Last updated: October 2026
Flint Recruitment ("Flint", "we", "us") is a staffing and recruitment company based in Belgaum, Karnataka, India. We connect job seekers with employers and agencies in India and abroad. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why, who sees it, and the choices you have. By using our website or services you agree to it.
1. Who this applies to
- Job seekers and candidates who register, apply or are added to our database by an agent.
- Employers and clients who post requirements or hire through us.
- Partner agencies and agents who work with us.
- Visitors who use our website or contact us.
2. What we collect
- Identity and contact details: name, phone, e-mail, address, date of birth, nationality, photograph.
- Recruitment details: CV, qualifications, work history, skills, languages, certificates, preferred countries and salary expectations.
- Passport and travel details: passport number and expiry, visa, work permit and medical documents, where a job needs them.
- Employer details: company name, contact people, hiring requirements and terms.
- Payment details: amounts, dates and references of payments. Card and bank details are entered on our payment partner's page; we do not store card numbers.
- Technical details: sign-in times, IP address, device and browser type, and pages visited, for security and to improve the site.
- Messages: what you send us by form, e-mail, phone or WhatsApp.
3. Why we use it
- To register you and run your account.
- To match candidates to jobs and employers to candidates.
- To arrange interviews, offers, work permits, visas, medical checks and travel.
- To take payments, issue receipts and keep accounts.
- To tell you about your application, and about other jobs or services only where you agree.
- To keep the service safe, prevent fraud and meet legal duties.
4. Our legal basis
We use your information because you asked us to act for you, because we have a legitimate interest in running a recruitment business, because the law requires it, or because you gave consent. Where we rely on consent (for example marketing messages) you can withdraw it at any time.
5. Who sees your information
- Our staff, only those who need it for their work. Passport and medical documents are limited to a few authorised people and every view is logged.
- Employers, our licensed Recruiting Agent partners and their agents or agencies, only for a job you applied for or agreed to be considered for.
- Government and regulatory bodies, embassies, visa and medical centres, where needed to process your application or required by law.
- Service providers who help us run the business, such as hosting, e-mail, SMS, WhatsApp and payment providers. They may use your information only to provide their service to us.
We do not sell your personal information.
6. Sending information abroad
Recruitment is international. Your details may be sent to employers, agencies or authorities in other countries for the job you applied for. We ask recipients to protect it, but we cannot control how a foreign employer or authority handles it once they hold it. Personal information is processed and stored under the laws of India, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the Information Technology Act, 2000.
7. How long we keep it
We keep records for as long as needed for the purposes above and as the law requires, including accounting and tax records. Candidate profiles that stay inactive for a long time may be removed or anonymised. When the retention period ends we delete or anonymise the data.
8. Your rights
You may ask us to:
- show you the personal information we hold about you;
- correct anything that is wrong or out of date;
- erase your personal data (we may need to keep some records the law requires, such as payment records);
- stop sending you marketing messages;
- withdraw consent you gave earlier.
To make a request, use the Contact page or write to the e-mail address shown there. We may ask you to prove who you are first. If you are not satisfied with our answer, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India or to the data protection authority in your country.
9. Security
Access is by password with optional two-step sign-in, files are checked and stored with restricted access, and sensitive actions are recorded. No system is completely secure, so please keep your password private and tell us at once if you think your account has been misused.
10. Cookies
We use the cookies we need to keep you signed in and keep the site secure. We do not use them to show you advertising from other companies.
11. Children
Our services are for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.
12. Changes
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows when it last changed. Material changes will be shown on the site.
13. Contact
Questions about your data: see the Contact page.
Last updated 7 November 2026