PRIVACY POLICY

This policy sets out how EPC Recruitment Solutions uses and protects any information that you provide when using our website epcrecruit.com or any of our products and services.

EPC Recruitment Solutions is committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data Controller

EPC Recruitment Solutions is the data controller for any personal information you supply to us in relation to enquiries about our products, services and when registering as a client or candidate.  Our full postal address is:

EPC Recruitment Solutions

44 Oxford Drive, Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 2FB

Telephone Number: 020 7357 774

Email Address: enquires@epcrecruit.com

What we collect

You may give us personal data by filling in forms on our site or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail and other. This includes information you provide when you register to use our site, subscribe to our service, submit your CV to us and when you report a problem with our site. Throughout your dealings with us, calls may also be monitored for training and quality purposes.

Here are some examples of the type of personal data you may give us:

What we use your information for

How will we share or disclose your personal data?

Most commonly, we will share your personal data with members of our Group. This is to enable us to provide you with the best service possible, and to benefit from the specialist knowledge and experience within our departments. 

Additionally, we may share your personal data with selected third parties including:

How long do we keep your information for?

We keep your personal data in accordance with the following data retention periods:

Candidate personal data – 5 years since the last contact with you, where contact means addition of your personal data to our database, placement into a role or there is a record of verbal or written communication with you. Candidates includes applicants for all vacancies we advertise, including permanent, part-time and temporary positions with any of our clients. This also includes individuals put forward by any of our clients.

Contractor financial data – 7 years following the last payment made. Contractors includes any Candidate who we have placed and made a payment to. 

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. However some of your data may still exist within our systems. For our purposes, this data will be put beyond use, meaning that while it still exists on a system, it cannot be readily accessed by operational systems, processes or staff.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect. Our services are all hosted from a datacentre within the EEA. We undertake regular vulnerability scans of our website and services to ensure your data is safe.

Links to other websites

This privacy notice does not cover the links within this site linking to other websites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.

Your rights to your information

You can object or withdraw your consent to the use of your personal information at any time. This may affect the services we are able to supply you.

Where EPC Recruitment Solutions is the data controller you are entitled to the following subject to some legal exemptions:

For more information on your rights please visit the ICO website https://ico.org.uk/

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required to do so by law.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you would like a copy, please submit your request in writing to:

enquires@epcrecruit.com

EPC Recruitment Solutions

44 Oxford Drive

Bermondsey Street

London

SE1 2FB

If you have any questions about this policy or about your personal information the please contact EPC Recruitment Solutions – +44 020 7357 7743.