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This Notice of Data Collection, Processing and Transfer (“Notice”) for Discord Inc. (the “Company”), located at 444 DeHaro St., San Francisco, CA 91407, describes, in the context of your candidacy for employment at Discord:
For purposes of this Notice, “Personal Data” means any information concerning an identified or identifiable individual and “Processing” means any operation with respect to Personal Data, such as collection, retrieval, access, use, disclosure, storage or disposal of Personal Data.
Your use of Discord services is governed by the Discord Privacy Policy.
We collect certain information from you when you apply or are in candidacy for a role at Discord. This includes information you provide to us, information we collect automatically, and information we receive from other sources. This information includes, but is not limited to, the following:
We use the information described in the The information we collect section of this policy for the following purposes:
Additionally, if you become employed by Discord, your candidate information will become part of your employment record, and will be processed in accordance with the Discord Employee Privacy Policy.
Your information may be shared with Discord’s affiliates and related companies in order to facilitate any of the purposes described in the How we use your information section of this policy. These affiliates include any service providers under written contract with Discord. For example, we may share your information with our background check provider in order for them to conduct background checks.
Discord may also be required to disclose your personal information to regulatory agencies in order to comply with local laws and regulations, such as for equal opportunity reporting. We will only do this to the extent necessary and as required by law.
We may share your information with other parties. For example, if you were referred to Discord, we may share information about the status of your application with your referrer.
We will only retain your information for as long as it is needed to fulfill the purposes outlined in the How we use your information section of this policy, and as permitted by law. If you become employed at Discord, your application information will become part of your employment record and will be processed and retained in accordance with the Discord Employee Privacy Policy.
You may have specific rights under data protection law as described below. If you wish to learn more about these rights and whether they apply to you, contact your local data protection authority, or contact Discord’s DPO as detailed at the bottom of this Notice.
You may have the right to request access to your Personal Data and to request that the Company update, correct or delete (the “right to be forgotten”) your Personal Data as provided by applicable law. You also have the right to restrict, and to object to, the Company’s processing of your Personal Data and to data portability as provided by applicable law. Subject to certain limitations, the right to data portability allows you to request from the Company, or to ask the Company to send to a third party, a copy of your Personal Data in electronic form that you provided to the Company in connection with your application or candidacy or with your consent. Your right to access your Personal Data includes your right to request a copy of your Personal Data in the Company’s possession, to the extent this right is relevant in the employment context, and as long as the Company would not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.
Right To Object: You may have the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data based solely on the Company’s or the Parent Corporation’s legitimate interests. If you do object in these circumstances, the processing of your Personal Data will be stopped unless there is an overriding, compelling reason to continue the processing or the processing is necessary to establish, pursue or defend legal claims.
You may exercise these rights by submitting an email to privacy@discordapp.com. The Company will respond to such requests in accordance with applicable data protection law. If you believe that your Personal Data has been processed in violation of applicable data protection law, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority where you live, where you work, or where you believe the violation occurred.
If the Company requests your consent to process your Personal Data and you do consent, you may use the contact information above to withdraw your consent. Any withdrawal shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal, and the Company will continue to retain the information that you provided us before you withdrew your consent for as long as allowed or required by applicable law.
In addition to the contact details provided in this Notice, you may also reach out to our Data Protection Officer at DPO@discordapp.com in case you have any questions or concerns.
