It is important to point out that we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please just visit this page if you want to stay up to date, as we will post any changes here.
This Privacy Policy explains what we do with your personal data, whether we are in the process of helping you find a job, continuing our relationship with you once we have found you a role, providing you with a service, receiving a service from you, using your data to ask for your assistance in relation to one of our Candidates, or you are visiting our website.
It describes how we collect, use and process your personal data, and how, in doing so, we comply with our legal obligations to you. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your data privacy rights. This Privacy Policy applies to the personal data of our Website Users, Candidates, Clients, Suppliers, and other people whom we may contact to find out more about our Candidates For the purpose of applicable data protection legislation (including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (the "GDPR"), the company responsible for your personal data ("Essential Search & Selection Ltd" or "us") can be requested at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
If you are dissatisfied with any aspect of our Privacy Policy, you may have legal rights and, where relevant, we have described these as well.
Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR is the one that is relevant here - it says that we can process your data where it "is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by [us] or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of [you] which require protection of personal data."
We don't think that any of the following activities prejudice individuals in any way - in fact, they help us to offer you a great service - when you are actively job seeking, and when you want to be informed about the market.
However, you do have the right to object to us processing your personal data on this basis. If you would like to know more about how to do so, please contact us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
We think it's reasonable that if you have previously registered with us, been telephone interviewed by us, attended a client interview(s) through us, been placed by us into a new job, or, agreed with us that we can keep your details on file, that you are happy for us to use your personal data to provide our recruitment services to you.
We think it's reasonable to expect that if you are looking for a new job, or have posted your professional CV information on a job board or professional networking site, you are happy for us to collect and otherwise use your personal data to offer or provide our recruitment services to you, share that information with prospective employers and assess your skills against our bank of vacancies.
We'll usually do this by calling you, or emailing you, and then we can make a decision about working together.
Once it's looking like you may get the job, your prospective employer may also want to double check any information you've given us (such as the results from psychometric evaluations or skills tests, or referees) or to confirm your references, qualifications and criminal record, to the extent that this is appropriate and in accordance with local laws. We need to do these things so that we can function as a business, and to help you and other candidates get the jobs you deserve.
We want to provide you with tailored job recommendations and relevant articles to read to help you on your job hunt. We therefore think it's reasonable for us to process your data to make sure that we send you the most appropriate content. Although we aren't big on email marketing, so this probably won't happen a lot. We tend to utilise LinkedIn or Facebook.
We must make sure our business runs smoothly, so that we can carry on providing services to candidates like you. We therefore also need to use your data for our internal administrative activities, like payroll and invoicing where relevant.
We have our own obligations under the law, which it is a legitimate interest of ours to insist on meeting! If we believe in good faith that it is necessary, we may therefore share your data in connection with crime detection, tax collection or actual or anticipated litigation.
To ensure that we provide you with the best service possible, we store your personal data and/or the personal data of individual contacts at your organisation as well as keeping records of our conversations, meetings, registered jobs and placements. From time to time, we may also ask you to undertake a customer satisfaction survey. We think this is reasonable - we deem these uses of your data to be necessary for our legitimate interests as an organisation providing various recruitment services to you.
We use and store the personal data of individuals within your organisation to facilitate the receipt of services from you as one of our suppliers. We also hold your financial details, so that we can pay you for your services. We deem all such activities to be necessary within the range of our legitimate interests as a recipient of your services. Legitimate interests for people whose data we receive from candidates: If you have been put down by a candidate as one of their referees, we use your personal data in order to contact you for a reference. This is a part of our quality assurance procedure and so we deem this to be necessary for our legitimate interests as an organisation offering recruitment services and employing people ourselves.
In certain circumstances, we are required to obtain your consent to the processing of your personal data in relation to certain activities. Depending on exactly what we are doing with your information, this consent will be opt-in consent or soft opt-in consent.
Article 4(11) of the GDPR states that (opt-in) consent is "any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject'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." In plain language, this means that:
We will keep records of the consents that you have given in this way.
We have already mentioned that, in some cases, we will be able to rely on soft opt-in consent. We are allowed to market products or services to you which are related to the recruitment services we provide as long as you do not actively opt-out from these communications.
As we have mentioned, you have the right to withdraw your consent to these activities. You can do so at any time by advising us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
Sometimes it may be necessary for us to process personal data and, where appropriate and in accordance with local laws and requirements, sensitive personal data in connection with exercising or defending legal claims.
Article 9(2)(f) of the GDPR allows this where the processing "is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in their judicial capacity".
This may arise for example where we need to take legal advice in relation to legal proceedings or are required by law to preserve or disclose certain information as part of the legal process.
Here's a more detailed look at the information we may collect. The information described below is, of course, in addition to any personal data we are required by law to process in any given situation.
In order to provide the best possible employment opportunities that are tailored to you, we need to process certain information about you.
We only ask for details that will genuinely help us to help you, such as your name, age, contact details, education details, employment history, immigration status, (and of course you may choose to share other relevant information with us). Where appropriate and in accordance with local laws and requirements, we may also collect information related to your health, diversity information or details of any criminal convictions.
Depending on the relevant circumstances and applicable local laws and requirements, we may collect some or all of the information listed below to enable us to offer you employment opportunities which are tailored to your circumstances and your interests.
If you are an Essential Search & Selection Ltd customer, we need to collect and use information about you, or individuals at your organisation, in the course of providing you services such as: (i) finding candidates who are the right fit for you or your organisation; and/or (ii) notifying you of content published by Essential Search & Selection Ltd which is likely to be relevant and useful to you.
The data we collect about Clients is actually very limited. We generally only need to have your contact details or the details of individual contacts at your organisation (such as their names, telephone numbers and email addresses) to enable us to ensure that our relationship runs smoothly.
We may also hold extra information that someone in your organisation has chosen to tell us.
We don't collect much data about Suppliers - we simply need to make sure that our relationship runs smoothly. We'll collect the details for our contacts within your organisation, such as names, telephone numbers and email addresses. We'll also collect bank details, so that we can pay you. We may also hold extra information that someone in your organisation has chosen to tell us.
We collect a limited amount of data from our website users which we use to help us to improve your experience when using our website and to help us manage the services we provide. This includes information such as how you use our website, the frequency with which you access our website, and the times that our website is most popular
We do not store any personal information on our website.
In order to provide Candidates with suitable employment opportunities, we may need some basic background information. We only ask for very basic contact details, so that we can get in touch with you either for a reference for one of our Candidates.
Depending on the type of personal data in question and the grounds on which we may be processing it, should you decline to provide us with such data, we may not be able to fulfil our contractual requirements or, in extreme cases, may not be able to continue with our relationship.
We collect candidate personal data in three primary ways:
1. Personal data that you, the candidate, give to us;
2. Personal data that we receive from other sources; and
3. Personal data that we collect automatically.
1. Personal data you give to us
Essential Search & Selection Ltd needs to know certain information about you in order to provide a tailored service. This will enable us to provide you with the best opportunities and should save you time in not having to trawl through information about jobs and services that are not relevant to you.
There are numerous ways you can share your information with us. It all depends on what suits you. These may include:
2. Personal data we receive from other sources
We also receive personal data about candidates from other sources. Depending on the relevant circumstances and applicable local laws and requirements, these may include personal data received in the following situations:
3. Personal data we collect automatically
To the extent that you access our website or read or click on an email from us, where appropriate and in accordance with any local laws and requirements, we may also collect your data automatically or through you providing it to us.
We collect Client personal data in three ways:
1. Personal data that we receive directly from you;
2. Personal data that we receive from other sources; and
3. Personal data that we collect automatically.
We both share the same goal - to make sure that you have the best staff for your organisation. We will receive data directly from you in two ways:
The main reason for using your personal details is to help you find employment or other work roles that might be suitable for you. The more information we have about you, your skillset and your ambitions, the more bespoke we can make our service. Where appropriate and in accordance with local laws and requirements, we may also use your personal data for things like marketing. Where appropriate, we will seek your consent to undertake some of these activities.
We generally use Candidate data in three ways:
1.Recruitment Activities
2.Marketing Activities
3.To help us to establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Obviously, our main area of work is recruitment - connecting the right candidates with the right jobs. We've listed below various ways in which we may use and process your personal data for this purpose, where appropriate and in accordance with any local laws and requirements. Please note that this list is not exhaustive.
We may use your personal data for the below purposes if we deem it necessary to do so for our legitimate interests. If you want to know more about what this means do contact us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
If you are not happy about this, in certain circumstances you have the right to object and can find out more by contacting us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
We may periodically send you information that we think you may find interesting, or to ask for your help with connecting other Candidates with jobs.
In particular, we may wish to use your data for the purposes listed below, where appropriate and in accordance with any local laws and requirements. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. To:
We need your consent for some aspects of these activities which are not covered by our legitimate interests (in particular, the collection of data via cookies, and the delivery of direct marketing to you through digital channels), If you are not happy about our approach to marketing, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time please contact us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
We want to let you know that even if you have opted out from our marketing communications through the options given here, it is possible that your details may be recaptured through public sources in an unconnected marketing campaign.
We will try to make sure this doesn't happen, but if it does, we're sorry.
Also, it may take some time for the request to be confirmed as we sometimes schedule email marketing in advance. Your request may miss the cut off point for that particular mailing.
So, we'd just ask that in those circumstances you opt out again.
In more unusual circumstances, we may use your personal data to help us to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
The main reason for using information about Clients is to ensure that the contractual arrangements between us can properly be implemented so that the relationship can run smoothly. This may involve identifying Candidates who we think will be the right fit for you or your organisation; The more information we have, the more bespoke we can make our service.
We generally use Client information in three ways:
1.Recruitment Activities
2.Marketing Activities
3.To help us to establish, exercise or defend legal claims
Obviously, our main area of work is recruitment, through: providing you with Candidates. We've listed below the various ways in which we use your data in order to facilitate this.
We may use your personal data for these purposes if we deem this to be necessary for our legitimate interests. If you would like to know more about what this means, please contact us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
If you are not happy about this, in certain circumstances you have the right to object and can find out more about how and when to do this by contacting us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
Subject to any applicable local laws and requirements, we will not, as a matter of course, seek your consent when sending marketing materials such as our Customer Survey or Candidate Profile Update to a corporate postal or email address.
If you are not happy about this, you have the right to opt out of receiving marketing materials from us and can find out more about how to do by contacting us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
In more unusual circumstances, we may use your personal data to help us to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
The main reasons for using your personal data are to ensure that the contractual arrangements between us can properly be implemented so that the relationship can run smoothly, and to comply with legal requirements. We will only use your information:
We use referees' personal data to help our Candidates to find employment which is suited to them. If we are able to verify their details and qualifications, we can make sure that they are well matched with prospective employers.
We will only use the information that our Candidate gives us about you for the following purposes:
Please note that communications to and from Essential Search & Selection Ltd staff including emails may be reviewed as part of internal or external investigations or litigation.
We may share your personal data with various parties, in various ways and for various reasons.
Primarily we will share your information with prospective employers to increase your chances of securing the job you want.
We will share your data primarily to ensure that we provide you with a suitable pool of Candidates; Unless you specify otherwise, we may share your information with associated third parties such as our service providers to help us meet these aims.
Unless you specify otherwise, we may share your information with any associated third parties such as our service providers and organisations to whom we provide services.
Unless you specify otherwise, we may share your information with providers of web analytics services, marketing automation platforms and social media services to make sure any advertising you receive is targeted to you.
We are primarily a permanent recruitment to recruitment company. That is, we find permanent work for candidates with appropriate recruitment experience. To this end, our candidates often end up becoming our clients, and vice versa.
We have been in business since 2006, and have frequently placed candidates in each of their career progression recruitment roles. We realise that keeping data for a very long time is probably not serviceable and keep data for a six year retention period.
If we have not had meaningful contact with you (or, where appropriate, the company you are working for or with) for a period of six years, we will Delete your personal data from our systems unless we believe in good faith that the law or other regulation requires us to preserve it (for example, because of our obligations to tax authorities - where this information is required to be held for 7 years at least - or in connection with any anticipated litigation).
When we refer to "meaningful contact", we mean, for example, communication between us (either verbal or written), or where you are actively engaging with our services - online, by email, by telephone, over other social media sites such as LI Facebook.
If you are a Candidate, we will consider there to be meaningful contact with you if you submit your updated CV to us.
We will also consider it meaningful contact if you communicate with us about potential roles, either by verbal or written communication or click through from any of our marketing communications.
Your receipt, opening or reading of an email or other digital message from us will not count as meaningful contact - this will only occur in cases where you click-through or reply directly.
One of the GDPR's main objectives is to protect and clarify the rights of EU citizens and individuals in the EU with regards to data privacy.
This means that you retain various rights in respect of your data, even once you have given it to us. These are described in more detail below.
If your interests or requirements change, you can unsubscribe from part or all of our marketing content by clicking the unsubscribe link in the email If you would like to exercise any of these rights, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your personal data), please get in touch with us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues which you raise.
Please keep us informed if your personal information changes during the period for which we hold your data. It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current.
Even if we already hold your personal data, you still have various rights in relation to it. To get in touch about these, please contact us. We will seek to deal with your request without undue delay, and in any event in accordance with the requirements of any applicable laws. Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues which you raise.
This right enables you to object to us processing your personal data where we do so for one of the following four reasons:
1.Our legitimate interests;
2.To enable us to perform a task in the public interest or exercise official authority;
3.To send you direct marketing materials; and
4. For scientific, historical, research, or statistical purposes.
The "legitimate interests" and "direct marketing" categories above are the ones most likely to apply to our Website Users, Candidates, Clients and Suppliers.
If we are using your data because we deem it necessary for our legitimate interests to do so, and you do not agree, you have the right to object.
We will respond to your request within 30 days (although we may be allowed to extend this period in certain cases). Generally, we will only disagree with you if certain limited conditions apply.
If your objection relates to us processing your personal data because we deem it necessary for your legitimate interests, we must act on your objection by ceasing the activity in question unless: we can show that we have compelling legitimate grounds for processing which overrides your interests; or we are processing your data for the establishment, exercise or defense of a legal claim.
If your objection relates to direct marketing, we must act on your objection by ceasing this activity.
Where we have obtained your consent to process your personal data for certain activities (for example, consent to market to you outside our legitimate interest activities), you may withdraw this consent at any time and we will cease to carry out the particular activity that you previously consented to unless we consider that there is an alternative reason to justify our continued processing of your data for this purpose in which case we will inform you of this condition.
Just so it's clear, you have the right to ask us to confirm what information we hold about you at any time, and you may ask us to modify, update or delete such information. If we provide you with access to the information we hold about you, we will not charge you for this unless your request is "manifestly unfounded or excessive". If you request further copies of this information from us, we may charge you a reasonable administrative cost where legally permissible. Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may refuse your request. If we refuse your request we will always tell you the reasons for doing so
At this point we may comply with your request or, additionally do one of the following:
Where we are legally permitted to do so, we may decline your request, but we will explain why if we do so.
Please consider that in making a DSAR, you may be required to provide to us MORE information than we currently hold on you, in order to verify your identity.
In certain situations, you have the right to request us to "erase" your personal data.
We will respond to your request within 30 days (although we may be allowed to extend this period in certain cases) and will only disagree with you if certain limited conditions apply.
If we do agree to your request, we will delete your data but will generally assume that you would prefer us to keep a note of your name on our register of individuals who would prefer not to be contacted. That way, we will minimise the chances of you being contacted in the future where your data are collected in unconnected circumstances. If you would prefer us not to do this, you are free to say so.
You have the right to request that we erase your personal data in certain circumstances. Normally, the information must meet one of the following criteria:
We would only be entitled to refuse to comply with your request for one of the following reasons:
When complying with a valid request for the erasure of data we will take all reasonably practicable steps to delete the relevant data.
You have the right to request that we restrict our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances. This means that we can only continue to store your data and will not be able to carry out any further processing activities with it until either: (i) one of the circumstances listed below is resolved; (ii) you consent; or (iii) further processing is necessary for either the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims, the protection of the rights of another individual, or reasons of important EU or Member State public interest.
The circumstances in which you are entitled to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data are:
If we have shared your personal data with third parties, we will notify them about the restricted processing unless this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We will, of course, notify you before lifting any restriction on processing your personal data.
You also have the right to request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we hold about you. If we have shared this personal data with third parties, we will notify them about the rectification unless this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. Where appropriate, we will also tell you which third parties we have disclosed the inaccurate or incomplete personal data to. Where we think that it is reasonable for us not to comply with your request, we will explain our reasons for this decision.
If you wish, you have the right to transfer your data from us to another data controller. We will help with this - either by directly transferring your data for you, or by providing you with a copy in a commonly used machine-readable format.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority, please contact us at GDPR@essentialexec.co.uk
You can email us:
How you can get in touch with us to update your marketing preferences
You can email us:
Emailing us to remove your email from our database DOES NOT delete your data from our systems. See the link above if this is what you want to do
includes applicants for all roles advertised or promoted by Essential Search & Selection Ltd, including permanent, part-time and temporary positions and freelance roles with Essential Search & Selection Ltd.'s Clients; as well as people who have supplied a speculative CV to Essential Search & Selection Ltd not in relation to a specific job.
this category covers our customers, clients, and others to whom Essential Search & Selection Ltd provides services in the course of its business.
while we will endeavour to permanently erase your personal data once it reaches the end of its retention period or where we receive a valid request from you to do so, some of your data may still exist within our systems, for example if it is waiting to be overwritten. For our purposes, this data has been put beyond use, meaning that, while it still exists on an archive system, this cannot be readily accessed by any of our operational systems, processes or staff.
a European Union statutory instrument which aims to harmonise European data protection laws. It has an effective date of 25 May 2018, and any references to it should be construed accordingly to include any national legislation implementing it.
includes employees engaged directly in the business of Essential Search & Selection Ltd (or who have accepted an offer to be engaged)
refers to partnerships and companies (including sole traders), and atypical workers such as independent contractors and freelance workers, who provide services to Essential Search & Selection Ltd.
any individual who accesses the Essential Search & Selection Ltd website.