Purpose of Privacy Policy
Taprootz Tech. Co. (herein referred to as “Taprootz”) is committed to make its platform users (herein referred to as “You” or “Your”) achieve success through its platform. While we do so, we make sure that there is transparency with respect to the data we collect from its users. Not only this, this privacy policy gives information on how this data is used and with whom it is shared.
This privacy policy is applicable to all the users who visit Taprootz or whose information is collected through third party links hosted on other platforms, or through its partner websites or vendor partners or business partners.
1. Information we Collect
From Jobseeekers
• While signing up on the Platform or while updating your profile information on the platform - Name, Email IDs, Passwords, Location of your permanent residence, your current location, location you are interested to shift to, contact number, Company/Organization you work for, Company/Organization you are interested to work for, your educational qualifications, your skills, your achievements, recommendations you have received, your reference contact details, current salary, future salary expectations, training information, projects information
• Information in resume/CV which includes name, contact details including all the e-mail addresses and mobile numbers, work experience, educational qualifications, current and expected salary, complete CV copy uploaded/updated on the platform
• Information on your login activity, location information, login behaviour includes information related to devices from which you log in; time of your login, your login routines, your average sessions on platform
• Information related to HAT (personality assessment test) including but not limited to responses on the questions, time taken to complete the test etc.
• Information related to E-learning platform including but not limited to your learning interests, your future aspirations related to your career, time taken to complete one learning module, no. of modules added to cart etc.
• Information submitted on forum including but not limited to your questions, responses, followers, other users you follow etc.
• Information collected through surveys conducted in connection with services of Taprootz such as name, age, contact details, preferences, etc.
• Information related to your eligibility for difference programmes/policies on the platform depending on your area of expertise
• Any other information which you submit to Taprootz through any medium of communication including but not limited to emails, phone calls, text messages, WhatsApp etc.
• Taprootz uses cookies to automatically collect, store and use technical information related to your electronic equipment including but not limited to mobile phones, laptops, desktops etc. which you use to access our platform
• Taprootz may or may not collect your electronic equipment information including but not limited to location, model, make, software versions, operating system etc. in order to provide better experience to you
• Within the limits of law, Taprootz may or may not record, monitor your communications with us through any medium including but not limited to telephonic calls, emails etc. to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, platform policies etc.
• All the publicly available information including but not limited to Name, Email ID, Phone Number, Location etc. related to your social media accounts on third party platforms which you use to sign in/register/link to get access to our Platform. You need to check social media platform’s privacy policy to know in detail how they share your information when you link your account with other platforms
From Employers
• While signing up on the Platform or while updating your business profile, i.e., company profile information which includes but not limited to Name, Email IDs, Passwords, Location of your Company, contact number etc.
• Information including but not limited to number of co-workers in your organizations, site-wise information on co-workers, functions, roles etc.
• Information related to no. of licences you have activated/not activated in relation to platform subscribers being used by your employees
• Information on your login activity, location information, login behaviour includes information related to devices from which you log in; time of your login, your login routines, your average sessions on platform
• Resume/CV pipeline information including but not limited to no. of CVs stored on platform, role-wise pipeline etc.
• Information related to future hiring plans including but not limited to roles, location, functions etc.
• Job posts’ related information including but not limited to designation, location, CTC offered, number of vacancies, functions/verticals etc.
• Interviews’ related information including but not limited to interview schedule, interviewee, location etc.
• Offer letters’ information including but not limited to CTC offered, designation, location, date of joining etc.
• Information collected through surveys conducted in connection with services of Taprootz
• Information related to your eligibility for difference programmes/policies on the platform depending on your area of expertise
• Any other information which you submit to Taprootz through any medium of communication including but not limited to emails, phone calls, text messages, WhatsApp etc.
• Taprootz uses cookies to automatically collect, store and use technical information related to your electronic equipment including but not limited to mobile phones, laptops, desktops etc. which you use to access our platform
• Taprootz may or may not collect your electronic equipment information including but not limited to location, model, make, software versions, operating system etc. in order to provide better experience to you
• Within the limits of law, Taprootz may or may not record, monitor your communications with us through any medium including but not limited to telephonic calls, emails etc. to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, platform policies etc.
• All the publicly available information including but not limited to Name, Email ID, Phone Number, Location etc. related to your social media accounts on third party platforms which you use to sign in/register/link to get access to our Platform. You need to check social media platform’s privacy policy to know in detail how they share your information when you link your account with other platforms
From CXOs
• While signing up on the Platform or while updating your profile information on the platform - Name, Email IDs, Passwords, Location of your permanent residence, your current location, location you are interested to shift to, contact number, Company/Organization you work for, Company/Organization you are interested to work for, your educational qualifications, your skills, your achievements, recommendations you have received, your reference contact details, current salary, future salary expectations, training information, projects information
• Information which you agree to publish/broadcast/record on Taprootz including but not limited to your video/audio/chat interviews given on other platforms
• Information in resume/CV which includes name, contact details including all the e-mail addresses and mobile numbers, work experience, educational qualifications, current and expected salary, complete CV copy uploaded/updated on the platform
• Information on your login activity, location information, login behaviour includes information related to devices from which you log in; time of your login, your login routines, your average sessions on platform
• Information related to HAT (personality assessment test) including but not limited to responses on the questions, time taken to complete the test etc.
• Information related to E-learning platform including but not limited to your learning interests, your future aspirations related to your career, time taken to complete one learning module, no. of modules added to cart etc.
• Information submitted on CXO forum or general forum including but not limited to your questions, responses, followers, other users you follow etc.
• Information collected through surveys conducted in connection with services of Taprootz such as name, age, contact details, preferences, etc.
• Information related to your eligibility for difference programmes/policies on the platform depending on your area of expertise
• Any other information which you submit to Taprootz through any medium of communication including but not limited to emails, phone calls, text messages, WhatsApp etc.
• Taprootz uses cookies to automatically collect, store and use technical information related to your electronic equipment including but not limited to mobile phones, laptops, desktops etc. which you use to access our platform
• Taprootz may or may not collect your electronic equipment information including but not limited to location, model, make, software versions, operating system etc. in order to provide better experience to you
• Within the limits of law, Taprootz may or may not record, monitor your communications with us through any medium including but not limited to telephonic calls, emails etc. to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations, platform policies etc.
• All the publicly available information including but not limited to Name, Email ID, Phone Number, Location etc. related to your social media accounts on third party platforms which you use to sign in/register/link to get access to our Platform. You need to check social media platform’s privacy policy to know in detail how they share your information when you link your account with other platforms
2. How we use your Information
Taprootz ensures that your personal information be used in lawful manner not compromising on fair and reasonable means.
We your information depending on your purpose of use of our platform. Your personal information may be used for different features and solutions on our platform to provide best possible experience to you. Our usage of your information includes but not limits to following points:
• We send regular job notifications, interview call notifications, learning & development notifications, job recommendations, personality assessment test alerts, skill gap insights, industry news, forum questions’ alerts etc.
• We send analytical information, business intelligence, industry news etc. to our users to enable them to achieve more productivity
• We send alerts which may be relevant to your cause on social media platforms including but not limited to Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter etc.
• We intend to provide better support to you from all aspects
• Based on technical information acquired from Cookies, we intend to provide better customer experience to all our users
• Based on the information collected, we keep enhancing our platform regularly
• We use the information provided by you for conducting surveys, the results of which enable us to make our platform better for our users
• We may send offers and promotional content to you as our marketing initiative
• We may or may not share your information with concerned authorities in order to prevent, detect or investigate any unlawful activity, crime, suspected fraud or violation of terms & conditions of use of Taprootz in any jurisdiction
• For verification of identity, screening by government authorities and due diligence checks.
• For any legal proceedings and for any legal advice pertaining to establish, exercise or defend the legal rights
• We intend to send ads to our users which includes but not limited to sponsored content. We do not use any of your personal data to curate ad content and target at you for any hidden objectives.
• We may show you ad content based on information collected by our ad partners, business partners etc.
• In case you engage with these ads, advertiser may get access of your information and assume you to be their target segment
• In any case, your information will not be shared with any of the third-party advertisers who don’t happen to be our ad partners
3. How do we share your Information
We share your information with various stakeholders on our platform in order to complete the desired transaction and provide the value they come looking for on our platform. However, this information is never shared in a way which will have an undesirable impact on any of the stakeholders. While sharing information, we adhere to following points:
Jobseeekers’ Information
• We share your information with employees of Taprootz based which they may provide relevant services to you; for which you have registered on the platform
• Taprootz may share your information with its platform subscribers including but not limited to employers, CXOs, Forum Users, E-Learning service providers etc. which enhances the chances of success for you on the platform related to finding best-fit job, answers to your queries etc.
• Taprootz platform uses your information and processes the same with the help of internal artificial intelligence algorithms, machine learning systems etc. in order to improve your experience on the platform
• Taprootz never shares your information with third party advertisers, however, they may get information about you once you visit/click on any of the advertisements
Employers’ Information
• We share your information with employees of Taprootz based which they may provide relevant services to you; for which you have registered on the platform
• Taprootz may share your information with its platform subscribers including but not limited to jobseekers, CXOs, Forum Users, E-Learning service providers etc. which enhances the chances of success for you on the platform related to finding best-fit employee, answers to your queries etc.
• Taprootz uses your job posts’ related information in order to match right-fit candidates based on system intelligence; in addition, Taprootz may publish the same information on social media platforms in order to promote/market the posts for better results
• Taprootz never shares any confidential information including but not limited to offer letter figures, job vacancy related data, CTC information, interviews information etc. which you intend not to share in public domain, or you wish to hide from specific users
• Taprootz platform uses your information and processes the same with the help of internal artificial intelligence algorithms, machine learning systems etc. in order to improve your experience on the platform
• Taprootz never shares your information with third party advertisers, however, they may get information about you once you visit/click on any of the advertisements
CXOs’ Information
• We share your information with employees of Taprootz based which they may provide relevant services to you; for which you have registered on the platform
• Taprootz may share your information with its platform subscribers including but not limited to jobseekers, employers, Forum Users, E-Learning service providers etc. which enhances the chances of success for you on the platform
• Taprootz uses your interviews’ related information in order to target certain section of users of platform based on system intelligence; in addition, Taprootz may publish the same information on social media platforms in order to promote/market for better results
• Taprootz never shares any confidential information which you intend not to share in public domain, or you wish to hide from specific users
• Taprootz platform uses your information and processes the same with the help of internal artificial intelligence algorithms, machine learning systems etc. in order to improve your experience on the platform
• Taprootz never shares your information with third party advertisers, however, they may get information about you once you visit/click on any of the advertisements
4. How you can control your information
All the users on platform have full control over their information which they may
• Edit, update, temporarily delete or permanently remove from Taprootz platform
• Restrict Taprootz to use their information without their consent; in such circumstances, we remove your information from public domain, and it will not visible to other users. However, we keep a copy of your data for at least a month in our system, in case you return back or intend to re-activate your account
• In case you have any concern related to your information being misused, you may directly contact Taprootz on its email ID contact@taprootz.in
5. Securing your information
In order to protect your information, Taprootz advises you not to
Share your sensitive information on social media pages of Taprootz including but not limited to contact information, location, CTC details, gender etc. which may have beyond control consequences
• Share your financial tools information like Credit Card details, Debit Card details, Net banking details etc. on social media pages of Taprootz
• Fall prey to impersonators offering you any services by charging you certain amount of money in exchange of job offers
Taprootz advises you to adhere to following words of caution before you avail any of the services on its platform
It is your sole responsibility and third-party vendor’s responsibility to protect the payment related information you input on the payment gateway. In no such scenario where there is a credit card, debit card etc. related fraud, Taprootz will hold NO responsibility as Taprootz never collects or stores any such information on its platform. All financial transactions take place on third-party partners.
6. Cookie Policy
Taprootz platform’s web pages use "cookies" and other similar tracking technologies. A "cookie" is a small file which is placed on your electronic equipment which you use to access Taprootz platform. This enables Taprootz features and functionality. This may be placed either by Taprootz or third-party service providers in your browsers when you visit any ad or link relevant to Taprootz’s platform. From your device, you may allow your browsers to control cookies, choose whether to receive them or block them.
Usage of cookies is solely for the purpose of enhancing user experience on the platform.
You may set most browsers to notify you if you receive a cookie, or you may choose to block cookies with your browser, but please note that if you choose to erase or block your cookies, you will need to re-enter your original user ID and password to gain access to certain parts of the Platform.
Tracking technologies may record information such as Internet domain and host names; Internet protocol (IP) addresses; browser software and operating system types; clickstream patterns; and dates and times that our site is accessed. Our use of cookies and other tracking technologies allows us to improve our Platform and the overall website experience. We may also analyse information that does not contain Personal Information for trends and statistics.
7. Compliance & Usage
In order to use Taprootz platform, you agree that you have attained min. age of 18 years or above. In case local laws require to be of older age, then same must me complied with. Taprootz holds no responsibility in case the users fake their age on the platform. In case you are under the age of minimum requirement, you may use platform in the presence/supervision of your parents, legal guardian or responsible adults.
Taprootz adheres to all local laws and operates within legal grounds and thus, requires your consent or acceptance of the terms & conditions for every service or solution on the platform. In addition, in case, it is required on Taprootz’s behalf to share your personal information in response to court of law, then Taprootz will have to comply with such orders and share your information.
8. Privacy Policy Updates
Taprootz may make changes in this privacy policy from time to time. Taprootz will notify you once there are any changes to the privacy policy.
9. Contact Us for Greivances/Support
In case of any questions/complaints/grievances related to this privacy policy or any other information-related issue on Taprootz platform, you may contact Taprootz’s Data Protection Team at
Data Protection Team,
Taprootz Tech. Co.,
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Email: contact@taprootz.in