When you apply for a job on this site, the personal data contained in your application will be collected by Hyphen Group (“Hyphen Group” or “we”), a company registered and incorporated in Hong Kong and which can be contacted by emailing jobs@hyphengroup.io. Hyphen Group (the “Group”), is a group of companies that provide price comparison services as well as financial services, insurance products, communications and other products and services across Asia.

Your data is stored in a range of systems and formats. These include in your recruitment file, in the Group’s HR management system and in other IT systems, including the Group’s email system.

Hyphen Group processes a range of information collected from you. Subject to applicable law, this may include:

• your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;
• your gender and date of birth;
• details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;
• information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements;
• details of your marital status and dependents;
• candidate photographs;
• details of your bank account;
• Passport or other identification information; and/or
• Information from compliance background checks.

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Jyphen Group’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, responding to and defending against legal claims, maintaining and promoting equal opportunities within the workplace and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under applicable Data Protection Laws as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Hyphen Group, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.

Who may have access to personal data?

Your information will be shared internally within the Group for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes with members of the HR and recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy, internal and external auditors and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Hyphen Group to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Hyphen Group’s behalf.

Hyphen Group may share your personal data with third parties in order to, obtain pre-employment references from other employers, obtain employment background checks from third party providers and to obtain necessary criminal record checks.

How long do we hold your personal data?

Your personal data will be retained by the Group for so long as the Group determines it is reasonably necessary to evaluate your application for employment. If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your personnel file and retained during your employment in accordance with the contract of employment and our internal privacy policy.

What if you do not supply your personal data?

You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to the us during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able to process your application properly or at all.