Effective date: September 11, 2026.
This policy applies to HireMN websites, accounts, employer tools, candidate tools, job applications, messaging, support, and related services that link to this policy.
1. Information we collect
Depending on how you use HireMN, we may collect information you provide directly, including your name, email address, account type, profile details, résumé files, work history, skills, job preferences, saved jobs or searches, screening answers, applications, messages, employer or company information, job postings, support requests, and other information you choose to submit.
We may also collect technical and usage information needed to operate and secure the service, such as IP address, browser and device information, timestamps, login and security events, referral or campaign source, page and feature activity, and identifiers stored in cookies or similar browser storage. HireMN may use a first-party browser identifier for basic job-performance attribution; where implemented, analytics records may store a one-way hash rather than the raw browser identifier.
2. How we use information
HireMN may use information to:
- Create and secure accounts.
- Display job listings and employer profiles.
- Process and deliver applications submitted through HireMN.
- Enable employer-candidate messaging and applicant management.
- Provide saved jobs, alerts, preferences, and account features.
- Send transactional, security, application, employer, and support communications.
- Review reports, prevent fraud and abuse, and protect platform security.
- Calculate clearly described marketplace signals such as application or employer-response metrics.
- Measure whether HireMN distribution channels lead to legitimate job activity.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, analyze, and improve the service.
- Comply with legal obligations and enforce HireMN policies.
3. Candidate applications
When a candidate applies through HireMN, the application information the candidate submits is shared with the employer associated with that job and may be accessible to authorized members of that employer's HireMN account.
If a job sends the candidate to an employer's external career site, the application occurs outside HireMN. The employer or third-party recruiting system controls information submitted there, subject to its own privacy practices.
4. Employer profiles and curated listings
HireMN may create employer profiles and curated job listings using publicly available business information and information from official employer websites or recruiting systems. This may include company names, business websites, public office locations, logos, job titles, job locations, and links to current openings.
Public employer profiles and published job listings are intended to be visible on the public web. An unclaimed profile does not mean that the employer created the profile or has a commercial relationship with HireMN.
5. How information may be shared
HireMN may share information in the following circumstances:
- With employers: when a candidate applies, communicates with an employer, or otherwise asks HireMN to provide information to that employer.
- With service providers: companies that support hosting, database infrastructure, authentication, file storage, email delivery, payments, analytics, security, and other operational functions, subject to appropriate access restrictions.
- For legal and safety reasons: when reasonably necessary to comply with law, legal process, valid government requests, protect rights or safety, investigate fraud or abuse, or enforce HireMN policies.
- Business changes: in connection with a merger, financing, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, subject to applicable law.
- At your direction: when you request or authorize the disclosure.
HireMN does not make candidate résumés, private application materials, employer notes, account credentials, or private messages publicly visible through ordinary public site pages.
6. Cookies and similar technologies
HireMN may use cookies, local storage, session identifiers, and similar technologies to keep users signed in, remember preferences, protect accounts, measure service performance, understand referral sources, and support core site functionality. Browser settings may allow you to limit some of these technologies, but doing so can affect account or site features.
7. Communications
HireMN may send service-related emails necessary to operate accounts and marketplace features, including verification, password reset, application, message, job-alert, employer, security, and support communications. Promotional or marketing messages, when used, will include applicable preference or unsubscribe controls.
8. Data retention
HireMN retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain legitimate business and security records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and comply with legal obligations. Retention periods may differ depending on the type of information and why it is held.
Information may remain in backups or security logs for a limited period after deletion from active systems where technically necessary or legally permitted.
9. Security
HireMN uses administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. No online service can guarantee absolute security, and users are responsible for protecting their account credentials and promptly reporting suspected unauthorized access.
10. Your choices and privacy requests
Users can manage available profile, job-alert, visibility, and email preferences through HireMN where those controls are provided. You may also contact HireMN to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information associated with your account, subject to identity verification and applicable legal exceptions.
Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have additional privacy rights. HireMN will respond to qualifying requests as required by law. Requests can be submitted through HireMN support or by emailing support@hiremn.net.
11. Children and minors
HireMN is intended for employment-related use and is not directed to children under 13. HireMN does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through ordinary account use. Users who are minors should use the service only with parent or guardian involvement where required by law.
12. External websites
HireMN may link to employer career sites and other third-party services. When you leave HireMN, the third party's privacy policy and practices apply. HireMN does not control information you submit directly to an external employer or recruiting system.
13. Changes to this policy
HireMN may update this Privacy Policy as the service, technology, or legal requirements change. Material changes will be reflected by an updated effective date and, when appropriate, additional notice through the service or by email.
14. Contact
Privacy questions or requests can be sent to support@hiremn.net or through the HireMN contact page.