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Willo Technologies Limited (Glasgow, UK)

How safe is Willo for recruitment?

GDPR profileOur summary of what the provider itself publishes about your data: whether the data is stored in the EU (2 points), whether there is a certification or GDPR guarantee (1), and whether the provider is based in the NL or the EU (1). 3 or 4 points is Strong, 2 Good, 1 Limited, 0 Unknown. How we measure for recruitmentLimited

Willo publishes limited privacy safeguards. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential recruitment data into it.

Where does Willo stand in recruitment?

Shared spot 16 of 45 options for recruitment (professional tools and general assistants) on GDPR profile. 15 options, like Willo, have a limited profile. Each tile is an option we track for this field; click for the check.

Strong9
Good6
Limited15
Unknown8
DT
Caution7

Published safeguards

–Provider based in NL/EUNot known
–Data in the EU (according to provider)Not known
✓Publishes certification (ISO/NEN/GDPR)Yes

AI sub-processors OpenAI (EU and US) and Anthropic (US) (according to the provider); data at AWS, primarily in the EU, limited processing in the US possible (according to the provider); ISO 27001:2022 certified (according to the provider); data processing agreement available via Trust Center (according to the provider)

How to use Willo safely

  • Use the business variant and sign a data processing agreement (DPA).
  • Do not enter unnecessary personal data into prompts; anonymise where possible.
  • Ask the provider explicitly where data is stored and processed.
  • Keep a professional in the loop: automated selection falls under strict rules (GDPR, discrimination).

Stronger or equally strong in recruitment

8vance8vance Matching Technologies B.V. (Venlo, NL)In2DialogIn2Dialog (Rotterdam, Netherlands)AdwayAdway (Gothenburg, Sweden)OTYS Go!YourIT BV / OTYS, part of Mysolution (Houten, NL)CarerixCarerix (Rotterdam, NL), part of PIXID Group

Latest developments

9 November 2026Claude Code stores approved commands containing passwords in settings.local.json

If you choose "Yes, and don't ask again" in Claude Code, the tool saves the command verbatim in .claude/settings.local.json, including passwords or API keys. Apiiro found real secrets in 1,122 of 104,185 public copies on GitHub, including 379 database passwords. Keep the file out of git, use variables for secrets, and replace any keys that have already leaked. source

5 November 2026Flaw in Lockdown Mode patched

Via pop-up windows in the HTML preview of code blocks, an attacker could bypass Lockdown Mode and siphon off your chat history, via a manipulated prompt, GPT or shared chat. OpenAI patched the flaw on 18 September 2026; Check Point published the details on 5 November. Users do not need to do anything. source

November 2 2026Message threads (beta) fall outside Zero Data Retention

With message threads in the Claude API, Anthropic stores the conversation, the system prompt and the tools on the server, encrypted in memory and not on disk, until up to one hour after the last use. The feature does not qualify for Zero Data Retention; your other ZDR agreements still apply. If you work with personal data under ZDR, only enable threads if your DPIA covers it. source

Questions

How safe is Willo for recruitment?
Willo publishes limited privacy safeguards. Ask the provider for clarification before you put confidential recruitment data into it. Limited or partly unknown safeguards, ask the provider.
Does Willo train on my data?
AI sub-processors OpenAI (EU and US) and Anthropic (US) (according to the provider); data at AWS, primarily in the EU, limited processing in the US possible (according to the provider); ISO 27001:2022 certified (according to the provider); data processing agreement available via Trust Center (according to the provider)
What should I watch out for with AI in recruitment?
Automated selection falls under strict rules (GDPR, discrimination). Use AI as a tool, not as the decision-maker, and be transparent with candidates.

Source documents

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