S&P Global Inc., its subsidiaries and divisions globally (“S&P Global”) are committed to protecting the personal information that S&P Global obtains through our recruitment and hiring processes. When applying for a position with S&P Global, you will be applying for a position with one entity of S&P Global, the details of which will be provided to you as part of the recruitment and hiring process. The company of S&P Global that is your prospective employer is the data controller of your personal information with respect to your application (the “Company” or “we”, “us”, “our”).

Although S&P Global aims for consistency in our recruitment activities, differences in the applicable law across the various jurisdictions where we operate may mean that this is not always possible. We will process your personal data in accordance with this Policy unless to do so would not be permitted under applicable local law.

S&P Global may update this Policy from time to time and will post the most recent version online. We recommend that you review this Policy regularly to keep up to date with any such changes. 

Subject to applicable law, the Company may process the following types of personal information collected from you (either from the application or as part of the interview process) or other sources, when you register for job alerts on our careers page, or during the recruitment process. The other sources from whom we may collect personal information may include an employee of S&P Global that has referred you and other third parties where relevant to your application; for example where we are provided with: (i) an employment reference from a former employer or professional body; (ii) confirmation of your immigration status; or (iii) a criminal background check from the relevant authority in that jurisdiction.

If we obtain personal information from third parties, we will take reasonable steps to confirm that such personal information was collected lawfully where required to do so by applicable law.

Some personal information which we collect, where required or permitted by applicable law or where you have given us your consent to do so (which can be withdrawn at any time), may also be considered sensitive information or special category data under applicable law in relevant jurisdictions. For example, in the People’s Republic of China, your ID information and financial information may be considered sensitive personal information.

If you provide us with personal information about other individuals (such as individuals listed as references), it is your responsibility to inform such individuals of their rights and to obtain their consent, where necessary under applicable law, to the processing (including transfer) of that personal information for the purposes set out in this Policy. 

• Assess your suitability for the position for which you apply based on the information you have provided to us as part of your initial application, during interviews and/or from any further assessments you have undertaken as part of the recruitment process; and, in accordance with applicable law, to assess your suitability for other open positions and to make hiring decisions, including in connection with assessment or evaluation services provided by third-parties;
• Maintain and review our equal opportunity profile and support our diversity and inclusion efforts, in accordance with applicable law (including any applicable equality, diversity and discrimination legislation);
• Meet our obligations with respect to any health and safety requirements or security obligations in the relevant jurisdiction where you are applying for a position, including when you might visit our premises for interviews or assessments and require accommodation;
• Take further steps to enter into an employment contract with you; for example, communicating offers of employment to you where you have been successful in a recruitment process and informing you of current and future career opportunities as permitted by applicable law or where you have registered to receive job alerts from our career page;
• Communicate with you to facilitate, manage and improve our recruiting and hiring processes, administer on-boarding activities and maintain employment records. This may include discussing your application further, inviting you to interviews, post-recruitment process followup, and providing you with feedback; 
• Verify your right to work in the jurisdiction of the position for which you have applied; and
• Authenticate your identity and conduct or obtain reference and background checks or criminal record checks to the extent required or permitted by applicable law. Data relating to your criminal conviction history will only be collected :(i) where we have made a conditional offer of employment that is subject only to background checks; and (ii) where such checks are permitted by applicable law, providing for the appropriate safeguards for your rights and freedoms as a prospective employee.

• we have requested and been given your explicit consent (your consent can be withdrawn at any time by contacting us using the details below);
• processing your personal information is necessary for our (or a third party recipient's) legitimate interests (including our legitimate human resources and business management interests) in facilitating recruitment, evaluation, and hiring processes, in particular: the interview process and communicating with you; making informed recruitment decisions and selecting suitable candidates for roles with us; performing background checks through service providers (such as criminal and credit history, to the extent relevant and permitted and, where necessary, also with your consent); improving our recruiting and hiring processes and applying industry best practices;
• to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you (for example, where you have accepted an offer of employment and we need to take steps in accordance with the agreement that require processing of your personal data);
• the processing of your personal information may also be necessary for us to comply with legal or regulatory requirements (in particular with respect to maintaining records, applicable equal opportunities monitoring and reporting obligations and verifying your right to work in the relevant jurisdiction where required by authorized authorities); and
• if you are in a jurisdiction where legitimate interest is not a ground for processing, either at all or in respect of particular categories of personal information, we will process your personal information as required or permitted by law, including based on your consent where required or permitted by applicable law.

Our ability to process or evaluate your application will be limited if we do not process your personal information.

Within S&P Global:

Your personal information may be disclosed to our human resources, finance and administration functions and other relevant personnel, such as interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managersin the business area with a vacancy, and IT and compliance/legal department personnel, for recruitment, compliance, administrative and management purposes as described in this Policy. Relevant S&P Global entities have executed data processing agreements, data transfer agreements or other types of data agreements pursuant to the applicable privacy laws in order to implement appropriate safeguards for transfers of personal information.

Service providers:

We may share your personal information with recruitment, assessment, on-boarding and administration service providers, background check providers, affirmative action plan and diversity analytics providers, and hosting, cloud and other technology services providers on a need to know basis in accordance with applicable law. For example, we may provide your name and email address to our service providers engaged in candidate role matching and recommendations, including based on behavioral assessments, game-based recruiting, or resume reviews, where such assessments are applicable for the role to which you have applied. We require that these service providers protect your personal information in accordance with applicable law. Relevant S&P Global entities execute data processing agreements, data transfer agreements and/or other types of data agreements pursuant to applicable privacy laws in order to implement appropriate safeguards for transfers of personal information.

Third parties:

We may share your personal information with other third parties, for example in the context of the possible sale or transfer of all (or a portion) of our business or assets to a third party in the event of merger, acquisition, liquidation or similar event, or to relevant third parties such as auditors, lawyers or professional advisors, our insurers in accordance with applicable law. If required by law in a particular jurisdiction, we will require that third party continue to comply with this Policy or obtain your consent again.

Sometimes we may share your personal information without your consent where permitted or required under applicable law, including where service providers assist us in the processing of your personal information described in this Policy. We may need to disclose your personal information to comply with a subpoena, bankruptcy proceedings, or similar legal process, or in response to lawful requests by public, regulatory or government authorities, or when disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect our property or rights, or those of you or third parties, or the public at large. We may also share your personal information as permitted by law for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. In some jurisdictions, we may also process your personal information if it has already been publicly disclosed by you and, in jurisdictions such as the People’s Republic of China, where such processing is directly related to national security or public safety, or public health or other public interests.

There may be other circumstances where we disclose your personal data when you have given us your consent to do so (which you can withdraw at any time by contacting us on the details below)

We will not sell or disclose your personal information collected in accordance with this Policy to a third party non-vendor for monetary or other valuable consideration unless permitted by this Policy or applicable law.

Yes. S&P Global is a multi-national group with headquarters in New York, United States of America. We may process your personal information outside of the jurisdiction in which it was collected for the purposes set out in this Policy, including within the S&P Global group globally and with service providers outside that jurisdiction. Where your personal information is transferred to a jurisdiction without adequate privacy laws, S&P Global has policies and procedures to put measures in place to protect the personal information that is transferred in accordance with applicable privacy laws (such as the Standard Contractual Clauses released by the European Commission). You may obtain a copy by using the contact details below.

We adhere to applicable data privacy laws and have appropriate security measures (including physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards) designed to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. However, the security of information can never be guaranteed. In the event of a serious security incident, where required by applicable law, we will notify you and report to applicable regulators.

We We limit access to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors, service providers and other third parties who have a business need to know and are subject to confidentiality obligations.

If your application is successful, personal information processed during the recruitment process will be added to your employee record and processed in accordance with S&P Global’s employee privacy policy. You will be provided with access to a copy of that policy at the time of accepting your offer of employment and at any time on our intranet after you start with us.

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to review your application, or, to the extent applicable, until you have withdrawn your consent, and for an additional period as is necessary for the purposes described in this Policy (for example where you have requested that we consider you for any upcoming vacancies). To understand how long we will retain your personal information, please contact HRprivacy@spglobal.com

Yes, in some jurisdictions where permitted by law, we use processes which involve automated decisions for the purposes of recruiting and hiring. For example, for some roles we use gamified assessments to identify behavioural attributes, and the results of those assessments may be used to determine if a candidate proceeds to the next stage of the process. If a process involves automated decision-making, we will let you know and you may have a right to object to the decision and ask for human intervention depending on your jurisdiction.

At any time, you may request:

• access to your personal information (commonly known as a “data subject accessrequest”) and information regarding your personal data including the personal information that is processed by us, how it was collected and for what purposes;
• that we update or correct any errors in your personal information;
• erase all or part of your personal information if there is no legal basis for the processing of such data, or if the legal basis has ceased to apply and subject to our data retention obligations;
• that we restrict the processing of your personal information when you have asked us to check its accuracy and in other cases to the extent that such request does not conflict November 2021 7 S&P Global - Confidential S&P Global - Internal Use Only with a legal requirement or obligation to process your personal data, or an overriding legitimate interest we have to process your personal data;
• to export a copy of your personal information in a format that allows you to reuse yourdata;
• to ask for human intervention if a recruiting or hiring processinvolves an automated decision; and/or
• closure of your account (if an online account is created).

Furthermore, you may object to the processing of your personal information where the processing is based on a legitimate interest to the extent that such request does not conflict with a legal requirement or obligation to process your personal data, or an overriding legitimate interest we have to process your personal data

You may withdraw your consent to future processing at any time (if applicable) by contacting using the details provided below.

You may also have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the above rights.

Depending on which laws apply to your personal information, we may only do some of these things for you. If we refuse your request, we will explain your legal rights, the reason for our refusal and any recourse you may have.

Please contact our team if you have a question or request for us at HRprivacy@spglobal.com. We will respond to your request within 30 days or earlier if we can or are required to do so by applicable law

If you have a concern about our privacy practices, including the way we handled your personal information, you may report it to the Chief Privacy Officer and Data Protection Officer at privacy@spglobal.com or 55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041, or to the data protection authority that is authorized to hear those concerns.

In some jurisdictions, we also have local contact details that you may prefer to use as set out in our Global Corporate Privacy Policy. Look for the heading “How can you contact us?”.