Privacy Policy

Who are we?

Deverill Executive Search, 20 Little Britain, London, EC1A 7DH e: gdpr@deverillsearch.com

We provide executive search services to clients looking to recruit personnel for their businesses.

What does this policy cover?

We at Deverill Executive Search take your personal data seriously. This policy:

  • sets out the types of personal data that we collect about you;
  • explains how and why we collect and use your personal data;
  • explains how long we keep your personal data for;
  • explains when, why and with who we will share your personal data;
  • sets out the legal basis we have for using your personal data;
  • explains the effect of refusing to provide the personal data requested;
  • explains the different rights and choices you have when it comes to your personal data, and;
  • explains how we may contact you and how you can contact us.

What personal data do we collect about you?

We collect the information necessary to be able to understand your experience and eligibility for available opportunities that might arise. This information includes CVs, identification documents, educational records, work history, employment and references.

We may also collect sensitive personal data about you, such as about your personal circumstances, your family situation, data concerning your health and political views and activity. We only collect sensitive personal data from you, and further process this data, where you have given your explicit consent.

Where do we collect personal data about you from?

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. e.g. Interim Management Company.
Through publicly available sources. We use the following public sources, such as LinkedIn.
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.

How and why we use your personal data

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

How long do we keep your personal data for?

We keep your information in accordance as follows:

  • Candidate data: Six and a half years
  • Interim Manager data: Six and a half years
  • Client contact details: Six and a half years

Who do we share your personal data with?

Your personal data might be shared with a client who initiates a search for personnel. Typically, we would contact you before personal information is shared with the client. We may also conduct checks to verify the information you have provided or share your information with the client for further verification.

What legal basis do we have for using your data?

For prospective candidates, interim managers, referees and clients, our processing is necessary for our legitimate interests in that we require 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 shortlisted 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.

What happens if you do not provide us with the information we request or ask that we stop processing your information?

If you do not provide the personal data necessary or withdraw your consent for the processing of your personal data, we may not be able to match you with available job opportunities.

Do we make automated decisions concerning you?

No, we do not carry out automated profiling.

Do we transfer your data outside the EEA?

To better match your employee profile with current opportunities we may transfer your personal data to clients and partners in countries outside the EEA. Our network predominantly in Europe with occasional US and other world exposure.

In order to comply with GDPR, in respect of transferring data to a country which has not been deemed to provide adequate data protection standards we always have strict security measures and appropriate agreements in place with our offices in our network in order to protect your personal data.

What rights do you have in relation to the data we hold on you?

Further information and advice about your rights can be obtained from the data protection regulator in your country.

Rights

What does that mean?

1. The right to be informed

You have the right to be provided with clear, transparent and easily understandable information about how we use your information and your rights. This is why we’re providing you with the information in this Policy.

2. The right of access

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.

3. The right to rectification

You are entitled to have your information corrected if it’s inaccurate or incomplete.

4. The right to erasure

This is also known as ‘the right to be forgotten’ and, in simple terms, enables you to request the deletion or removal of your information where there’s no compelling reason for us to keep using it. This is not a general right to erasure; there are exceptions.

5. The right to restrict processing

You have rights to ‘block’ or suppress further use of your information. When processing is restricted, we can still store your information, but may not use it further. We keep lists of people who have asked for further use of their information to be ‘blocked’ to make sure the restriction is respected in future.

6. The right to data portability

You have rights to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services. For example, if you decide to switch to a new provider, this enables you to move, copy or transfer your information easily between our IT systems and theirs safely and securely, without affecting its usability.

7. The right to object to processing

You have the right to object to certain types of processing, including processing for direct marketing (i.e. if you no longer want to be contacted with potential opportunities).

8. The right to lodge a complaint

You have the right to lodge a complaint about the way we handle or process your personal data with your national data protection regulator.

9. The right to withdraw consent

If you have given your consent to anything we do with your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time (although if you do so, it does not mean that anything we have done with your personal data with your consent up to that point is unlawful). This includes your right to withdraw consent to us using your personal data for marketing purposes.

  

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 will 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.

How will we contact you?

We may contact you by phone or email. If you prefer a particular means of contact, please let us know.

How can you contact us?

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, or have further questions on the processing of your personal data, please contact us here: Deverill Executive Search, 20 Little Britain, London, EC1A 7DH e: gdpr@deverillsearch.com

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