If an agency invited you to apply or interview through Recagn, this page says what happens to your data. Each question below opens with the words of Recagn's DPDP position statement, checked against the product. The consent boxes are quoted from the screens you will see.
What is collected when you apply or interview?
- When you apply: your résumé and the details you enter.
- When you interview:
- your answers, as text, voice or video;
- transcripts of voice and video;
- any documents you upload;
- the AI's evaluation of your answers and its automated authenticity checks.
Who sees your answers?
- The recruiters at the agency that invited you see it, inside that agency's own workspace.
- Each agency's data is kept separate from every other agency's.
- A hiring client sees only the report the agency chooses to share. That report's link expires after 30 days by default, and the agency can revoke it at any time.
Who is responsible for your data?
- The agency decides why your data is used, and it is responsible for it. Under India's DPDP Act it is most likely the Data Fiduciary.
- Recagn is the tool that processes your data for the agency.
What do you agree to before an AI interview?
- Before an interview: three separate boxes, one each for:
- storing your answers and documents;
- AI evaluation;
- a person making every decision.
- When you apply: one box covering storage, AI matching and a person deciding.
- Every agreement is versioned and recorded, along with the exact wording you saw.
The interview screen asks, under the heading "Before you start, please confirm":
- My voice or video answers and uploaded documents will be stored, and voice and video will be transcribed.
- AI evaluates my answers, including automated authenticity checks.
- A person reviews my answers and makes every decision.
Start interview stays off until all three are ticked.
The Apply form's box reads, with the agency's name in the brackets:
I agree that [agency name] stores my résumé and details, using Recagn, so it can consider me for this role; that AI helps assess how well I match it; and that a person makes every decision. [agency name] may email me about this application.
If the recruiter works on their own rather than for a named agency, the box says "the recruiter" in those places.
Does a person or the AI decide?
- The AI scores and flags your answers. A recruiter makes every decision.
- Nothing is rejected automatically, including by the authenticity checks.
- What the AI is given:
- The AI that scores your answers is given the role, the rubric and your answers.
- The AI that matches you to the role is given only your skills, experience, education, projects, location and work preferences.
- Neither is given your name, email or phone.
- Your résumé's full text is read by an AI only to pull out those details.
- This is Recagn's choice. The DPDP Act doesn't require it.
How AI interview scoring works shows the arithmetic behind a score, and where the recruiter's decision comes in.
How long is your data kept?
- How long: your application, answers and evaluations stay until the agency deletes them. Recagn doesn't delete them on a timer yet.
- Deletion: an agency can delete a candidate who hasn't been added to any of its hiring pipelines. Once you're in a pipeline, your record can't be deleted yet.
How do you ask what is held about you, or have it corrected or deleted?
- Your requests: to ask what's held about you, or to correct or delete it, contact the agency that invited you. You can also write to us at the contact email, and we'll pass your request on.
If you run an agency
If your agency uses Recagn, this is the statement your candidates read. Under the DPDP Act your agency is most likely the Data Fiduciary, and its duties begin on or about 13 May 2027. How Recagn works shows the steps from client brief to shortlist. About Recagn names the company that makes it.
Questions people ask
Do you have a right to human review of an AI hiring decision?
Not under India's DPDP Act, which gives candidates no right to human review. On Recagn, a person decides anyway. The AI scores and flags your answers. A recruiter makes every decision. This is Recagn's choice. The DPDP Act doesn't require it.
What if you don't want to tick the boxes?
You can decline the interview instead. The interview starts only when all three boxes are ticked, and declining is final: the screen asks 'Decline this interview? You won't be able to come back to it.'
Does the AI see your name or phone number?
The AI that scores your answers and the AI that matches you to the role are not given your name, email or phone. Your résumé's full text is read by an AI only to pull out those details.
Do you pay anything to take the interview?
No. You are charged nothing; the interview uses credits from the agency's own Recagn plan.
Is Recagn DPDP compliant?
Recagn does not call itself DPDP compliant. The DPDP Act's duties for agencies begin on or about 13 May 2027, and the agency that invited you is most likely the Data Fiduciary. This is not legal advice.
Spotted a mistake? Write to support@recagn.app and we will correct it, with the date.