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Personal Data Privacy Notice To Job Applicants

Dear applicant, 

 

This privacy notice for personal data (“Personal Data Privacy Notice”) is to inform you that your personal data is being processed by or on behalf of Ikano Handel Sdn Bhd (“Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”), pursuant to the statutory requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”).

We will process your personal data (including your sensitive personal data such as information about your physical or mental health condition, religious belief and criminal conviction, if applicable, and other information we may obtain about you from third parties) in order to process your application for employment, assess your suitability for employment with us and to communicate with you. 

The selection process may involve the supply of further information, and we may obtain such information from third parties (including but not limited to, information from your referees, public records, background check agencies, recruitment agencies) regarding the qualifications, experience, eligibility and/or other information for recruitment-related purposes. All such information will be kept strictly confidential and used for assessing your application only.

 

Unsuccessful Application

If your application is unsuccessful, we will keep your personal data for a period of up to two (2) years in accordance with our internal policies and procedures.

We may also provide and/or transfer your personal data to other companies within the Company’s group of companies (including Inter IKEA Systems B.V., other IKEA franchisees and our related corporations and affiliates) to determine your suitability for employment, or to our professional advisers, agents, contractors, third party service providers, joint venture/business partners, within or outside Malaysia, where necessary and in relation to your application for employment with us. The Company and/or the Company’s group of companies (including Inter IKEA Systems B.V., other IKEA franchisees and our related corporations and affiliates) may contact you if other job opportunities arise in the future which we think may interest you. If you do not wish for us (or any of the other companies within the Company’s group of companies) to contact you for this purpose, please contact us.

 

Successful Application

If your application is successful, we will process your personal data for purposes regarding employment with us, including to communicate with you, manage, improve and maintain effective human resources administration, process your payroll, respond to your enquiries or complaints, improve and facilitate employee performance and salary reviews, monitor compliance with our internal policies and procedures, rules and regulations, handbooks and guidelines, code of conduct, evaluate your performance, enable us to plan and monitor training requirements, conduct health checks on you, facilitate your secondment and transfer within the Company and/or the Company’s group of companies (including Inter IKEA Systems B.V., other IKEA franchisees and our related corporations and affiliates) and other purposes that are necessary or related to your employment with us and other purposes as set out in our Personal Data Privacy Policy and our employee handbook and/or personal data protection compliance manual (collectively referred to as “Purposes”).

 

We will not disclose any of your personal data to any third party without your consent except to the Company’s group of companies (including Inter IKEA Systems B.V., other IKEA franchisees and our related corporations and affiliates), our professional advisers, agents, contractors, third party service providers, joint venture/business partners, insurance companies, banks and financial institutions, within or outside Malaysia, where necessary, for the Purposes mentioned above, to any party who undertakes to keep your personal data confidential, to any person as set out in our Personal Data Privacy Policy and our employee handbook and/or personal data protection compliance manual, or to whom we are compelled or required under the law to disclose to. A copy of our Personal Data Privacy Policy is available on our website at here.

 

It is necessary for us to collect and process your personal data. If you do not provide us with your personal data, or do not consent to this Personal Data Privacy Notice and our Personal Data Privacy Policy, we will not be able to assess and process your application, offer you employment with us, manage and maintain your employment relationship with us, process your personal data for any of the Purposes or offer you all employment benefits.

 

We are committed to ensuring that your personal data is stored securely. Please note that we may keep your personal data for a reasonable period in accordance with the legal and our administrative requirements if you cease to be employed by us.

 

To the extent that the applicable law allows, you have the right to request for access to, request for a copy of, request to update or correct, your personal data held by us. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we reserve our rights to rely on any statutory exemptions and/or exceptions to collect, use and disclose your personal data.

 

Your written request should be addressed to:

Data Protection Officer
Address: IKEA Damansara, No 2, Jalan PJU 7/2, Mutiara Damansara, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Contact No.: 03 7952 7575
Email Address: dpo.my@ikano.asia

We take it that all personal data provided by you is accurate and complete, and that none of it is misleading or out of date. You will promptly update us in the event of any change to your personal data.

 

To the extent that you have provided (or will provide) personal data about your family members, spouse and/or other dependents, you confirm that you have explained to them that their personal data will be provided to, and processed by, us and you represent and warrant that you have obtained their consent to the processing (including disclosure and transfer) of their personal data in accordance with this Personal Data Privacy Notice and our Personal Data Privacy Policy.

 

In respect of minors (i.e. individuals under 18 years of age) or individuals not legally competent to give consent, you confirm that they have appointed you to act for them, to consent on their behalf to the processing (including disclosure and transfer) of their personal data in accordance with this Personal Data Privacy Notice and our Personal Data Privacy Policy.

 

In accordance with Section 7(3) of the PDPA, this Personal Data Privacy Notice is issued in both English and Bahasa Malaysia. In the event of any inconsistencies or discrepancies between the English version and the Bahasa Malaysia version, the English version shall prevail.

 

Date of issuance of this Personal Data Privacy Notice: 28 February 2019

 

Read more:
Personal Data Privacy Notice To IKEA Customers and Guests
Personal Data Privacy Notice To Vendors/Suppliers/Distributors
Personal Data Privacy Notice To IKEA Co-Workers


Personal Data Request Forms

Personal Data Request Forms Ikano Handel Sdn Bhd aims to comply with the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2010. We will respond as per the Personal Data Protection Act (2010) specified guidelines upon the receipt of your Request. Thank you for your understanding.

Data access request form

To submit a request for access to your personal data, please download and complete this form and email it to dpo.my@ikano.asia.

If you are requesting for access for another person, please download and complete this form and email it to dpo.my@ikano.asia.

If you are an IKEA FAMILY member, you may login to the in-store kiosk or website to view your personal data.


Data correction request form

To submit a request for correction to your personal data, please download and complete this request form and email it to dpo.my@ikano.asia.

If you are requesting access for another person, please download and complete this form and email it to dpo.my@ikano.asia.

If you are an IKEA FAMILY member, you may log in to the in-store kiosk or website to edit your personal data.


General consent withdrawal request form

To withdraw consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data, and/or to terminate your IKEA FAMILY or småles membership, please download and complete this form.

If you are an IKEA FAMILY member, you may login to the in-store kiosk or website to update your consent to receive direct marketing and promotions.


Complaint form

To submit a complaint or grievance regarding how we are handling your personal data or about how we can complying with the PDPA, please download and complete this complaint form and email it to dpo.my@ikano.asia.