Indeed
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 verified route
privacy-dept@indeed.com
Privacy Recommended
https://requests.hrtechprivacy.com/create
Privacy request form
Where data goes
What Indeed 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
Identity Documents
Visa & Immigration Status They keep it as proof of who you are. At some recruiters, handled for them by right-to-work checks, background and reference checks and payroll providers and umbrella companies, working on their instructions. At some recruiters, shared with public bodies, when the law requires it, who keep their own copy. more show on the map
Messages
Photos & Biometrics
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Sensitive
Contact Info
Email Addresses · Phone Numbers · Home Address They keep it to run your account and get in touch with you. Handled for them by the agency's recruitment software and payment, analytics, hosting and support providers, and at some recruiters by payroll providers and umbrella companies, working on their instructions. Shared with ad platforms and tracking and employers your application goes to, and at some recruiters with recruiters and employers who pay to search the CV database, who keep their own copy. Some of the policies we read also let them pass your profile and contact details to ad networks, in a way the law counts as selling, and the networks can sell them on.Most of the policies we read also let them keep some of it after you close your account, for their own analysis, fraud checks and disputes.Some of the policies we read also let them share it with other companies in their group and with their owners. more show on the map
Employment Records
Location
Recordings
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Everyday
Account Profile
Usernames & Display Names · Profile Photos · Date of Birth & Gender They keep it for your account and your profile. Handled for them by the agency's recruitment software, working on their instructions. Shared with ad platforms and tracking and employers your application goes to, and at some recruiters with recruiters and employers who pay to search the CV database, who keep their own copy. Most of the policies we read also let them use your CV, your profile and your applications to train their own AI.Most recruiters also score and rank you with automated tools, and turn some applicants away on the score.Most of the policies we read also let them pass it on, or sell it, once it is called de-identified or anonymous.Some of the policies we read also let them pass your profile and contact details to ad networks, in a way the law counts as selling, and the networks can sell them on. more show on the map
Browsing & Activity
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Where it goes
Indeed indeed.com Your data goes from here to the companies and services built around it.
On Indeed's behalf
They handle your data on Indeed's instructions. If Indeed uses them, a request to Indeed 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 Indeed 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
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
Monster Notice · 2025 Bought out of bankruptcy by BOLD, owner of the Zety and LiveCareer resume builders The report
CareerBuilder Notice · 2025 Bought out of bankruptcy by BOLD, owner of the Zety and LiveCareer resume builders The report
Monster Notice · 2025 Privacy ombudsman appointed to review its users' data in a bankruptcy sale 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.