1. Introduction

Welcome to the Opallios Consulting website or mobile application (“Site”). Opallios Consulting Staffing Services (“Opallios Consulting”, “we”, “us”, and/or “our”) operates this Site, and its mobile application, to provide our users (“you” and “your”) with information about Opallios Consulting and its platform.

Opallios Consulting Staffing Services provide Traction by professionals.

2. Scope

This Privacy Policy sets out how Opallios Consulting collects, retains, and uses information, including personal data (“Personal Data”) about Candidates, Clients, and other Site visitors and individuals, which include our vendors, partners, blog readers, and job applicants. The Privacy Policy also applies to users of Opallios Consulting software offerings such as our image sharing and editing tool Collabshot, affiliated sites, and data that Opallios Consulting collects in-person, for instance, at business conferences and trade shows.

3. Clients

3.1. Information We Collect

A. Information that you provide to us

We collect Personal Data from our prospective Clients when we receive a request for hiring. This includes names and contact information of prospective Client’s representatives, and any information relating to the Client’s needs. We also collect Personal Data that is entered on our Site or sent to us electronically, for example when you complete a web form to give Personal Data to us directly (such as on our “Contact Us” page), when you voluntarily provide such information such as when you register for access to the platform (for example, your name and mailing address), contact us with inquiries or respond to one of our surveys. Wherever Opallios Consulting collects Personal Data we make an effort to provide a link to this Privacy Policy.

In addition, Opallios Consulting may record video and/or phone calls for quality assurance and training purposes.

B. Information Obtained From Third Parties

We may supplement the information that we collected from you (such as your email address) with additional information about you and your company obtained from publicly available and third-party databases or services that provide information about business people and companies (including an individual’s name, job title, business contact information, and company information).

C. Automatically Collected Data

When you interact with Opallios Consulting through the Site or services, we automatically collect certain information.

3.2. How We Use the Information

A. To Provide The Services And Respond To Requests

Opallios Consulting uses the Personal Data you provide in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Policy. If you provide Personal Data for a certain reason, we may use the Personal Data in connection with the reason for which it was provided. For instance, if you contact us by email, we will use the Personal Data you provide to answer your question or resolve your problem. Also, if you provide Personal Data in order to obtain access to the Services, we will use your Personal Data to provide you with access to such Services, maintain your account, contact you regarding your use of the Services and/or the Site or to notify you of important changes to the Services and/or the Site, and to monitor your use of such services.

B. For Marketing Purposes

We may use your contact details to tell you about services we believe will be of interest to you, upcoming events or other promotions. If we do so, each marketing communication we send you will contain instructions permitting you to “opt out” of receiving future marketing communications. Note, however, that as a user of our services you cannot opt out of some administrative communications that are reasonably necessary to the services, such as billing or service notifications. In addition, if at any time you wish not to receive any future marketing communications or you wish to have your name deleted from our mailing lists, please contact us as indicated below.

C. As Necessary For Certain Legitimate Interests

We use your Personal Data for the legitimate interests described below:

• To send administrative information to you, for example, information regarding the Site and changes to our terms, conditions, and policies.
• To respond to your inquiries and fulfill your requests, such as to send you requested materials and newsletters, as well as information and materials regarding our products and services.
• To conduct analytics on how the Site and our Service are being used by you for our internal purposes (namely for providing, maintaining, benchmarking and improving our offerings, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns) and to inform our marketing strategy and personalize our communications with you (including providing information on our features and other marketing and service-related announcements relevant to the content and features you engage with).
• To supplement the information that we collected from you with information obtained from third parties (described above) in order to update, expand and analyze our records, identify new Clients, and provide products and services that may be of interest to you.
• To prevent fraud or criminal activity, misuses of our products or services, and ensure the security of our IT systems, architecture and networks.
• To (a) comply with legal obligations and legal process, (b) respond to requests from public and government authorities including public and government authorities outside your country of residence; (c) enforce our terms and conditions; (d) protect our operations; (e) protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; and (f) allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.
• If you ask us to delete your data and we are required to fulfil your request, we may keep basic data to identify you and prevent further unwanted processing.

4. Job Applicants

4.1. Information We Collect

A. Application and assessment process

When you apply for employment through our Site, our provider of recruiting services will collect the Personal Data that you provide in your resume and cover letter. It is for you to decide what you include in these documents. However, the kinds of information you may wish to include are: your name, contact details, employment history and education.

If you are invited to undertake further assessments (such as an interview) in connection with your application and you participate in such assessments, we will collect further Personal Data that you provide to us as part of that process. The kinds of information you may disclose include information about your qualifications and information about your employment experience.

If you do not provide us with certain information when requested, it may impact our ability to assess your suitability for a role with us or we may not be able to make you an offer of employment.

Throughout the recruitment process, we may create Personal Data in connection with the assessment of your application. For example, we may record the views of those considering your application about your suitability for the role for which you have applied and retain interview notes.

We have a legitimate interest in facilitating the interview process and communicating offers of employment to you, making informed recruitment decisions and selecting suitable candidates for roles with us, and improving our recruiting and hiring processes.

Opallios Consulting may record these interviews for quality assurance and training purposes.

We will retain your contact details and resume to inform you of current and future career opportunities (unless you tell us that you do not want us to keep your details for that purpose) pursuant to our legitimate interest in doing so.

B. If your application is successful

If your application is successful we will collect further Personal Data about you in connection with conducting reference and background checks where required or permitted by applicable local law (including if applicable to you special categories of Personal Data, and your consent to the collection of such additional data will be solicited at such time, pursuant to applicable laws). We will also collect copies of relevant identification documents from you (such as your passport or driving license, proof of address, a copy of your work permit (where applicable), a photograph and a copy of your signature). We use this information to comply with immigration requirements and to verify your identity for our own internal security purposes. We have a legitimate interest in collecting and using this data to comply with our legal obligations and for the performance of your employment contract with us.

If you are hired, your Personal Data will be used as part of your employee record under our employee privacy policies.

Please see the “EU Individuals” section below for information on your rights in relation to the Personal Data we hold about you.

C. Automatically Collected Data

When you interact with Opallios Consulting through our Site in relation to your application, we automatically collect certain information. Please read the “Site Visitors” section below for more information.

5. Site Visitors

When you interact with Opallios Consulting through the Site or the Services (whether as a Freelancer, as a Client, a job applicant, a blog reader, software end user, external domain visitor, or other visitor to our Site), we and our service providers acting on our behalf will automatically collect information about you through cookies (small text files placed on your device) and other technologies. These cookies may be used to show you ads about our company and services. Although these cookies do not disclose your identity, you may opt out of these cookies at any time. Please see our Cookie Policy to learn more about how we use cookies and other technologies.

As a visitor to our Site, our servers record information (“log data”), including information that your browser automatically sends whenever you visit the Site. This log data includes your Internet Protocol (“IP”) address (from which we understand the country you are connecting from at the time you visit the Site), browser type and settings, the date and time of your request.

Where the information that we collect automatically on our Site is Personal Data, our legal basis for the use of this information is that it is necessary for the purposes of our legitimate interests in maintaining the safe operation of our Site as well as in learning how Site visitors interact with our Site to improve your use of it.

6. External Domain Visitors

6.1 Staffing.com

Visitors to Staffing.com may opt to provide their name and email. We will use this data to respond to any requests you forward to us or to transmit the requested content to you, such as the staffing.com newsletter, or to share information and materials regarding Opallios Consulting products and services. This information is collected on a consent basis and is not required to access the site.

Staffing.com operates as an extension of Opallios Consulting. The data collected as part of the Staffing.com operations are in the same system, and connected to, Opallios Consulting operating data. We may directly access, or cross reference, the data for purposes including Analytics, Client Experience, Lead Conversion, Marketing, and Technical Support and Operations.

6.2 Affiliated Sites

Visitors to domains owned and managed by Opallios Consulting Inc. may opt to provide their name, e-mail, and phone number. We will use this data to respond to any requests you forward to us. This information is collected on a consent basis and is not required to access the site. Domains owned and managed by Opallios Consulting Inc. are affiliated with Opallios. The data collected as part of the Opallios Consulting Inc. operations are in the same system, and can be connected to Opallios Consulting operating data. We may directly access, or cross reference, the data for purposes including analytics, lead conversion, and marketing.

7. Software end users

When you use Opallios Consulting software. If you create an account by using credentials from a third party service or sign-in services such as your Google account, these services will authenticate your identity and provide you with the option to share certain Personal Data, such as name and email address(es), with us. Use of account level data is necessary to perform a contract with us in relation to your use of the software, and it is in our legitimate interest to respond to your requests and ensure we provide our services in the best way that we can.

When you use the software, we may collect usage statistics for analytics and to support and troubleshoot the software to give you a better user experience. We have a legitimate interest in conducting usage statistics to ensure our software is working as intended and to make improvements to our services. We use service providers to assist in authentication of users and cloud hosting the storage and retrieval of screenshots.

Opallios Consulting’s software has online components and cookies are required for full functionality. For more information on Collabshot’s cookie usage please see the section on Site Visitors. TopTracker is part of Opallios Consulting’s main domain and information on the cookies set when you use TopTracker can be found on Opallios Consulting’s Cookie Policy.

8. Events

We may collect Personal Data from you when you attend one of our events, for instance at business conferences and trade shows. The data we collect includes information that you voluntarily give to us, such as your business card or contact details. We will use this information to develop a business relationship and in a manner consistent with the purpose for which you gave the information.

9. Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information

Opallios Consulting is not in the business of selling your information. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your Personal Data with certain third parties, as set forth below:

Business Transfers

As we develop our business, we might sell or buy businesses or assets. In the event of a corporate sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar event, Personal Data may be part of the transferred assets.

Agents, Consultants and Other Service Providers

Opallios Consulting, like many businesses, sometimes hires other companies to perform certain business-related functions. These parties include website analytics companies, providers of digital advertising services, our hosting and cloud computing service providers, providers of CRM, marketing and sales software solutions, providers of billing and processing payments functions, providers of background check services. When we employ another company to perform a function of this nature, we only provide them with the information that they need to perform their specific function. Pursuant to our instructions, these parties may access, process or store Personal Data in the course of performing their duties to us and solely in order to perform the services we have hired them to provide.

Legal Requirements

Opallios Consulting may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to (i) comply with a legal obligation, (ii) protect and defend the rights or property of Opallios Consulting, (iii) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public, or (iv) protect against legal liability.

10. California Residents

10.1. Scope

This section of the policy applies solely to California residents, in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). As with other provisions of the Privacy Policy, this section details what Personal Data Opallios Consulting collects, and how and why we collect this data. It’s important to note that Opallios Consulting will not sell your data (as such term is defined in the CCPA), however, we may share your data through the course of business. Please see the section above titled, Our Disclosure of Your Personal Data and Other Information.

A. The data we collect

Opallios Consulting collects Personal Data (from you) as part of the Talent application process, as well as the onboarding process for Clients. We collect information such as the following:

• your name
• contact information
• address
• location
• work experience
• education
• photo
• social network information
• family information
• billing information
• identification

As stated in the sections above, our provider of background check services may request additional information. The data you provide is housed in internal databases for use during the recruiting and job selection process for Clients. A detailed explanation of the types of data we collect and its sources can be found under the above sections Clients,  and Job Applicants. Opallios Consulting also collects technical information through the use of cookies. For more information, please see the Cookie Policy, and the section above titled, Site Visitors.

B. Your rights

CCPA affords you certain rights with regard to data collection and deletion. As of January 1, 2020, the CCPA gives you the following rights:

• Right of access.Ask us what categories and types of data we have collected for you over the last 12 months, why the data was collected, and request a copy of such data.
• Right of deletion.Request deletion of the data we have for you.
• Right to not be discriminated against.You cannot be discriminated against for making a data inquiry.

To contact us, please see the section titled, Contacting Opallios Consulting. California residents are allowed two inquiries during a 12-month period. We will respond to your inquiry no later than 45 days after receipt.

C. Denial of data deletion requests

In accordance with the CCPA, Opallios Consulting may deny your request to delete data if it meets one of the following criteria:

• The data is needed to complete a transaction
• We have legal obligations for our company or industry
• The data is needed for security and technical purposes
• In connection with the right to free speech
• Required for research as defined by the Act
• There is a legitimate interest to keep the data. To understand the scope of “legitimate interest,” please see the applicable section above titled, How We Use the Information

11. Your Choices

You can use the Site without providing any Personal Data. If you choose not to provide any Personal Data, you may not be able to use certain services.

12. Exclusions

This Privacy Policy does not apply to any Personal Data collected by Opallios Consulting other than Personal Data collected through the Site or services. This Privacy Policy shall not apply to any unsolicited information you provide to Opallios Consulting through this Site or through any other means (without prejudice to your rights under the applicable law). This includes, but is not limited to, information posted to any public areas of the Site, such as forums (collectively, “Public Areas”), any ideas for new products or modifications to existing products, and other unsolicited submissions (collectively, “Unsolicited Information”). All Unsolicited Information shall be deemed to be non-confidential and Opallios Consulting shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, distribute and exploit such Unsolicited Information without limitation or attribution.

13. Children

Opallios Consulting does not knowingly collect Personal Data from children under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, please do not submit any Personal Data through the Site. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children never to provide Personal Data on this Site without their permission. If you have reason to believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided Personal Data to Opallios Consulting through this Site, please contact us, and we will endeavor to delete that information from our databases.

14. Links to Other Web Sites

This Site may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by Opallios Consulting (“Third Party Sites”). The information that you share with Third Party Sites will be governed by the specific privacy policies and terms of service of the Third Party Sites and not by this Privacy Policy. By providing these links we do not imply that we endorse or have reviewed the Third Party Sites. We suggest contacting those sites directly for information on their privacy practices and policies.

15. Security

Opallios Consulting takes reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the Personal Data provided via the Site or the services from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no Internet, email or other electronic transmission is ever fully secure or error free, so you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us in this way.

16. Other Terms and Conditions

Your access to and use of this Site is subject to our Website Terms & Conditions

17. Changes to Opallios Consulting’s Privacy Policy

The Site and our business may change from time to time. As a result, at times it may be necessary for Opallios Consulting to make changes to this Privacy Policy. Opallios Consulting reserves the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice, unless otherwise required by the applicable law. Please review this policy periodically, and especially before you provide any Personal Data. Your continued use of the Site after any changes or revisions to this Privacy Policy shall indicate your agreement with the terms of such revised Privacy Policy, without prejudice to your rights under the applicable law.

18. Contacting Opallios Consulting

Please contact us if you have any questions about Opallios Consulting’s Privacy Policy or the information practices of this Site.

You may contact us as follows: by email at info@opalliosconsulting.com, or by post at:

Opallios Consulting Inc.
Attention: Privacy Policy Query
3211 Scott Blvd, Ste 205

Santa Clara, CA – 95054