Purpose of Use | Legal Reason for Processing |
To assess your suitability for employment for the role for which you are applying (excluding background checks), as well as future roles that may become available. | - Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimate interests to ensure that it recruits the appropriate employees.
- To take steps prior to entering in an employment contract with you, where you are considered for employment.
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To manage and administrate your application. | - Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimate interests to ensure that it recruits the appropriate employees.
- To take steps prior to entering in an employment contract with you, where you are considered for employment.
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To facilitate communication. | - Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimate interests to ensure proper communication with you and within the organization.
- To take steps prior to entering in an employment contract with you, where you are considered for employment.
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Verifying eligibility to work (excluding background checks). | - To take steps prior to entering in an employment contract with you, where you are considered for employment.
- Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimates interests to comply with applicable immigration and/or employment laws and regulation.
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Perform data analytics, including of our candidate pool, to improve our recruitment process and the Portal. | - Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimate interests to ensure that it improves its recruitment processes
- For processing of your sensitive data for the purpose of improving our recruitment process we will need your consent as providing your sensitive data is voluntary.
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If you register/sign up on the Portal, we will enter you in a database to receive job alerts and/or information on job events. | - Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimate interests to ensure that it recruits the appropriate employees.
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To comply with or monitor compliance with applicable law or regulation. | - Necessary to comply with Cognizant’s legal obligations as a business entity
- Necessary for Cognizant’s legitimate interest to protect the rights and interests of Cognizant, our employees, candidates and others.
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Reporting on social mobility and diversity, external benchmarking and to make its recruitment process more inclusive and accessible | - We need your consent for the processing of Diversity and Inclusion data as providing this data is voluntary.
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