1. Introduction

Firth Recruitment ("we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit our website, firthrecruitment.co.uk and use our services.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following data about you:

Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, postal address.
Professional Information: CV, employment history, qualifications, and job preferences.
Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your data for the following purposes:

To provide and manage our services, including matching candidates with job opportunities.
To communicate with you, including sending job alerts, updates, and marketing communications (with your consent).
To improve our website, services, and user experience.
To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights.

4. Legal Basis for Processing Your Data

We rely on the following legal grounds to process your personal data:

Consent: Where you have given clear consent for us to process your personal data for a specific purpose.
Contract: The processing is necessary for a contract we have with you, or because you have asked us to take specific steps before entering into a contract.
Legal Obligation: The processing is necessary for us to comply with the law.
Legitimate Interests: The processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, provided your rights and interests do not override those interests.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We may share your personal data with:

Employers: To match you with job opportunities.
Service Providers: Who perform services on our behalf, such as IT and system administration services.
Legal Authorities: When required to comply with legal obligations.

We ensure all third parties respect the security of your personal data and treat it in accordance with the law.

6. International Transfers

We use Hirepad, an online recruitment website builder to help us with our recruitment process.

With Hirepad, the personal information we collect is stored and/or processed in United Kingdom, United States and Australia, or where Hirepad or their partners, affiliates, and third-party providers maintain facilities.

The countries to which Hirepad store, process, or transfer your personal information may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. If Hirepad transfers your personal information to third parties in other countries: (i) Hirepad will perform those transfers in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; and (ii) Hirepad will protect the transferred personal information in accordance with their privacy policy (https://hirepad.io/privacy-policy). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way.

8. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

9. Your Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the following rights:

Access: Request access to your personal data.
Rectification: Request correction of the personal data we hold about you.
Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
Restriction: Request the restriction of processing your personal data.
Data Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
Object: Object to the processing of your personal data.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at grant@firthrecruitment.co.uk

10. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.

11. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes we make will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our Privacy Policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Firth Recruitment
Email: grant@firthrecruitment.co.uk