Privacy Policy

1. When this Privacy Statement applies

This Privacy Statement applies whenever we collect personal information from visitors to the websites
on which it is posted. It also applies to any other interaction we may have with you where this
Privacy Statement is posted or provided, such as collecting your information in connection with a
recruiting event, or for information collected from recruiting emails sent to you. Some of our
website(s) and services may have their own, separate privacy policies and, where that is the case,
those privacy policies will apply instead of this one.

2. Collection of Personal Information

AEPartners generally collects and maintains personal information from the following categories of
individuals:

Website Visitors: individuals (like you) who visit our website(s);
Job Candidates: individuals (like you) who use our website to search for or apply for jobs posted on
our site, who provide their information to us to be matched with job postings, or whose information is
provided to us by others; Customer and supplier contacts: individuals employed by our customers or vendors with whom we have a business relationship.

The types of personal information we collect generally include the following:

Candidate and job application information: If you search for a position, submit your resume for
inclusion in one of our candidate databases, or apply for a position posted on our site, we collect
the information you provide in connection with these activities. This generally includes:
Contact information, including name, address, email, and phone number;
Account information, such as your login credentials, when you create an account in connection with our
job board(s); Information collected from any searches for jobs or positions you enter while on our site;
Resume(s) or CV(s) and information contained therein, such as work history, educational background,
and any other information contained in your resume(s) or CV(s); Professional information relevant to your candidacy, such as certifications, relevant prior trainings or courses, language capabilities, your area(s) or position(s) of interest, compensation-related information such as current compensation and compensation expectations, first possible start date, the fact that you might be subject to a non-compete, applicable termination/notice periods, restrictive covenant or any other agreement that might affect your ability to accept a position, references, letters of recommendation, interview notes, the source you heard about the job vacancy, and availabilities to schedule an in person interview; and the results of application-related assessments; Although the following may not be part of your application, we may collect: government-issued identifiers; military and/or veteran status; certain demographic information such as as gender; your right to work in the United States or your selected location, any limitations on your right to work associated with your employment sponsorship, if applicable, and (to the extent permitted by law) the result of any background checks or other pre-employment screenings or assessments.

Information voluntarily provided to us: AEP collects other personal information that is voluntarily
provided by individuals. For example, you may provide us with your contact information when submitting an inquiry to us, when accessing materials available on our site, when learning more about our services, or otherwise when using our site. Additionally, if your organization uses our services, we
will receive your contact information and login credentials.

Information we collect automatically: We automatically collect certain technical information when you
use our website(s), such as the Internet protocol (IP) address of devices, browser type and version,
time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platforms, and information
reflecting activity taken on our sites. (such as pages visited, downloads, errors experienced, and
length of visits to certain pages).

Information collected by cookies and similar technologies: AEP may use “cookies” and similar
technologies on our sites. These technologies may collect the same information as outlined above in
the point titled “Information we collect automatically,” and may associate such information with
identifiers. For more information, see “Cookie Notice” section below.

Information individuals make publicly available. AEP may obtain non-confidential information about
potential candidates from websites operated by third parties where potential candidates voluntarily
make their information (such as a resume) available.

In general, we collect personal information from the following sources: (a) individuals with whom we
or our service providers of business partners interact; (b) the devices used to access our site; (c)
emails, phone calls, text messages, or other communications between you and us; and (d) third party
partners such as partners who provide information about potential candidates to us.

3. Use of Personal Information – Our Purposes and Legal Bases

Personal information AEP collects will be used as described in this Privacy Statement. For the most
part, we collect personal information to operate effectively, to comply with applicable laws and
government regulations (e.g., employment, tax, insurance), and to provide you with access to our
website(s) and the functionalities they offer. More specifically, some of the ways we may use your
personal information include, but are not limited to:

Operating, administering, managing, and developing our business and services, including managing our
relationships with customers and suppliers; providing services to clients; providing workers to
customers, facilitating recruiting by our customers, facilitating candidacies by candidates, and
performing general business functions such as maintaining internal business records, maintaining IT
applications, reporting, procurement, accounting, general administration, and other operational
functions. The legal basis for this processing is generally our performance of a contract, our
compliance with law, or our legitimate business interests, as applicable.

Providing our websites to you and others, including the content and materials contained on our sites,
and our job-search and application functionalities. The legal basis for this processing is generally
our performance of a contract with you or our legitimate business interests, as applicable.

Responding to inquiries or other communications we receive from you, our clients, or our vendors. The
legal bases for this processing are your consent, our performance of a contract with you, and/or our
legitimate business interests, as applicable.

Facilitating the job search process for AEP entities and for our customers, including recruiting and
selecting candidates for AEP’s internal positions; helping to find suitable job matches for candidates
and for our customers; storing information about your recruitment or other preferences so we can
continue to provide you with services. The legal basis for this processing is generally our
performance of a contract with you, as well as our legitimate business interests.

Conducting analytics, evaluating, and improving our services, our technologies, and our business;
developing new technologies, products, and services; learning about our users, candidates, and
customers; conducting research; learning about trends in job markets, recruiting, or other fields in
which we operate; evaluating user engagement with our site and services; and facilitating the
functionality and new functionalities in our site and services. The legal basis for this processing is
our legitimate business interests.

Marketing, including sending you e-mails and other communications about AEP marketing, advertising and promotions in accordance with any marketing preferences; sending you e-mails and other communications about job postings that we think fit your profile; notifying you about events, surveys, workshops and training sessions run by AEP; and providing other targeted or interest-based advertising within our site and elsewhere, each as permitted by law. The legal basis for this processing is your consent or our legitimate interests, as applicable.

Personalization, such as displaying content, features, or other services to you that we think may be
in your interest (such as job postings that may fit your interests). The legal basis for this
processing is our legitimate business interests.

Organizing, hosting, or otherwise participating in events. The legal basis for this processing is
generally our performance of a contract with you, as well as our legitimate business interests.
To protect the health, safety, welfare, rights, or interests of you, us, any third party, or the
general public; to protect the safety and integrity of our site or services, troubleshoot issues, and
detect, investigate, and prevent errors, fraudulent activity, security threats, or other potentially
wrongful, harmful, or illegal activity. The legal bases for this processing are our compliance with
law, the protection of individuals’ vital interests, and the legitimate interests of us or of third
parties, as applicable.

To comply with any requirement of laws, rules, regulations, legal process, or governmental requests;
to comply with human resources requirements, our policies, internal investigations, or prudent
business or security practices; or in connection with our establishment, exercise, or defense of legal
claims. The legal bases for this processing are our compliance with law and the legitimate interests
of us or of third parties, as applicable.

4. Sharing of Personal Information

We may share personal information information for any purpose described in Section 3 above (“Use of
Personal Information – Our Purposes and Legal Bases”), or for any other purpose that has been notified
to you or to which you have consented. This generally includes sharing information with the following
categories of recipients:

Within the AEP family of companies. AEP may disclose your personal information to any member of the
AEP companies for use in accordance with this Privacy Statement. This includes our subsidiaries,
affiliates and our ultimate holding company.

This sharing of personal information with AEP affiliates may include combining the personal
information gathered by certain AEP websites with information independently gathered on other AEP
websites into one or more database(s) useable by AEP, including all its affiliates. This combined
information will be used for the purposes disclosed within this Privacy Statement.

AEP customers. We may share personal information with AEP customers, which are generally potential
employers, or companies we believe may have an interest in hiring or contracting with you.

As you direct. Our site may enable you to apply for positions with AEP customers or other entities. If
you apply for these positions, you direct AEP to share your information with the entity(ies) that are
offering the position.

Service providers and business partners. We use third party service providers to assist us in
providing our website(s) and services, including to support us in areas such as recruiting and
reviewing responses to job advertisements, managing resume/CV data, IT platform management or support
services, infrastructure and application services, marketing, data analytics, drug and background
screening, payroll processing services, and health care benefits. In providing these services to AEP,
we may provide these third parties access to personal information or to process personal information
on our behalf.

Event-related sharing: If you register for an event we organize, we may share your personal
information in connection with enabling your participation in the event, such as (for instance) by
sharing your name with the facility where the event is occurring. Your information may, as permitted
by law, be shared with other event participants.

Message boards. AEP may make message boards, news groups, and/or public forums available to users on its websites. Any information that you disclose in these areas becomes public information that may be
accessed by third parties; therefore, you should use caution before deciding to disclose any personal
information in these forums.

Business transactions. Circumstances may arise where AEP decides to sell, buy, merge or otherwise
reorganize businesses. Such a transaction may involve, in accordance with applicable law, the
disclosure of personal information, such as to prospective or actual purchasers, or the receipt of it
from sellers. We may share personal information with another business in connection with a merger,
acquisition, reorganization, or sale of our business or assets.

Compliance- and security-related sharing. We may share personal information to comply with laws,
rules, regulations, legal process, or governmental requests. As examples, we may respond to subpoenas,
court orders, or law enforcement requests by disclosing your personal information and other related
information. We also may disclose your personal information to third parties to establish or exercise
legal rights or interests, or defend against legal claims. We may share personal information and any
other additional information available to us in order to investigate, prevent, or take action
regarding illegal or wrongful activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to
the health, safety, rights, or interests of any person, violations of AEP’s policies or agreements
with any person, or as otherwise required by law.

5. Security

AEP has implemented measures to secure personal information we process. Please note, however, data
that is transported over an open network, such as the Internet or e-mail, may be accessible to others.
When disclosing any personal information via an open network, you should remain mindful of the fact
that it is potentially accessible to others, and consequently, can be acquired and used by others
without your authorization. We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communication or material
transmitted via such open networks. Please use other means of communication if you think this is
necessary or prudent for security reasons.

6. Cookie Notice

AEP websites use “cookies” and similar technologies like pixels or beacons (collectively, “Cookies”).
Cookies are small data files placed your device when you visit websites. The personal information
collected by Cookies is described in the section of our Privacy Policy titled “Collection of Personal
Information.” Information from cookies

AEP sites may use the following types of cookies: (a) essential or strictly necessary; (b) functional;
(c) analytics cookies; and (d) marketing or advertising cookies.

You can refuse Cookies by turning them off in your browser, although you may not be able to take full
advantage of AEP websites if you do so. You can find information on popular browsers and how to adjust
your cookie preferences at the following websites:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: https://www.microsoft.com/info/cookies.htm

Mozilla Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/psm/help_21/using_priv_help.html

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416

Apple Safari: Blocks third-party cookies by default and accepts cookies only from your current domain.
To change, click Safari, Preferences, Security, and choose your preference.

Also, if you want to opt-out from targeted advertising that may be affected or influenced by cookies
placed via AEP websites, please visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and
https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.

7. Location of Processing; International Data Transfers

AEP’s websites are hosted in the United States; by accessing our sites, your personal information is
directly collected within the United States. Also, AEP operates globally, with customers and recruits
around the world. We may transfer personal information to AEP entities and third parties located in
countries outside your country of residence. This may mean your personal information is collected in a
country, or transferred to a country, that may not necessarily have data protection laws as
comprehensive as those in your country or residence. If so, your personal information will be subject
to the laws of the country in which it is collected and/or to which it is transferred.

8. Your Choices

If you have created an account on our websites, you log into your account at any time to access
correct, or update, your information, or to delete your account.

Where it is in accordance with your marketing preferences, we may periodically send you updates via
email about promotional opportunities or services we think may interest you, such as jobs in our
database that match your selection criteria. Each notification will provide instructions on how to
opt-out of receiving similar emails.

9. Retention

We generally retain personal information for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it
was collected or processed, as outlined in this Privacy Statement, and for any further periods
permitted or required by applicable law. Please note that this means that, in some cases, we may be
required to retain personal information after the end of our direct relationship with you. If you have
questions about the period for which data may be retained, contact us as set forth in the section
“Contact Us” below.

10. Sites Not Intended for Minors

Our sites are not intended for use by children under the age of 18. AEP does not knowingly collect
personal information from children under the age of 18. If we learn that we have collected personal
information from a child under the age of 18, we will delete that data from our systems.

11. Links to Other Sites and Public Forums

AEP websites may contain links to other sites for your convenience and information. If you access
those links, you will leave the AEP website. AEP does not control those sites or their privacy
practices, which may differ from AEP’s practices. AEP is not responsible for third-party sites, their
privacy practices, or their content. The personal information you choose to provide or that is
collected by these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Statement. We encourage you to review
the privacy policy of any company before submitting your personal information.

Individuals may request information about, or human intervention into, any automated data processing
that we may undertake.
To exercise any of these rights, please send an email to contact@aepartners.word.

12. Additional Notice for California Residents

This part of our Privacy Statement applies to individuals who reside in the State of California.

Personal Information we Collect about California Residents. We describe the personal information we
have collected about California residents in the last twelve (12) months in the part of this Privacy
Notice titled “Collection of Personal Information.” The information we have collected includes the
following:
Identifiers
Personal information described in Cal. Civil Code Section 1798.80(e) (California’s Customer Records
Statute)
Commercial Information
Internet or other electronic network activity information
Characteristics of protected classifications
Audio information (e.g. from calls placed with customer service centers)
Sensitive personal information (such as certain demographic information or government-issued
identifiers)
Inferences drawn from any of the above-listed types of personal information
We obtain the above categories of personal information from a variety of sources, which are described
above in the section titled “Collection of Personal Information.”.

Business Purposes for which we Use Personal Information. We use the personal information we collect
for our operational purposes, including all purposes notified to you in “Use of Personal Information –
Our Purposes and Legal Bases.” For clarity, our uses of personal information include all uses that
constitute “business purposes” or “commercial purposes” under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

Disclosures of Personal Information. Within the last 12 months, we have shared disclosed personal
information in all or substantially all of the categories identified above for business purposes to
the categories of third parties set forth in the above section titled “Sharing of Personal
Information.”

Additionally, as is common practice among businesses that operate Internet websites and mobile apps,
within the past 12 months, we and our business partners use Cookies to enhance your online experience,
and customize our offerings in ways that may be deemed “sharing” of personal information for “cross-
context behavioral advertising.” This includes working with third parties such as ad networks which
collect personal information via Cookies to serve personalized advertisements on and off our site. To
the extent these activities amount to a “sharing” of personal information for “cross-context
behavioral advertising,” see the section immediately below (“California Privacy Rights”) for links by
which you can opt out.

AEP does not sell the personal information of individuals under 16, or share such personal information
for cross-context behavioral advertising.

California Privacy Rights. If you are a California resident, you have the following rights. We will
honor requests received to the extent required by applicable law and within the time provided by law.

Right to Know / Right of Access: You have the right to know what personal information we have
collected about you. You may request a copy of the specific pieces of personal information we have
collected about you.

Right of Correction: You have the right to correct personal information that we hold about you.

Right of Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete personal information that we have
collected from you.

Right to Opt-Out: You can opt-out of sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioral
advertising by visiting http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ and https://optout.networkadvertising.org/.

Right of Non-Discrimination: Subject to applicable law, we may not discriminate against you because of
your exercise of any of the above rights, or any other rights under the California Consumer Privacy
Act. We may, however, charge different prices or rates, or provide a different level or quality of
goods or services, if that difference is reasonably related to the value provided to us by your
personal information.

You can request to exercise rights to Know, Correct, or Delete by:

Emailing contact@aepartners.world
or
Calling us at 832 681 9957

Agent Authorization. You may designate an authorized agent to request any of the above rights on your
behalf. You may make such a designation by providing the agent with written permission, signed by you,
to act on your behalf. Your agent may contact us as set forth in this Privacy Notice. Even if you
choose to use an agent, as permitted by law, we may require verification of the agent’s authorization
to act on your behalf, require you to confirm you have authorized the agent to act on your behalf, or
require you to verify your own identity.

13. Additional Notice for Canadian Residents

This section only applies if you are in Canada. Under the Personal Information and Electronic
Documents Act and related provincial legislation, you have the right, under certain circumstances, to
(a) access personal information we hold about you, (b) contest the accuracy or completeness of
personal information we hold about you, or (c) withdraw your consent to our collection, use, or
disclosure of your personal information. Any such request must be in writing and provided to us at the
email or postal addresses described in the “Contacting Us’ section below. Requests may also be subject
to a statutory fee to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about
you.

14. Changes to this Privacy Statement

If we change our Privacy Statement, we will post the revised Privacy Statement here, with an updated
revision date. We will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page to indicate the date from
which any changes take effect. Your continued use of any AEP website or AEP service will mean your
acceptance of the revised Privacy Statement.

15. Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or personal information, please contact:

contact@aepartners.world