Your U.S. Privacy Rights
Some U.S. states have passed comprehensive laws extending privacy rights to their residents. This includes the Texas Data Privacy Security Act (TDPSA), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Colorado Privacy Act, Connecticut Data Privacy Act, Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act, Oregon Consumer Privacy Act, Utah Consumer Privacy Act, and Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act. Some of these privacy rights include the right to access, delete, correct inaccuracies, and restrict your personal data. Information on how you may exercise those rights can be found in our Privacy Policy.
While states may provide different rights to their residents and use different terminology, Indeed strives to live up to the law, and your wishes, as it relates to these rights. This page describes the various U.S privacy rights in regards to your personal data used on Indeed’s sites.
“Sale” or Targeted Advertising (“Share”) of Personal Data
We use personal data in order to help people get jobs. Under U.S. privacy laws, personal data is “sold” when provided to a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration, which is a fairly broad term.
Indeed shares your personal data with third parties for a variety of reasons, including helping people find more relevant jobs, help employers find relevant candidates and optimizing advertising. These third parties include employers, affiliates and/or marketers.
While this list is not meant to be exclusive, some activities may fall under the definition of “sell” or targeted advertising (“share” as defined by the CCPA):
- We display your public resume to employers and recruiters.
- We recommend your public resume to employers and recruiters.
- We share data with our affiliates as described in our Privacy Center (https://hrtechprivacy.com) in order to help job seekers find more jobs. Sharing data with our Indeed affiliates allows people looking for jobs to access more job listings and employers, and for employers to access more people looking for jobs, as well as providing improved security for our users.
- We allow third-party cookies, pixels and tracking technologies to help employers measure job listing performance and to optimize our online advertising.
- We share site usage data with third party marketers to more effectively optimize our advertising and to show our users job ads that are more relevant to them. This sharing may also enable that third party to optimize other advertising to you.
Categories of Personal Data Shared with Third Parties
This table shows the categories of personal data shared for purposes of sale or targeted advertising (“share” as defined in CCPA), who we share those categories with and why.
| Categories of Personal Information | Categories of Third Parties | Business Purpose |
| Identifiers, such as name, unique personal identifier, online identifier, IP address, and email address | – Employers
– Affiliates – Marketers |
– Help job seekers find more relevant job listings
– Help employers find relevant candidates and improve our services – Optimize advertising |
| Commercial information, including Indeed products or services used | – Affiliates
– Marketers |
– Help job seekers find relevant job listings
– Help employers find relevant candidates and improve our services – Optimize advertising |
| Internet activity, such as site usage data | – Employers
– Affiliates – Marketers |
– Measure job listing performance for employers
– Help job seekers find more relevant job listings – Help employers find relevant candidates and improve our services – Optimize advertising |
| Geolocation data, including zip code and city, but not precise geolocation data | – Affiliates
– Marketers |
– Help job seekers find more relevant job listings
– Help employers find relevant candidates and improve our services – Optimize advertising |
| Employment-related information | – Employers
– Affiliates |
– Help job seekers find more relevant job listings
– Help employers find relevant candidates and improve our services |
| Education information | – Employers
– Affiliates |
– Help job seekers find more relevant job listings
– Help employers find relevant candidates and improve our services |
For more information on how personal data is used at Indeed, please refer to the “Data Collection and Use” section of our Privacy Policy.
Opt Out of “Selling” or Targeted Advertising (“Sharing” Under CCPA)
U.S. privacy laws provide the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of the sale of your personal data and the processing of your personal data for purposes of targeted advertising (“share” under CCPA). As explained above, Indeed shares your personal data with employers, marketers and affiliates for a variety of reasons. If you wish to opt out of non-affiliate third parties, you can do so by changing your U.S. Privacy Opt Out Settings or call our designated toll-free telephone number at 800-616-6535.
We also share data with Indeed’s affiliates in order to provide our core products and services. How we transfer data is integral to our core products and services that help job seekers find great jobs, and employers find great candidates. At this time, we are not able to provide our core products and services without transferring some data to Indeed’s affiliates. In order to opt out of the transfer of data to Indeed’s affiliates from Indeed, a personal data deletion request is required. You can do that by submitting this personal data deletion request form or calling our designated toll-free telephone number at 800-616-6535.
Use of Your Sensitive Personal Information
Some states require Indeed to obtain consent prior to the collection of sensitive personal information, while some states like California provide users the right to limit the use and disclosure of sensitive personal information beyond what is necessary to perform the services as reasonably expected by users and those other activities allowed under its regulations. All sensitive data collected by Indeed is with your consent, or as permitted or required under applicable laws.
Limit the use of my sensitive personal information
Instructions on how to limit additional potential uses of sensitive personal information can be found below:
- Specific location data – In some situations, Indeed collects and uses specific location data (such as phone GPS from the Indeed app) that is either not required to use Indeed’s products or its collection is entirely out of our hands.
- To limit the collection of specific location data you share with your computer or other device, please see the following information:
- Computer
- Smartphone/device
- Android
- Swipe down from the top of your device’s screen.
- Touch and hold down the Location icon.
- Go to App permissions.
- Scroll down to find the Indeed app.
- Tap the app and select “Don’t allow”.
- To allow approximate location but not precise location, instead, toggle off the switch next to “Precise geolocation”.
- Apple
- Go to your device’s Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
- Make sure that Location Services is on.
- Scroll down to find the Indeed app.
- Tap the app and select “Never”.
- To allow approximate location but not precise location, instead, toggle off the switch next to “Precise Location”.
- Equal Employment Opportunity/Demographic Data
- Indeed collects demographic data as part of our commitment to inclusivity and fairness in the hiring process. As a data-driven company, we believe you can’t improve something if you can’t measure it. We are identifying methods to measure fairness in the Indeed Hiring Platform and in other parts of Indeed, and we collect demographic data from job seekers to achieve these goals. Sharing of this data with us is optional and includes the following categories:
- Age (Birth year)
- Race & Ethnicity
- Gender
- Disability status
- LGBTQ+ Community Membership
- Arrest or conviction history
- To limit the use of your demographic data as described above:
- You can update or remove your data at any time by clicking here or selecting My Demographics from the global navigation drop-down.
- Call our designated toll-free telephone number for CCPA requests: 800-616-6535.
Frequently asked questions
How do I exercise my other privacy rights?
Information on how you can exercise other rights that may be available to you under the US privacy laws can be found in our Privacy Policy.
What is the difference between targeted advertising and sharing?
Targeted advertising is displaying to a consumer an advertisement based on personal data obtained from the consumer’s activities over time and across nonaffiliated websites or online applications to predict a consumer’s preferences or interests. It does not include an advertisement based on activities within the controller’s own website or online applications; a consumer’s current search query, visit to a website, or online application; or in response to a consumer’s request for information or feedback.
California uses the term sharing, which means sharing a consumer’s personal information by the business to a third party for cross-context behavioral advertising, whether or not for monetary or other valuable consideration. Cross-context behavioral advertising varies slightly from other state’s definitions in that there is no requirement for it to be based on a consumer’s activities over time. Instead it is based on the consumer’s personal information obtained from the consumer’s activity across businesses, distinctly-branded websites, applications, or services, other than those the consumer intentionally interacts.
What is considered a third party?
Under U.S. privacy laws, a third party does not include the consumer, the controller, the processor, or an affiliate of the controller or processor. California however does consider affiliates to also be a third party.
What is the difference between a service provider and processor?
The terms processor and service provider are used interchangeably on our site. They are a person who processes personal data on behalf of a controller (or business under California law).
Can I still use Indeed after deleting my account?
If you submit the request to opt out and delete your account, you will still be able to access the services we offer on our site that do not require us to collect and transfer your email address. You may always register a new account or sign up to receive job alerts with the email you used previously.
Is it possible these practices will change?
Indeed is carefully watching US regulations for any new obligations or interpretations. If we feel it is necessary to change our practices, we will update this page accordingly. Our mission remains to help you get jobs in the manner that you wish.