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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 28, 2026

Introduction

Direct Applicant ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Information We Collect

We may collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our service to you:

Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name and contact details (email address, phone number)
  • Profile information (resume, work history, education)
  • Account credentials
  • Payment information
  • Communication preferences

Usage Data

We may also collect information about how you access and use our services, including:

  • Your computer's IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Pages you visit on our site and time spent on those pages
  • Time and date of your visit
  • Other diagnostic data

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To provide and maintain our service
  • To notify you about changes to our service
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our service
  • To monitor the usage of our service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To provide you with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer

Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We will only process your personal data when we have a legal basis to do so. The legal basis will depend on the purposes for which we have collected and use your personal data. In most cases, the legal basis will be one of the following:

  • To perform a contract with you, such as when you create an account or use our services
  • When it is in our legitimate interest, which is not overridden by your data protection interests
  • With your consent
  • To comply with our legal obligations

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your personal data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Data Transfer

Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data:

Under GDPR (for EU residents):

  • The right to access your personal data
  • The right to rectification of inaccurate personal data
  • The right to erasure of your personal data
  • The right to restrict processing of your personal data
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object to processing of your personal data
  • The right to withdraw consent

Under CCPA (for California residents):

  • The right to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold
  • The right to delete personal information held by businesses
  • The right to opt-out of the sale of personal information
  • The right to non-discrimination for exercising CCPA rights

To exercise any of these rights, please visit our Privacy Center or contact us using the information provided below.

Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. For more information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • By email: [email protected]
  • By mail: Direct Applicant, 123 Main Street, Anytown, USA 12345
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