Job Application Integrity Project

Privacy Policy

The Job Application Integrity Project is a free public-service initiative. We believe people should understand what information they are providing, why it may be used, and when they are leaving JAIP for a government or other third-party website.

Effective date: September 26, 2026

Important privacy notice

Do not send JAIP highly sensitive information unless a secure JAIP process specifically asks for it. A useful report usually does not require your full Social Security number, password, full bank or credit-card number, medical records, tax credentials, or complete government identification number.

JAIP is not a law firm, government agency, law-enforcement authority, consumer reporting agency, or paid legal-referral service. Information submitted to JAIP is not protected by attorney-client privilege merely because it concerns fraud, employment rights, privacy, or another legal matter.

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This Privacy Policy describes how JAIP handles information received through this website and through JAIP-operated reporting, research, contact, or support processes. It does not govern a government agency, employer, recruiter, job board, applicant-tracking system, or other third party merely because JAIP links to that organization.

Depending on how you use JAIP, we may receive information that you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, organization, job title, employer represented, job-posting URLs, application URLs, descriptions of what happened, dates, screenshots, documents, or other evidence you choose to submit.

The website and its hosting, security, or infrastructure providers may also receive routine technical information such as IP address, browser type, device information, requested pages, referral information, timestamps, security events, and server logs.

JAIP may use information to operate and secure the site, respond to inquiries, document job-application and application-path issues, identify patterns, conduct research, improve public resources and standards, verify factual claims, correct inaccuracies, prevent abuse, maintain records, and comply with applicable legal obligations.

Where practical, public research should use aggregated, redacted, or de-identified information rather than publishing unnecessary personal information.

The JAIP reporting selector helps people identify government resources that may fit the circumstances they describe. Using the selector does not file a complaint with the FTC, FBI, EEOC, CFPB, a state Attorney General, or any other agency.

If JAIP later provides a feature that transmits information to another organization, the interface should identify the proposed recipient and make the transmission clear before it occurs.

Submitting information to JAIP does not create an attorney-client relationship, does not establish legal privilege, does not guarantee confidentiality to the same degree as communications with an attorney, and does not preserve or extend any government, administrative, contractual, or court filing deadline.

5. Sensitive personal information

JAIP seeks to minimize collection of highly sensitive information. In most cases, you can document an application-path problem without providing a complete Social Security number, driver's-license number, passport number, bank account number, password, medical record, tax credential, or similar information.

If evidence contains sensitive information, consider submitting a redacted copy while retaining the unaltered original for your own records when appropriate.

JAIP may use service providers that support hosting, cybersecurity, communications, data storage, website administration, research, or other operational functions. These providers may process information as necessary to provide those services.

Information may also be disclosed when required by law or legal process, or when reasonably necessary to protect the security, rights, safety, or integrity of JAIP, its users, or others.

JAIP's research purpose is to examine systems, job postings, application paths, and marketplace practices. JAIP should not publish personally identifying incident details merely because they were submitted to us.

7. No sale of incident-report information

JAIP does not operate as a data broker and does not sell incident-report information submitted by job seekers, employers, recruiters, or other users for advertising or lead-generation purposes.

JAIP may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for website operation, security, administration, or user preferences. WordPress and hosting or security infrastructure may also use routine technical cookies.

If JAIP introduces material new analytics, advertising, tracking, or data-sharing practices, this Policy should be updated to describe them. JAIP does not intend to use a person's incident report as advertising inventory or to sell it to advertisers.

JAIP may retain information for as long as reasonably useful for the purpose for which it was collected, legitimate research or operational needs, security, dispute resolution, recordkeeping, or legal obligations.

JAIP may use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect information. No website, transmission method, or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure. JAIP therefore cannot guarantee that unauthorized access, loss, alteration, or disclosure will never occur.

10. External government and third-party websites

JAIP links to government agencies and other external websites. Once you follow an external link, that organization's own privacy policy, security practices, terms, and data-collection practices apply. JAIP does not control what an external agency or third party collects after you leave this site.

11. Research, publication, and corrections

JAIP may use submitted information to identify recurring patterns or inform research. When publishing research, JAIP should distinguish documented facts from allegations, avoid unnecessary publication of personal data, and maintain a process for correcting material factual errors.

12. Children

JAIP is designed for employment-market participants and is not directed to children under 13. Do not submit personal information about a child unless there is a legitimate reason and you have appropriate authority to do so.

Depending on where you live and the nature of the information, applicable privacy laws may provide rights involving access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or other treatment of personal information. Rights, exceptions, identity-verification requirements, and response periods vary by jurisdiction.

If JAIP publishes a dedicated privacy-contact method, use that method. Otherwise, use the contact method published on the JAIP website and clearly identify your communication as a privacy request.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

JAIP may update this Policy as the website, reporting process, research program, verification program, or data practices evolve. The effective date above should be updated when material changes are made.

15. No legal advice

This Privacy Policy describes JAIP's intended site practices and limitations. It does not provide legal advice, determine your rights under a particular privacy law, create an attorney-client relationship, or guarantee any particular regulatory or legal outcome.

Free public-service resource. JAIP provides its public educational resources and reporting guidance at no charge. Free access does not create a government relationship, legal representation, fiduciary relationship, or guarantee of any result.