Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 6, 2022

1. Introduction

Our Privacy Policy details how we collect, use and disclose the Personal and Non-Personal Data we collect from and about you when you access or use our online and/or mobile websites, applications, services, and software, interactions with us on the phone or in person, or that we obtain from publicly available sources or third-party sources.
Our Sites covered by this Privacy Policy include the affiliated online and/or mobile websites, applications, and services by Job Center.
Job Center is an online job-matching platform established under the initiative of the Ministry of Economic Development. The platform is designed to help connect job seekers with employers and skill seekers with institutions.
Our website address is: https://jobcenter.mv

3. What information do we collect about you?

Across the Sites we collect information:
·       you choose to provide to us through our Sites, e.g. contact details, resume details, location data;
·       through your activity on our Sites, e.g. information from your device and actions taken on the Sites, searches you run or jobs / courses you click on;
·       when you apply to jobs / courses, use screener or assessment questions or automated phone screening, or log in using Maldives Efaas Auth Service; and
·       where you use chargeable services or are an Employer providing necessary Employer information, e.g., for verification purposes.
Job Center may also collect information about your interactions with our social media accounts on third-party platforms, or by obtaining data such as resumes, prospect data or recruiting progress data from third parties.

4. Why do we collect this information?

We collect and use your information in order to help Job Seekers find jobs, Skill Seekers find courses, to help Employers and institutions to find candidates, and to provide and improve our services to you. To summarize, we use your Personal Data, where applicable, to:
·      Create your account and send you job / course Alerts or other alerts/ relevant materials;
·      Give you relevant search results and job / course recommendations;
·      Facilitate communication as part of the job / course search, application and interview process;
·      Make your resume available to third parties, depending on your privacy settings (e.g. private or public resume);
·      Match Job Seekers with Employer Job Listings, or Skill Seekers with Course Listings;
·      Prevent fraud, spam and other potentially fraudulent or illegal activities;
·      Facilitate payment, in connection with opportunities that offer a stipend;
·      Carry out automated processing in order to provide many of our services;
·      Enhance and optimize our services and security for Job Seekers, Skill Seekers, Employers, and Institutions by data sharing with our affiliates;
·       improve our services, maintain product quality and protect users; and
·       aggregate and share with third parties content posted on Job Center intended to be publicly available.

5. Who is this information shared with?

Your information is shared with:
·       Job Center affiliates;
·       Employers, Institutions, Job Seekers and Skill Seekers (e.g., if a Job Seeker decides to apply for a job);
·       Third-party service providers who help us with our operations, e.g. for data storage or fraud detection.

6. How long do we store your information?

Job Center stores your Personal Data until it is no longer necessary to provide our services, or until you ask us to delete your Personal Data. We may also be required to retain certain information in order to comply with local laws. If you wish to delete your Personal Data, you should submit a request by email to [email protected].

7. What are your rights with respect to your Personal Data?

Job Center takes your privacy very seriously. This includes the rights to access your Personal Data; delete your Personal Data; and to restrict or object to certain processing of your Personal Data. Where our use of your Personal Data is based on your consent, you also have the right to withdraw that consent.

8. Contacting us

You may contact Job Center at Ministry of Economic Development, Velaanaage 11th Floor, Boduthakurufaanu Magu, Male’, Republic of Maldives.
To contact support please email [email protected] or any of the supported social media/live chat channels via 1500help.mv