Last updated on 14 April 2021

Privacy Policy

Talents from Lebanon (“TFL”) is committed to protecting the privacy of users of this website (the “Talentsfromlebanon.com”) and will do everything in its power to ensure that users’ Personal Data is treated with respect to their fundamental rights and freedoms as well as personal dignity, with particular reference to confidentiality.

We at TFL have thus prepared this Privacy Policy in order to briefly explain to you how we will collect, use, share and secure your Personal Data. It also describes your choices regarding use, access and correction of your Personal Data.

We may require users to provide certain personal information and details in order to provide our services, and we would therefore like to explain the procedures and ways in which we handle data supplied to us.

This Privacy Policy will also provide you with full information so that you are able to consent to the processing of your Personal Data in an explicit and informed manner, where appropriate.

In general, any information and data carried out by TFL will respect the principles of lawfulness, fairness, transparency, purpose limitation, storage limitation, data minimization, accuracy, integrity and confidentiality.

What information do we collect from you?

As you use the Website and, in particular, as you provide information and upload files to the Website in order to access the Website’s services, TFL may collect and process information related to you as an individual and which allows you to be identified, either directly or together with additional information (“Personal Data”). This information can be collected by TFL both when you choose to provide it (e.g., when you request any services provided by TFL over the Website).

Data voluntarily provided by users

When creating an account on the Website, you will be asked to provide certain Personal Data such as contact details (e.g. your name, email address, telephone number, country of residence and physical address) and marketing preferences.

Browsing data

The Website’s operation, as is standard with any websites on the Internet, involves the use of computer systems and software procedures, which collect information about the Website’s users as part of their routine operation, whose transmission is automatic when using Internet communication protocols.

Although TFL does not collect this information in order to associate it to specific users, it is still possible that, by their nature and through processing and association with further data held by third parties, such data may permit to identify user, either directly via that information or by using other information collected. As such, this information must also be considered Personal Data.

Statistical information

We provide aggregate statistical information about site visitors and users to recruiters (number of visitors to the site or number of CVs on the database) and for other lawful purposes. We provide this information to customers, advertisers, suppliers and other reputable third parties. This will not include any information that enables them to identify individuals.

Processing activities

The processing of data shall be made by such procedures, technical and electronic means, which are suitable to protect the confidentiality and security of data.

• To provide answers or services you request, including allowing the creation of an account, to receive information from TFL and sending you alerts by means of push notifications; to verify your identity and assist you, in case you lose or forget your login/password details for any of TFL registration services; to allow you to create and maintain a registered user profile, to process transactions and enrolments you request, to contact you when necessary and respond to your requests and enquiries, including emailsand to provide any other services which you may request.
• For future marketing, promotional and publicity purposes, by sending you direct e-mail marketing communication regarding products and services provided by TFL which are identical or similar to those you have previously requested through the use of the Website (“Soft Spam”).
• To create your user profile (on our Website, by collecting and analyzing information on the preferences you select and choices you make on the Website as well as on your general activities on the Website, through the use of profiling cookies (“Profiling”). This information will be used to personalize the Services provided through the Website, where possible, to suit your preferences and choices, as well as to serve you with information and advertisements which may be relevant to you and your interests, to propose customized offers that may be of your interest, to give you information about other websites/services which TFL believes you may be interested in. All algorithms involved in this processing are regularly tested, to ensure the processing’s fairness and control for bias. Processing for this purpose is based on your consent, collected by means of the cookie pop-up banner and/or a specific tick box. It is never mandatory for you • For compliance with laws which impose upon TFL the collection and/or further processing of certain kinds of Personal Data, including regulations on contests in case users participate to contests or prizes on our Website (“Compliance”). When you provide any Personal Data to TFL, TFL must process it in accordance with the applicable laws).
• To prevent and detect any misuse of the Website, or any fraudulent activities carried out through the Website (“Misuse/Fraud”).
  Users shall not be required to provide Personal Data to browse public pages of the Website. The provision of Personal Data for the purposes mentioned above is optional, however, failure to provide required data (indicated as such in the registration form, as applicable) may prevent users from completing registration or availing of related services.

Data Transfer

Personal Data may be transferred to other countries where the premises or the servers of TFL are located.

Disclosure of Information to Others

We may disclose such information if legally required to do so, if requested to do so by a governmental entity or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process, protect our rights or property; prevent a crime or protect national security or protect the personal safety of users or the public.

Security of Personal Data

All Personal Data collected and processed through the Website will be stored and processed so as to minimize the risk of destruction, loss (including accidental loss), unauthorized access / use or incompatible use with the initial purpose of collection. This is achieved by the technical and organizational security measures put in place by TFL.

Retention of Personal Data

Generally, TFL will keep your Personal Data only for as long as strictly necessary, according to the reason for which it was collected.

Please note that most of the Personal Data you provide to TFL can be changed at any time, including your e-mail preferences, by accessing, where applicable, your profile.