Privacy

What we collect and who can see it

Plain description of how ojob handles your information. This is not yet a lawyer-reviewed policy; a reviewed version will replace it before large-scale operation.

What we collect

Only what the product needs: your name, phone number, email, locality, and — for workers — the trade you do, your experience and expected wage. Employers add a business name and type. Nothing else is required, and we do not ask for identity documents.

Your phone number is the product

Hiring here happens on the phone, so your number is shown to the other side of a connection: employers see the number of workers who apply to their job, and workers see the number on a job they are viewing. If you do not want your number visible, do not create a listing or apply.

What we never do

We do not sell your data. We do not pass your number to advertisers or to anyone who is not part of a hiring connection you started. We do not charge to reveal contact details.

How it is stored

Passwords are stored only as salted scrypt hashes — we cannot read them, and neither can anyone who obtains the database. Sessions use signed, HTTP-only cookies. Sensitive actions are recorded in an audit log so account changes can be traced.

India's DPDP Act, 2023

We are building around the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: collecting only what is needed for a stated purpose, obtaining consent at signup, and supporting access, correction and erasure. Full operational compliance — including a named Data Protection Officer and a formal grievance process — is required before we operate at scale, and we do not claim certification today.

Deleting your account

Ask through the contact page and we will remove your profile, listings and applications. Audit entries may be retained where the law requires, and messages already sent to another person over WhatsApp or a phone call are outside our control.

Employer phone numbers

An employer's phone number is not published. It is not shown on job cards, not in search results, not in our API responses, and not hidden in the page for a browser to reveal — it stays on the server until someone is entitled to it.

A job seeker becomes entitled by buying contact access for that specific job. At that point, and only then, the number is returned to them. Buying access to one job does not give access to any other.

When an employer posts a job they are told, on the posting form, that their number may be shown to job seekers who purchase contact access for it.

Payment information

We do not see or store your card, UPI or bank details. Payments are handled by our payment provider, and what reaches us is a payment reference, the amount, and whether it succeeded.

We keep a record of each purchase — which job, how much, when, and the provider's reference — because we need it to grant you access, to show you your purchase history, and to process a refund if one is due.

Deleting your account

Write to us and we will delete your account, your profile, and your applications. Records of completed payments are kept, because we are required to retain transaction records and because they are what a refund claim rests on.

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