Candidate Privacy Notice

Last update: July 2025

Strada U.S. Payroll, LLC, its group companies and affiliates (“Strada”, “we”, “our”, "us"), is committed to protecting your privacy. This candidate privacy notice ("Notice") explains our information processing practices. It applies to any personal information you provide to Strada, and, subject to local law, any personal information we collect from other sources. This Notice applies to personal information collected and processed by Strada U.S. Payroll, LLC and its affiliates in connection with your application for employment. Depending on the jurisdiction and the specific entity involved, Strada may act as a data controller or a data processor on behalf of an affiliate.

The following describes how Strada or, where applicable a local affiliate, as data controller collects, processes, transfers and uses the personal data you submit through this website (“Personal Information”) for purposes of processing your online application as further described below. It is important that you read this Notice carefully as it sets out how Strada handles your personal information when you apply for a job or other role with us (whether on a permanent or non-permanent basis) and the rights you have in connection with that information.

What type of information does Strada collect, directly from you or other sources?

You can visit the careers section of our website under careers.stradaglobal.com (the "Website") and search for jobs without providing personal information. However, we may collect certain information automatically from your device when you visit our Website. For further information, please see the privacy notice that applies to the use of our website under https://stradaglobal.com/privacy-policy/.

In accordance with applicable law, we collect personal information when you apply for a role or position at Strada, which may include but is not limited to, identification and contact details such as:

Identification and contact details (e.g., your name phone number, address, nationalities and national identifiers (such as national ID/passport, social security number(s)), or date of birth);
Employment history and qualifications (including previous employers and job titles/positions);
Background information (such as your academic and professional qualifications, education, employment references);
Details about your immigration or visa status;
Criminal records (where legally permissible) and
Other information, either included in your CV/résumé (which might include details of any memberships or interests constituting sensitive personal information) or information you voluntarily provide throughout the process, including through assessment centres / exercises and interviews.

In certain circumstances, and to comply with applicable laws and regulations, we may need to collect, or request, some Sensitive Personal Information for legitimate recruitment-related purposes: for example, information about your racial/ethnic origin, gender and disabilities for the purposes of equal opportunities monitoring, to comply with anti-discrimination laws and for government reporting obligations; or information about your physical or mental condition to consider accommodations for the recruitment process and/or subsequent job role. For the most part, the provision of this information will be entirely voluntary, however, where the processing of this information is required, we will make this clear at the relevant time you may provide, on a voluntary basis, other Sensitive Personal Information during the recruitment process.

Other than information collected directly from you, we may collect data from other sources, such as references provided by third parties (previous employers or other referees), academic institutions and training or certification providers, criminal records data obtained through criminal records checks (where legally permissible), information provided by background checking agencies and other external database holders, information provided by recruitment or executive search agencies or information collected from publicly available sources, including any social media platforms you use or other information available online, in each case, where permissible and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations strictly limited for the purpose of fulfilling the recruitment process.

Purposes for processing your personal information.

We collect and use your personal information primarily for recruitment purposes. In particular, to determine your qualifications for employment and to reach a hiring decision. This includes assessing your skills, qualifications and background for a particular role, verifying your information, carrying out reference checks or background checks (where applicable and legally permissible) and to generally manage the hiring process and communicate with you about it.

If you are accepted for a role or position at Strada, the information collected during the recruitment process will form part of your ongoing employee record and will be processed in accordance with our privacy policies.

If you are not successful, we may keep your application for up to twelve (12) months to allow us to consider you for other suitable openings within Strada in the future unless you request that we delete your application. Applications for those who are unsuccessful are deleted within twelve (12) months after the submission date.

How we may contact you

During the recruitment process, Strada may contact you using the contact details you provide in your application. This may include:

Email – For formal communications, interview scheduling, and document requests.
Phone or SMS – For time-sensitive updates or to confirm availability.
WhatsApp or other messaging platforms – Where appropriate and with your consent, we may use messaging apps to communicate quickly and efficiently.

If you prefer not to be contacted via a specific channel (e.g., WhatsApp), please let us know at the time of application or by contacting us at stradaprivacy@stradaglobal.com. You can also refuse to be contacted via Whatsapp at any time.

Who we share your personal information with and where do we transfer it to?

We allow access to your personal information only to those who require such access to perform their tasks and duties, and to third parties who have a legitimate purpose for accessing it (such as for performing background checks, where legally permissible). Whenever we permit a third party to access personal information, we will implement appropriate measures to ensure the information is used in a manner consistent with this Notice and that the security and confidentiality of your information is maintained.

We may share your personal information with other members of the Strada group around the world and outside of your country of origin to administer our recruitment processes and store data.

We may also make certain personal information available to third parties who provide services relating to the recruitment process to us, such as recruitment or executive search agencies involved in your recruitment, background checking or other screening providers and relevant local criminal records checking agencies.

We may disclose personal information to third parties on other lawful grounds, including where you have provided consent, to comply with our legal obligations, in response to a lawful request by public authorities (for example for tax, immigration, health and safety, national security or law enforcement purposes), as necessary to establish, exercise or defend against potential, threatened or actual legal claims, where necessary to protect your vital interests or those of another person, and/or in connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of all or part of our business.

In some cases, the sharing described above may result in your personal information being transferred internationally, including from the European Union/European Economic Area to a country outside it. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws of your country (and, in some cases, may not be as protective). We have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Notice. The safeguards we have taken include implementing the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses for transfers of personal information to our non-EEA affiliates and partners.

What is the legal basis for processing your personal information?

Our primary legal basis for processing your personal information as part of the recruitment process is our legitimate interest in assessing your application and managing our recruitment process, to comply with the requirements imposed on us as (possible) employer, to take steps prior to entering an employment contract with you (where you are considered for employment) where we have your consent to do so (and you can withdraw at any time), and to protect the rights and interests of Strada, our employees, applicants and others, as required and permitted by applicable law.

If we ask you to provide personal information to comply with a legal requirement or to perform a contract with you, we will make this clear at the relevant time and advise you whether the provision of your personal information is mandatory or not (as well as of the possible consequences if you do not provide your personal information).

How long is your personal information retained?

Personal information will be stored in accordance with applicable laws and kept as long as needed to carry out the purposes described in this Notice or as otherwise required by applicable law. Generally, this means your personal information will be retained in accordance with the retention periods set out in Strada’s privacy policies (where you become our employee); or for a period of twelve (12) months after the submission date of your application unless you request that we delete your application prior to this point.

What rights do you have?

You can access, correct, update or request deletion, object or ask us to restrict processing of your personal information. You can exercise these rights by contacting us by email at Stradaprivacy@stradaglobal.com or completing the following Microsoft Form: https://forms.office.com/e/usKgYVXQYJ.

Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on other lawful processing grounds.

You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.

We respond to all reasonable requests received from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Updates to this Notice.

We may update this Notice from time to time in response to legal, technical, or business developments. You can see when this Notice was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed in this Notice.