Privacy Policy

OrangeShark is committed to protecting the privacy of our users, and strives to provide a safe, secure user experience. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to this web site. The following statement explains Orangeshark's commitment to managing your personal information and sets out how and when personal information is collected, used, shared, and secured as well as your choices regarding use, access, and correction of your personal information. This Privacy Commitment only applies to data gathered on the OrangeShark.com web site (the "Web Site" or "Site"), and does not apply to any other information or web site.

This policy applies to those who visit the Platform, or whose information OrangeShark otherwise receives in connection with its services (such as contact information of individuals associated with OrangeShark including partners) (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Users"). For the purposes of the Privacy Policy, "You" or "Your" shall mean the person who is accessing the Platform.

By using this website site or application, you agree to the collection, use and transfer of your data as described in this Privacy Policy.

"Personal information" - means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person including common identifiers such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person and any other information that is so categorized by applicable laws. We collect information about you and/or your usage to provide better services and offerings. The Personal Information that we collect, and how we collect it, depends upon how you interact with us. We collect the following categories of Personal Information in the following ways:

Companies shall not collect personal information from candidates beyond what is necessary for applying to an open position. They shall not ask the candidates for personally identifiable information from our users- here recruiters and candidates unless willingly agreed upon by all parties involved.

Name, email address, password, country, city, contact number and company/organization that you are associated with, when the you sign up for alerts on the Platform;information that one would usually include in a resume, including name, contact details including e-mail address and mobile number, work experience, educational qualifications, data relating to your current and past remuneration or salary, a copy of your resume, etc. when you register on the Platform;

information about the services that you use and how you use them, including log information and location information, when you are a user of the services through the Platform; we may collect your Personal Information such as name, age, contact details, preferences, etc. through surveys and forms, when you choose to participate in these surveys etc.; we may also collect information relating to your caste and information about whether you are eligible for any affirmative action programmes or policies, if you opt to provide such information; when you communicate with OrangeShark or use the Platform to communicate with other Users (such as partners), we collect information about your communication and any information you choose to provide;

when you visit the Platform, we use cookies to automatically collect, store and use technical information about your system and interaction with our Platform; when you use a device to access the Platform, OrangeShark may collect technical or other related information from the device as well as the device location; To the extent permitted by law, OrangeShark may record and monitor your communications with us to ensure compliance with our legal and regulatory obligations and our internal policies. This may include the recording of telephone conversations; If you choose to sign in with your social media account to access the Platform, or otherwise connect your social media account with the services of the Platform, you consent to our collection, storage, and use, in accordance with this Privacy Policy, of the information that you make available to us through the social media interface. Please see your social media provider's privacy policy and help centre for more information about how they share information when you choose to connect your account.

We will only use your personal data in a fair and reasonable manner, and where we have a lawful reason to do so.

Our use of your personal data depends on the purpose for which you interact with us. We may process your Personal Information for the following purposes: Providing our services and products to you including to send you job alerts, calendar alerts, relevant search results, recommended jobs and/or candidates (as the case maybe), and other social media communication facilities; Protecting our Users and providing you with customer support;

We use information collected from cookies and other technologies, to improve your user experience and the overall quality of our services (for more information please refer to paragraph 4 below). When showing you tailored ads, we will not associate an identifier from cookies or similar technologies with sensitive categories, such as those based on race, religion, sexual orientation or health. Improving the Platform and its content to provide better features and services. Conducting market research and surveys with the aim of improving our products and services. Sending you information about our products and services for marketing purposes and promotions; Preventing, detecting, investigating and taking action against crimes (including but not limited to fraud and other financial crimes), any other illegal activities, suspected fraud, or violations of OrangeShark's Terms of Use in any jurisdiction. To the extent required for identity verification, government sanctions screening and due diligence checks. Establishing, exercising or defending legal rights in connection with legal proceedings (including any prospective legal proceedings) and seeking professional or legal advice in relation to such legal proceedings.

We restrict access to your Personal Information to employees who we believe reasonably need to know/or that information to fulfil their jobs to provide, operate, develop, or improve our products or services.

OrangeShark does not disclose, transfer or share your Personal Information with others except with:

Our affiliates and group companies to the extent required for our internal business and/or administrative purposes and/or general corporate operations and for provision of services;

Potential recruiters if we determine that your resume matches a particular job description/ vacancy available with such recruiters. By registering on the Platform and consenting to the terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that OrangeShark may contact you or forward your resume to potential recruiters; Third parties including enforcement, regulatory and judicial authorities, if we determine that disclosure of your Personal Information is required to a) respond to subpoenas, court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims; or b) investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of OrangeShark's Terms of Use or as otherwise required by law; In the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets or any other situation involving the transfer of some or all of OrangeShark's business assets we may disclose Personal Information to those involved in the negotiation or transfer. Third party service providers and marketing partners that OrangeShark engages to a) provide services over the Platform on OrangeShark's behalf; b) maintain the Platform and mailing lists; or c) communicate with you on OrangeShark's behalf about offers relating to its products and/or services. OrangeShark will take reasonable steps to ensure that these third-party service providers are obligated to protect your Personal Information and are also subject to appropriate confidentiality / non-disclosure obligations.

Third party advertisers to display advertisements to you when you visit the Platform. The third-party advertisers include financial service providers (such as banks, insurance agents, stock brokers and mortgage lenders) and non-financial companies (such as stores, airlines, and software companies). These companies may use information about you and your visits to this Platform and other web sites to provide advertisements on this Platform. The Company does not provide any Personal Information to the advertiser when you interact with or view a targeted advertisement. However, if you interact with or view an advertisement, the advertiser may make certain assumptions and, in the process, learn certain Personal Information about you. For instance, if you view and click an advertisement that is targeted towards women in the age group 18- 24 from a specific geographic area, the advertiser may assume that you meet the relevant criteria.

OrangeShark does not intend to transfer Personal Information without your consent to third parties who are not bound to act on OrangeShark's behalf unless such transfer is legally required.

If your Personal Information is transferred outside India, we take the necessary steps to protect your Personal Information in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Please be aware that the Platform sometimes contains links to other sites that are not governed by this Privacy Policy. Users may be directed to third-party sites for more information, such as hiring companies, advertisers, blogs, content sponsorships, vendor services, social networks, etc.

OrangeShark makes no representations or warranties regarding how your information is stored or used on third-party servers. We recommend that you review the applicable privacy statements and policies of each third-party site linked from the Platform to determine their use of your personal information.

OrangeShark uses Google APIs to enhance user experience by offering features like login with Gmail, sending and composing emails, and scheduling interviews via Google Calendar.

Our platform is accessed through multiple subdomains under the primary domain orangeshark.com. While the subdomain prefix may vary (e.g., brand1.orangeshark.com, brand2.orangeshark.com, etc.), all subdomains are operated, managed, and secured by OrangeShark.

By signing in via Google (e.g., on a subdomain such as yourcompany.orangeshark.com), you grant permission for OrangeShark to access limited information strictly for the following purposes:

Google Sign-In (email, name, profile): For secure authentication and personalized access.

Gmail Scopes (send, compose, on behalf): To send emails such as interview invites, updates, and feedback initiated by the user.

Google Calendar Scopes: To create and manage interview events on your behalf as part of the scheduling process.

All Google data is handled in compliance with the Google API Services User Data Policy, including Limited Use requirements. We never use, share, or store data beyond the scope of the specific action requested by the user.

Access to Google account data can be revoked anytime by visiting: https://myaccount.google.com/permissions

To use the Platform, you agree that you must be the minimum age of 18 or older.

The minimum age for these purposes shall be eighteen (18), however if local laws require that you must be older for OrangeShark to be able to lawfully provide the services over the Platform to you then that older age shall apply as the applicable minimum age.

If you are under the age of 18 or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you must use the Platform under the supervision of your parent, legal guardian or responsible adult.

Your Personal Information will not be retained by OrangeShark any longer than it is necessary for the purposes for which the Personal Information is processed and/or in accordance with legal, regulatory, contractual or statutory obligations as applicable.

At the expiry of such periods, your Personal Information will be deleted or archived in compliance with applicable laws

You have the right to invoke your rights which are available to data principals or data subjects (as per applicable laws and regulations) in relation to your Personal Information which is being processed by OrangeShark.

OrangeShark provides you the ability to keep your Personal Information accurate and up-to-date. If at any time you would like to a) rectify, update or correct your Personal Information; b) obtain confirmation on whether or not your Personal Information is processed by it; c) access your Personal Information or exercise your right to data portability; or d) exercise your right to restrict the continuing disclosure of your Personal Information to any third party by OrangeShark in certain circumstances. We will require you to provide a valid proof of your identity, in order to ensure that your rights are respected.

For the exercise of certain rights, you may be required to approach the relevant authority / designated officer as per the provisions of the applicable data protection laws/ OrangeShark may in accordance with the provisions of applicable data protection laws, charge a fee for fulfilling your request, in particular in case of excessive or manifestly unfounded request. Further you acknowledge that the above mentioned rights are not absolute and are subject to limitations as per the applicable data protection laws.

The security and confidentiality of your Personal Information is important to us and OrangeShark has invested significant resources to protect the safekeeping and confidentiality of your personal data. When using external service providers acting as processors, we require that they adhere to the same standards as OrangeShark does. Regardless of where your Personal Information is transferred or stored, we take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that personal data is kept secure.

We seek to ensure compliance with the requirements of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules made there under to ensure the protection and preservation of your privacy. We have physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with the laws prevalent in India to protect your Personal Information. By accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy, you agree that the standards and practices being implemented by us, are reasonable and sufficient for the protection of your Personal Information.

OrangeShark operates channels, pages and accounts on some social media sites to inform, assist and engage with customers. OrangeShark monitors and records comments and posts made on these channels about itself in order to improve its products and services.

Please note that you must not communicate the following information to OrangeShark through such social media sites:

- sensitive personal data including (i) special categories of personal data meaning any information revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural person, data concerning health or data concerning a natural person's sex life or sexual orientation and (ii) other sensitive personal data such as criminal convictions and offences and national identification number ; – Excessive, inappropriate, offensive or defamatory content. OrangeShark is not responsible for any information posted on those sites other than the information posted by its employees on its behalf. OrangeShark is only responsible for its own use of the Personal Information received through such sites.

OrangeShark reserves the right to update, change or modify this Privacy Policy at any time. The Privacy Policy shall come to effect from the date of publication of such update, change or modification.

OrangeShark does not store any account related information or any credit / debit card details. OrangeShark shall not be liable for any loss or damage sustained by Users as a result of any disclosure (inadvertent or otherwise) of any information concerning the User's account, credit cards or debit cards in the course of any online transactions or payments made for any products and/or services offered through the Platform.

In case any Personal Information is shared by you with OrangeShark, which is not requested by OrangeShark during registration, (whether mandatorily or optionally), OrangeShark will not be liable for any information security breach or disclosure in relation to such information.

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the protection of your Personal Information, please contact OrangeShark Team

If you have any questions or concerns regarding data protection, feel free to reach out to us at dpo@orangeshark.com.

Introduction

This Cookie Policy ("Policy") explains that we believe in being open and clear about how we use your information. In the spirit of transparency, this Policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies on our Websites. This cookie policy applies to any OrangeShark.com product or service that links to this policy or incorporates it by reference.

Does OrangeShark.com use cookies?

OrangeShark.com uses cookies, tags and other technologies when you use any of the OrangeShark.com websites, mobile sites or mobile apps (collectively "the services"). Cookies are used to ensure everyone has their best possible experience. Cookies also help us keep your account safe. By continuing to visit or use our services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this policy. If you prefer not to receive cookies or web beacons, then you should stop using our site, or consult your browsing and third party cookie settings as described below.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small pieces of text stored by a website you visit in your browser and subsequently sent by your web browser in every request to the website. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Site or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Site more useful to you. Essentially, cookies are a user's identification card for the OrangeShark.com servers. Cookies allow OrangeShark.com to serve you better and more efficiently, and to personalize your experience on our site. Web beacons, tags and scripts may be used in the Websites or in emails to help us to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon. We may analyse or perform analysis based on the use of these technologies and generate reports on an individual and aggregated basis.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as an existing user, so it's easier to return to OrangeShark.com or interact with our services without signing in again. After you sign in, a persistent cookie stays in your browser and will be read by OrangeShark.com when you return to one of our sites or a partner site that uses our services. Session cookies only last for as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session).

What are cookies used for?

When you visit our Websites, we may place a number of cookies in your browser. These are known as First Party Cookies and are required to enable to hold session information as you navigate from page to page within the website. For example, we use cookies on our Websites to understand visitor and user preferences, improve their experience, and track and analyse usage, navigational and other statistical information. Additionally, cookies allow us to bring you advertising both on and off the OrangeShark.com site, and bring customized features to you. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you elect not to activate the cookie or to later disable cookies, you may still visit our Websites, but your ability to use some features or areas of the Websites may be limited. We may use any of the following categories of cookies on the Websites as detailed below. Each cookie falls within one of the four following categories:

Essential Cookies: Essential cookies (First Party Cookies) are sometimes called "strictly necessary" as without them we cannot provide many services that you need on the Website. For example, essential cookies help remember your preferences as you move around the Website. Essential cookies also keep you logged in into a website. Without them the login functionality would not work.

Analytics Cookies: These cookies track information about visits to the OrangeShark.com and partner (recruiter websites) websites so that we can make improvements and report our performance. For example: analyse visitor and user behaviour so as to provide more relevant content or suggest certain activities. They collect information about how visitors use the Websites, which site the user came from, the number of each user's visits and how long a user stays on the Websites. We might also use analytics cookies to test new ads, pages, or features to see how users react to them.

Functionality or Preference Cookies: During your visit to the Websites, cookies are used to remember information you have entered or choices you make (such as your username, language or your region) on the Websites. They also store your preferences when personalizing the Websites to optimize your use of OrangeShark.com. These preferences are remembered, through the use of the persistent cookies, and the next time you visit the Websites you will not have to set them again.

Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These Cookies are placed by third party advertising platforms or networks or OrangeShark.com in order to, deliver ads and track ad performance, enable advertising networks to deliver ads that may be relevant to you based upon your activities (this is sometimes called "behavioural" "tracking" or "targeted" advertising) on the Websites. They may subsequently use information about your visit to target you with advertising that you may be interested in, on OrangeShark.com websites or other websites. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited the websites.

For any grievances, you can contact mail us at support@orangeshark.com