Your Privacy Rights

You may access, update, or delete your resume or profile at any time. To do so, sign into your account, go to your resume or profile, and make the desired changes. You may also submit a Personal Data Request to Monster and we will respond pursuant to applicable law. If you have a privacy-related question, please click here to contact us.

We may retain your personal data even after you have closed your account if reasonably necessary to comply with our legal obligations (including law enforcement requests), meet regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, investigate security incidents, prevent fraud and abuse, enforce our User Agreement, or fulfill your request to “unsubscribe” from further messages from us. We will retain anonymized information after your account has been closed.

Some Monster customers store their resume databases on Monster servers. Monster is a data processor for personal information received in this way. Requests regarding this information must be made to such customers. Monster will cooperate as appropriate with requests from our customers to assist with such responses.

Right to Request Access to Personal Information/Right to Know

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You have the right to know whether Monster has collected personal information from you. You may request that Monster tell you:

The categories or specific pieces of personal information that Monster has collected about you
the categories of sources where Monster obtained personal information about you
the business purposes for which Monster collects your personal information
the categories of third parties with which Monster shares personal information

You may submit a Personal Data Request to obtain a copy of personal information Monster has about you.

How to Exercise

You can submit two such access requests every 12 months here: Personal Data Request.

Before we grant you access to your personal information, we must verify your identity. We use a third-party to process identity verification. If you do not successfully verify your identity, we may be unable to fulfill your request.

We will make commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill your request within 45 days; however, if we need more time, we may extend the time frame 45 days and notify you.

Right to Request Deletion/Right to be Forgotten

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You have the right to request that Monster delete any of your personal information that Monster has collected from you, with certain exceptions. We may refuse your request if we are required by law to keep the information, or if the law otherwise permits us to keep information. If we deny a request, we will tell you why the request was denied. Where required, we will instruct any service providers or third parties to delete your information.

How to Exercise

You can submit two such deletion requests every 12 months here: Personal Data Request.

Before we process your deletion request, we must validate the request. We use a third-party to process request validation. If you do not successfully validate your request, we may be unable to fulfill your request.

We will make commercially reasonable efforts to fulfill your request within 45 days; however, if we need more time, we may extend the time frame an additional 45 days and notify you.

You may also delete your job seeker profile directly by signing into your account.

Right to Correct Personal Information

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In certain circumstances, you have the right to request correction of any inaccurate personal information.

How to Exercise

You can submit your request here: Personal Data Request.

Before we grant your request, we must verify your identity. We use a third-party to process identity verification. If you do not successfully verify your identity, we may be unable to fulfill your request.

After verifying your identity and the validity of your request, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to correct your personal information, taking into account the nature of the information and the purposes of maintaining it.

You may also review and update your job seeker profile directly by signing into your account.

Do Not Sell/Share Personal Information

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You may have the right to direct Monster not to sell your personal information to third parties.

You may have the right to direct Monster not to share your Personal Information with third parties for certain purposes such as behavioral advertising.

How to Exercise

Please go to www.monster.com and click on “Your Privacy Choices” in the footer. There is no ID verification required.

Furthermore, account holders may make additional selections from their account preferences by signing into your account.

Limit the Use of Your Sensitive Personal Information

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Monster only collects sensitive personal information for employment purposes and to process taxes for contest/sweepstakes winners, as permitted by law. Monster does not collect sensitive personal information, as defined by applicable law, for targeted advertising.

Unsubscribe from Monster Communications

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Unsubscribe from Monster email, text, and paper mail communications.

How to Exercise

Unsubscribe Link

There is no ID verification required.

Right to Non-Discrimination

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You have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of your rights.

How to Exercise

No action needed.