Here we explain which information SurveyorHires (surveyorhires.com) collects, what we do with it and the options you have.
The short version: surveyors, field crew members and other job seekers can use the board without an account, and whatever they send with an application goes to the hiring employer, not to SurveyorHires.
Other than standard server logs, the only personal data we keep comes from survey firms and other employers that pay for listings.
What we collect
- Employers paying for a post: the details typed into the posting form, that is, the firm, contractor or agency name, a contact name and email address, and the job details (title, description, location, pay and application link). Job details are published; the contact name and email are kept private and are never shown on the post.
- Payments: checkout runs on Stripe. Your card number goes into a form that Stripe hosts and is never passed to SurveyorHires; we get only a notice that the payment succeeded and the receipt details. Stripe's own handling of that information is explained in Stripe's privacy policy.
- Job seekers: we collect nothing from surveyors and other applicants beyond the standard server data covered below.SurveyorHires has no applicant accounts or profiles. The Apply button opens the employer's own application page, so your resume, license details, references and answers are received by that employer and never by us.
- Server data: like nearly every website, our hosting provider logs basic visit details, such as IP address, browser type and the page asked for, so that SurveyorHires stays secure and online.
- Emails to support: messages you send us are kept so that we can reply and refer back to earlier conversations.
How we use employer and visitor information
- Putting up and maintaining the survey job posts you paid for.
- Contacting employers about their posts, for example with receipts, notices that a post is about to expire, confirmations of edits and replies to support requests.
- Operating, protecting and improving SurveyorHires.
- Meeting our legal duties, such as holding on to tax records.
Your personal information is never sold, and we never pass it to outside companies so they can advertise to you.
Analytics and cookies
No ad-tracking tools of any kind run on our job pages.
We may run privacy-respecting analytics to understand broad trends such as how many pages are viewed and which websites refer visitors. Those numbers are looked at only as totals and are never used to profile any one person.
We set only the cookies the board needs in order to function, for example those Stripe relies on at checkout.
Vendors who help us
A handful of outside vendors keep SurveyorHires running: Stripe takes payments, and other providers supply hosting and the database.
Those vendors may use the data for one purpose only, which is delivering their service to us.
Search engines like Google Jobs can index posts that are live, but all they receive is the public job text, never an employer's private contact details.
How long we keep post and payment records
We keep post and payment records for as long as running the board and meeting legal and tax record rules require.
Even after a post expires and leaves SurveyorHires, its record can stay in our database.
You may ask us to erase your information at any time by following the steps in the next section.
Rights you may have
Based on where you live, the California Consumer Privacy Act, the EU/UK GDPR or similar laws may give you the right to see, correct, erase or receive a copy of your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing.
Send any request under those laws by email to [email protected] .
Once we confirm the request is genuinely yours, we respond within the time limit set by the law that applies.
Exercising these rights will not change the way we treat you.
Children
SurveyorHires is made for survey firms and other employers, and for adults who work in surveying or are getting ready to.
The board is not meant for anyone under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children younger than that.
Updates and privacy questions
Whenever we update this policy, we will move the “Last updated” date at the top and explain any major change here.
Questions about privacy at SurveyorHires can go to [email protected] .
Two related policies cover the rest: our Consumer Health Data Policy and Terms & Conditions .