Recruitment Privacy Notice
Maxis Clinical Sciences Recruitment Privacy Notice
Effective Date 01 Nov 2023
Maxis Clinical Sciences (“MCS”, “us,” or “we”) is committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal data. We define personal data broadly as information that directly identifies an individual or that makes an individual identifiable when combined with other information.
This Recruiting Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes how we handle and protect your personal data in connection with Maxis Clinical Sciences’ recruiting processes and programs. In case of a conflict between this Privacy Notice and applicable law, applicable law will govern.
This Privacy Notice only applies to the personal data of job applicants, potential candidates for employment or partnership, and those who participate in our recruiting programs and events.
By submitting your personal data to us, you acknowledge that:
You have read and understood this Privacy Notice and agree to the use of your personal data as set out herein.
Your personal data may be transferred and processed worldwide, including in 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 Privacy Notice.
You are not required to provide any requested information to us, but your failure to do so may result in our not being able to continue your candidacy for the job for which you have applied.
All of your representations are true and correct to the best of your knowledge and belief, and you have not knowingly omitted any related information of an adverse nature. Providing any inaccurate information may make you ineligible for employment.
This Privacy Notice does not form part of any contract of employment offered to candidates hired by Maxis Clinical Sciences.
The types of personal data that we request from you and the ways that we process it are determined by a combination of the requirements of the country in which the role you apply for is located and the country in which you reside.Should you apply to more than one location or should the role to which you apply be available in more than one country, the types of personal data we request from you and the ways that we process it are determined by the requirements of all the countries in which the position is located in conjunction with the requirements of the country in which you reside.
We usually collect personal data directly from you when you apply for a role with us through our online application process, such as your name, address, contact information, work and educational history, achievements, identity documents, test results, any information that may be required due to legal requirements (e.g., residence or work permits) and other categories of data that you voluntarily decide to share with us. We also collect data about you which is created by our recruiting personnel in the course of their interactions with you during the recruiting process or through your participation in our interactive assessment tools. Where permitted by law, we may collect photographs or videos, including those obtained during our recruiting events or as part of the recruiting process itself. If you receive an offer from us, we may then conduct a background check and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also collect data related to criminal offences and proceedings. We also collect similar personal data about you from third parties, such as professional recruiting firms, your references, prior employers, Maxis Clinical Sciences employees with whom you have interviewed or who recommended your candidacy, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, employment background check providers. We may also collect personal data about you online to the extent that you have chosen to make this information publicly available on professional social media websites. For example, we may find your profile on LinkedIn and contact you about suitable roles.
Sensitive personal data is a subset of personal data that includes ethnicity, health, trade union membership, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, and other categories as prescribed by law. We may collect sensitive personal data about a candidate to the extent permitted or required to do so by applicable laws (e.g., U.S. equal opportunity laws) and to support our efforts to create an inclusive and diverse work environment. Under limited circumstances and to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may also collect sensitive personal information relating to health and medical characteristics, to address our public health and workplace safety obligations, to provide reasonable accommodations to facilitate the interview process (in case of disabilities) and to protect the Firm and its employees, clients, and third parties.
Use of your personal data
We collect and use your personal data for legitimate human resources and business management reasons, including:
identifying and evaluating candidates for potential employment, as well as for future roles that may become available;
maintaining records in relation to recruiting and hiring;
ensuring compliance with legal requirements, including those relating to public health and workplace safety;
fostering our diversity and inclusion programs and practices;
if you receive an offer from us, conducting background checks, including, to the extent permitted by applicable law, criminal history checks;
protecting our legal rights to the extent authorized or permitted by law; and
protecting the workplace and communicating with medical professionals, law enforcement, or other public authorities in the event of an emergency or public health event, such as when the health or safety of you or one or more individuals may be endangered.
We may also use your personal data for Maxis Clinical Sciences analytics purposes, including in aggregated/pseudonymized form, to improve our recruitment and hiring process and augment our ability to attract successful candidates.
Legal basis for processing your personal data
Our processing of your personal data for the purposes mentioned above is based in one or several of the following legal grounds:
in part, on our legitimate business interests in evaluating your application to manage our relationship with you, to ensure that we recruit appropriate employees, and to evaluate and maintain the efficacy of our recruiting process more generally; and in operating our business and protecting the Firm and its employees, clients, and third parties. When we rely on this legal ground, Maxis Clinical Sciences will only process your personal data after assessing the adequacy, proportionality, and legitimacy of the data processing activity
in part, on our performing contractual and precontractual measures relating to our potential employment relationship with you;
in part, on our complying with applicable law with regard to personal data necessary to satisfy our legal and regulatory obligations, including with regard to public health and workplace safety;
in part, on your consent, if we offer you the opportunity to participate in our optional recruiting programs or if we collect sensitive personal data for legally permitted purposes other than compliance with our legal obligations regarding public health and workplace safety.
If you receive an offer from us, we may conduct a background check on you or instruct a third party to do so on our behalf. Background screening will only be done where permitted by the law applicable to the location where the position is located and to the extent necessary and proportionate to the role that you are being offered. A background check will only involve criminal background data to the extent permitted by law. Our legal basis for background screening is our need to perform precontractual measures related to establishing our employment relationship. If a background screening is required, you may be contacted by a third-party background screening service provider to request authorization for the release of your information, and at that time you will be provided with further information about the process and what personal data it might involve.
Data recipients and international data transfers
Your personal data may be accessed by recruiters and interviewers working in the country(ies) where the position(s) for which you are applying is(are) based, as well as by recruiters and interviewers working in different countries within the Maxis Clinical Sciences global organization. Individuals performing administrative functions and IT personnel within Maxis Clinical Sciences may also have access on a need-to-know basis to your personal data to the extent necessary perform their jobs. In some countries, you may have fewer rights under local law than you do in your country of residence, but we have put in place legal mechanisms designed to ensure adequate data protection for your personal data when it is processed by Maxis Clinical Sciences subsidiaries and affiliates within the Maxis Clinical Sciences global organization and by Maxis Clinical Sciences’ service providers, including the transfer of your personal data to countries other than the one in which you reside.
We use third-party service providers to provide a recruiting software system. We also share your personal data with other third-party service providers that may assist us in identifying and recruiting talent, administering and evaluating pre-employment screening and testing, and improving our recruiting practices.
Except to the extent necessary to accomplish the Maxis Clinical Sciences uses and purposes described in this Privacy Notice, we do not disclose your personal data to third parties. We also prohibit our service providers from using your personal data for non-Maxis Clinical Sciences purposes. We do not otherwise share or sell your personal data to third parties.
We maintain processes designed to help ensure that any processing of personal data by third-party service providers is consistent with this Privacy Notice and protects the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of your personal data in compliance with applicable law. Where required by law, we put in place additional legal mechanisms designed to help ensure adequate data protection for your personal data when transferred to another country.
In addition, we may disclose or transfer your personal data in the event of a re-organization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, or other transfer or disposition of all or any portion of our business.
Automated sorting of applications
In certain jurisdictions, we may use data analytics and algorithms to help us to review the large quantities of candidates and application data that we receive. These algorithms help us prioritize the application review process and sort candidates on the basis of professional characteristics that suggest strengths and capabilities necessary to perform the relevant role.
The automated results are considered in combination with other information about the candidate and each candidate’s assessment is based on human judgment. We evaluate each individual candidate on their own merits.
Certain roles may require specific prerequisites or skills (for example, fluency in a certain language, particular professional qualifications or certifications, or number of years in a similar role). Applications that do not meet those requirements may be automatically rejected.
We use generally accepted standards of technical and operational security to secure your personal data. Only authorized personnel of Maxis Clinical Sciences and of our third-party service providers are permitted to access personal data, and these employees and third-party service providers are required to treat this information as confidential. Despite these precautions, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized persons will not obtain access to your personal data.
Our application process allows you to provide us with relevant personal data from information you have on third-party websites (such as LinkedIn, Google Drive and Dropbox). If you choose to incorporate your personal data from third-party websites, it will be used in accordance with this Privacy Notice.
Cookies and other tracking technologies
Maxis Clinical Sciences may use first- and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies, including web beacons, to manage our Sites and services, to identify you and your interests and remember your preferences, and to collect analytics about how you use our Sites and services. Maxis Clinical Sciences may collect information about whether you open or click any links in the knowledge, research, or event communications that we send you. You have options regarding our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
In addition, we use tools and applications that reduce security threats and reduce the risk of access by bots and automated devices, but we do not use those tools and applications for non-security purposes.
Some of our online recruiting activities are hosted by third parties. When you access sites operated by these third parties, they may to the extent permitted by applicable law, including your consent to the extent required, and consistent with this Privacy Notice, place their own Cookies or other tracking technologies on your device.
Please refer to our Privacy Notice and our Cookie Notice for more information
Availability of the Recruiting Privacy Notice in Other Languages
This Privacy Notice is also available in other languages. In the event of any conflict between the English version and any translations of this Privacy Notice, the English version shall prevail.
