Thank you for your interest in working at HARMAN International ("HARMAN").
HARMAN designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers,
consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio
and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting
the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®,
Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon® and Mark Levinson®, Harman is admired by
audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional
entertainers and the venues where they perform. Recruiting the right talent
is crucial to our goals. Because we gather certain types of information about
applicants during the recruitment process, we want to help you understand our
practices surrounding the collection, use, disclosure, transfer and other
processing of your personal information.
This Privacy Statement addresses the following topics:
This Privacy Statement applies to HARMAN International Industries
("Harman"; www.harman.com) and HARMAN Connected Services ("HCS";
www.services.harman.com). In this Privacy Statement, "the Company" refers to
the HARMAN entity to which you are submitting your application for
employment. Where Harman and HCS process your personal information
differently, this Privacy Statement will describe the different processing by
each company. Each HARMAN entity is responsible for handling applicants'
personal information in accordance with this Privacy Statement.
Your Consent
By agreeing to the terms of this Privacy Statement, you consent to the
collection, retention, use, disclosure, transfer across borders and other
processing of your personal information as described below. Before you agree
to the terms of this Privacy Statement by clicking "I agree to the processing
of my personal information, including the retention and cross-border transfer
of my personal information, as explained in this Privacy Statement", please
read this Privacy Statement carefully. Once you agree, your consent will
continue to apply to our collection, use, disclosure, cross-border transfer
and other processing of your personal information unless you withdraw your
consent by contacting us at privacy@harman.com or delete your profile. The
Company will not process your personal data for purposes other than as
described in this Privacy Statement unless (a) you consent, or (b) such other
purpose is compatible with the purposes described in this Privacy Statement
to which you have given your consent.
Scope of This Privacy Statement
This Privacy Statement applies to information collected for recruitment
purposes through this Careers Site and from other sources. The other sources
might include information that you provide other than through the online
application page as well as information provided, for example, by recruiters,
referrers, on-boarding professionals, staffing agencies, and other sources.
This Privacy Statement does not apply to any other site or page that the
Company owns or operates. Our other sites have their own privacy
policies.
Collection and Use of Personal Information
The Company's Careers Site provides information about careers and
vacancies. The Company's Careers Site collects personal information thatyou
as an applicant voluntarily submit or personal information that you
voluntarily submit for recruitment processing purposes. A summary of the
personal information collected by the Company follows.
Collection and Use of Personal Information To Create a
Profile On Harman's Careers Site
In order to apply for a position at Harman through Harman's Careers Site
you must first set up a profile. Harman requires you to provide the following
information in order to create a profile:
- Email Address
- Password
- First and last name
- Country of residence
This Privacy Statement refers to this information as your "Profile
Information." Your Profile Information will be used for the following
purposes: (1) to identify you when you login to the Harman Careers Site; and
(2) to determine whether you wish to receive job posting notifications and
notifications of new career opportunities at Harman. If you choose to apply
for a position at Harman, your email address will included as part of your
application materials, so Harman can contact you.
The legal bases for Harman's processing of your Profile Information
include (a) your consent, (b) as necessary for Harman's legitimate interests
in securing access to Harman's Careers Site, and recruiting qualified
personnel, and (c) if you choose to apply for a position with Harman, as
necessary to determine whether to enter into an employment agreement with
you.
Collection and Use of Personal Information Received
from Applicants
- For external users, or for existing employees, in addition to requesting
that you provide personal information, such as name and email address, you
may be requested to supply additional personal information, such as
employment history etc., for each job application submitted through the
Company's Careers Site.
- Applications submitted via the HCS Careers Site
(https://services.harman.com/careers) are hosted by HireCraft, a
third-party service provider with a secure server located in India.
- Applications submitted via the Careers Site (https://jobs.harman.com/) are
hosted by SuccessFactors, a third-party service provider with a secure
server located in St. Leon-Rot, Germany.
- You are responsible for ensuring that the information submitted to the
Company's Career Site is accurate and up-to-date. The falsification of any
information, falsification of other documents that you may provide, and/or
the giving of incomplete information may result in the withdrawal of any
employment offer and/or immediate termination of your employment now or in
the future.
- To the extent appropriate and in accordance with applicable local law,
the Company may seek additional data and/or verify your information by
contacting your references, referrer and other third parties, such as former
employers.
- The Company may use your personal information to contact you while your
application for employment is pending, to send you announcements, or to
request additional information as required.
- Your information may also be used for general statistical analysis and
reporting purposes, including visitor activity and demographic reports. This
data will be made anonymous.
- The Company does not require applicants to provide sensitive personal
information (e.g. data relating to gender, race or ethnic origin, political
opinions, religious beliefs, trade union membership, criminal record,
physical or mental health, or sexual orientation) through the Career Site.
However, to the extent any sensitive personal information is submitted with
your application, you agree that such information may be used in accordance
with applicable law and this Privacy Statement.
- Information submitted to the Company may be accessed and used by other
divisions of the Company world-wide to evaluate your application for
employment and for related recruiting, succession planning (i.e., evaluating
applicants for positions that may currently be filled but will open up in
the future), reporting and recordkeeping purposes, such as to check
references or to conduct pre-employment screening. If the Company hires you,
the information that you submitted through your online application and the
information that the Company collects during the application process will
become part of your employee personnel file and may be used to administer
the employment relationship and for related reporting and recordkeeping
purposes.
- The legal bases for this processing of your personal information include
your consent, as necessary to enter into and/or perform an employment
agreement with you, and as necessary for the Company's legitimate interests
in recruiting qualified personnel.
Collection and Use of Personal Information Provided by Recruiters,
Referrers, On-Boarding Professionals and Staffing Agencies
Collection and Use of Personal Information Provided by Recruiters,
Referrers, On-Boarding Professionals and Staffing Agencies
This section of the Privacy Statement applies to recruiters, referrers,
on-boarding professionals and staffing agencies that provide personal
information about themselves or about applicants whose information they
submit to the Company. Applicants can skip this section of the Privacy
Statement; it does not apply directly to them.
- Any information you provide about yourself or any applicant may be used
in accordance with this Privacy Statement, including as described
above.
- Your use of the Company's Career Site obligates you and the HARMAN
entity for which you work to comply with this Privacy Statement.
- In your role as a recruiter, referrer, on-boarding professional or
staffing agency, you must ensure that you have obtained the applicants'
explicit consent to submit information on their behalf (including, without
limitation, to the use and international transfer of such information as
described above).
- You will be responsible for ensuring that the information you provide is
accurate and up-to-date.
- You must provide the Company's Careers Site with the applicant's
up-to-date e-mail address.
- You must ensure that your use and disclosure of applicant information
maintained by the Company's Career Site, or related applications is in
compliance with the above, and that you comply with all relevant legal
requirements.
The Career Site's Use of Cookies
Please view our Cookies
Policy (https://www.harman.com/cookies-statement) to understand
information that we collect about you automatically using cookies when you
visit the Company's Career Site.
Retention of Your Profile Information
Harman will retain your Profile Information for two years after the date
on which you set up your profile.
Retention of Your Personal Information Submitted In
Connection With an Application
United States:
Please note that, if you submit an expression of interest in employment in
the United States, the Company must comply with U.S. Government regulations
to maintain your information. To do so, the Company will maintain your
application and information concerning your expression of interest for a
period of three years, unless a longer period is required by law. By
submitting your resume and other expression of interest in a position in the
U.S., you agree to allow the Company to maintain your information. If you are
hired for a position in the United States, the Company will retain your
information for the duration of the employment relationship and for the
number of years thereafter specified by the Company's data retention
policy.
Outside the United States:
With regard to non-U.S. applicants, the personal information submitted in
connection with your application for employment on the Company's Careers Site
will be retained in accordance with local law. Personal information submitted
for applicants who are not offered employment with the Company will be
retained for the duration necessary to conduct the recruitment process and/or
evaluation and for one year unless a longer or shorter period is required by
law. If you are hired for a position outside the United States, we will
retain your information for the duration of the employment relationship and
for as long thereafter as required or permitted by applicable, local law.
No Automated Decision Making
The Company does not make any decisions concerning applications of
applicants within the EU by automated means. We have the capability to engage
in automated decision making with respect to non-EU applicants, but will only
do so for the purpose of evaluating whether to enter into an employment
agreement with you.
How We May Share Your Information
The Company will not sell, lease, or license your personal information to
any third party. There are limited circumstances when the Company may share
the information that you submit on-line with third parties, most notably:
- With third-party service providers. For example, the Company retains a
service provider to host all or portions of this Careers Site, to help
maintain and manage our databases, and to assist in the recruiting process.
Service providers will be permitted to use your personal information only
for the purpose(s) for which it was disclosed to them and in accordance with
the Company's instructions. Service providers generally will be located only
in the United States or in the country where you are applying for a
position;
- With other HARMAN entities, for recruitment, recordkeeping and/or
reporting purposes;
- When required by law, such as when the Company responds to subpoenas,
court orders, legal process, or a discovery request in civil
litigation;
- If the Company believes that your actions violate applicable law, or
threaten the rights, property, or safety of the Company, our users, or
others;
- If the Company sells some or all of its business, the Company may
disclose all of the information that it has collected about you to a
purchaser or, in due diligence, to a potential purchaser, but subject to a
confidentiality agreement.
The Company will make such disclosures only as permitted by applicable
data protection laws.
If you are hired and your applicant information becomes part of your
personnel file, the Company will provide you with a notice, where required by
law, that describes how your information will be shared and otherwise
processed.
International Transfer of Your Personal Information
Authorized employees of the Company at locations worldwide may have access
to your personal information as part of the recruitment process. These
employees may use and disclose your personal information only for recruitment
purposes, and must handle that information in accordance with this Privacy
Statement and applicable data protection laws. The data protection laws in
the countries in which these authorized employees are located may be less
stringent than the laws of your home country. You may contact us if you wish
to find out more information regarding the countries in which the Company is
located and from which the Company's authorized employees may access your
personal information.
Security for Your Personal Information
The Company has implemented reasonable technical and organizational
measures for the purpose of protecting applicants' personal information
against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss, alteration,
unauthorized disclosure or access and against any other unlawful forms of
processing. However, these measures are not absolute, and the Company cannot
guarantee the security of your personal information. In addition, the
transmission of data over the Internet by its nature entails the use of
systems under the control of third parties. As a result the Company cannot
ensure the security of such systems.
Your Rights With Respect To Your Personal Information
You may have the right, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to
access, update, correct or delete the personal information the Company has
collected about you. You can exercise these rights, consistent with
applicable law, as follows:
HCS Applicants:
You can exercise these rights by contacting privacy@harman.com. HCS will
respond to such requests in accordance with applicable data protection
law.
Individuals Who Create a Profile on Harman's Careers Site:
You can review or update your information at any time by accessing your
profile on Harman's Careers Site. You may also delete your profile from
Harman's Careers Site by clicking "Delete Profile" on the "My Candidate
Profile" and by visiting https://jobs.harman.com/talentcommunity/managePII/
and entering the email address associated with the profile that you wish to
be deleted.
Harman Applicants:
You can update your profile information as described above. To withdraw
your application from any particular job to which you applied, you must
select "withdraw application" directly on the Harman Career Site "Job
Application" page. You also can submit a request to exercise your rights to
privacy@harman.com.
Residents of the European Union ("EU"):
If you are an EU resident, you also have the right to restrict, or to
object to the processing of, your personal data as well as the right to data
portability. Subject to certain limitations, the right to data portability
allows you to obtain from the Company, or to ask the Company to send to a
third party, a copy of your personal information in electronic form that you
provided to the Company with your consent.
Right To Object:
Applicable law may provide you with the right to object to the processing
of your personal information based solely on the Company's legitimate
interests. If you do object in these circumstances, the Company will stop
processing your personal information unless there is an overriding,
compelling reason to continue the processing or the processing is necessary
to establish, pursue or defend legal claims.
EU residents can exercise their rights by contacting privacy@harman.com
for further information and assistance. The Company will respond to such
requests in accordance with applicable data protection law. You may also opt
out of future email communications from the Company by contacting
privacy@harman.com.
You can contact the Company at privacy@harman.com if you would like to
withdraw your consent to the Company's use, disclosure, transfer or other
processing of your personal information as described in this Privacy
Statement. 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 before you withdrew your consent for as long as
allowed or required by applicable law. Please understand that if you withdraw
your consent and the Company does not have an alternative, lawful basis for
processing your personal data, the Company may not be able to consider your
application for employment.
Assistance for Disabled Applicants
If you are an applicant in the United States with a disability or a
disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are
unable or limited in your ability to use or access a HARMAN Careers Site as a
result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by
sending an e-mail to privacy@harman.com.
This option is available only to those needing an accommodation related to
a disability. Information related to existing profiles or applications will
not be provided via the above e-mail address. In order to express interest,
it is helpful if you provide the information related to the specific position
you are interested in (for example, requisition number, job title, location,
etc.). Applicant profiles can also be submitted.
No Contract or Offer
Nothing contained in this Privacy Statement creates, or is intended to
create, a contract or agreement between any HARMAN entity and visitors
visiting the Careers Site or with any persons who submit personal information
through this site. Nothing on the Careers Site shall constitute an offer of
employment.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Company seeks to recruit and maintain individuals having the necessary
skills, knowledge, and experience essential for the function the applicant is
applying for and therefore enforces a thorough and fair recruitment process.
When you submit an expression of interest in employment with the Company for
a position in the United States, you will be prompted to voluntarily disclose
certain information that the United States government requests the Company to
collect, including race, ethnicity, age, veteran status and gender
information. Such information will not be used to make interviewing or
employment decisions, and it will be maintained separately from your resume
and expression of interest in employment. The voluntary disclosure form is
the only proper means for you to disclose race, ethnicity, and gender
information. If you choose not to submit such voluntary disclosure form, this
will not influence the recruitment process.
Your resume and your expression of interest for a United States position
must not include information that explicitly identifies your age, race,
color, ethnicity, gender, disability status, or other status protected by
laws in the United States. Do not submit a photograph of yourself.
E-Verify
US Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and
employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. The
Company participates in E-Verify.
Click here
(http://www.uscis.gov/files/nativedocuments/PrtcpPstr-SWA-ENG-NoPhotoTool-v8.pdf)
for more information.
Inquiries and Complaints
Please direct any questions, request for removal of personal information,
and comments or complaints you may have about this Privacy Statement to
privacy@harman.com. Residents of the EU have the right to lodge a complaint
with their local data protection authority concerning the Company's
processing of their personal data.
Changes to This Privacy Statement
The Company may change this Privacy Statement from time to time in its
sole discretion. If the Company makes a material change to this Privacy
Statement, we will inform you by posting a notice on this site. Those changes
will go into effect on the effective date posted in the revised notice. The
new privacy statement will apply to all current and past users of the online
application page and to all information collected before the date of the
change. The new privacy statement will replace any prior privacy statements
that are inconsistent. Please check periodically for changes to this Privacy
Statement, and especially before you provide any personal information to the
Company. If the Company materially changes how we use, disclose or otherwise
process your personal information, we will contact you before doing so and
obtain your consent, where legally required to do so, before using,
disclosing or otherwise processing your personal information other than as
described in this Privacy Statement.
