This Privacy policy describes how PVN Associates Private Limited (PAPL Corp) may collect, process,
transfer, share, and retain Personal Information of employees. PAPL Corp is committed to securing and
protecting the Personal Information of all PAPL Corp employees.
This Notice may be amended from time to time as needed to reflect any changes in PAPL Corp’s practices and
policies with regard to how it manages your personal information. This Notice is intended to cover all PAPL
Corp’s employees. We may supplement this Notice with a local notice where required by law or to reflect
local or regional practices.
What Personal Information might PAPL Corp. Collect from employees?
PAPL Corp may obtain your Personal Information directly from you or indirectly, such as from prior
employers, recruitment agencies, references provided by you, public records sources, and other third
parties. The Personal Information PAPL Corp collects is subject to the requirements of local law and
applicable employee representative agreements
Because the list below is for all of PAPL Corp, there may be data elements included here that do not
apply to your specific situation. Please contact your HR representative if you have any questions.
- Name, including given, family, middle, and any suffix
- Identification numbers (in whole or in part), such as an employee identification number, PAN, social
security/ AADHAR Number, or other government-issued identification number or card, such as a national
identification card, driver’s license, visa, passport, or other government-issued document
- Work contact information, including telephone numbers, facsimile number, email address, mailing
address, and work location
- Home contact information, including home address, home phone numbers, personal mobile phone numbers,
and personal email addresses
- Basic identifying information, such as date of birth and gender
- Work experience, education and job history, language skills, other skill categories, licenses,
certifications, awards, memberships to and participation in trade associations or professional
organizations, and authorizations to perform a certain job
- Information about your job, including job title, department, job function, job type, job
classification/grade, employment contract and cost-center
- Information about your employer, including name of company, company location, and country of
incorporation
- Organizational chart information, such as your position in the company, your level, the identification
of your supervisor, assistant and/or direct reports
- Information required for badges, such as a photograph and your authorization to access certain
locations
- Photos captured during company events and shared on social media internally and in some instances
externally (in these events the fact that photos are being taken will be open and obvious to you and you
will have an opportunity to opt out) – in the event that your photo is to be shared in marketing
materials beyond social media you will be notified and have an opportunity to decline.
- Compensation and benefits information, including identification data for your beneficiaries and
dependants (such as name, date of birth, gender, government identification numbers, address, and other
data that may be required) and information related to specific benefits programs
- Training, continuing education, and development records
- Performance review information
- Succession planning information
- Information regarding your potential and aspirations to consider your next steps in the organization
- PAPL Corp computer, network, and communications information and logs covering the use of company
phones, computers, electronic communications (such as email and electronic calendars), and other
information and communication technology, including but not limited to username/login identification,
passwords, answers to security questions, and other information required to access PAPL Corp
applications, networks, systems, and services as well as information that you store, send, submit, or
receive through PAPL Corp’s networks and systems
- Access information indicating when you enter and leave the workplace
- Time collection and allocation information
- Work assignments and work product that may include a connection to you, such as but not limited to
documents and files with you identified as the author and tasks assigned to you
- Visitor information, including the time, date, and location of visits, information regarding a vehicle
for parking purposes, and information necessary to maintain visitor logs and screening
- Event registration information, such as your desire to attend an event, specific topic preferences,
food preferences, travel arrangements, and attendance
- Information about your work preferences, such as travel preferences (seating, airline, frequent flyer
information, smoking/non-smoking), and location preferences (including your mobility for job
opportunities)
- Information that you volunteer to include in a profile in electronic systems, including but not
limited to a nickname, photograph, and interests
- Emergency contact information, which may include information about non-employees, such as family
members or friends that you choose to identify as your emergency contact
- Other data required to support human resources applications, payroll, travel and expense
administration, including but not limited to bank and credit card account information
- Location information, such as for company vehicles, applications, company issued laptops, telephones,
and customer elevators that you may be visiting, or other devices that have or require global
positioning data (also called location tracking)
Depending on local requirements and law, PAPL Corp may also collect:
- Passport information, place of birth, citizenships held (past and present), and residency status
- Screenings required for on-boarding, such as hearing checks, medical examinations, drug screening,
and/or background check information
- Information regarding health and injuries, such as disability, sickness leave, maternity leave, and
other information that may be required to administer human resources and environmental, health and
safety requirements
- Military service information
- Photographs, audio and video, or biometric information (e.g., fingerprint, iris scan, or voice
recognition)
- Information that may be required for security clearance or international trade compliance regulations
to permit your access to certain technologies or other information related to your job, including travel
history, personal and/or professional contacts, and other information that may be requested for a
substantive contacts screening
- Information about family status and members, such as marital status, the name of your parents, a
maiden name, and information regarding your dependants
- Other information, to the extent required by local law, such as race, religion, or political party or
trade/labor union affiliation
For what purposes might PAPL Corp use your Personal Information?
- Managing your employment, including:
- Compensation and benefits, including establishment and administration of benefit plans
- Payroll administration, such as for deductions and contributions
- Career development, performance feedback and progression
- Rewards and recognition
- Time collection and allocation
- Travel and expense reimbursement, including travel and/or credit card administration
- Training
- Relocations, letters of assignment, support for expatriate employees, visas, licenses and other
right-to-work authorizations
- Tax reporting and withholdings
- Maintenance of employee and officer biographies, curriculum vitae and similar information
- Email systems and organizational charts
- Reporting as required to regulators including without limitation, health and safety regulators and
tax authorities
- Employee engagement activities
- Staffing and succession planning
- Conducting regular business operations, including without limitation:
- recording approvals and signatures by you on corporate documents including contracts, settlements,
purchase orders, reports and correspondence
- engaging in research including for the design and development of products, services and
technologies
- analyzing costs and expenses, including without limitation salary, travel and expense data
- sharing of information with customers and business partners
- conducting market analysis
- sharing promotional sales tools (including presentations to customers that may include such things
as employee org charts that contain photos, position and contact information as may be relevant)
- Responding to situations involving a risk of health or safety, including in an emergency (this may
entail data collected from wearable devices which check the well-being of lone workers and may include
recording of incidents and close calls suffered by specific employees and reporting to management in
order to implement corrective actions)
- Communicating with employees including on the intranet
- Conducting employee engagement surveys and charity campaigns
- Managing labor and employee relations, including grievance proceedings
- Planning and providing health and safety programs and services, including drug screening, processing
of workers’ compensation, and similar health and safety programs
- Reporting and statistical analyses, including global enterprise headcount, demographics and reporting
required by applicable law, such as right-to-work screening, workplace environment, health and safety
reporting, and administration
- Managing physical security, including
- Access controls and security
- Facility access and safety
- Disaster preparedness
- Managing and securing Information Technology (“IT”) systems, such as computer networks, email,
internet access, Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) systems, and workflows, including
- Access controls and security for computer and other systems
- Internet, intranet, email, social media, and other electronic system access
- Virus, intrusion, and insider threat scanning and analysis
- Creation and analysis of logs for security and helpdesk purposes
- Providing helpdesk support and system maintenance activities
- Backing up and recovering data and providing disaster recovery services
- Overseeing location tracking, duration, and other telematics of certain PAPL Corp assets and for
certain applications for management of services provided, security, safety and efficiency
- Ensuring compliance with import, export and other international trade controls, including managing
registrations and authorizations, determining access to controlled technologies and/or commodities, and
screening for sanctioned or restricted countries or parties
- Responding to questions or concerns
- Performing audits and compliance reviews to ensure compliance with applicable policy, regulation, and
law
- Evaluating and reporting conflicts of interest
- Conducting and managing internal and external investigations, including Legal, Global Ethics &
Compliance, and International Trade Compliance reviews and any resulting disclosures to government
agencies
- Prosecuting and defending claims in litigation, arbitration, administrative, or regulatory
proceedings, including but not limited to pre-dispute activity, evidence collection, discovery,
litigation holds and e-discovery efforts
- Responding to law enforcement and other government inquiries
- Protecting intellectual property rights, including but not limited to patent filings
- Business planning, including planning for or executing restructuring activities, mergers, acquisitions
and divestitures
- Facilitating investor management activities for those employees who may have rights to PAPL Corp stock
- As required or expressly authorized by applicable law or regulation
With whom does PAPL Corp share the information it collects?
Internal access to employee Personal Information is provided on an as-needed basis. For example, Human
Resources and Payroll professionals within the company worldwide have access to Personal Information
related to their areas of responsibility. A limited number of individuals have access to all Personal
Information in certain PAPL Corp IT systems due to their responsibilities for worldwide human resources
programs. Managers and supervisors have access to work-related information about their employees
Personal Information is used by and shared among PAPL Corp operating companies, subsidiaries, divisions
or groups worldwide for the purposes identified above. We may also share your business contact information
with customers, potential customers, vendors and business partners to support regular business operations.
When PAPL Corp transfers your Personal Information among its businesses, it will do so consistent with
applicable law and PAPL Corp’s Corporate Policy Manual
In addition, PAPL Corp may provide access to or share Personal Information on an as-needed basis with
third parties, such as trusted service providers, consultants and contractors who are granted access to
PAPL Corp facilities or systems, and with government agencies and others as required by law. PAPL Corp
will only share your Personal Information outside the PAPL Corp group of companies to:
- Allow service providers PAPL Corp has retained to perform services on our behalf. In those cases, PAPL
Corp will only share the information with service providers for the purposes outlined above
- Comply with legal obligations, including but not limited to complying with tax and regulatory
obligations, sharing data with labor/trade unions and works councils, and responding to a court
proceeding or a legitimate legal request from law enforcement authorities or other government regulators
- Investigate suspected or actual illegal activity
- Prevent physical harm or financial loss
- Support the sale or transfer of all or a portion of our business or assets (including through
bankruptcy)
Where does PAPL Corp store your Personal Information?
PAPL Corp is legal entity operating in many territories. All your Personal Information is centrally
stored consistent with applicable legal requirements and should there arise a requirement to transfer the
information, the same will be done only to the extent necessary for the purposes set forth above
PAPL Corp relies on available legal mechanisms to enable the legal transfer of Personal Information
across borders if required. To the extent that PAPL Corp relies on the standard contractual clauses (also
called the model clauses), PAPL Corp will comply with those requirements, including where there may be a
conflict between those requirements and this Notice.
What choices do you have about how PAPL Corp uses your Personal Information?
Your Personal Information is critical to PAPL Corp’s human resources management. As a result, unless
contrary to local law, collective bargaining, or works council restrictions agreed to by PAPL Corp,
collection and use of your Personal Information as described in this notice is generally required for your
employment. Your Personal Information is required to pay you, manage your employment, and comply with
legal obligations, such as tax laws and compliance regulations.
Depending on the location in which you work, local laws may require that you provide specific consent for
the collection, use and/or disclosure of Personal Information in certain circumstances. Where required,
PAPL Corp will ask for such consent by appropriate and permitted means.
How long does PAPL Corp retain Personal Information?
PAPL Corp retains your human resources Personal Information for the length of your employment and for any
additional period as required by applicable law or regulation, court, administrative or arbitration
proceedings, or audit requirements. For more specific information about retention of your human resources
information, please contact your local HR representative.
PAPL Corp may retain data that is required for business and legal purposes, such as but not limited to
data: (a) required for legitimate business purposes, for example working files or business records
concerning customers, products, services, technologies, business partners and other work-related efforts
that may incidentally contain information about you; (b) that you saved in shared storage areas, subject
to applicable retention periods; (c) subject an active legal investigation, judicial or administrative
proceeding, audit, or other legal requirement; and (d) that PAPL Corp is required to retain under a
contractual, legal, regulatory, or audit obligation.
What additional information should specific employees know?
Employees who provide information about family members and others: For emergency contact
information, to cover dependents with available benefits, and to identify beneficiaries, you may choose to
provide PAPL Corp with information about family members and others connected to you. Before providing that
information to PAPL Corp, you must ensure that you have the legal authority to do so. To the extent that
you provide information as the legal representative of minor children, your choice to provide the
information represents consent that PAPL Corp may collect, process, and transfer the information for the
purposes for which it was provided and as set forth in this Notice.
How can you access, correct, change, or seek deletion or a copy of your Personal
Information?
Many individuals have direct access to most of their Personal Information contained in various PAPL Corp
HR systems and can access, correct, change, delete, or copy their Personal Information using that direct
access. Upon request, PAPL Corp may also grant individuals reasonable access to Personal Information that
is otherwise inaccessible. Those individuals who do not have direct access or who seek additional access
should contact their local HR representative. For requests related to your Personal Information outside of
human resources data, contact your local Ethics and Compliance Officer, your Data Protection Officer, or
your Privacy Professional (see below for more details).
How can you contact PAPL Corp?
If you have a question or concern about your Personal Information or want more information about which
PAPL Corp entities are the data controllers for your Personal Information, you should contact your local
HR representative. If you are not sure who to talk to in your business – you can always reach us at +91 44
42613912 or at info@paplcorp.com