Workers Compensation Specialist

TAG Privacy Policy for ​​​​​​​California Employees

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last updated - June 30, 2023

General Information

Policy For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal information” has the meaning given in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (collectively, the “CCPA”) but excludes information exempted from the CCPA’s scope.

This Privacy Policy does not create or form part of any employment contract.

1. Personal Information We Collect About Employees

Categories of Personal Information Collected The categories of personal information we may collect, or may have collected in the 12 months preceding the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy, and process before, during and after your employment include:

• Identifiers, such as:
  • Contact information, such as your work and home address, telephone number, and email address.
  • Identification information, such as your name, social security number, government-issued identification information (e.g., driver’s license, passport), or other similar identifiers.
• Protected classifications, such as:
  • Immigration status, such as your citizenship and other information that would allow us to verify your employment eligibility.
  • Information needed to evaluate accommodation requests regarding potential disabilities or other health conditions.
• Professional or employment related information, such as:
  • Biographical information, such as gender, date of birth, professional history, references, language proficiencies, professional qualifications, references, information in your company biography, social media profiles and activity, and your photo.
  • General employment information, such as department, work location, job title, dates of employment, work status (e.g., full-time/part-time), any terms or conditions of employment, work history (current, past, or prospective), timekeeping information, personnel and disciplinary records, training and learning program participation, information necessary to complete background checks, drug and/or alcohol tests, and other screens permitted by law, and other information reasonably necessary to administer the employment relationship with you.
  • Compensation, benefits and payroll information, such as salary and bonus details, benefits information (including information regarding health insurance, retirement savings), equity award information, bank account information and working time records (e.g., vacation and absence records, sick leave, leave status, and hours worked).
  • Performance information, such as management metrics, performance evaluations and feedback, and promotion history.
  • Information about related persons, such as your spouse, domestic/civil partner, dependents, beneficiaries, and emergency contacts.
  • Expenses and travel information, such as information about your business travel and other business expenses.
  • Health care and medical information, such as information related to employee participation in wellness programs, executive physicals, and health insurance programs.
  • Credentials, access and system information, such as your Company email address, usernames, passwords, and badge number.
  • Other information you provide to us,such as your feedback and survey responses where you choose to identify yourself**.**
• Education information, such as education records directly related to you and maintained by an educational institution, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
• Internet or network activity,such as information about your use of, as well as content and communications you send and receive through, devices, Company communications, IT systems and applications (e.g., time of use, files accessed, search history, web pages viewed, IP address, device ID, device location).
• Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as information about your access to offices and facilities (e.g., badge scans and security camera footage).

In certain cases we may ask you for additional information for purposes of monitoring equal opportunity and/or complying with applicable laws. We may also inquire about criminal records. We will do so only where permitted by applicable law.

To the extent we collect sensitive personal information (as defined under the CCPA), we only use or disclose it for purposes permitted under the CCPA (e.g., to perform HR activities such as payroll and benefits, monitor for security incidents, and for compliance and safety purposes). We do not collect or use sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about California employees.

Sources of Personal Information We collect personal information from you during your candidacy for a job, and during and after your employment.

We may also collect your personal information from various other sources and combine it with the personal information you provide to us.For example, we may collect your personal information from:

• job board websites you may use to apply for a job with us;
• providers of services that we make available to our employees as part of our benefits program, such as our insurance carriers;
• prior employers, when they provide us with employment references;
• professional references that you authorize us to contact;
• providers of background check, credit check, or other screening services (where permitted by law);
• your public social media profiles or other publicly available sources;
• employment agencies or recruiters;
• your related persons who chose to communicate with us directly;
• Company communications and IT systems/applications that automatically collect information about, and transmitted by, users; and
• other Company personnel.

2. Purposes of the Collection and Use of Personal Information We may use the categories of personal information above for the following business purposes or as otherwise described at the point of collection:

• Workforce management. Managing work activities and personnel generally, such as:
  • recruiting, interviewing and evaluating job candidates and employees;
  • administration of payroll, wages and other compensation;
  • granting and administering equity awards, bonuses, commissions, and other incentive awards;
  • administering and evaluating employee benefits, including healthcare and retirement and savings plans;
  • maintaining contact details of your designated dependents and beneficiaries and communicating with them as necessary in the administration of your employee benefits and awards;
  • maintaining contact details of your designated emergency contacts and communicating with them as necessary in emergencies;
  • administering and evaluating vacation, paid time off, sick leave, and other leaves of absence;
  • performance and compensation evaluation and promotions;
  • providing training and career development opportunities;
  • administering employee transfers and reassignments;
  • conducting employee surveys and soliciting employee feedback;
  • performing background, reference, or credit checks;
  • managing disciplinary matters, grievances, and terminations;
  • administering business expense tracking, reimbursements, and travel;
  • assisting with obtaining an immigration visa or work permit;
  • improving our application and/or recruitment process, including improving diversity;
  • accommodating disabilities or health conditions;
  • providing information technology resources and support;
  • maintaining internal employee directories;
  • communicating with you;
  • otherwise administering our employment relationship with you; and
  • analyzing our workforce and information relating to any of the activities above.
• Business operations. Operating and managing our business, including managing communications and IT systems; research, development and operation of our products and/or services; managing and allocating Company assets and personnel; strategic planning and project management; business continuity; maintenance of business and audit records; budgeting, financial management and reporting; internal communications; promoting our business; physical and information security; and evaluating and undergoing mergers, acquisitions, sales, re-organizations or disposals, and integration with purchasers.
• Compliance, safety, and fraud prevention. Complying with legal and other requirements, such as tax, audit, recordkeeping, reporting, verifying identity and eligibility to work, and equal opportunities monitoring requirements; complying with lawful requests and legal process, such as responding to subpoenas or requests from government authorities; protecting our, your or others’ rights, safety and property; investigating and deterring against fraudulent, harmful, unauthorized, unethical or illegal activity, or conduct in violation of our policies or procedures; pursuing legal rights and remedies, including investigating, making and defending complaints or legal claims; administering and enforcing internal policies and procedures; and sharing information with government authorities, law enforcement, courts or private parties for the foregoing purposes.
• Monitoring. Monitoring offices and facilities, IT and communications systems, devices, equipment and applications through manual review and automated tools such as security software, website and spam filtering, and monitoring our physical premises (e.g., by using security cameras and badge scans) to protect our, your or others’ rights, safety and property; operating, maintaining, and protecting the security of our network systems and devices; protecting our proprietary and confidential information and intellectual property; for recordkeeping and archiving; for personnel training and/or performance management; for the compliance, safety and fraud prevention purposes described above; to investigate and respond to security and other incidents; and for business continuity (such as monitoring business-related emails following an employee's departure).
• Research and Development. Creating anonymous, aggregated or de-identified data that we use and share to analyze our workforce and business and for other lawful business purposes.
• With Your Consent. We will use and disclose your personal information in accordance with your prior direction or, in some cases, we may specifically ask you for your consent to collect, use, or share your personal information, such as when required by law.

3. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose, and during the 12 months preceding the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy may have disclosed, each of the categories of personal information described in Section 1 with other parties as necessary for the business purposes described above or as described at the time of collection, including the following persons or entities:

• Affiliates. Our corporate parent, subsidiaries, and other affiliates under the control of our corporate parent, for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy or to operate shared infrastructure, systems and technology.
• Company service providers. Providers of services to the Company, such as payroll administration, benefits and wellness, human resources, occupational health, performance management, training, expense management, travel agencies, transportation and lodging, IT systems and support, information and physical security, background checks and other screenings, equity award administration, corporate banking and credit cards, health care, trade associations, insurance brokers, claims handlers and loss adjusters, and any necessary third party administrators, nominees, registrars, or trustees appointed in connection with benefits plans or programs.
• Employee service providers.Providers of services to eligible employees as part of our employee benefits program (e.g., financial advisors, securities brokers, financial institutions, and providers of health, fitness, wellness, childcare and concierge services) who need your information to verify your eligibility and provide you with services.
• Our marketing audience. Current and prospective customers and other business contacts with whom we share your Company bio, which may be shared on our websites or in other publicly available marketing materials and communications as part of our marketing activities.
• Government authorities, law enforcement and others.Government authorities, law enforcement, courts, and others as described in the compliance, safety, and fraud prevention section above.
• Business transfer participants.Parties to transactions and potential transactions whereby we sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of our business or assets, including your personal information, such as a corporate divestiture, merger, consolidation, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, or in the event of bankruptcy or dissolution.
• Professional advisors. Accountants, auditors, lawyers, insurers, bankers, and other outside professional advisors who require your information in the course of providing their services.
• Customers and business partners. Customers, other companies, and individuals with whom the Company does business or is exploring a business relationship.

We do not and, during the 12 months preceding the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy, have not “sold” or “shared” personal information about California employees. Further, we do not knowingly “sell” or “share” the personal information of California residents under 16 years of age.

4. Retention of Personal Information We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose of collection, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements, to establish and defend legal claims, for fraud prevention purposes, or as long as required to meet our legal obligations. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, the purposes for which we process your personal information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

5. Your California Privacy Rights California employees may exercise the rights listed below by contacting us as described at the beginning of this Privacy Policy. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases we may not be able to respond to your request, such as when a legal exemption applies or if we are not able to verify your identity.

• Know/Access.You can request the following information about how we have collected and used your personal information:
  • the categories of personal information that we have collected.
  • the categories of sources from which we collected personal information.
  • the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing (if applicable) personal information.
  • the categories of third parties with whom we disclose personal information.
  • a copy of the personal information that we have collected about you.
• Delete. You can ask us to delete the personal information that we have collected from you.
• Correct.You can ask us to correct inaccurate personal information that we maintain about you.
• Nondiscrimination. You are entitled to exercise the rights described above free from discrimination.

To submit a request, please click here and complete a request. We may need to confirm your identity to process your requests to know/access, delete, or correct. In addition, co