Effective Date: 1 December 2025

Introduction

This website and platform (“Hire”) hire.talent.al is owned and operated by talent.al Shpk (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “Hire”, or “our”), a company registered in the Republic of Albania at the QKB under registration number NIPT M46903008T, with registered address at Str. Ibrahim Rugova, Sky Tower, 8/1 Floor, Tiranë, Albania respects the privacy of individuals with regard to personal data and is committed to protecting the privacy of its users, and strives to provide a safe, secure user experience. Hire places great importance and/or priority on data security and data protection.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect your personal information when you use Hire as an Employer, Recruiter, or Company Representative (a “Customer”), Job Seeker or Candidate.

Protecting personal rights is integral to talent.al corporate culture and built into Hire services and products. This Privacy Policy sets out our practices and policies with respect to your Personal Data (defined below) including its collection, purpose and disclosure (“Privacy Policy”), and this Privacy Policy also serves to give you notice pursuant to The Albanian Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024 and its regulations (collectively referred to as “Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024”).

This policy is regarding your privacy with respect to the use of the Hire job site service and this Privacy Policy covers all units, departments and operations of talent.al and the websites operated by talent.al that includes, but is not limited to, sites of the following brands: talent.al, HRTE Community, HRTE +Consulting and Hire (the “Site”).

By continuing to access the Site, communicating with us, opting-in when presented with choices or voluntarily providing your personal data to us, you warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and expressly consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. We do not process any sensitive data and do not process personal data of children under 18 years of age. If you are using the Site on behalf of an entity, by using the Site you represent that you have the necessary rights and authority to agree the Privacy Policy on behalf of that entity.

Please refer to our Terms and Conditions (employers and job seekers) which governs your use and access to our services when you access the Site. Our Terms and Conditions (employers and jobseekers) may be updated occasionally, and you should read and understand them which you shall be bound to by continuing to access the Site, providing your information or engaging in our services.

The Site may contain links to other sites or websites. However, please be aware that we, Hire are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such other sites or websites (including those of our subsidiaries). We distinguish these third-party sites and websites by methods such as either opening them in a separate browser window or within a frame indicating the area within is not part of the Site. In these instances, our Privacy Policy herein will not apply. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Site and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that you visit.

The following discloses Hire information gathering and dissemination practices for the Site:

1. Types of data and information we collect

In connection with your use of the Site, we ask for and may collect information from and about you in different ways and at different points on the Site.

What personal data do we process and why?

Personal DataPurpose of ProcessingLegal Basis (Albanian Law & GDPR)
Contact details (name, job title, company, work email, phone number, address)To manage our business relationship with you or your company, provide services, issue invoices, and communicate with youPerformance of contract & Legitimate interest (running our business)
Contact details (especially if you use a personal email)To send you marketing communications about our products and servicesConsent (for personal emails) or Legitimate interest (for professional emails)
Usage data (how you use Hire: number of job postings, searches performed, credits/quota usage, etc.)To understand how customers use our platform, improve services, support account management and contract renewalsLegitimate interest (improving and managing customer relationships)
Feedback and survey responsesTo improve our services and measure customer satisfactionLegitimate interest (product and service improvement)
Logs of your activity on the platform, email open/click ratesTo analyse and improve the functionality and user experience of HireLegitimate interest (platform improvement) & Consent (where cookies or similar technologies are used)
Any personal data included in support requests or complaintsTo resolve your queries or complaintsLegitimate interest & Legal obligation

The Personal Data (defined below) being and/or that may be collected, obtained and/or received by us are from various sources, including from the following:

1. From you:

  • First, in order to participate in the Site, you must sign up for an account on the relevant talent.al domains or sub-domains. When you join the Site, we collect Personal Data including but not limited to your name, contact number, address (physical and email), general educational and professional background, qualification histories, academic records, LinkedIn and all other public social media account links (if relevant), billing details (“Member Information“) and all other personal data as defined in the Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024 (collectively referred to as “Personal Data”) is being and/or may be collected, held, obtained, received, stored and/or processed (as defined in the “Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024”) by us or on our behalf.
  • Second, to begin using the Site, you will be asked to register by opening a personal user account or a business account (as the case may be). Through the online registration form certain information, including job type, salary range, desired location of employment and your resume (“Registration Information“) is collected. An asterisk indicates which information is mandatory in order to complete the registration process.
  • Third, if you choose to submit information for a particular job posting, you may be asked to complete a more extensive employer-specific questionnaire (an “Employer Questionnaire“) to provide additional information to fine-tune your qualifications and candidacy for that specific job posting (“Candidacy Information“). Your Membership Information, Registration Information and Candidacy Information are collectively referred to below as your “Employment Information.”

Additionally, we may collect Personal Data when you:

  1. visit or use the Site;
  2. make inquiries or provide us with your feedback;
  3. subscribe to our newsletter; or
  4. otherwise contact, communicate or otherwise deal with us whether in person, by phone, by email, by post or via any means to make enquiries, complaints, suggestions or provide information.

We may also require you to provide signed consent (including electronic signing) to enable us to collect Personal Data from you or third parties to process, store and disclose the Personal Data. Such consent should only be given after you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1.1 From our authorised personnel / head-hunters / recruiters when/if you contact, communicate or otherwise deal with them.

1.2. From sources where such information is available or accessible to the public.

1.3. From sources which are obtained with your consent or legally purchased.

You do not have to give us any personal information in order to perform job searches or to read the content portions of the Site. However, we may collect the following general types of information about you when you visit the Site even if you choose to remain anonymous unless expressly stated otherwise: personal information, demographic information, behavioural information, and indirect information. Sometimes we collect combinations of all these types of information. In each case, it is indicated on the Site whether any personal or demographic data must be provided to use the requested service or not:

  1. Personal Information: Information that can be used to identify you, or any other individual to whom the information may relate, personally. We do not collect personal information unless you choose to provide it to us as stated above.
  2. Demographic Information: Information that is not unique to you in the sense that it refers to selected population characteristics, such as your location or postal code, age, preferences, gender, race or ethnicity, occupation, career history, interests and favourites.
  3. Behavioural Information: We also collect behavioural information regarding how you use the Site, the areas of the Site that you visit, what services you access, including your IP address, geolocation, browser and operating system type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses. This information is necessary for analysing the use of resources, troubleshooting problems, preventing fraud, and improving our services.
  4. Indirect Information: We may collect Indirect Information about you when you use certain third-party services on the Site and the collection of such information is considered necessary for that purpose.

We do not collect sensitive personal data or confidential information such as:

  • the password of your email account
  • password of your Hire account (as it is automatically encrypted and saved in the Hire database when you create an account or register with Hire and is not authorised for access by Hire unless desired under any legal obligation)
  • financial information such as Bank Account details or Credit Card or Debit Card
  • physical and mental or other health conditions, medical records and history
  • biometric information or any other sensitive information which is confidential or sensitive by its nature.

We may personalise the advertising that you are shown on the Site with which we have a business relationship. In order to provide this personalisation, in addition to information we collect about you on the Site, we acquire information (including personal, demographic, behavioural and indirect information) about you from third parties who provide it to us.

The provision of your Personal Data is voluntary. However, if you do not provide Hire with your personal data, Hire will not be able to process your Personal Data for the Purposes outlined below.

2. Purpose of Processing Personal Data

Hire may process your personal Data for business and activities which shall include, but not limited to the following purposes (“Purposes”):

  1. to serve you (including but not to limited to providing our services),
  2. to allow you to create an account;
  3. to create a profile for you at the Site or other websites operated by our Affiliates based on information that you have provided to Hire;
  4. to inform you of other products or services available from Hire or our Affiliates;
  5. to better understand and analyse your needs and preferences, improve our services by conducting internal analysis, to develop and provide services to meet your needs and to seek to enhance your overall experience with our services and/or the Site;
  6. to act on, process and/or respond to your complaints, inquiries, feedback, applications, interests or requests, and/or to otherwise contact/communicate with you;
  7. to commence, proceed with or carry out any investigation, inquiry, recovery or other proceedings;
  8. to provide information about you and your potential interest in job postings to employer customers;
  9. provide products and services to employer customers to complete the recruitment and hiring process, such as accessing the searchable resume database;
  10. provide products and services that enable users to network, post information on bulletin boards, view and compare profiles, and career background and experience;
  11. generate internal reports about the use of the Site; and to provide ‘forward to a friend’ features;
  12. to create profiles and/or to carry out analysis, statistics, questionnaires, promotions and contests, market research and/or surveys to further develop our services and/or the Site and to provide the results thereof such as success stories and contest winners;
  13. to contact you about the Site updates, informational and service-related communications, including newsletters, career advice and important security updates; however out of respect for your privacy, we present to you the option to elect not to be informed of the updates;
  14. to seek testimonials and your feedback on our services, which may be published on the Site and/or other digital and physical marketing collaterals;
  15. to share your Employment Information with our Affiliate (defined below);
  16. to utilise our Affiliate and third party service providers who perform functions on our behalf (including external consultants and professional advisers such as lawyers, auditors and accountants, technical support functions and IT consultants carrying out testing and development work on our IT systems) where we have an appropriate processing agreement (or similar protections) in place. These companies and individuals may be located in a country whose data protection legislation is different from your country, and they will have access to your Employment Information as necessary to perform their functions;
  17. for our record keeping purposes;
  18. to comply with the law and/or for such purpose as may be permitted by the law, and/or
  19. for such other purposes that are ancillary or incidental to the above.

For the purposes of this paragraph, an “Affiliate” is a company or entity that is related to another company through ownership, control, or common ownership or control. Affiliates may include subsidiaries, parent companies, or other entities under the same ownership or control.

We only collect personal data we actually need for or directly related to our specific Purposes. To the extent that you access the Site or read or click on an email from us, we may also collect certain data automatically or through you providing it to us even if you choose to remain anonymous unless expressly stated otherwise, such as a browser cookie. If you do not supply us with your Personal Data that we describe as obligatory or mandatory, or if you limit such obligatory or mandatory Personal Data, then we may be unable to or be unable to continue to act on, respond to, process or proceed with your matter, or to provide you with our services.

The following discloses the purpose of processing Personal Data for each category of users:

2.1 For The Job Seeker

Job Application: Once you have activated your personal user account, Hire submits your Registration Information to the Site profiling engine to attempt to match your information with available job postings. Upon a match of your Registration Information with a job posting, Hire will notify you via email if you have elected to receive such notifications. Upon reviewing a job posting, your Employment Information will be forwarded to that potential employer if you click on the “Apply” or “Submit” button, thereby instructing Hire to forward the Employment Information to the potential employer.

Headhunting: If you have given consent, either verbally, via email, or through other means, the talent.al recruiters and/or headhunters will share your CV and other Employment Information with the employers registered with Hire.

Talent Search or Resume Search: Through products like our searchable resume database and networking services, employers with a business account can access your personal information, including your CV, and may contact you. Your profile information may also be visible to other members or employers using the Site. Additionally, portions of your searchable resume (excluding contact information) may be made public in your networking profile. Any information you post in public areas of the Site or place in the searchable resume database may be accessed, used, and stored by individuals worldwide, including those in countries without legislation guaranteeing adequate protection of personal information as per your country of residence. By providing your personal information for inclusion in our database, you acknowledge your consent to its use as described here.

2.2 For The Employer

Once you have signed up for an account with Hire or engaged talent.al services, the information you provided will be used to perform talent.al’s obligations in respect of any contract entered into with you, to facilitate and/or provide you with any service you have requested as envisaged under the Site or based on the engagement that you have with Hire and where relevant, to process your information to create your employer page with the Site for jobseekers to gain basic information about the employer.

The information is also used to validate payment made by the employer relating to services and products requested from the Site and to process cancellations and/or refunds for the services that have not been rendered to you, where applicable, subject to other specific terms and conditions for the services.

2.3 Third Parties

Hire has contracted with a third party Application Service Provider (ASP) to implement and host the Site. Information collected from you and potential employers will be stored on the ASP’s server and processed through its profiling engine. The ASP is not permitted to disclose your personally identifiable information to any third party without your consent. We take the security of your information seriously and implement appropriate measures to safeguard any data exchanged. However, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted via the internet or through third-party systems, and you acknowledge and accept any associated risks.

Who do we share your data with?

  • Employers and recruiters – only when you apply for a job or when you have made your profile searchable (you control visibility in your settings).
  • Service providers acting as processors on our behalf (Bluehost cloud hosting, Microsoft email services, payment processors, Google analytics, HubSpot marketing tool). They are bound by strict contracts and may only use the data according to our instructions.
  • Payment providers (e.g., Stripe, local banks, or other PCI-DSS compliant providers) – card and banking details are processed directly by them and never stored on our systems.
  • Legal authorities – when required by Albanian law or a court order (e.g., tax authorities, law enforcement, or the Information and Data Protection Commissioner).
  • In case of merger, acquisition, or sale of the company – your data may be transferred to the new owner.

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

2.3.1 Users’ Consent to Hire to use the information

By registering with Hire, by managing your profile, or opting in when presented with choices, you have explicitly consented for us to use your information, subject to local Albanian law for the aforementioned Purposes. While Hire takes measures to safeguard your information from unauthorised access or inappropriate use by third parties, Hire does not control these third parties and we are not responsible for their use of information you post or otherwise make available in public areas of the Site. Accordingly, you should ensure that you do not post sensitive information, including personality profiles, to the Site.

2.3.2 Use and disclosure of the information we collect

Hire cannot ensure that all of your private communications and other personal information will never be disclosed in ways not otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. Therefore, although we are committed to protecting your privacy, we do not promise, and you should not expect, that your personal information or private communications will always remain private. As a user of the Site, you understand and agree that you assume all responsibility and risk for your use of the Site, the internet generally, and the documents you post or access and for your conduct on and off in the Site.

3. Security

talent.al is committed to keeping your personal data safe and secure from unauthorised access to or unauthorised alterations, disclosure or destruction of information that we hold. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures (encryption, access controls, regular security audits, etc.) to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or alteration.

4. Your rights under Albanian and EU Law

Revocation of consent or accessing, limiting, correcting and updating your personal data. Subject to any exceptions under applicable laws of Albania, you are entitled:

  1. to request access to and to request correction of your Personal Data where your Personal Data is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or not up-to-date,
  2. to revoke or withdraw your consent to the processing (as defined in the Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024) of your Personal Data whether generally or for specific purposes,
  3. to restrict or limit the processing of your Personal Data (including personal data relating to other persons who may be identified from that Personal Data),
  4. to erase your Personal Data from all of our databases, and/or
  5. to opt-out of receiving direct marketing materials at any time by sending an email, select “unsubscribe” via email requesting to be removed from our mailing list or elect not to be informed of the updates.

For any of the above, or if you have questions, concerns, inquiries, complaints or if you require any clarification regarding this Privacy Policy and/or your Personal Data, please contact us by:

  1. calling our telephone number: 0693044688 or
  2. emailing to us: hire@talent.al

While you can ask for the deletion of your Personal Data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024 and to contact us with any enquiries or complaints in respect of your Personal Data, we may or shall:

  1. charge a prescribed fee for processing your request for access or correction and shall respond within 21 days from the date of data access request; and
  2. reserve the right to refuse your request to access and/or make any corrections to your personal data for legitimate reasons and for reasons permitted under the law, taking into account the administrative costs involved to process such request. If we refuse to comply with such request, we will inform you of our refusal and the reason for our refusal.

Take note that once your data is erased, you may not be able to continue using our services or any benefits that we offer on the Site.

5. International data transfers

Your personal data is primarily stored and processed within the European Economic Area (EEA). In the event that your personal data is transferred outside the EEA (for example, to service providers in the United States or other countries), we ensure that such transfers comply with the requirements of Albanian Law No. 124/2024 on Personal Data Protection (aligned with the EU General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR).

We only transfer data under:

  • An adequacy decision of the European Commission confirming that the destination country ensures an adequate level of data protection; or
  • Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission; or
  • Other appropriate safeguards permitted under Albanian Law No. 124/2024 and the GDPR, such as binding corporate rules or certified codes of conduct.

5.1 Safeguards for Transfers

We only transfer your personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA) when it is strictly necessary (for example, to certain service providers or group companies whose servers are located outside the EEA).

Whenever we do so, we always apply one or more of the following legally recognised safeguards:

  • Transfer to a country that has been granted an adequacy decision by the European Commission, or
  • Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission, supplemented by a Transfer Impact Assessment and additional technical measures where required, or
  • Other appropriate safeguards expressly permitted under Article 46–49 of the GDPR and Albanian Law No. 124/2024 on the Protection of Personal Data.

In every case, we implement strong technical and organisational measures (including end-to-end encryption and strict access controls) to ensure your data continues to enjoy a level of protection essentially equivalent to that guaranteed within the EEA. When you submit personal data via the Site, it is encrypted and protected in transit using the TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer) protocol. On all secured pages, your web browser will display indicators such as a padlock icon in the address bar, confirming the use of HTTPS.

6. Disclosure of Information to Others

We may share, disclose and/or make available or accessible your Personal Data to the following persons/parties (within or outside Albania) for the aforementioned Purposes:

  1. to our officers (including directors) and employees, and to companies and entities within the talent.al group of brands (including our parent and subsidiary companies) and their respective officers and employees;
  2. to employers who have posted job opportunities that may be of interest to you on the Site when you apply for those jobs;
  3. to potential employers whereby your Employment Information is released only when you choose to do so, and your information is only released to the potential employer who posted the job to which you are responding. Once your Employment Information has been forwarded to a potential employer, all correspondences are directly between you and that potential employer. Employers have agreed to not disclose your Employment Information to third parties. As a user of the Site, you may restrict distribution of your Employment Information by indicating such restrictions in your account;
  4. to third parties who help us in the delivery of our own products and services to you;
  5. to our data processors, professional advisors and/or service providers (including service providers carrying out our marketing activities, processing credit card payments, providing customer service and/or surveys, and/or providing us with outsourced data storage);
  6. to our Affiliates whose location may be based outside of Albania, authorised personnel, headhunters, recruiters;
  7. to our insurers;
  8. to the government and/or such authority, body, entity, court, tribunal, person or party that we are required in law to disclose to or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to:
    (a) conform to legal requirements or comply with legal process;
    (b) protect our rights or property or our affiliated companies;
    (c) prevent a crime or protect national security; or
    (d) protect the personal safety of users or the public;
  9. to a third party who acquires any or all of Hire’s business units, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets. In addition, in the event Hire becomes the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding, whether voluntary or involuntary, Hire or its liquidator, administrator, receiver or administrative receiver may sell, license or otherwise dispose of such information in a transaction approved by the court. You will be notified of sale of all or a substantial portion of our business to a third party via e-mail or through a prominent notice posted on the Site;
  10. to Hire’s clients, partners, other Site visitors, and other third parties regarding aggregated anonymous information about visitors to the Site so that they can understand the kinds of visitors to the Site and how those visitors use the Site in order to serve advertisements to you on the Site or other sites with which we have a business relationship. We may also aggregate on an anonymous basis data regarding job qualifications, schooling, age, experience level or other information relevant to the job search or competition among job seekers for any such job. Such aggregated data does not identify users individually, and may be made available to employers or fellow job seekers or community members, and/or
  11. to other third parties if you consent to such disclosure.

• For example, if you make your resume searchable, then all parties with access to our searchable resume database (or copies thereof) will have access to your resume. If you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for a Hire account, we supply your contact information to third parties such as employers, recruiters for the purpose of sending you email or otherwise communicating with you)
• For example, if you indicate that you would like to receive information about the opportunities, products or services of third parties at the time you register for a Hire account, we supply your contact information to third parties such as employers and recruiters for the purpose of sending you email or otherwise communicating with you.

7. Use of Cookies

We use “cookies” to help personalise and maximise your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a Web page server. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a Web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise the Site pages, or register for services, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalised site experience. When you return to the Site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customised. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis.

8. Retention of Personal Data

We take the responsibility of the management and security of your Personal Data. We follow the following key principles of data protection, which require the Personal Data to be:

  1. Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner;
  2. Collected for specified and legitimate purposes;
  3. Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the Purposes for which they are processed;
  4. Accurate and kept up to date, that we take every reasonable step to ensure that Personal Data that are inaccurate are processed, erased or rectified without unreasonable delay;
  5. Kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the Personal Data are processed; and
  6. Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the Personal Data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures.

However, relevant Personal Data may be retained subject to the conditions below:

  1. as and when required under any applicable laws or legislation of Albania;
  2. where legal actions have arisen and are pending; and
  3. for commercial and/or operational purposes of Hire.

In order to protect your personal data against accidental, unlawful or unauthorised access, Hire acting as a data user/controller and data processor, will implement appropriate technical or organisational measures to protect the confidentiality and security of the personal data that we collect and process which may include but not limited to the following:

  • Where applicable, online credit card transactions are protected during transit using secured encryption;
  • Personal Data stored on the Site using third party cloud services are in encrypted form; and
  • Personal Data and/or signed consent forms kept physically are treated with strict procedures and means. 

Hire shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that all Personal Data and sensitive personal data is destroyed or permanently deleted when no longer required for the above-mentioned Purposes.

9. Disclaimer

Where you furnish or supply us with Personal Data you are deemed to have understood, agreed and consented to the collection, holding, obtaining, receipt, storage, processing and/or use of your Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Policy, and where you furnish or supply us with Personal Data that relates to any other individual, we assume that you have procured the said individual’s agreement and consent for the collection, holding, obtaining, receipt, storage, processing and/or use of the said individual’s Personal Data as set out in this Privacy Policy.

If you revoke your consent for us to process your Personal Data, we may be unable to continue providing our services to you at the same or expected level of service. We will inform you of the likely consequences of such withdrawal of consent when we receive your notice of revocation of consent.

In accordance with Personal Data Protection Law 124/2024, this Privacy Policy is issued in both English and Albanian. In the event of any discrepancies or inconsistencies arising between the English and Albanian versions, the English version shall apply and prevail.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We review this Privacy Policy regularly and reserve the right to make changes at any time to take account of changes in our business and legal requirements. We will place updates on on this page. Please view the “Effective from” date at the top of these terms to see when it was last revised.