You want to make sure you have active consent from a candidate when they apply for a job. With Homerun's consent checkbox, you can give candidates the opportunity to give their consent about storing their personal data for a certain amount of time.
You’ve probably already defined a retention period. If you haven't: have a look at this article that explains how to set a retention period. The period chosen here should be mentioned in your consent checkbox.
Using the consent checkbox
From anywhere in the tool, click Settings in the sidebar
At the left, click Privacy
Scroll to Retention consent
Write the text for the content in the box for your Consent checkbox. Make sure to include why (purpose) you are storing the information and for how long (amount of time)
The text can be written in any of the languages that are activated for your Homerun account. You can select the language on the right side and change the text accordingly
You can choose to make the consent checkbox mandatory for a candidate in order to apply. Be aware that this could have an impact on your application process. If a candidate chooses to not check the box you don’t have the consent to store their data for the amount of time indicated in the checkbox, which means you should delete their data faster
Click Update
Great! The box is added to the bottom of all the application forms of all your job posts.
Note: be aware that although you might not always need explicit consent to store candidate data you should always ensure that you share your privacy statement for recruitment with them. You can read more about the privacy statement here.
Want to know more about GDPR and how you can become compliant?
Check out The GDPR ready to roll hiring guide.