California Notice at Collection for Non-Employees and Job Applicants

Introduction

Populus Group ("Populus Group", "we", “our” or “us”) is committed to safeguarding your privacy.

This California Notice at Collection for California Non-Employees and Non-Job Applicants is provided in addition to our Privacy Policy.

If you are a California resident who is an employee or job applicant, please see our California Notice at Collection for Employees and Applicants.

If you have any questions about this Notice or need access in an alternative format please contact us at webmaster@populusgroup.com.

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Personal Information We Collect

Below are the types of Personal Information we may collect from you, and examples of each:

Identifying Information and Contact Information like your email address, telephone number, postal address and contact information of any referrals, references or emergency contacts you provide.
Educational and Professional Background Information: including your resume or C.V., employment history, education history, certifications, professional license information (for example bar registration number), languages proficiencies, security clearance information, professional association memberships, volunteer activities, client information where relevant (for example we may collect information from attorneys we place through our staffing and search business regarding clients the attorney has performed services for) and work-related skills, practice details and skills assessment information including personality characteristics / traits which you choose to provide on a voluntary basis.
Career Planning Information: including your career interests, desired compensation and benefits, desired work location and willingness to relocate, family information as it relates to your career goals or plans, and hobbies and interests.
Characteristics of Protected Classifications under California or Federal Law: including your race, gender, national origin, disability status and veteran status, where we are required to or permitted to do so by law and in support of equal opportunity monitoring or affirmative action programs.
Audio, Visual or Similar Information: including photos that you provide to us or that you make publicly available on the internet (for example LinkedIn or company/firm websites); and your image from a security camera if you visit one of our locations.
Device Information: including your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, location information on a city-regional basis and operating system and platform information when you are visiting our Site(s).Other Information You Provide: including any other Personal Information you may elect to provide to us.

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Why We Collect Personal Information

Many of our business purposes for collecting your Personal Information require that we disclose your Personal Information to third parties such as clients and service providers. We do not, however, “sell” or “share” your Personal Information within the meaning of the CCPA. We collect and use your Personal Information for the following purposes as appropriate under the circumstances:

Contacting You for the purposes listed below. We may contact you by telephone, email, text messaging, or otherwise.
Recruiting and Hiring for current and future job opportunities with us or with our customers, including determining your eligibility and suitability for such opportunities. This may include for example sending Educational and Professional Background Information, such as your resume or CV, to prospective employers for their consideration and keeping you informed of future work opportunities by email, telephone, mail, text message, and/or other communication methods (note that messaging and data rates may apply for any SMS, MMS, and other electronic communications (typically, this is based on your carrier and service plan)).
Providing our Services, including our staffing and recruiting services as well as our various consulting, advisory, transformation and workforce management services. For a description of our Services, click here.
Receiving Services, including receiving services from various vendors, suppliers, service providers and contractors.
Operating and Improving our Site(s), for example we use your device and information you provide to establish and maintain an account for you on our Site(s) and to improve the navigation and usage of our Site(s).
Business Sales Development, for example using your contact information to call or email you as a talent candidate, customer or prospect as part of providing our Services.
Marketing and Promotions, including sending you promotional communications such as newsletters, surveys, articles of interest, press releases and job fair or other event announcements and personalizing and delivering content about our Services to you, including through advertisements on our Site(s) and other websites.
Improving Our Services through business analytics, internal audits, troubleshooting, quality control, internal user acceptance testing and use of machine learning to improve our search and match capabilities in matching job seekers to suitable jobs efficiently and effectively.
Research and Thought Leadership, including articles regarding customers and candidates, and white papers, podcasts and other thought leadership regarding workforce, talent and industry trends and analysis.
Meeting Substantial Public Interest, such as equal opportunity monitoring and programs that promote diversity and inclusion.
Aggregation and Anonymization, including the process of using Personal Information to create aggregated or anonymized data sets for the purpose of internal business analysis or thought leadership with the end product of such data sets not being Personal Information since it is not identifiable to an individual.
Security and Fraud Prevention to ensure the security of our Site(s) and Services, to protect against fraud, and to comply with legal requirements.
Compliance with Laws, Legal Action and Professional Advice, including compliance with all laws and regulations and addressing legal action or taking professional advice, for example from attorneys or tax professionals.

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Changes to this Notice and Effective Date of Notice

If we change this Notice, we will post the revised Notice on our Sites, with an updated revision date. Any new Notice will automatically be effective when it is published on the website. You should therefore return here regularly to view our most up-to-date Notice. If we make material changes to our Notice, we may also notify you by other means, such as sending an email or posting a notice on our home page. The Effective Date of this Privacy Notice is September 17, 2025.

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“Do Not Track” Signals

Residents of certain states, including California and Delaware, may be subject to particular statutes requiring disclosure of how the Website responds to web browser “do not track” signals or other mechanisms that provide consumers the ability to exercise choice regarding the collection of personal information about their online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services, such as California Bus. & Prof. Code § 22575 and 6 Del.C. § 1205C. Although it is not clear that the statute applies to our operation and your use of the Website, an example might be a browser option allowing you to ask websites not to track you across third-party websites so that they can serve targeted or behavioral advertising to you. You should not use the Website if you desire a “do not track” signal, because the Website may not honor it.

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Changes to Our Privacy Notice

By using the Website, you consent to the collection and use of the information as described herein. We may occasionally update this Policy to reflect material changes in our privacy practices. If we make any material changes in the way we collect, use, and/or share your personal information, we will notify you by posting the modified Notice on our Website and indicating at the top of the Notice the date it was last updated. We may also notify you by sending you an email or highlighting it on our homepage. We encourage you to review the Policy each time you visit the Website, to see if this Notice has been updated since your last visit to make sure you understand how your personal information will be processed.

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Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement or if you wish to inspect the information we hold about you, please contact:

Populus Group, Troy Headquarters
3001 West Big Beaver Road, Suite 400
Troy, MI 48084
ATTN: Privacy Officer
webmaster@populusgroup.com

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