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Equip is built on a simple principle: candidates should always know how they are being monitored, and recruiters should be able to trust that assessment content and candidate data stay protected. This article explains how consent, recordings, and data handling work across the platform. Equip never proctors a candidate silently. Before an assessment or AI interview begins, every candidate sees exactly which proctoring measures are active for their attempt, such as camera monitoring, audio detection, tab-switch tracking, or session recording.
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Review the active measures

The pre-test instructions list every proctoring measure the recruiter has enabled. Nothing runs that is not shown on this screen.
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Grant device permissions

If the camera or microphone is required, the candidate grants browser permissions and can test both devices before starting. Browser-specific guides help with permission issues.
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Consent and start

By starting the attempt, the candidate consents to the listed measures and to the proctoring report being available to the recruiter.
Proctoring defaults are tuned per test type. For example, audio detection is off for tests with spoken answers, so candidates are not flagged for doing exactly what the test asks.
If your hiring process requires a lighter touch, you can turn individual measures off, including camera and microphone access, in the assessment’s proctoring settings.

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Session Recording Privacy

When Record User Session is enabled, Equip records the candidate’s screen and interactions (mouse and keyboard) for playback in the candidate report. This is one of the strongest anti-cheating signals, so Equip applies specific privacy safeguards to it.
Results are recruiter-gated in general. Candidates do not receive scores, reports, or recordings from Equip; they are directed to contact the recruiter for outcomes.

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Data Protection

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Account Access

Recruiter accounts require a work email address. Signups from personal domains such as gmail.com or outlook.com are rejected, which keeps candidate data and question content inside verified companies. Login is passwordless: recruiters sign in with a 6-digit code sent to their email, and each code expires in 30 minutes. There is no Equip password that can be phished, reused, or leaked.
Each email domain maps to exactly one team, so colleagues join your existing team instead of creating parallel accounts with separate copies of candidate data.

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Candidate Data Deletion

Equip supports permanent deletion of a candidate’s data. Deletion removes the candidate’s test attempts, job applications, email records, and personal information, and it propagates to the systems that store attempt content.
Deletion targets candidate data only. If the same email address also belongs to a recruiter or admin account, that account is not affected.
If a candidate asks you to erase their data, or you need a deletion for your own retention policy, contact Equip over chat or at hello@equip.co with the candidate’s email address.
Deletion is permanent. Reports, scores, and proctoring evidence for the deleted candidate cannot be recovered, so download anything you need first.

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Question Content Security

Leaked questions make an assessment worthless, so Equip protects its question bank in layers:
  • Access is gated. Real questions are visible only to recruiter accounts or to candidates invited to a specific assessment. Only sample content is public, and search engines cannot index real questions.
  • Quiz questions are hidden from everyone. Recruiters cannot see Equip’s quiz questions during assessment creation or in candidate reports. Questions are also picked and ordered randomly per candidate, so two candidates starting together rarely see the same questions.
  • Coding questions rely on pool size. Recruiters can view coding questions, and the large pool across languages makes memorizing them impractical.
  • Questions are refreshed. Internal tools track how often each question has been seen, and overexposed questions are retired so new candidates never see them.
  • Suspicious accounts are blocked. Recruiter accounts showing suspicious activity, such as harvesting questions, are shut down.

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Compliance

Equip is a self-serve platform, and every customer is covered by the same standard legal framework. For questions about Equip’s security practices or documentation, reach out over chat or email hello@equip.co.