PRIVACY STATEMENT AND COOKIES POLICY
This Privacy Statement sets out an overview of how all personal data that we collect from you as the data subject, or that you provide to us via the altus-partners.com website and during the course of Altus Partners providing recruitment services, will be processed by us. For the purposes of this, data subjects are the individuals of whom Altus Partners holds and uses personal data, inclusive of prospective candidates, registered candidates, employees, agency workers and clients.
Please read the following to understand how we operate regarding your personal data. This statement should be read in conjunction with Altus Partners’ Data Protection Policy, Data Protection Procedure and Privacy Notice.
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY STATEMENT
If you do not agree with how we process your personal data as outlined in this Statement and associated documentation, please do not submit any data to us.
WHO CONTROLS THE DATA THAT YOU SUPPLY?
Altus Partners Ltd is registered as a data controller in the United Kingdom for the purposes of any relevant data protection laws. The data you provide is processed fairly and lawfully and used only for the purposes set out in this policy.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Altus Partners Ltd will collect data about you in accordance with our legitimate interests as a data controller. We collect both non-personal information and personal information. Non-personal information includes any data that cannot be used to identify you, including generic demographics (inclusive of data that demonstrates equal opportunity compliance), referral pages and URLs and how users navigate through the website. Personal information includes your name and contact details and if necessary, sensitive personal data.
Altus Partners will also obtain explicit consent from you before processing any sensitive personal data. Personal data will be stored, processed, used and disclosed by us in these ways:
· To provide and undertake recruitment services
· To assess data against vacancies we judge may be suitable for you
· To send your information to clients so they can receive your application or assess your eligibility for jobs
· To enable you to submit your CV or apply for jobs
· To improve our service and to make our services more relevant to you (including updating our website to enhance your digital experience)
· Where you have consented to being contacted, send you promotions, offers, networking events and market information
· To answer your queries
· To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and the Company, or any contracts the Company enters into with third parties in relation to providing you recruitment services
· To facilitate the Company’s payroll and invoicing processes
· To third parties that undertake references, qualifications and criminal reference checking services, the verification of the details you have provided from a third-party source, psychometric or skills evaluation
· To third parties, regulatory or law enforcement bodies if we believe that we are required to disclose it in connection with a crime, the collection of taxes/duties, or in order to observe an applicable law or legal proceedings.
Every now and then, we may seek your permission to process, use or disclose your data for any other purpose not already listed.
WHERE INFORMATION IS HELD
The personal information that you provide to us (including sensitive personal information) may be passed on to our clients and the third parties specified above. Some of these are located outside of the European Economic Area. When we transfer your personal information outside this area, we will take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected.
ACCESS TO YOUR INFORMATION
You may request an overview on the information we hold about you at any time and can request to modify, update or delete it. When we receive this, we may require an identification verification or need to clarify your request. Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request and will give you reasons for doing so.
You can request to unsubscribe from marketing material at any time. If you wish to contact us about any of this, please email Camilla@altus-partners.com
INFORMATION RETENTION
We will hold your information for as long as is necessary to adhere to our statutory and contractual obligations and in line with our legitimate interests as a data controller.
We will endeavour to ensure all your personal data is kept up to date but you are responsible for informing us of any changes, which we will update or delete accordingly.
The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, require us to keep work-seeker records for at least one year from (a) the date of their creation or (b) after the date on which we last provide you with work-finding services.
We must also keep all payroll records, holiday pay, sick pay and pensions auto-enrolment records for as long as is legally required by HMRC and associated national minimum wage, social security and tax legislation.
Where we have obtained your consent to process your sensitive personal data, we will do so in line with our obligations under the relevant data protection laws. Your sensitive personal date will be processed for a period of two years. Upon expiry of that period the Company will seek further consent from you. Where consent is not granted the Company will cease to process your sensitive personal data.
In addition to our obligations under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, the Company will delete your personal data after three years if we have not had any meaningful contact with you or if we do not hold any records on you that are in our legitimate interests to keep.
“Meaningful contact” means, for example, any form of contact between us in relation to the Company assisting/providing recruitment services to you.
TRANSMISSION OF INFORMATION ACROSS THE INTERNET
Your information is held on servers hosted by us or our Internet Services Provider. Sending information over the internet is not totally secure. While we endeavour to protect your personal data, we cannot always safeguard the security of your data transmitted to our site.
WEBSITE VISITOR TRACKING
This website monitors how visitors use our website so we can consistently improve our services. The information collected does not allow any individual to be identified, and will be used to understand our users and website better. We may share this aggregate data with selected third parties to assist with our monitoring, where you have consented to this. We may also undertake marketing profiling to help us identify services or jobs that may be of interest.
COOKIES POLICY
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A “cookie” is a small file that tracks, saves and stores information about your interactions with our website. It is stored on your computer’s hard drive. This allows our website, through its server, to provide tailored options for your next visit. Cookies are used by the majority of websites and do not damage your computer.
If you would like to stop the use and saving of cookies from our website onto your computer, you should take the necessary steps within your web browser security settings. This involves blocking all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors, or the use of a cookie control system if available.
2. HOW DO WE USE COOKIES?
The cookies we collect allow us to monitor user traffic patterns and usage, and to help us advertise jobs we think you will be interested in. This collection helps us understand our website’s usability so we can improve the design, layout and functionality.
Enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can block them, but this might result in some features of this site not working as intended.
The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here. The only third party cookies we use on our site are Google Analytics (please see section 6 on Google Analytics)
The cookies we use are explained below:
a. Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are needed for effective site usage and, as such, cannot be turned off. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for other purposes, such as marketing or tracking your Internet usage.
b. Performance cookies
These cookies help us monitor and improve the performance of our website, counting visits, identifying traffic sources and judging site popularity. We use Google Analytics for this purpose, but all information gathered is anonymous.
c. Functionality cookies
These cookies remember choices you make upon first visiting our website, including user name, language or where you are based. This allows the website to remember changes you have made to text size, font and other customisable elements. It also prevents repeat processes such as pop-ups. Functionality cookies may also be used to provide services you wish to use, such as watching video and commenting, and are usually anonymous.
For information on how to reject these personalisation cookies, see section 8 below.
6. GOOGLE ANALYTICS
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). This service uses cookies to help us analyse how users navigate and interact with the site. The information generated by the cookie includes your IP address and is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. It uses this information to create reports on website activity for Altus Partners and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may send this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or if such third parties use the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
7. HOW TO REJECT COOKIES
If you only wish to receive cookies that are strictly necessary, you may choose to opt out of all voluntary data collection by selecting the appropriate box on our website.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but this can be changed in your browser settings. Rejecting all cookies means that certain features can’t be provided to you and, as such, you may not be able to experience of all our features.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY STATEMENT
Any changes to this Privacy Statement will be updated on this website as and when it is required. If at any time we use personal data in a significantly different manner than from stated in this statement, we will notify you and you will be able to decide if we are able to use this information in the new manner.
DATA PROTECTION POLICY
CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Data processing under the Data Protection Laws
1. The data protection principles
2. Legal bases for processing
3. Privacy by design and by default
• Rights of the Individual
1. Privacy notices
2. Subject access requests
3. Rectification
4. Erasure
5. Restriction of processing
6. Data portability
7. Object to processing
8. Enforcement of rights
9. Automated decision making
• Personal data breaches
1. Personal data breaches where the Company is the data controller
2. Personal data breaches where the Company is the data processor
3. Communicating personal data breaches to individuals
• The Human Rights Act 1998
• Complaints
Appendix
Annex – legal bases for processing personal data
INTRODUCTION
All organisations that process personal data are required to comply with data protection legislation. This includes, in particular, the Data Protection Act 1998 (or its successor) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (together the ‘Data Protection Laws’). The Data Protection Laws give individuals (known as ‘data subjects’) certain rights over their personal data whilst imposing certain obligations on the organisations that process their data.
As a recruitment business the Company collects and processes both personal data and sensitive personal data. It is required to do so to comply with other legislation. It is also required to keep this data for different periods depending on the nature of the data.
This policy sets out how the Company implements the Data Protection Laws. It should be read in conjunction with the Data Protection Procedure.
DEFINITIONS
In this policy the following terms have the following meanings:
‘consent’ means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of an individual’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her;
‘data controller’ means an individual or organisation which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data;
‘data processor’ means an individual or organisation that processes personal data on behalf of the data controller;
‘personal data’* means any information relating to an individual who can be identified, such as by a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
‘personal data breach’ means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data;
‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage (including archiving), adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to an individual, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;
‘pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to an individual without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable individual;
‘sensitive personal data’* means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health, an individual’s sex life or sexual orientation and an individual’s criminal convictions.
* For the purposes of this policy we use the term ‘personal data’ to include ‘sensitive personal data’ except where we specifically need to refer to sensitive personal data.
‘supervisory authority’ means an independent public authority which is responsible for monitoring the application of data protection. In the UK the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
All of these definitions are italicised throughout this policy to remind the reader that they are defined terms.
DATA PROCESSING UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION LAWS
The Company processes personal data in relation to its own staff, work-seekers and individual client contacts and is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Laws. The Company has registered with the ICO and its registration number is. ICO:00045914712
The Company may hold personal data on individuals for the following purposes:
• Staff administration;
• Advertising, marketing and public relations;
• Accounts and records;
• Administration and processing of work-seekers’ personal data for the purposes of providing work-finding services, including processing using software solution providers and back office support;
• Administration and processing of clients’ personal data for the purposes of supplying/introducing work seekers
1. THE DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES
The Data Protection Laws require the Company acting as either data controller or data processor to process data in accordance with the principles of data protection. These require that personal data is:
1. Processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner;
2. Collected for specified and legitimate purposes and not further processed in a manner that is incompatible with those purposes;
3. Adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary in relation to the purposes for which they are processed;
4. Accurate and kept up to date; every reasonable step must be taken to ensure that personal data that are inaccurate, having regard to the purposes for which they are processed, are erased or rectified without delay;
5. Kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which the personal data are processed;
6. Processed in a manner that ensures appropriate security of the personal data, including protection against unauthorised or unlawful processing and against accidental loss, destruction or damage, using appropriate technical or organisational measures; and that
7. The data controller shall be responsible for, and be able to demonstrate, compliance with the principles.
2. LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING
The Company will only process personal data where it has a legal basis for doing so (see Annex A). Where the Company does not have a legal reason for processing personal data any processing will be a breach of the Data Protection Laws.
The Company will review the personal data it holds on a regular basis to ensure it is being lawfully processed and it is accurate, relevant and up to date and those people listed in the Appendix shall be responsible for doing this.
Before transferring personal data to any third party (such as past, current or prospective employers, suppliers, customers and clients, intermediaries such as umbrella companies, persons making an enquiry or complaint and any other third party (such as software solutions providers and back office support)), the Company will establish that it has a legal reason for making the transfer.
3. PRIVACY BY DESIGN AND BY DEFAULT
The Company has implemented measures and procedures that adequately protect the privacy of individuals and ensures that data protection is integral to all processing activities. This includes implementing measures such as:
• data minimisation (i.e. not keeping data for longer than is necessary);
• pseudonymisation;
• anonymisation;
• cyber security.
RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
The Company shall provide any information relating to data processing to an individual in a concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language. The information shall be provided in writing, or by other means, including, where appropriate, by electronic means. The Company may provide this information orally if requested to do so by the individual.
1. PRIVACY NOTICES
Where the Company collects personal data from the individual, the Company will give the individual a privacy notice at the time when it first obtains the personal data.
Where the Company collects personal data other than from the individual directly, it will give the individual a privacy notice within a reasonable period after obtaining the personal data, but at the latest within one month. If the Company intends to disclose the personal data to a third party then the privacy notice will be issued when the personal data are first disclosed (if not issued sooner).
Where the Company intends to further process the personal data for a purpose other than that for which the data was initially collected, the Company will give the individual information on that other purpose and any relevant further information before it does the further processing.
2. SUBJECT ACCESS REQUESTS
The individual is entitled to access their personal data on request from the data controller.
3. RECTIFICATION
The individual or another data controller at the individual’s request, has the right to ask the Company to rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning an individual.
If the Company has given the personal data to any third parties it will tell those third parties that it has received a request to rectify the personal data unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Those third parties should also rectify the personal data they hold - however the Company will not be in a position to audit those third parties to ensure that the rectification has occurred.
4. ERASURE
The individual or another data controller at the individual’s request, has the right to ask the Company to erase an individual’s personal data.
If the Company receives a request to erase it will ask the individual if s/he wants his personal data to be removed entirely or whether s/he is happy for his or her details to be kept on a list of individuals who do not want to be contacted in the future (for a specified period or otherwise). The Company cannot keep a record of individuals whose data it has erased so the individual may be contacted again by the Company should the Company come into possession of the individual’s personal data at a later date.
If the Company has made the data public, it shall take reasonable steps to inform other data controllers and data processors processing the personal data to erase the personal data, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation.
If the Company has given the personal data to any third parties it will tell those third parties that it has received a request to erase the personal data, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Those third parties should also rectify the personal data they hold - however the Company will not be in a position to audit those third parties to ensure that the rectification has occurred.
5. RESTRICTION OF PROCESSIING
The individual or a data controller at the individual’s request, has the right to ask the Company to restrict its processing of an individual’s personal data where:
• The individual challenges the accuracy of the personal data;
• The processing is unlawful and the individual opposes its erasure;
• The Company no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but the personal data is required for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims; or
• The individual has objected to processing (on the grounds of a public interest or legitimate interest) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the Company override those of the individual.
If the Company has given the personal data to any third parties it will tell those third parties that it has received a request to restrict the personal data, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Those third parties should also rectify the personal data they hold - however the Company will not be in a position to audit those third parties to ensure that the rectification has occurred.
6. DATA PORTABILITY
The individual shall have the right to receive personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to the Company, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another data controller in circumstances where:
• The processing is based on the individual’s consent or a contract; and
• The processing is carried out by automated means.
Where feasible, the Company will send the personal data to a named third party on the individual’s request.
7. OBJECT TO PROCESSING
The individual has the right to object to their personal data being processed based on a public interest or a legitimate interest. The individual will also be able to object to the profiling of their data based on a public interest or a legitimate interest. The Company shall cease processing unless it has compelling legitimate grounds to continue to process the personal data which override the individual’s interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The individual has the right to object to their personal data for direct marketing.
8. ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS
All requests regarding individual rights should be sent to the person whose details are listed in the Appendix.
The Company shall act upon any subject access request, or any request relating to rectification, erasure, restriction, data portability or objection or automated decision making processes or profiling within one month of receipt of the request. The Company may extend this period for two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and the number of requests.
Where the Company considers that a request under this section is manifestly unfounded or excessive due to the request’s repetitive nature the Company may either refuse to act on the request or may charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs involved.
9. AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING
The Company will not subject individuals to decisions based on automated processing that produce a legal effect or a similarly significant effect on the individual, except where the automated decision:
• Is necessary for the entering into or performance of a contract between the data controller and the individual;
• Is authorised by law; or
• The individual has given their explicit consent.
The Company will not carry out any automated decision-making or profiling using the personal data of a child.
PERSONAL DATA BREACHES
Reporting Personal Data Breaches
All data breaches should be referred to the persons whose details are listed in the Appendix.
1. PERSONAL DATA BREACHES WHERE THE COMPANY IS THE DATA CONTROLLER:
Where the Company establishes that a personal data breach has taken place, the Company will take steps to contain and recover the breach. Where a personal data breach is likely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of any individual the Company will notify the ICO.
Where the personal data breach happens outside the UK, the Company shall alert the relevant supervisory authority for data breaches in the effected jurisdiction.
2. PERSONAL DATA BREACHES WHERE THE COMPANY IS THE DATA PROCESSOR:
The Company will alert the relevant data controller as to the personal data breach as soon as they are aware of the breach.
3. COMMUNICATING PERSONAL DATA BREACHES TO INDIVIDUALS:
Where the Company has identified a personal data breach resulting in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of any individual, the Company shall tell all affected individuals without undue delay.
The Company will not be required to tell individuals about the personal data breach where:
• The Company has implemented appropriate technical and organisational protection measures to the personal data affected by the breach, in particular to make the personal data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to access it, such as encryption.
• The Company has taken subsequent measures which ensure that the high risk to the rights and freedoms of the individual is no longer likely to materialise.
• It would involve disproportionate effort to tell all affected individuals. Instead, the Company shall make a public communication or similar measure to tell all affected individuals.
THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT OF 1998
All individuals have the following rights under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and in dealing with personal data these should be respected at all times:
• Right to respect for private and family life (Article 8).
• Freedom of thought, belief and religion (Article 9).
• Freedom of expression (Article 10).
• Freedom of assembly and association (Article 11).
• Protection from discrimination in respect of rights and freedoms under the HRA (Article 14)
COMPLAINTS
If you have a complaint or suggestion about the Company’s handling of personal data then please contact the person whose details are listed in the Appendix to this policy. Alternatively you can contact the ICO directly on 0303 123 1113 or at https://ico.org.uk/global/contactus/email/
APPENDIX
All Company staff are permitted to add and amend personal data from the Company’s database(s) (‘database’ includes paper records or records stored electronically).
Contact Details
For all matters concerning data protection and the associated laws please contact:
Name: Milly English
Email: Camilla@altus-partners.com
Phone: +44203 854 2681
ANNEX A
a) The lawfulness of processing conditions for personal data are:
1. Consent of the individual for one or more specific purposes.
2. Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with the individual or in order to take steps at the request of the individual to enter into a contract.
3. Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that the controller is subject to.
4. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another person.
5. Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller.
6. Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of the individual which require protection of personal data, in particular where the individual is a child.
b) The lawfulness of processing conditions for sensitive personal data are:
1. Explicit consent of the individual for one or more specified purposes, unless reliance on consent is prohibited by EU or Member State law.
2. Processing is necessary for carrying out data controller’s obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement, providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
3. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another individual where the individual is physically or legally incapable of giving consent.
4. In the course of its legitimate activities, processing is carried out with appropriate safeguards by a foundation, association or any other not-for-profit body, with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim and on condition that the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes) and provided there is no disclosure to a third party without the consent of the individual.
5. Processing relates to personal data which are manifestly made public by the individual.
6. Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity.
7. Processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest on the basis of EU or Member State law which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respects the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
8. Processing is necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of EU or Member State law or a contract with a health professional and subject to the necessary conditions and safeguards.
9. Processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of healthcare and of medicinal products or medical devices, on the basis of EU or Member State law which provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the individual, in particular professional secrecy.
10. Processing is necessary for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
DATA PROTECTION PROCEDURE
CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Definitions
• Data processing under the Data Protection Laws
• Information security
• Rights of the individual
1. The right to be informed
2. The right to access (‘subject access request’)
3. The right to rectification
4. The right to erasure (‘the right to be forgotten’)
5. The right to restrict processing
6. The right to data portability
7. The right to object to processing
8. Automated decision making processes
9. The right to withdraw consent
10. Timing and information to be provided to the individual 11. Charges • Personal data breaches • Record keeping
• Complaints
Appendix
Annex A
INTRODUCTION
All organisations that process personal data are required to comply with data protection legislation. This includes in particular the Data Protection Act 1998 (or its successor) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (together the ‘Data Protection Laws’). The Data Protection Laws give individuals certain rights over their personal data whilst imposing certain obligations on the organisations that process their data.
As a recruitment business the Company collects and processes both personal data and sensitive personal data. It is required to do so to comply with other legislation. It is also required to keep this data for different periods depending on the nature of the data.
This policy sets out the Company’s procedures for implementing the Data Protection Laws. It should be read in conjunction with the Data Protection Policy.
DEFINITIONS
In this policy the following terms have the following meanings:
‘consent’ means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of an individual’s wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of persona data relating to him or her;
‘data controller’ means an individual or organisation which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data;
‘data processor’ means an individual or organisation which processes personal data on behalf of the data controller;
‘personal data’* means any information relating to an individual who can be identified, such as by a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
‘personal data breach’ means a breach of security leading to the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, personal data;
‘processing’ means any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage (including archiving), adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.
‘profiling’ means any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to an individual, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements;
‘pseudonymisation’ means the processing of personal data in such a manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to an individual without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable individual;
‘sensitive personal data’* means personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, and the processing of genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health, an individual’s sex life or sexual orientation and an individual’s criminal convictions. [Note 1]
* For the purposes of this policy we use the term ‘personal data’ to include ‘sensitive personal data’ except where we need to refer to sensitive personal data specifically.
‘supervisory authority’ means an independent public authority which is responsible for monitoring the application of data protection. In the UK the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
DATA PROCESSING UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION LAWS
The Company processes personal data in relation to its own staff, work-seekers and individual client contacts and is a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Laws. The Company has registered with the ICO and its registration number is. ICO: 00045914712
The Company may hold personal data on individuals for the following purposes:
• Staff administration;
• Advertising, marketing and public relations;
• Accounts and records;
• Administration and processing of work-seekers’ personal data for the purposes of providing work-finding services, including processing using software solution providers and back office support;
• Administration and processing of clients’ personal data for the purposes of supplying/introducing work-seekers.
The Company will only process personal data where it has a legal basis for doing so (see Annex A). Where the Company does not have a legal reason for processing personal data any processing will be a breach of the Data Protection Laws.
INFORMATION SECURITY
Only those listed in the Appendix are permitted to add, amend or delete personal data from the Company’s database(s) (‘database’ includes paper records or records stored electronically).
All Company staff are responsible for notifying those listed in the Appendix where information is known to be old, inaccurate or out of date or a request for erasure, access, rectification or restriction of processing has been received from the individual. Company staff are also responsible for notifying those listed in the Appendix where any request for data portability, objection to processing or where consent to process has been withdrawn and has been received from the individual.
The incorrect processing of personal data e.g. sending an individual’s details to the wrong person, allowing unauthorised persons access to personal data, sending information out for purposes for which the individual did not give their consent, or not having a lawful reason to process personal data, may give rise to a breach of contract and/or negligence leading to a claim against the Company for damages from an employee, workseeker or client contact.
In addition, all Company staff should ensure that adequate security measures are in place to limit the risk of personal data breaches. For example:
• Staff should lock their computer screens when they are not in use.
• All devices, whether company or personal devices (including but not limited to computers, mobile phones, other hand-held devices) containing personal data relating to the services of the Company shall password protected.
• Staff should not disclose their passwords to anyone.
• Email should be used with care. Company staff must ensure that emails are sent only to the intended recipient/s. Where Company staff send an email in error then the email must be recalled immediately and Company staff must inform those listed in the Appendix of the error so that any risk of a personal data breach can be limited.
• Personnel files (whether for internal staff or work-seekers) and other personal data should be stored securely to prevent unauthorised access. They should not be removed from their usual place of storage without good reason.
• Personnel files (whether for internal staff or work-seekers) should always be locked away when not in use and when in use should not be left unattended.
• Personal data should only be stored for the periods set out in the Company’s data retention policy.
• Processing includes the destruction or disposal of personal data. Therefore staff should take care to destroy or dispose of personal data safely and securely. Such material should be shredded or stored as confidential waste awaiting safe destruction.
RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL
An individual has the following rights under the Data Protection Laws:
1. The right to be informed of what information the Company holds on them – this is typically given to the individual in a privacy notice;
2. The right of access to any personal data that the Company holds on them – this is usually referred to as a ‘subject access request’;
3. The right to rectification of personal data that the individual believes is either inaccurate or incomplete;
4. The right to erasure of their personal data in certain circumstances;
5. The right to restrict processing of their personal data;
6. The right to data portability of their personal data in specific circumstances;
7. The right to object to the processing of their personal data where it is based on either a legitimate interest or a public interest;
8. The right not to be subjected to automated decision making and profiling; and
9. The right to withdraw consent where it was relied upon to process their personal data
1. The right to be informed
Any individual whose personal data is processed by the Company will have the right to be informed about such processing. They will have the right to be informed about who, what, where and why the data is processed. This information should be delivered in a privacy notice, in writing and where appropriate electronically. Depending on where the personal data are being collected, an individual may be directed to the Company’s website privacy notice or be given a copy of a privacy notice. This privacy notice should be issued in instances where either:
a) the Company collects/processes data directly from the individual; or
b) the Company has not collected/processed the data from the individual directly
In addition:
a) Where personal data has been collected from the individual the privacy notice will need to be issued at the point the data is collected. Where the Company intends to further process the personal data for a purpose other than that for which the personal data was collected, the Company shall provide the individual, prior to that further processing, with information on that other purpose and with any relevant further information in an updated privacy notice.
b) Where personal data has not been obtained from the individual, the Company shall provide the privacy notice within a reasonable period after obtaining the personal data, but at the latest within one month, having regard to the specific circumstances in which the personal data are processed. If the personal data are to be used to communicate with the individual then the privacy notice will be issued at the time of the first communication with the individual. If a disclosure to another recipient is envisaged, then the privacy notice will be issued to the individual at the latest when the personal data are first disclosed.
Company staff will be responsible for issuing privacy notices to individuals whose personal data is processed by the Company in the timeframes and circumstances mentioned above.
1. The right to access (‘subject access request’)
Individuals are entitled to obtain access to their personal data on request, free of charge except in certain circumstances.
An individual will be entitled to the following information:
• Confirmation that their personal data is or is not being processed;
• Access to the personal data undergoing processing;
• The purposes of the processing;
• The categories of personal data concerned;
• The recipients or categories of recipient to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;
• Where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;
• The existence of the right to request from the Company rectification or erasure of personal data or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the individual or to object to such processing;
• The right to lodge a complaint with the ICO or any other relevant supervisory authority;
• Where the personal data are not collected from an individual, any available information as to the source of that information;
• The existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, based on a public interest or a legitimate interest and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and the envisaged consequences of such processing for the individual.
If the Company transfers the individual’s personal data to a third country or to an international organisation, the individual shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards in place relating to the transfer.
If the Company processes a large quantity of information concerning the individual making the request, the Company might request that the individual specify the information or processing activities to which the request relates to specifically before the information is delivered. If such a request is required by the Company then it shall be delivered promptly to the individual, taking into consideration the timeframes that subject access requests must be completed.
The individual’s right to access their information shall not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others and they will not be able to access the personal data of third parties without the explicit consent of that third party or if it is reasonable in all the circumstances to comply with the request without that third party’s consent, taking into consideration any means to redact the personal data of any third party. Persons listed in the Appendix will decide whether it is appropriate to disclose the information to the individual on a case by case basis. This decision will involve balancing the individual’s right of access of their personal data against the third party’s rights in respect of their own personal data.
3. The right to rectification
An individual, or another data controller acting on an individual’s behalf, has the right to obtain from the Company rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data concerning him or her. The Company must act on this request without undue delay.
Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the individual shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement stating what they would require to be completed.
The Company shall communicate any rectification of personal data to each recipient to whom the personal data have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. The Company shall inform the individual about those recipients if he or she requests it.
Where the Company, acting as a data processor, receives information from a data controller to rectify an individual’s personal data, then the Company shall comply with this request unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
In circumstances where the Company is unable to comply with the request as it proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort, the Company will document this in a privacy impact assessment or similar.
4. The right to erasure (‘right to be forgotten’)
An individual shall have the right to obtain from the Company, acting as data controller, the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay. The Company will be obliged to erase the individual’s personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds apply:
• The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed;
• An individual withdraws consent on which the processing is based, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing;
• An individual objects to the processing (based on either a public interest or a legitimate interest) and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or an individual objects to the processing for direct marketing purposes (including profiling related to direct marketing);
• The personal data have been unlawfully processed;
• The personal data have to be erased for compliance with a legal obligation; or
• The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services to a child.
Where the Company, acting as data controller, has made the personal data public and is obliged to erase that personal data, the Company, taking into account available technology and the cost of implementation, shall take reasonable steps, including technological measures, to inform data controllers which are processing the personal data that an individual has requested the erasure by such controllers of any links to, or copy or replication of, those personal data.
The Company will not be obliged to erase information to the extent that processing is necessary:
• For exercising the right of freedom of expression and information;
• For compliance with a legal obligation which requires processing, or for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company acting as controller;
• For reasons of public interest in the area of public health;
• For archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes; or
• For the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
The Company shall communicate any erasure of personal data to each recipient to whom the personal data have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. The Company shall inform the individual about those recipients if an individual requests it.
Where the Company, acting as a data processor, receives information from a data controller to erase an individual’s personal data the Company shall comply with this request, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
In circumstances where the Company is unable to comply with the request as it proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort, the Company will document this in a privacy impact assessment or similar.
5. The right to restrict processing
An individual will have the right to obtain from the Company, acting as a data controller, the restriction of processing his or her personal data where one of the following applies:
• The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the individual, for a period enabling the Company to verify the accuracy of the personal data;
• The processing is unlawful and the individual opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests the restriction of their use instead;
• The Company no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by an individual for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
• The individual has objected to processing (on the grounds of a public interest or legitimate interest) pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of the Company override those of the individual.
Where processing has been restricted, such personal data shall, with the exception of storage, only be processed with the individual’s consent or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or for the protection of the rights of another natural or legal person or for reasons of important public interest.
Where an individual who has successfully asked for their personal data to be restricted, then the Company will inform the individual before such a restriction is lifted.
The Company shall communicate any restriction of processing to each recipient to whom the personal data have been disclosed, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort. The Company shall inform the individual about those recipients if he or she requests it.
Where the Company, acting as a data processor, receives information from a data controller to restrict processing an individual’s personal data, the Company shall comply with this request, unless this proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort.
In circumstances where the Company is unable to comply with the request as it proves impossible or involves disproportionate effort, the Company will document this in a privacy impact assessment or similar.
6. The right to data portability
An individual has the right to receive any personal data concerning him or her, which he or she has provided to the Company, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another data controller where:
• The processing is based on the individual’s consent or a contract; and
• The processing is carried out by automated means.
Company staff will advise those listed in the Appendix when they receive a request to port data. Those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for identifying if the above circumstances are satisfied for the purposes of porting the data to the individual and/or another data controller.
For the avoidance of doubt, there is no obligation to port personal data that is not kept by automated means by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no obligation to port personal data that is not kept by automated means by the Company.
7. The right to object to processing
An individual, has the right to object to their personal data being processed or profiled based on a public interest or a legitimate interest.
Where the Company receives an objection to processing or profiling on the above, those listed in the Appendix will ensure that the processing and/or profiling ceases unless such persons can establish © compelling grounds to continue to process the personal data. If this is the case those persons listed in the Appendix will document this in a privacy impact assessment or similar.
8. Automated decision making processes
An individual has the right not to be subjected to an automated decision making process, including profiling, that produces a legal effect or a similarly significant effect on the individual.
However, it is possible to subject an individual to automated decision making processes, including profiling, where:
a) It is necessary for entering into or performance of a contract between the employer and the individual;
b) It is authorised by law; or
c) The individual has given their explicit consent
Where a) and c) apply the Company will ensure that suitable measures are in place to safeguard the individual’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, under both Data Protection Laws and the Human Rights Act 1998, before this type of processing occurs for personal data.
Where a) to c) apply the Company will only process sensitive personal data where the Company has received either the explicit consent to do so or there is a substantial public interest to do so. Again the Company will ensure that suitable measures are in place to safeguard the individual’s rights and freedoms and legitimate interests, under both Data Protection Laws and the Human Rights Act 1998, before this type of processing occurs for sensitive personal data.
The safeguarding measures include:
• Conducting a risk assessment as to what risks are posed to the individual’s rights and freedoms;
• Ensuring where the automated decision-making process is necessary for entering into or performance of a contract, that this is documented clearly by the Company;
• Ensuring where explicit consent is given this is documented clearly by the Company.
Company staff will be responsible for implementing the above safeguarding measures.
9. The right to withdraw consent
Where the Company relies on an individual’s consent to process their personal data then the Company will advise the individual that they have the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time.
Any Company staff who receives a request from an individual to withdraw their consent to processing their data will inform the persons listed in the Appendix to process the individual’s request further.
10. Timing and Information to be provided to the individual
The Company shall provide information on action taken or not taken with regards to the individual data protection rights, set out in paragraphs 1 to 9 inclusive, without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request. Where the Company does take action, then it may, where necessary, extend this period by a further two months, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. Those persons listed in the Appendix shall inform an individual of any extension within one month of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay. Where the Company does not take action on the request of the individual then those persons listed in the Appendix will inform him or her on the possibility of lodging a complaint with the ICO and seeking a judicial remedy.
11. Charges
Where requests from an individual are manifestly unfounded or excessive, in particular because of their repetitive character, the Company may either:
• Charge a reasonable fee taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication or taking the action requested; or
• Refuse to act on the request.
The Company must demonstrate whether the request is manifestly unfounded or excessive. Those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for demonstrating this.
Where the individual makes the request by electronic means the Company shall provide the information in a commonly used electronic form, unless otherwise requested by the individual.
PERSONAL DATA BREACHES
The Company will need to act on any personal data protection breach it suspects or knows of when acting as either a data controller or a data processor.
Company staff must inform those persons listed in the Appendix where a personal data breach has either been reported to him or her or they themselves have identified a personal data breach.
1. Personal data breaches where the Company is the data controller:
Those listed in the Appendix will take measures to establish whether or not a personal data breach has occurred. Those persons will:
• Conduct a risk assessment as to what level of risk the personal data breach poses/has occurred;
• Conduct any relevant interviews or investigations of the Company’s practices and/or Company staff to assess how the personal data breach occurred;
• Implement measures and take steps to limit, contain and recover the breach
Unless the personal data breach is unlikely to result in a risk to the rights and freedoms of an individual, then those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for alerting the ICO of any personal data breach without undue delay, but no later than 72 hours after having become aware of the Company’s personal data breach. Where it is not possible to inform the ICO in this time those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for explaining to the ICO the reasons for the delay.
If the personal data breach happens outside the UK then those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for alerting the relevant supervisory authority in the effected jurisdiction.
If those listed in the Appendix are not able to provide the ICO/other relevant supervisory authority with all the relevant information related to the personal data breach then those persons shall provide the information in phases without undue further delay.
Those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for documenting any personal data breaches, including:
• The facts relating to the personal data breach – including any investigations undertaken or statements taken from the Company’s staff;
• The effects of the personal data breach; and
• The remedial action taken.
2. Personal data breaches where the Company is the data processor
Those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for alerting the relevant data controller as to the personal data breach that has been identified as soon as they are aware of the breach, having particular regard to any contractual obligations the Company has with the data controller.
3. Communicating personal data breaches to individuals
Where a personal data breach has been identified, which results in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of individuals, those listed in the Appendix will be responsible for informing those individuals effected by the personal data breach without undue delay.
For the avoidance of doubt there will be no need to inform individuals of a personal data breach where:
• The Company has implemented appropriate technical and organisational protection measures to use the personal data affected by the breach, in particular to make the personal data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to access it, such as encryption.
• The Company has taken subsequent measures which ensure that the high risk to the rights and freedoms of the individual is no longer likely to materialise.
• It would involve disproportionate effort to tell all affected individuals. Instead, those listed in the Appendix shall, on behalf of the Company, make a public communication or similar measure to tell all affected individuals.
RECORD KEEPING
Those listed in the Appendix will keep written records of the processing activities of the Company. The records must be in writing (which can be in electronic form) and must include the following information:
• The name and contact details of the data controller or data controller’s representative and any joint controllers;
• The purposes of the processing;
• A description of the categories of the data subjects and of the categories of the personal data;
• The categories of recipients to whom personal data have or will be disclosed to, including to those internationally;
• Any transfers of personal data internationally, including the identification of the third country or international organisation to which the data is transferred;
• The envisaged time limits placed on an individual’s right to erasure; and
• Where possible, a description of the technical and security measures that have been utilised to alleviate data-related risks.
The Company will also document:
• Information required for privacy notices;
• Records of consent;
• Controller-processor contracts;
• The location of personal data;
• Data Protection Impact Assessment reports;
• Records of personal data breaches;
• Information required for processing sensitive personal data or criminal convictions/offences data.
The Company will make these records available to the ICO upon request.
COMPLAINTS
Where Company staff receive a complaint from an individual about the use of his or her personal data then they should bring this to the immediate attention of those listed in the Appendix.
APPENDIX
All Company staff are permitted to add and amend personal data from the Company’s database(s) (‘database’ includes paper records or records stored electronically).
Contact Details
For all matters concerning data protection and the associated laws please contact;
Name: Elizabeth Nicholson
Email: elizabeth.nicholson@altus-partners.com
Phone: +44 203 540 0780
ANNEX A – LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
a) The lawfulness of processing conditions for personal data are:
1. Consent of the individual for one or more specific purposes.
2. Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with the individual or in order to take steps at the request of the individual to enter into a contract.
3. Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the controller is subject to.
4. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another person.
5. Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller.
6. Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of the individual which require protection of personal data, in particular where the individual is a child.
b) The lawfulness of processing conditions for sensitive personal data are:
1. Explicit consent of the individual for one or more specified purposes, unless reliance on consent is prohibited by EU or Member State law.
2. Processing is necessary for carrying out data controller’s obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement, providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
3. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another individual where the individual is physically or legally incapable of giving consent.
4. In the course of its legitimate activities, processing is carried out with appropriate safeguards by a foundation, association or any other not-for-profit body, with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim and on condition that the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes) and provided there is no disclosure to a third party without the consent of the individual.
5. Processing relates to personal data which are manifestly made public by the individual.
6. Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity.
7. Processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest on the basis of EU or Member State law which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respects the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
8. Processing is necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of EU or Member State law or a contract with a health professional and subject to the necessary conditions and safeguards.
9. Processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of healthcare and of medicinal products or medical devices, on the basis of EU or Member State law which provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the individual, in particular professional secrecy.
10. Processing is necessary for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
PRIVACY NOTICE
The Company is a recruitment business that provides work-finding services to its clients and work-seekers. The Company must process personal data (including sensitive personal data) so that it can provide these services – in doing so, the Company acts as a data controller.
You may give your personal details to the Company directly, such as on an application or registration form or via our website, or we may collect them from another source such as a jobs board. The Company must have a legal basis for processing your personal data. For the purposes of providing you with work-finding services and/or information relating to roles relevant to you we will only use your personal data in accordance with the terms of the following statement.
1. COLLECTION AND USE OF PERSONAL DATA
a. Purpose of processing and legal basis
The Company will collect your personal data (which may include sensitive personal data) and will process your personal data for the purposes of providing you with work-finding services. The legal bases we rely upon to offer these services to you are:
• Legitimate interest
• Contractual obligation
b. Legitimate interest
Where the Company has relied on a legitimate interest to process your personal data, our legitimate interests are as follows:
• To provide and undertake recruitment services;
• To assess data against vacancies the Company judge may be suitable for you;
• To send your information to clients so they can receive your application or assess your eligibility for jobs;
• To enable you to submit your CV or apply for jobs;
• To improve the Company’s service and to make the Company’s services more relevant to you (including updating the Company’s website to enhance your digital experience);
• Where you have consented to being contacted, send you promotions, offers, networking events and market information;
• To answer your queries;
• To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and the Company, or any contracts the Company enters into with third parties in relation to providing you recruitment services;
• To facilitate the Company’s payroll and invoicing processes;
• To third parties that undertake references, qualifications and criminal reference checking services, the verification of the details you have provided from a third-party source, psychometric or skills evaluation; ©
• To third parties, regulatory or law enforcement bodies if the Company believes that they are required to disclose it in connection with a crime, the collection of taxes/duties, or in order to observe an applicable law or legal proceedings.
c. Recipient/s of data
The Company will process your personal data and/or sensitive personal data with the following recipients, where relevant to your personal circumstances:
• Any of the Company’s branches;
• Third parties who require reference information relating to your past or future employment;
• Third party services providers who supply processing services or perform functions on the Company’s behalf;
• Outsourced IT and document storage providers that the Company has entered into contractual agreements with;
• Marketing technology suppliers and platforms;
• MSP and RPO suppliers, where the Company’s clients utilise these suppliers.
d. Statutory/contractual requirement
Your personal data is required by law and/or a contractual requirement (e.g. our client may require this personal data), and/or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract. You are obliged to provide the personal data and if you do not the consequences of failure to provide the data are:
• The Company may not be able to assist you with work-finding services.
2. OVERSEAS TRANSFERS
The Company may transfer only the information you provide to us to countries outside the European Economic Area (‘EEA’) for the purposes of providing you with work-finding services. We will take steps to ensure adequate protections are in place to ensure the security of your information. The EEA comprises the EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
3. DATA RETENTION
The Company will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary. Different laws require us to keep different data for different periods of time.
The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 requires us to keep work-seeker records for at least one year from (a) the date of their creation or (b) after the date on which we last provide you with work-finding services.
We must also keep your payroll records, holiday pay, sick pay and pensions auto-enrolment records for as long as is legally required by HMRC and associated national minimum wage, social security and tax legislation.
Where the Company has obtained your consent to process your sensitive personal data, we will do so in line with our obligations under the relevant data protection laws. Your sensitive personal data will be processed for a period of two years. Upon expiry of that period the Company will seek further consent from you. Where consent is not granted the Company will cease to process your sensitive personal data.
In addition to our obligations under the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, the Company will delete your personal data after three years if we have not had any © meaningful contact with you or if we do not hold any records on you that are in our legitimate interests to keep.
“Meaningful contact” means, for example, any form of contact between us in relation to the Company assisting/providing recruitment services to you.
4. YOUR RIGHTS
Please be aware that you have the following data protection rights:
• The right to be informed about the personal data the Company processes on you;
• The right of access to the personal data the Company processes on you;
• The right to rectification of your personal data;
• The right to erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances;
• The right to restrict processing of your personal data;
• The right to data portability in certain circumstances;
• The right to object to the processing of your personal data that was based on a public or legitimate interest;
• The right not to be subjected to automated decision making and profiling; and
• The right to withdraw consent at any time.
Where you have consented to the Company processing your sensitive personal data you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time by contacting Camilla English at Camilla@altus-partners.com
5. COMPLAINTS OR QUERIES
If you wish to complain about this privacy notice or any of the procedures set out in it please contact: Camilla English at Camilla@altus-partners.com
You also have the right to raise concerns with Information Commissioner’s Office on 0303 123 1113 or at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/, or any other relevant supervisory authority should your personal data be processed outside of the UK, if you believe that your data protection rights have not been adhered to.
ANNEX A
a) THE LAWFULNESS OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS FOR PERSONAL DATA ARE:
1. Consent of the individual for one or more specific purposes.
2. Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with the individual or in order to take steps at the request of the individual to enter into a contract.
3. Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that the controller is subject to.
4. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another person.
5. Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the data controller.
6. Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of the individual which require protection of personal data, in particular where the individual is a child.
b) THE LAWFULNESS OF PROCESSING CONDITIONS FOR SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA ARE:
1. Explicit consent of the individual for one or more specified purposes, unless reliance on consent is prohibited by EU or Member State law.
2. Processing is necessary for carrying out data controller’s obligations under employment, social security or social protection law, or a collective agreement, providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
3. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another individual where the individual is physically or legally incapable of giving consent.
4. In the course of its legitimate activities, processing is carried out with appropriate safeguards by a foundation, association or any other not-for-profit body, with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim and on condition that the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with it in connection with those purposes) and provided there is no disclosure to a third party without the consent of the individual.
5. Processing relates to personal data which is manifestly made public by the individual.
6. Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity.
7. Processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest on the basis of EU or Member State law, which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respects the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
8. Processing is necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine, for assessing the working capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of EU or Member State law or a contract with a health professional and subject to the necessary conditions and safeguards.
9. Processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of healthcare and of medicinal products or medical devices, on the basis of EU or Member State law which provides for suitable and specific measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the individual, in particular professional secrecy.
10. Processing is necessary for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or statistical purposes, which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard fundamental rights and interests of the individual.
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