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Privacy Notice

LEDE HR (“we”, “us”, “our”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.


This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, share and store personal information when providing recruitment and HR consultancy services.

Who This Applies To

 This Privacy Notice applies when:


  • You apply for a role through LEDE HR
  • We contact you about a potential role
  • We identify or assess you as a potential candidate
  • Someone refers or recommends you to us
  • You contact us about recruitment or HR services
  • You are a client, prospective client or business contact
  • We provide HR consultancy services to an organisation

What Information We Collect

 Depending on the circumstances, we may collect:


  • Your name and contact details
  • CV, employment and career history
  • Qualifications, skills and experience
  • Salary or remuneration information
  • Information about your job search and preferences
  • Interview notes and correspondence
  • Information provided by referees or other professional contacts
  • Any other information you choose to provide


Where relevant and lawful, recruitment or HR work may also involve more sensitive information, such as health information or other special category personal data. We only collect and use this where necessary and where there is an appropriate legal basis for doing so.

Where We Get Information From

Some information is provided directly by you.


As part of recruitment work, we may also identify potential candidates through sources such as:


  • LinkedIn and other professional networking sites
  • Job boards and recruitment platforms
  • Professional or business directories
  • Referrals and recommendations
  • Publicly available information


If we identify you as a potential candidate, we may contact you to discuss a role that we reasonably believe could be relevant to your experience.

Recruitment Platforms & Service Providers

We use Homerun, provided by Homerun B.V., as our recruitment platform to manage candidate information and recruitment processes. Homerun processes candidate information on our behalf as a data processor.


Homerun's main ATS hosting is provided through Amazon Web Services in the EU. Some supporting services, including email communications, may involve processing outside the UK or EEA. Where this happens, appropriate data protection safeguards are required to be in place.


We may also use other reputable technology and professional service providers where necessary to operate LEDE HR and provide our services.


Where another organisation processes personal information on our behalf, we expect appropriate confidentiality, security and data protection arrangements to be in place.

How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:


  • Identify and contact potential candidates
  • Assess suitability for roles
  • Manage recruitment processes
  • Communicate with candidates and clients
  • Introduce suitable candidates to client organisations
  • Provide recruitment and HR consultancy services
  • Support recruitment and employment decisions
  • Maintain appropriate business and professional records
  • Meet legal or regulatory requirements


We do not make recruitment decisions based solely on automated processing.

Lawful Basis

Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information because:


  • It is in our legitimate interests to provide recruitment and HR services, including identifying and contacting potentially suitable candidates
  • It is necessary to take steps towards or perform a contract
  • We have a legal obligation to process the information
  • You have given consent where consent is appropriate or required


Where we process special category personal data or criminal offence information, we will only do so where there is an additional lawful condition permitting that processing.

Sharing Your Information

As part of a recruitment process, we may share relevant candidate information with a client or prospective employer where appropriate.


Where possible, we will discuss the opportunity with you before submitting your details to an employer.


We may also share information with service providers acting on our behalf, professional advisers or authorities where required by law.


We do not sell personal information.

HR Consultancy & Confidentiality

When providing HR consultancy services, LEDE HR may have access to employee information and confidential business information belonging to a client.


We handle this information with care and discretion and use it only for the purpose for which it has been provided, in accordance with applicable data protection requirements and any agreed client instructions.

How We Keep Information Secure

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we hold.


Access is limited to those who need the information, and personal and confidential information is handled appropriately.


No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect the information entrusted to us.

International Data Transfers

Some of the systems and service providers we use may process or store information outside the UK.


Where personal information is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards required by applicable data protection law are in place.

How Long We Keep Information

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and to meet any legal, regulatory or legitimate business requirements.


Candidate recruitment information will typically be retained for up to 12 months following our last meaningful contact, unless there is a good reason to retain it for longer or you ask us to delete it sooner and we are able to do so.


Information that is no longer required will be deleted or securely disposed of.

Your Rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:


  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information
  • Ask us to delete your information
  • Restrict how your information is used
  • Object to certain processing
  • Request a copy of certain information in a portable format
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent


You have the right to object where we process your personal information on the basis of legitimate interests.


If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. We may need to confirm your identity before responding.

Concerns or Complaints

 If you have a concern about how we handle your personal information, please contact us first and we will try to resolve it.


You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).


ICO helpline: 0303 123 1113

Contact

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or how LEDE HR handles personal information:


ian [at] ledehr [dot] co.uk

07724 · 046 · 000


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All conversations and client information are treated with complete confidentiality and professional discretion.

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