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This Privacy Notice sets out the basis on which hireful Ltd will process personal information provided to us, this information is also referred to as ‘personal data’.

We take our obligations in respect of the privacy of personal data very seriously and we will only process personal information as detailed in this notice, unless we inform you otherwise. In order to ensure that the personal data we hold is accurate and up to date, we request that you inform us of any relevant changes to the personal information we hold about you.

We help individuals to find work and we are also an employer. Our core business activity is recruitment, we assist individuals in finding work with our hirer clients, whether this is directly or through supply by us, and we assist hirers in introducing or supplying the staff that they require. We also recruit staff to work for us to provide our recruitment services. For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, our commercial activities and services for individuals and businesses are referred to as ‘Recruitment Services’, and our actual or potential hiring customers are referred to as ‘Clients’.

The person responsible for data protection matters within our organisation is Steve Grainger, Director and can be contacted here steve@hireful.co.uk.

If you do not wish us to process personal data in accordance with this policy, then please do not provide it to us. Please refer to Section 5 ’Your rights‘ in respect of data that we already hold, or which we receive from third parties.

Section 1:
This section applies to individuals wishing to use or using our Recruitment Services or looking for a role to work with us (‘a Candidate’): The personal data we collect or receive includes the following as applicable:

We may obtain your personal data from the following sources (please note that this list is not exhaustive):

Where you are a Candidate and we have obtained your personal data from a third party such as an online job board, it is our policy to advise you of the source when we first communicate with you.

How we will use your personal data:


The processing of your personal information may include:

Why we process your personal data:

1. Entering into and performing a contract with you:

In order to provide our Recruitment Services we may enter into a contract with you and/or a third party. In order to enter into a contract we will need certain information, for example your name and address. A contract will also contain obligations on both your part and our part and we shall process your data as is necessary for the purpose of those obligations. For example, in order to process payroll, a national insurance number and bank details will be required.

2. Compliance with legal obligations (regulatory and statutory obligations):

We must comply with a number of statutory provisions when providing our Recruitment Services, which necessitate the processing of personal data. These include the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, which amongst other things requires us to:

We are also required to comply with statutory and regulatory obligations relating to business generally, for example complying with tax, bribery, fraud/crime prevention and data protection legislation, and co-operating with regulatory authorities such as HMRC or the Information Commissioner’s Office.

3. Our legitimate interests (carrying on the commercial activity of Recruitment Services):


In providing our Recruitment Services, we will carry out some processing of personal data which is necessary for the purpose of our legitimate interests, which include:
Retaining records of our dealings and transactions and where applicable, use such records for the purposes of:

This means that for our commercial viability and to pursue these legitimate interests, we may continue to process your personal data for as long as we consider necessary for these purposes.

4. Consent to our processing of your data:


We may process your personal data on the basis that you have consented to us doing so for a specific purpose, for example, if you apply for a specific role you may have consented to our processing of the data that has been provided for the purpose of progressing your application and considering your suitability for that role. In other cases, you may have provided your written or verbal consent to the use of your data for a specific reason.

You may withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information for a particular purpose at any stage. However, please note that we may continue to retain, or otherwise use your personal information thereafter where we have a legitimate interest or a legal or contractual obligation to do so. Our processing in that respect, will be limited to what is necessary in furtherance of those interests or obligations. Withdrawal of consent will not have any effect on the lawfulness of any processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

What if we obtain your personal data from a third party?

Part of our business activity involves researching information relating to individuals for the purposes of filling job roles. This may include obtaining personal data from online sources, for example we may obtain information from social media sites such as LinkedIn and job boards, some information being publicly available but others being from sites or providers to which we subscribe. From time to time we may also receive personal information about you from hiring organisations, colleagues and former employers, or from persons for whom you have provided services or been otherwise engaged. Where information from third party sources is of no use to us, or where you have notified us that you do not want us to provide you with services, we shall discard it, however we may maintain a limited record in order to avoid the duplication of process. Where we consider that information may be of use to us in pursuance of the provision of our Recruitment Services, any processing will be in accordance with this Privacy Notice. You do have the right to object to processing, please see Section 5 ‘Your rights’.

Sensitive Personal Data (SPD)


Sensitive personal data is information which is intensely personal to you and is usually irrelevant to our consideration of your suitability for a job role. Examples of SPD include information which reveals your political, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, race or ethnic origin, or information relating to your health.

Regardless of the basis for your dealings with us, we request that you do not provide us with any sensitive personal data unless absolutely necessary. However, to the extent that you do provide us with any sensitive personal data, such as data which you choose to share with us in conversation, we shall only use that data for the purposes of our relationship with you or for the provision of our Recruitment Services.

This will be for one or more of the following reasons:

Who we share personal data with:

We shall not share your personal information unless we are entitled to do so. The categories of persons with whom we may share your personal information include:

Section 2:
This section applies where:

Across those hireful and other social media channels for which you have provided your consent, which may include hireful’s network of websites (including our company website, our training academy, our ATS etc), hireful’s HR grapevine content partner page, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and TikTok.
We may collect your personal data in the course of our recording of the Event, which may include the following:

Why we process your personal data:

We process your personal data on the basis that you have consented to us using your contribution to the Event for the purpose of creating, publishing and sharing Content on those social media platforms for which you have provided your consent.
You may withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal data for this purpose at any time and for any reason, and in relation to some or all of the social media platforms for which you have provided your consent.  Withdrawal of consent will not have any effect on the lawfulness of any processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Sensitive Personal Data:

Sensitive personal data is information which is intensely personal to you. Examples of sensitive personal data include information which reveals your political, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, race or ethnic origin, or information relating to your health.  We request that you do not provide us with any sensitive personal data when participating in an Event. However, to the extent that you do provide us with any sensitive personal data, we shall only use that personal data for the purposes set out in this Section 3 and on the basis that you have explicitly consented to such use.

Who we share personal data with:


The categories of persons with whom we may share your personal information include:

Section 3:
Online Communities

This section applies where you participate in our online communities, including ‘sub1000’ and ‘home for HR’.

If you choose to post or contribute content and information in the publicly accessible areas of our online communities, and that content or information includes any of your personal information, then please exercise caution. Bear in mind, that this information may remain indefinitely accessible to other users and visitors.

Personal information that we collect:

When you register and use our online communities, we may collect some or all of the following types of personal information:

What we do with your personal information:

The legal basis on which we process your personal information:

We process your personal information on the basis that you have consented to us doing so to enable you to use and participate in the online communities.  You may withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information at any stage. However, please note that we may still retain your personal information where we have a legitimate interest or a legal or contractual obligation to do so. Our processing in that respect will be limited to what is necessary in furtherance of those interests or obligations. Withdrawal of consent will not have any effect on the lawfulness of any processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Sensitive Personal Data:

Sensitive personal data is information which is intensely personal to you. Examples of sensitive personal data include information which reveals your political, religious or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation, race or ethnic origin, or information relating to your health.  Please do not provide any sensitive personal data when posting or exchanging content and other information in the online communities. However, to the extent that you do provide us with any sensitive personal data, we will only use that personal data for the purposes set out in this Section 3 and on the basis that you have explicitly consented to such use.

Who we share personal data with:

The categories of persons with whom we may share your personal information include:

Section 4:
This section applies to all personal data


Transfer of data to other jurisdictions

In the course of the provision of our Recruitment Services we may transfer data to countries or international organisations outside of the EEA. This may, for example, be to Clients or Candidates, or third parties who provide support services to us.  Where information is to be so transferred, it may be to a country in respect of which there is an adequacy decision from the EU Commission. However, if this is not the case, it is our policy to take steps to identify risks and in so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place. Details relating to specific countries or organisations are available on request from Steve Grainger, Director.

If you do not wish to provide us with necessary data

There may be circumstances where we require you to provide data which is necessary in order for us to meet statutory or contractual obligations or perform our Recruitment Services. If you do not wish to provide us with information we request, then please notify us. However, please be aware that as a result we may be unable to provide you or the party who you represent with a Recruitment Service, and in some cases may result in a breach of the contract we have with you or a third party you represent.

Group companies & transfer

In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership or the transfer of all or part of our assets to a third party, we may need to transfer your information to a third party. Any transfer will be subject to the agreement of the third party to this Privacy Notice and any processing being only in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

Data Security and Confidentiality

It is our policy to ensure, in so far as is reasonably practicable, that our systems and records are secure and not accessible to unauthorised third parties in line with contemporary practice.

Cookies


A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer when you visit a website, which enables the website to tailor its offerings to your preferences when you visit it.
How we use cookies: We may obtain information about your general internet usage by setting a cookie file which is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer, tablet, smartphone or other device (a “Device”).  We use both session ID cookies and persistent cookies.  We use session cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site.  A session ID cookie expires when you close your browser.  A persistent cookie remains on the hard drive of your Device for an extended period of time. You can remove persistent cookies via your browser’s “clear cookies” function.  Please see www.allaboutcookies.org for more information about blocking cookies on your particular web browser.

Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, we will drop cookies onto your Device as soon as you visit our site.  Persistent cookies enable us to track and target your interests to enhance your experience on our Website.  For example, we use this data to understand how you interact with our Website, so we can make improvements to the information and design of our Website.

IP Addresses: We collect and store information about your Device, including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type.  This is anonymous statistical data about your browsing activities and patterns and does not contain any Personal Data.
What we share with third parties: We use analytics technologies provided by Google Analytics and other third parties.  This involves cookies being set via our Website, which then collect information about your usage of our Website.  This information is anonymous and does not contain any Personal Data.

Retaining your data

In most circumstances your data will not be retained for more than 6 years from the last point at which we provided any services or otherwise engaged with you and it is our policy to only store your personal data for as long as is reasonably necessary for us to comply with our legal obligations and for our legitimate business interests.  However, we may retain data for longer than a 6 year period where we have a legal or contractual obligation to do so, or we form the view that there is otherwise a continued basis to do so, for example where your personal information identifies specialist skill sets which may remain in demand, or we are subject to a legal obligation which applies for a longer period.
If, however you believe that we should delete your personal data at an earlier date, please inform us in writing of your reasons.  Please see Section 5 ‘Your Rights’ below.

Changes to this Privacy Notice


This Privacy Notice is regularly reviewed and may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our business, or legal or commercial practice. Where an update is relevant to our processing of your data, we shall notify you of the same.

Section 5:
Your rights


We take the protection of your personal data very seriously and it is important that you know your rights within that context, which include rights to:

If you have any questions concerning your rights or should you wish to exercise any of these rights please contact Steve Grainger, Director.

Complaints


If you are dissatisfied about any aspect of the way in which your data is processed you may, in the first instance refer the matter to Steve Grainger, Director. This does not affect your right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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