ZipRecruiter warns users not to include sensitive personal information such as health data or ethnic origin in their resumes, but does not technically prevent it from being submitted and shared with employers.
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If you include sensitive information in your resume, it may be shared with employers and stored in ZipRecruiter's systems even though the company advises against it, as ZipRecruiter does not filter or block such data from submissions.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify what legal basis applies to sensitive data inadvertently included in resumes, nor what technical measures exist to prevent or flag such submissions, creating ambiguity about the actual processing workflow.
Job seekers who include sensitive data such as health conditions, religious beliefs, or ethnic origin in their resumes risk having that data shared with prospective employers through ZipRecruiter's platform, since the advisory is a recommendation rather than a technical restriction.
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"ZipRecruiter does not require any Sensitive Personal Data about you in order for you to utilize the ZipRecruiter Website. If you are submitting your resume to our database or sharing your resume with a prospective employer directly using a job application feature on the ZipRecruiter Website, please carefully consider the information that is contained within your resume and ensure that you are not providing any sensitive or other information that is not necessary for your job application or job search.Excerpt from ZipRecruiter's Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Under GDPR Article 9 and UK GDPR Article 9, processing of special category data (which corresponds to ZipRecruiter's Sensitive Personal Data definition) requires explicit consent or another specific legal basis.
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If you include sensitive information in your resume, it may be shared with employers and stored in ZipRecruiter's systems even though the company advises against it, as ZipRecruiter does not filter or block such data from submissions.
Job seekers who include sensitive data such as health conditions, religious beliefs, or ethnic origin in their resumes risk having that data shared with prospective employers through ZipRecruiter's platform, since the advisory is a recommendation rather than a technical restriction.
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