When registering for one or more of the Company’s services, you may be asked to provide certain personal information, such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone number, and credit card information. This information is collected for purposes such as facilitating communications with you, applying for access to special features or areas of the website, or carrying out transactions. Providing personal information is always your choice. However, if you choose not to provide the requested information, you may not be able to access certain features of the website. Additionally, if you contact us, the Company may keep a record of your correspondence.

4selection Global Search and Selection collects personal information about you related to your activities and interactions with us. For instance, you may submit a CV, respond to employment opportunities, participate in online courses or training sessions, register for 4selection Global Search and Selection networking meetings or webinars, or provide information via email or telephone to our employees. We also collect personal information about you from third parties, which may include reference checks when someone recommends you for a position or other sources, such as public databases, joint marketing partners, and publicly accessible online data like social media platforms.

As part of our services, we may collect your full name, contact details including address, telephone number, and email address, CV information such as employment history, education, professional credentials, and memberships in professional organisations, as well as information about your competencies and skills. Citizenship and other relevant details may also be gathered, including referrals, recommendations, and examined documents. Photos of you that you provide to us or make publicly available, such as on LinkedIn, may be used for internal reference purposes only. Additionally, photos taken at our meetings may not be posted on social media platforms.

It is important to note that we adhere to the United Nations’ framework for human rights, which includes international instruments aimed at combating discrimination based on various factors, including but not limited to indigenous status, migration, minority status, disabilities, gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity. For more information, please refer to the United Nations framework at this link: UN Framework on Equality and Non-Discrimination. In alignment with this commitment, we do not consider these parameters in our selection processes. Therefore, we kindly request that candidates refrain from including information regarding these subjects in cover letters, applications, or CVs.

If you submit any personal information relating to other people, you represent that you have the authority to do so and to permit us to use the information in accordance with this policy.

We collect your personal data so that we can inform you of possible work opportunities, relevant candidates, and other events that may be of relevance to you, such as our HR networking sessions. We also use your data to provide our services to clients and candidates. Additionally, we use your data to inform you of global HR updates, insights, and market trends. These updates will be sent to the 4selection Global Search and Selection HR community unless you have unsubscribed or opted out.

Should you be engaged as an employee or contractor, we use your data to process payments. We also provide our assessments to clients for the positions we are seeking to fill on their behalf. Your data is used to maintain and promote our business or employer-employee relationships. Furthermore, we may process your data to fulfil any applicable contractual, legislative, filing, or reporting obligations, as well as to manage your requests, enquiries, or complaints.

We will notify you of the purposes for holding your data at the point of collection, based on the contact information available at that time. We only collect the minimum amount of information necessary to provide our services.

Generally, 4selection Global Search and Selection collects your personal data directly from you. This may occur when you supply us with your résumé, interact with us in person, by phone, by letter, by email, via our website, or through any other form of communication. We may also collect your information through publicly accessible channels, such as social media, networking groups and sites, published websites, papers, and similar sources.

Occasionally, and with your consent, we may use your information in company announcements or direct marketing materials. 4selection Global Search and Selection may, from time to time, send emails, articles, white papers, proposals, engagement letters, surveys, and other information regarding our services.

For reporting purposes, we may aggregate or de-identify personal information in such a way that the resulting data does not personally identify you or any other individual. For example, we may use aggregated information to generate norms by industry, geography, level, or other relevant factors.

The nature of our business requires us to transfer your information or allow it to be accessed by our clients, candidates, and/or employees who may be based in other countries. When doing so, we shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the overseas recipient complies with the Personal Data Protection Regulation and this policy. 4selection Global Search and Selection is a global company that utilises cloud-based platforms.

Although privacy laws may vary between countries, we will take appropriate measures to ensure that your personal data is protected and handled in accordance with the relevant legal requirements and this Privacy Policy.

By submitting your data as a candidate, you consent to us storing, processing, and transmitting your data to a specified client, either within your country or globally. This consent may be revoked at any time. To do so, kindly send an email to our Data Officer. Please ensure that the email is sent from the address you provided in your original submission. You can contact us at: gdpr@4selection.com

You can contact our Data Protection Officer at 4selection.com for any of the following matters: requesting access to the personal data that we hold about you, requesting that we update or make changes to your personal data, asking questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or requesting further information about it. You may also provide your feedback or comments regarding this Privacy Policy, withdraw your consent for us to contact you, or withdraw your consent for the use and disclosure of your personal data. Additionally, you can request that we remove and delete your personal data or ask to be removed from our mailing lists.

If you have a complaint about how we are handling your personal data or believe there has been a breach of this Privacy Policy or the Personal Data Protection Act, you may contact us with sufficient details as well as any supporting evidence or information. We will review your complaint and contact you if further information is required. You will also be notified in writing of the outcome of our investigation.

We aim to acknowledge receipt of your request within a maximum of 15 working days after your email has been received. We also strive to comply with and deliver on any request in a timely manner, with expectations and timelines communicated to you throughout the process. There will be no fee for these services unless your request is unusually complex, in which case any fees will remain within the scope of the law.

If you are dissatisfied with our response to your complaint, you may contact us to discuss your concerns further or escalate the matter to the relevant Data Protection Regulators, such as the Danish Personal Data Protection Commissioner or your EU supervisory authority.

If and when the company sponsors sweepstakes, contests, or other promotions, or when third parties sponsor such promotions in conjunction with the website, relevant privacy information may be provided by either the company or the third party in the official rules and registration area for the promotion.

When you visit the website, engage in chat, or send emails, you are communicating with the company electronically. By doing so, you consent to receiving communications from the company electronically.

The company may communicate with you via chat, email, or by posting notices on the website. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications provided to you electronically satisfy any legal requirement for such communications to be in writing.

The website enforces a zero-tolerance policy regarding spam. If any violation is suspected, your account will be terminated without further notice.

Any conduct by you that, in our sole discretion, restricts or inhibits any other user from using or enjoying the website will not be permitted.

You agree to use the website solely for lawful purposes. You are prohibited from posting on or transmitting through the website any material that is unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, sexually explicit, profane, hateful, fraudulent, racially or ethnically offensive, or otherwise objectionable. This includes, but is not limited to, any material that encourages conduct constituting a criminal offence, gives rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law.

You agree not to violate any of the robot access policies and acknowledge that any breach of these policies may result in termination of your access to the website. This may include deactivation or deletion of your account and all related information and files, as well as preclusion of any further access to such files or the website, without prior notice.

You agree not to reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell, or exploit any portion of the website, use of the website, or access to the website for any commercial purposes. Furthermore, you agree not to access the website by any means other than through the interface provided by us for the purpose of accessing the website.

All data is kept for 12 months after receipt, after which we will ask if you would like us to continue holding your data. After 12 months, your data will be deleted, and you will need to resubmit it if you apply for a new position or happen to be in our candidate pool.

The company takes appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorised access to, or unauthorised alteration, disclosure, or destruction of, data.
The company restricts access to your personally identifiable information to employees who need to know that information in order to operate, develop, or improve our services.
The company limits access to personal information about you to employees who are deemed to reasonably require it to provide products or services to you or to perform their job duties.

The website’s Terms of Use contain important provisions, including clauses disclaiming, limiting, or excluding the company’s liability for your use of the website, as well as provisions determining the applicable law and exclusive jurisdiction for the resolution of any disputes regarding the website.
Each of these provisions applies to any disputes that may arise in relation to this Privacy Policy or our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information, and they hold the same force and effect as if they had been reproduced directly in this Privacy Policy.

The company reserves the right to update, change, or modify this policy at any time. The policy will come into effect from the date of such update, change, or modification.

Under no circumstances shall the Company or any other party involved in creating, producing, or distributing the website be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data, or other intangible losses (even if the Company has been advised of the possibility of such damages) that result from:
The use of, or inability to use, the website.
The cost of procurement of substitute goods and services resulting from any goods, data, information, or services purchased or obtained, messages received, or transactions entered into through or from the service.
Unauthorised access to or alteration of your transmissions or data.
Statements or conduct of any third party on the website.
Any other matter relating to the service.

You hereby acknowledge that this paragraph applies to all content, merchandise, and services available through the website. Because some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such states, liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.
You agree to indemnify and hold the company, our subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, agents, co-branders or other partners, and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, made by any third party due to or arising out of content you submit, post to, or transmit through the website, your use of the website, your connection to the website, your violation of the Terms of Use, or your violation of any rights of another.

The company may elect to electronically monitor areas of the website and may disclose any content, records, or electronic communication of any kind:
To satisfy any law, regulation, or government request.
If such disclosure is necessary or appropriate to operate the website.
To protect our rights or property, or the rights of the users, sponsors, providers, licensors, or merchants.

The company is not responsible for screening, policing, editing, or monitoring such content. If notified of allegedly infringing, defamatory, damaging, illegal, or offensive content, the company may investigate the allegation and determine, in our sole discretion, whether to remove or request the removal of such content from the website.

The company may terminate or suspend your access to all or part of the website, without notice, for any conduct that we, in our sole discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another user, a third-party provider, merchant, sponsor, licensor, service provider, or the company.

Because customer service is paramount to our business, the company reserves the right to refuse to sell products to you if it reasonably appears to us that you intend to resell the products. In addition, the company reserves the right to limit quantities of items purchased by each customer.

The company controls the website from Denmark. The company makes no representation that the content on the website is appropriate or available for use in other locations, and access to it from territories where its content is illegal is prohibited.
Those who choose to access the website from other locations do so at their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws.
You may not use or export the content in violation of the export laws of Denmark and its regulations. Any claim relating to the website, the services provided through the website, or the content shall be governed by the laws of Denmark, without reference to its choice of law provisions.
You hereby irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the courts in Denmark.

The company welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement at the contact address provided on the website. Should there be any concerns about a contravention of this privacy policy, the company will employ all commercially reasonable efforts to address them.
Personal Information means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a home or other physical address, an email address, or other contact details, whether at work or at home. In general, you can visit the website without telling us who you are or revealing any Personal Information about yourself.
The company may use the information collected on the website to provide you with a superior shopping experience and to communicate with you about products, services, and promotions.
Information gathered through the website is not shared with third parties, except those necessary to process the transaction and prevent fraud (such as your credit card company). All payment information through this website is encrypted and transmitted through a secure server.

We may alter or update this privacy policy from time to time to stay abreast of statutory and market changes. 4selection Global Search and Selection reserves the right to make changes to this policy at any time and will advise you of any such alterations or updates by posting an updated version of the policy on this website.
Your continued use of our website, services, or further provision of your personal data constitutes your deemed acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.