Política de privacidad

Effective Date: 1/1/2023 - California Recruitment Privacy Notice

AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUNITIES
 

American Campus Communities, Inc. (“American Campus Communities,” “ACC,” “we,” “us,” or “our,”) respects the privacy of job applicants and ACC employees (“you” or “your”). 

The following notice applies solely to natural persons who are California residents, as defined in Section 17014 of Title 18 of the California Code of Regulations. We adopt this notice to comply with the California Employee Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).

It is ACC’s intent to safeguard and protect the privacy and security of its applicants’ and employees' personal information we collect that identifies, relates to, describes, references, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with an employee/job applicant or device (“personal information”).

 

This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of the personal information that we collect, use, and share (collectively, “process”), why we process this information, and the ways in which we will protect this information.  Please take a moment to become familiar with our privacy practices as described below. 

We have collected the following categories of personal information from job applicants within the last twelve (12) months depending on the phase of the application/hiring process:

Within the preceding twelve (12) months, we have disclosed the following categories of personal information to our service providers for the business purpose of performing services on our behalf.

Additionally, we may disclose your personal information for the following additional purposes:

We do not sell your personal information as the term is defined under the CCPA; however, we do share the following categories of personal information to our cookie and tracker providers when you interact with our Careers website:

The criteria we use to determine the length of time we store your information will depend mainly on if you become employed by us and the timeframe for which you are employed. We retain the personal information detailed above for the duration of your employment with ACC, and for a period thereafter as required to comply with applicable law or regulatory requirements, such as state and federal employer obligations and Human Resource requirements. If you do not become employed by us, we will retain the personal information listed above for up to 3 years after any action is taken. Please note, ACC will not retain your personal information for longer than is reasonably necessary for the disclosed purposes outlined in the section above.

Under the CCPA, you are provided with certain privacy rights which you may exercise yourself or through an authorized agent. 

The Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the personal information we have collected, used, disclosed, sold, or shared. You may also request a copy of the personal information we have collected on you. See the “Exercising Your California Privacy Rights” section for instructions on submitting a right to know request.

The Right to Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete any of your personal information that we collected from you and retained, subject to certain exceptions. Once we receive and confirm your verifiable request, we will delete and direct our service providers to delete your personal information from our records, unless an exception applies. See the “Exercising Your California Privacy Rights” section for instructions on submitting a right to deletion request.

The Right to Correct: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal information that we have collected from you and retain. Once we have received the personal information from you to be updated, we will update the information where necessary within our systems. See the “Exercising Your California Privacy Rights” section for instructions on submitting a right to correction request.

The Right to Opt-out of the Sharing of Personal Information: You have the right to opt out of the sharing of your personal information as described above. If you would like to opt out of the sharing of your personal information, please click the  “Do Not Share My Personal Information” link available in the footer of our website and adjust your preferences.

To exercise the rights described above, please submit a verifiable request by contacting us at privacy@americancampus.com. We may require you to provide certain personal information to allow us to verify your identity, such as your physical address, phone number, etc. If we cannot comply with a request, we will explain the reasons in our response. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights.

You may designate, in writing or through a power of attorney, an authorized agent to make these privacy requests on your behalf. We may require the authorized agent to provide your signed permission demonstrating proof they have been authorized by you to act on your behalf.

If you have questions or concerns about your privacy or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at Human Resources Support at hrsupport@americancampus.com.

As our business changes, so will this privacy policy. If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will post a new version to this website and update the policy’s ‘Effective Date’ above.” We will also update the policy’s “Effective Date” above.