Privacy Policy

Carolina Precision Technologies takes Applicant privacy seriously. We want you to know how we collect, use, and disclose, your personal information.

Equal Opportunity Statement
Carolina Precision Technologies ("Company") is an equal opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or employee on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any protected category, characteristic or status. It is the Company’s policy to comply with all applicable laws in making hiring decisions.

Carolina Precision Technologies also complies with disability laws, such as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and similar state and local laws. The Company engages in an interactive process to consider requests for reasonable accommodation measures that may be necessary for qualified applicants/employees to perform the essential functions of the Company’s jobs.

This Applicant Privacy Policy explains:

The categories of personal information the Company may collect about you
The categories of sources from which we collect your personal information
The purposes for which we use your personal information
How we may disclose your personal information
How long we keep your personal information
Changes to this Privacy Policy

Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal information of job applicants to Company (“Applicants”).

“Personal information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular Applicant.

1. THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Identifiers, for example: real name, nickname, telephone number, postal address, e-mail address, and signature.
Professional or Employment-Related Information, for example: educational institutions attended, degrees and certifications, licenses, work experience and previous employers, and professional memberships.
Non-public educational information such as academic transcripts.
Commercial Information such as travel related records and expenses related to attending non-local interviews.
Internet Activity Information, for example: interactions with Company’s Internet web site, job application, or job advertisement, and publicly available social media activity.
Physical description: Photograph for a badge or if submitted as part of application materials.
Other details, for example, hobbies and leisure activities or membership in voluntary/charitable/public organizations, for example, as stated on the Applicant’s resume.
Characteristics of Protected Classifications Under State or Federal Law for Applicants, collected on a purely voluntary basis, except where collection is required by law, and used only in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, for diversity and inclusion reporting and related purposes.
Sensitive identifiers, for example: Social Security, driver's license, state identification card, or passport number.
Login credentials, for example: login credentials to an online account owned or subscribed-to by Company.

2. THE CATEGORIES OF SOURCES FROM WHICH WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You, for example, in your job application, forms you fill out for us, surveys you complete, and any information you provide us during the course of your application and interview process.
Vendors and service providers, for example, recruiters and related agencies.
Third parties, for example, job references, background check reports, affiliated companies, professional employer organizations or staffing agencies.
Public internet sources, for example, social media, job boards, public profiles, and other public online sources.
Public records, for example, court records, and credentialing and licensing organizations.
Automated technologies on Company’s electronic resources, for example, to track logins and activity on Company’s careers page.
Government or administrative agencies, for example, law enforcement or public health authorities.

3. THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Generally Applicable Purposes

Unless stated otherwise in section 3.B, below, we may use Applicants’ personal information for the following purposes:

Recruiting, including:

To evaluate Applicants’ qualifications or suitability for employment with Company
To communicate with Applicants
To conduct a pre-employment or criminal history background check
For identification purposes
For diversity and inclusion purposes
To arrange and manage Company-sponsored events
To create a talent pool for future job openings
For recordkeeping purposes
To demonstrate Applicants’ agreement to, or acceptance of, documents presented to them, e.g., acknowledgment of employment application, offer letter
To evaluate and improve the recruiting process
To promote Company as a place to work

Monitoring, Security, and Compliance, including:

To monitor use of Company information systems and other electronic resources or information systems
To conduct internal audits
To conduct internal investigations
To protect the safety and security of Company’s facilities
To report suspected criminal conduct to law enforcement and cooperate in investigations
To monitor compliance with Company policies
To exercise Company’s rights under applicable law and to support any claim, defense, or declaration in a case or before a jurisdictional and/or administrative authority, arbitration, or mediation panel

Conducting Our Business, including:

For training purposes or quality assurance with respect to Company employees conducting the interviews or otherwise assisting with the recruiting and hiring process
For travel and event planning
To engage in crisis management
To manage travel reimbursements

Miscellaneous Other Purposes:

To manage and operate information technology and communications systems, risk management and insurance functions, budgeting, financial management and reporting, strategic planning;
To manage litigation involving Company, and other legal disputes and inquiries and to meet legal and regulatory requirements;
To protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, HR Individuals, customers, or others.

Purposes For Using Applicants’ Health Information:

To the extent necessary to comply with Company’s legal obligations, such as to accommodate disabilities
To protect the health and safety of Company’s employees and facilities
For occupational health and safety compliance and record-keeping
To respond to an Applicant’s medical emergency

Note: This Privacy Policy does not cover health information governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) because these laws have their own disclosure requirements.

Purposes For Using Applicants’ Protected Categories of Information: Company collects information about race, age, national origin, disability, sex, and veteran status as necessary to comply with legal obligations, including the reporting requirements of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Act, the federal Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (applicable to government contractors), and state laws, and for purposes of diversity analytics.

Company also uses this personal information for purposes including: (a) with respect to disability and/or medical condition, as necessary, to comply with federal and state law related to accommodation; and (b) with respect to age, incidentally to the use of birth date for identity verification.

4. HOW WE MAY DISCLOSE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Company generally maintains information related to Applicants as confidential. However, from time to time, Company may have a legitimate business need to disclose Applicants’ personal information for one of the purposes listed in Section 2, above, to one or more of the categories of external recipients listed below. In that event, Company discloses your personal information and/or sensitive personal information only to the minimum extent necessary to achieve the purpose of the disclosure and only if the disclosure is permitted by the CPRA and other applicable laws.

Service Providers and Contractors: Company discloses your personal information to service providers and contractors for the purposes above to assist us in our recruiting efforts and in meeting our business needs and legal obligations.

Company only discloses your personal information to service providers and contractors subject to written contracts as required by applicable law.
Service providers and contractors include recruiters, law firms, travel agencies, and any other entity providing services to Company.

Member Companies, Clients and Customers: At times, we may assist member owner cooperatives or related businesses with staffing needs and may conduct recruiting and/or hiring activities.

Government or administrative agencies: These may include, for example:

    Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as required for reporting.

    Law enforcement in the event of criminal investigations.

Required Disclosures: We may be required to disclose personal information in a court proceeding, in response to a court order, subpoena, civil discovery request, other legal process, or as otherwise required by law.

Legal Compliance and Protections: We may disclose personal information when we believe disclosure is necessary to comply with the law or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Company, our users, or others.

Corporate Transactions: We may disclose your personal information in connection with a corporate merger, consolidation, bankruptcy, the sale of all, or substantially all, of our membership interests and/or assets or other corporate change, including to any prospective purchasers.

5. HOW LONG WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

If Company hires you, the information collected about your during the job application process may become part of your personnel file and may be used to administer the employment relationship and for related reporting and recordkeeping purposes. Company will retain application information for the entire duration of your employment relationship with Company and for as long thereafter as permitted or required by applicable law. Company makes its document retention schedule available to employees for review.

Company will retain information of applicants who are not hired for two (2) years after the record is collected. During that time, we may use your information to consider you for positions in addition to the position(s) for which you initially applied.

6. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

If we change this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page and update the Privacy Policy modification date above. If we materially change this Privacy Policy in a way that affects how we use or disclose your personal information, we will provide a prominent notice of such changes and the effective date of the changes before making them.