California Candidate Privacy Statement

This Candidate Privacy Statement (“Statement”) describes the Personal Information Pioneer Circuits, Inc. (“Pioneer”) collects about you in the context of your candidacy for employment with Pioneer, as well as the purposes for which Pioneer collects and uses that information. When we say Personal Information in this Statement, we mean information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you.

Does Pioneer collect my Personal Information?

We process information about you, including Personal Information, for purposes related to your candidacy. We collect Personal Information from you directly, from your references, and other third parties. We may have collected over the past 12 months the following categories of Personal Information about you:

• Identifiers, such as your name, contact information (such as home address, phone number, email address), work permit or visa information, your employment and education history, referrals or references, and whether you are subject to any prior employer obligations, and any other information you make publicly available or you provide to us (such as information included in your resume, cover letter, etc.).

• Education Information, such as information about your education background collected from you, references and other third parties, such as background check companies, during the application process.

• Professional or Employment Information, such as information about your desired salary, willingness to relocate, other job preferences, interview details, and outcomes of any recruiting exercises you complete. We may also receive information such as your education and work experience, contact information, from third-party data providers who have the rights to provide us with your information. These partners collect your information from publicly available sources, or through third parties they work with.

• Sensitive Personal Information, as defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and that you provide us, such as your Social Security, driver's license, state identification card, or passport number; racial or ethnic origin, religious or philosophical beliefs; and health-related information, including physical or mental disability and information relating to accommodations that you may request during the recruiting process.

• Other characteristics of protected classifications, such as your gender, if you disclose such information.

How do we use Personal Information?

We use the Personal Information described above in the context of your candidacy for employment at Pioneer. Our business purposes for collecting this information include:

To consider you for, and assess your suitability for, employment opportunities with Pioneer, for example:

• To receive, review and reply to your application;

• To verify the information you or others provide, and to check your references;

• To assess your suitability for the opportunity you applied for, and in certain cases, for other opportunities at Pioneer;

• To facilitate the interview/recruiting process;

• To prepare an offer letter, if your application is successful;

• If you were referred, to inform the referrer of the status and final outcome of your application; and

• Where we have identified you as a potential candidate from information that we've collected from public sources, in order to suggest suitable opportunities for you at Pioneer.

To stay in touch and engage with you. In considering you for opportunities at Pioneer, we may consider you for current and future opportunities. We may contact you from time to time, for example, to invite you to events we organize or sponsor, send you alerts or recommendations about opportunities at Pioneer or to ask you for updates. You can opt-out of these communications at any time.

To maintain and improve our recruiting processes, for internal planning and management reporting, and to comply with laws and regulations, for example:

• To manage and improve our careers portal and our recruiting processes, for instance, to make the application process easier and more efficient;

• To prepare and perform management reporting and to perform analysis related to recruiting metrics, such as length of the recruiting process;

• To defend your or our interests in actual or threatened legal proceedings, or regulatory, administrative, or legislative inquiries or investigations;

• To maintain the safety, integrity, and security of Pioneer, its employees, and others as required or permitted by law, including but not limited to conducting background and security checks.

• To protect the health and safety of employees and others in our facilities to the extent permitted by applicable law (e.g. to monitor the spread of infectious diseases in the workplace (where appropriate); and

• To create and submit reports as required by applicable law or regulation.

If you accept a conditional offer from us, we may process your information for background verification (to the extent permitted by applicable laws). We'll provide further information regarding this processing upon the start of the background verification process.

How do we use Sensitive Personal Information?

We use the Sensitive Personal Information, as defined in CCPA and described above in the context of your candidacy for employment at Pioneer. Our business purposes for collecting this information include:

• To perform services reasonably expected by an individual in the context of their candidacy for employment;

• To prevent, detect, and investigate security incidents that compromise the availability, authenticity, integrity, or confidentiality of stored or transmitted personal information;

• To resist malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal actions directed at us and to prosecute those responsible for those actions;

• To ensure the physical safety of natural persons;

• For short-term, transient use;

• To perform services on behalf of Pioneer, such as verifying your eligibility to work in a specific location, conducting background verifications (to the extent permitted by applicable laws), providing analytic services, providing storage, or providing similar services;

• To verify or maintain the quality or safety of our workplace or employment services, and to make improvements in our workplace; and

• For purposes that do not infer characteristics about you.

In each instance, the use of Sensitive Personal Information is reasonably necessary and proportionate for the purpose outlined above.

For categories of Sensitive Personal Information that we collect, we will only use or disclose it as described in this Statement or otherwise permitted by law, including the CCPA.

How do we disclose Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information?

We disclose Personal Information about you in the context of your candidacy for employment at Pioneer for the business purposes described directly above. We don't sell or share, as those terms are defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), any of your Personal Information (including sensitive Personal Information), nor have we sold or shared any Personal Information (including sensitive Personal Information) in the preceding 12 months.

Here is a summary of the CCPA-related categories of Personal Information we may have disclosed about you, and with whom, over the past 12 months:

Categories of Personal Information we disclose may include:	Parties with whom each category of Personal Information may be disclosed include:
Identifiers. Characteristics of protected classifications, if you choose to provide it. Professional or employment information. Education information. Sensitive Personal Information.	Contractors and service providers, including those who provide us with IT services, assist with recruitment or perform background checks. References identified by you. Law enforcement or other third parties in connection with legal requests.

How long will we retain your Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information?

We'll retain your Personal Information, including Sensitive Personal Information, for as long as is reasonably necessary for the business purposes described in this Statement.

Here are the factors we consider when determining the length of time to retain personal information:

• The business purpose for collecting each category of personal information;

• Our consideration of you for other current and future employment opportunities at Pioneer;

• Whether and for how long we need to retain the information to comply with certain legal obligations;

• If we need the information to resolve a dispute or to enforce our contractual agreements; and

• If we need information for other legitimate purposes, such as to prevent harm, promote safety, security and integrity, or protect ourselves, including our rights, property or products.

If you're successful in your application for a position at Pioneer, we retain the Personal Information you provide during the application process, and information about your application process, as part of your employee records.

How can you exercise your rights provided under the CCPA?

Under the CCPA, you have the following rights in relation to personal information that we collect about you in relation to your candidacy with Pioneer:

• Right to Know: You have the right to request that we disclose to you the Personal Information we collect, use, or disclose, and information about our data practices;

• Right to Request Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your Personal Information that we have collected from or about you;

• Right to Correct: You have a right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information maintained about you; and

• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.

Please note that to protect your information and the integrity of your Personal Information and Sensitive Personal Information, we may need to verify your identity before processing your request. In some cases, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity, such as a government issued ID.

Under the CCPA, you may exercise these rights yourself or you may designate an authorized agent to make these requests on your behalf. Please note, we will request your authorized agent to provide a signed permission from you as proof that they are authorized to submit the request on your behalf. We may also request that you verify your own identity with us directly or confirm directly with us that you provided the authorized agent permission to submit the request.

To exercise any of your rights under the CCPA, please contact us at info@pioneercircuits.com.

How can you contact us for more information?

If you have additional questions or concerns about this Statement and practices described herein, please contact info@pioneercircuits.com.

How can you learn about changes to this Statement?

We may change this Statement from time to time, as required. If we make any material changes to the Statement, we'll prominently post the changes to the Statement on this page and take any other steps required by applicable law.