Effective Date: June 17, 2026

Blick Art Materials, LLC (“Blick,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of its employees, independent contractors, and job applicants. This Employee and Applicant Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) explains what Personal Information we collect, and how we use, share and protect that Personal Information when you apply for a job with Blick, are employed by Blick, or are an independent contractor for Blick.

This Privacy Notice applies solely to:

1. 1. job applicants who apply to work with Blick on or after the Effective Date listed above,
  2. employees who either apply for another job with Blick or start their employment with Blick, in each case on or after the Effective Date listed above; and
  3. independent contractors who do work for Blick on or after the Effective Date.

This Privacy Notice only applies to your use of the portion of Blick’s website (“Site”) that allows you to review job postings, apply to work with Blick, or view your applicant account. If you access or use any other part of Blick’s Site, please note that Blick’s general Privacy Policy, rather than this Privacy Notice, applies to all other access and use of the Site. If there is a conflict between this Privacy Notice and our more general Privacy Policy, this Privacy Notice controls with respect to job applicants and employees.

References to employment, engagement, personnel, employees or similar terms in this Privacy Notice are used for convenience only. This Privacy Notice does not confer employment status on any non-employee, does not form part of any employment or engagement contract, and does not create contractual rights or obligations between you and us.

California Residents Only. If you are a resident of California, you may have additional rights which are set forth at the end of this Privacy Notice in the Section titled ADDITIONAL RIGHTS FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.

Changes to this Privacy Notice. We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by posting a notice at the top of the Site or application page, within your account, or by otherwise contacting you.

We Use Dayforce to Manage the Application Process

As of the Effective Date, Blick uses a third-party platform (the “Dayforce Platform”) provided by Dayforce, Inc. and its affiliates (“Dayforce”) to help manage the job application process for those who apply for jobs through Blick’s Site, including when you create an online account when applying for a job. PLEASE NOTE THAT WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A JOB WITH BLICK VIA THE SITE, DAYFORCE MAY COLLECT ANY INFORMATION YOU SUBMIT, INCLUDING PERSONAL INFORMATION. DAYFORCE MAY USE AND SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DAYFORCE PRIVACY POLICY.

If you would like to apply for a job with Blick and do not want your Personal Information shared with Dayforce, please contact us at retailrecruiting@dickblick.com to let us know, and we will make commercially reasonable efforts to find another method for you to submit your job application materials to us.

Please note that in certain situations Blick may enter your applicant information into the Dayforce Platform on your behalf if you are unable to do so or if you applied via another method that does not automatically integrate your applicant information with the Dayforce Platform, so long as you have not explicitly asked us not to do so. Any Personal Information entered into the Dayforce Platform on your behalf remains subject to this Privacy Notice.

What is Personal Information?

"Personal Information" is any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular individual. Except as provided under applicable laws, Personal Information does not include information that is publicly available or information that has been deidentified or aggregated in a way that it cannot be used to identify a specific individual.

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of Personal Information when you apply for a job with Blick, are in independent contractor of Blick’s, or during the course of your employment:


Category	Examples of the Data Elements Collected	Retention Period
Identifiers	Name(s), alias, work and personal mailing addresses, work and personal email addresses, work and personal phone numbers, employee identification number, IP address, social security number, other government-issued identification numbers, driver's license, passports and visas, emergency contact information, date of birth, and other similar identifiers.	As required by applicable law.
Commercial Information	Records related to what we purchased from our independent contractors, including the business contact information of those involved.	In accordance with our contract with you; or so long as we have a legitimate business need to retain such information.
Protected Classifications (e.g., Demographic Information)	Race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex/gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, and age.	As required by applicable law.
Internet Activity	Internet or other electronic network activity information, including your IP Address; your time zone; referring links; the websites you visit before or after you visit the Site; browsing history; search history; keyboard and mouse movements; information regarding your interactions with our Site; online identifiers like cookie ID; browser type; your internet service provider; operating system; the date and time you visited the Site; information regarding your interactions with our Site, job applications, or job advertisements.	We retain this information for so long as you maintain an account with us; and for so long as required for any other business or legal purposes.
(Imprecise) Geolocation Information	Imprecise location information, like the city, state and zip code associated with your IP address	Up to 6 months after collection.
Audio and Visual Recordings	We collect a picture of you for identification purposes. We record customer service phone calls. Company computers and devices used to perform customer service tasks are also monitored and recorded. We use security cameras at our stores and in our manufacturing facilities.	Your employee picture is kept with the remainder of your employee profile, and we keep that profile as long as required by applicable law. We retain recordings of customer service calls for 100 days from the date of the call. We retain security camera footage collected in our retail stores for no longer than 30 days. We retain all other information as required or permitted by applicable law.
Employment and Professional Information	Application materials you submit (including as provided during interviews and in resumes), such as your current and past employment history, professional associates, military service information, language and other skills, licenses, certifications, awards, membership in trade associations and professional organizations, national ID/passport and other official documentation in support of authentication or eligibility for employment (e.g., Form I-9), information resulting from a background check, credit check, or drug screening, past applications submitted, reference information, information necessary to maintain visitor logs and screening. Training and development plans, disciplinary actions and grievances, banking information for direct deposit purposes, health information (such as if you request an accommodation for a disability or take a health-related leave), information needed to administer your benefits, information related to your desire to attend an event, food preferences, and travel arrangements, and information regarding vehicles for parking purposes.	As required by applicable law.
Education Information	Information about your educational background, such as schools attended, degrees earned, continuing education information, and certificates.	As required by applicable law
Sensitive Personal Information	social security number; driver’s license; state identification card; passport number; financial account information for direct deposit purposes; race; ethnicity; citizenship; immigration status; religious or philosophical beliefs; union membership	As required by applicable law.

More About Processing Sensitive Personal Information

We may request certain Sensitive Personal Information from you in connection with your application or during your employment. Except where we are required to collect such information under applicable law (such as your social security number), providing us Sensitive Personal Information is voluntary.

Sources From Which We Collect Personal Information

We collect Personal Information about you from the following sources:

Information You Provide to Us Directly. We may collect Personal Information directly from you, for example, when you apply for a job, complete payroll and benefits forms, participate in benefits programs, sign a contract with us to be an independent contractor, or when you otherwise communicate with us.
Information We Collect Electronically. We may collect Personal Information from you automatically using online tracking mechanisms or other types of recordings, such as when you apply for a job through our Site, perform customer service tasks, work in our retail stores or manufacturing facilities, or otherwise use any Blick provided equipment, software, platforms and internet connections. More information can be found in Blick’s employee handbook and internal policies applicable to employees and/or independent contractors.
Information We Collect from Third Parties. We may collect Personal Information from third parties, including our affiliates, business partners, and service providers. For example, we receive information from recruiters, background and credit check service providers, and drug screening providers. We also may receive information from the references that you provided to us or from your current or past employers. In addition, we receive Personal Information from third-party social media platforms and job platforms such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and Indeed. If you connect with us via those platforms or otherwise have an account or use those platforms, we may contact you using those platforms, in which case each applicable platform’s privacy policy applies to their collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information while on their platform.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use the Personal Information we collect from or about you as a job applicant, independent contractor, or employee for the following purposes:


Purpose	Examples	Category of Personal Information
Recruiting, Hiring and On-Boarding	To process your job application, to communicate with you during the recruitment process, to evaluate and improve our recruiting process, to conduct job interviews and, if you are offered a job, to perform background, credit, and reference checks and drug testing (with your consent). Once you have applied for a job with Blick or been employed by Blick, we may use the Personal Information we have about you to consider you for other jobs with us or our affiliates, even if you have not applied for those specific jobs, and we may contact you to gauge your interest in being considered for other jobs. To process new hire paperwork; to create a work identification card with photograph for security purposes; to comply with governmental and legal requirements. To evaluate and negotiate contracts with you or your employer, and to perform due diligence on the vendors we use (if you are an independent contractor).	Identifiers Protected Classifications Internet Activity Employment and Professional Information Education information Audio and Visual Recordings Commercial Information Sensitive Personal Information
Communicating With You	To respond to your questions, to schedule interviews, to request information from you, to notify you of changes to your compensation or benefits, to notify you of other employment opportunities you may be interested in, to negotiate contracts with you, and to notify you of an emergency.	Identifiers Employment and Professional Information Commercial Information
Administering Compensation, Benefits and Expenses	To administer compensation and benefits, to process payroll, to arrange business travel; and to process expense reimbursements To administer employee benefits, process dependent eligibility, absence and leave facilitation and monitoring, and insurance and accident management. To manage requests for accommodation and administer employee claims, such as workers' compensation or unemployment benefits.	Identifiers Protected Classifications Employment and Professional Information Sensitive Personal Information
To Pay Our Bills and Satisfy Our Contractual Obligations	To pay bills owed to independent contractors. To satisfy our contractual obligations or exercise our rights under contracts with independent contractors.	Identifiers Commercial Information
Managing Performance	To assess your job performance, conduct performance reviews, handle employment-related disputes, respond to alleged violations of company policies, gather information for disciplinary actions and monitor performance when you use company IT systems or devices.	Identifiers Internet Activity Imprecise Geolocation data Audio and Visual Information Employment and Professional Information Education Information Commercial Information
Training	To assist with education, training, and professional development.	Identifiers Internet Activity Employment and Professional Information Education Information Commercial Information
Maintaining Health and Safety	To protect your health and safety or the health and safety of others, including responding to emergencies.	Identifiers Audio and Visual Information Imprecise Geolocation data Employment and Professional Information Sensitive Personal Information
Security and Facilities Monitoring	To maintain the security of our IT systems and our business information, to conduct internal audits and investigations, to manage safety and security protocols, to protect Blick and third parties against illegal activity and misconduct, such as fraud, deceptive practices, and unauthorized access to or acquisition of Personal Information. We monitor the use of our IT systems, facilities, computers and other electronic devices, including through security cameras at our stores. These devices may capture your image or information about your movements.	Identifiers Audio and Visual Information Imprecise Geolocation data Employment and Professional Information Sensitive Personal Information
Conducting Other Regular Business Operations	To operate our business, including research and development, financial analysis, providing business contact information to customers and business partners, and conducting employee engagement surveys and charitable campaigns.	Identifiers Internet Activity Employment and Professional Information Commercial Information
Compliance with Applicable Laws, Regulations, and Internal Policies and Procedures	To comply with our obligations under applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and procedures, including: tracking demographic information to confirm compliance with applicable legal requirements, processing health information to comply with employment, safety, and health laws, verifying employment and tax obligations, supporting insurance coverage and unemployment benefits, performing audits and compliance reviews, conducting and managing internal and external investigations, prosecuting and defending claims, responding to law enforcement and other government inquiries, and protecting intellectual property rights and other practices as required or expressly authorized by applicable law or regulation. To comply with applicable employment recordkeeping requirements and to respond to governmental requests for information or to legal proceedings in response to proper legal process.	Identifiers Protected Classifications Internet Activity Imprecise Geolocation data Audio and Visual Information Employment and Professional Information Education information Sensitive Personal Information Commercial Information
Business Transactions	To evaluate and conduct due diligence for potential business transactions, such as a merger, acquisition, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Blick’s assets-and to sell or transfer some or all of our assets, including your Personal Information, in connection with any such transaction.	Identifiers Protected Classifications Internet Activity Imprecise Geolocation data Audio and Visual Information Employment and Professional Information Education information Sensitive Personal Information Commercial Information

More About AdTech On Our Site

There are certain parts of our Site where we engage third-party analytics and advertising partners to collect and use Personal Information so that we may learn more about the use of our Site and to provide targeted advertising to you. Those third-party analytics and advertising partners may use the Personal Information they collect for their own advertising and analytics purposes. To learn more about the types of cookies and online tracking technologies we use, please see our general Privacy Policy.

Creating an Account to Apply for Jobs on Our Site

You have the option to create an account when applying for a job through our Site. We will store any account information you provide and we may monitor activities under your account. Dayforce may have access to your account information, which they process in accordance with the DAYFORCE PRIVACY POLICY.

Linking Accounts and Information

When a past or current employee applies for a job with Blick, any application-related information they provide is linked with their past and/or current employee file.

Disclosing Personal Information

We may disclose Personal Information we collect about you when requested or consented to by you or to the following categories of affiliates, third parties and services providers for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice:

Affiliates. We share Personal Information with our affiliates for ours and their business purposes. For example, we may share your Personal Information with our affiliates if they have an open job posting for which you may be a good candidate. We may contact you to gauge your interest in these other positions.

Service Providers. We may disclose your Personal Information to third-party service providers to assist us with our recruiting, hiring, and administration of your employment, payroll, salary, and benefits, such as background check companies, credit check companies, companies that perform drug testing, recruiters and employment agencies, payroll providers, software service providers, learning resource management service providers, training service providers, human resource information systems service providers, data analytics providers and consumer reporting agencies in connection with pre-employment screening.

Social Media Companies and Job Platforms. When you connect with us using a third-party social media platform (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram) or a third-party job platform (e.g., Indeed, Dayforce) we may communicate with you using those platforms, in which case the operators or owners of those platforms may collect Personal Information about you which is subject to their respective privacy policies (not this Privacy Notice). We also may send back statistical information to those platforms (e.g., number of applications received and hires made), which it is possible those platforms could use to identify you.

Professional Advisors. We may share your Personal Information with our professional advisors, such as attorneys, accountants, financial advisors, insurance brokers and business advisors, in their capacity as advisors to use in our business, tax and legal matters.

Governmental Entities and Law Enforcement. We may disclose Personal Information about you to governmental authorities or law enforcement if required by law or if we reasonably believe that disclosing the Personal Information is needed to comply with any valid legal process, governmental request, or applicable law, rule, or regulation, to protect the company’s rights, property, and safety and those of our employees, customers, or others; or to detect and resolve fraud or security concerns.

Successor Entities. In the event Blick is subject to a merger, acquisition, or sale of its assets or another change of control, or in the case of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar transaction, we will provide Personal Information in connection with the proposed or completed transaction, including that we may transfer your Personal Information to the subsequent owner(s).

How We Protect Your Information

We maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the Personal Information we collect and process from unauthorized or unlawful access, acquisition, use, disclosure, alteration, loss, or destruction. While we take these measures to protect your Personal Information, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure. If your Personal Information is impacted by a data breach, we will notify you as required under applicable law

Children’s Data

We do not hire individuals under the age of 18. We only collect and disclose the Personal Information of children under the age of 18 strictly for the purpose of administering benefits.

ADDITIONAL RIGHTS FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended including by the California Privacy Rights Act, and their implementing regulations (collectively, the “CCPA”). This section only applies to you if you are a California resident. Capitalized terms in this Section that are not defined elsewhere in this Privacy Notice have the definitions set forth in the CCPA.

Additional Information for California Residents.

We Do Not Sell Personal information. In the past 12 months we have not Sold your Personal Information to a third party for monetary compensation.

Categories of Personal Information Shared for Targeted Advertising. In the last 12 months, we have Shared the following categories of Personal Information with third-party advertising and analytics partners who Blick has engaged to serve targeted advertising and to perform analytics on the Site:

- - Identifiers
  - Internet Activity
  - Imprecise Geolocation Data

Categories of Personal Information Disclosed For a Business Purpose. In the last 12 months we disclosed the following categories of Personal Information to service providers for our Business Purposes.

- - Identifiers
  - Protected Classifications
  - Internet Activity
  - Imprecise Geolocation Information
  - Audio and Visual Information
  - Employment and Professional Information
  - Education Information
  - Sensitive Personal Information

Sensitive Personal Information. We only collect and share Sensitive Personal Information as necessary to comply with applicable laws, to perform our duties as an employer, to detect and avoid fraud or other illegal activity, to ensure the physical safety of individuals, and as otherwise requested by you. Except as required by applicable law, you may decline to provide Sensitive Personal Information to us.

California Residents’ Rights to Know, Delete, Correct, Data Portability, and Non-Discrimination. Subject to certain limitations such as (a) exceptions permitted by applicable law and (b) verification of your identity, you may request to exercise the following rights with regard to your Personal Information:

Right to Know. California residents have a right to know whether we collected any of the following in the prior 12-month period:

- - The specific pieces of Personal Information that we collected from you;
  - The categories of Personal Information we collected from you;
  - The categories of sources from which the Personal Information was collected;
  - The categories of Third Parties to whom we have disclosed your Personal Information;
  - The categories of Personal Information that we Sold, Shared or disclosed for a Business Purpose, and the categories of Third Parties to whom that information was Sold, Shared or disclosed for a Business Purpose; and
  - The Business Purpose or Commercial Purpose for collecting, Sharing, or Selling your Personal Information.

Right to Request Deletion. You have a right to request that we delete certain Personal Information we collected from you. In many cases, we may deny such requests because we are required to keep that information to comply with applicable laws, to administer employment or benefits, to defend against legal claims and investigations, or for other purposes permitted by the CCPA.

Right to Correction. You have a right to request that we correct inaccurate Personal Information in your records.

Right to Data Portability. You may request a copy of the Personal Information you previously provided to us in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format.

Right to Non-Discrimination. You have a right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising any of your privacy rights under the CCPA. If you are acting as a consumer and not an applicant or employee, please see our Privacy Policy for exceptions, such as when we offer financial incentive programs.

Rights Related to Automated Decision-making Technology. We do not currently use automated decision-making technology to make significant decisions regarding hiring, promotion, or termination. If we begin to use automated decision-making technology, you may have the right to receive notice, access meaningful information about the logic involved, opt out in certain contexts, and appeal adverse decisions, as applicable under the CCPA.

Right to Opt-Out of Sale / Sharing. If a Business Sells or Shares a California resident’s Personal Information, such resident has the right to opt-out of the Sale or Sharing of their Personal Information.

How to Exercise Your Rights Under the CCPA

Generally. To exercise your rights described in this Privacy Notice, you may submit your request to us by:

- - Calling our toll-free number: 1-855-997-3172
  - Using the following webform: https://www.dickblick.com/lp/privacy-intake-form/ select the request you would like to submit in the “I’d like to” drop down box, provide your full name and email address, and state your request in the box that asks for detailed description
  - Emailing us at privacy@dickblick.com, or
  - Writing us at: Blick Art Materials P.O. Box 1267 Galesburg, IL 61402-1267

More on Opting-Out of Sharing for Targeted Advertising. In addition to the methods described in the previous section, you have a right to opt-out of the Sharing of your Personal Information for targeted advertising and analytics purposes using the following methods:

- - By broadcasting an opt-out preference signal, such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC) (on the browsers and/or browser extensions that support such a signal). To download and use a browser supporting the GPC browser signal, click here: https://globalprivacycontrol.org/org. If you choose to use the GPC signal, you will need to turn it on for each supported browser or browser extension you use.
  - You may click here: Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information (which takes you to the same webform described in the previous section) and in the “I’d like to” drop down box, provide your full name and email address, and state “DO NOT SELL OR SHARE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION” in the box that asks for detailed description.

Verifiable Consumer Request. In order to verify your request to exercise your rights described in this Privacy Notice, you must provide sufficient information that allows us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected Personal Information, and you must describe your request with sufficient detail that allows us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it. To verify your identity, we may ask you to log into your account (if you have an account with us) or provide additional information. When seeking additional information from you, we may contact you through your account or the contact phone number or email address you provided in your request. If we cannot verify your identity, we may deny your request.

We will only use Personal Information we collect during the verification process for the purpose of verifying your identity. If we are unable to verify your identity as required by applicable laws and regulations, we will decline to comply with your request and let you know why.

Who May Exercise Your Rights / Using an Authorized Agent. You may only make a request to exercise your rights on behalf of yourself. A parent or legal guardian may make a request on behalf of their child. You also have a right to submit requests to exercise any privacy right through an authorized agent. If you choose to use an authorized agent, you must (a) provide signed permission to that authorized agent to submit requests on your behalf and (b) verify your identity. We may deny a request from an authorized agent if we do not have proof that they are authorized by you to act on your behalf.

When We Will Respond. We will try to respond to your request within 45 days. If we require additional time, we will inform you of the reason and extension period. When you make a request to know what categories of Personal Information or specific pieces of Personal Information we collected about you, we typically provide a response for the time period going back 12 months from the date of the request. However, upon your request, we can provide that information going back as far as January 1, 2022 if it is not disproportionately burdensome. For data portability requests, we will select a format to provide your Personal Information to you. We may charge a fee to process or respond to your request if it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded.

Required Legal Notice About Children’s Personal Information. We have no knowledge of having Sold or Shared the Personal Information of children under the age of 16 years old.
Shine the Light. Pursuant to California Civil Code Section 1798.83, if you are a California resident, you have the right to obtain: (a) a list of all third parties to whom we may have disclosed your Personal Information within the past year for direct marketing purposes, and (b) a description of the categories of Personal Information disclosed, by contacting us per the “Contact Us” Section below.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns you may contact us as set forth below:

Blick Art Materials

P.O. Box 1267

Galesburg, IL 61402-1267

privacy@dickblick.com

Toll-free: (855) 997-3172

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