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This Privacy Policy explains how HirGulf ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, shares and protects your personal information when you use our website and services (the "Platform"). HirGulf is a job marketplace connecting job seekers and employers across the Gulf. By using the Platform you agree to this policy.

1. Who we are

HirGulf operates this Platform and is the controller of the personal data described here. For any privacy question or request, contact us via our Contact page.

2. Information we collect

• Account details: name, email address, password (stored only as a secure hash), phone number (optional), language preference, and whether you register as a job seeker or an employer.
• Job-seeker profile & applications: your headline, “about you” text, skills, experience, education, the Gulf country you want to work in, where you currently live, desired salary, CV/résumé and any documents you upload, and messages you send with an application.
• Optional fields: gender, nationality and date of birth. These are optional, you can leave them blank, and we never use them to unlawfully discriminate. Your date of birth is never shown publicly — your talent ad displays only the age derived from it (for example “32 years old”). We use it to check age-based job requirements you choose to apply against, and to send you a birthday greeting once a year.
• Employer & company data: company name, description, logo, location, website and the trade/commercial licence you upload for verification.
• Messages: the content of chats between seekers and employers on the Platform.
• Payment data (only if enabled): subscriptions and paid listings are processed by our payment provider (Stripe). We do not store your full card details.
• Usage & device data: pages viewed, searches, IP address and browser/device information, used for security, fraud prevention and (with your consent) analytics.

3. How we use your information

• To create and operate your account and provide the Platform.
• To connect seekers and employers, show relevant jobs and candidates, and enable in-app messaging.
• To detect, prevent and investigate fraud, scams, spam and abuse (including automated screening and our Verified-employer checks).
• To send service communications (email verification, application and message updates, and — if you opt in — job alerts). If you provide a date of birth we also send one birthday greeting a year; you can remove the date at any time to stop it.
• To keep job requirements meaningful: when you change a detail that jobs screen on (nationality, date of birth, gender, education or experience), we record the time of that change and apply a short waiting period before you can apply to jobs listing those as strict requirements.
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms.
• To measure and improve the Platform.

4. Legal bases (where GDPR-style law applies)

We rely on: performance of a contract (to provide the service you signed up for); your consent (e.g. analytics/advertising cookies and marketing emails, which you can withdraw at any time); legitimate interests (security, fraud prevention, improving the Platform); and legal obligation.

5. Cookies & tracking

We use strictly necessary cookies to keep the Platform secure and working — these are always on. Analytics and advertising cookies load only after you accept them in our cookie banner, and you can decline. Security tools such as reCAPTCHA may also be used to prevent abuse.

6. How we share information

• With employers: if you make your talent profile public or apply to / message an employer, the information you chose to share becomes visible to that employer.
• Service providers: trusted vendors who process data on our behalf under contract — hosting, email delivery, analytics and payments.
• Legal & safety: where required by law, or to protect users, the public or our rights.
• We do not sell your personal data.

7. International transfers

Our providers may process data in countries other than yours. Where we transfer data internationally, we take steps to ensure an appropriate level of protection.

8. Data retention

• Account & profile: kept until you delete your account.
• Chats: conversations are automatically deleted after a short period of inactivity (around 3 days), except where kept as evidence for an abuse report.
• Job ads & talent ads: job posts run for about 60 days and public talent profiles for about 90 days, after which they close until renewed.
• We may keep limited data longer where needed for legal, security or fraud-prevention reasons. Backups are retained for a limited period.

9. Your rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, export, restrict or object to processing of your personal data, and to withdraw consent. To exercise them:

• Download my data and Delete my account are available directly in Settings → Privacy & your data.
• You can make your talent profile public or private, and unsubscribe from non-essential emails, at any time.
• For any other request, contact us. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.

10. Security

We apply industry-standard safeguards — including password hashing, encrypted connections and access controls — to protect your data. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Children

The Platform is intended for adults (18+). We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a minor has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

12. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. We will post the updated version here and change the "last updated" date above; significant changes may be notified in-app or by email.

13. Contact

Questions or requests about privacy? Reach us via our Contact page.