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Privacy Policy

California Job Applicants Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 3, 2023

ITV America Inc., ITV Studios America Inc., and our parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and assigns (collectively, “ITV,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respect your privacy concerns. This California Job Applicants Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) applies to the personal information we collect on our Orbit Program website at https://www.ITVOrbitProgram-US.com, and during the job application process from individuals who are California residents (“Applicant(s),” “you,” and “your”). This Privacy Policy describes what personal information we collect about you, why we process your personal information, and your rights in relation to your personal information.

Please take a moment to read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is being processed, please contact us via email at OrbitUS_PrivacyTeam@itv.com.

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time and will indicate any such modifications by changing the date at the top of this page. If we make any material changes, we will post a prominent notice on the site and/or send you an email notification.

This Privacy Policy covers the following topics: 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.     PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

2.     WHY WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

3.     SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

4.     YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

5.     SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

6.     DATA RETENTION

7.     HOW TO CONTACT US

1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal information has the meaning as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”) (collectively, “California Privacy Laws”). Personal information is typically data that identifies an individual or relates to an identifiable individual. This includes information you provide to us, information which is collected about you automatically, and information we obtain from third parties. 

We may collect certain personal information about you when you browse our sites, submit a job application to one of our open positions, or when we consider you for employment. Listed below are the categories of personal information that ITV may process about Applicants:

  • Identifiers, such as your first and last name, alias, postal address, email address, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number or other similar identifiers. 
  • Other identifying information, such as physical characteristics or description, date of birth or signature.
  • Characteristics of protected classifications under California or federal law, such as age, race, color, national origin, citizenship, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status to the extent voluntarily disclosed by Applicants.
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as your search history, browsing history, web request, IP address, browser type, or pages viewed.
  • Audio and Visual information, such as photographs and videos that may be voluntarily disclosed by you in your application, or audio and visual information collected during the interview process. 
  • Professional or employment-related information, including education history, work history, certifications, and any other information provided in your CV, resume, and transcripts; your right to work documentation; references; any information provided during your interview or application; or background check information when permitted by applicable law, such as the results of the background check in connection with your employment with us like your criminal records and credit history.
  • Inferences drawn from any of the information listed above, such as applicant profile or preferences, characteristics, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
  • Sensitive personal information, such as your social security number and other government-issued IDs, precise geolocation, information about ethnic/citizenship/racial origin/sexual orientation, philosophical beliefs, union membership, email and messages contents, and biometric Information. We collect this information to determine your eligibility to work and fulfill our obligations to relevant government authorities, to pay you or provide other benefits and process any expense claims, and for security and fraud prevention purposes, as permitted by law. We will use this to conduct equal opportunity and diversity monitoring when permitted or required by law.  

2. WHY WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect much of the personal information described above directly from you through application forms, resumes, or CVs you submit to us, as well as official documentations you provide to us. We also collect certain information from third parties, such as employment agencies (such as recruiters and headhunters) and former employers when gathering references, and service providers that collect it on our behalf, such as communications providers, scheduling providers and IT providers. We may collect personal information about you through background check and credit reference agencies where permitted or required by law. Finally, we may also gather information from your public social media profile

  • evaluate you in connection with your selected job opening and/or for available positions;
  • evaluate and verify your experience and qualifications in relation to specific job requirements;
  • contact you regarding your application and possible employment opportunities;
  • conduct lawful background screening;
  • make decisions about who to offer employment to;
  • make decisions about salary and other benefits; 
  • carry out our human resources functions and activities; 
  • measure activities and main functionality of our careers websites 
  • to comply with our legal obligations, including:
    • carrying out checks in relation to your right to work; 
    • equal opportunities monitoring; 
    • determining reasonable adjustments
    • make reasonable adjustments for disabled employees; 
    • to allow us to carry out our legitimate business interests, such as business planning and restructuring exercises, except where such interests are overridden by your interests in not having your personal information processed;
  • to make improvements to our employment practices including improving diversity; and  
  • to protect your interests.

3. SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We take care to allow your personal information to be accessed only by those who require access to perform their tasks and duties, and to share only with third parties who have a legitimate purpose for accessing it. ITV will never sell or rent Applicant personal information to third parties. We will only share your information in the following circumstances:

  • With ITV Employees. Your personal information will be shared with ITV employees where it is necessary for them to undertake their duties with respect to your potential employment, such as to interview you.
  • Within Corporate Group. We may share your personal information with the other ITV entities as may be necessary to administer our relationship with you or operate our business.
  • With Service Providers. We may share your personal information with our contractors, vendors, and service providers that assist us with administering the employment or working relationship with you and/or provide services to us or on our behalf. For example, service providers may include, but are not limited to, IT administration, data storage or hosting providers, marketing/events agencies, recruitment agencies, and credit and criminal background check companies (where this is our legal obligation or necessary for our legitimate interest).
  • With Other Third Parties. We may share certain personal information with third parties who provide professional services (such as attorneys, auditors, accountants, and management consultants, and medical service providers), professional bodies, and regulatory authorities in the normal course of business.
  • Legal or Regulatory Requests and Investigations. We may disclose your personal information to third parties under the following circumstances (i) to comply with relevant laws or regulations, to respond to a court order, administrative or judicial process, such as a subpoena, warrant, court order, or government audit; (ii) in response to lawful requests by public authorities (such as national security or law enforcement); and (iii) as necessary to establish, exercise or defend against potential, threatened or actual litigation (such as adverse parties in litigation). We may also need to share your personal information with tax authorities, courts, regulators, the police, and other governmental authorities where we are required or permitted to do so by law in jurisdictions in which we operate.
  • Business Transactions. We may share your personal information with a potential buyer (and its agents and advisors) in connection with any proposed merger, acquisition, or any form of sale or transfer of some or all of our assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation), in which case, personal information held by us about you will be among the assets transferred to the buyer or acquirer. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal information in the same way as set out in this Privacy Policy.
  • Protection of the Company or Others. We may share your personal information where necessary to protect ITV, including to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies.
  • Disclosures with Your Consent. We may collect, use and disclose your personal information for other purposes not listed in this privacy notice. If we do so, we will make it known to you at the time we collect, use or disclose your personal data, and, where required, obtain your consent for doing so.

4. YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

As a California resident, subject to certain exceptions, you may be able to assert certain rights related to your personal information as identified below.  Please note that your rights with regard to your personal information are not absolute.  We may deny your request: (a) when denial of the request is required or authorized by law; (b) when granting the request would have a negative impact on another’s privacy; (c) to protect our rights and properties; (d) where the request is frivolous or vexatious, or for other reasons.

  • Right to Know. You may have the right to obtain a copy, or a list of categories of the personal information that we hold about you, as well as other supplementary information, such as the purposes of processing, and the entities to whom we disclose your personal information. 
  • Right to Correct. You may have the right to correct your personal information in our files. You may request us to rectify, correct or update any of your personal information held by us that is inaccurate. 
  • Right to Delete. Under certain circumstances, you may have the right to request that we delete the personal information that we hold about you. This right is not absolute, and we may refuse your right to delete if it is reasonably necessary for us to provide a service requested by you; to perform a contract between us; to maintain functionality and ensure security of our systems; to enable solely expected internal uses of your personal information; to exercise a right provided by law; or to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Right to Portability. Under certain circumstances, you may have the right to receive personal information we hold about you in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format so that you can provide that personal information to another entity.
  • Right to Opt Out of Sale. You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information. “Sale” is the transfer of personal information to third parties in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration, as defined under California Privacy Laws. In the preceding 12 months, ITV did not sell Applicant’s personal information to third parties for monetary or other valuable consideration.
  • Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising. You may have the right to opt-out of the sharing of your personal information to third parties for behavioral advertising purposes. In the preceding 12 months, ITV did not share Applicant’s personal information to third parties for cross-contextual behavioral advertising purposes.
  • Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Information. To the extent your sensitive personal information (as that term is defined under California Privacy Laws) is used to infer characteristic about you, you have the right to direct us to stop such processing of your sensitive personal information for such purposes. We do not process any sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about Applicants.
  • Right to Object to Automated Decision-Making. You may have the right not to be subject to a decision that is based solely on automated processing (where a decision is taken about you using an electronic system without human involvement) which significantly impacts your rights. No decision will be made by us about you solely on the basis of automated decision making which has a significant impact on you.
  • Right Against Discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights described in this section. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

Exercising Your Rights

You may exercise your rights by contacting us at OrbitUS_PrivacyTeam@itv.com or via another method identified in the “How to Contact Us” section below. In your request, please make clear which right you would like to exercise. Before fulfilling your request, we are required by law to have you verify the personal information we already have on file to confirm your identity. If we cannot verify your identity based on the information we have on file, we may request additional information from you, which we will only use to verify your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes. 

If you use an authorized agent to submit rights requests on your behalf, we will require you to directly verify your identity with us, or have you directly confirm with us that the authorized agent has been authorized to act on your behalf.

5. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We understand how important your privacy is, which is why ITV America maintains (and contractually requires third parties it shares your information with to maintain) appropriate physical, technical and administrative safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of the personal information you entrust to us. These safeguards are designed to protect your personal information from loss and unauthorized access, copying, use, modification or disclosure.

However, we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, unauthorized acquisition, or alteration of your data will not occur. Furthermore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security or confidentiality of information you transmit to us or receive from us by Internet or wireless connection, including email, phone, or SMS, since we have no way of protecting that information once it leaves and until it reaches us. If you have reason to believe that your data is no longer secure, please contact us using the contact information provided in this Privacy Policy.

6. DATA RETENTION

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulation, we endeavor to retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, as required by law or to satisfy any legal or reporting obligations, or as necessary to resolve disputes. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider applicable legal requirements, the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal information, and the purposes for which we process your personal information.

7. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at OrbitUS_PrivacyTeam@itv.com, or by writing us at ITV Orbit US Privacy Team c/o ITV America Business & Legal Affairs, 5250 Lankershim Blvd, 3rd Floor, North Hollywood, CA 91601, or calling us at (818) 455-4600. Because email communications are not always secure, please do not include sensitive information in your emails or mail to us.