Capital One Financial Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, “Capital One,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) are committed to protecting your personal information. This Capital One Non-US Associate Privacy Notice (“Notice”) explains how we collect, use, transfer, and disclose the personal information about certain current and former associates located outside of the United States.
WHAT THIS NOTICE COVERS
This Notice applies to personal information collected about the current and former associates of certain Capital One entities that make this notice available to you, including entities with the Capital One, Discover, and Velocity Mobile names. You can find more information about the affiliates covered by this Notice in the Appendix at the end of this Notice.
This Notice does not apply to Capital One affiliates or branches that provide separate privacy notices to their associates, such as Capital One (Europe) plc and Capital One (Canada Branch). It also does not apply to personal information about our US associates.
This Notice does not form part of any contract of employment or other contract to provide services.
For more information about how we collect, use and disclose personal information in other contexts, please visit capitalone.com/privacy.
WHAT INFORMATION ABOUT YOU WE COLLECT, USE, TRANSFER, AND DISCLOSE, AND WHY
In the course of your employment with a Capital One affiliate, we collect information about you and your working relationship with Capital One, or your spouse, domestic/civil partner, or dependents. We refer to such information as “Personal Information.” The Personal Information that we process will vary based on work location, your position, and the Capital One entity that employs you. For more specific information regarding what Personal Information Capital One may collect, use, transfer, or disclose, and the purposes for which it is collected, used, transferred, or disclosed, please see the Appendix at the end of this Notice.
If you do not provide us with the Personal Information necessary to manage your employment with us, we may not be able to deliver to you all the services, compensation, and benefits associated with your job or maintain our employment relationship with you. To the extent that you decide to provide or make available Personal Information that is not required for the purposes as described in the end of this Notice, your decision to provide Personal Information is voluntary. If we process Personal Information based on your consent, you may withdraw your consent at any time.
You will not be subject to decisions based exclusively on automated processing of Personal Information without prior notice, unless permitted by applicable law.
We may also receive Personal Information about you from other sources. See the Appendix at the end of this Notice for more information.
DATA INTEGRITY AND RETENTION
Capital One will take reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information processed is reliable for its intended use, and is accurate and complete for carrying out the purposes described in this Notice.
The Personal Information we collect will be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Notice, consistent with our retention policies, and in accordance with applicable laws. When determining these retention policies we take into account the length of time Personal Information is required to be retained to provide or receive the services (e.g., the duration of your employment and period in which we have an ongoing relationship with you or your dependents); satisfy legal and compliance obligations and for audit purposes; address any complaints or troubleshoot issues related to the job application process or other services; and defend or bring potential legal claims or enforce our policies.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
Due to the global nature of Capital One operations, we disclose Personal Information to personnel and departments throughout Capital One to fulfill the purposes set out in the Appendix at the end of this Notice. This may include transferring Personal Information to other countries, provinces, or regions. The primary company responsible for your Personal Information will be the Capital One company by which you are employed. However, other Capital One subsidiaries or affiliates, including affiliates in the United States, may process your Personal Information for certain purposes.
Access to Personal Information within Capital One will be limited to those who have a need to know the information for the purposes described in this Notice, and may include individuals in Human Resources (HR), Information Technology (IT), Global Workplace Solutions, Compliance, Legal, Finance and Accounting, and Internal Audit. All personnel within Capital One will generally have access to your business contact information available on One Page and other databases, such as name, employee ID, position, telephone number, postal address, and email address.
From time to time, Capital One will need to make Personal Information available to other unaffiliated third parties. Some of these unaffiliated third parties will be located outside of your home jurisdiction, including in the United States, United Kingdom (UK), Canada, Mexico, India, the Philippines, Singapore, or any other country, province, or region in which we or they have operations. These jurisdictions may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country, province, or region. In all such cases, and generally for any processing operations, we take appropriate security measures to protect your Personal Information in accordance with this Notice. In certain circumstances, courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, or security authorities in those other countries, provinces, or regions may be entitled to your Personal Information. For more specific information about how we share Personal Information about you with unaffiliated third parties, please see the Appendix at the end of this Notice.
Capital One may need to transfer Personal Information to our subsidiaries, affiliates, or unaffiliated third parties in countries that have not been recognized as providing an adequate level of protection of Personal Information by certain jurisdictions. For transfers from the European Economic Area (EEA), the UK, the Dubai International Finance Centre (DIFC) in the United Arab Emirates, and Japan to countries not considered adequate by the European Commission, the UK government, the DIFC, and Japan respectively, we put in place adequate measures, such as standard contractual clauses, to protect your Personal Information. The list of countries recognized by the EEA, the United Kingdom, the DFIC, and Japan as providing an adequate level of protection according to EEA, UK, DIFC, and Japanese standards respectively is available here for the EEA, here for the UK, here for the DIFC, and here for Japan.
You may obtain a copy of these measures by contacting us using the details set out below in the Your rights, questions and complaints section of this Notice.
SECURITY AND INTERNAL POLICIES
We limit access to your Personal Information to those associates, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know. We have an information security program that includes administrative, technical, and physical measures that are designed to protect information within Capital One. While we strive to protect information about you, no method of data transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.
Capital One also maintains internal procedures and policies regarding our processing of Personal Information to facilitate compliance with this Notice and applicable laws, including with respect to retention, access, and the security of Personal Information. For more information, please review the policies and procedures provided to you or contact us using the details set out in the Your rights, questions, and complaints section of this Notice.
YOUR RIGHTS, QUESTIONS, AND COMPLAINTS
You may have rights under applicable privacy laws depending on the jurisdiction in which you reside. For example, to the extent that relevant rights are provided to you by applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, update, suppress, restrict, or delete Personal Information, object to or opt out of the processing of Personal Information, withdraw your consent (which will not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to the withdrawal), issue a complaint about our processing of your Personal Information, receive a copy of your Personal Information for purposes of transmitting it to another company, and exercise any other rights provided under applicable law.
Please contact the appropriate data protection contact listed below if you have any questions about how Capital One uses Personal Information or if you would like to request to exercise your rights where available under applicable law.
We will respond to your request consistent with applicable law. Please note, however, that certain Personal Information may be exempt from requests pursuant to applicable data protection laws or other laws and regulations. Importantly, available privacy rights vary by jurisdiction and applicable law, and the above rights are not available in all jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions, you may lodge a complaint with a data protection authority for your country, province, or region (see the Appendix at the end of this Notice for contact details).
YOUR OBLIGATIONS
Please keep Personal Information up to date and inform us of any significant changes to Personal Information. You may access, review, and change Personal Information that Capital One holds about you by updating your Workday profile. You agree to inform your dependents whose Personal Information you provide to Capital One about the content of this Notice, and ensure you have the right to provide that information to Capital One. You further agree to follow applicable law and Capital One’s policies, standards, and procedures that are brought to your attention when handling any Personal Information to which you have access during your relationship with Capital One. In particular, you will not access or use any Personal Information for any purpose other than in connection with and to the extent necessary for your work with Capital One. You understand that these obligations continue to exist after termination of your relationship with Capital One.
CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
We may change or update this Notice in the future. When we do, we will post the revised Notice on capitalone.com/privacy. This Notice was last updated and became effective on the date posted at the top of this page.
Personal Information we process
The Personal Information that we process will vary based on work location, your position, and the Capital One entity that employs you. The categories of Personal Information we process may include the following:
How and why we process personal information
We may process Personal Information about you for the purposes listed below based on one or more of the following reasons in accordance with applicable laws: (i) because we are required to do so by local applicable law; (ii) because such information is necessary to fulfill the employment contract and other policies that apply to your employment; (iii) because such information is of particular importance to us and we have a specific legitimate interest to process it; or (iv) where necessary to protect the vital interests of any person.
Other sources from whom we receive Personal Information
We may receive Personal Information directly from you as well as from other sources:
Affiliates covered by this Notice
The affiliates that may be covered by this Notice include:
Please contact us using the details set out above in the Your rights, questions, and complaints section of this Notice if you have any questions about how Capital One uses Personal Information for the above affiliates.