Last Updated: 18th March 2025
We at Northrop Grumman (“we”, “us”, “our”, “Northrop Grumman”) respect your concerns about privacy. This Privacy Notice describes the information practices of the Northrop Grumman affiliate to which you are applying for employment or are expressing an interest in our talent community. It also describes the types of information we maintain, how we may use the information, how we secure it, with whom we may share it and the choices and rights available to you regarding our use of the information. The information we will process about you will vary depending on your personal circumstances and how you choose to interact with Northrop Grumman.
This Notice is only a supplement to Northrop Grumman’s general website privacy policy.
Information We Maintain
We collect certain information about you, including personal information that Northrop Grumman maintains in its Human Resources (“HR”) personnel records and information related to our talent community (“Personal Information”). Personal Information includes the following:
- Business contact information (e.g. name, office location, department, mailing address, direct business phone number, business email address and applicant user ID)
- Contact information (e.g. name, postal address, telephone number and email address)
- Employment information (e.g. employer, title, division, military rank)
- Other personal information (e.g. citizenship, immigration status, passport verification, security clearances, disability status, civil or criminal court history, driving & vehicle licensing history)
- C.V. information (e.g. employment history, work authorization information, salary history, education history, certifications)
- Demographic Information (e.g. Racial and ethnic origin, religious, political or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or information about your health, disabilities, parental status, military status and sexual orientation)
- If you are successful with your application, we collect employee dependents names and employee dependents dates of birth (where applicable) for the provision of employee benefits
- Other personal information found in content that users provide.
How We Use the Information We Maintain
Depending on the nature of the relationship, Northrop Grumman will use the Personal Information you provide for various purposes. If you are a prospect, we will use your information for recruitment purposes such as contacting you about job opportunities, events, and sending out newsletters. If you are an applicant, we will use your information for considering you for a position at Northrop Grumman, and if you are offered a job or become employed by Northrop Grumman, for employment-related purposes.
This may include conducting background investigations that are necessary.
In the UK and Australia, we utilise a third-party Artificial Intelligence (AI) provider to help match your prospect profile with a possible job position. We will use a profiling algorithm that looks at skills in the job description and historical selection criteria to create the position calibration, which is validated and confirmed by Human Resources personnel prior to activating. This algorithm will be used to generate candidate pipelines and the match score of applicants and prospects. AI may assist in making decisions during the recruitment process, such as shortlisting candidates or ranking applications, however no significant decisions are made solely by AI. All decisions involving advancing, hiring or rejecting candidates involve human review. The AI systems are regularly tested to ensure they are fair, accurate and non-discriminatory.
Legal Ground for Our Use of the Information
By providing us with your information, you agree that we may use your personal information for the above purposes. Your information will not be used for any other purposes except as consistent with our general website privacy policy. Where you have provided consent for us to process your information, you have the right to withdraw that consent. However, failure to provide your personal information in an application will prevent us from contacting you and evaluating your application for the job.
For applicants, we will process your Personal Information to the extent necessary to take steps to enter into a contract or for the performance of a contract with the data subject. For successful applicants, we will conduct background investigations that are necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by Northrop Grumman as a potential employer, to the extent such interests are not overridden by the applicant’s interests or fundamental rights and freedoms afforded them under relevant data protection laws and regulations.
Demographic information regarded as “special” in certain jurisdictions includes information relating to racial and ethnic origin, religious, political or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or information about your health, disabilities, and sexual orientation.
We process this personal data for a variety of reasons, and this will vary in our different jurisdictions. Our reasons for processing this data include:
- Where it is necessary to comply with local requirements and applicable law. For example, we may use this information to comply with anti-discrimination laws and government reporting obligations;
- To monitor and ensure diversity and equal treatment and opportunity;
- To provide accommodations or adjustments during the hiring process.
Where the processing of this personal data is not required by law, we will seek your consent to process your data. This will be voluntary, and you may decide whether or not to give consent.
Information We Share
Personal Information is handled strictly on a need-to-know basis. Individuals with access to Personal Information may include members of our Human Resources team as well as hiring managers. If offered a position, we may share your Personal Information with our Northrop Grumman affiliated companies and third parties who perform services on our behalf. This includes Northrop Grumman affiliates and service providers located in countries other than the country in which the personal information was collected. These service providers may also collect some of your information (e.g., your personal contact information) directly from you but they are not authorized by us to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.
We use providers for the following services. If you wish to see a list of all service providers in your jurisdiction, please email the team here.
| Service |
Country of Processing |
| Job Application Processing |
United States, Australia |
| Recruitment |
United States |
| Applicant Background Investigations and Reference Checks |
Australia, United States |
| eSignature Facility |
United States |
| Applicant Surveys |
United States |
| Service |
Country of Processing |
| Applicant Background Screening |
Canada, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States |
| Job Application Processing |
United States, Ireland, New Zealand |
| Service |
Country of Processing |
| Job Application Processing |
United States, Ireland, New Zealand and United Kingdom |
| Recruitment |
United States |
| Applicant Background Investigations and Reference Checks |
Canada, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States |
| eSignature Facility |
United States |
| Diversity and Inclusion Recruitment Providers |
United Kingdom |
| Technical Assessments |
France |
| Service |
Country of Processing |
| eSignature Facility |
United States |
| Applicant Background Screening |
Canada, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States |
| Job Application Processing |
United States, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom |
In exceptional circumstances, we may also share your personal information with local suppliers and delivery services in order to send you work supplies or other goods and materials (related to your employment or contractor position) through the post to your personal address.
We may disclose information about you (i) if we are required to do so by law or legal process, (ii) to law enforcement authorities or other government entities, and (iii) in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual criminal offenses.
Your Rights
As a data subject, you have certain rights regarding the processing of your personal information in accordance with the privacy laws of the region you are located in. Once you have applied for a position, you may request access to correct or update your personal information. A new C.V. or resume may be submitted when applying for other positions. If you wish to have your Personal Information deleted or otherwise wish to exercise your rights, please contact us as indicated in the “How to Contact Us” section below. To aid us in locating your Personal Information, please be sure to include your name and contact information in your request.
Please select your region from below to view your rights as a data subject:
