Privacy Policy

How Medcruit collects, uses, and protects personal data for candidates, employers, and visitors.

Effective January 1, 2025 10 sections

Never sold

Your data is not a product

You stay in control

Access, export, or delete

Kenya DPA 2019

Plus GDPR-aligned safeguards

150+ countries

Safe cross-border transfers

This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through Medcruit and related services that connect healthcare professionals, candidates, recruiters, employers, and organizations across the global healthcare and HealthTech ecosystem.

01

We collect information that helps us operate our healthcare recruitment platform, improve matching, and provide services to candidates, employers, and recruitment partners.

  • Candidate information: name, contact details, CV, experience, qualifications, skills, location, and employment preferences.
  • Employer information: organization name, contact details, job descriptions, and hiring requirements.
  • Recruitment information: application activity, job preferences, and candidate-employer interactions.
  • Technical information: IP address, browser, device, operating system, pages visited, and referring URLs.
  • Cookies and similar technologies used for functionality, analytics, security, and user experience.
02

Medcruit uses information for legitimate business, recruitment, operational, and platform purposes, including:

  • Matching healthcare professionals with relevant jobs and opportunities.
  • Connecting employers with qualified healthcare and HealthTech talent.
  • Processing applications and supporting recruitment workflows.
  • Personalizing job recommendations and platform experiences.
  • Communicating about applications, services, and account activity.
  • Preventing fraud, abuse, unauthorized access, and security incidents.
  • Complying with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
03

We do not sell personal information. Information may be shared when necessary to provide our services or where legally required.

  • Employers and recruiters, to facilitate an application or candidate-employer connection.
  • Trusted service providers supporting hosting, analytics, communications, security, and payments.
  • Legal authorities, where disclosure is required by law or valid governmental request.
  • Business transactions such as a merger or acquisition, subject to applicable legal requirements.
04

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction.

No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security, so please protect your account credentials and devices.

05

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • Access personal information we hold about you.
  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
  • Request deletion where legally applicable.
  • Object to or restrict certain processing.
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
  • Request portability of certain information.
  • Opt out of marketing communications.
06

We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary to provide services, maintain accounts, support recruitment, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce agreements.

Retention periods vary with the type of information, its purpose, and applicable legal requirements.

07

Medcruit operates across 150+ countries, so information may be processed or stored outside the country where you live.

Where required, we implement appropriate safeguards for international transfers in line with applicable data protection laws, including the Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019.

08

We use cookies and similar technologies to support essential functionality, understand how visitors use the platform, improve performance, remember preferences, and measure marketing effectiveness.

You can control cookies through your browser settings or available consent controls.

09

Our platform may link to external job platforms, employer websites, and other third-party resources that operate under their own terms and privacy policies. Please review those policies before sharing personal information.

10

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our services, technology, operations, or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated through the platform, website notices, or other appropriate channels.

Frequently asked questions

Does Medcruit sell candidate information?

No. Information is shared only where necessary to provide recruitment services, connect candidates with employers, operate the platform, or comply with the law.

Can I request deletion of my information?

Yes. Depending on applicable law, you can request deletion at any time by contacting our team.

Is my data processed internationally?

Medcruit serves a global healthcare ecosystem, so data may be processed internationally, subject to appropriate safeguards.

Need clarification?

Our team can explain how this policy applies to candidates, employers, and partners.