We respect the privacy rights of individuals and are committed to handling personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable law. It is important that you read all of this notice carefully as it sets out how the applicable Trend Micro Europe entity:
("the Company", "we" or "us") handles your personal information when you apply for a job or other role with us and the rights you have in connection with that information. The term "applicants" is used in this Notice to refer to anyone who applies for a job role, or who otherwise seeks to carry out work with or for us (whether on a permanent or non-permanent basis). The term registrant is used in this Notice to refer to anyone who creates a profile on the platform.
If you are in any doubt, or have any comments or questions about this Notice, please contact us using the contact details set out at Section 8 below.
2. Types of personal information we collect when you apply or create a profile
Information that we collect automatically
You can visit the recruitment section of our website and search for jobs without providing personal information here.
However, we do collect certain information automatically from your device when you visit our Website. For further information, please see the privacy notice that applies to the use of our Website www.trendmicro.com/privacy.
Personal Information collected from you
The types of personal information we collect and process when you apply for a role or create a profile with the Company (and during our recruitment process if applicable) includes (but is not limited to):
As a general rule, during the recruitment process, we try not to collect or process any of the following: information that reveals your racial or ethnic origin, religious, political or philosophical beliefs or trade union membership; genetic data; biometric data for the purposes of unique identification; or information concerning your health/sex life ("Sensitive Personal Information"), unless authorised by law or where necessary to comply with applicable laws.
However, where required we may need to collect, or request on a voluntary disclosure basis, some Sensitive Personal Information for legitimate recruitment-related purposes, for example:
You may provide, on a voluntary basis, other Sensitive Personal Information during the recruitment process.
Personal information collected from other sources if required for the role
(in each case, where permissible and in accordance with applicable law).
3. Purposes for processing personal information
We collect and use this personal information and Sensitive Personal Information primarily for recruitment purposes – in particular, to determine your qualifications for employment and to reach a hiring decision. This includes assessing your skills, qualifications and background for a particular role, verifying your information, carrying our reference checks or background checks (where applicable) and to generally manage the hiring process and communicate with you about it. We also use it to assist in organisational planning and to comply with legal obligations (more fully set out below).
If you are accepted for a role at the Company, the information collected during the recruitment process will be used to assist with the process of on-boarding (including establishing systems access and preparing for induction), will form part of your ongoing staff member record and will be processed in accordance with our Staff Privacy Notice.
4. Who we share your personal information with and transfers abroad
We take care to allow access to personal information only to those who require such access to perform their tasks and duties, and to an individual in one of the Trend Micro group companies or third parties who have a legitimate purpose for accessing it. Whenever we permit a third party to access personal information, we will implement appropriate measures to ensure the information is used in a manner consistent with this Notice and that the security and confidentiality of the information is maintained.
Transfers to individuals in one of the Trend Micro group companies
We may transfer your information to an individual in one of the Trend Micro group companies outside of the EEA, where the recruiting manager is based outside of the EEA.
Transfers to third party service providers
We may make certain personal information available to third parties who provide services relating to the recruitment process to us, including:
For a full list relevant to your specific application please contact Trend Micro Recruitment Personnel.
These service providers may change over time but we will always seek to ensure that any third parties who handle your personal information or Sensitive Personal Information will do so in a manner consistent with this Notice and in accordance with applicable data protection law. For further information about our service providers and partners, please contact us using the details set out at Section 8 below.
We may also disclose personal information to third parties on other lawful grounds, including:
In some cases, the sharing described above may result in your personal information being transferred internationally, including from the European Economic Area to a country outside it. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws of your country (and, in some cases, may not be as protective).
Specifically, our third party service providers operate around the world. This means that when we collect your personal information we may process it in any of these countries.
However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Notice. This includes implementing the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (under Article 46.2 of the General Data Protection Regulation). Our Standard Contractual Clauses can be provided on request.
5. Legal basis for processing personal information
Our legal bases for processing your personal information as part of the recruitment process include:
You can choose not to provide personal data to us. However, unless otherwise indicated, where we request information from you, it is necessary to comply with a legal requirement or to consider whether to enter into a contract of employment with you (or to enter into such contract).
If you have questions about or need further information concerning the legal basis on which we collect and use your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided in Section 8 below.
6. Data retention periods
Personal information will be stored in accordance with applicable laws and kept as long as needed to carry out the purposes described in this Notice or as otherwise required by applicable law. This means your personal information (and Sensitive Personal Information) will be retained
For applicants:
For registrants who have not applied for a role:
7. Your data privacy rights
You may exercise the rights available to you under applicable data protection laws as follows:
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
8. Contact details
Please address any questions or requests relating to this Notice our local HR department or our European Data Protection Officer (DPO).
Our current DPO contact details are documented below;
For Europe
Lianne Harcup
Median House
IDA Business & Technology Park
Model Farm Road
Cork
Ireland
Telephone: +44 203 54 93 304
E-Mail: GDPR@Trendmicro.com
For Germany Only
HEC Harald Eul Consulting GmbH
Auf deer Höhe 34
50321 Brühl
E-Mail: Datenschutz-TrendMicro@he-c.de