CALIFORNIA PRIVACY POLICY

Notice to California Residents

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) provides California residents with new rights concerning their personal information. The CCPA gives consumers certain rights to request McDermott + Bull to disclose the types of private information we collect about our California candidates, and from what sources.

The CCPA defines “personal information” to mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a consumer or household. Personal information does not include information that is publicly available, de-identified or aggregate information.

Your Right to Know Personal Information Collected + Disclosed

If you are a California resident, you may ask McDermott + Bull to disclose the personal information we have collected about you in the 12-month period preceding your request. This right includes the right to request any or all the following:

  • The categories of personal information collected.
  • Specific pieces of personal information collected.
  • The categories of sources from which McDermott + Bull has collected personal information.
  • The purposes for which McDermott + Bull uses the personal information.
  • The categories of third parties with whom McDermott + Bull shares the personal information.
  • The categories of information McDermott + Bull sells (if applicable) or discloses to third parties.

We collect, and have collected within the preceding 12 months, the following categories of Personal Information, as listed in the CCPA:

  • Identifiers (name, email address, postal address, telephone number, preferred name, suffix, honorifics).
  • Government-issued identifiers (social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, tribal ID number, other type of state or foreign identification number)
  • Government reporting and/or benefits information (race, color, sex/gender, age (40 and older), national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, military, or veteran status).
  • Audio/visual and olfactory information (voice recordings/audio information, video recordings, photographs, CCTV records, voicemails, face/visual information).
  • Professional or employment-related information (job title(s), professional or employment-related information, employment history).
  • Education information (information that is not “publicly available personally identifiable information” as defined in the California Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99).
  • Financial information (financial account numbers, insurance account numbers, payment card data, consumer reporting data, credit scores).
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information (browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet website, application, or advertisement).
  • Geolocation data.
  • Inferences (profile reflecting a candidate’s preferences):
    • Preferences
    • Characteristics
    • Psychological trends
    • Predispositions
    • Behavior
    • Attitudes
    • Intelligence
    • Abilities
    • Aptitudes

For information on the sources of these categories of Personal Information, please refer to the “Sources of Information Collection” section in this Policy.

We have disclosed the following categories of Personal Information, as listed in the CCPA, to third parties for our operational business purposes within the preceding 12 months:

  • Identifiers (name, email address, postal address, telephone number, preferred name, suffix, honorifics).
  • Government-issued identifiers (social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, tribal ID number, other type of state or foreign identification number)
  • Government reporting and/or benefits information (race, color, sex/gender, age (40 and older), national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, military, or veteran status).
  • Audio/visual and olfactory information (voice recordings/audio information, video recordings, photographs, CCTV records, voicemails, face/visual information).
  • Professional or employment-related information (job title(s), professional or employment-related information, employment history).
  • Education information (information that is not “publicly available personally identifiable information” as defined in the California Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99).
  • Financial information (financial account numbers, insurance account numbers, payment card data, consumer reporting data, credit scores).
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information (browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet website, application, or advertisement).
  • Geolocation data.
  • Inferences (profile reflecting a candidate’s preferences):
    • Preferences
    • Characteristics
    • Psychological trends
    • Predispositions
    • Behavior
    • Attitudes
    • Intelligence
    • Abilities
    • Aptitudes

For information on our purpose for collecting the above categories of Personal Information, please refer to the “Information Use” section of this Policy.

Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request that we delete the personal information about you that we have collected and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable candidate request, we will delete (and direct our service providers to delete) your personal information from our records unless an exception applies. Many of the categories of personal information we collect are exempt from the CCPA, including the right of a candidate to request the deletion of the personal information when a candidate acts as a job applicant to a client of McDermott + Bull or the emergency contact of such candidate that acts as a job applicant to a client of McDermott + Bull.

McDermott + Bull is not required to comply with a request to delete if it is necessary for us to maintain the personal information in order to, for example, complete a transaction; detect security incidents; protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, or prosecute those responsible for that activity; exercise free speech, ensure the right of another consumer to exercise his or her right to free speech, or exercise another right provided for by law; comply with the California Electronic Communications Privacy Act; comply with a legal obligation, or otherwise use the personal information, internally, in a lawful manner that is compatible with the context in which the candidate provided the information.

Right to Opt-Out of Sale of Personal Information

If you are a California resident, you have the right to direct a business that sells (or may in the future sell) your personal information to stop selling your personal information and to refrain from doing so in the future.

The CCPA defines “sell” to mean selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a California resident’s personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.

The personal information you provide is used solely by McDermott + Bull and is never sold or given to third parties for any purpose without your approval.

After you visit our site and/or use our services, you may receive advertisements about McDermott + Bull’s services when you visit other websites (i.e., social media sites, search engines or other websites that are unrelated to McDermott + Bull). This happens because we use third-party vendors to provide you with information about our services based upon your interactions with our website. These third-party vendors may work with additional providers in their relationship network that help provide the advertising services the third-party vendors provide to us. Note, we use these third parties only to show you ads about McDermott + Bull’s services (i.e., we do not use third parties to advertise any other company’s products or services to you).

Our third-party vendors and, if applicable, providers in their relationship network, may use the information they collect for purposes that are unrelated to showing you ads about our services. When this information is used for a purpose other than showing ads about our services or other services we have requested, it may constitute a “sale” of personal information under the CCPA.

We have sold the following categories of Personal Information, as listed in the CCPA, to third parties for our operational business purposes within the preceding 12 months:

  • Identifiers (name, email address, postal address, telephone number, preferred name, suffix, honorifics).
  • Audio/visual and olfactory information (voice recordings/audio information, video recordings, photographs, CCTV records, voicemails, face/visual information).
  • Professional or employment-related information (job title(s), professional or employment-related information, employment history).
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information (browsing history, search history, and information regarding a consumer’s interaction with an Internet website, application, or advertisement).
  • Geolocation data.
  • Inferences (profile reflecting a candidate’s preferences):
    • Preferences
    • Characteristics
    • Psychological trends
    • Predispositions
    • Behavior
    • Attitudes
    • Intelligence
    • Abilities
    • Aptitudes

Opting Out of Sale of Personal Information

To submit an opt-out request, please click here.

Right to Non-Discrimination

McDermott + Bull cannot deny services, charge you a different price, or provide a different level of service just because you exercised your rights under the CCPA. However, if you refuse to provide your personal information to McDermott + Bull or ask us to delete or stop selling your personal information, and that personal information or sale is necessary for McDermott + Bull to provide you with our services, we may not be able to complete that transaction.

Authorized Agents

California residents may use an authorized agent to submit a request to know or delete on a candidate’s behalf. If you use an authorized agent to submit a request to know or request to delete, we may require:

  • The authorized agent provides proof of your written permission.
  • You verify your identity with us.

These requirements do not apply if you have provided the authorized agent with a power of attorney to California Probate Code sections 4000 to 4465.

Submit a Request to Access or Delete Your Information

If you would like to access your profile to view the personal information we have collected or if you would like to request to delete your profile, you may contact one of McDermott + Bull’s team members by calling (866) 982-2030. You may also submit the request through our website form by clicking here. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law.

We may ask for further verification to ensure data protection. Once we have confirmed your identity, we will delete your profile and send an update once completed.

You may only make a verifiable request to know twice within a 12-month period.

You have the right to be free from unlawful discrimination for exercising your rights under the CCPA.