Privacy Policy for Workist.in

1. Introduction

We, at Workist Internet Private Limited ("Workist", "we", "our", or "us"), respect your online privacy and are committed to providing transparency regarding the collection, usage, and protection of your personal information.

This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) applies to your interaction with:

  • The Workist.in website and associated subdomains
  • Our official mobile applications
  • Other services, products, APIs, and tools provided through our digital platforms

By accessing or using our services, you agree to this Policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue using our Platform.

2. Key Definitions

  • Personal Information (PI): Data that can identify you directly or indirectly — e.g., name, email, contact numbers, location, government IDs.
  • Usage Data: Technical data about how you use our Platform, such as IP, browser type, device info.
  • Cookies: Small files stored in your browser to improve user experience and track preferences.
  • Processing: Any operation performed on personal data including storage, retrieval, sharing, or deletion.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Personal Information You Provide

  • Name, age, gender, and contact details
  • Email and password (hashed)
  • Employment history, skills, resume/CV data
  • Educational qualifications
  • Payment and billing details (processed via secure third parties)
  • Social media handles if you link accounts (Google, LinkedIn, etc.)

3.2 Automatically Collected Data

  • IP address and geolocation
  • Browser, device type, OS
  • Session duration, clicks, page views

3.3 Cookies and Tracking Data

We use various types of cookies:

  • Essential (login functionality)
  • Analytics (Google Analytics, internal tools)
  • Preferences (remember your settings)
  • Advertising (targeted job ads and remarketing)

3.4 Optional Sensitive Personal Data

Workist may offer forms that request sensitive data such as caste category or diversity preference — sharing is voluntary.

4. How We Use Your Information

  • Provide, maintain, and improve our services
  • Match job seekers with recruiters efficiently
  • Enable community features, discussion forums, and Q&A
  • Personalize recommendations and job alerts
  • Prevent fraud, ensure security, and enforce terms
  • Conduct analytics, A/B testing, and engagement improvement
  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements

5. Legal Grounds for Processing

  • Consent (e.g., marketing communications)
  • Contractual necessity (e.g., providing requested services)
  • Legitimate interests (e.g., preventing spam/fraud)
  • Legal obligations (e.g., retention required by law)

6. Cookie & Tracking Policy

Cookies and tracking technology are used for authentication, analytics, advertising, and personalization. You can learn more and manage settings via your browser:

7. Sharing & Disclosure

  • Employers & recruiters (if you apply or opt-in)
  • Cloud hosting and database providers
  • Advertising networks (Google Ads, Facebook Ads)
  • Law enforcement (where legally required)
  • During mergers, acquisitions, or asset sales

8. Data Retention

We delete or anonymize data when it is no longer needed, unless retention is required by law.

9. Your Rights as a User

  • Access and copy your data
  • Rectify inaccurate data
  • Request deletion
  • Restrict processing
  • Withdraw consent
  • Data portability

10. Children & Age Limitations

Workist.in is not for users under 18. Use under parental/guardian supervision only if local laws allow.

11. Security Measures

We use secure servers, encryption protocols, firewalls, and limited employee access to protect your data. Still, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

12. International Data Transfers

Your data may be transferred to and processed in other countries, with safeguards in place as per applicable data laws.

13. Updates to This Policy

We may amend this Policy at any time. Changes will be posted here with an updated “Last Updated” date.

14. Contact & Grievance Redressal

Email: privacy@workist.in
Address: Workist, Saket Mall, New Delhi, India

15. What third-party cookies does workist.in use?

Please note that the third parties (advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies on our Services. Cookies on our sites. Also, note that the names of cookies, pixels and other technologies may change over time. We use trusted partners to help us service advertising, who may place cookies on your device. We also pull through content from social networks into our own pages, such as embedded Facebook feeds. The social networks, such as Facebook, Google, etc. may themselves also put cookies on your machine. If a user logs into Facebook, Twitter or Google+ via our website, they will leave a cookie on the users computer. This is the same process as if the user logs into these social networks directly. We also use Google Analytics on our Services to help us analyse how our Services are used. Google Analytics uses performance cookies to track customers interactions. For example, by using cookies, Google can tell us which pages our users view, which are most popular, what time of day our websites are visited, whether visitors have been to our websites before, what website referred the visitor to our websites, and other similar information. All of this information is anonymized. We suggest that you should check the respective privacy policies for these external services to help you understand what data these organisations hold about you and how they process it.

Last updated: August 13, 2025