Privacy Statement for Horry Georgetown Technical College Job Applicants
Horry Georgetown Technical College
("HGTC") values your privacy.
This Privacy Statement for HGTC Job Applicants ("Statement")
is designed to inform you about the ways HGTC will use information gathered
about you ("Personal Information") during the job application
process.
Please read this Statement
carefully. By continuing with your application, you agree to allow HGTC
to conduct some, or all pre-employment screening checks as part of our
recruitment process. Use of the HGTC web site is also governed
by HGTC's Acceptable Use for Network Services and the Internet policy (https://www.hgtc.edu/documents/policys/Chapter7.pdf).
Collection and Use of Your Information
HGTC collects and uses Personal
Information about you in relation to your application for employment.
When submitting an application for employment with HGTC, we may conduct some or
all of the following pre-employment screening checks:
· Confirmation
of education and/or previous employment
· Reference
checks
· Confirmation
of professional memberships
· Current
and/or previous affiliations with HGTC
In
the event a job offer is extended, and relevant to the particular position, HGTC
may conduct some, or all of the following pre-employment screening checks:
· Criminal
history
· Motor
Vehicle Report
Your
Personal Information is used to assess your qualifications for the job/s you
submitted your application.
If
HGTC does not employ you based upon the results of a pre-employment screening
check, we will give you the name, address, and phone number of the consumer
reporting agency that provided the adverse information.
If
you are offered and accept employment at HGTC, the information collected during
the job application process with become part of your employment record and will
be retained and used for employment purposes. Employees may be
terminated if inaccuracies or untruthful information is subsequently discovered
in an employee's application materials.
EEO Employer
HGTC is an Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of any
status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
Disclosure
Access to your information will be
restricted to HGTC and PageUp employees, as well as other designated agents,
including but not limited to companies performing pre-employment screening
checks on behalf of HGTC, who need to have access to such information in order
to carry out their responsibilities with regard to the recruitment
process. Your information may also be disclosed if required by law.
Data Quality
You may access your account at any
time to update your profile and/or resume thereby ensuring the information HGTC
holds about you is complete, accurate and up to date.
Access and Correction
It is your responsibility to keep
your login and password details private to prevent unauthorized access.
You may access your account to update, create new applications and activate or
deactivate your registration for job mail at any time. Should you wish to
remove your account, please contact a member of our Human Resources team
at 843-349-7528.
Storage
For job applicants who were not
employed by HGTC, application materials are retained for two years after the
application date. For job applicants that were employed by HGTC,
application materials are retained for fifteen years after the last date of
employment. This online recruitment service is powered by
PageUp. When you submit your online job application, some of your
personal information may be stored on the PageUp database. PageUp must meet
stringent privacy obligations with regard to access, storage and handling of
your Personal information. PageUp's privacy policies are located at http://www.pageuppeople.com/privacy/.
Questions
If you have questions as to how your
Personal Information is handled, please contact a member of our Human Resources
team at 843-349-7528.