This Privacy Policy for Job Applicants (“Policy”) applies whenever you apply for a job opening and submit your personal data to Fiverr International Ltd., Fiverr Germany GmbH, Fiverr Inc., Fiverr Limited or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates as part of a job application (“Fiverr”). The controller of your personal data is the Fiverr entity with whom you are applying for a vacancy. For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are applying for a job opening in Germany or in the UK, the controller of the data is Fiverr Germany GmbH, Westendstrasse 28, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. If you are applying to a job opening in Cyprus, the controller of the data is Fiverr Limited, 6 Vasili Vryonides st., 3095 Limassol, Cyprus.

This Policy describes how we collect and use your personal data when you apply for a job opening and which rights you have in relation to your personal data.

1. Information We Collect from You

We use personal data which you submit to us when you apply for a job opening, including, but not limited to, your first and last name, email address, a home, postal or other physical address, other contact information, title, occupation, industry, personal interests, CV and other information you provide. In addition to the preliminary information you send us as part of the application, we may collect more information about you in personal interviews or through further communications with you to the extent applicable, including but not limited to, past job and educational experience, references and any other information provided by you. We will only request information from you which is reasonably necessary for the identification and evaluation of potential candidates for open positions.

2. Information We Receive from Third Parties

Instead of directly submitting your job application or personal data to us, we provide you with the ability to send such information by third parties, such as your friends or placement companies, or by using tools offered by third parties such as LinkedIn (when you decide to provide your CV by linking to your profile). We also receive information from third parties, such as information received from background checks (where applicable and permitted by applicable laws), or from other third parties who process your personal data on our behalf. Any information we receive from such third parties in the context of your job application is subject to this Policy. However, note that by using third-party company or tools you may be required to review and consent to the privacy statements of such third parties and their use of your information will be subject to such privacy statements that we assume no liability for.

3. Purposes and Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

to take steps to assess and evaluate your job application and suitability for the relevant position as well as other existing or future job openings and to further contact you if the application process continues.

to enter into an agreement with you, to the extent you have passed the job application process.

for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or in response to courts that are acting in their judicial capacity.

Our collection and processing of personal data are based on the following, as relevant under applicable laws:

your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Please note that if you withdraw your consent we may not be able to process your application;

processing is necessary to enter into or for the performance of an employment agreement or for hiring decisions, i.e. to take steps to assess and evaluate your job application and suitability for the vacancy prior to entering into an employment contract;

the necessity for the compliance by Fiverr with its legal obligations under applicable laws, including to maintain appropriate business records, to comply with lawful requests by public authorities and to comply with applicable laws and regulations or as otherwise required by law; and

the necessity for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Fiverr, in particular its economic, commercial and financial interests, business continuity and improving Fiverr’s hiring process.

If we process any sensitive personal data (such as health data, or data relating to race, ethnic origin or sexual life) relating to you we will do so, as relevant according to applicable laws, under one of the following circumstances:

you have provided your consent to process that information for specified purposes;

the processing is necessary to carry out our obligations under employment, social security or social protection law and there is no reason to believe that you have an overriding legitimate interest in not processing the data;

the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or in response to courts that are acting in their judicial capacity; or

our use of the information is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest on the basis of applicable law (for example, to carry out equal opportunity monitoring or where we are required by a relevant legal or regulatory obligation to use your data).

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

Your personal data may be shared with our other offices or affiliates around the world, such as Fiverr International Ltd., 8 Eliezer Kaplan St., Tel Aviv 6473409, Israel; Fiver Inc., 38 Greene Street, New York, NY 10013; Germany GmbH, Westendstrasse 28, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany HRB 201742 B; Fiverr Limited, 6 Vasili Vryonides st., 3095 Limassol, Cyprus. All such entities are governed by this Policy or are bound by the appropriate confidentiality and data transfer agreements. We may share your personal data with other companies or people under any of the following circumstances:

With our service providers who provide us services related to the job application process, such as external assessment institutions located in your jurisdiction, recruiting system providers (such as Comeet), background checks providers, IT service providers, providing hosting service (such as AWS, Dropbox and Google), some of which located in the US. Such service providers are prohibited from using your information for any purposes other than providing us the applicable services;

in the event of sale or transfer of all or substantially all of our or any of our affiliate's shares or assets, in cases of mergers or in case of negotiations with respect to the foregoing;

if required to do so by law, or in urgent circumstances, to protect personal safety, the public or our website.

Fiverr may also disclose your personal data to regulatory authorities (including tax authorities), government agencies, law enforcement authorities, parties (including our legal or other advisors) in legal proceedings involving Fiverr, third parties with whom we collaborate or engage in acquisition transactions, or where otherwise required by applicable law. Fiverr may also share anonymous or aggregated information with third parties.

5. Transfer of Personal Data Outside EEA

We make sure that our data hosting service providers, or any other third party, provide us with adequate confidentiality and security commitments.

In case of transfers of personal information from the European Economic Area (“EEA”) to countries outside of the EEA not deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection, we ensure appropriate transfer means, in particular, by way of entering into European Union (EU) standard contractual clauses as amended from time to time, and/or equivalent data transfer safeguards.

6. Data Retention

We store the personal data as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which the data has been collected. Please note, depending on your location, we may use your personal data in order to send you future information on job openings and consider you for further positions, unless requested otherwise by you. If we hire you, your application data becomes part of your personal record. In this case, the retention period is subject to the Fiverr employee privacy notice.

Additionally, as permitted by applicable laws, we will retain where necessary certain personal data for a limited period of time for record-keeping, accounting and fraud prevention purposes.

7. Specific Provisions for Job Applicants in The EEA and UK

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights in respect of your personal data:

to request access to and a copy of your personal data together with information about how and on what basis that personal data is processed (Art. 15 GDPR);

to rectify inaccurate personal data (Art. 16 GDPR);

where you have provided your personal data to us with your consent, to ask us for a copy of this data in a structured, machine-readable format and to ask us to share (port) this data to another data controller (Art. 20 GDPR);

to erase your personal data in limited circumstances (Art. 17 GDPR), where (a) the personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which it was collected; (b) we are processing your personal data on the basis of legitimate interests and you object to such processing, and we cannot demonstrate an overriding legitimate interest for the processing; (c) where you have provided your personal data to us with your consent and you withdraw your consent and there is no other ground under which we can process your personal data; (d) where the personal data has been unlawfully processed; and (e) the personal data has to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in the EU or EU member state law to which the controller is subject;

to restrict processing of your personal data (Art. 18 GDPR), where: (a) you contest the accuracy of the personal data; (b) the processing is unlawful but you object to the erasure of the personal data; (c) we no longer require the personal data for the purposes for which it was collected, but it is required for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim; or (d) where you have objected to us processing your personal data based on our legitimate interests and we are considering your objection;

to withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal; to object to decisions which are based solely on automated decision making or profiling; or

to obtain a copy of or access to safeguards under which your personal data is transferred outside of the EEA.

In addition to the above, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority for data protection (Art. 77 GDPR).

We will ask you for additional data to confirm your identity and for security purposes, before disclosing data requested to you. Principally, the information will be provided free of charge. However, we will decline to process requests that jeopardize the privacy of others, are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive character, or would cause us to take any action that is not permissible under applicable laws. If the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive, we may also charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information.

Right to Object

You can object to any processing of your personal data which is based on our legitimate interests, including profiling, as its legal basis, if you believe your fundamental rights and freedoms outweigh our legitimate interests. If you raise an objection, we have an opportunity to demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate interests which override your rights and freedoms (Art. 21 GDPR).

Retention

Please note that if we deny your application your personal data is stored for a maximum of 6 months following the denial of your application, unless you have provided your consent for a longer period with regard to future openings. If you consent that we contact you for future openings, we will retain your personal data for longer periods in order to send you future information on job openings and consider you for further positions.

Purposes of the Processing of Personal Data

Purpose: To take steps to assess and evaluate your job application and suitability for the relevant position as well as other existing or future job openings and to further contact you if the application process continues;

Legal Basis: Processing is necessary to enter into or for the performance of an employment agreement; legitimate interest; consent;

Examples of Categories of Data Processed: As detailed in section 1 above.

Purpose: To enter into an agreement with job applicant, to the extent you have passed the job application process;

Legal Basis: Processing is necessary to enter into or for the performance of an employment agreement; compliance by Fiverr with its legal obligations;

Examples of Categories of Data Processed: As detailed in section 1 above.

Purpose: for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims or in response to courts that are acting in their judicial capacity;

Legal Basis: Compliance by Fiverr with its legal obligations; legitimate interest;

Examples of Categories of Data Processed: As detailed in section 1 above.

8. Specific Provisions for US Residents

If you are a US resident, depending on where you live and subject to certain exceptions, the following terms may apply to our processing of your personal information.

We have set below the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you in the preceding (12) months, and the categories of sources from which we have collected it and the categories of third parties, with whom we have shared it.

Categories of Personal Information:

Identifiers and Personal Information categories listed in the California Consumer Records Statute, such as full name, email address, physical address and other contact information, title, birth date, occupation, personal interests, CV, employment history and other information which is provided as part of a job application

Protected classifications under California or federal law.

Internet or other electronic network activity information, and information regarding your interaction with our online career page.

Audio, electronic and visual information, if we will have an interview with you.

Professional, educational and employment-related information such as background checks reports, educational institution transcripts and records and as above-mentioned.

We have collected such Personal Information from the following categories of sources:

Directly from you – when you apply for a job opening, provide your CV, complete the relevant forms or during an oral interview.

Indirectly from you – from third parties such as, placement companies, your friends or other service providers who process your Personal Information on our behalf, including companies performing background checks .

From a public source – the internet, social media platforms (such as LinkedIn) or public records.

You are entitled to the following rights subject to certain exceptions, in relation to personal information related to you:

You have a right to request access to the personal information we have collected about you over the past 12 months, including: (i) the categories of personal information we collect about you; (ii) the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected; (iii) the business or commercial purpose for collecting your personal information; (iv) the categories of third parties with whom we have shared your personal information; (v) the specific pieces of personal information that we have collected about you.

You have a right to request that we delete personal information related to you that we collected from you under certain circumstances and exceptions.

You have a right to correct the personal information you provided us with.

You also have a right not to be discriminated against for exercising your rights.

Fiverr does not sell, and in the 12 months prior to the effective date of this policy has never sold, personal information collected or processed in the context of a job application to third parties.

9. Data Security

We are committed to implanting appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard the security of the data you send us with physical, electronic, and managerial procedures, taking into consideration the state-of-the-art technology, the costs of implementation and the nature, scope, context and purposes of processing as well as the risk of processing your personal data. While we are committed to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of the information you transmit to us, and so we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Policy from time to time. If we make any substantial changes in the way we use your personal data we will make that information available by posting a notice on this site, so please re-visit this site frequently to see any updates or changes to this Policy.

11. Privacy Inquiries

We are responsible for the processing of your personal data. Requests to exercise your rights as stated above and to pose any other questions regarding this Policy may be addressed for example to HR@fiverr.com. In addition, you may also contact our data protection officer by using the following contact details: DPO@fiverr.com.

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