Privacy Policy for NorthBloom Talent

At NorthBloom Talent, your privacy is paramount. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information when you access or use our website and services related to talent acquisition, HR strategy, and other human resources consulting activities.

We are committed to protecting your personal data in compliance with relevant data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable privacy legislation.

1. Information We Collect

We collect different types of information to provide and improve our services, including:

• Personal Data You Provide: This includes information you voluntarily provide when you engage with us, such as your name, contact details (e.g., email address, phone number, physical address), professional background (e.g., resume, employment history, qualifications) when applying for positions or seeking our consulting services. It may also include information provided in consultations, inquiries, or feedback forms.
• Information Collected Automatically: When you visit our online platform, we may collect certain information automatically through technologies like cookies and web beacons. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and the dates/times of your visits. This data helps us understand how users interact with our site and improve its functionality.
• Information from Third Parties: In some cases, we might receive information about you from third-party sources, such as professional networking sites, publicly available databases, or referrals, where permitted by law and with appropriate consent mechanisms.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, primarily to deliver our human resources consulting services effectively:

• To Provide and Manage Our Services: This includes facilitating talent acquisition and recruitment, developing HR strategies, conducting compensation and benefits analysis, managing employee relations, implementing performance review systems, designing training and development programs, advising on HR technology implementation, supporting organizational change management, and performing workforce planning and analytics.
• To Communicate with You: Responding to your inquiries, providing updates on our services, and sending relevant information.
• For Internal Business Operations: Such as improving our website, analyzing trends, auditing, security, and fulfilling legal obligations.
• For Marketing and Promotional Purposes: With your consent, we may send you information about our services, events, or industry insights that may be of interest to you. You can opt-out of these communications at any time.
• To Ensure Legal and Regulatory Compliance: Including compliance with employment laws, anti-discrimination regulations, and other legal requirements.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

Our legal basis for collecting and using your personal data will depend on the specific context in which we collect it. We generally process personal data under the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have given us clear consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
• Contractual Necessity: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract (e.g., providing recruitment services).
• Legal Obligation: Where processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by NorthBloom Talent or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms which require protection of personal data.

4. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

We do not sell your personal data. We may share or disclose your information in the following circumstances:

• With Your Consent: We may share your information with third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.
• Service Providers: We may engage trusted third-party service providers to perform functions and provide services for us, such as IT support, website hosting, data analysis, and marketing assistance. These providers are bound by contractual obligations to keep your information confidential and to use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
• For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with legal processes, protect and defend our rights or property, or ensure the safety of our users or the public.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
• Clients (for Recruitment): If you are a candidate seeking employment, your professional data may be shared with our clients for recruitment purposes, with your consent.

5. International Data Transfers

As a Canadian company, we store and process data within Canada. However, some of our service providers may operate outside of Canada or the European Economic Area (EEA). In such cases, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data as required by applicable laws, such as standard contractual clauses or ensuring the recipient is certified under an approved data transfer mechanism.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your personal data against accidental loss, unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include encryption, access controls, and regular security audits. While we strive to protect your personal data, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

8. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where our processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable laws.

9. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites not operated by us. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: