Notice for U.S. Job Applicants
The purpose of this Notice for Applicants (“Notice”) is to inform individuals who inquire about and/or apply for employment with Rigetti & Co, Inc. (“Rigetti” or “we” or “us”) of the categories of Personal Information (as defined below) that we collect from applicants, the purposes for which we use such Personal Information, and our criteria used to determine the retention periods for such information.
For purposes of this Notice, “Personal Information” is information that relates to an identified or identifiable person. In addition, under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), “Sensitive Personal Information” is defined to include the following categories of information, as applicable: (1) Personal Information that reveals: (A) a person’s social security, driver’s license, state identification card, or passport number; (B) a person’s account log-in, financial account, debit card, or credit card number in combination with any required security or access code, password, or credentials allowing access to an account; (C) a person’s precise geolocation; (D) a person’s racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs, or union membership; (E) the contents of a person’s mail, email, and text messages unless the business is the intended recipient of the communication; (F) a person’s genetic data; and (2) (A) the processing of biometric information for the purposes of uniquely identifying a person; (B) Personal Information collected and analyzed concerning a person’s health; and (C) Personal Information collected and analyzed concerning a person’s sex life or sexual orientation. Rigetti collects some of these types of Sensitive Personal Information, as described below.
Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information do not include deidentified, aggregated or combined information (which includes data that is not reasonably capable of identifying you or being linked to you) and do not include publicly available information. In addition, this Notice does not apply to Personal Information if we already protect that information under certain other laws, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and/or the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).
1. Sensitive Personal Information Collected from Applicants
We may collect and use the following categories of Sensitive Personal Information about you for the purposes identified below, and we may retain such information as identified below. We may share this Sensitive Personal Information with our service providers, vendors, and other third parties; however, we do not sell this Sensitive Personal Information.
Category of Sensitive Personal Information | Purposes for Collection or Use of Sensitive Personal Information | Retention Period |
Identity Information, such as your social security number, driver’s license number, state identification card or passport number, and information regarding your racial or ethnic origin, country of birth, immigration status, and similar information | To determine your eligibility to work and fulfill our obligations to relevant government authorities, and other similar purposes. | Rigetti retains your personal information only as long as is necessary for evaluation of employment, as well as to comply with applicable laws relating to the evaluation of those seeking employment and/or to defend claims made by them against Rigetti. After this time, normally within seven years or less, your information is deleted, unless required by applicable laws or a regulator or you consent to Rigetti retaining your information for a longer period of time. |
Demographic data that you provide | To permit authorized agencies to review and enforce equal opportunity laws and to support the Rigetti’s diversity initiatives when permitted by applicable laws | |
Safety and health information | To assess public and workplace health and safety, and for contact tracing when necessary | |
Medical information provided as part of application process | To make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, and to evaluate employment suitability (as may be applicable for the job and only to the extent allowed by applicable law) |
2. Personal Information Collected from Applicants
In addition to the Sensitive Personal Information identified above, we may collect and use the following categories of Personal Information about you for the purposes identified below, and we may retain such information as identified below. We may share this Personal Information with our service providers, vendors, and other third parties; however, we do not sell this Personal Information.
Category of Personal Information | Purposes for Collection or Use of Personal Information | Retention Period |
Contact Details | For administration purposes during the recruitment process | Rigetti retains your personal information only as long as is necessary for evaluation of employment, as well as to comply with applicable laws relating to the evaluation of those seeking employment and/or to defend claims made by them against Rigetti. After this time, normally within seven years or less, your information is deleted, unless required by applicable laws or a regulator or you consent to Rigetti retaining your information for a longer period of time. |
Application-related documents provided by candidates | To determine your qualifications and reach a hiring decision, to comply with applicable laws, to defend ourselves in claims under such laws, and to establish a basic employment record if hired | |
Application documents generated by the Rigetti | To assess the your application and make recruitment decisions | |
Third-party data | To verify information about your education credentials and prior employment, to follow-up on job references, and to conduct background investigations (as may be applicable for the job and only to the extent allowed by applicable law) |
3. Additional Purposes for Using Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information
In addition to the uses set forth above, we may also use and share the categories of Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information identified above:
- To comply with applicable legal and regulatory requests and obligations (including investigations)
- To establish or defend legal claims and allegations
- For security or the prevention, detection, or investigation of fraud, suspected or actual illegal activity, violations of our policies or rules, or other misconduct
- To seek advice from lawyers, auditors, or other professional advisors
4. Questions
If you have any questions about this Notice, or to request this Notice in another format, please contact the Rigetti’s Compliance Officer at legal@rigetti.com.
Ed. Date: May 2022