ZipRecruiter may collect your contact and business information from third-party data sources even if you have never signed up for or used ZipRecruiter.
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People who have never interacted with ZipRecruiter may have their professional contact information held and used by the platform without their knowledge or direct consent.
If you have never used ZipRecruiter, your name, email address, job title, and company information may still be collected from third-party sources and used for ZipRecruiter's services, potentially including marketing outreach to employers or recruiters.
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"For non-users, we may also receive Business Information and Contact Data from third-party sources.— Excerpt from ZipRecruiter's ZipRecruiter Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Under GDPR Article 14, where personal data is not collected directly from the data subject, controllers must provide transparency notices to those individuals within a reasonable period. This provision's application to EEA individuals who are non-users creates a GDPR Article 14 compliance obligation. Under CCPA, businesses collecting personal information about California residents from third parties must disclose that practice, which this policy does; however, the mechanism for non-users to exercise their rights may require additional assessment. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The practice is disclosed but the policy does not specify which third-party data sources are used, how non-users are notified, or how non-users can exercise access or deletion rights. This operational gap creates exposure particularly under GDPR and CCPA. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EEA and UK users who are non-users face heightened exposure due to GDPR Article 14 notification requirements. California residents who are non-users have CCPA rights including the right to know and delete, which the policy should address. Australian Privacy Act obligations regarding third-party data collection may also apply. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations that provide employee or contact data to ZipRecruiter as part of B2B relationships should ensure their data sharing practices with ZipRecruiter are covered by appropriate contractual protections and that their own privacy notices disclose the downstream data sharing. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should audit the third-party data sources used for non-user data collection, confirm that Article 14 notices are delivered to EEA non-users, and ensure that non-users have a clear pathway to exercise data subject rights. Data mapping should capture non-user data flows separately from user data flows.
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People who have never interacted with ZipRecruiter may have their professional contact information held and used by the platform without their knowledge or direct consent.
If you have never used ZipRecruiter, your name, email address, job title, and company information may still be collected from third-party sources and used for ZipRecruiter's services, potentially including marketing outreach to employers or recruiters.
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