PRIVACY NOTICE for HTC Global
This privacy notice explains why and how we collect, use, and share personal information collected from individuals themselves or from other third parties. It provides information about individuals’ rights with respect to their personal information. We may use personal information provided to us for any of the purposes described in the relevant section of this privacy notice or as otherwise stated at the time of collection.
Our goal is to process personal information as necessary for our legitimate business purposes in a transparent and responsible manner. If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact us as set forth in the Contact Us section below.
This Privacy Notice was updated on August 13, 2025.
We may update our privacy practices periodically. This Privacy Notice will be updated whenever there are changes in how we handle Personal Data and or to reflect updates in applicable laws.
Definitions:
- Personal Data refers to information that can be reasonably associated with, linked to, or used to identify an individual or allow an individual to be personally identified or contacted. For example, Personal data may include information such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, or credit card number, either alone or in combination with other information.
- Sensitive Personal Data refers to Personal Data related to sensitive matters such as physical or mental health, genetic information, biometric information, sexual behavior or sexual orientation, criminal history, race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, or other sensitive topics.
Our purpose for collecting and using your Personal Data
HTC collects and uses your Personal Data when required for specific purposes.
The purposes are:
- To provide professional services to our customers
- To recruit and evaluate candidates for employment or contract positions with our company
- To manage and provide benefits to our employees and contractors
- To comply with state and federal regulatory requirements
- To maintain contracts and agreements with our customers, prospective customers and vendors
- To monitor and secure our IT infrastructure and that of our customers.
- To identify potential customers and market our services to them
- To perform data analytics to support the above
PERSONAL DATA THAT WE COLLECT
HTC collects your Personal Data explicitly when you voluntarily provide your data with your consent (e.g., when you subscribe to any of our services, request information from us, apply for a job, accept an offer for employment or contracted services, or enroll in benefits).
We also collect certain categories of your Personal Data implicitly (using automatic tracking technologies) when you visit our website (e.g., Cookies, IP Address, Geolocation etc.). The information we collect using these technologies includes IP address, browser type and language, access time, and referring website.
We may also obtain Information about you from third parties who have a legal basis to provide us with your information. We may use information about you which we receive from a third party in accordance with the terms we establish with that third party.
SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES
We may share your Personal Data with third parties who provide data processing services on our behalf. These providers are contractually obligated to use the data only for the agreed purposes and to protect it in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and not to disclose it to any unauthorized third parties.
RETAINING AND DELETING PERSONAL DATA
HTC retains your data as long as required by relevant laws and regulations, and our business requirements are relevant to the reason you provided your data to us. HTC deletes and purges data periodically based upon our Data Retention and Removal policy.
COLLECTING/SHARING SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA
HTC only collects Sensitive Personal Data with the consent of the individual. Furthermore, Sensitive Personal Data is only collected if it is required by law or regulation or when necessary to provide the individual with a benefit that the individual has requested. HTC takes reasonable and appropriate measures to restrict access to any Sensitive Personal Data collected to only those employees, contractors or vendors whose jobs or responsibilities require such access.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA
HTC Global Services and its group companies are collectively referred to as “HTC” in this privacy notice. HTC is an international organization with a presence in the USA, India, and other locations listed on this website. HTC store or process personal information, including data related to employees, contractors, vendors, applicants, and marketing lists within our corporate infrastructure across these locations, with appropriate safeguards in place to protect the data.
Our public websites may be hosted in India. As a result, website cookies and IP addresses from visitors around the world may be captured and transferred to servers located in India. HTC abides by all applicable legal and contractual obligations governing the international transfer of personal data.
YOUR RIGHTS PER GDPR
If you are an individual located in the European Economic Area, in certain circumstances under applicable law (specifically in connection with certain services that we provide), you may have the right to access or obtain a copy of your Personal Data, to rectify your Personal Data, to have your Personal Data deleted, to restrict the processing of your Personal Data, to object to the processing of your Personal Data, to data portability, and to withdraw your consent for processing (where processing is based on your consent). Please note that if you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide you the services for which it was necessary to process your information based on your consent.
If you want to practice any of your rights related to GDPR, please reach out to HTC using the information in the Privacy Contact section within this document.
USA STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
U.S. residents can click here for details on how we process personal data and your associated privacy rights. The content linked under the ‘US State Consumer Privacy Law Comparison Chart’ will be reviewed and updated at least quarterly.
CHILDREN
While HTC supports the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), neither the HTC website nor services provided by HTC Global Services are directed to children under the age of thirteen. HTC does not knowingly collect Personal Data from persons under the age of thirteen unless specifically given by the employee/parent to provide Company benefits to employee and their family. The information provided by the employee/parent is maintained as confidential and secure data and only shared to select third parties when required for benefit administration or legally required reporting.
ABOUT COOKIES
When you visit our website, we store and retrieve information about you in a file called a cookie. We do this to improve your website experience. Cookie information supports website functionality such as showing information specific to you based on your location. Please click on “I Accept” if you agree to this practice. We respect your privacy and do not use the information for any purpose other than to improve your experience on our web site. You may review our Privacy Notice here.
HIPAA COMPILANCE
In accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), HTC has a Chief Information Officer (CIO) to ensure compliance with applicable privacy and security regulations and are responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of our privacy policies and procedures to protect electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI)
CONTACT US
CISO
3270 West Big Beaver Rd. Troy, MI 48084
Tel: 248.530.2525
Email: privacy@htcinc.com
