Introduction
Talent Acquisition Partners Ltd (from this point onwards TA Partners) will only collect your personal information to facilitate the provision of recruitment services and any other process on the website www.tapartners.org (from this pont onwards the Website) related to the services we are presenting to you. We do not put you under any obligation to provide us with your personal information. If you do not wish to give us such information, the provision of our services might be restricted or not possible, since your personal information is important for us to assess and process your employment opportunities.
All the legal terms contained in this privacy policy are to be understood according to the provisions of Part I of the Data Protection Act 1998, valid throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
While making our services and / or information available for you, we will only use your details and information in agreement with the terms of the following privacy policy.
Online Contact and Email
We gather data from you from emails you might send to our email addresses provided on the Website and from messages you might send through the Contact form. Your contact details help us understand and evaluate your professional profile in order to provide you with recruitment services, and may also be used to get in touch with you.
Use of collected information
TA Partners is a registered data controller in England and Wales, therefore all the information and data collected on this website are managed by us in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and with TA Partners’ Data Protection Register accessible at the address https://ico.org.uk/
Why do we collect information?
We collect your personal information to simplify and offer you the best recruitment services, such as contract services and permanent recruitment.
We collect information from our visitors at different stages and pages on our Website. We process personal information to enable us to provide advice and professional services as an employment agency, to maintain our own accounts and records and to support and manage our employees. We will not rent or sell any of this information to others.
All personal data collected will only be used for recruitment services purposes, by sending applications to our clients, and in order to notify our candidates about possible available jobs or projects. The information can also be used for pre-employment processing/screenings, for administrative purposes and also for management controls and quality reviews. In case we offer recruitment services for you, we will ensure agreement with relevant regulations and laws like identification, tax, labor and social legislation.
Which personal data we collect
We have great value for our clients and users’ personal privacy. All personal data that you provide to us in good faith from emails or from the Contact form will be treated confidentially.
From your messages and emails we might collect your details like gender, date of birth, diplomas, courses, certifications, Curriculum Vitae, and availability. While offering a candidate for one of our Clients, we might ask for additional information, like nationality, identity card or passport, social security number, business documents like Company registration certificates or Chamber of Commerce extracts, where such candidate is an independent contractor, VAT registration details, and insurance documentation.
The collection of sensitive data, like race, criminal records, health declarations, religion, memberships or trade unions, will only take place, when it’s absolutely necessary, by your express authorization, or by legal order of a competent Court. This information will never be used to distinguish or discriminate against a candidate during any selection. Your data will be kept and stored in accordance with legal retention periods and complies with the privacy regulations of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Sharing of personal data
In order to offer you the best possible recruitment service and meet your recruitment needs, we may share your personal information with other TA Partners entities, other companies, like our service provider Intermediaries, Government agencies, and clients. We may also need to share it by legal order from a competent Court from a competent jurisdiction.
We have also other advertisers/partners that can serve ads/services to you while using our website. Such parties like Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Hubspot may use cookies or other technologies that may be indirectly linked from our website.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small data and media files that are stored on your computer by websites that you visit. They are used to aid the functionality of the websites and also to provide information to the website owners.
TA Partners might use unidentified cookies to improve your experience and store your preference on the website. We operate an “implied consent” policy, meaning that we assume that, by visiting and using our website you automatically agree with our usage of cookies. If you do not agree to that, then we suggest that you, either not use the website, or you delete your cookies after your visit.
Third-Party Cookies
TA Partners might use Third-Party cookies from Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Hubspot. These cookies are used to analyze how users interact with the Website. The information collected is anonymous and doesn’t contain any of your personal data. TA Partners does not assume any responsibility for the privacy practices of Third-Party cookies and we advise our users to check the cookie policies of Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Hubspot for further information or in order to manage, disable or delete Third-Party cookies.
External/Third-Party Links
This Website contains external links to other sites like Google+, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Skype. TA Partners does not assume any responsibility for the privacy practices of these other sites. Therefore, we advise our users to check when they leave our site and to read each privacy and cookie policy of the external websites they visited and collects personally identifiable information from them. This privacy policy only relates to information collected by our website.
Security and Safety
We are fully aware about the rights of data subjects and others contemplated in Part II of the Data Protection Act, aforementioned. We take every possible precaution to protect and keep safe our users’ information, especially their sensitive personal data. Whenever you provide valuable information through the website, such information is protected both online and offline.
All the information trusted by our users is restricted and kept in our offices. Only our staff and employees who need such information to perform their specific task are given access to personally identifiable data.
We respect the Data Protection Principles provided in Schedule 1, 2 and 3 of the Data Protection Act, and are fully aware of the dispositions of Parts V and VI, sections 55 and 56 of the same legislation, about unlawful obtaining of personal data and its enforcement.
We declare that, if needed, we will disclose personal data according to the dispositions of Part IV, sections 35, 37 and 38 of the Data Protection Act 1998.
Updating/Correcting Personal Information
In case your personal data (like office or mailing address) changes we will make an effort for you to correct, remove or update the personal data provided to us.
Notification of Updates/Changes to Privacy Policy and Cookies
Any updates or changes in our privacy and cookies policy will be notified to our users only on our homepage. We will promptly let you know about the changes about the data we collect, what and how we use it, and under what circumstances, where applicable. Users will have to agree to this updates or changes in order for TA Partners to continue providing services.