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PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy (“Policy”) is published by the company, Decathlon Sports India Pvt. Ltd.
having its registered office at Survey No. 78/10, A2, Chikkajala Village, Bellary Road,
Bangalore – 562157 (“Decathlon”). This “Site”, https://joinus.decathlon.in/en is protected by
intellectual property, including copyrights, designs, trademarks, domain names, patents,
know-how, software or databases. Decathlon and/or its partners remain the owner(s) of all
such content and associated rights. On this content, Decathlon grants you a limited,
non-exclusive, revocable license, without the right to sublicense for simple access, navigation
and use related to this Site. This license does not grant you any other rights, in particular to
commercially exploit these contents.
By completing the form on this Site, you consent to the processing of your personal
information and authorise Decathlon to collect and process personal information about you in
its database, namely, your first name, middle name and surname, home address, phone
number, email ID, training, work experience, remuneration history, degrees, awards,
interview summaries, etc., and, more broadly, any information and personal data which you
communicate to Decathlon as part of your application. We process the data that allows us to
recruit our future talents. Some of the data that you may provide include, but are not limited
to:
●CV/Resume
●Cover letter
●Videos or photographs (if applicable)
●Competency questionnaire (if applicable)
●Remuneration Value
●The sport(s) of passion
●The number of hours and days of availability (depending on the type of contract)
●The reasons for the selection of your contract type (if applicable)
●Satisfaction questionnaire etc.
Decathlon informs you that it may also enhance your profile with information about you,
namely information collected (i) during its interactions with you, whether written, via
telephone or physical interviews, and (ii) from professional social networks, recruitment
agency, or from any public information source, when such information is relevant to the
management of your application.
This information is subject to computer processing for the management of your application.
Your data may also be included in a CV library which will enable Decathlon to provide you
with other offers, where applicable.
To facilitate internal and external recruitment, Decathlon uses the DigitalRecruiters software,
published by the company CEGID, to share job offers and to collect and manage applications.
Decathlon acts as the controller of the personal data communicated by you and CEGID acts
as a subcontractor. Decathlon stores and process your personal data, on computers that may
be protected by physical as well as reasonable technological security measures and
procedures in accordance with applicable laws including but not limited to Information
Technology Act 2000 and rules there under and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act,
2023 and the rules there under.
Given its ultimate purpose, that of processing the personal data of candidates responding to
job offers and including candidates’ data in the CV library of Decathlon, the processing of
your personal data is required to pursue the legitimate interests of Decathlon, namely the
management of its recruitment processes, as well as the performance of pre-contractual
measures which may exist between Decathlon and candidates responding to job offers.
This data is hosted in France and will be sent to the people in charge of recruitment within
Decathlon to enable them to study your application.
Responses for fields marked with an asterisk are obligatory and failure to enter a response is
likely to compromise the follow-up of your application. In other cases, they are optional and
of no consequence to your application.
By accepting the conditions of this Policy, you authorise Decathlon to communicate, where
necessary, your personal data to other companies within the Decathlon Group and to its
affiliates, including Decathlon Group companies which may be located outside India, to
manage your application and to enhance its CV library. Decathlon declares that it has taken
the necessary measures to oversee transfers outside the India and to protect your personal
data as per applicable laws. You can make a request to Decathlon to provide comprehensive
information about the data transferred, the precise recipients of the information and the means
implemented to oversee this transfer. Disclosures to other third parties may also be required
for Decathlon to provide access to Decathlon’s Site and services, to comply with Decathlon’s
legal obligations, to enforce any agreements, or to prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate
fraudulent or illegal activities related to Decathlon’s Site or services. Decathlon does not
disclose your personal information to third parties for their marketing and advertising
purposes without your explicit consent.
Decathlon may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith
belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to respond to subpoenas, court orders,
judicial or quassi-judicial requests or other legal processes. Decathlon may disclose personal
information to law enforcement offices, third party rights owners, or others in the good faith
belief that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) enforce Decathlon’s Terms or
Privacy Policy; (b) respond to claims that an advertisement, posting or other content violates
the rights of a third party; or (c) protect the rights, property or personal safety of Decathlon or
any other entity of the Decathlon Group, or the general public.
Decathlon and its affiliates will share / transfer some or all of personal information with
another business entity should Decathlon (or Decathlon’s assets) plan to merge with, or be
acquired by that business entity, or re-organization, amalgamation, restructuring of business.
In the event such transactions occur, other business entities (or the new combined entity) will
be required to follow this Policy with respect to the candidate’s personal information.
As a subcontractor of Decathlon, the company CEGID is authorised to access your personal
information when necessary, particularly as part of its administrative tasks and maintenance
of the Decathlon’s and the application management tool, but cannot communicate this data to
its own subcontractors without obtaining the prior agreement of the Decathlon.
We inform you that your personal data is computerised and processed confidentially, with
guarantees that personal data put online will be kept secure and confidential.
You can exercise your right to access, rectify, update or delete your personal data or opt out
by writing to the following email address: india.recruitment@decathlon.com. You also have
the right to ask Decathlon to send you all your personal data in a structured format.
You can contact the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of the data controller at the following
email address: datasafetyindia@decathlon.net]
Cookies
We use data collection devices such as "cookies" on our Site to help analyze our web page
flow, measure promotional effectiveness, and promote trust and safety. "Cookies" are small
files placed on the candidate’s/customer/user's hard drive that assist us in providing the
services. Cookies do not contain any of candidate’s /customer/user's personal information.
We offer certain features that are only available through the use of a "cookie". We also use
cookies to allow candidate’s /customer/user's to enter your password less frequently during a
session. Cookies help us to provide information that is targeted to candidates
/customer/user's. Most cookies are "session cookies," meaning that they are automatically
deleted from candidate’s/customer/user's hard drive at the end of a session. Candidates
/customer/user's are always free to decline/delete our cookies if your browser permits,
although in that case candidates/customer/user's may not be able to use certain features on the
Site and candidate’s/customer/user's may be required to re-enter your password more
frequently during a session. Additionally, candidates/customer/user's may encounter
"cookies" or other similar devices on certain pages of the Site that are placed by CEGID or its
subcontractors. We do not control the use of cookies by other third parties. We use cookies
from other third-party partners such as Google Analytics for marketing and analytical
purposes. Google Analytics helps us understand how our customers use the Site.
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