Privacy and Data Use

Capability evidence requires trust.

DEX business pathways may involve company information, workforce participation, leadership feedback, capability evidence, reports, and verification records. The process must protect confidentiality, limit public disclosure, and make reporting boundaries clear before evidence is collected.

Defined reporting boundaries Participant safeguards Private reports protected Public verification limited
What DEX may collect

Data collection is scoped to the pathway.

Depending on scope, DEX may collect company profile information, workforce structure, participant information, individual capability evidence, leadership or management feedback, operating-context information, and evidence required for certification or recertification.

Data collection depends on the pathway:

Company profile and intended certification scope
Workforce structure and role information
Participant information needed for assessment or feedback
Individual capability evidence where applicable
Leadership or management feedback where applicable
Operating-context information
Evidence required for certification or recertification

What public verification may show

Company name
Certified scope
Certification type
Certification date
Expiry or renewal date
Status
Verification code or registry ID
Permitted public-use language

What public verification will not show

Private employee data
Confidential leadership feedback
Raw assessment results
Internal benchmarking details
Proprietary company reports
Raw comments or private improvement plans
Leadership feedback safeguards

Feedback should be reported in ways that protect participants.

Where leadership feedback is collected, DEX defines participation, anonymity rules, minimum response thresholds, small-group protections, and what appears in reports before any evidence is collected.

Feedback should be reported in ways that protect participants and focus on organisational patterns rather than exposing individual employees. A company should not use DEX leadership feedback as a surveillance tool.

Before feedback is collected, DEX defines:

Who can participate
Whether feedback is anonymous
Minimum response thresholds
How small groups are protected
What appears in reports
What is excluded from reports
How raw comments are handled
Whether manager-level views are permitted
How retaliation risk is reduced
Company reports

Reports are for internal decision-making and certification pathway planning.

DEX company reports are intended for the company's internal decision-making and certification pathway. They may include capability evidence, distribution patterns, leadership-conversion findings, benchmarking insights, certification-readiness findings, and recommended next questions.

Reports should not be treated as public marketing documents unless DEX has approved specific public-use language.

This page is not a substitute for:

The formal privacy policy
Terms of service
Data-processing agreement where applicable
Employment-law advice
Sector-specific compliance obligations
Regulated privacy review
Data-use acknowledgment

"I understand that DEX may use the information submitted to route this inquiry, evaluate business fit, and follow up according to DEX privacy and contact policies."

Define the data boundaries before evidence is collected.

DEX business pathways depend on credible evidence and participant trust. Companies should understand what is collected, what is private, what may be verified publicly, and what reporting boundaries apply before beginning.