Your Rights and Choices

You can make choices about your personal information and exercise certain rights under the law. We cannot always do what you ask us to do. Sometimes we have to do something different to follow a law, a contract or our own policy. Sometimes we have to ask our client what to do. Sometimes we cannot do something because information we have collected cannot be linked to you, like anonymous browsing information.

If you ask to exercise any rights or make any choices, we will either do what you ask, tell you why we cannot, or help you find the right person or organization to ask. We will not unfairly discriminate against you for making a choice or exercising your rights, but if there are consequences to making a choice, we will tell you what they are.

You can ask:

• for information about your personal information. You can ask if we have it, who we get it from, how we use it, where we store and access it, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and how we protect it when we share it across borders or between organizations. This is sometimes called the right to know or the right to be informed
• for a copy of your personal information. This is sometimes called the right to know or the right of access
• to correct your personal information if it is incorrect. This is sometimes called the right to rectification or a dispute
• To add a comment to your personal information if you want it to be clarified or if you disagree with us about whether it is correct
• to stop using your personal information, either temporarily or permanently, or limit its use or disclosure for some or all purposes. This is sometimes called the right to restriction of processing, the right to object, or the right to opt out. If we are using your personal information based on your consent, this might also be a withdrawal of consent
• to delete your personal information. This is sometimes called the right to be forgotten (see important note below)
• to share your personal information with another organization. This is sometimes called the right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, use this form, call us, or email us at privacy@sterlingcheck.com.

Note about deletion requests: in many cases, we cannot delete data even if you request it. For example, if you are a candidate or source in the United States or Canada, we usually need to keep your personal information for at least six years to comply with our legal and contractual obligations.