HedgeBD is devoted to preserving your privacy as a consumer reporting agency covered by the federal Consumer Rights Protection Act, as well as other applicable state and federal regulations. This Privacy Policy applies to HedgeBD’s website as well as HedgeBD’s methods for managing personal information supplied to HedgeBD by visitors to HedgeBD’s publicly accessible website. This Policy also applies to personal information provided by HedgeBD’s clients, as well as their potential employees and staff (as well as other individuals who have given HedgeBD’s clients’ written authorization to conduct a background investigation on them), when they use HedgeBD’s online background screening solution, which is only accessible through an access-restricted portion of HedgeBD’s website. Only in accordance with applicable law will HedgeBD collect, store, and use personally-identifying information.
Information Collection
You are anonymous when you visit HedgeBD’s publicly accessible website. HedgeBD only collects personally identifying information from you if you voluntarily offer it to us. HedgeBD may use cookies to collect non-personal (e.g., statistical or geographical) data in some cases. As further detailed below under “Cookies and Tracking Technology,” this information is utilized to better analyze and improve the usability, functionality, and efficiency of the hedgeBD.com.bd website. The following are examples of the types of personal information we may gather about you via our publicly available website (should you choose to disclose such information to HedgeBD): (a) contact and personal data (e.g., name, address, e-mail address, phone and fax numbers, employer(s), job title) in connection with your expression of interest in obtaining reports about, or registration for, HedgeBD offerings, newsletters, and meetings; (b) your curriculum vitae data and job application details in responding to HedgeBD job openings; and (c) any other confidential info that you may knowingly and willingly provide to us in an email or other communication. Only the information that the user willingly shares with HedgeBD is collected by HedgeBD. We collect the information asked on our profile registration form, including contact details and financial information, if you use this website to open a background check account with HedgeBD (such as credit card number or billing information). This data is used for personal uses like account creation, invoicing, delivery of products, and customer care.
How We Use Your Personal Information
Whenever your sensitive data is collected on a publicly accessible HedgeBD website, you will be informed of the purpose of the collection at the time of collection. Unless you agree to a different use, HedgeBD will only use your personal information in the ways we explain when it is obtained. Personal information is given in an account application, for example, maybe used by HedgeBD to set up and run your account. HedgeBD may also use the personal information you supply to respond to your questions and inquiries, to assist HedgeBD’s own recruiting processes in response to your requests about HedgeBD’s job posts, and to send you bulletins and other material (if any). If you submitted private information via this website in conjunction with a background screening requested by a HedgeBD client, HedgeBD may use that information to complete your background check for that client. Unless HedgeBD’s client has submitted a certification needed by the Consumer Right Protection Act and any other applicable law, HedgeBD will not utilize your information to perform a prescreening investigation and prepare a report. HedgeBD’s client declares to HedgeBD that it has a lawfully legitimate reason for performing the background screen and that it has gained your informed authority to begin the background screen to the degree needed by applicable law.
Information Sharing
Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties by HedgeBD. Except in conjunction with executing your pre-employment check for HedgeBD’s client or as otherwise indicated in this Privacy Policy, HedgeBD will not share your personal data with third parties without your agreement. In conjunction with any of the objectives for which we utilize personal information as mentioned in the preceding section, HedgeBD may release personal information as required or appropriate. When HedgeBD conducts a background check inquiry on you, the information you provide on this website may be shared with the HedgeBD client who ordered the background screening investigation. HedgeBD may also disclose your information to a third-party representative or subcontractor authorized by HedgeBD to assist in the background screening investigation (such as academic system, previous hiring managers, courts, and local police departments that may provide or verify information about you). Service providers who help host or operate the website or otherwise provide assistance, court researchers, and other access and data suppliers are among the third-party representatives and subcontractors. HedgeBD only gives these agents and subcontractors the personal information they need to deliver the desired product or service to HedgeBD (for the interest of HedgeBD’s client). HedgeBD forbids these third parties from using the data for any other reason. HedgeBD requires these partners to take commercially reasonable steps to ensure your information’s confidentiality. HedgeBD may also disclose personal information and any other additional information available to HedgeBD in good faith for any of the following purposes: (i) examine, prevent, or act quickly regarding known or alleged criminal activities or embezzlement, stressful conditions like possible threats to the personal security of any individual, or infringements of HedgeBD’s terms and conditions; (ii) react appropriately to or protect against subpoenas, court orders, or other judicial procedures; (iii) set up or extinguish HedgeBD’s terms. HedgeBD will not share the information it has collected unless the receiver agrees to provide privacy rights that are at least as good as or better than those set forth in this Privacy Policy.
Payments
In cases where we provide paid products/services, we utilize our own accounting department for payment processing.
We will store or collect your payment card details for future transactions. The privacy for these details will not be disclosed following our Privacy Policy.
Data Storage
HedgeBD will keep your Personal Information for as long as it is needed to meet our business needs, which may differ based on why it was gathered in the first place. We shall keep your personal information for the purposes of complying with applicable laws, resolving disputes, and meeting any financial or disclosure requirements.
When selecting an appropriate duration of action, the kind and complexity of the private information, as well as the potential harm from illegal use or release of your sensitive information, are taken into account.
Personal Information Disclosure
Personal information provided to HedgeBD for a background investigation may be sent out of state at times in order to complete the background check. Personal data will only be sent to other countries or territories on systems that conform with international agreements or contracts that have been approved by the Bangladesh Public Administration.
Cookies and Tracking Technology
To gather data about how you use HedgeBD’s website, the standard technology is known as a “cookie” may be used. A cookie is a little data set that is saved on your computer’s hard disk and is used to keep track of things. The URL you came from, your browser type, your computer’s IP address and domain type, the country, state, the server locations, the visited webpages of HedgeBD, and any keywords and phrases that you entered on our site can all be found in a cookie file. This data is just used for internal purposes, and your URL or IP address is not linked to any personally identifiable information. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can set your browser to reject them; however, some parts of our website may not function properly if you do so. Accepting cookies, in particular, may be required in order to accomplish certain operations on HedgeBD’s website.
Security and Privacy
HedgeBD is dedicated to safeguarding the personal information it collects from customers. Although we cannot guarantee the protection of that data, we use a mix of physical and digital security technologies, policies, and organizational practices to protect consumer data from being lost, exploited, and illegal access, exposure, modification, and deletion. When data is communicated over the Internet to our website, we use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) data encryption. To assist prevent unwanted access to our systems, we’ve built multilayer firewalls and other security mechanisms. On our computers, we use strong password protection measures, and our personnel is regularly informed about our security and privacy rules. Consumer information is stored on servers that are kept in a safe facility with suitable security measures.
Links
The website of HedgeBD may include links to third-party websites. Please keep in mind that third-party websites are outside our jurisdiction and are not protected by our Privacy Policy. Read the privacy statement of another site if you have any queries about how it uses your information.
Customer Rights and Personal Data
In terms of your private information, you have the following rights:
- You have the right to see the data we have on you.
- You have the right to seek a copy of the information we have on you at any time, as well as details about why we have it, who has access to it, and where it came from. The request comes with a small fee.
- The right to have your personal information corrected and updated.
- You can notify us if the information we have about you is missing or wrong, and we will fix it.
- The freedom to have your personal data deleted
- You have the right to request that we delete the information we have about you. We will confirm if the data has been removed, or the reason for not being able to delete it, upon request (for example : legal restrictions)
- The freedom to refuse to your data be processed
- At any point during the process, you have the right to request that we cease processing your data.
- You have the right to revoke your consent to the collection at any stage.
- Your consent can be withdrawn by contacting the contact information indicated below by phone or email.
- You have the right to file a complaint with the Office of the Data Protection Authority.
Review or Modify Personal Information
HedgeBD is committed to maintaining the authenticity and consistency of your personal data. Please e-mail us at info@hedge.com.bd if you have supplied HedgeBD with your personal information (such as phone, e-mail, area code, or postal address) when visiting HedgeBD’s distributed website and desire to change such personal information (if any). You may also e-mail us at info@hedge.com.bd to withdraw from any of our newsletters or other notifications for which you have registered. If you are an individual for whom a HedgeBD client has requested a prescreening investigation, and you have provided confidential info to HedgeBD at such client’s request for the purpose of obtaining a background report, you can review your HedgeBD file in full compliance with your file disclaimer privileges under the Consumer Right Protection Act by contacting HedgeBD’s Customer Service Department at info@hedge.com.bd. You can review a summary of your consumer rights (including file disclosure rights) under the Consumer Right Protection by accessing: https://dncrp.portal.gov.bd/site/page/81410ae5-17d8-456c-8cff-4bbd8742d809/The-Consumers%E2%80%99-Right-Protection-Act,-2009-
Child Policy
HedgeBD does not provide solutions to children younger than 13, and this website is not intended for them. HedgeBD does not gather information from children under the age of 13 on purpose.
Complaint Submission
If you are not satisfied with the process in which your personal data has been handled, you may contact us at info@hedge.com.bd or call +88 09606999123.
Modification of this Privacy Policy
HedgeBD reserves the right to change this policy at any time. If there are any significant changes to this Privacy Policy, we will publish the updated policy here. Without your approval, HedgeBD will not give less privacy protection to information obtained under a previous privacy policy. We recommend reviewing this Privacy Policy on a regular basis to stay informed about how HedgeBD protects your information.