Robinhood Applicant Privacy Policies

Last Updated: November 17, 2025

1. Purpose. This Notice (“Applicant Privacy Notice” or “Notice”) describes how Robinhood Markets, Inc., and its international affiliates, as defined in Section 2 (collectively, “Robinhood,” “we,” or “us”) collects, uses, and discloses your (“Applicant,” “you,” or “your”) personal information in connection with your application for a job with Robinhood.

2. Robinhood Entity.

The Robinhood Entity is usually determined based on your country of residence, however in some cases it might also be based on the job for which you apply. The posted job defines the relevant Robinhood Entity. You may contact us with questions about this notice or how we handle your personal information by contacting our Data Privacy Officer by email at employeeprivacy@robinhood.com or via address posted below for the relevant Robinhood Entity.

3. Scope. This Notice applies to all Applicants. It covers Applicants’ “personal information,” or “personal data” as defined under the applicable law for the relevant Robinhood Entity. Residents of California, the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK, and Singapore may consult information specific to their jurisdictions listed at the end of this Notice.

4. Personal Information We Collect. We may collect the following types of personal information in connection with your application for a job with Robinhood:

Identifiers, such as your first and last name, contact information (including phone number, email address and home address), residency and location information, government-issued identification number, date of birth, and any identifiers you volunteer in your application materials, including in your CV, cover letter, references, job preferences, or as you otherwise volunteer on your public social media accounts, such as on LinkedIn or Facebook;
Demographic information such as age, gender, and veteran status;
Financial information, such as banking information, where we need to provide you with reimbursement during the recruitment process;
Professional or employment-related information, including employment and education histories, language competencies, salary information, information about other roles applied to, references and referee contact information, position applied to (including location), assessments, test results, information gathered from interviews, including, as applicable, video and telephone interviews, details about how you heard about an opening, your willingness to relocate, job preferences, relationship to current Robinhood employee(s), if any, external board memberships or close personal relationships that may present conflict of interests risks, and any other information that you volunteer in connection with an application to work for Robinhood or when you communicate with Robinhood for an inquiry;
Education information, such as academic qualifications and completed trainings;
Network activity information, such as information collected when you interact with our Website, including information derived from our use of cookies on the Website, such as information about your IP address, location, device settings, log information, time of usage, browser information, operating system, username and account-related information, communication preferences, or any other information you may volunteer when you interact with us online and on our Website.
Visual information, such as photographs in your CV, or video obtained through CCTV cameras when you enter Robinhood premises or are taken to events or otherwise in interviews for a job;
Inferences drawn from the above, such as abilities and aptitudes.

We may also collect, use, and disclose the following types of personal information which, depending on your jurisdiction, may be considered sensitive personal information:

Government-issued identification numbers, such as social security number, driver’s license number, or passport number;
Health information, including information about medical conditions, accommodation needs, illness records, if we may need to accommodate you for a specific job, and disability information needed to comply with legal obligations and offered voluntarily in connection with diversity and anti-discrimination programs or offerings;
Racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity as needed to comply with legal obligations and internal policies relating to diversity and anti-discrimination;
Work permit information, such as work visa or other information related to work eligibility, including citizenship status, provided that such information or documents are required under applicable laws
Records of criminal convictions and offenses committed by Applicants (provided that a criminal background check is mandatory given the role or function being applied to).

5. Sources of personal information. Robinhood collects the majority of the above information directly from Applicants but may also collect information from other sources. For example, during our recruitment process, we may request references from third parties as may be permitted by law (such as your former employers, colleagues, or managers) and carry out screening and vetting processes using third-party sources. We may also collect personal information from recruitment agencies if you are applying through one.

If a current Robinhood employee refers you for a position, depending on the information submitted we may collect your contact information, resume, the job for which you are being referred, education history, current position, and LinkedIn profile. We will reach out to you by email to confirm receipt of the referral. We may notify the referring employee of the status of your application.

6. Use of Personal Information. To the extent permitted by law, we may use or process your personal information for the following purposes. The legal bases for processing your personal information, where required by law, are also provided.

If we offer you or intend to offer you a position, we may process your personal data to verify your identity, qualifications, employment history, and suitability for the role. This may include contacting references and, where required by law or company policy, conducting background and criminal record checks. We carry out these checks to confirm the accuracy of the information you provide, meet our legal obligations, and ensure fair and secure hiring decisions.

Compliance with legal obligations and internal policies

If you make a request to exercise the rights referenced above, we may require you to provide certain information for identity verification purposes. Residents of California may authorize an agent to make a request to us on their behalf, and we may verify the identity of their agent or authorized legal representative by seeking either confirmation from them or documents that establish the agent’s authorization to act on their behalf. You have the right to be free from discrimination when exercising any of the above rights.

You also have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority designated below. However, we encourage you to first contact us for any questions about the way your personal information is processed at employeeprivacy@robinhood.com.If you make a request to exercise the rights referenced above, we may require you to provide certain information for identity verification purposes. Residents of California may authorize an agent to make a request to us on their behalf, and we may verify the identity of their agent or authorized legal representative by seeking either confirmation from them or documents that establish the agent’s authorization to act on their behalf. You have the right to be free from discrimination when exercising any of the above rights.

You also have the right to complain to the relevant supervisory authority designated below. However, we encourage you to first contact us for any questions about the way your personal information is processed at employeeprivacy@robinhood.coIf you provide Robinhood with other persons’ details, you should inform those persons and introduce them to the provisions of this Applicant Privacy Notice.

If you do not provide Robinhood with the personal information necessary for recruitment purposes or later for the conclusion and/or execution of a contract, Robinhood will not be able to consider your candidacy for the respective position, to conclude a contract with you, or perform other related functions.

7. Disclosure of Personal Information. To the extent permitted by law, we may disclose or transfer your personal information in the following manners:

With our affiliates or group companies for their independent purpose in facilitating planning and resource allocation between companies, policy development, financial reporting and similar legitimate business interests of our affiliates or group of companies;
With companies that supply or perform services for Robinhood or its personnel, including employee benefits providers, recruitment agencies, payment service providers, workforce management providers, and background check providers of Robinhood;
As part of, or during negotiations of, any merger or sale of Robinhood assets;
With regulatory authorities or other third parties, where Robinhood believes disclosure is required by applicable law and in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
With law enforcement authorities and external legal counsel as necessary to protect Robinhood’s corporate assets from theft, fraud, or damage; and
With other third parties for their own purposes with your consent.

We require third parties to respect the security of your personal information and to treat it in accordance with the law. All our service providers, our affiliates, and our group companies are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies. We do not allow our service providers to use your personal information for their own purposes.

8. Information about criminal convictions. Where authorized by applicable law, and reasonably required for a certain position with us, we may either use a service provider to carry out checks of any criminal convictions (or select criminal convictions, depending on the case) as part of performing background checks on Applicants. We may also ask you to make a confirmatory statement in that regard or to provide official certificates obtained from public authorities. As a regulated company, this information enables us to make decisions about recruitment and to execute the purposes for collecting, using, and disclosing your personal information pursuant to this Applicant Privacy Notice. In cases where using service providers is allowed, and we decide to engage a service provider to carry out such checks, our service provider will ask for your consent to these checks being carried out on our behalf.

9. Retention. We will only retain your personal information for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purpose of collection, processing, or as required under applicable laws. If you accept an offer from Robinhood, your personal information will be processed and retained for the duration of your employment with Robinhood and after, in accordance with privacy notice governing employee personal data.

10. Third-Party Sites - Our Website may contain links to other sites, such as Greenhouse or LinkedIn. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties. You should review the privacy policies of any such third parties before sharing any of your personal information.

11. Changes to this Notice - We may update this Applicant Privacy Notice from time to time to take into consideration changes in legislation, regulatory guidance, or business practices. If we update this Applicant Privacy Notice, we will post the latest version on our Website.

12. Notice to Applicants in California, the EEA, the UK, and Singapore.

12.1 Your Rights. You may exercise these rights by filling out this form or contacting employeeprivacy@robinhood.com.

Subject to limitations, you may have the following rights related to your personal information:

a) Applicants in California, the EEA, the UK and Singapore

Request access to the personal information we hold about you (commonly known as making a “data subject access request”);
Request to correct personal information about you that is inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated; and

b) Applicants in California, the EEA and the UK

Request to delete your personal information, enabling you to ask us to erase or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us to continue to keep it.

c) Applicants in EEA and the UK

Right to withdraw consent for processing their personal information in the rare instances where legal basis for processing is consent
Right to object the processing or restrict the processing.
Right to portability.

12.2. Sales of Personal Information. We do not sell or share your personal information as those terms are defined under California law. We also do not process sensitive personal information other than for the limited purposes authorized by California law without the right to limit.

12.3. Overseas transfers. Robinhood may export your Personal Data outside of EU and UK, subject to implementation of appropriate transfer mechanism (e.g. adequacy decision, adoption of appropriate safeguards and supplementary measures or based on derogations in case of occasional transfer), and are implementing all relevant measures that any personal information processed or stored in third countries benefits from the similar protection that you would benefit in your home country