Section 2: Recruitment.

The information requested, in any form whatsoever, from a job applicant may only be used to assess his/her ability to hold the post offered or his/her professional aptitudes. This information must have a direct and necessary link with the job offered or with the assessment of professional aptitude. Candidates are required to respond in good faith to such requests for information.

The information mentioned in article L. 1221-6 and communicated in writing by a job applicant may be examined under conditions that preserve his/her anonymity. The terms and conditions for the application of this article shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat.

Job applicants are expressly informed of the methods and techniques used to assist recruitment prior to their implementation. The results obtained are confidential. The methods and techniques used to assist recruitment or to evaluate job applicants must be relevant to the intended purpose.

No information concerning a job applicant personally may be collected by a system that has not been brought to the applicant’s attention beforehand.