This Notice of Privacy Practices for Job Applicants (“Applicant  Notice”) describes how Paylocity (“we,” “us,” or “our”) processes  information in connection with our recruiting activities.

Please Note: Where a job applicant uses  our products or mobile, including our websites (together, our  “Services”), other terms may also be applicable to any information  collected about the job applicants. 

1. Information We Collect

When you apply for a job with us, we may  collect certain information from and about you in order to evaluate and  process that application. This information may include: 

  • Contact information, such as name, telephone number, fax number, physical address, email, and username; 
  • Previous work experience, compensation, education, degrees, language, and other skills and employment-related information; 
  • Professional and other work-related licenses, permits, and certifications; 
  • Awards and professional memberships; 
  • Information regarding your use of our website, as described in the Paylocity Cookie Notice.
  • Work authorization status; 
  • Information relating to references; 
  • Information from social media sites if you choose to link your application to a social media; and 
  • Any other information you elect to provide to us (e.g., employment preferences, willingness to relocate, and desired salary). 

Sensitive Personal Information

Certain types of information are considered  sensitive personal information in certain jurisdictions. This includes  the following: information on race, religion, ethnicity, nationality or  national origin, age, gender identity, sex, life or sexual orientation,  criminal convictions and offenses, marital status, medical or health  information (including disability status), genetic or biometric  information, religious or philosophical beliefs, political party or  trade union membership, background check information, and veteran  status.  

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act of  2018 (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act  of 2020  (“CPRA”), the following information is also defined as sensitive  personal information: precise geolocation, social security number,  driver's license number, state identification card number, passport  number, account log-in/financial account/debit card/credit card number  in combination with any required security or access code, password, or  credentials allowing access to an account, and the contents of a  consumer's mall, email and text messages, unless the business is the  intended recipient of the communication.  

Depending on the stage of an application, in  addition to the information you provide to us, we may obtain information  about you from other third parties, such as platforms used to collect  application information, recruiters, references, former employers, and  law enforcement agencies. 

2. How We Use Information

The information that you submit during a job  application process may be used for personnel recruitment, management,  and planning purposes including the following: 

  • Analyze your qualifications for the job you applied for or future jobs that may match your profile; 
  • Communicate with you regarding your job application, your inquiries and requests, other job openings, or important notices; 
  • Conduct criminal history, background, and employment checks, if we offer you a position;  
  • Support our efforts to maintain a diverse workforce; and 
  • Comply with or monitor our compliance with any applicable law or regulation. 

We may use and share information in an  aggregated or de-identified manner data at our discretion, including for  research, analysis, modeling, marketing, and improvement of our  Services. 

3. Accuracy of Information You Provide

You are responsible for the information you  provide to Paylocity and ensuring that it is honest, truthful, accurate,  and not misleading in any way. 

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances: 

  • Vendors and Service Providers. We may  share your information with vendors and service providers that we  believe need the information to perform a technology, business, or other  professional function for us, including providing products or Services  to you or our clients on our behalf, creating or maintaining our  databases, researching and analyzing the people who request information  from us, preparing and distributing communications, or responding to  inquiries.  
  • Affiliates. We may share your  information with companies that we own or control, that are owned or  controlled by us, or that are under common ownership or control for  legitimate business purposes.
  • Business Transition. If Paylocity, or  any portion of our assets, are acquired by, merged with, transferred to,  or invested in by another company, we may share your personal  information with that company or other third parties involved in the  business transition. We cannot promise that an acquiring party or the  merged entity will have the same privacy practices or treat your  information the same as described in this Notice. 
  • Legal. We share information where  necessary to comply with applicable law, to respond to requests from law  enforcement agencies or other government authorities or third parties,  as permitted by law, and without your consent when it is necessary to  protect our customers, employees, or property; in emergency situations;  or to enforce our rights under our terms of service and policies. 

5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use various cookies, technologies, and  other automated means to collect certain information about your use of  our Services. For more information regarding our use of cookies, please  see our Paylocity Cookie Notice.

6. Retention & Disposal

We retain information as long as necessary to  fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, for legitimate business  reasons, or as required by law. We may need to keep your data for longer  than our specified retention periods to honor your requests, including  to continue keeping you opted out of marketing emails, or to comply with  legal or other obligations. When we dispose of information, we use  secure means, such as either physically or electronically erasing  information or making it anonymous in a non-recoverable manner.

7. Security

We implement the appropriate organizational,  technical, and physical security measures and controls to protect the  confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the personal information  entrusted to us. Unfortunately, no data transmission or storage system  can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. If you have reason to believe that  your interaction with us is no longer secure (for example, if you feel  that the security of any account you might have with us has been  compromised), please immediately notify us of the problem by contacting  us at privacy@paylocity.com.