This privacy policy sets out how ITfirst Consultants uses and protects any information that you give ITfirst Consultants when you use this website and services.
ITfirst Consultants is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
ITfirst Consultants may change this policy from time to time and update this page to keep in line with any government or legal changes, as well as company policies. You should check this page regularly to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from July 2022.
WHO WE ARE
ITfirst Consultants is in a Software Development and Recruitment business. As we are in a recruitment business, this means that in order to help individuals such as clients or candidates, we will need to obtain certain types of information to aid in your job search.
WHAT WE COLLECT
We collect the personal data of the following types of people to undertake our core business.
We may collect the following information:
As we are not an agency or umbrella company, it is very unlikely that we will need to obtain payment information such as bank details from individuals, however on rare occasion this may happen if we need to act as an intermediary between the client and candidate.
WHY WE COLLECT INFORMATION
We use information held about youto provide you with information, products and services that you may request form us or we think will be of interest to you because it is relevant to your career or to your organization.
The core service we offer to our candidates and clients is the introduction of candidates to our clients for the purposes of temporary or permanent engagement. However, our service expands to supporting individuals throughout their career and to supporting businesses’ resourcing needs and strategies.
Our legal basis for the processing of data is our Legitimate Business Interests, described in more detail below. We will in some instances rely on consent for particular use of your data and you will be asked for your express consent, if legally required. Examples of when consent may be the lawful basis for processing include permission to introduce a candidate to a client.
OUR LEGITIMATE BUSINESS INTERESTS
Our legitimate interests in collecting and retaining your personal data is described below -
HOW WE MAY SHARE YOUR DATA
We may use and disclose personal information about you for the purpose of assisting you in your job search. We may disclose personal information to potential employers, nominated referees; any person or body we are required to disclose to by law; to past educational organizations to verify qualifications and to competent organizations that conduct background and/or criminal record.
In addition, we require your data to for the following reasons:
WHERE WE STORE AND PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA
We keep your information on our electronic database. We access this database daily for our day-to-day business activities from a secure platform which is password protected and has strict user restrictions.
The data that we collect from you could be stored need not be stored in any specific geographic area. It may/will also be processed by staff operating from any location who work for us or one of our suppliers. This includes staff engaged in, among other things, our recruitment services and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy notice.
All information you provide to us is stored on our electronic database. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try and prevent unauthorized access.
HOW WE USE COOKIES
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis. Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not.
A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to
the site from and the pages they visited.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We value our customers and their privacy and we will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
We aim to keep your data for as long as required, we may do regular checks with our candidates to find out if the data we hold on to them is correct and use this data to service customer requirements. We can use this data to contact customers and candidates to find a match between customer requirements and candidate areas of interest.
If you wish to send us a copy of your CV via our website, you have the right to request what information we hold on you and you have the right to ask for any information we hold on you to be updated or deleted.
If you believe that any information, we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete or you would like it deleted then please contact us in writing at the below contact details.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY NOTICE
Any changes we make to our privacy notice in future will be posted on this. Questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Notice are welcomed and should be addressed to Email: hitesh@ITfirstCo.com
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