Privacy Policy

Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and information and how we will treat it together with our Terms of Use and any other documents referred to in this privacy policy as it sets out the basis on which the information, we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us to enable us manage your relationship with ArigatoJobs.com.

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy sets out the policy for use of ArigatoJobs.com (“the Website”) which is owned by ArigatoJobs.com (“ArigatoJobs.com”, “we”, “ours, “us”), and forms part of ArigatoJobs.com’s Terms of Use available at ArigatoJobs.com (“Terms of Use”).

We take data protection very seriously and understand the importance of protecting your privacy, respect the privacy rights of the users of this website and also recognize the importance of protecting your personal information. “Personal Information” is information that identifies you as an individual such as your name, date of birth, email address, IP address and CV.

When you submit your information, the information may be shared with job recruiters and other recruiting agencies which we also use in accordance with this Privacy Policy. ArigatoJobs.com will remain responsible for the management and security of jointly used personal information that you submit to us. By submitting your information to us and using the Website, you confirm your consent to the use of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy please do not use the Website or otherwise provide us with your personal information.

How do we collect information from you?

We collect and use your Personal Information in accordance with this our Privacy Policy. The majority of the Personal Information you provide to us when you create your account or submit your job application or upload your CV on the Website. We will process any personal information provided to us via the Website using the Users’ application form. By submitting your information to us and using the Website, you confirm your consent to the use of your personal information as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy please do not use the Website or otherwise provide us with your personal information.

Your personal data will not be disclosed to third parties, unless such disclosure is necessary for processing of your request, such as effecting transactions on your ArigatoJobs.com account or to carry verification procedures.

What Personal information do we collect?

Personal Information we collect about you when you register to use our website may include the following:

  • General Identification and contact information; your name; address General identification and contact information: your name; address; email; IP address; telephone details; gender; visa status; date and place of birth; CV and cover letter for job applications.
  • Information enabling us to provide products and services: age, location, information that enable identification of job search (for example, post code or job role).
  • Marketing preferences: enter a contest or prize draw or other sales promotion, or respond to a voluntary customer satisfaction survey.
  • Statistical information: aggregate statistical information about site visitors and users for internal use and for other lawful purposes e.g. Salary averages. We provide this information to customers, advertisers, suppliers and other reputable third parties. Where we provide such information, we will provide this in an anonymous format and not include any Personal Information.
  • Information from Apps: submit comments to the Site, participate in message boards, blogs, send us emails or any other user generated content facility.
  • Publicly available information in relation to professional history: educational background; employment history; skills and experience; professional licenses and affiliations; educational and professional qualifications.

What do we use your information for?

We may use the information we collect from you in any of the following ways:

  • to personalize your experience: your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs;
  • Provide you important information in respect of changes to our terms of use, privacy policy, terms and conditions of the use of our website and other administrative information.
  • The CV and cover letters used to apply is evaluated automatically against the job advert using real recruiters’ assessments on various candidates as a point of reference. We may highlight applications evaluated as a significant match. All applications are delivered to the recruiter for them to review.
  • to help us manage our infrastructure and business operations, and comply with internal policies and procedures, including those relating to auditing; finance and accounting; billing and collections; IT systems; data and website hosting; business continuity; and records, document and print management;
  • to resolve your complaints, and handle requests for data access or correction;
  • to help us identify and provide the type of service offerings in which you are most interested;
  • to prevent potentially prohibited or illegal activities and enforce our Terms of Use; and
  • to send periodic emails and marketing materials regarding your interest in ArigatoJobs.com’ services.
  • to save your survey or customer’s research that we carry out from time to time.
  • to save details of your visit to the Website which include but not limited to location, data, weblogs and other communication data.

The legal grounds we rely on to process your Personal Information

Performance of a contract or a legal obligation.

We at ArigatoJobs.com may process your data when we need to do this to fulfil a contract with you, such as to send your CV to an employer or recruiter for a specific job application.

Compliance with a Legal Obligation

We may also process your data when it is necessary to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, e.g. preventing, investigating and detecting crime, fraud or anti-social behavior and prosecuting offenders, including working with law enforcement agencies.

Legitimate Interest

ArigatoJobs.com also processes your data when it is in our legitimate interests to do this and when these interests are not overridden by your data protection rights.

Our legitimate interests include:

  • ensuring the security and integrity of our Services and in ensuring that our Websites and Apps operate effectively;
  • protecting customers, employees and other individuals and maintaining their safety, health and welfare;
  • promoting, marketing and advertising our products and services;
  • sending promotional communications which are relevant and tailored to individual customers;
  • understanding our customers’ behaviors, activities, preferences, and needs;
  • improving existing products and services and developing new products and services;
  • handling customer contacts, queries, complaints or disputes; and,
  • fulfilling our duties to our customers, colleagues, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Security of your Personal Information

At ArigatoJobs.com, we implement a variety of reasonable security measures and commitment to keep your data safe and secure from unauthorized access to or unauthorized alterations, disclosure or destruction of the information we hold.

Our security measures at ArigatoJobs.com include but not limited to the following:

  • computer safeguard and encryption of our services and data;
  • review our information collection, storage and processing practices, including physical security measures;
  • enforce restricted access to personal information to our employees at ArigatoJobs.com, contractors and agents who need to know that information in order to process it for us and who are subject to contractual confidentiality and processing obligations. They may be disciplined, or their contract terminated if they fail to meet these obligations; and
  • internal policies setting out our data security approach and training for employees.

However, as the internet is not a secure medium, and we cannot guarantee that security breaches will not occur. Accordingly, we are not responsible for the matters, which include actions of hackers and other unauthorized third parties that breach our reasonable security procedure.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not share your personally identifiable information with unauthorized third parties. However, we may occasionally share your Personal Information with trusted third parties who assist us in operating the Website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce the Website policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. We may also make enquiries of and disclose details of how you conduct your account to such agencies, security organizations and any other relevant third parties for fraud and money laundering prevention.

Your Rights

You have the following rights:

  • the right to ask what personal data that we hold about you at any time, subject to a fee specified by law;
  • the right to ask us to updated and correct any out-of-date or incorrect personal data that we hold about you free of charge; and
  • The right to request a restriction of or objection to certain processing of your personal data

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please contact us through our contact form

How can you manage your Personal Information?

When you access our website online, we store some information about you. This is anonymous and used for statistical purposes.

When you create an account and log-in to your “My Account” area, it is protected by your password and may only be accessed by you. You can manage the content and information in your account at any time, by logging in to your “My Account”.

Your CV can be viewed by ArigatoJobs.com and recruiters, or customers of ArigatoJobs.com, if you have consented to this within the profile section. This is the default setting. Further, when your profile is searchable your application activity (e.g. number of applications, job titles, locations & salaries) will be visible to ArigatoJobs.com, job recruiters and other partner recruitment agencies affiliated with us. Such visibility can also be provided through browser plugins or other software that we or our group companies offer if our customers visit certain social media websites about you. This is also the default setting

Please note that ArigatoJobs.com reserves the right to remove from our database, CVs which include any content that we consider to be illegal or offensive. We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing or visibility settings in your “My Account”.

You can de-activate or delete your account at any time, make your profile anonymous or choose to not make your profile searchable. To de-activate, please go to your “My Account”.

However, if you would like to permanently delete your account, you can inform us through our contact form with the subject line “Permanently delete my information and account”. Please do not forget to tell us who you are.

It is important for you to protect your account against unauthorized access to your password and to your computers, devices, and applications. Be sure to sign out when you finish using a shared computer.

As a registered user of the Website you may opt to receive Job Alerts by email. To facilitate your ease of use of the Website across multiple devices, Job Alerts by email include a personalized link which will recognize you when you visit the Website by clicking on a link in the email. This makes it easy for you to apply for jobs as your name, email address, and link to your last used CV will automatically be populated in the Job application form. As Job Alert emails are personalized to you, it is important that you do not share these email links with other people or post them on social media. You are responsible for maintaining the security of these personal Job Alert email links. Sharing personalized Job Alerts could result in a somebody inadvertently applying for a job in your name.

Use of Cookies

In order to make your visit to the Website user-friendlier, to keep track of visits and to improve the service, the company collects a small piece of information sent from your browser, called a cookie. If you register with us or if you continue to use the Website you agree to our use of cookies. We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your information and data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Third Party Links

Occasionally, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website and our website may contain links to websites owned and operated by third parties. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies and we urge you to review them – because this Privacy Policy will not apply. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content, activities and privacy practices of such third-party websites.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to amend or modify this Privacy Policy and if we do so, we will post the changes on this page. It is your responsibility to check the Privacy Policy every time you submit information to us or use our services and your continuous use will signify that you agree to any such changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our use of your Personal Information, please contact us thorough our contact form