Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Bilkins Inc. ("Bilkins," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is dedicated to protecting the personal, professional, and clinical information you entrust with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your data when you visit bilkins.com, register a candidate or client account, apply for healthcare assignments, or communicate with our recruitment team.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on how you interact with our Portal, we collect the following categories of information:

• Personal Identification Data: Full name, postal address, email address, telephone numbers, and date of birth.
• Professional & Career Details: Resumes, clinical CVs, employment history, specialty areas, shift preferences, state licenses, certifications (e.g., BLS, ACLS, CPR), and professional references.
• Compliance & Credentialing Records: Immunization records, health screenings (TB tests, titers), background check authorizations, and drug screening confirmations required by client healthcare facilities.
• Payroll & Financial Information: For placed candidates, direct deposit routing details and W-4 / tax identification data needed for payroll administration.
• Technical & Usage Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, and interaction timestamps.

3. How We Use Your Information

Bilkins uses your information solely to facilitate professional healthcare placement and related services, including:

• Evaluating qualifications for travel nursing, per diem, and allied health openings.
• Presenting candidate profiles and credential packets to prospective healthcare facility clients.
• Managing weekly payroll, travel stipends, housing reimbursements, and benefits enrollment.
• Sending job alerts, assignment confirmations, shift notifications, and credential renewal reminders.
• Maintaining compliance with state nursing boards, federal regulations, and Joint Commission standards.

4. Information Sharing & Disclosure

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third-party advertisers. We disclose your data only in the following legitimate circumstances:

• Healthcare Client Facilities: With hospital administrators and nurse managers for the purpose of candidate review, interviews, and assignment placement.
• Authorized Service Providers: With vetted partners supporting our operations (e.g., background verification agencies, accredited drug testing clinics, and secure payroll processors).
• Legal & Regulatory Compliance: When required by federal or state law, subpoena, or health regulatory mandates.

5. Data Security & Retention

We implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards—including SSL/TLS data encryption in transit and secure database storage—to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, loss, or alteration. We retain candidate profile data as long as your account remains active or as required by applicable healthcare record retention statutes.

6. Your Rights & Choices

You have the right to access, review, update, or request the deletion of your account profile at any time by logging into the Candidate Dashboard or contacting our team. You may also opt out of promotional emails or job alert notifications by clicking "unsubscribe" in any email or modifying your notification preferences.