Job Applicant Privacy Notice for Candidates in the U.S.

Introduction

Becton, Dickinson and Company together with its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, "BD" "us," "we," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of information reasonably related to a specific individual (“Personal Data”). This Notice describes how BD collects, uses, stores, discloses, and otherwise processes Personal Data about any individuals who apply to an open position with us; who we contact for or who express interest in employment with us; who attend a recruitment event; or who undergo an interview or assessment with us (together “Candidate(s)”, “you”, or “your”).

This Notice also describes the rights that Candidates may have in relation to the Personal Data that we process about them. If you interact with our website, purchase our products or services, or otherwise engage with us outside of the job application or recruitment context, our website Privacy Notice (https://www.bd.com/en-us/about-bd/policies/privacy-policy-statement) applies instead, not this Notice.

Whenever you interact with us on behalf of another individual or entity, such as if you provide us with names of other individuals as references in your job application, you must obtain their consent (or have the legal authority without consent) to share their Personal Data with us.

This Privacy Notice does not form part of any contract of employment or other contract to provide services and does not give you any contractual rights.

1. Sources of Candidate Personal Data

We collect Personal Data about you from the following sources:

1. Directly from you. We may collect Personal Data you provide to us directly, such as when you complete a paper or online application (including on a dedicated online talent management platform), communicate with us in connection with your application, provide references, or participate in an interview or any aptitude test or assessment (including online). We may also collect your Personal Data when you decide to complete questionnaires, such as a satisfaction survey or a diversity and inclusion questionnaire.
2. Data collected automatically. We may automatically collect information or inferences about you or your device, such as through cookies and other tracking technologies, as described in our Cookie Policy.
3. From third parties. We may collect Personal Data from third parties, such as companies or individuals who direct or refer you to us, including third-party staffing or recruiting firms or individuals who suggest or identify you, as well as from publicly available sources and third-party professional social networking websites. Where permitted or otherwise authorized by law, we may also collect information received from third parties in connection with references or background checks, professional or sanctions registries and background information provided or confirmed by academic institutions and training or certification providers.

We may combine information that we receive from the various sources described in this Notice, including third party sources. We may also use or disclose the combined information and inferences for the purposes identified below.

2. Personal Data We Collect and to Whom We Disclose

We may collect and disclose the following types of Personal Data about you.

3. How We Use Personal Data

We may use Personal Data for the following purposes:

1. In connection with your application, such as assessing your application, interview, and test results for suitability for the position for which you have applied or other open positions (including with assistance from artificial intelligence and similar technologies); communicating with you concerning job openings or your application; conducting pre-employment verification and screening; offering you the job position, in our discretion; notifying you of job opportunities (including from affiliates in our group, where we have shared your job application with them); and dealing with any inquiry, challenge, or request for feedback received in relation to our recruitment and hiring decisions.
2. For our internal and research business purposes, such as managing and improving our recruitment process (for example, enhancing our scouting and talent identification processes); enforcing our policies and rules; developing and improving algorithms, artificial intelligence or machine learning tools and models; and operating our diversity and inclusion initiatives.
3. For legal, safety or security reasons, such as complying with legal, reporting, and similar requirements; investigating and responding to claims against BD, its personnel, and its customers; for the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims; protecting our, your, our customers’, and other third parties’ safety (including managing spread of communicable diseases), property or rights; detecting, preventing, and responding to security incidents; and protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity.
4. In connection with a corporate transaction, such as if we acquire, or some or all of our assets are acquired by another entity.
5. For promotional purposes, such as to notify you about new job openings in accordance with your preferences.

We only use and disclose Sensitive Personal Information for the following purposes: (i) performing services or providing goods reasonably expected by an average consumer; (ii) detecting security incidents; (iii) resisting malicious, deceptive, or illegal actions; (iv) ensuring the physical safety of individuals; (v) for short-term, transient use, including non-personalized advertising; (vi) performing or providing internal business services; (vii) verifying or maintaining the quality or safety of a service or device; or (viii) () for purposes that do not infer characteristics about you.

We may use anonymized, de-identified, or aggregated information for any purpose.

4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Our Digital Properties (and authorized third parties) use cookies and other tracking technologies such as pixels and beacons, to collect information about you, your device, and how you interact with our Digital Properties over time and across websites as described in our Cookie Policy.  Some browsers have incorporated Do Not Track (“DNT”) preferences.  At this time, we do not honor Do Not Track signals.

5. Data Retention

Your Personal Data will be retained as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we have outlined above unless we are required to do otherwise by applicable law. This includes retaining your Personal Data for purposes consistent with the applicant-related context of our interactions; to improve our application and recruiting practices over time; to ensure the ongoing legality, safety and security of our services and relationships; and for other legitimate business purposes otherwise in accordance with our internal retention procedures. If you are successful with your job application, your Personal Data will be kept in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice.

6. Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. Any updated Privacy Notice will be effective when posted. Please check this Privacy Notice periodically for updates. If required by law, we will contact you directly to provide you with an updated Privacy Notice.

7. Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Notice or how BD uses your Personal Data, please contact us at:

Toll Free Phone Number: (800) 490-2177

E-mail: NA_Privacy@bd.com

8. Your Choices

We may use artificial intelligence, algorithms, and similar technologies to help us review and evaluate your job application and other jobs that may be of interest to you. You may elect to opt out of our use of these technologies when you submit your application or by emailing us at NA_Privacy@bd.com.

9. Supplemental Information for California Residents

1. How We Disclose Candidate Personal Data

Section 2 above contains a chart detailing the categories of Candidate Personal Data we collect and to whom it was disclosed for a business purpose or sold or shared (as such terms are defined under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)) in the past 12 months. BD only uses Sensitive Personal Information, as defined by CCPA, consistent with the exceptions to the right to limit Sensitive Personal Information as further described in Section 3.

1. Your Data Protection Rights

California residents may have the following rights, subject to legal limitations, concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Data under CCPA. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

• Right to Know. You may have the right to request information about the categories of Personal Data we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Data, the purposes for collecting, selling, or sharing the Personal Data, and to whom we have disclosed Personal Data and why. You may also request the specific pieces of Personal Data we have collected about you.
• Right to Delete. You may have the right to request that we delete Personal Data that we have collected from you.

• Right to Correct. You may have the right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Data that we maintain about you.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale and Sharing for Targeted Advertising. You may have the right to opt out of the sale and sharing of your Personal Data for targeted advertising (as such terms are defined under CCPA). We do not knowingly sell data about minors under age 16.  You can exercise the Right to Opt Out of Sale and Sharing for Targeted Advertising by opening the cookie preference center and turning the “Share or Sale of Personal Data” toggle to the “off” position.

You may exercise your above rights by submitting a request through our webform, or by emailing us at NA_Privacy@bd.com, or by calling us at (800) 490-2177.

To the extent required by law, we will honor opt-out preference signals sent in a format commonly used and recognized by businesses, such as an HTTP header field or JavaScript object. We will process opt-out preference signals at the browser level.

Locating Your Information and Verifying Your Identity: To process Requests to Know, Delete, and Correct, we collect information necessary to verify your identity, including name, email address, and request details.

Authorized Agents: Authorized agents may exercise rights on your behalf by submitting a request via NA_Privacy@bd.com.

• If you designate an authorized agent to submit a Request to Know, Delete, or Correct, we may reach out to you directly to verify your own identity or to confirm that you provided the authorized agent with permission to submit the request. 
• If you designate an authorized agent to submit a Request to Opt Out of Sale and Sharing for Targeted Advertising, we may seek additional information directly from the authorized agent to process the request.