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PRIVACY POLICY FOR APPLICANTS & CANDIDATES

Last Updated: 08/12/2026

Affordable Home Finance ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our careers page, apply to our mortgage opportunity, and complete our proprietary assessment tools.

1. Information We Collect

When you apply through our funnel, we collect these categories of information:

  • Identity and Contact Data: Name, email address, phone number, and professional social media profiles (for example, LinkedIn).

  • Application and Background Data: Resumes, cover letters, work history, and education details.

  • Proprietary Assessment Data: Responses and results from our proprietary DISC behavioral questionnaire.

2. How We Use Your Information

We process your personal data only for recruitment and candidate evaluation, which includes:

  • Evaluating your qualifications and fit for the opportunity.

  • Communicating with you about your application status.

  • Analyzing behavioral traits through our proprietary DISC questionnaire to assess role alignment.

  • Preventing fraudulent or repeat attempts at our assessments to protect test integrity.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our funnel uses cookies to improve your experience and measure traffic:

  • Essential Cookies: These are strictly necessary for the site to function. For example, we use system session data (such as "Sticky Contact" parameters) to enforce our policy of one submission per candidate for the DISC questionnaire. These cannot be disabled.

  • Analytics and Marketing Cookies: With your consent through our cookie banner, we may use third-party tracking scripts (such as Google Analytics or Meta Pixels) to analyze traffic. You can decline these at any time without affecting your ability to complete your application.

4. Data Security and Retention

We use industry-standard technical and organizational security measures, including AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS encryption in transit, to protect your personal information.

  • Storage: Your application data and DISC results are stored in a secure CRM environment. Sensitive legal or financial onboarding documents are processed and held within our secure enterprise Microsoft 365 back-office network.

  • Retention: We keep candidate data only as long as needed to complete recruitment or meet legal obligations. To request removal of your data after applying, contact us using the details below.

5. Your California Privacy Rights

Because this opportunity is open to California residents, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the CPRA, may apply to you. Subject to that law, you have the right to:

  • Know what personal information we collect and how we use it.

  • Request access to or deletion of your personal information.

  • Correct inaccurate personal information.

  • Be free from discrimination for exercising these rights.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 6.

6. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data privacy rights, contact our compliance team at:

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(831) 291-9700 | Santa Cruz, California

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