INTRODUCTION

Nextchallenge (“we”, “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website at http://nextchallenge.com (the “Website”) (regardless of where you visit from) and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how Nextchallenge collects and processes your personal data through your use of this Website, including any data you may provide through this Website when you submit an application for an open job role.

CONTROLLER

Nextchallenge is structured as a multiple entity brand being the sole controller and responsible for this Website. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please send us a request via email info@nextchallenge.com.

THIRD-PARTY LINKS

This Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data or personal information means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified.

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• “Identity Data” includes company name, first name, last name collected via jobs page and Contact Us form;
• “Contact Data” includes email address and telephone numbers collected via jobs page and Contact Us form;
• “Recruitment Process Information” includes personal notes taken for the duration of your recruitment process relating to a job application which, in the event of an unsuccessful job application, will enable us to consider you for future vacancies that may become available;
• “Employment related Data” includes details of qualifications, skills, experience, and employment history and other data which may be included at GitHub, Showcast, LinkedIn, personal website and in a Curriculum Vitae (in the event that you choose to upload this through the Website when applying for a job role);
• “Technical Data” includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this Website;
• “Usage Data” includes information about how you use our Website.

We also collect, use, and share “Aggregated Data” such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy policy.

We do not collect any special categories of personal data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.

3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity Data, Contact Data, and Employment related Data by filling in the job application form on the Website when you apply for a job role.
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We may partner with third parties (like content providers and analytics companies eg. Google Analytics) to help us improve the services of the Website and better understand how you interact with the Website, as well as support our initiatives. These companies may collect information from you automatically in connection with your visit.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to.

4.1. When you contact us through the Contact Us form, we process this data for the purpose of providing you a support and information service and in order to maintain accurate records of the information that we have received from you, given our legitimate interest in conducting our business and improving the Website and our users’ experience, and in some cases in order to take the first step for entering into a contract with you. We would like to send you information about services of ours that we think you might like. If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date. You have the right at any time to stop Nextchallenge from contacting you for marketing purposes by sending us a request via email: info@nextchallenge.com.

4.2 When you apply for a job through the application form in our jobs section, we collect the data you provide us with by submitting this form and further documentation that you may be asked to provide during the recruitment process. This information is necessary to carry out the recruitment process in order to take steps to possibly enter into a contract.

COOKIES

We may use cookies and similar technologies on our Website. Cookies are small files containing information that are downloaded to your device when you visit our Website. We use them in order to offer you an optimal and personalized customer experience, track visitors, and improve our services. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating an appropriate setting on your Internet browser. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to the Website. If you register on the Website, or if you continue using the Website, you agree to our use of cookies and similar technologies on the Website. This website does not collect any personal information through Cookies.

Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics as well as any other analytics providers that we may use from time to time. We and third-parties like Google, use first party cookies and third party cookies to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Website. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

CHANGE OF PURPOSE

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consenting the limited situations where this is required or permitted by law.

5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

5.1 Compliance with law, responding to legal requests, preventing harm and protection of our rights We may disclose your information, including personal information, to courts, law enforcement or governmental authorities, or authorized third parties, if and to the extent we are required or permitted to do so by law or if such disclosure is reasonably necessary:

• to comply with our legal obligations;
• to comply with legal process and to respond to claims asserted against us;
• to respond to requests relating to a criminal investigation or alleged or suspected illegal activity or any other activity that may expose us, you, or any other of our users to legal liability.

The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the protection and assertion of our legal rights and proper protection of our business against risks.

5.2 Third party service providers We can use third party service providers to help us provide services related to the Website. Service providers may be located inside or outside of the European Economic Area (“EEA”). These providers have limited access to your information and are contractually bound to protect and to use it on our behalf only for the purposes for which it was disclosed and consistent with this Privacy policy.

5.3 Business transfers If we undertake or are involved in any merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, bankruptcy, or insolvency event, then we may sell, transfer or share some or all of our assets, including your information in connection with such transaction or in contemplation of such transaction (e.g., due diligence). In this event, we will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

6. DATA RETENTION

HOW LONG WILL WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR?

Retention of Your Personal Information

We may keep your personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which the personal information is processed.

The length of time we retain personal information depends on the purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise, or defend our legal or contractual rights. When data is no longer required to be kept, it will be destroyed.

How Do We Protect Your Personal Information

We are committed to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy. We will ensure that your personal information is processed fairly, lawfully, and in accordance with your rights and that the data collected is adequate, relevant, and not excessive for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy.

We commit to protect your personal data in accordance with best business practices and applicable laws. We assure you that your personal information is kept by us in a secure manner. We maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent your data from being processed in an unauthorized or unlawful way.

We employ security protocols to ensure that all transactions are carried out in a totally secure manner.

7. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Nextchallenge would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

• The right to access – You have the right to request Nextchallenge for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Nextchallenge correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Nextchallenge to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that Nextchallenge erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Nextchallenge restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Nextchallenge's processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Nextchallenge transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: info@nextchallenge.com.

NO FEE USUALLY REQUIRED

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we could refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

WHAT WE MAY NEED FROM YOU

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.