Source
Retention, deletion & talent-pool consent — found from sitemap — Lever
Checked for Lever on 1 Oct 2026
- Page
- https://help.lever.co/s/article/Configuring-General-Data-Protection-Regulation-GDPR-settings
- Checked
- 1 Oct 2026, 11:21 UTC
- How we may use it
- Public page, crawling permitted
Technical details
- type
- page
- http status
- 200
- content hash
- sha256:8a107aa5491fc1da33d9abfef23ffccbaab55fe0c0ad33ee4dbb1debc3138d0a
- permission
- robots_ok
- screenshot
- Screenshot on file (internal exhibit, not published)
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Facts read from this source
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GDPR scope options Report an error
“Only candidates and jobs located in the EU Candidates and jobs located in the EU & unknown locations All candidates (regardless of their current location)”
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GDPR geolocation Report an error
“For GDPR purposes, Lever uses IP address geolocation to determine where candidates are when they submit their application.”
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Consent not retroactive Report an error
“changes made to the consent timeframe after a candidate has applied to a job will not be reflected retroactively”
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Additional retention period Report an error
“they can configure this by selecting a time period from the 'Additional retention period' menu”
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Retention clock basis Report an error
“The retention period clock for candidate data is based on when consent was most recently received — not the time of application.”
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Anonymization options Report an error
“Store a hashed value of the anonymized candidate's email address. Do not store a hashed value of the anonymized candidate's email address.”
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Hash deletion behavior Report an error
“Selecting the option not to store a candidate's email address as a hashed value will result in the complete and permanent deletion of candidates' email addresses when anonymized.”
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Postings API consent Report an error
“If you use Lever's Postings API to power a custom job site, you can submit candidate consent using the 'consent' and 'ip' fields.”
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Export backup recommended Report an error
“Export a candidate data backup if your retention periods could affect a large number of existing candidates.”
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GDPR permission required Report an error
“Available for Roles Super Admin Permissions • Manage company settings”
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Data compliance disables on GDPR Report an error
“those configurations will be automatically disabled once GDPR is enabled”
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