We at Connected Consulting take your personal data seriously. This policy:

(a)              sets out the types of personal data that we collect about you

(b)              explains how and why we collect and use your personal data

(c)              explains how long we keep your personal data for

(d)              explains when, why and with who we will share your personal data;

(e)              sets out the legal basis we have for using your personal data;

(f)               explains the effect of refusing to provide the personal data requested;

(g)              explains the different rights and choices you have when it comes to your personal data; and

(h)              explains how we may contact you and how you can contact us.

From clients, suppliers and referees we only collect and process contact details

From candidates we collect the information necessary to be able to find available opportunities and further information needed to assess your eligibility through the different stages of recruitment. This information includes contact details CV’s, identification documents, educational records, work history, employment and personal references.

From contractors we also collect the information necessary to be set up and administer contracts lawfully. This information may include:  RTW checks, ID documents, references, Limited Company information including share allocation, AML reports, National Insurance Number, Dual Citizenship information, Politically Expose Person (PEP) and Person and Interest (POI) checks.

We may also collect sensitive personal data about you, in the form of health-related data (where required by our client) or criminal convictions if you have any. We only collect sensitive personal data from you, and further process this data, where you have given your explicit consent.

The following are the different sources we may collect personal data about you from:

·         Directly from you. This is information you provide while searching for a new opportunity and/or during the different recruitment stages.

·         From an agent/third party acting on your behalf. Contractors Limited Company or Umbrella Company.

·         Through publicly available sources. We use the following public sources:

o    LinkedIn

o    Job Boards

o    Apollo

·         By Reference or word of mouth. For example, you may be recommended by a friend, a former employer, a former colleague or even a present employer.

Where we collect your information through publicly available sources as set out above, we may do this with the aid of software programs. These programs are given parameters on the requirements of a role and search through publicly available sources to find such candidates. These programs are designed to only output information on candidates that meet the search criteria.

We use client personal data to allow us to communicate throughout the recruitment process.

We use supplier personal data to allow us to communicate throughout the procurement and delivery process.

We use referee personal data to allow us to make contact to gain a reference for a contractor or candidate.

We use candidate and contractor personal data to match your skills, experience and education with a potential employer. We will initially collect basic information on you such as contact details, job role and experience and then pass this on to the client in search of personnel. If you are chosen by the client and go through to the next stage we will then be collecting more information from you at the interview (or equivalent) stage and onwards in that manner.

We keep your information in accordance as follows:

Candidate data: 5 years from last contact

Contractor data: 8 years from the end of last assignment

Client contact details: 5 years from last contact

Referee contact details:  8 years from the end of the last assignment

Supplier contact details:  5 years from last contact

For prospective candidates, contractors, referees and clients, our processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in that we need the information in order to be able to assess suitability for potential roles, to find potential candidates and to contact clients and referees.

If you are interviewed and submitted as a candidate, then this may involve the processing of more detailed personal data including sensitive data such as health information that you or others provide about you. In that case we always ask for your consent before undertaking such processing.

For clients, we may also rely on our processing being necessary to perform a contract for you, for example in contacting you.

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You have the right to obtain access to your information (if we’re processing it), and certain other information (similar to that provided in this Privacy Policy).

This is so you’re aware and can check that we’re using your information in accordance with data protection law.

We usually act on requests and provide information free of charge, but may charge a reasonable fee to cover our administrative costs of providing the information for:

·         baseless or excessive/repeated requests, or

·         further copies of the same information.

Alternatively, we may be entitled to refuse to act on the request.

Please consider your request responsibly before submitting it. We’ll respond as soon as we can. Generally, this will be within one month from when we receive your request but, if the request is going to take longer to deal with, we’ll come back to you and let you know.