Elecraft, Inc. is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to Us, will be processed by us in connection with our recruitment processes. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.

 

We use Careers Page Pro, an online application provided by Smooth.ie an application provided by Shopify to assist with our recruitment process. We use Careers Page Pro to process personal information as a data processor on our behalf. Careers Page Pro is only entitled to process your personal data in accordance with our instructions.

Where you apply for a job opening posted by us, these Privacy Notice provisions will apply to our processing of your personal information in addition to our other Privacy Notice which is available on our Website.

Elecraft Employee Recruitment Policy

This policy applies to personal information collected by Elecraft, Inc. during the recruitment and hiring process. Personal information is information that identifies you or reasonably can be linked to information that identifies you. The policy applies on the websites and mobile services (i.e., mobile apps) for Elecraft, Inc. If you are offered and accept a position with the company, this information will become part of your personnel file and its use will be governed according to our internal policies and procedures, and the terms of this policy will no longer apply.

Our policy outlines:

• How and why we collect your personal information;
• How your personal information is used and protected;
• When and with whom we share your personal information; and
• How you can access and update your personal information. 

Information Collection – What We Collect and How We Collect it

What Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal information. Not all categories may be collected about every individual:

• Personal identifiers, such as name and address
• Device and online identifiers and related information, such as telephone number and email address
• Internet, application, and network activity, such as cookie IDs and browser visits
• Government identifiers, such as national identification numbers and driver’s license numbers
• Demographic information, such as age and date of birth
• Audio, visual, and other sensory information, such as audio and video recordings
• Employment information, such as occupation, title, licenses and professional memberships
• Background and criminal information, such as background checks and criminal convictions, drug screening results
• Education information, such as degree and schooling information
• Individual preferences and characteristics, such as inferences, preferences you have expressed related to choice of working locations, or cover letter objectives

How We Collect Information

We collect information from you in a variety of ways. It may be:

• Provided directly by you or a member of your household
• Collected from a device associated with you or your household
• Collected through in-store technology
• Collected from an external third-party source

Information Provided Directly by You or a Member of Your Household
We collect information directly from you during the recruitment and hiring process. This includes information that you give us when you create a profile in our application system, and information you provide when you apply or interview for a position.

Information Collected from a Device Associated with You or Your Household
We also collect information from you automatically when you use our website or mobile services. This information may not identify you personally. For example, we may collect IP address, browser or operating system information, and referring website. Our websites may use cookies, which are small text files stored on your computer that help us to maintain your session or provide other interactive features. You can turn off cookies through your browser. However, turning off cookies may limit some functionality of the site, such as changing the layout of your personalized content. The site may also use web beacons, which allow us to know if you visited a certain page.

Information Collected from External Third-Party Sources
We receive information about you from third-party sources to assist us with specific employment-related activities. For example, background reporting agencies may conduct background checks on our behalf and provide their results to us. Examples of the types of information contained in a background check may include your criminal, employment, and educational history, as well as information about your character, general reputation, personal characteristics, credit standing, and more. We will obtain an authorized disclosure before conducting a criminal background check on you. We may also collect information from references you provide to us.

We may also receive information from publicly available social media or career site profiles.

 

Information Use

We may use your personal information for various purposes, including:

• Recruiting and employment purposes
• Legal or compliance functions
• To protect the security and integrity of our systems, processes and our business, and help prevent fraud

Some examples of the recruiting and employment purposes described above are to:

• Process your application;
• Evaluate you for current and future employment opportunities, based on your skills, qualifications and interests;
• Communicate with you and inform you of employment opportunities;
• Fulfill our legal obligations;
• Conduct continued evaluation of background checks;
• Improve our recruitment and hiring process, including performing analysis of our applicant pool;
• Carry out internal record keeping;
• Carry out equal opportunities monitoring; and
• To conduct investigations related to company policies

 

Information Sharing

Sharing for Legal Requirements and Protection of Our Company
We may share your information in certain other circumstances, which include situations when sharing is required by law, or we believe sharing will help to protect the safety, property, or our rights or the rights of our customers, our applicants or associates, or other persons. Examples include:

• Protecting the health or safety of applicants, associates, or customers;
• Addressing crimes committed on or to our properties;
• Identifying and addressing fraud or financial risk;
• Providing information to law enforcement at their written request;
• Responding to a search warrant, subpoena, or other valid legal inquiry

 

Information Protection

We recognize the importance of maintaining the security of our applicants’ personal information. We use reasonable security measures, including physical, administrative, and technical safeguards to protect your personal information.

Questions

For questions regarding this policy, contact the Elecraft HR by postal mail or by email at hr@elecraft.com

Elecraft, Inc.

125 Westridge Dr.

Watsonville, CA 95076

 

Updates

We will communicate any significant updates to this policy. Please check periodically for changes.

04/12/2021