Contact Details
Company Name: Whitehill Search Limited
Company Address: Marland House, 13 Huddersfield Road, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2LW
Registration Number: 12522614
E-mail: info@whitehillsearch.com
Whitehill Search Ltd is a specialist recruitment business which provides search and selection recruitment service. We process personal data (including sensitive personal data) so that it can provide these services.
You may give your personal details to the Company directly, such as on an application or registration form or via our website, or we may collect them from another source such as a jobs board. The Company must have a legal basis for processing your personal data. For the purposes of providing you with work-finding services and/or information relating to roles relevant to you. We do not sell, rent or share your personal information with third parties for commercial reasons.
The type of personal information we collect
We currently collect and process the following information:
- Personal identifiers, contacts and characteristics of candidates and clients
- Private and company email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Postal addresses
- Financial information including any compliance documentation verifying your right to work in the United Kingdom
- References
- Qualifications and CV
- Links to other personal profiles that are available in the public domain
How we get the personal information and why we have it:
- Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you.
- This is provided when you approach us to register as a candidate or when we have identified you for an appropriate opportunity with our clients.
- This information is gathered through either an email or phone call and further information is gathered through various stages of the recruitment process.
- We may also gather information through referrals from previous work colleagues.
- We also utilise a number of sources to gain information through our identification process that are available on the public domain. These include the likes of LinkedIn and company websites.
- From time to time, we may also carry out exercises to map out business sectors and/or functions and information such as name, job title and employer may be gathered from this.
- Your personal information will only ever be shared with a client with your prior consent.
All this information is collected for legitimate business reasons to identify suitable candidates for our client’s needs.
Transferring Data outside of the EEA
The information provided may be transferred to countries outside of the EEA when prospective employers and contacts are based outside of the EEA. These countries may have different privacy laws and therefore we will ensure your personal information is still protected as per this policy.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
- (a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting info@whitehillsearch.com
- (f) We have a legitimate interest.
We keep personal data for as long as is required when managing an assignment with a client. We will then dispose your information in a secure manner.
Under data protection law, you have rights including:
- Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
- Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
- Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
- Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.
- You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.
- Please contact us at info@whitehillsearch.com if you wish to make a request.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at info@whitehillsearch.com
You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.
The ICO’s address:
- Information Commissioner’s Office
- Wycliffe House
- Water Lane
- Wilmslow
- Cheshire
- SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk
