California Consumer Privacy Act Notice

 

Last updated: January 2025

 

Notice to Applicants/Employees Regarding Collection of Personal
Information

MUN CPAs collect certain types of personal information from you, the job applicant/employee, as part of the employment
relationship and/or hiring process. Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (“CPRA”), and other California privacy laws, any terms defined in the CCPA/CPRA (collectively, the “Act”) have the same meaning when used in this notice. MUN CPAs hereby provides you notice of the categories of personal information it has collected or will collect about its job applicants/employees as part of the employment relationship and/or hiring process, and the purposes for which it collects such information. This information is used for internal purposes; only MUN CPAs does not sell your personal information.

The Act provides applicants and employees with certain rights, which may include:

• Knowledge of information collected;
• Deletion of information collected;
• Opt-out of information collected;
• Opt-in of information collected;
• Correction of information collected and
• Not to be discriminated or retaliated against for exercising rights under the law.

Where We Obtain Information About You

MUN CPAs may collect information about you from the following sources: (1) you; (2) prior employers, references, recruiters, job-related social media platforms; (3) third-party companies, such as background check companies; and (4) claim administrators and investigators. Depending on MUN CPAs interactions with you, we may or may not collect all of the information identified about you.

The Personal Information That We Collect

The following are the categories of personal information that MUN CPAs may collect about their employees/job applicants. MUN CPAs collect this information to facilitate the hiring and
employment process, including verifying your identity, supporting human resources procedures, and ensuring internal security. Not every category will apply to every job applicant/employee. Some information may be considered “sensitive personal information” under the Act.

• Identifiers, including real name, social security number, driver’s license number, and contact information;
• Educational and employment background and professional credentials;
• Medical records;
• Demographic data;
• Data regarding responses to employment application screening questions and/or assessments;
• Military or Veteran status (this is collected on a voluntary basis) and
• Geolocation data.

How Your Personal Information is Used

MUN CPAs may use Personal Information for various business purposes and
as permitted by California and federal law:

• For hiring, retention, and employment purposes;
• To operate, manage, and maintain MUN CPAs business;
• To otherwise accomplish MUN CPAs business purposes and objectives, which may include for:
• Conducting research, analytics, and data analysis;
• Maintaining our facilities and infrastructure;
• Quality and safety assurance measures;
• Conducting risk and security controls and monitoring;
• Protecting confidential and trade secret information;
• Detecting and preventing fraud;
• Performing identity verification;
• Performing accounting, audit, and other internal functions, such as internal investigations;
• Complying with the law, legal process, and internal policies;
• Maintaining records and claims processing;
• Responding to legal requests for information and subpoenas and
• Exercising and defending legal claims.

And any other purposes authorized by the Acts, California or Federal law.

The above are examples of potential uses- MUN CPAs may or may not have used Personal and Sensitive Personal Information about you for each of the above purposes.

Selling of Personal Information

MUN CPAs does not sell your Personal Information.

Data Retention Periods

MUN CPAs retains Personal Information about you for 6 years, unless a shorter or longer
period is required by California or federal law.

Changes to Notice of Collection

MUN CPAs reserves the right to amend this Notice of Collection at any time. When
MUN CPAs makes any changes to this Notice of Collection, it will be made through a visible notice on its Careers page.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about MUN CPAs job applicant/employee Notice of Collection
or any related topic, please feel free to contact Amanda Rusk at amr@muncpas.com or by phone at 916-724-3993.