you indirectly using cookie, pixels, and passive tracking technologies.

 

Sensitive Personal Information

Mindpath Health does not collect “sensitive personal information” (as defined by the CCPA) for the purposes of inferring characteristics about California consumers. Accordingly, Mindpath Health treats any such information as “personal information” consistent with applicable provisions of the CCPA.

 

Use of Personal Information

We collect and use your personal information for the following business or commercial purposes, consistent with and only as permitted by applicable law:

  • Considering job applicants for current and potential future employment opportunities and assess their skills, qualifications, and interests against our career opportunities.
  • Evaluating a job applicant’s employment application, corroborating the information contained in the application and any supporting documents, and (where applicable) conducting employment related screening and background checks. (Please note, we only use background information as permitted by applicable law.)
  • Scheduling job applicants for interviews and communicate with them about their application and employment opportunities.
  • Aggregating data for Mindpath Health’s diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives.
  • Complying with state and federal laws and regulations governing the employment process and maintaining records pursuant to such laws and regulations.
  • Communicating with job applicants about their candidacy.
  • Keeping records of our interactions and communications with job applicants.
  • Protecting our operations, rights, privacy, safety or property, or that of our affiliates, job applicants, or other parties.
  • For any other purposes that we disclose to you at the time of collection.

 

Disclosure of Personal Information

As indicated above, we may disclose some of your personal information with third-party vendors as necessary for our business purposes. For example, such vendors could include the agencies we use to conduct pre-employment screening (such as background checks). From time to time, Mindpath Health may also be required to disclose your information to governmental authorities for the purpose of complying with applicable laws and regulations or in response to legal process.

 

Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

In the past 12 months, Mindpath Health has not “sold” any categories of personal information, or “shared” any such information for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising. Likewise, Mindpath Health does not have actual knowledge of any sales or sharing of personal information regarding minors under 16 years of age.

 

Application Retention Periods

For each category of personal information identified above, Mindpath Health will retain such information only for as long as necessary to fulfill your requests or the purposes for which it was obtained, as set forth in this Notice. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include (i) for as long as we have an ongoing relationship with you, (ii) as required by a legal obligation to which we are subject, and (iii) as necessary to resolve any disputes or enforce our legal agreements with you.

 

Your Rights Under the CCPA

The CCPA provides California residents with the rights discussed below. For convenience, and as required by the CCPA, we explain how you can exercise those rights, to the extent they are applicable.

  1. Right to Request Information. You have the right to request that we disclose certain information about our collection and use of your personal information during the past twelve (12) months. Specifically, you may request that we disclose:
    • The categories of personal information we collected about you;
    • The categories of sources for the personal information we collected about you;
    • The business and commercial purposes for collecting your personal information;
    • The categories of third parties to whom we disclose your personal information;
    • The specific pieces of personal information we collected about you; and
    • If we disclosed your personal information for a business purpose, the categories of personal information received by each category of third party.
  2. Right to Data Portability. You have the right to request that we provide copies of the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you. If a verifiable consumer request is made, and subject to any exceptions or limitations under the CCPA, we will take steps to deliver the personal information to you either by mail or electronically. If we provide the information to you electronically, it will be in a portable and readily useable format, to the extent technically feasible. Consistent with the CCPA and our interest in the security of your personal information, we will describe but may not provide copies of certain personal information we may receive from you (e.g., driver’s license number, other government-issued identification number, financial account number, health or medical identification number, account password, or security questions or answers) in response to a CCPA request, to the extent any of those items are in our possession.
  3. Right to Request Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete personal information we collected from you, subject to any exceptions or limitations under the CCPA.
  4. Right to Correct Inaccurate Information. If we maintain inaccurate personal information about you, you have the right to request that we correct that inaccurate personal information, taking into account the nature of the personal information and the purposes of the processing of the personal information.
  5. Right to Opt-Out. Consumers in California have the right to opt-out of (a) the sale of personal information, or (b) the sharing of their personal information for the purposes of cross-context behavioral advertising (as defined in the CCPA). Because Mindpath Health does not “sell” or “share” personal information, these rights are not available.

 

Exercising Your Rights

To exercise the rights described above, you—or someone authorized to act on your behalf—must submit a verifiable consumer request to us by sending an e-mail to [email protected]. Your request must include your name, e-mail address, mailing address, phone number, and the specific requests you are making. If you are an agent submitting a request on behalf of a consumer, we may request that you submit a signed authorization from the consumer authorizing you to make the request. In order to protect the privacy and data security of consumers, the verifiable consumer request must:

  • Provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected personal information or an authorized representative of such consumer; and
  • Describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
  • As indicated above, please be aware that the CCPA provides certain limitations and exceptions to the foregoing rights, which may result in us denying or limiting our response to your request.

You may only make a verifiable consumer request for access or data portability twice within a 12-month period. We will only use personal information provided in a verifiable consumer request to verify the requestor’s identity or authority to make the request. We may also request that you provide additional information if needed to verify your identity or authority to make the request. We cannot respond to your request or provide you with personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you or the consumer on whose behalf you are making the request.

 

Response Timing and Format

The CCPA requires us to respond to a verifiable consumer request within forty-five (45) days of its receipt; however, we may extend that period by an additional 45 days. If we require more time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response via e-mail. Any disclosures we provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the receipt of the verifiable consumer request, provided that you may request disclosure beyond the 12-month period as permitted by the CCPA. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable. For data portability requests, we will select the format of our response; the format will be readily useable and should allow you to transmit the information from one entity to another. We will not charge a fee to process or respond to a verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing the request.

 

Collection of Personal Information by Third Parties

We do not control the collection and use of your personal information collected by third parties described above.  When possible, these organizations are under contractual obligations to use this data only for providing the services to us and to maintain this information strictly confidential. These third parties may, however, aggregate the information they collect with information from their other customers for their own purposes.

Our Website may include hyperlinks to other websites, online locations, platforms, or services for your convenience and information. Such linked websites may be operated by third parties that are not owned or controlled by Mindpath Health. They may use their own cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about you, and they may solicit personal information directly from you. We do not control third parties’ collection or use of your personal information to serve interest-based advertising. If you follow links from our Website to other websites, we encourage you to familiarize yourself with their privacy policies and terms of use. These third parties may provide you with ways to choose not to have your personal information collected or used in this way. You can learn more about interest-based advertisements and your opt-out rights and options from members of the Network Advertising Initiative (“NAI”) on its website (www.networkadvertising.org) and from members of the Digital Advertising Alliance on its website (www.aboutads.info).

 

Our Commitment Not To Discriminate

We will not discriminate or retaliate against a job applicant for exercising their rights under the CCPA.

 

Changes to this Notice

We reserve the right to amend this Notice at our discretion and at any time. If there are changes to this Notice, we will post them here and update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this document. Continued use of this website after any changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes. Please check this page periodically for updates.

 

Contact Information

Questions regarding this Notice should be directed to [email protected]. Questions about the employment process should be directed to [email protected].