argenx Job Applicant Privacy Notice

Last Updated: 28.05.2025

Introduction

argenx is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal data. This privacy notice is intended to inform you about how we collect, process, and store your personal information as a job applicant, in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
 

1. Data Controller

argenx BV (hereinafter ‘argenx’) is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data. You can contact us at:

Industriepark Zwijnaarde 7, 9052 Gent, company number 0818.292.196,  www.argenx.com   

For specific questions relating to this Notice, please contact the argenx Privacy Office and the designated Data Protection Officer via email at privacy@argenx.com.  

2. Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data during the job application process:

  • Contact Information: Name, first name, domicile address, residence, email address, phone number.
  • Professional Information: CV or resume, cover letter, profile, employment history, qualifications, skills, references, data about former employers, special projects and any other information you provide us in your application.
  • Educational information: degrees, certificates, internships, special training, languages
  • Interview Records: Notes from interviews, assessments, and other interactions with you.
  • Digital assessment via the internet (presence on social media), to the extent that this presence is publicly accessible to us.
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Data: Gender, nationality, ethnicity, disability status, and other demographic information, which you may voluntarily provide for equal employment opportunity purposes.
  • (Where applicable) Background checks: criminal history, exclusions etc.
  • Personal information for work authorization and/or immigration purposes.: passport, national ID card, visa etc. I.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

We will process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Assessing your job application and qualifications.
  • Communicating with you throughout the application process.
  • Keep records related to our hiring processes conducting, through a third party, post-offer reference, and exclusion, criminal history and other background checks if necessary.
  • Comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
  • Carry out reference checks (for EU/EEA/UK/Switzerland/Canada applicants)
  • Carry out post-offer reference, exclusion, criminal history, and other background checks (for US and Canada job new hires only) in compliance with US and Canada laws and regulations.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

The legal bases for processing your personal data as a job applicant are:

  • The necessity of processing for the performance of employment services or an employment contract (pre-contractual measures) in case you are offered a position.
  • Compliance with our legal obligations, such as equal opportunities monitoring.
  • Legitimate interests, including our interest in evaluating and selecting the most qualified candidates for our job openings.
  • Consent of the applicant. Where we have relied on your consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.

5. Data Sharing

Your personal data may be shared with the following parties for the purposes mentioned above:

  • Internally, to fellow employees, freelance employees and/or company representatives of argenx on a “need to know” basis for legitimate business reasons.
  • Externally, when strictly necessary, to other argenx Affiliates, Third-party service providers, agencies and consultants for legitimate business reasons. You may request to get a detailed list of all the recipients of your personal data the argenx Privacy office by email at privacy@argenx.com. 

6. Data Transfers

External data recipients may be located in countries in which the level of data protection may not be the same as in your country of residence or place of work and also may not be considered adequate.

When argenx processes personal information in countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as in your residency country, argenx will implement reasonable and appropriate legal, technical and organisational security measures and apply the appropriate transfer mechanisms, such as the execution of EU Standard Contractual Clauses, with the aim to ensure the security of the processing and in particular to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this notice. Whether you have applied directly for an open position, or an application has been sourced by us through LinkedIn or another channel, we will keep your personal data for recruitment purposes for a minimum period six (6) months and up to one (1) year from the date of submitting your application request. Please note that this period may vary from country to country and shall be subject to local requirements  We will retain your personal data for that period so that we can show, in the event of a legal claim, that we have not discriminated against candidates on prohibited grounds and that we have conducted the recruitment exercise fairly and transparently and to consider you for potential future roles and employment opportunities. For US job applicants, as part of our annual Affirmative Action Plan and to comply with OFCCP reporting obligations, this retention period may be extended to 2 years.

After this period, we will securely destroy your personal information in accordance with our data retention and disposal procedures. If we wish to retain your personal data on file for a longer period than the one stated above, on the basis that a further opportunity may arise in future and we may wish to consider you for that, we will write to you separately, seeking your consent to retain your personal information for a fixed period on that basis. The above retention periods may be subject to change in accordance with stringent local legal and regulatory requirements.

9. Your Rights

As a job applicant, you have the following rights under the GDPR:

  • The right to access your personal data.
  • The right to rectify inaccuracies in your personal data.
  • The right to erase your personal data under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to data portability.

To exercise these rights or for any questions about this privacy notice, please contact us using the contact information provided in section 1.

10. Additional disclosures for California residents

If you are a California resident, you may have separate rights regarding your Personal Data, in accordance with California law (California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018).

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (the “CCPA”) grants California residents certain rights with respect to their Personal Data, including, as described below, the right to know about, and delete, their Personal Data. These rights are subject to certain limitations, however, such as that they do not all apply to certain uses of Personal Data about employees, job applicants, and contractors, or information processed exclusively in the business-to-business context (e.g., information about an individual acting in his or her capacity as a representative of an entity). Where exceptions to the CCPA apply to a request you submit, we will provide you with an explanation.

  • Right to request disclosure of information we collect or share about you.  You can submit a request to us for the following data regarding the Personal Data we have collected about you in the 12 months prior to our receipt of your request (a “request to know”):
  • The categories of Personal Data we have collected.
  • The categories of sources from which we collected the Personal Data.
  • The business or commercial purposes for which we collected the Personal Data.
  • The categories of third parties with which we shared the Personal Data.
  • The categories of Personal Data we disclosed for a business purpose, and for each category identified, the categories of third parties to whom we disclosed that particular category of Personal Data.
  • The specific pieces of Personal Data we collected.
  • Right to request the deletion of Personal Data we have collected from you. Upon request, we will delete the Personal Data we have collected about you, except for situations where specific information is necessary for us to provide you with a product or service that you requested; perform a contract we entered into with you; maintain the functionality or security of our systems; or comply with or exercise rights provided by the law.

The law also permits us to retain specific information for our exclusively internal use, but only in ways that are compatible with the context in which you provided the information to us or that are reasonably aligned with your expectations based on your relationship with us.

How can you make a request to exercise your rights? To submit requests to know or delete, you may contact us by phone at 1-(833) ARGX 411 or via email at privacy@argenx.com.

How we will handle a request to exercise your rights? For requests to know or delete, we will first acknowledge receipt of the request within 10 business days of receipt of your request. We will provide a substantive response to your request within 45 days from receipt of your request, although we may be allowed to take longer to process your request under certain circumstances. If we expect your request is going to take us longer than normal to fulfill, we’ll let you know.

When you make a request to know or delete your Personal Data, we will take steps to verify your identity. These steps may include asking you for Personal Data, such as your name, address, or other information we maintain about you. If we are unable to verify your identity with the degree of certainty required, we will not be able to respond to the request. We will notify you to explain the basis of the denial.

You are also entitled to submit a request for Personal Data that could be associated with a household as defined in the CCPA. To submit a request to know or delete household Personal Data, such requests must be jointly made by each member of the household, and we will individually verify all of the members of the household using the verification criteria explained above, and separately verify that each household member making the request currently resides in the household. If we are unable to verify the identity of each household member with the degree of certainty required, we will not be able to respond to the request. We will notify you to explain the basis of our denial.

You may also designate an authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf. If you do so, you will be required to verify your identity by providing us with certain Personal Data as described above. Additionally, we will also require that you provide the agent with written and signed permission to act on your behalf, and we will separately confirm with you that you provided the agent with permission to submit the request. We will deny the request if the agent is unable to meet submit proof to us that you have authorized them to act on your behalf or if any of the above verification criteria are not met.

We are committed to honoring your rights. If you exercise any of the CCPA rights explained in this Privacy Notice, we will continue to treat you fairly.

Shine the Light

California's "Shine the Light" law, Civil Code section 1798.83, requires certain businesses to respond to requests from California residents asking about the business' practices related to disclosing certain types of Personal Data to third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes. We do not disclose Personal Data to such entities, for such purposes.

Do Not Track

“Do Not Track” signals are options available on your browser to tell operators of websites that you do not wish to have your online activity tracked. We do not engage in the collection of personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services, nor do we allow other parties to do so through our Site. Accordingly, we do not process or comply with automated browser signals regarding tracking mechanisms, which may include "do not track" instructions.

Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring that our communications are accessible to people with disabilities.  To make accessibility-related requests or report barriers, please contact us by phone at 1 (833) ARGX-411 or via email at privacy@argenx.com.

Minors

The Site is not designed for or intentionally targeted at children 16 years of age or younger. Further, we do not knowingly sell the Personal Data of children under 16 years of age. If we become aware that a child under 16 has provided us with Personal Data, we will take reasonable steps to remove such information from our systems and terminate the applicable account.

11. Complaints

If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the appropriate data protection authority.

A list with the names and contact details of the European Data Protection Authorities can be accessed at the European Data Protection Board’s website at https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en.

UK residents may submit a complaint to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) here: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Swiss residents may contact the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner(FDPIC) here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/en/contact-2 argenx is committed to safeguarding your personal data and ensuring your privacy throughout the job application process. We appreciate your trust in us and value your interest in joining our organization.

12. Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may update this privacy notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices. Any revisions will be posted on our website, and we recommend checking it regularly.