CareerBuilder

careerbuilder.com · recruitment & hr

One application leaves copies with the agency, the platform and the employer, and each of them points at the others when you ask. Closing your account does not delete the file, which outlives the vacancy and can feed candidate databases recruiters pay to search.

The Fine Print in full

The verified route

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https://www.careerbuilder.com/privacy
Privacy request form

Where data goes

What CareerBuilder likely holds

What recruiters typically hold about you, from our industry research, the most sensitive first.

Pick a folder to see where it goes.

Most sensitive

Sensitive

Everyday

Where it goes

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Companies under one owner commonly share data with the parent and with each other. The group can hold more about you than CareerBuilder does alone.

On CareerBuilder's behalf

They handle your data on CareerBuilder's instructions. If CareerBuilder uses them, a request to CareerBuilder should reach them.

Inferred services

Services recruiters typically use.

The agency's recruitment software Most recruiters
Payment, analytics, hosting and support providers Most recruiters
AI providers Some recruiters
Video interview and assessment platforms Some recruiters
Speech-to-text and AI scoring Some recruiters
Call recording and analysis tools Some recruiters
Right-to-work checks before you are placed in work
Background and reference checks for roles that need one
Payroll providers and umbrella companies Some recruiters

Get their own copy

A request to CareerBuilder doesn't reach them. Each needs its own, and some keep records under a legal duty.

Inferred recipients

Who recruiters typically pass your data to, from our industry research. Where the company names a partner, we show the partner in place of the inferred one.

Ad platforms and tracking Most recruiters
Employers your application goes to Most recruiters
Public bodies, when the law requires it to report your pay and the tax taken from it to the tax office, when the agency pays you · hard to reach
Recruiters and employers who pay to search the CV database Some recruiters

Inferred practices

What recruiters typically do with your data, from our industry research.

Your CV used to train their AI Most recruiters
Applications scored by software Most recruiters 2 events
De-identified data passed on or sold Most recruiters
Your data sold Some recruiters
Kept after you leave Most recruiters 1 event
Shared across the group Some recruiters

What has gone wrong

CareerBuilder Notice · 2025 Bought out of bankruptcy by BOLD, owner of the Zety and LiveCareer resume builders On the map: CareerBuilder The report
Monster Notice · 2025 Bought out of bankruptcy by BOLD, owner of the Zety and LiveCareer resume builders On the map: Monster The report
Monster Notice · 2025 Privacy ombudsman appointed to review its users' data in a bankruptcy sale On the map: Monster The report

Elsewhere in recruitment

The same kind of data, at other recruiters.

Workday Notice · 2026 Class certification sought in the AI screening case The report
Talentsconnect Incident · 2026 Recruiting database left open The report
Extia Enforcement · 2026 Fined 300,000 euros for ignoring job candidates' deletion requests On the map: Kept after you leave The report
Eightfold Notice · 2026 Sued over secret applicant scores The report
Workday Notice · 2025 1.1 billion rejections in its own filing On the map: Applications scored by software The report
DISA Incident · 2025 Screening data of 3.3 million people The report
Aon Notice · 2024 Hiring tests marketed as bias-free On the map: Applications scored by software The report
Mercor Notice · 2026 Breach notice tells experts their personal information was downloaded in March The report
Mercor Notice · 2026 Class actions allege its recorded AI interviews trained models and were then leaked The report
Mercor Incident · 2026 Breached through a compromised open-source tool, with hackers claiming 4TB of its data The report

DÆTRAX is a personal data accountability ledger: a dated record of which companies hold your personal data, what you asked them to do about it, and what they claimed in reply.

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