Candidate Privacy Notice

Introduction

This notice (Notice) describes how General Electric Company and its subsidiaries and related companies (collectively, GE) handle and protect data to which GE is provided access in connection with the recruiting process.

By making available your Candidate Data, as defined below, you confirm that:

• You have reviewed this Notice and agree that GE may process your Candidate Data in accordance with this Notice;
• You have provided any notices and obtained any consents needed to provide information concerning others (e.g., information about employment references or information on third parties’ experience with working for the government); and
• Your Candidate Data may be transferred and processed worldwide, including the US and other countries that may not be deemed to provide the same level of data protection as your home country, for the purposes and in the manner specified in this Notice.

GE will process Candidate Data in accordance with this Notice, unless in conflict with requirements of applicable law, in which case applicable law will prevail.

Your consent to the provisions of this Notice is required in order to submit or make available Candidate Data. If you decline to submit or make available your Candidate Data, it may affect your ability to apply for or receive an offer of employment.
This Notice does not form part of any contract of employment offered to candidates hired by GE.

Definitions

Candidate Data is identifiable information that an individual makes available to GE either directly or indirectly in connection with the recruiting process, or sharing your work experience or interests. GE may collect Candidate Data directly from a job candidate or from third parties, for example, in connection with a background or employment check or employment reference, subject to your consent where required by law. Candidate Data may include a variety of information, such as candidate status, work history/job data, education, compensation, employer feedback, questionnaire results, contact information, previous addresses or names, additional information provided by the candidate (e.g., a cover letter), expertise or project work publicly shared, driver’s license number as required for certain positions, references, and criminal history where permitted by law, 3rd party information that might be required to determine any potential conflict of interest that may affect to your application when certain regulatory conditions are met.

Processing refers to any action performed on Candidate Data, such as collecting, recording, organizing, storing, transferring, modifying, using, disclosing, or deleting.

Sensitive Candidate Data is Candidate Data concerning nationality or citizenship, race or ethnic origin, criminal history, or trade union membership. GE does not request or consider information concerning religion, sex life or political opinions in connection with recruiting.

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Collection

You may use various electronic and paper methods to submit Candidate Data to GE. You agree that, in addition to collecting Candidate Data directly from you, GE may collect Candidate Data from third parties, for example, from recruiters, in connection with a background or employment check or an employment reference (subject to your consent where required by law) or, to the extent permitted by law, from a recruiting or other web site where you may have provided information about your work experience or interests.

Processing and Retention

GE processes Candidate Data for human resources and business management purposes. These include identifying and evaluating candidates for GE positions; record-keeping related to hiring processes; analyzing the hiring process and outcomes; and conducting background checks, where permitted by law. Furthermore, to evaluate conflicts of interest, GE asks for past experience in working for a government. This refers to both, you as the applicant yourself, as well as third parties like business partners or relatives. Please make sure, that the concerned data subjects are informed about you providing the data as well as their rights. In addition, Candidate Data may be used to comply with GE’s legal, regulatory and corporate governance requirements. If a candidate is hired, Candidate Data may be used in connection with his/her employment consistent with GE’s employment data protection policies.

In addition to using Candidate Data for the position for which you have applied, GE may retain and use your Candidate Data to consider you for other positions. If you do not want to be considered for other positions or would like to have your Candidate Data removed, you may contact GE as specified under Inquiries, Complaints, Objections and Restrictions below. Unless required for tax or other legal purposes or in connection with employment as specified above, Candidate Data will be retained for a maximum of three years (or less where required by law) except in the US.

Sharing with other GE Companies and Third Parties

GE may process Candidate Data jointly with another GE Company when the candidate applies during the transition period.

GE may transfer Candidate Data to external third-party providers performing certain services for GE. Such third-party providers have access to Candidate Data solely for the purposes of performing the services specified in the applicable service contract, and GE requires the providers to undertake security measures consistent with the protections specified in this Notice.

GE may be required to disclose certain Candidate Data to other third parties (1) as required by law; (2) to protect GE’s legal rights to the extent authorized or permitted by law; or (3) in an emergency where the health or safety of a candidate or other individual may be endangered. In addition, in the event of a re-organization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, or other transfer or disposition of all or any portion of GE’s business, GE may transfer Candidate Data to successor entities or parties. GE does not share GE Candidate Data with the Separated business entities once the transition period expires.

International Data Transfers

GE operates globally in over 160 countries. Accordingly, Candidate Data may be transferred to and processed in the US and other countries that may not be deemed to provide the same level of data protection as your home country. GE maintains and applies employment data protection standards consistent with those specified in this Notice to its operations globally.

Sensitive Candidate Data

GE may perform background and criminal checks where permitted by law, and may process other Sensitive Candidate Data, such as citizenship or nationality information or health information, when relevant for a position and permitted by law. If GE intends to collect Sensitive Personal Data from third parties, you will be provided notice and the opportunity to consent. If you have a disability and would like GE to consider an accommodation, you may provide that information during the recruiting process. To the extent you make Sensitive Candidate Data available to GE, you consent to GE processing such Data in accordance with this Notice.

Security and Confidentiality

GE employs technical and organizational measures designed to protect the integrity, confidentiality, security and availability of Candidate Data, and to comply with applicable legal requirements for information security. GE limits access to internal systems that hold Candidate Data to individuals who need access for a legitimate business purpose.

Candidate Rights

You may exercise the following rights in relation to your Candidate Data:

Access, Correction, Deletion and Portability: GE will provide you
access to your Candidate Data that GE holds, as well as a means to make that data portable, to the extent required by law in your home country, regardless of the location of the Candidate Data processing. You may request correction or deletion of that Candidate Data, except where retention is required by your contractual relationship with GE, in the context of a legal dispute, or as otherwise required by law. If access, correction, deletion or portability is denied, the reason for the denial will be communicated to you.

To initiate any request for GE, click here

Automated Decisions: GE generally does not make recruiting or hiring decisions based solely on automated decision-making within the meaning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. In the event that GE relies solely on automated decision-making that could have a significant impact on you, GE will provide you an opportunity to express your views and will provide any other safeguards required by law.

Inquiries, Complaints, Objections and Restrictions: You may withdraw consent to the processing of your Candidate Data or submit inquiries, complaints, objections and/or requests to restrict processing to the processing of your Candidate Data by sending a request by clicking here.

This option is also available to third parties (business partners or relatives) whose data has been submitted to GE as part of the past experience in working for a government query. The processes described in this Notice supplement any other remedies and dispute resolution processes provided by GE and/or available under applicable law.

If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact our U.S.-based third party dispute resolution provider (free of charge) at https://feedback-form.truste.com/watchdog/request.

Direct Marketing

GE will not use Candidate Data to offer you any products or services for personal or family consumption (“direct marketing”) or provide Candidate Data to third parties for their direct marketing. These restrictions do not apply to contact or other personal data obtained in the context of a customer, consumer or other non-employment relationship with GE.

Changes to this Notice

GE reserves the right to modify this Notice by posting changes to relevant GE websites. If you submit additional Candidate Data or request to be considered for a GE position following the effective date of a modified Notice, your Candidate Data will be handled in accordance with the Notice in effect at that time.

Effective Date: March 2024