Effective Date: 5/1/2026
Last Updated: 5/1/2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Hire Local (“Hire Local,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, discloses, and protects information obtained from users of our website, including job seekers, employers, and other visitors. Applicant privacy notices commonly specify the categories of personal information collected, the purposes of collection, disclosures to service providers, retention practices, and applicable privacy rights, which this policy is designed to address.
By using the website, creating an account, posting a job, subscribing to alerts, or submitting a job application, the user acknowledges the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected through the Hire Local website, including job-search functionality, employer job posting tools, application forms, contact forms, job alerts, newsletters, and related services. Job applicant privacy policies often distinguish recruitment-related processing from other website activity, so this policy covers both website visitors and recruitment-related interactions occurring through the platform.
Information Collected
Hire Local may collect the following categories of information, depending on how the website is used:
- Identifiers and contact information, including name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and account credentials.
- Professional and application information, including resume or CV, work history, education history, certifications, references, skills, cover letters, salary expectations, availability, and application materials voluntarily submitted by a user.
- Employer information, including business name, website, business email, business phone number, business address, contact person details, billing details, and job posting content.
- Communications, including messages sent through contact forms, support requests, employer verification communications, or abuse-reporting forms.
- Technical and usage information, including IP address, browser type, device information, page visits, referral sources, cookies, and other analytics data associated with website usage.
- Job alert and subscription information, including job preferences, categories, location preferences, and email-notification settings.
Sources of Information
Hire Local may collect information directly from the user, automatically through website technologies, from employers or recruiters involved in an application, or from service providers that support the platform. Applicant privacy policies frequently identify direct submissions, technology logs, and service-provider-assisted collection as common data sources.
Purposes of Use
Hire Local may use collected information for the following business purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve the website and related services.
- To allow job seekers to browse jobs, subscribe to job alerts, and apply to positions.
- To allow employers to create accounts, complete verification, post jobs, manage listings, and communicate regarding postings.
- To transmit application materials or related information to employers when a job seeker applies for a job.
- To review, moderate, verify, investigate, and remove suspicious or fraudulent accounts, listings, or conduct.
- To provide customer support, administrative notices, safety notices, and service-related communications.
- To send newsletters, job alerts, or marketing messages where the user has opted in or where otherwise permitted by law.
- To comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce policies, and protect rights, safety, and property.
Disclosure of Information
Hire Local does not sell personal information in the ordinary sense of selling user data for money. However, personal information may be disclosed to the following categories of recipients where reasonably necessary:
- Employers or their authorized representatives, when a job seeker applies for a listed position.
- Service providers assisting with website hosting, email delivery, analytics, payment processing, customer support, fraud prevention, and technical operations.
- Professional advisors, insurers, auditors, or legal counsel where reasonably necessary.
- Government authorities, regulators, law enforcement, or courts where disclosure is required by law, subpoena, legal process, or to protect rights, property, or safety.
- Successors in the event of a merger, acquisition, financing, sale of assets, or other business transition.
Employer Applications and Applicant Data
When a user applies for a job through Hire Local, the user’s submitted information may be transmitted to the employer or hiring representative associated with the applicable listing. Many applicant privacy notices make clear that submitted application materials may be shared with hiring systems or recruiters for evaluation purposes, and the same principle applies here.
Once application materials are transmitted to an employer, Hire Local does not control how that employer stores, uses, or further processes the applicant’s information. Users should review the employer’s own privacy practices where available.
Cookies, Analytics, and Tracking Technologies
Hire Local may use cookies, pixels, session data, log files, and similar technologies to support login sessions, improve site performance, analyze traffic, remember user preferences, and enhance website functionality. Privacy-policy guidance consistently identifies cookies and analytics disclosures as standard required components of website notices.
Users may control certain cookies through browser settings, but disabling cookies may impair site functionality.
Data Retention
Hire Local retains personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to operate the platform, fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, detect abuse, and enforce agreements. Applicant privacy notices commonly disclose retention tied to business need, legal compliance, and recruitment administration.
Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information, the type of account, whether an application was submitted, whether an abuse report or fraud investigation is pending, and applicable legal requirements.
Data Security
Hire Local uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Privacy guidance consistently notes, however, that no website, network, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, Hire Local does not guarantee absolute security.
User Rights and Choices
Subject to applicable law, users may have the right to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or limitation on certain personal information. Users may also opt out of marketing emails or job alerts by using the unsubscribe mechanism in those communications.
Requests may be submitted to: info@hirelocaljobs.com
Hire Local may need to verify identity before processing certain requests and may retain information where legally required or otherwise permitted.
Children’s Privacy
The website is not directed to children under 13, and Hire Local does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If Hire Local becomes aware that such information has been collected without appropriate consent, it may delete the information.
Third-Party Websites
The website may contain links to third-party websites, employer career pages, applicant tracking systems, or external services. Hire Local is not responsible for the content, availability, security, or privacy practices of third-party services, and website disclaimer guidance commonly recommends expressly clarifying this limitation.
Policy Changes
Hire Local may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective or last-updated date. Continued use of the website after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised policy to the extent permitted by law.
Contact Information
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy may be directed to:
Hire Local
info@hirelocaljobs.com
801 839-5104