VGM Group, Inc. and/or any affiliated entities (collectively, the “Company,” “our,” “us,” or “we”) has developed this Privacy Policy out of respect for the privacy of our job applicants. This policy describes the Personal Information we collect, use, and disclose about individuals who apply for a position of employment. This is also to provide you with notice at or before the point at which we collect Personal Information from you informing you of what information we collect, how we use it, how long we retain it, and whether we sell it or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes (we don’t, by the way). Personal Information is any information that could reasonably identify you.
This Privacy Policy applies only to your interaction with the Company in the capacity of a job applicant. It does not apply to other contexts, such as if you are hired for employment, in which case you would be provided with access to a privacy policy that covers information collected in the employment context, or if you visit our public-facing website or engage in transactions with the Company in other capacities (as a client, customer, or independent contractor), in which case the privacy policy https://www.vgmgroup.com/privacy-policy on our website would apply to those interactions.
Consent to Use of AI Technology
Certain Company services and website features may be supported by third-party vendors that utilize AI technology. When utilizing the online assessments and screening tools, our AI vendor(s), including Vervoe, may record and transcribe information and may access the information in real-time and use the information for their own purposes, including to train their AI model. By using the online assessment and screen tools, you consent to the collection and analysis of any Personal Information provided. If you do not consent to such use and disclosure, please do NOT use the online assessments or screening tools.
When you apply for a position or interact with us regarding potential job openings, we may collect Personal Information from you in a variety of different situations and using a variety of different methods, including, but not limited to, through our website, your mobile device, through email, written materials, in physical locations, and/or over the telephone. Generally, we will or may collect, and we have in the last 12 months collected, the following categories of Personal Information from or about job applicants. For each category of information, we identify the categories of third parties, service providers, and contractors to whom we have disclosed the information in the last 12 months. The examples provided in each category are not intended to be an exhaustive list or an indication of all specific pieces of information we collect from or about you in each category, but rather the examples are to provide a meaningful understanding of the types of information that may be collected within each category.
Category | Identifiers |
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Examples | Name, alias, social security number, date of birth, driver’s license or state identification card number, passport number, or Company ID number. |
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Category | Contact Information |
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Examples | Home, postal or mailing address, email address, or home or cell phone number. |
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Category | Pre-Hire Information |
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Examples | Information provided in your job application or resume, information gathered as part of background screening and reference checks, pre-hire drug test results, information recorded in job interview notes by persons conducting job interviews for the Company, information contained in candidate evaluation records and assessments, information in work product samples you provided, and voluntary disclosures by you, such as protected classifications. |
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Category | Professional or Employment-Related Information |
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Examples | Information regarding prior job experience, positions held, and when permitted by applicable law your salary history or expectations. |
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Category | Education Information |
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Examples | Information from resumes regarding educational history; information obtained from transcripts or records of degrees and vocational certifications obtained. |
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Category | Online Portal and/or Mobile App Access and Usage Inforamtion |
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Examples | Where job applicant or candidate must create an account to apply for a job, the applicant’s username and password, account history, usage history, file access logs, and any information submitted through the account. |
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Category | Internet, Network, and Computer Activity; Mobile Device Data |
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Examples | Internet or other electronic network activity information related to a job applicant’s usage of Company networks, servers, intranet, or Company-owned computers and electronic devices, including system and file access logs, security clearance level, browsing history, search history, and usage history; data identifying a job applicant’s device accessing Company networks and systems, including cell phone make, model, and serial number, cell phone number, and cell phone provider. |
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Category | Inferences |
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Examples | Based on analysis of the Personal Information collected, we may develop inferences regarding job applicants’ predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes for purposes of recruiting and hiring assessments and decisions. |
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What Sensitive Personal Information We Collect
Of the above categories of Personal Information, the following are categories of Sensitive Personal Information we plan to collect:
Personal Information does not include:
Sources of Personal Information
We may collect your Personal Information from the following sources:
To Whom We Disclose Personal Information
We may disclose your Personal Information to the following categories of service providers, contractors, or third parties:
Reasons Why We Collect, Use, Retain, and Disclose Personal Information
We may collect, use, and disclose your Personal Information for any of the following business purposes:
We do NOT and will not sell your Personal Information in exchange for monetary or other valuable consideration. We do not share your Personal Information for cross-context behavioral advertising.
We do NOT and will not use or disclose your Sensitive Personal Information for any purpose that gives rise to a right to limit the use or disclosure of your Sensitive Personal Information under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Because the law prescribes minimum periods for retention of certain records, some records will be retained for at least the duration of the required period plus a certain number of years. Retention is often measured from occurrence of a triggering event but we may also measure the retention period from either (1) the date the record or data was collected, created, or last modified, (2) the date of the particular transaction to which the record or data pertains, or (3) another triggering event that is determined to be reasonable and appropriate based on the nature of the data and the legal/business needs for its continued use.
If the business purposes for collecting the Personal Information, and legal reasons for retaining the Personal Information, have both expired, we will purge the information in a secure manner.
We may use other companies and individuals to perform certain functions on our behalf. Such parties only have access to the Personal Information needed to perform these functions and may not use or store the information for any other purpose.
In the event we sell or transfer a particular portion of our business assets, applicant information may be one of the business assets transferred as part of the transaction. If substantially all of our assets are acquired, applicant information may be transferred as part of the acquisition.
Compliance with Law and Safety
We may disclose specific Personal and/or Sensitive Personal Information based on a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to comply with or conform to the law or that such disclosure is necessary to protect our employees or the public.
The personal data record created through your registration for your Company account can only be accessed with the unique password associated with those records. To protect the integrity of the information contained in those records, you should not disclose or otherwise reveal your passwords to third parties.
Job Applicants Under the Age 18
We do not knowingly collect or disclose, let alone sell or share, the Personal Information of job applicants under 18 years of age.
How We Protect the Information That We Collect
The protection of the information that we collect about applicants is of the utmost importance to us and we take every reasonable measure to ensure that protection, including:
If you are a California resident, you have the following rights pursuant to the CCPA:
Right to Know | The right to request that we identify (1) the categories of Personal Information we have collected about you, (2) the categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected, (3) the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing this information, (4) the categories of third parties with whom we disclose Personal Information, (5) the categories of Personal Information we sold or shared about you, and for each category identified, the categories of third parties to whom we sold or shared that particular category of Personal Information, and (6) the categories of Personal Information that we disclosed for a business purpose, and for each category identified, the categories of service providers or contractors to whom we disclosed that particular category of Personal Information. |
Right to Access | The right to request that we provide you access to or disclose to you the specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected from or about you. |
Right to Delete | The right to request that we delete Personal Information that we collected from you, subject to certain exceptions. |
Right to Correct | The right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information (to the extent such an inaccuracy exists) that we maintain about you, and ensure any corrected data remains corrected. |
Right to No Retaliation | The right to not be retaliated against for exercising privacy rights conferred by the CCPA, including when a consumer is an applicant to an educational program, a job applicant, a student, an employee, or an independent contractor. |
You can submit any of the above types of consumer requests through any of the options below:
How We Will Verify That it is Really You Submitting the Request:
If you are a California resident, when you submit a Right to Know, Right to Access, Right to Delete, or Right to Correct request through one of the methods provided above, we will ask you to provide some information in order to verify your identity and respond to your request. Specifically, we will ask you to verify information that can be used to link your identity to particular information in our possession, which depends on the nature of your relationship and interaction with us.
Responding to your Right to Know, Right to Access, Right to Delete, and Right to Correct Requests
Upon receiving a verifiable request from a California resident, we will confirm receipt of the request no later than 10 business days after receiving it. We endeavor to respond to a verifiable request within 45 calendar days of its receipt. If we require more time (up to an additional 45 calendar days, or 90 calendar days total from the date we receive your request), we will inform you of the reason and extension period in writing. We will deliver our written response by mail or electronically, at your option. The response we provide will also explain the reasons we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.
We do not charge a fee to process or respond to your verifiable request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
For a request to correct inaccurate Personal Information, we will accept, review, and consider any documentation that you provide, and we may require that you provide documentation to rebut our own documentation that the Personal Information is accurate. You should make a good-faith effort to provide us with all necessarily information at the time that you make the request to correct. We may deny a request to correct if we have a good-faith, reasonable, and documented belief that a request to correct is fraudulent or abusive. If we deny your request to correct, we shall inform you of our decision not to comply and provide an explanation as to why we cannot comply with a request, if applicable.
If You Have an Authorized Agent:
If you are a California resident, you can authorize someone else as an authorized agent who can submit a request on your behalf. To do so, you must either (a) execute a valid, verifiable, and notarized power of attorney, or (b) provide other written, signed authorization that we can then verify. When we receive a request submitted on your behalf by an authorized agent who does not have a power of attorney, that person will be asked to provide written proof that they have your permission to act on your behalf. We will also contact you and ask you for information to verify your own identity directly and not through your authorized agent. We may deny a request from an authorized agent if the agent does not provide your signed permission demonstrating that they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf.
By applying for a position with the Company or submitting any information for purposes of being considered for or inquiring about employment with the Company, you consent to all terms and conditions expressed in this Privacy Policy.
As our services evolve and we perceive the need or desirability of using information collected in other ways, we may from time to time amend this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to check our website frequently to see the current Privacy Policy in effect and any changes that may have been made to them. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy and the revised effective date on this website. Please check back here periodically or contact us at the address listed at the end of this Privacy Policy.
This policy is in a form that is accessible to consumers with disabilities.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please call 1-877-474-3227 or contact us at vgmcorporatecompliance@vgm.com.
**Last updated January 1, 2026.