BELLCAST PARTNERS – PRIVACY NOTICE

Last Updated and Effective: February 26, 2026

BellCast Partners, LLC (“Company,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) provides this privacy notice (“Privacy Notice”) to describe our practices regarding the collection, use, sharing, and protection of your Personal Information on the website located at bellcastpartners.com (the “Website”), and through any offline submission of additional Personal Information that we request in connection with your use of our services (collectively, the “Services”). This Privacy Notice also tells you about the choices you have with respect to your Personal Information and how you can contact us to get answers to your questions.

Please note that our privacy practices are subject to the applicable laws of the regions in which we operate. Accordingly, some additional region-specific terms will only apply to individuals in those locations, or as required by applicable laws.

BY USING OR ACCESSING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE POLICIES OR PRACTICES DESCRIBED IN THIS PRIVACY NOTICE, YOU SHOULD NOT USE OR ACCESS THE SERVICES OR PROVIDE US WITH ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION.

WHAT OUR PRIVACY NOTICE COVERS

This Privacy Notice applies to the Personal Information that we obtain in various contexts, including when you:

  • Access or use our Website
  • Register with us as a prospective candidate for placement
  • Contact us as a prospective client
  • Communicate with us via email or otherwise via the Services
  • Engage with us on social media
  • Provide Personal Information as otherwise described in this Privacy Notice

We may provide different or additional privacy notices in connection with certain activities, programs, and offerings.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT FROM YOU

We use the term “Personal Information” – also called “personal data” or “personally identifiable information” in the laws of some jurisdictions – to refer to information that reasonably identifies, relates to, describes, or can be associated with you. Data that has been deidentified or that otherwise cannot reasonably be related back to a specific person is not considered Personal Information. The precise definition of Personal Information may vary depending on your place of residence.

The following are the categories and types of Personal Information that we may collect from or about you, depending on how you interact with the Services:

  • Identifiers, such as your name, physical address, and email address;
  • Personal identification and communication information such as your name, home address, phone number; email address; gender; immigration status; and information about your entitlement to work;
  • Application-related information such as responses to our online candidate questionnaire, resume, cover letter, employment history, education history, qualifications and skills, reference contact information, position preferences, willingness to relocate, desired salary, availability, interests and aspirations, country of origin, geographic preferences, and background screening information, if relevant and where permitted by law or justified by our legitimate business interests;
  • Sensitive information (to the extent permitted under applicable law and as defined by applicable law) such as information about your race or ethnic origin, health and disabilities, religion or beliefs, and sexual orientation where you have volunteered that information, or where otherwise required for us to make reasonable adjustments to the interview process and for equal opportunity monitoring; and
  • Travel-related receipts for reimbursement.
  • Reference information such as contact and professional information related to your references. Before submitting anyone’s personal information to Company, be sure you have the person’s permission to do so. If you later find out you did not have such permission, please inform us as soon as possible.
  • Device and online identifiers and related information
  • Internet or other electronic network activity information on our Services;
  • Non-precise geolocation information;
  • Personal Information that you make publicly available through social networking sites where you maintain accounts;
  • Any other Personal Information that you voluntarily provide us.

NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may collect or receive information that is not Personal Information (“Non-Personal Information”), which may include anonymous or aggregate data, including from social media platforms. Because Non-Personal Information does not personally identify you, we may receive, collect, use and disclose Non-Personal Information for any purpose permitted by applicable law.  We reserve the right to develop and derive aggregate data (meaning information that relates to a group or category of individuals, from which individual identities have been removed) from Personal Information.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Information You Provide

We collect Personal Information that you provide to us directly. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Information you provide when you contact us through email, or through other Internet-enabled communications;
  • Information you provide in connection with an application as a Candidate for placement, including but not limited to the details set forth above under “Personal Information We Collect From You”
  • Any other Personal Information that you provide us on or through the Website or in non-digital formats.

Personal Information We Collect Automatically

We, our service providers, or our third-party affiliates may automatically collect information, including Personal Information, from you when you visit or use our Website. While some of this information does not enable us to directly identify you, that information may still be considered Personal Information under applicable privacy laws. Such information may include data collected by the following methods:

  • Cookies and Similar Technologies

We or our vendors may store information on your device as a cookie or may use other data collection technologies (collectively, “Tags”) to collect data related to usage of our Services, such as online identifiers or your activity on the Website.

  • Clickstream

As you use the Internet, a trail of electronic information (“Clickstream Data”) is left at each website you visit or app you use and can be collected and stored by a website’s server. We may collect Clickstream Data to determine how much time visitors spend on our Website and how they navigate throughout the Services.

  • Website and App Analytics

We may work with third-party vendors who use the technologies described in this section to conduct Website analytics to help us track and understand how visitors use our Services. One such provider is Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). By using the Services, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google as described above. Please refer to the currently available opt-outs for Google Analytics by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/. You may obtain additional information about Google Analytics by visiting www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

  •  Social Media Platforms and Networks

If you interact with us on social media platforms or social networking sites (“SNS”) or use features, such as plugins, widgets, or other tools made available by SNS  in connection with our Services, we may collect information that you share with us there or that such SNS share with us. Please review the privacy notices and settings of the social media platforms and networks that you use for more information about their privacy practices.

  • Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, such as data analytics providers, fraud prevention vendors, vendors that provide other services on our behalf, or publicly available sources.

HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use Personal Information and other information as described herein, including for the following purposes:

  • To contact you about our Services and send you updates or other information;
  • To present you as a Candidate to clients who have retained us;
  • To operate the Services and to provide you with any specific Services you request;
  • To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our Services and technology assets;
  • To improve, upgrade, or enhance the functionality of our Services;
  • For detecting security incidents; protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity;
  • To carry out our obligations, enforce our rights, and as required by law or legal process;
  • For any additional purposes to which you specifically consent.

HOW WE DISCLOSE OR SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Besides using your Personal Information ourselves, we may disclose your Personal Information in the following instances:

  • Our Clients. With your prior consent, we may disclose the Personal Information that you provide in connection with your Candidate application and related application materials with our clients who have hired us for our placement services. You acknowledge and agree that should we collect supplemental information from outside sources, such as reference checks or other materials potentially required for your evaluation or placement as a Candidate, we may disclose such information to our clients without obtaining additional consent from you.
  • Service Providers and other Third-Party Processors. We may disclose your Personal Information to third parties who may use your information to provide us with technology services that we require for the Services. These third parties may have access to relevant Personal Information for their functions, but they are only permitted to use such information to perform services for us. They are not authorized by us to use the information for their own benefit.
  • Legal Compliance and to Defend Our Rights. We may disclose Personal Information and other information as we believe necessary or appropriate under applicable law, including laws outside your country of residence, to comply with legal process; enforce our terms and conditions; protect our operations or those of any of our affiliates; protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property and those of our affiliates, you or others; and to allow us to pursue available legal remedies.
  • Business Transfers. We may disclose your Personal Information and other information to third parties in connection with a corporate restructuring, acquisition, or divestiture.
  • Aggregated or Non-Personal Information. We may disclose aggregated information or Non-Personal Information to unaffiliated third parties, such as business partners,, in a form that neither contains nor may be linked to any Personal Information.

Please note that if you specifically consent to additional uses of your Personal Information, we may use your Personal Information in a manner consistent with that consent.

HOW WE PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Personal Information is maintained on our servers or those of our service providers, and is accessible by authorized employees, representatives, and agents as necessary for the purposes described in this privacy policy. We use reasonable and appropriate physical, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to promote the security of our systems and protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of Personal Information. However, due to the inherent open nature of the Internet, we cannot guarantee that communications between you and Company, or information stored on the Website, or on our servers, will be free from unauthorized access by third parties such as hackers, and your use of the Services demonstrates your assumption of this risk. If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please notify us immediately at info@bellcastpartners.com.

DATA RETENTION

We will retain your personal information for as long as you remain a Candidate with Company, and for a reasonable time thereafter, including as determined by the terms of our agreements with clients, or as needed to perform our contractual obligations, provide the Services through the Website, comply with legal obligations and preserve legal rights, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements. We determine retention periods by considering the categories of information collected and the purpose for such collection and evaluate when to delete personal information that is no longer required or is outdated. We may update, correct, or delete inaccurate or incomplete information at our sole discretion. Even if we delete any portion of your information, we may continue to retain and use anonymous or aggregated data previously collected.

LINKS TO OTHER SITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS

Our Services contain links to other websites, applications or services that are not owned or controlled by us, or that may redirect you outside our Services to other websites or apps for information or other services, such as websites of social media platforms, philanthropic or charitable causes. This Privacy Notice only applies to information collected by us through our Services, and we are not responsible for the privacy and security practices of other websites. Please refer to such websites’ privacy policies for details about their privacy practices.

Please note that any Personal Information you voluntarily include and transmit online in a publicly accessible blog, forum, social network, or otherwise may be viewed and used by others. By using such features, you assume the risk that the Personal Information you provide may be viewed and used by third parties.

CROSS-BORDER DATA TRANSFERS

If you submit Personal Information to us, such information may be processed in a jurisdiction where privacy laws may be less stringent than those in your country of residence. By submitting your Personal Information to us, you agree to the transfer, storage, and processing of such information in foreign jurisdictions including, but not limited to, the United States. Your Personal Information may be subject to access requests from governments, courts, or law enforcement in the United States.

CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Our Website is intended for users ages 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect Personal Information from persons under 18 years old. In the event we become aware that Personal Information (or other information protected under applicable law) from a person under 18 (or such other age as may be restricted under applicable law) has been collected, we will use all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. If you believe we may have any Personal Information from or about a person 17 years of age or under, please contact us at info@bellcastpartners.com.

YOUR CHOICES

  • Email Messages

If you receive marketing/promotional emails from us from a newsletter or other subscription communications that we provide, you may unsubscribe from any future such emails by sending an unsubscribe request by email to info@bellcastpartners.com. We will process your request within a reasonable time after receipt.

  • Cookies and Tracking Technologies

As described above in Personal Information We Collect Automatically, we may use cookies and other tracking technologies for the purposes stated in that section.

If you would like to stop or restrict the placement of cookies or flush any cookies that may already be on your computer or device, please refer to and adjust your web browser preferences. Further information on cookies is available at www.allaboutcookies.org. Note that cookie-based opt-outs must be performed on each device and browser that you wish to have opted out.

  • Do Not Track

While some browsers offer a general “do not track” (also known as DNT) feature that lets you instruct websites not to track your online activities, the Services do not currently support DNT or similar signals.

CALIFORNIA “SHINE THE LIGHT”

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83 (“Shine the Light”), California residents have the right once per calendar year to request in writing from businesses with whom they have an established business relationship: (a) a list of the categories of personal information, as defined under Shine the Light, such as name, email address, and mailing address, and the type of services provided to the customer that a business has disclosed to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties’ own direct marketing purposes; and (b) the names and addresses of all such third parties. To request the above information, please contact us at info@bellcastpartners.com.

EUROPEAN PRIVACY RIGHTS

TO THE EXTENT APPLICABLE, AND ONLY IF YOU ARE SITUATED IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, SWITZERLAND, OR THE UNITED KINGDOM, THIS SECTION DESCRIBES OUR PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED VIA THE WEBSITE AND SETS FORTH THE RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW.

Legal Basis

We will only use your personal data, as that term is defined under the General Data Protection Regulation, the UK General Data Protection Regulation, or the Swiss Federal Act on Data Collection (collectively, “GDPR”), when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where you have consented to a certain use of your personal data.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

To the extent permitted under applicable laws, we will also process, transfer, disclose, and preserve personal data when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary.

Data Controller

We are the data controller of all personal data collected through our Website. To contact us, please see the section below titled Contact Us.

Data Subject Rights

If you are situated in the European Union, Switzerland, or the UK, then with respect to the personal information processed via the Services, you have the right as a data subject under the GDPR to:

  • Access: You have the right to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Rectification: You have the right to correct any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
  • Erasure: You have the right to have your personal data erased where there is no longer a need for us to process it, where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below) or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. If we cannot comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons, we will state them following receipt of your request.
  • Objection. You have the right to object to the further use or disclosure of your personal data for certain purposes or if you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms.
  • Restriction. You have the right to have us suspend the processing of your personal data (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our processing of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
  • Data Portability. You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated processing of personal information that you provided to us where such processing was based on consent or performance of a contract with you.
  • Withdrawal of Consent. You have the right to withdraw any consent that you provided to us to process your personal data where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent

If you are situated in the EEA, Switzerland, or the UK and have any complaints regarding our privacy practices, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to your local supervisory authority. If you are in the EEA, you may lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority that has authority in your country or region. If you are in the UK, you may lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns before you approach your supervisory authority, so please contact us in the first instance. If you have a question or concern, please contact us at info@bellcastpartners.com.

Please note that for you to assert these rights, we may need to verify your identity as a security measure to confirm your right to access your personal data and to avoid unauthorized disclosure of such data.

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to update this Privacy Notice at any time and will notify you of any material changes to the way in which we treat Personal Information by posting an updated Privacy Notice or other notice on relevant areas of our Services. Any updated version of this Privacy Notice will be effective immediately upon posting unless otherwise specified. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of the revised Privacy Notice will constitute your consent to those changes. However, we will not, without your consent, use your previously collected Personal Information in a manner materially different from what was stated at the time your Personal Information was collected. We encourage you to periodically review the Website for the latest information on our privacy practices.

CONTACT US

For questions relating to our privacy practices, please contact us at info@bellcastpartners.com.