ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. is an innovation-driven, technology platform company that supports its pharmaceutical and biotechnology company partners in their quest to discover and develop novel, therapeutic antibodies against all classes of disease targets.

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd. and its affiliates including ImmunoPrecise Netherlands B.V., ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (Canada) Ltd., ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (USA) Ltd., Talem Therapeutics LLC., BioStrand B.V., BioKey B.V., and BioClue B.V. (collectively "ImmunoPrecise", "we" or "us", and where relevant your potential employer in the ImmunoPrecise group) is the “data controller” of any personal information you submit in support of your application.This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal data about you. We are required under European data protection legislation to notify you of the information we collect and process, as contained in this applicant privacy notice.

This notice tells you how we use personal data you submit when you apply for a job or submit an application to us for recruitment purposes.

It also tells you how you can exercise your rights (including the right to object to some of the data handling we carry out). More information about your rights and how you can exercise them is set out in the “Your Rights” section below.

If you have any further questions after reading this notice, do not hesitate to reach out to your local HR contact person or send an email to hr@ipatherpeutics.com.

We use information you supply in support of your application so that we can consider your application, assess your suitability, and conduct eligibility checks where necessary and to the extent permitted by applicable law and for equal opportunities purposes.

We use your data for the purpose of our legitimate interests in managing our recruitment and so we can take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract. If a position that is, or may be, of interest to you requires background checks, we will tell you about this.

Where necessary, we will also use this data for the purpose of our legitimate interests in accessing appropriate professional advice and in order to ensure we comply with legal obligations to which our business is subject.

When you apply for a position with us or submit information in support of your application, we will tell you whether the information we are requesting is essential for us to progress your application or whether the supply of this information is optional.

With the exception of personal data which we collect and use for the purpose of entering into a contract with you, you can object to our use of the data you have provided at any time.

We usually retain information supplied by job applicants for the time required for the recruitment process/decision and, thereafter, if applicable for another position that may arise within the ImmunoPrecise group in the future.

If your application is successful, relevant information will be used for the purpose of administrating your subsequent employment and will be retained and used in accordance with our Employee Privacy Notice (a copy of which will be provided when you take up your employment).

Where necessary to manage our recruitment process, we will share your information with other ImmunoPrecise group entities (HR Team/(line) managers/employees that is responsible for the open position you applied for) our service providers and professional advisers (e.g. recruitment agencies, providers who carry out background checks on our behalf, and, if applicable to the role you are applying for, suppliers who run candidate assessment programmes for us; email hosting provider).

If we have a reasonable interest in verifying the data you have provided (e.g. if there are indications that they are incorrect) and we have no other means to check this, we may also contact third parties whose details you have supplied for that purpose (i.e. referees) so we can verify information you have supplied in relation to your previous employment and qualifications.

Otherwise we may share your information with other third parties if:

• we are required to do so by law;
• we have permissions to do so;
• this is necessary to enforce our terms of use, rights or property or the rights or property of any third party; or
• this is necessary in connection with the sale of our business or its assets (in which case your details will be disclosed to our advisers and any prospective purchaser’s advisers and will be passed to the new owners).

Some of the information you send us in support of your employment application may be shared with other ImmunoPrecise affiliates (see list at https://www.ipatherapeutics.com/company/locations ) or service providers outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") as required to process your application. These countries may include, among others, the countries in which we operate and the countries where our service providers are located or have data centres, such as Canada or the United States of America.  

To secure such transfer of your data, we rely on various additional data protection measures such as adequacy decisions of the European Commission (read more here), Standard Contractual Clauses (read more here) and the Binding Corporate Rules that some of our suppliers have adopted (read more here). If you require further information about these safeguards, please contact us using the details below in the section “If you have any questions about your data”.

You have the right to ask us at any time for a copy of your personal data. In relation to personal data you supply to us electronically, and which is held by us for the purpose of entering into a contract between us or on the basis of your consent, you are entitled to ask us for a copy of this information in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format so that you can reuse it or share it with other organisations.

If you think the personal data we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete, you can ask us to correct it or complete it.

In some circumstances you also have the right to object to our processing of your data and can ask us to restrict our use of your data and to delete it.

If we ask for your consent to use your data for a particular purpose, we will remind you that you are free to withdraw your consent at any time and we will tell you how you can do this. Please note that the withdrawal of your consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing your personal data prior to the withdrawal of your consent.

There are, however, some exceptions to these rights. For example, it will not be possible for us to delete your data if we are required by law to keep it or if we hold it in connection with a contract with you. Similarly, access to your data may be refused if making the information available would reveal personal information about another person or if we are legally prevented from disclosing such information.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights please contact us using the details below in the section “If you have any questions about your data”.

In the event you have unresolved issues or concerns, you also have the right to complain to a the national data protection authority in the country from the local ImmunoPrecise entity with whom you may interact. Please find an overview of the EU data protection authorities here.

If you have any questions about the processing of your personal data, please feel free to contact our Data Protection Officer using the following contact details:

ImmunoPrecise Antibodies Ltd.
3204-4464 Markham St
Victoria BC, V8Z 7X8
+1 (250) 483-0308
privacy@ipatherapeutics.com

We will address your possible concerns and attempt to resolve any problem. 

Last Updated: January 2023