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The updated policy explicitly includes phone number as a type of device information that Indeed collects. Previously, the policy described device information as limited to IP address, device ID, and user agent. Additionally, the policy now states that Indeed relies on legitimate interests not only for keeping sites safe and secure, but also for 'improving our Sites and services', which broadens the stated basis for processing personal data. These changes formalize expanded data collection categories and processing justifications under the same legal framework.
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Apple and Apple subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right...to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.
This Policy does not apply to Personal Data we process in our role as a data processor or service provider on behalf of our customers and partners.
If a change happens to our business, the new owners may only use your Personal Data in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
"In cases where you follow a link to a third-party website, you are no longer covered by our Privacy Policy, and any data collection or processing activity that takes place on that website will be governed by that website's own privacy policy.Excerpt from Indeed's Privacy Policy
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The clause states: “In cases where you follow a link to a third-party website, you are no longer covered by our Privacy Policy, and any data collection or processing activity that takes place on that website will be governed by that website's own privacy policy.”
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