Privacy policy and Candidate Agreement
Our Commitment
Burness Paull is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. Please read the following policy which explains how we use and protect the information that you provide.
Data we collect from you
We collect data about you:
- When you provide us with your personal details by completing the online form on this site;
- from your usage of the website and any other information you post on the website, email or otherwise send to us; and
- from other publicly available sources.
By subscribing through the website, you consent to the collection, storage, use and retention of your data by us in accordance with the terms of this privacy policy.
The information we will collect and store by your use of this website may include:
- Contact details
- Right to work documents
- Details of driving licence
- Emergency contact details
- A copy of your CV
- Qualifications
- Professional memberships
- Salary and additional benefits information
- Positions you have previously applied for
How we will use this information
We will use your personal information primarily to allow us to assess your suitability for job vacancies we may have. The situations in which we will process your personal information are listed below.
- Assessing your qualifications and suitability for a particular job
- Checking you are legally entitled to work in the UK
- As part of our interview, assessment and recruitment process should we offer you an interview or position
- Maintaining a business relationships with you
- Sending you communications and information relating to Burness Paull and vacancies which may be of interest to you
Please make sure that you keep your information up to date.
If you fail to provide certain information requested, we may not be able to consider you for any job vacancies.
Automated Decision-Making
We will not make a decision based solely on automated decision-making.
If we offer you a role, we shall require additional information from you at that stage. Your personal information provided through this online form and additional information you provide at that stage will be held in accordance with our data protection policy for employees.We will provide you with a copy of this policy along with our job offer.
Disclosure of Data
We process all data in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation.We will not share your data with third parties unless we are required to do so in order to comply with our legal obligations.
Data Security
All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers with industry standard anti-virus and firewall protection in place.
Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure.Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted online or through the website.Any transmission is at your own risk.Once we have received your information, we use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal information from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal information to those employees who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal information on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality.
We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected data security breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected breach where we are legally required to do so.
Data Retention
You can choose to delete your information from the website and opt out of further communication from us at any time. We will not continue to retain or use any of your information after you have done this.
In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal information so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use such information without further notice to you.
Your Rights
You have the right to ask for a copy of the data held by us in our records.You also have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your data or delete your data.
Changes
We may make changes to this policy from time to time and any changes will be posted on this page.
Cookies
A “cookie” is a piece of software that attaches to the hard drive of your computer and remembers information about the configuration of your computer.We use cookies to track visitors’ movements through the website.When you start to use the website, you will be asked whether you agree to the use of cookies.Please see our Cookies Policy for more information about the cookies used on this website and how to disable them.
Contact Us
If you have any queries or concerns regarding the use of your data or this policy then please contact dataprotection@burnesspaull.com or contact our General Counsel Partner.We will make all efforts to deal with any requests or concerns as speedily as possible.
If we are unable to resolve any issue to your satisfaction, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Contact information can be found at https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/