Privacy Policy – Job Applicants

Last updated: February 15, 2026

Derech Egged Ltd. (“Derech Egged” or “the Company”) strictly adheres to the provisions of the law concerning the protection of the privacy of job applicants at the Company.

The purpose of this policy is to inform job applicants at Egged about the personal information collected and processed by Derech Egged (by itself, or through third parties providing services to it), about the purposes of processing the collected and processed information, and the applicants’ rights in connection with the information about them.

This policy is written in the masculine form for convenience only, but it is intended for all genders alike.

Provision and collection of personal information in applying for a job at Derech Egged and examination of candidacy by the Company:

Job applicants at Derech Egged will be asked to provide personal information including:

• Identifying information. Such as: first name, last name and identity card.
• Contact information. Such as: address, email address and mobile/landline phone number.
• Information regarding training, education and professional experience. Such as: licenses, professional or academic studies, work experience and recommendations, including certificates attesting to such licensing or education.
• The applicant’s expectations regarding work in the Company. Such as: choosing a preferred work region, working conditions and salary expectations.
• Additional personal information that applicants may provide at their discretion. Such as: hobbies, social initiatives, military service, etc..

In addition, applicants for the position of drivers, maintenance personnel and inspectors, will be asked to provide additional personal information that includes:

• Regarding drivers: details of driving licenses, including a copy thereof, and traffic record
• Additional information required for the purpose of examining their fitness to serve in the relevant position according to the law and regulation applicable in the field from time to time, for example according to the provisions of the Traffic Ordinance [New Version], and the regulations enacted thereunder.
• Medical information, such as a summary of medical information and test results such as hearing tests or vision tests. In certain cases, the Company may request to conduct a medical examination and additional medical tests for applicants for driver positions.

In addition, insofar as an applicant’s candidacy is being considered for a position that legally requires additional information from the applicant under the provisions of the Prevention of Employment of Sex Offenders in Certain Institutions Law, 5761-2001, and the regulations enacted and to be enacted thereunder, the applicant will be requested to provide this information as well.

Important clarifications

• There is no legal obligation for an applicant to provide personal information, but without providing personal information relevant to the examination of their candidacy for employment in the Company, the Company will not be able to consider their candidacy. It is further clarified that with regard to certain positions, there is an obligation to conduct assessments according to the law, as part of which personal information about you will be collected; without conducting these assessments you will not be able to be screened for the relevant positions.
• An applicant should refrain from providing personal information that they do not wish to share.
• The Company does not ask the applicant provide it with personal information that is not directly related to their recruitment for work in the Company, including personal information that is not related to their training, education or professional experience (or in the cases mentioned above, the applicant’s health condition or information intended to examine their fitness for the stated position) relevant to working in the Company.
• The Company requests that the applicant refrain from providing sensitive personal information such as: sexual orientation, religious belief, or political affiliation. It is clarified that even if an applicant chooses to disclose sensitive personal information as stated, it will not be used as a basis for a decision regarding acceptance or non-acceptance for employment.

Collection of professional personal information from additional sources

Derech Egged may collect personal information about applicants (after they have chosen to apply for a job directly to the Company or through a third party providing it with recruitment services) from public sources, or from third parties such as: references (whose names were provided by the applicant) and information from social networks (including, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, etc.). Derech Egged may use a third party to conduct such background checks.

Collection of additional information during the process of examining job applications at Derech Egged

in the Company, Derech Egged may request the applicant, as a condition for continuing the examination of their employment in the Company, to undergo medical examinations, a reliability test (to be performed by Derech Egged or through a third party that will perform such a test on its behalf), as well as to undergo a process of professional and/or psychological evaluation (through a third party that will perform such an evaluation).

The results of the medical examinations, the reliability test, the professional evaluation process and/or the psychological evaluation process will be kept by the Company together with the rest of the information collected about the applicant. In accordance with the agreements with the parties providing the professional/psychological evaluation service, they are prohibited to use the evaluation results for any purpose other than considering the applicant’s candidacy for employment at Derech Egged, unless they have received explicit consent from the applicant to do so.

Use of personal information

Derech Egged uses the personal information about job applicants for the following purposes:

• Recruitment for employment at Derech Egged or its affiliated companies, including for the purposes of applicant filtering, applicant screening, interviews, examining suitability for the position, etc.
• Contacting the applicant, including future inquiries (for the purpose of examining the possibility of future recruitment, or updating information in connection with professional experience).
• Contacting the applicant repeatedly in the future, subject to the applicant being able to request Egged at any time not to contact them with repeated communications via the means specified in such communications. These communications may be direct mailings, and you can remove yourself from them in the manner stated in the Your Rights section below.
• Compliance with the law applicable to the Company, including the provision of information required by a competent authority under law, including the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the State Comptroller, the Ministry of Finance, the Israel Police, etc.
• Control and improvement of the recruitment processes in the Company.
• Generating insights for the operational needs of Derech Egged and its affiliated companies on an aggregate basis.

Retention of personal information and information security

The personal information that will be provided to Derech Egged or collected by it will be stored in the databases under its control.

Derech Egged adheres to the lawful management of its databases, including the security of the information contained therein, by taking appropriate technological, legal and organizational security measures.
However, it must be taken into account that despite taking security measures, the practical ability to completely prevent information security incidents is limited. Therefore, it is recommended to refrain from providing personal information that is not professional information, and especially to refrain from providing sensitive personal information during the recruitment processes for employment in the Company.

Transfer and sharing of personal information

Derech Egged may transfer personal information to third parties in the following cases:

• To suppliers, for the purpose of its processing by companies that provide us with services related to the hiring process, such as external screening and evaluation institutes (we will provide these companies with the information and receive information about you from them only to assist us in the process of evaluating your suitability for the job and for hiring), or other service providers, such as providers of technological systems that store and process information for us.
• When this is required in accordance with the provisions of the law, or at the request of a competent authority, such as the Ministry of Transport, the State Comptroller, the courts, the Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission.
• With the consent (express or implied) of the applicant, such as contacting references whose names the applicant provided to the Company.
• To companies in the Egged Group, for the purposes of recruiting personnel for companies included in the Egged Group. For this matter, the “Egged Group” includes companies controlled by Egged that are located in Israel, including, Egged Holding Ltd., Egged Leasing Ltd., Egged Properties Ltd., Derech Egged Jerusalem Ring Ltd., Egged Heseim Ltd., Egged Golan Heights Ltd., Egged Metro Ltd. and Tevel Metro Ltd.
• In the event of a change in ownership of the Company, merger, acquisition, dissolution or transfer of assets (including negotiations related thereto). The transfer of the information will be subject to the acquiring company acting in accordance with this policy only.

Retention and deletion of information

Personal information about applicants who will not become employees of Derech Egged will be kept for a period of up to 36 months from the end of the recruitment process or the last contact between the parties and then deleted, unless its continued retention is required by law, or insofar as a legal proceeding is conducted that will require the retention of the information for a longer period for the purpose of conducting the legal proceeding. During this period, the Company may use the information for future inquiries and for including the applicant in a pool of candidates for future positions, subject to the applicant’s right to request not to be contacted with repeated inquiries, in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Personal information about applicants who become employees of Derech Egged or employees in the Egged Group, which also includes the companies under its control, will be kept as part of the personal information about the employees of the Company or the employees of the relevant company in the Group in which the applicant will work. Information of an applicant who has become an employee will be treated in accordance with the treatment of personal information about employees of the Company. Personal information about applicants who become contractors of Derech Egged will be kept as part of the personal information about Derech Egged suppliers.

Applicants’ rights of review, correction and deletion – personal information

A. An applicant has the right to review the personal information held about them at Derech Egged. The manner of exercising the right will be determined from time to time by the Company in accordance with its procedures, and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law. It is clarified that the Company has the discretion not to allow review of information that is a trade secret or other professional or commercial information of ours or of the screening and evaluation institutes performing employment suitability tests for us, or in another situation, for example, damage that may be caused as a result of uncontrolled exposure to sensitive information.

B. In addition, an applicant may, in cases where erroneous information is held regarding them, or if they believe it is erroneous, incomplete, incorrect or inaccurate, request to correct or delete it, in accordance with the Company’s procedures, and in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

C. You may also request to remove yourself from the direct mailing list by contacting us directly using the contact details below.

It should be clarified that in any case, when contacting us to exercise a right as stated, we may request additional information in order to verify your identity before processing the request.

Contact regarding this policy

You may contact the Company with any question regarding this privacy policy as well as for the purpose of exercising applicants’ rights as stated in this policy, by sending an email to the following address: privacyQ@egged.co.il.

Privacy policy updates

Derech Egged reserves the right to update this policy from time to time, provided that such updates do not harm the rights of job applicants established prior to the update.