Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.girlingjones.com.

Privacy Notice

Introduction

We are Girling Jones Limited (Registered in England & Wales No.
07492806) and our registered office is at 1st Floor Kings Wharf, Exeter
Quay, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AN. This Privacy Notice sets out the basis on
which we use personal data in the course of our business activities. As a
business which relies upon having access to information about
Candidates to meet our Clients’ requirements, data is essential to our
business. Our systems and processes are designed to ensure that we can
provide the best possible service to our clients while operating within
the law at all times and protecting individuals’ data privacy rights. We
reserve the right to update this Privacy Notice from time to time.
Where appropriate, we shall contact you to notify you of any material
changes to the Privacy Notice. You should also refer to our website
periodically so that you may access and view our updated Privacy Notice.
This will ensure that you understand (i) how we are using your personal
data and (ii) your legal rights around our usage of such personal data.

Who Should Read This Privacy Notice?

You should read this Privacy Notice if you are a:

  • Candidate
  • Client Contact
  • Referee
  • Supplier Representative

Please note that, in some cases, you will fall into more than one of
the above categories. If you are an employee, applicant for employment
or in-house temporary worker, you should refer to our internal Privacy
Notice instead which is available on our website.

Definitions

This Privacy Notice uses the following defined terms:

  • Candidate means a person who is recorded in our
    records as seeking or potentially suitable for an engagement with a
    Client. This includes individuals who are not actively seeking a new
    role but who are in contact with us about potential opportunities which
    may be of interest from time to time.
  • Client means a business which has engaged us to
    provide services or which we have identified as a business for which we
    wish to perform services.
  • Client Contact means a person who is employed or
    engaged by a Client and with whom we may liaise in respect of any
    services which we are providing or wish to provide to the Client. In
    some cases, the Client Contact and the Client may be the same person
    e.g. where a Client is a sole trader.
  • Data Protection Legislation means (i) the General
    Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) and any national implementing
    laws, regulations and secondary legislation, as amended or updated from
    time to time, in the UK and then (ii) any successor legislation to the
    GDPR or the Data Protection Act 1998.
  • Referee means a person who has provided to us a
    written or verbal opinion in respect of the work history, skills,
    competency and/or experience of a Candidate;
  • Supplier means a business which provides services
    to us and which may process personal data relating to any Candidate,
    Client Contact or Supplier Representative in the course of performing
    such services.
  • Supplier Representative means a person who is
    employed or engaged by a Supplier and with whom we may liaise from time
    to time in respect of the services which are provided by that Supplier.

Third-Party Services Provider means any relevant third-party business which provides services to us, including our:

  • Professional advisers including accountants, tax advisors and lawyers;
  • Insurers;
  • IT services providers and software providers;
  • Independent consultants and subcontractors

How We Obtain Personal Data

We obtain personal data from a number of different sources, depending on the capacity in which you are dealing with us.

If you are a Candidate, we may obtain personal data relating to you:

  • Directly if you have:
    • applied for a Client vacancy through us
    • uploaded your CV through our website
    • asked us to provide any work-finding services to you
    • engaged with us through any networking activities or events
    • had any discussions with us about finding alternative employment
  • Indirectly from:
    • online professional networking sites such as LinkedIn
    • social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter
    • third-party job boards such as Total Jobs and CV Library, which we access through Broadbean
    • referees who provide information about your employment experience and their opinion as to your skills and aptitude
    • your employer’s website and other industry-related websites
    • business information directories
    • online industry databases such as the Construction Industry Training Board
    • where appropriate, third-party background checking services such as the Disclosure & Barring Service

If you are a Client Contact or Supplier Representative, we may obtain personal data relating to you:

  • Directly in the course of (i) us providing services to the Client or
    (ii) the Supplier providing services to us, as applicable; or
  • Indirectly from:
    • online professional networking sites such as LinkedIn
    • your employer’s website and other industry-related websites
    • business information directories
    • other individuals within your organisation in the course of (i) us
      providing services to the Client or (ii) the Supplier providing services
      to us, as applicable.

If you are a Referee, we may obtain personal data relating to you:

  • Directly from you in the course of any communications between us; or
  • Indirectly from the Candidate who has nominated you as his or her Referee

Types of Information We Hold

If you are a Candidate, we may collect, store and process the following types of personal information about you:

  • Personal contact details such as name, title, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses;
  • Your gender, date of birth, nationality and place of residence;
  • Your professional skills and experience;
  • Your qualifications, training and certifications;
  • Proof of your right to work in the United Kingdom such as copies of
    your passport and, where applicable, visa, residence permit or similar
    government documents;
  • Proof of your identity and address, such as copies of your driving licence, utility bills or similar documents;
  • Information about your current or most recent role, including your
    job title, department, reporting line, responsibilities, salary,
    benefits and notice period;
  • Your motivation and reasons for seeking new employment;
  • Any information within your CV or any application document which a Client may require you to complete;
  • Any background information which you provide to us during the course of your dealings with us;
  • Details of any Clients to whom you have been introduced by us;
  • Details of any interviews which you have attended and our Clients’ feedback on those interviews;
  • Details of any position which you take up with a Client, including your role, duties, remuneration, department and location;
  • If you provide any services on a freelance basis:
    • Details of any limited company through which you contract and the nature of your relationship with that company;
    • Information about the days and times which you have worked;
    • Your bank details, tax code and National Insurance Number; and
    • Information about any services which you have carried out, including
      any comments, feedback and issues relating to such services.

We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information:

  • Information about your race or ethnicity;
  • Information about your health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records; and
  • Information about criminal convictions and offences.

If you are a Client Contact, we will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • Personal contact details such as name, title, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses;
  • Your job title and position within the Client organisation; and
  • Any background information relating to your personal circumstances,
    your work history and the role which you perform within the Client which
    you may provide to us in the course of your dealings with us.

We do not collect, store or use any “special categories” of sensitive personal information if you are a Client Contact.

If you are a Referee, we will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • Personal contact details such as name, title, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses;
  • Your job title and position within your employer; and
  • Any background information which you may provide to us in the course of your dealings with us.

We do not collect, store or use any “special categories” of sensitive personal information if you are a Referee.

If you are a Supplier Representative, we will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • Personal contact details such as name, title, addresses, telephone numbers, and email addresses;
  • Your job title and position within the Supplier organisation; and
  • Any background information relating to the role which you perform
    within the Supplier which you may provide to us in the course of your
    dealings with us.

We do not collect, store or use any “special categories” of sensitive personal information if you are a Supplier Representative.

How We Use Personal Data

If you are a Candidate, we may use your personal data to:

  • Assess and verify your potential suitability for employment with a Client;
  • Contact you in relation to any potential employment opportunities with a Client;
  • Introduce you to our Clients and potentially arrange for you to fill a Client vacancy;
  • Stay in regular contact with you to understand your current
    position, career aspirations and motivation for finding new employment;
  • Where applicable, make payments to you or arrange for any
    third-party company through which you may contract to make payments to
    you;
  • Contact you to ask for a referral;
  • Produce anonymised statistical data;
  • Comply with our legal obligations, defend or bring any legal proceedings and prevent fraud or any other crime;
  • Conduct equal opportunities monitoring.

If you are a Client Contact, we may use your personal data to:

  • Contact you to obtain information about our Client’s requirements;
  • Liaise with you so that we may effectively perform the services to our Client;
  • Contact you to inform you of a Candidate’s availability or interest in a job role;
  • Obtain a reference for a Candidate;
  • Contact you for invoicing and credit control purposes;
  • Provide you with statistical information about your industry sector;
  • Comply with our legal obligations, defend or bring any legal proceedings and prevent fraud or any other crime.

If you are a Referee, we may use your personal data to:

  • Contact you to obtain a reference on a Candidate;
  • Provide a copy of the reference to our Client;
  • Comply with our legal obligations, defend or bring any legal proceedings and prevent fraud or any other crime.

If you are a Supplier Representative, we may use your personal data to:

  • Liaise with you in respect of the services which are being provided by the Supplier;
  • Contact you in relation to billing matters;
  • Comply with our legal obligations, defend or bring any legal proceedings and prevent fraud or any other crime.

Our Lawful Basis for Processing Data

We have determined that we have a legitimate interest to process your personal data where you are:

  • A Candidate, on the basis that it is necessary for
    us to maintain a database of individuals who are (i) actively seeking
    new employment with a Client or (ii) potentially suitable for employment
    with a Client. By processing your personal data and contacting you from
    time to time, we are able to gain an understanding of your current role
    (where applicable), your skills and experience, and your career
    aspirations. Our processing of your personal data is therefore of
    benefit to:

    • You, as it assists us to identify new employment opportunities about
      which you might not otherwise been aware and to give general advice and
      guidance in support of your career development;
    • Our Clients, who rely on us to have access to suitable, pre-qualified candidates who can fill their requirements;
    • Us, as we are a business which relies upon being able to introduce Candidates to our Clients
  • A Client Contact, on the basis that we need to be
    able to contact and interact with the individuals who are employed or
    engaged by our Clients. This will allow us to effectively provide
    services to them, better understand their requirements and generate
    revenue for our business.
  • A Referee, on the basis that we are generally
    required to obtain references to comply with our contractual obligations
    to third parties and, in some instances, we are under a legal
    obligation to do so. It is therefore necessary and reasonable for us to
    process personal data relating to you strictly for compliance with these
    obligations.
  • A Supplier Representative, on the basis that we
    need to be able to contact and interact with the individuals who are
    employed or engaged by our Suppliers. This will allow us to ensure that
    our Suppliers provide us with the best possible service which, in turn,
    is of direct benefit to both our Candidates and our Clients.

If you are a Candidate, we may also need to process sensitive
(special) personal data relating to you. The type of sensitive personal
data which we might process includes (i) information about any medical
conditions or disability insofar as they are relevant to the type of
work which you are proposing to carry out (ii) information about any
unspent criminal convictions and, where relevant to the type of role
which you are carrying out, spent convictions, police warnings etc and
(iii) information about any trade union of which you are a member (but
only insofar as it relates to an employment claim or pay and working
conditions on a client site).

We are acting as an employment agency and/or an employment business
in our dealings with you. In accordance with Article 9 (2)(b) of the
GDPR, this sensitive personal data is necessary in the field of
employment. i.e. it is required for performing our obligations as an
employment agency or employment business and is used solely for this
purpose. Any sensitive personal data shall be held strictly in
accordance with our policies on data retention and sensitive personal
data. We may also process equal opportunities information relating to
you. This shall be anonymised and it is not therefore personal data
within the meaning of the Data Protection Legislation.

Where We Process Personal Data

Your personal data is held and processed by us in the United Kingdom
through our cloud based service provider. We have put in place
appropriate safeguards to ensure that your data is only transferred to
jurisdictions with enforceable data subject rights and effective legal
remedies in respect of data privacy breaches. We will therefore only
transfer your personal data to jurisdictions outside of the EEA where:

  • There are binding corporate rules in place regarding the transfer of
    such data within the Group, in accordance with Article 47 of the GDPR. This
    means that the data transfer is between group companies and those group
    companies have agreed to share that data in accordance with the rules
    specified by the European Commission.
  • The European Commission has made an adequacy decision in respect of such jurisdiction. This
    means that the European Commission has pre-approved the data privacy
    regime in the relevant non-EEA country. At present, the European
    Commission-approved jurisdictions are Andorra, Argentina, Canada
    (commercial organisations), Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Israel, Isle of
    Man, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay and the US (limited to
    the Privacy Shield framework).
  • The transfer of data is subject to the model contractual clauses adopted by the European Commission. This
    means that we have a data-sharing agreement in place which complies
    with the requirements set out by the European Commission;
  • You have expressly given informed consent to the transfer of such data. This
    means that you have not only agreed to the transfer but have done so in
    the knowledge that your data may be transferred to a jurisdiction which
    does not give you the same degree of protection as you have within the
    EEA.

Parties with Whom We May Share Data

If you are a Candidate, we may share your personal data for legitimate purposes with:

  • A Client where you have expressed an interest in being introduced to
    such Client or are being supplied to such Client on an assignment;
  • Any third-party which is engaged by the Client to assist them in the
    recruitment process including a managed service company, Recruitment
    Process Outsourcing provider or IT platform provider;
  • A third-party company through which you are contracting;
  • A third-party company to which you have specifically asked to be
    introduced or referred, such as an insurance company or intermediary
    (umbrella) company;
  • Background checking services such as the Disclosure & Barring Service;
  • Industry bodies such as the Construction Industry Training Board and
    any similar organisations which are relevant to the market sector in
    which you work;
  • Third-Party Services Providers who in some cases may use their own subcontractors and sub-processors;
  • Our bankers and recruitment finance providers;
  • Governmental departments and agencies where we are permitted or required by law to do so.

We may also share your personal data with Clients on an anonymised
basis where we have agreed to provide general statistical information to
such Clients. If you are a Client Contact, we may
share very limited data relating to you with a Candidate where such
sharing is strictly required for the recruitment process e.g. so that
the Candidate may contact you directly. We will also share your personal
data with Third-Party Services Providers for legitimate business
purposes.

If you are a Referee, we will share with our Clients
the details of any reference which you may give. We will usually
provide your name, job title and employer name when doing so. In some
circumstances and only when you have agreed to such disclosure, we will
provide your contact details so that our Client may verify the reference
or ask for further information. We will also share your personal data
with Third-Party Services Providers for legitimate business purposes. If
you are a Supplier Representative, we will share your personal data with other Third-Party Services Providers for legitimate business purposes.

Automated Decision Making

Automated decision-making takes place when an electronic system uses
personal information to make a decision without human intervention. All
decisions which are made in the course of our business processes involve
human intervention. We do not therefore expect to make any decisions
about you using automated means, whether you are a Candidate, Client Contact, Referee or Supplier Representative.

Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your
personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in
an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access
to your personal information to those employees, agents, contractors and
other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only
process your personal information on our instructions and they are
subject to a duty of confidentiality. Details of these measures may be
obtained from the Managing Director. We have put in place procedures to
deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any
applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally
required to do so.

Data Retention

We will only retain your personal information for as long as
necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the
purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we
consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the
potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your
personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and
whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the
applicable legal requirements. Our standard data retention period is
three years from the last date on which we are in actual contact with
you i.e. where we actually speak with you or exchange correspondence.
After this time, we will usually delete your personal data from our
records.

Where we are required to keep any information (i) for auditing or
compliance purposes (ii) to comply with our contractual obligations to
third parties or (iii) in respect of any potential or actual legal
proceedings, we shall keep your data for as long as is strictly
necessary for these purposes, which is typically for seven years in
respect of audit data which we may be required to produce for HRMC
and/or to prove compliance with our contractual and legal obligations.
In some circumstances we may completely anonymise your personal
information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which
case we may use such information without further notice to you.

Rights of access, correction, erasure, and restriction – Your duty to inform us of changes.

It is important that the personal information we hold about you is
accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal
information changes during your working relationship with us.

Your rights in connection with personal information. Under certain circumstances, you have the right to:

  • Request access to your personal information (a
    Subject Access Request). This enables you to receive a copy of the
    personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully
    processing it. You will not usually have to pay a fee to access your
    personal information but we may charge a reasonable fee if your request
    is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may
    refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances.
  • Request correction of the personal information that
    we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or
    inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Request erasure of your personal information. This
    enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where the
    personal data is no longer necessary in relation to the purpose for
    which it was originally collected/processed or you have objected to the
    processing and there is no overriding legitimate interest for continuing
    the processing.
  • Object to processing of your personal information
    where we are relying on a legitimate interest and you object on “grounds
    relating to your particular situation.”
  • Request the restriction of processing of your
    personal information. This enables you to ask us to block or suppress
    the processing of personal information about you, for example if you
    want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it or if
    you have also objected to the processing as above.
  • Request the transfer of your personal information
    to another party when the processing is based on consent and carried out
    by automated means. This right is not usually applicable to any data
    processing carried out by us.

If you want to exercise any of the above rights, please contact the
Managing Director in writing. We will consider your request and confirm
the actions which we have taken in response to such request. We may need
to request specific information from you to help us confirm your
identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise
any of your other rights). This is an appropriate security measure to
ensure that personal information is not disclosed to any person who has
no right to receive it.

In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent
to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal information
for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for
that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please
contact the Managing Director. Once we have received notification that
you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your
information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless
we have another legitimate basis for doing so in law. We will confirm
the actions which we have taken in respect of any such request. If you
are unhappy with any aspect of the manner in which we have processed
your personal data or dealt with your decision to exercise any of the
rights set out in this section, you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office in the United Kingdom. Their details
are:

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545
745 Email: [email protected]

Contacting Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, you can write to
the Managing Director at Girling Jones Limited, 1st Floor Kings Wharf,
Exeter Quay, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AN. Alternatively, you may telephone us
on 01392 493347 or email us at [email protected]