1. Introduction
StackRoute Learning, Division of NIIT Limited and its affiliates (hereafter referred to as
“STACKROUTE”) are committed to protect your Personal
Information. Uniform practices for collecting, using, disclosing, storing, retaining, disposing,
accessing, transferring or otherwise processing
such information assists StackRoute in processing Personal Information fairly and appropriately,
disclosing it and/or transferring it only under
appropriate circumstances. This privacy policy relates to our use of any Personal Information
StackRoute collects from you.
This Policy tells you how STACKROUTE uses your Personal Information collected through this website.
Please read this Policy before submitting any
Personal Information.
Please Note: The privacy practices set forth in this Policy are for Personal information collected
on this website only.
2. Definitions
'Personal Information' means the personally identifiable information provided by you in relation to
or in connection with your employment or prospective
employment with STACKROUTE.
'System' means the computer network or computer system or computer resource of STACKROUTE which
receives your Personal Information.
'Website' means the portal / interface of system which receives your Personal Information.
3. Purpose
The purpose of this Policy is to highlight various obligations, best practices and processes that
support compliance with data privacy regulations applicable to STACKROUTE in its role as both data
controller as well as processor of Personal Information.
4. Applicability
This policy applies to all STACKROUTE personnel, operating units, and wholly owned subsidiaries worldwide.
5. Collection and use of information
5.1 Collection of your information
STACKROUTE collects, processes, and retains Personal Information when you access and interact with
the website. It also maintains the Personal
Information in the System which relates to your employment. You may choose to provide STACKROUTE
with information, such as your name, email address,
company information, street address, telephone number, or other information, to access protected
information on the System or so STACKROUTE can connect
up with you after your visit. Personal Information may include, but is not limited to:
- I. Your name, physical address, email addresses, and telephone numbers
- II. Behavioral or demographic attributes, when tied to personal identifiers
- III. Previous Employment Details
- IV. Financial and bank account details
- V. Employment records
- VI. Company Profile
- VII. Background checks
5.2 How STACKROUTE uses your information
Any of the information that STACKROUTE collects from you may be used in one of the following ways:
To provide employment related services: STACKROUTE shall process your Personal Information for
financial, accounting, payroll and compensation, rewards
and reimbursement benefits, succession and resource planning in relation to employment related
services.
- A. To gather details about employees application use: Your Personal Information helps STACKROUTE
to more effectively respond to your requests and queries to make the application interface user
friendly.
- B. To process transactions: STACKROUTE may use Personal Information along with banking
information to process your transactions for salary and expense reimbursement transactions.
- C. To send periodic emails: The email address you provide will be used to send you information
and updates pertaining to employment transactions within STACKROUTE.
- D. Select Content, Improve Quality and Facilitate Use of the other interface: STACKROUTE may use
your Personal Information to help create and personalize content on our website, facilitate your
use of the website for
example, to facilitate navigation and the login process for internal sites, avoid duplicate data
entry, enhance security, improve quality, track campaign and survey responsiveness and evaluate
page response rates.
- E. Obtain third party services: As part of the hiring process, STACKROUTE shares relevant
information completed by you to obtain a background check and provide you with the compensation
and benefits offered.
- F. For Compliance: Your Personal Information may be used to comply with the respective statutory
mandates of the government or law enforcement agencies or any other competent authorities, which
may be applicable in relation to your employment with STACKROUTE.
6. Fairness and Purpose
STACKROUTE will collect adequate, relevant and necessary Personal Information, and will process the
same fairly and lawfully for the purpose it is
collected. The purpose of collection will be specified not later than at the time of data collection
or on each occasion of change of purpose.
7. Accuracy of information
The information held by STACKROUTE on the System shall be checked with you from time to time to
ensure that it remains up-to-date. Should there
be any change in your Personal Information, you should notify STACKROUTE and update your details on
the website immediately.
8. Distribution of Information
8.1 Information Disclosure
- A. STACKROUTE does not share, sell, rent, or trade Personal Information collected through its
System with third parties for their sole promotional purposes or as otherwise outlined in this
Privacy Policy. STACKROUTE may share information with third party service providers contracted to
provide services on its behalf for processing to provide your employment outsource related
services and benefits and other business purposes. These third-party service providers may only
use information STACKROUTE provides to them as requested and instructed by STACKROUTE.
- B. STACKROUTE may disclose your Personal Information as it may believe to be necessary or
appropriate:
- I. under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence;
- II. to comply with legal process;
- III. to respond to requests from public and government authorities, including public and
government authorities outside your country of residence, for national security and/or law
enforcement purposes;
- IV. to enforce our terms and conditions; and
- V. to allow it to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that it may sustain.
- C. Additionally, in the event of a reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment,
transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in
connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings), STACKROUTE may transfer the personal
information STACKROUTE may have collected to the relevant third party.
- D. If STACKROUTE goes through a business transition, such as a merger, acquisition by another
company, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, your personal information collected through
our website may be among the assets transferred. A prominent notice will appear on our website(s)
for 30 days after any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.
- E. STACKROUTE may share information with governmental agencies or other companies assisting it
in fraud prevention or investigation. It may do so when:
- I. permitted or required by law; or,
- II. trying to protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud or unauthorized
transactions; or,
- III. Investigating fraud which has already taken place. The information is not provided to
these companies for marketing purposes.
8.2 Cross-Border Data Transfers
When conducting business, working on Company projects, or implementing new processes or systems, an
operation may require the transfer of Personal
Information to other entities or third parties that are located outside of the STACKROUTE operation's
country of business. While permissible data
transfer mechanisms are defined by applicable law or regulation, examples include:
- I. a data transfer agreement with the party who will access or obtain the personal information;
- II. Notice to and/or approval from a country's local data protection authority; or
- III. Notice to and/or consent from the individual whose data is to be transferred.
9. Consent and Control
9.1 Consent
Consent is often referred to as your choice to “opt-in” or “opt-out” of the Company's use of
Personal Information and is usually obtained by a
“check box” or signature confirming the individual understands and agrees to the processing of their
personal information. At times, express
written consent from you may be required based on the information processing activity. STACKROUTE
receives your consent prior to:
- I. collecting, using, or processing your personal information, including sensitive personal
information, in certain ways or sharing the
individual's personal information with any third party;
- II. transferring your Personal Information outside of your country of residence
- III. using or placing web cookies on your computer or other electronic devices.
9.2 Control of your information
- A. STACKROUTE also provides you with the right to control their personal information, which
includes the right to access, modify, erase, restrict,
transmit, or object to certain uses of their information.
- B. You may request to review, correct, update, suppress, or otherwise modify any of your
personal information that you have previously provided
to STACKROUTE through this website, or object to the use or processing of such Personal
Information by STACKROUTE. You have the ability to
update your personal profile at any time. If you have questions about your account or are having
trouble accessing your account, you can
request help by contacting Human Resources or the IT department. If you have privacy concerns
regarding access to or the correction of
your personal information, please contact STACKROUTE Privacy office, contact information mentioned
at Section 14 hereunder.
- C. In your request, please make clear what Personal Information you would like to have changed,
whether you would like to have your
Personal Information that you have provided to STACKROUTE suppressed from our database or
otherwise let STACKROUTE know what limitations
you would like to put on our use of your Personal Information that you have provided to
STACKROUTE.
- D. While the majority of questions and issues related to access can be handled quickly, complex
requests may take more effort and time.
In such cases, issues will be addressed, or you will be contacted regarding the nature of the
problem and appropriate next steps, within thirty days.
10. Data Storage
Your personal information is stored in the System. STACKROUTE also provides information on your
behalf to external vendors for benefits administration.
11. Commitment to Data Security
- A. Your personally identifiable information is kept secure. Only authorized employees, and other
third-party providers (who have agreed to keep
information secure and confidential) have access to this information.
- B. STACKROUTE ensures that our supplier employs industry standard security measures to ensure
the security of information through legally
binding terms and conditions. However, users of our website are responsible for maintaining the
security of any password, user ID, or other
form of authentication involved in obtaining access to secure areas of the website. Access to and
use of password protected and/or secure
areas of the website are restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized access to such areas is
prohibited and may lead to criminal prosecution.
- C. Use of cookies - STACKROUTE uses various technologies to collect and store information when
you visit the website and this may include
using cookies or similar technologies to identify your browser or device. STACKROUTE also uses
these technologies to collect and store
information when you interact with services STACKROUTE offers. You can configure your browser to
refuse cookies or to warn you before
a cookie is placed. If you disable cookies, some parts of our websites may not function properly
or not work at all.
- D. EU – U.S. Privacy Shield Statement - STACKROUTE complies with to the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department
of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal information transferred from
the European Union to the United States.
STACKROUTE has certified to the Department of Commerce that it adheres to the Privacy Shield
Principles. If there is any conflict between the
terms in this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the policy with higher degree of
restrictions shall prevail.
12. Retention and Disposal
We keep your Personally Identifiable Information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for
which the Personally Identifiable Information is
processed. The length of time we retain Personally Identifiable Information for depends on the
purposes for which we collect and use it and/or as
required to comply with applicable laws and to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
13. Your Consent
- A. Please refer to end of this policy for providing your consent. Your consent to personal data
collection and processing may be revoked by
notifying STACKROUTE (See section Privacy Contact Information).
- B. Please note, in case you choose to not provide STACKROUTE with the consent or withdraw the
consent at any given point of time, STACKROUTE
shall not be able to provide the services as detailed in section 5.2 of this policy.
14. Privacy Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Statement or if you need to update, change or
remove information, you can do so by contacting
human Resources. If you wish to report any policy violations or have any escalation related to
handling of personal data, you may contact
Privacy Office at STACKROUTE by addressing email to: PrivacyOffice@niit.com.
15. Changes to this Policy
This Policy will be updated subject to any changes in information collection, activities performed
or any applicable regulations. You are encouraged to
review the privacy policy whenever you visit the STACKROUTE website to make sure that you understand
how any personal information you provide will be used.