That form is mandated by the government, not the company. Anyone with a Spanish speaking heritage is considered to be hispanic.

The problem is that the terms are often not understood correctly or confused. Hispanic, indeed, refers to Spanish speakers... of any race. It includes, for example, Spaniards and some Filipinos.

But GP didn't say Hispanic. He was referring to Latin America, whose people are called Latino.

Neither of the terms carry racial connotations. If you're Argentinian of pure Italian descent, you're still Latino. If you're one of the 2 million Spanish speakers of the Philippines, you're Hispanic. If you're one of the Guarani indigenous languages speakers of Paraguay who doesn't speak Spanish at all you're still Latino but not Hispanic.

oh that is nice to know, thanks

So Brazilians aren't Hispanic?

Yes. Hispanic refers to Spanish language and culture.

Brazilians mostly speak Portuguese...

(I don't know if that leaves them considered "Hispanic" or not. I think it does leave them considered Latin, though.)

you may be looking for :

G. CRISTINA MORA , Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats and Media Constructed a New American (Chicago, Chicago University Press, 2014)

https://www.igs.berkeley.edu/people/g-cristina-mora-0

You can usually put any race with Hispanic from my experience. It’s listed as an “ethnicity” not a race. I’ve always put White/Hispanic