Last updated: October 25, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how CareerLink Gulf (“CareerLink Gulf”, “we”, “us”) handles personal information when people visit careerlinkgulf.com, create accounts, publish profiles or vacancies, use career tools, or contact us. CareerLink Gulf is an independently operated project with a public business location in Doha, Qatar. For privacy questions, contact hello@careerlinkgulf.com.
1. Personal Information CareerLink Gulf May Collect
Depending on the features you use, we may process account details such as your name, email address, login information and account role; candidate details such as employment history, qualifications, skills, CVs, profile photos, preferred locations and contact preferences; employer details such as organization information, recruiter contact details and vacancy descriptions; and messages you submit through support, reporting and contact forms.
When you visit the site, hosting and security systems may process technical information such as IP address, browser type, device details, requested pages, timestamps and error or security logs. Cookies or local storage may support sessions, preferences and security. Additional analytics or advertising technologies, if enabled, may collect information as described in applicable notices and consent controls.
2. How CareerLink Gulf Uses Personal Information
We use information to operate accounts and job-board features; display listings and profiles according to settings; support job discovery and applications; respond to enquiries; review vacancies and candidate profiles; investigate abuse, fraud and security incidents; maintain and improve site reliability; and meet applicable legal obligations.
3. Job Seeker Privacy, Candidate Profiles and Visibility
Candidate profiles may contain information intended for employers or other visitors. Whether information is public, limited or private depends on the feature and the visibility settings available when you use it. Information made public can be viewed, copied or indexed by third parties, including search engines, even if you later change a setting. Do not include sensitive personal information or identity documents in public profile fields.
Approval to publish a candidate profile is not the same as identity or qualification verification. A Verified badge, where offered, is an additional administrator-controlled status. Featured placement is separate from publication and verification. We aim to honor available discoverability, indexing and contact-permission settings, but search-engine removal may take time.
4. Employer Privacy and Job Listings
Employer representatives may provide organization names, contact details, job descriptions and application instructions. Some of this information is publicly displayed as part of a vacancy or employer page. We may review, restrict, correct or remove content for safety, quality and policy compliance.
5. Job Applications and External Recruitment Websites
Vacancies may direct you to an employer website, email address or another application method. When you apply outside CareerLink Gulf, the receiving organization or service handles information under its own policies. Review the recipient and its privacy practices before sending a CV or personal documents. A job appearing on CareerLink Gulf is not a guarantee of employment or employer legitimacy.
6. Third-party sign-in
If Google Sign-In or Apple Sign-In is enabled and you choose to use it, the identity provider may share account identifiers and basic profile information with CareerLink Gulf according to the permissions shown during sign-in. We use those details to authenticate or connect your account. Your use of the identity provider is also governed by its own policies. Availability of either sign-in option may change.
7. CV and career tools
Some tools may process information within your browser; others may submit information to the website to provide the requested functionality. Do not assume a tool is browser-only unless its interface expressly says so. Check the tool-specific notice before entering sensitive information.
8. Cookies, Website Analytics and Advertising
Essential cookies and similar technologies may be needed for authentication, security and preferences. Analytics, advertising or other nonessential technologies may be used if enabled, subject to applicable consent requirements. Details of active technologies should be provided through the website’s current cookie or privacy notices. Browser settings may allow you to manage some storage technologies.
9. Sharing and service providers
Information may be shared with other users where you choose to publish it; with employers or application recipients when you take an application action; with technical providers needed to operate the service; and where necessary to comply with lawful requests, protect rights or address security incidents. The website is hosted using Hostinger. We do not claim that every possible third-party integration is active.
10. International processing
Website infrastructure, employers and users may be located in different countries. Personal information may therefore be accessed or processed outside your country, subject to applicable legal requirements and safeguards.
11. Security and retention
We take reasonable technical and organizational steps intended to protect information, but no internet service can guarantee absolute security. We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the relevant service, legitimate operational needs, dispute handling and applicable legal requirements. Actual periods depend on the category of information and the systems in use; no universal fixed period is promised here.
12. Your Privacy Rights, Choices and Data Deletion Requests
Depending on applicable law and available features, you may request access, correction, deletion or restrictions on the use of your personal information. You may also adjust account and profile visibility settings where available. To make a request, email hello@careerlinkgulf.com or visit Data Deletion. We may need to verify that you are authorized to make the request, and some information may need to be retained where lawfully required.
13. Children’s privacy
CareerLink Gulf is intended for people using employment and career services, not for children. Users should meet the minimum age required by applicable law and the relevant service. If you believe a child has supplied personal information inappropriately, contact us so we can review the concern.
14. Privacy Questions About GCC Jobs and Recruitment
Does CareerLink Gulf receive my CV when I apply for a job?
That depends on the application method. Some listings direct applicants to external employer websites or email addresses. If you apply outside CareerLink Gulf, the recipient, rather than CareerLink Gulf, ordinarily receives the information you send. If an on-site application feature is offered, review the instructions and any feature-specific privacy notice before submitting.
Can employers see my candidate profile?
Employers and other visitors may see information you choose to make public, subject to the visibility and contact controls provided by the website. Review those settings and avoid posting personal identification numbers, passport copies or financial information in public fields.
Does a verified candidate badge mean my information is public?
No. Publication, administrator verification and featured placement are separate decisions. A verification badge does not itself replace your available privacy settings.
How can I request deletion of my CareerLink Gulf account or personal data?
Use the data deletion information page or email hello@careerlinkgulf.com. We may ask for reasonable identity verification and explain any information that must lawfully be retained.
Are all employers and external application websites controlled by CareerLink Gulf?
No. Employers and external recruitment services may independently decide how they collect and use application data. Read their privacy notices before applying, and consult our job safety guidance when assessing suspicious offers.
15. Updates to this policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy as services, practices or legal requirements change. We will update the date shown above and provide additional notice where required.
16. Contact CareerLink Gulf About Privacy
CareerLink Gulf
Public business location: Doha, Qatar
Email: hello@careerlinkgulf.com
Website: careerlinkgulf.com
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