1.INTRODUCTION
Valour Recruitment Limited (website URL address: http://www.valourrecruitment.co.uk/) appreciates your business and trust, and cares about your privacy. We are a UK company, providing recruitment agency services to both client organisations and candidates.
For this reason, we collect and use personal data only as it might be needed for us to deliver to you our services. Your personal data includes information such as:
- Name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Email address
- Candidate information (for job applicants)
- Other data collected that could directly or indirectly identify you.
Our Privacy Policy is intended to describe to you how and what data we collect, and how and why we use your personal data. It also describes options we provide for you to access, update or otherwise take control of your personal data that we process.
If at any time you have questions about our practices or any of your rights described below, you may reach our Data Protection Officer (“DPO”) by contacting us at [email protected]. This inbox is actively monitored and managed so that we can deliver an experience that you can confidently trust.
Please read this Privacy Policy, providing consent in order to use our services.
2. DATA COLLECTED
DATA STORAGE LOCATION
We are UK based company and operate web servers hosted in Europe. Our hosting provider is 123 Reg Ltd. For more information on 123 Reg Ltd’s privacy policy, please see here: https://www.123-reg.co.uk/terms/privacy/
We also use Bullhorn, Inc for Applicant Tracking & CRM. This is a cloud based service provided for Valour Recruitment Limited and is integrated into Valour Recruitment Limited’s website to display job vacancies using the job search functionality, which allows candidates to submit their personal details that may also be in the form on of a Curriculum Vitae. In order to provide job vacancy information, data will also be held in Bullhorn on Valour Recruitment Limited’s clients. For more information on Bullhorn, Inc’s privacy policy, please see here: https://www.bullhorn.com/uk/bullhorn-uk-and-eu-cookies-and-privacy-statement/
We also use Microsoft 365 for office productivity services, which may include the storage of personal data in the form of emails and other client and candidate related documents. For more information on Microsoft’s privacy policy, please see here: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-gb/
REGISTRATION DATA
There are two methods to register on our website:
- Directly to Bullhorn Inc’s hosted Applicant Tracking & CRM service via the Apply Now button on individual job vacancies on the Job Search page.
- Using the form on the Register With Us page. This will forward your personal details via email to a Valour Recruitment Limited employee, who may then enter this into Bullhorn Inc’s hosted Applicant Tracking & CRM service should they wish to register you as a candidate.
If you register as a candidate via our website, we may store your personal information to undertake recruitment agency services or to provide information via an email newsletter on vacancies we are recruiting for and other relevant information.
Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
You can request to see your personal data at any time or have your personal information deleted by contacting Valour Recruitment Limited on: [email protected]
JOBS BY EMAIL DATA
If you submit your information via the Jobs By Email page, we may store your name and email address to provide information via an email newsletter on vacancies we are recruiting for and other relevant information.
Website administrators can also see and edit this information.
You can request to see your personal data at any time or have your personal information deleted from the newsletter subscription by contacting Valour Recruitment Limited on: [email protected]
REFER A FRIEND DATA
If you chose to register a friend using the Register A Friend page, you must ensure you comply with the terms and conditions of this service that are included on the Register A Friend page.
These submissions may be used to register candidates and will be treated in the same way as registration data. This information will not be shared with third parties.
CONTACT FORM
Information submitted through the contact form on our site is sent to our company email, hosted by Microsoft.
These submissions are kept for customer service purposes, but they may also be used to register clients and/or candidates, if this is this is the intended purpose of the contact us submission. This information will not be shared with third parties for marketing purpose.
CASES FOR USING THE PERSONAL DATA
We use personal information in the following cases:
Verification/identification of the user interactions with Valour Recruitment Limited;
Providing recruitment agency services;
Sending updates to our users with important information to inform about new job vacancies, news/changes;
Checking the accounts’ activity in order to prevent fraudulent transactions and ensure the security over our customers’ personal information;
Customise the website to make your experience more personal and engaging;
Guarantee overall performance and administrative functions run smoothly.
3. LINKS & EMBEDDED CONTENT
This site may include links to other sites embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged-in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
LINKED IN
The Linked In link in our footer redirects you to our Valour Recruitment Limited Linked In company page. This is used to display our Linked In timeline. Linked In has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Linked In and your IP is not sent to a Linked In server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=d_org_guest_company_overview_footer-privacy-policy
The Twitter link in our footer redirects you to our Valour Recruitment Limited Twitter page. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: https://twitter.com/en/privacy
The Instagram link in our footer redirects you to our Valour Recruitment Limited Instagram page. Instagram has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to an Instagram server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875
YOUTUBE
We may use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-GB
4. COOKIES
This site may use cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
5. WHO HAS ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
If you are not a registered client/candidate for our site or have subscribed to our newsletter, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself.
If you are a client or candidate and have submitted your personal information it can be accessed by:
Our employees in relation to recruitment or recruitment related activities (such as providing newsletters or updates relating to job vacancies or related information.)
Our system administrators.
6. THIRD PARTY ACCESS TO YOUR DATA
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc.
7. HOW LONG WE RETAIN YOUR DATA
If you register via our website, we store the personal information you provide in your client or candidate record. We will contact you periodically to ensure your information is up to date and that you wish to remain on our records.
You can request to see your personal data at any time or have your personal information deleted by contacting Valour Recruitment Limited on: [email protected]
8. SECURITY MEASURES
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personal identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.
9. YOUR DATA RIGHTS
GENERAL RIGHTS
If you have a registered on this website, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we cannot erase data that is vital to you being an active customer (i.e. basic account information like an email address).
If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other product-related services to you.
GDPR RIGHTS
Your privacy is critically important to us and we aim to support the GDPR standard. Therefore, it is the intent of Valour Recruitment Limited to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation. For more details please refer to: https://ico.org.uk/
10. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Valour Recruitment Limited may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by Valour Recruitment Limited, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.
All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties, unless you explicitly click on them.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. Valour Recruitment Limited bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website. Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links.
11. RELEASE OF YOUR DATA FOR LEGAL PURPOSES
At times it may become necessary to Valour Recruitment Limited, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.
12. AMENDMENTS
We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly and require you to accept the amendments in order to be permitted to continue using our services.