PRIVACY POLICY.

Privacy Policy 

Introduction

Hired Tech is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose your personal information in compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data about you:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, and address.
• Professional Information: CV, work history, qualifications, references, and any other information relevant to your employment.
• Sensitive Personal Data: Information regarding your health, ethnicity, or any other data you provide that is classified as sensitive under UK law (only collected with your explicit consent).

2. Purpose of Processing Personal Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

• Recruitment Services: To match candidates with job opportunities, including assessing your suitability for a role.
• Communication: To contact you regarding job opportunities, updates, and feedback.
• Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, including those related to employment law and equal opportunities.
• Analytics: To analyze recruitment trends and improve our services.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Consent: Where you have provided your explicit consent for us to process your data for specific purposes.
• Contractual Necessity: To perform a contract with you or take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract.
• Legal Obligation: To comply with legal obligations.
• Legitimate Interests: To pursue our legitimate interests in providing recruitment services, provided these interests do not override your rights.

4. Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with:

• Employers: To facilitate job placements.
• Third-party Service Providers: Who assist us in providing recruitment services (e.g., IT services, payment processors).
• Regulatory Authorities: As required to comply with legal obligations.

We ensure that any third parties with whom we share your data are compliant with UK data protection laws.

5. International Data Transfers

We do not transfer your personal data outside the UK unless we have ensured that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses or adequacy decisions.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. If you are not placed in a role, we may retain your data for a period of  6 months unless you request its deletion.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right to Access: You can request access to your personal data.
• Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
• Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit the processing of your data.
• Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [insert contact email].

8. Security of Your Personal Data

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, use, loss, or destruction.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by email or through a notice on our website.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Hired Tech

 

This Privacy Policy is intended to provide clarity on how we handle your personal data. Thank you for trusting Hired Tech with your recruitment needs.