Snowflake 中国候选人隐私声明
最后更新日期：2025 年 4 月 14 日

Snowflake CHINA Candidate Privacy Notice
Last Updated Date: April 14, 2025
本候选人隐私声明（“声明”）阐述了 Snowflake Inc. 及其以“Snowflake”品牌运营的关联公司与子公司（“ Snowflake ”、“我们的”或“我们”）在申请及招聘过程中如何收集、储存、使用、披露及以其他方式处理位于中华人民共和国（为避免歧义，本声明中不包括香港特别行政区、澳门特别行政区和台湾地区）的候选人的个人信息。本声明还进一步说明了您的隐私权利。若您受雇于 Snowflake，您的个人信息处理将适用《Snowflake 全球员工隐私声明》。本声明不适用于使用Snowflake提供或代表其提供的、已普遍可用的软件即服务（SaaS）产品，或您访问或使用我们的网站（例如：www.snowflake.com）。

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1. 关键定义；
2. 我们收集的个人信息类别；
3. 个人信息的使用目的；
4. 个人信息的共享；
5. 处理个人信息的法律依据；
6. 个人信息的安全保障；
7. 国际数据转移；
8. 您的隐私权；
9. 数据保留与删除；
10. 本声明的变更；
11. 如何联系我们。
This Candidate Privacy Notice (“Notice”) explains how Snowflake Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries operating under the ‘Snowflake’ brand (“Snowflake”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) collect, store  use, disclose, and otherwise process personal information about candidates located in the People’s Republic of China (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan for the purposes of this Notice) (“PRC”)  during the application and recruitment process. This Notice also sets out more information about your privacy rights. If you become employed by Snowflake, the processing of your personal information will be subject to Snowflake’s Global Employee Privacy Notice. This Notice does not apply to use of Snowflake’s generally available software-as-a-service offering hosted by or on behalf of Snowflake or your access to or use of our websites (such as, www.snowflake.com). 

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We recommend that you read this Notice to ensure you are fully informed. However, if you only want to access a particular section of this Notice, then you can click on the relevant link below to jump to that section. 
  1. Key Definitions
  2. Personal Information We Collect
  3. Use of Personal Information We Collect
  4. Sharing of Personal Information
  5. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
  6. Security of Your Personal Information
  7. International Data Transfers
  8. Your Privacy Rights
  9. Data Retention and Deletion
  10. Changes to This Notice
  11. How to Contact Us
1.关键定义
在本声明中，适用以下条款：

“个人信息” 乃任何信息（包括观点及敏感的个人信息），无论真实与否，此等信息识别或可用于识别特定个人（无论直接、间接或与其他信息结合），或以其他方式关联特定个人或可与个人合理关联；以及适用数据保护法下定义为“个人数据”或“个人信息”或等效术语的任何其他信息。然而，个人信息不包括亦不再可以用于识别特定个人的匿名或识别化信息。



“敏感个人信息” 乃指根据某些隐私法受到特殊保护的个人信息，例如遗传或生物识别数据，或揭示种族或民族血统、政治观点、宗教或哲学信仰、健康状况、性取向、性生活或工会会员资格的个人信息。根据中华人民共和国法律规定，敏感个人信息还包括特定社会地位、财务账户、个人身份证号码、位置信息以及 14 岁以下未成年人的任何个人信息。

“处理” 乃指对信息执行任何操作，例如收集、存储、传输、使用、披露及删除信息

1. Key Definitions
In this Notice, the following terms apply:

“personal information” is any information (including opinions and sensitive personal information), whether true or not, that identifies or could be used to identify a particular individual (whether directly, indirectly or in combination with other information), or is otherwise linked or reasonably linkable to a particular individual; and any other information defined as “personal data” or “personal information” or equivalent term under applicable data protection laws. Personal information does not, however, include anonymous or de-identified information that can no longer be used to identify a particular individual.


“sensitive personal information” is personal information subject to special protection under certain privacy laws, such as for example genetic or biometric data, or personal information that reveals racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, health, sexual orientation, sex life or trade union membership. Under the laws of the PRC, sensitive personal information also includes specific social status, financial accounts, personal identification number, location information, and any personal information of a minor under the age of 14. 

“process” or “processing” means doing anything with the information, such as collecting, storing, transmitting, using, disclosing and deleting the information.

2.我们收集的个人信息类别
在我们的招聘与录用过程中，我们通常会直接向您收集个人信息。我们也可能在法律允许的范围内，从我们的员工处获取有关您的信息，例如来自推荐人或面试过程中的信息；还可能从第三方获取信息，例如您的推荐人、与我们合作的招聘机构、公开网站或社交媒体上的信息（包括您通过第三方在申请过程中向我们提供的信息，例如通过LinkedIn申请时），或协助我们进行背景调查、推荐人调查并评估您是否适合录用的第三方。收集的信息可能包括：

●          身份标识信息，例如：完整姓名、地址、电子邮箱、电话号码、照片； 
 
●          国籍及工作资格信息，例如：出生国、国籍、公民身份、居住详情、签证或工作许可状态、护照数据、身份证号码、驾驶证或其他政府签发的身份证件信息、退休或养老金信息；
 
●          人口统计信息，例如：出生日期、性别、婚姻及家庭状况、民族、祖籍、残疾情况（例如，与合理便利请求相关）； 
 
●          音视频、电子及类似信息，例如：法律允许范围内的监控影像（CCTV）、与办公场所相关的物理访问记录； 
 
●          职业或雇佣相关信息，例如：雇主名称、求职信/简历内容、专业资质、其他相关技能、背景调查结果（在法律允许的范围内）、语言能力、历史薪资/奖金数据（如提供）； 
 
●          教育信息，例如：教育背景、学位、证书、成绩单等支持申请的类似信息；以及 
 
●          其他信息，例如：由您创建或与您相关的文档或电子邮件记录、您在招聘和求职流程中自愿提供的其他信息。 

我们收集的部分个人信息在某些司法管辖区被视为敏感信息。例如，在法律允许且合理必要的情况下，我们可能处理与您的健康、民族或性别相关的敏感信息（如残疾便利请求）。若法律允许且岗位需要，我们可能通过背景调查收集犯罪记录以评估特定职位的适任性。 
 
 
当您向我们提供其他个人的个人信息时，您即表示您已告知该等个人您拟向我们提供的相关个人信息及我们将根据本通知进行的处理活动，并在需要时已获得其同意。
2. Personal Information We Collect 
In connection with our recruitment and hiring activities, we generally collect personal information directly from you. We may also, to the extent permitted by law, receive information about you from our personnel, for example from referrals or through interviews, and third parties, for example, your references, recruitment agencies we work with, publicly available information from websites or social media, including information you provide us via such third party in connection with your application (e.g., when you apply through LinkedIn), or third parties who help us to carry out background and reference checks and help to assess suitability for employment. This may include: 

  • Identifiers, such as your full name, address, email address, phone number, or picture; 
  • National identifiers and work eligibility information, such as country of birth, nationality, citizenship, details of residency, visa or working permit status, passport data, national identification number, driver license or other government issued identification card information, or retiral or pension information;
  • Demographic information, such as your date of birth, gender, marital and family status, ethnicity, national origin, disability (e.g., in connection with accommodation requests);
  • Audio, electronic, visual or similar information, such as CCTV images (where permitted by law) and physical access records related to our physical premises; 
  • Professional or employment related information, such as the name of your employer, information contained in your letters of application, resume, CV, and/or cover letter, professional qualifications and other relevant skills, background and reference checks (where permitted by law), languages, and (if provided) historical salary, wages, compensation, or bonus data;
  • Education information, such as education history, degrees, certifications, transcripts, and similar information in support of your application; and
  • Other information, such as records of documents and emails created by or relating to you, and information you voluntarily provide us during the course of your recruiting and application process.

Some of the personal information that we collect is deemed sensitive in certain jurisdictions. For example, where allowed by law and reasonably necessary, we process sensitive personal information relating to your health, ethnicity, or gender, such as in connection with disability or accommodation requests. Where allowed by law and reasonably necessary, we also may conduct background and reference checks and collect information about any prior criminal offenses in order to assess suitability for certain of your job responsibilities.

When you provide other individuals’ personal information to us, you are representing that you have informed them of any such personal information you intend to provide to us and of the processing to be carried out by us, as detailed in this Notice, and that you have obtained their consent where required.
3.  个人信息的使用目的
我们处理阁下的个人信息乃为与执行我们的申请及招聘过程相关的目的，以及在阁下成功申请的情况下与阁下建立雇主-雇员关系。我们使用阁下个人信息的目的如下所述：
就申请及招聘流程以及阁下可能感兴趣的职位与阁下进行沟通，包括通过电子邮件、电话/短信以及通过我们的申请人申请及申请人系统;
回应阁下的询问或请求;

  • 就申请及招聘流程以及阁下可能感兴趣的职位与阁下进行沟通，包括通过电子邮件、电话/短信以及通过我们的申请人申请及申请人系统;
  • 回应阁下的询问或请求;
  • 审查及评估与阁下的候选资格相关的信息，包括阁下的适合性、技能、经验、资质及兴趣;
  • 验证阁下的信息，包括通过背景调查;
  • 如阁下申请成功，
    • 在适用法律允许的范围内进行背景筛查、教育背景筛查及背景调查
    •  在开始工作的日期之前与阁下沟通并向阁下发送有关新员工及员工体验的信息或设备
    • 将阁下的个人信息转移到阁下的员工档案
  • 如阁下的申请未成功，Snowflake 可能会在合理的时间内保留阁下的个人信息，并且在适用法律允许的情况下，可能会就我们认为可能与阁下的经验及技能相匹配的未来职位与阁下联系。如阁下不希望我们就未来的职位与阁下联系，阁下可以随时根据本声明第8条（您的隐私权利）所述方式提交请求，以选择退出此类沟通。
  • 我们还可能处理阁下的个人信息以达成以下目的：
    • 检测、预防及应对欺诈或其他潜在的非法活动，包括与使用我们的申请人申请及系统或我们的实体场所有关的活动； 
    • 保障、监控和保护我们的公司资产，例如我们的网络、系统、设备及实体场所；
    • 运营、评估及改进我们的申请人申请及系统、我们的申请及招聘流程，包括分析我们的候选人基础、招聘实践或趋势，确定资格或技能短缺，以及匹配候选人及潜在机会；
    • 审核、测试、维护我们的申请人申请及系统以及我们的申请及招聘流程或对其进行故障排除；
    • 遵守我们须遵守的法律及监管义务；并
    • 在有需要的时候与执法部门或监管机构合作。
3. Use of Personal Information We Collect
We process your personal information for purposes related to carrying out our application and recruitment processes, and where you are successful in your application, for entering into an employer-employee relationship with you, including to: 

  • communicate with you regarding the application and recruitment process, as well as roles that may be of interest to you, including by email, phone/text, and via our applicant applications and systems; 
  • respond to your inquiries or requests;
  • review and assess information related to your candidacy, including your suitability, skills, experience, qualifications, and interests;
  • verify your information, including via reference checks;
  • if you are successful in your application: 
    • perform background screening, education screening, and reference checks, each as permitted by applicable law;
    • communicate with you, and to send you information or equipment, regarding your new hire and employee experience prior to your start date; and
    • transfer your personal information to your employee file; and
  • if you are not successful with your application, retain your personal information for a reasonable period of time and may, as allowed by law, reach out to you regarding future roles which we determine may match your experience and skills. If you do not wish for us to reach out to you for future roles, you may always opt out of such communication by submitting a request as detailed in Section 8 (Your Privacy Rights) of this Notice.

We may also process your personal information to: 

  • detect, prevent, and respond to fraud or other potentially illegal activities, including in connection with the use of our applicant applications and systems or our physical premises; 
  • secure, monitor, and protect our corporate assets, such as our networks, systems, devices, and physical premises;
  • operate, evaluate, and improve our applicant applications and systems, our application and recruitment process, including to analyze our candidate base, hiring practices or trends, to identify qualifications or skills shortages, and to match candidates and potential opportunities;
  • audit, test, maintain or troubleshoot our applicant applications and systems and our application and recruitment process;
  • comply with legal and regulatory obligations to which we are subject; and 
  • cooperate with law enforcement or regulators, where required.
4. 个人信息的共享
我们可能会基于上述目的，并在适用法律允许的范围内，通过以下方式披露您的个人信息：

  • 向参与招聘流程的Snowflake集团公司及内部人员，以及其他出于合法商业目的需要知悉的人员披露；
  • 向为我们提供服务的供应商和合作伙伴披露，包括但不限于招聘、人才获取与管理、技术服务提供商，以及背景和就业历史核查机构（在适用法律允许的情况下）；
  • 为联系您的职业推荐人进行背景调查而披露；
  • 为遵守法律法规、响应合法要求及法律程序，或为确立、维护或保护Snowflake或第三方的权利及财产而披露；
  • 在与业务转让、合并、融资、收购或解散相关的交易或程序（涉及全部或部分业务或资产出售、转让、剥离或披露给其他公司）过程中披露；
  • 为保护任何个人的重大利益而披露，但仅限于我们认为有必要保护任何人重大利益的情形；或
  • 根据您的指示或在获得您同意后披露。
 
在获得您单独同意的前提下，我们可能会在确认具备充分保护措施（以保障您个人信息的完整性和安全性）或已采取适当安全措施的情况下，根据适用法律将您的个人信息向中华人民共和国境外共享、转移或存储。中国境内居民有权就其个人信息提出特定请求。有关这些权利的具体说明及请求方式，请参阅本声明第8条（您的隐私权利）。
4. Sharing of Personal Information 
We may disclose your personal information for the purposes listed above and where permitted by applicable law, in the following ways:

  • to Snowflake group companies and Snowflake personnel involved in the recruiting and hiring processes and others who need to know for a legitimate business purpose;
  • to service providers and vendors in connection with the provision of services to us including, but not limited to, recruitment, talent acquisition and administration, technology services, and background and employment history checks (where allowed by applicable law);
  • to contact your professional references to conduct a reference check; 
  • to comply with laws or to respond to lawful requests and legal process or to establish, defend or protect Snowflake’s rights and property or those of third parties; 
  • in connection with or during negotiation of any business transfer, merger, financing, acquisition, or dissolution transaction or proceeding involving sale, transfer, divestiture or disclosure of all or a portion of our business or assets to another company; 
  • in order to protect any individual’s vital interests, but only where we believe it necessary in order to protect the vital interests of any person; or
  • when you instruct us to do so or with your consent.

With your separate consent, we may share, transfer or store your personal information outside of the PRC in compliance with applicable law where we are satisfied that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect the integrity and security of your personal information or adequate security measures are adopted. PRC residents have the right to make certain requests with regard to their personal information. Please see Section 8 (Your Privacy Rights) for a description of those rights and how you may make a request.
5. 处理的法律依据
根据《中华人民共和国个人信息保护法》(“PIPL”) 处理个人信息的法律依据，我们通常根据以下法律依据处理个人信息：
  • 获得您的同意；
  • 为订立、履行您所订立的合同所必需的，或者根据依法制定的劳动政策、依法签订的集体合同进行人力资源管理所必需的；
  • 为履行法定责任或者法定义务所必需的；
  • 为应对突发公共卫生事件，或者紧急情况下保护自然人生命、健康、财产安全所必需的；
  • 在合理范围内处理个人信息以进行新闻报道、舆论监督等公益目的活动；
  • 您已披露或以其他方式合法披露的个人信息在合理范围内并按照个人隐私法的规定进行处理；或者
  • 法律、行政法规规定的其他情形。
5. Legal Bases for Processing Personal Information
Pursuant to the PRC Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”),we process personal information generally pursuant to the following legal bases:
  • Where consent is obtained from you;
  • Where it is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract to which you are a contracting party, or where it is necessary for carrying out human resources management under an employment policy legally established or a collective contract legally concluded;
  • Where it is necessary for performing a statutory responsibility or statutory obligation;
  • Where it is necessary for responding to a public health emergency, or for protecting the life, health or property safety of a natural person in the case of an emergency;
  • Where the personal information is processed within a reasonable scope to carry out any news reporting, supervision by public opinions or any other activity for public interest purposes;
  • Where the personal information, which has already been disclosed by you or otherwise legally disclosed, is processed within a reasonable scope and in accordance with the PIPL; or
  • Any other circumstance as provided by law or administrative regulations.
7. 国际数据转移
您的个人信息可能会被传输至您居住国以外的国家/地区进行处理。这些国家/地区的数据保护法律可能与您所在国不同，在某些情况下可能无法提供同等程度的保护。具体而言，您的个人信息将在您申请职位所在国家/地区、美国及/或我们集团成员所在的其他国家/地区进行处理（我们的关联公司所在地可在此处查询）。但是，我们已采取适当保障措施，要求将您的个人信息按照本声明要求持续受到保护。这些措施包括实施符合适用数据保护法的数据传输机制或其他合法传输机制。就欧盟、英国及瑞士相关个人的个人信息，Snowflake已按照美国商务部规定完成欧盟-美国数据隐私框架、欧盟-美国数据隐私框架英国扩展版及瑞士-美国数据隐私框架的自我认证合规。更多详情请参阅我们的《数据隐私框架声明》或通过 privacy@snowflake.com联系我们。
7. International Data Transfers
Your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than the country in which you reside. These countries may have data protection laws that are different to the laws of your country, and in some cases, may not be as protective. Specifically, your personal information will be processed in the countries where you have applied for a job, as well as the U.S. and/or other countries where members of our group are located. Our affiliate locations can be found here. However, we have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected in accordance with this Notice. These safeguards include implementing applicable data transfer mechanisms or other lawful mechanisms for transfers of personal information in accordance with applicable data protection law. Snowflake has also self-certified compliance with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, the UK extension to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, and the Swiss-US Data Privacy Framework as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce with respect to personal information relating to individuals from the EEA, UK, and Switzerland. Please see our Data Privacy Framework Notice  or contact us at privacy@snowflake.com to learn more.
8. 您的隐私权
根据适用法律规定的限制及/或例外情形，您可能享有以下与个人信息相关的隐私权利：
 
  • 您可以申请查阅（和复制）您的个人信息，或要求更正、更新、删除您的个人信息.
  • 您可以要求我们披露我们处理的个人信息内容，包括个人信息的类别、个人信息的来源、处理个人信息的目的，以及我们向其披露个人信息的第三方的身份或类型。
  • 在法律要求的情况下，您可以反对我们处理您的个人信息，要求我们限制对您的个人信息的处理，或请求获取您的个人信息以实现数据可携性。
  • 如果我们在法律要求的情况下基于您的同意收集和处理了您的个人信息，您可以随时撤回或限制您同意的范围。然而，如果您拒绝提供个人信息的收集与使用，或撤回或限制先前给予的同意，视您同意及撤回或限制的具体情况而定，可能会影响Snowflake启动或继续招聘流程的能力。撤回或限制您的同意不会影响我们在您撤回或限制同意之前所进行的合法处理，也不会影响我们基于其他合法处理依据（而非同意）对您的个人信息所进行的处理。
  •  您可以请求注销您的个人账户。
  • 您可以就我们对您个人信息的收集与使用向数据保护监管机构提出投诉。您可以在此处查阅中华人民共和国数据保护监管机构的联系方式。

您可以通过填写Snowflake的全球隐私请求表在线提交请求，或拨打 +1 877-243-8061 与我们联系。
 
在处理您的请求之前，Snowflake 将核实您所提交的信息（可能包括您的名字、姓氏、电子邮件地址、公司名称以及国家/地区或州）是否与我们的记录相符。您可以授权代理人通过上述方式代表您提交消费者权利请求，但Snowflake将要求该代理人出示由您签署的授权书，并可能仍与您联系以确认您的身份。 
 
Snowflake不会因您行使个人权利而歧视您，也不会因使用您的个人信息而向您提供任何财务激励。
8. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to any restrictions and/or exemptions under applicable law, you may have privacy rights regarding your personal information as set forth below. 
  • You may request  access to (and copies thereof) your personal information or request to correct, update, or delete  your personal information. 
  • You may request that we disclose what personal information we process, including the categories of personal information, the sources from which the personal information is processed, the purpose for processing personal information, and the identities or types of third parties to whom we disclose personal information.
  • Where required by law, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information, or request portability of your personal information.
  • If we collected and processed your personal information with your consent, where required by law, you can withdraw or restrict the scope of your consent at any time. However, if you refuse the collection and use of your personal information and/or withdraw or restrict previously given consent, doing so could affect Snowflake’s ability to start or continue the recruitment process, depending on the context of your consent and withdrawal or restriction. Withdrawing or restricting your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal or restriction, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
  • You may request the de-registration of your personal accounts; 
  • You may submit a complaint to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information, you can find contact details for the data protection authority in the PRC here.

You can submit a request online by filling out Snowflake’s Global Privacy Requests Form or by contacting us at +1 877-243-8061. 

Snowflake will verify that the information you submit (which may include your first name, last name, email address, company, and country/state) matches our records before we fulfill the request. You may use an authorized agent to submit a consumer rights request on your behalf using the methods above, however, Snowflake will require the authorized agent to provide signed permission to submit the request on your behalf and may still contact you to confirm your identity.

Snowflake does not discriminate against you for exercising your rights or offer you financial incentives related to the use of your personal information. 
9. 数据保留与删除  
我们将在实现本声明第3条（我们收集的个人信息的使用）所述目的所需期限内，以及法律规定的保存期限内保留您的个人信息。若最终未与您建立劳动关系，我们通常会在招聘流程结束后的两年内删除相关信息。如您受聘于Snowflake，我们将把必要的个人信息转入员工档案，并通过单独的告知说明后续处理规则
9. Data Retention and Deletion
We will store your personal information for as long as required for the purpose mentioned under Section 3 (Use of Personal Information We Collect) and for as long as legal retention periods require. If we are unable to conclude an employment agreement with you, we will generally delete the personal information two years after the end of the application process. In the event that we conclude an employment agreement with you, we will transfer the necessary personal information to your personnel file. In this case, we will inform you in a separate notice about the further processing of your personal information.
10. 本声明的变更
我们可能会不时修改本通知。如果我们对本通知进行任何更改，我们将更新上方的“最后更新”日期。若该等更改属于重大变更，我们将向您提供额外通知（例如，在发布本通知的网站页面添加相关声明，或向您发送电子邮件通知）。
10. Changes to this Notice
We may change this Notice from time to time. If we make any changes to this Notice, we will change the “Last Updated” date above. If such changes are material in nature, we will provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to the website page that published this Notice or sending you an email notification).
11.  如何联系我们
在处理您的个人信息时，我们可能作为数据控制者。根据本通知收集的个人信息，其数据控制者（或适用数据保护法律中所使用的等同术语）为您所在国家/地区的相关 Snowflake 集团成员，以及在适用情形下本通知中所述的 Snowflake 实体。 
 
如您对本通知或隐私相关事项有任何疑问，请通过以下方式与我们联系： 
 
中国：privacy@snowflake.com，或片云信息技术（北京）有限公司，地址：北京市朝阳区工体北路甲2号盈科中心3-111室 
 
全球：privacy@snowflake.com 或 Snowflake Inc.，地址：Suite 3A, 106 East Babcock Street, Bozeman, Montana 59715。 
11. How to Contact Us 
In processing your personal information, we may act as a data controller. The data controller (or its equivalent term under applicable data protection laws) for personal information collected under this Notice is the relevant Snowflake group member in your country, and, as applicable, Snowflake as described in this Notice. 
If you have any questions about this Notice or privacy-related issues, please contact us at: 
PRC: privacy@snowflake.com or Cloudlet Information Technology (Beijing) Co, Ltd., 2A Works Stadium North Road, Pacific Century Place, (Ste 3-111), Beijing, China.
Global: privacy@snowflake.com or Snowflake Inc., Suite 3A, 106 East Babcock Street, Bozeman, Montana 59715.