Applicant Privacy Policy

Introduction

Providence Equity Partners L.L.C. (the “Firm,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is providing this notice to explain how we collect, use and share (collectively “process”) personal information we obtain about our job applicants (“Applicants”), in accordance with applicable privacy laws that may be enacted from time to time, including the Data Protection Law, 2017 of the Cayman Islands (the “DPL”), the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) and similar state privacy laws in the United States, and the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), as applicable.

Types of Personal Data We Process

In the course of our regular business, we collect, store, transmit, and process certain types of personal data related to Applicants (“Applicant Personal Data”) which may include, but are not limited to:

  1. Identifiers, such as your name, postal and residential address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, email address, phone number, and other information that might appear on your CV;

  2. Professional or employment-related information, including your previous and current roles/positions/titles and areas of responsibility, pre-employment references, your eligibility to work in the country where the position is located, whether work authorization sponsorship is required, and whether you are willing to relocate or travel; and

  3. Education information, including academic record, qualifications, data relating to training, courses, and work placements.

For U.S. applicants only, we may collect confirmation that you are over the age of 18.

Some of the Employee Personal Data we collect may be “Sensitive Personal Information,” this includes government identifiers, information that would provide access to a personal financial account, precise geolocation, contents of mail or messages, information relating to an individual's health or mental or physical condition, criminal convictions or offences, trade union membership, their race or ethnicity, their religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions and/or sexual life or orientation, whether they are affiliated to any trade union and any genetic or biometric data.

We may process Sensitive Personal Information where the individual has given their explicit and informed consent or has made the information public, or in accordance with applicable law where otherwise necessary in order to (a) carry out and fulfil our legal rights or obligations in relation to a staff member's employment, (b) protect their vital interests, (c) assess their working capacity, (d) establish, exercise or defend legal claims or (e) reasons of substantial public interest (such as in connection with ensuring equality of opportunity or treatment, preventing or as part of our obligations relating to fraud, terrorist financing or money laundering).

Purposes of the Processing of Applicant Personal Data

Applicant Personal Data may be processed for business purposes related to your review for employment by the Firm, including human resource functions, Applicant communications, Firm business, as required or permitted by law.

Disclosure of Applicant Personal Data and Recipients

In order to process Applicant Personal Data for the purposes described in this Applicant Privacy Notice such Applicant Personal Data, as is necessary, may be disclosed to any of the following, without limitation:

  1. Ccrtain employees of the Firm;

  2. any governmental, administrative, judicial or regulatory authority, including courts, governmental and non-governmental regulators, tax authorities, ombudsmen, law enforcement agencies and fraud prevention agencies;

  3. any third party that acquires, or is interested in acquiring, all or part of the Firm’s assets or shares, or that succeeds the Firm in carrying on all or a part of its business, whether by merger, acquisition, reorganization or otherwise; and/or

  4. third parties as required or permitted by law, including to comply with a subpoena or similar legal process or government request, or when the Firm believes in good faith that disclosure is legally required or prudent to further the Firm’s commercial purposes, including actual or prospective legal proceedings involving the Firm or for the purposes of obtaining legal advice or establishing or defending our legal rights and property.

Inquiries, Requests, or Concerns

All inquiries, requests, or concerns regarding this Applicant Privacy Notice or relating to the processing of Applicant Personal Data should be sent to [email protected].

This Privacy Notification was last updated November 2024.