Summary of our Privacy and Data Protection Policy

This Privacy and Data Protection Policy (the Policy) informs you how SENTEGRAM prioritizes your privacy, processes and protects your personal data. The Policy concerns the SENTEGRAM website and any other SENTEGRAM products or services which collect personal data or which are linked to this Policy or on which this Policy is visible. SENTEGRAM is the data controller for the processing of personal data under applicable law.

This Policy does not apply to third party websites to which the SENTEGRAM website, products or services may link.

Introduction

SENTEGRAM has recently updated our Privacy and Data Protection Policy to clarify how we protect your personal data in keeping with new standards introduced by the European data protection law known as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Privacy and data protection standards and laws vary by country and are subject to change. We recommend you read the full policy carefully and check back frequently to review any updates made as a result of evolving privacy and data protection laws.

Lawful Basis of Processing

SENTEGRAM will only process personal data where we have a legal basis for doing so. We may collect and process your data on one or more of several legal bases:

  • Your consent, whereby we have obtained your prior expressed consent.
  • It is a contractual necessity in connection with any contract between SENTEGRAM and you.
  • To manage, operate or promote our business.
  • In compliance with a legal obligation that we are subject to.

SENTEGRAM will review the personal data we hold on a regular basis to ensure it is being lawfully processed and it is accurate and relevant.

Personal Data We Collect

As an ICT consultancy business, SENTEGRAM collects and processes both personal data and sensitive personal data. We may collect data from you in a variety of ways. This may include directly from you, from your devices that interact with our services, or from third-party sources. Types of information we collect may include:

  • Information you provide. Personal data you provide when you create a candidate profile, register for our products or services, respond to questionnaires or surveys or enter into a contract with SENTEGRAM.
  • Information collected automatically. Your IP address and non-identifying information about your use of the SENTEGRAM website may be collected automatically using cookies and analytical software.
  • Information from other sources. Personal data from third-party service providers may include data resulting from the completion of assessment instruments, reference details, and other information that would normally be collected during recruitment activities.

Privacy Notices

SENTEGRAM will issue privacy notices to individuals either at the time when we first obtain their personal data or within one month where we collect personal data other than from the individual directly. If we intend to disclose the personal data to a third party, SENTEGRAM will issue the privacy notice either prior to or when the personal data are first disclosed.

How We Use Your Personal Data

SENTEGRAM processes personal data in relation to our own staff, employment seekers (candidates) and individual client contacts. We may hold personal data on individuals for the following purposes:

  • To communicate with you.
  • Administration and processing of clients’ personal data for the purposes of introducing candidates, providing consultancy services, and execution of any additional contractual obligations.
  • To improve your experience on our website.

How Long Your Data is Stored

SENTEGRAM takes every reasonable step to ensure that your personal data are only Processed for the minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.

We will retain your data only as long as we have a contractual obligation going on and if it is a query from the website, we will retain your data for a maximum period of 6-months, plus the applicable period for limitation of legal claims and any additional periods required or permitted under applicable law. You may indicate to us that you no longer need to have your data stored with us, withdraw your consent, or request that your data be deleted as described in the section titled “Individual Rights Regarding Data Processing”.

Information We Share

Except as described in this Policy, SENTEGRAM does not sell, lease, rent, or otherwise disclose your personal data to any third party.

With your consent, we may use your personal data for the company’s needs including:

  • Business Management: – ICT works for contractors and supplies professionals to hirers. The legal requirement for such cases is that the contractor or the hirer obtains certain data from the identity card of the professional, including the BSN.
  • Delivery and improvement of services and products: – We collect (personal) data that we receive via websites in order to be able to work effectively and to inform and provide our customers with the best possible information about our products and services. Furthermore, personal data may also be used for communication with customers and users, for example for providing information about user accounts, security updates, and product information.

We may be required by the binding requirements of applicable law, or for the purposes of responding to legal proceedings or other lawful requests to disclose your personal data to authorities or third parties.

In the event of any change of ownership or reorganization of our businesses (i.e. mergers and acquisitions), we may disclose your personal data to potential or actual purchasers or their advisers, where appropriate. We will promptly notify you of any such action.

Personal Data of Children

SENTEGRAM’s business is not targeted at children. Therefore, we do not collect the personal data of children and will not carry out any automated decision-making or profiling using the personal data of a child.

Safeguarding Your Personal Data

SENTEGRAM has implemented technical and organizational security measures designed to ensure that data protection is integral to all processing activities and to protect your personal data. We maintain a variety of physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your personal data including encryption and a secure candidate portal.

Our services may be provided using resources and servers located in various countries, partly located outside of Africa/EU/Asia. Therefore, your personal data may be transferred across international borders outside the country in which you use our services. We will ensure any such transfer is covered by appropriate contractual measures, that the transfer has an appropriate legal basis and that the data processing and confidentiality fulfills the requirements in relevant laws.

Please note that the transmission of information via the internet is never completely secure.

Individual Rights Regarding Data Processing

You may choose not to provide your personal data to us. Please note that if you wish to be considered a candidate for any of the positions for which SENTEGRAM is recruiting, we may be unable to consider you if you elect not to provide your personal data.

You have the right to see and obtain a copy of the personal data about you that we maintain as well as to ask us to make corrections to inaccurate or incomplete personal data about you. If you have created a candidate profile, you may correct or otherwise modify your own personal data at any time by logging in via the secure candidate portal. You have the right to receive the data that you have provided to us in a machine-readable format and to transmit that data to another controller. You may also request the erasure of your personal data or the restriction of its processing, or object to the processing of personal data about you.

Subscription to any of SENTEGRAM’s products, services or marketing is entirely voluntary and requires a proactive action including expressed consent on the part of the individual. We include an unsubscribe link in all electronic messages we send you (i.e., job announcements, newsletters). You may withdraw your consent to receiving these at any time.

You may withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time. If your consent is withdrawn, it does not prevent us from processing your personal data based on other legal bases such as storing your data as required by applicable law. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing performed prior to the date on which we receive notice of such withdrawal.

All requests regarding individual rights should be sent to support@sentegram.com You may also click on the Contact us form on the SENTEGRAM website. Additionally, you may contact us via postal mail at:

SENTEGRAM®

Attention: Privacy Officer

220 Bryant Street Suite #4

Malden Massachusetts 02148 USA

Your local Data Protection Authority is responsible for making sure that applicable privacy laws are followed in your locality.

Website Privacy

We want you to have a secure, seamless experience during your visit to the SENTEGRAM® website. Please note that certain features on our website are offered by third parties and the third-party privacy policies apply.

The SENTEGRAM website is owned and operated by SENTEGRAM in the United States, but the information you provide will be accessible SENTEGRAM employees in accordance with this Policy. If you are visiting the SENTEGRAM website from a country other than the United States, your communications with us will necessarily result in the transfer of information across international borders. The level of legal protection for personal data is not the same in all countries, however, we will take security measures described in this Policy in an effort to keep your information secure.

By using the SENTEGRAM website, you understand that your personal data will be stored and processed in the United States and in any country to which we may transfer your information in the course of our business operations.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. The SENTEGRAM website utilizes cookies that allow you to navigate through our website smoothly. These cookies do not collect information that can identify you. No targeting or advertising cookies are present on the SENTEGRAM website. Your browser software can be set to disable cookies. You can find additional information about cookies by visiting All About Cookies.org.

Links

Social Media: Links to SENTEGRAM’s pages on social media outlets are available in several locations on the site. Should you choose to follow these links and leave the SENTEGRAM site, each such third-party service provider may collect personal data regarding your visits and interaction with its services based on its own policies and rules concerning data privacy.

Sharing: Share This is available to facilitate your ability to share the “Insights” section of the SENTEGRAM website via social media.

Content: Content published on the SENTEGRAM website often includes links to third-party sites that contain additional information on a topic, event, or article. Should you choose to follow these links and leave the SENTEGRAM website, each such third-party service provider may collect personal data regarding your visits and interaction with its services based on its own policies and rules concerning data privacy.

Analytics

SENTEGRAM uses Google Analytics to analyze the usage of our website. The information that Google Analytics collects is in an anonymous form. It helps to compile reports so that we can understand the usage of our website and improve it. If you want further information about how Google Analytics function or do not want your data used by Google Analytics, please visit Google’s “Safeguarding your data” or the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on page.

Data Breaches

Should SENTEGRAM establish that a personal data breach has taken place, we will take steps to contain and recover the breach. We will notify the relevant supervisory authority for data breaches in the affected jurisdiction. If we identify a personal data breach resulting in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of any individual, we will notify all affected individuals without undue delay.

Updates to This Policy

SENTEGRAM reserves the right to change and modify this Policy from time to time. When we update this Policy, we will modify the “Effective Date” to indicate when such changes have come into effect. If the changes are material and affect you in an adverse way, we will contact you via email and/or prominently post a notice advising the change at the beginning of this Policy.

Please review the full Policy for additional information.

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