Privacy Policy

Place-Mint Recruitment is a UAE-based recruitment consultancy providing recruitment, talent search and related services to candidates and employers across the UAE and Middle East.

For personal information collected through our website and recruitment activities, Place-Mint generally acts as the data controller, meaning we determine why and how personal information is processed.

The information we collect depends on how you interact with us.

Candidate Information

When you submit a CV, create an application or communicate with us regarding employment opportunities, we may collect information including:

• Full name
• Email address
• Mobile or WhatsApp number
• Current location
• Nationality
• Current job title
• Employment history
• Total professional experience
• UAE or GCC experience
• Education and professional qualifications
• Technical skills and competencies
• Preferred industry or job category
• Current and expected salary
• Notice period
• Visa or employment status
• CV, resume and supporting documents
• Jobs you have applied for
• Application history and recruitment status
• Interview or recruiter notes
• Communication history with Place-Mint
• Any other information you voluntarily provide

Please avoid providing unnecessary sensitive personal information in your CV or application unless it is relevant and legally required for recruitment purposes.

Employer and Business Contact Information

When an employer or company contacts us regarding recruitment requirements, we may collect:

• Name
• Company name
• Job title
• Business email address
• Telephone or WhatsApp number
• Hiring requirements
• Vacancy information
• Number of positions
• Location
• Experience requirements
• Salary or compensation information
• Other information relevant to the recruitment assignment

Website and Technical Information

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Pages visited
• Date and time of visits
• Referral source
• Cookie information
• Website interaction and usage data

We may collect information:

• Directly from you through our website
• When you submit your CV
• When you apply for a vacancy
• When you submit a hiring requirement
• When you contact us by email, telephone or WhatsApp
• Through professional networking platforms and recruitment channels
• Through publicly available professional information
• Through employers, recruitment partners or professional referrals where lawful
• Automatically through cookies and website technologies

We may process personal information for purposes including:

Recruitment and Candidate Services

• Creating and maintaining a candidate profile
• Reviewing your qualifications, skills and experience
• Matching your profile with suitable employment opportunities
• Processing applications for specific vacancies
• Maintaining your application history
• Contacting you regarding suitable opportunities
• Arranging interviews or communicating recruitment updates
• Assessing your suitability for particular roles
• Presenting relevant candidate profiles to prospective employers
• Supporting recruitment and placement activities

Employer Services

• Responding to hiring enquiries
• Understanding recruitment requirements
• Advertising vacancies
• Identifying and presenting suitable candidates
• Communicating regarding recruitment assignments
• Managing recruitment relationships

Website and Business Operations

• Responding to enquiries
• Operating and maintaining our website
• Improving our recruitment services
• Maintaining internal business records
• Preventing fraud, misuse or security incidents
• Meeting legal, regulatory and compliance obligations

Where required under applicable law, we process personal information on an appropriate legal basis.

This may include:

• Your consent
• Taking steps requested by you in connection with recruitment services
• Performing or preparing to perform contractual obligations
• Compliance with legal or regulatory requirements
• Protecting legitimate interests relating to our recruitment and business activities, where permitted by law
• Protecting the rights or interests of Place-Mint, candidates, employers or other persons where legally permitted

Where processing relies on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time by contacting us.

Withdrawal of consent will not affect processing that was lawfully carried out before the withdrawal.

When you submit a CV or application, you may be asked to confirm that you consent to Place-Mint processing your information for recruitment purposes.

Your candidate profile may remain in our recruitment database so that we can consider you for suitable current or future opportunities.

Applying for one vacancy does not prevent us from considering you for another suitable opportunity where permitted by your consent and applicable law.

If you no longer wish to remain in our recruitment database, you may contact us at:

info@place-mint.ae

We do not sell or rent personal information.

Where reasonably necessary for recruitment or business operations, we may share relevant personal information with:

• Prospective employers and clients
• Companies recruiting for positions relevant to your profile
• Recruitment partners where appropriate
• Website hosting providers
• Cloud storage providers
• Email and communication providers
• Recruitment or applicant-tracking technology providers
• IT and cybersecurity service providers
• Analytics and website-support providers
• Professional advisers
• Government, regulatory or legal authorities where required by law

We aim to share only information reasonably necessary for the relevant purpose.

Candidate information will not intentionally be circulated to unrelated parties for purposes unrelated to recruitment.

Some of our technology, hosting, cloud, communication or recruitment service providers may process or store information outside the United Arab Emirates.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such transfers are conducted in accordance with applicable UAE data-protection requirements and appropriate safeguards.

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and for applicable legal, regulatory, contractual, recruitment or record-keeping requirements.

Candidate information may be retained while you remain part of our recruitment database so that we can consider you for suitable opportunities.

You may request deletion of your personal information, subject to any legal or legitimate requirement that permits or requires us to retain certain information.

Where information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete, anonymise or securely dispose of it.

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:

• Request information about how your data is processed
• Request access to personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion or erasure of your personal information
• Request restriction of certain processing activities
• Object to certain processing activities
• Request transfer or portability of your information where applicable
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Raise a concern regarding the handling of your personal information

To exercise any of these rights, contact:

info@place-mint.ae

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

We take reasonable organisational, administrative and technical measures designed to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorised access
• Accidental loss
• Unlawful disclosure
• Alteration
• Misuse
• Destruction

These measures may include access controls, secure hosting, password protection, backups and appropriate security practices.

However, no internet-based system or electronic storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Candidates are responsible for ensuring that documents submitted to Place-Mint are accurate and lawful.

Please avoid including unnecessary confidential or highly sensitive personal information in your CV.

Where CVs are shared with prospective employers, they will be shared for legitimate recruitment purposes.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to:

• Enable essential website functionality
• Remember user preferences
• Improve website performance
• Understand website traffic and usage
• Support analytics and security

Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies will be used subject to appropriate consent.

You may manage cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through our cookie-preference controls.

Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, social-media platforms or other services.

Place-Mint is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external website you visit.

Where permitted by law and based on the information or consent you provide, we may contact you regarding:

• Job opportunities
• Recruitment updates
• Applications
• Hiring enquiries
• Recruitment services

You may ask us to stop non-essential communications at any time.

Communications directly relating to an active application, recruitment assignment or enquiry may continue where reasonably necessary.

Our recruitment website and services are intended primarily for adults seeking employment or organisations seeking recruitment services.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children for recruitment purposes except where such processing is legally permitted and appropriate.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in:

• Our services
• Technology
• Business operations
• Legal or regulatory requirements

The latest version will always be published on this page together with the date of the most recent update.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, withdraw consent, update your information or request deletion of your candidate profile, please contact us.

Place-Mint Recruitment