Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Effective Date: 01.01.2025
MKT Partnerships Ltd (“we”, “our”, or “the Agency”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal data in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 and the Data Protection Act 2018.
1. Introduction
We are a recruitment agency that provides permanent and fixed-term contract staffing services to businesses (our “clients”). We are responsible for processing personal data that we collect about candidates, clients, and other individuals involved in our recruitment processes.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we handle your personal data.
2. Data Controller
For the purposes of data protection law, we are the data controller. This means that we are responsible for deciding how your personal data is processed and for ensuring that your data is protected.
Our contact details are as follows:
- Company Name: MKT Partnerships Ltd
- Email Address: hr@mktpartnerships.com
3. What Personal Data Do We Collect?
We collect personal data for the purpose of providing recruitment services. The types of personal data we collect may include:
For Candidates:
- Contact Information: Name, address, email, and phone number.
- Professional Details: Curriculum vitae (CV), career history, educational background, skills, qualifications, certifications, and professional references.
- Job Preferences: Desired job role, salary expectations, and location preferences.
- Right to Work: Documentation to verify eligibility to work in the UK (e.g., passport, visa, work permit).
- Interview and Assessment Data: Interview notes, test results, and other assessment data collected during the recruitment process.
- Sensitive Data: In some cases, we may collect sensitive personal data, such as health information or criminal records, where relevant to the recruitment process and with your explicit consent.
For Clients:
- Contact Information: Name, job title, company name, address, email, and phone number.
- Client Requirements: Job descriptions, role specifications, and hiring needs.
- Business Details: Company profile, industry, size, and location.
4. How Do We Use Your Personal Data?
We process personal data for the following purposes:
- Candidate Data:
- To provide recruitment services and match candidates with potential job opportunities.
- To communicate with candidates about job opportunities, interviews, and assessments.
- To comply with legal obligations such as right-to-work checks.
- To maintain and improve our recruitment services.
- Client Data:
- To facilitate the recruitment process, including understanding your staffing needs and presenting suitable candidates.
- To communicate with you regarding job orders, candidate recommendations, and other recruitment-related matters.
- To maintain and improve our client services.
5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We process personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: Where you have provided consent for the processing of your personal data (e.g., for certain sensitive personal data or marketing purposes).
- Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract, such as when we facilitate recruitment services.
- Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with our legal obligations, such as verifying the right to work in the UK.
- Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., improving our recruitment services, maintaining client relationships, and fraud prevention), provided that your rights and interests do not override those interests.
6. How Do We Share Your Personal Data?
We may share your personal data in the following ways:
- With Clients: To match candidates to job opportunities, we may share relevant personal data (such as CVs, qualifications, and interview notes) with our clients.
- With Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party service providers who assist us with recruitment-related services, such as assessment tools, IT services, and communications.
- With Authorities: We may disclose personal data to regulatory authorities, law enforcement, or other third parties when required by law or for the purposes of fraud prevention or legal proceedings.
7. Data Retention
We will retain personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including compliance with legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Our retention periods for different categories of personal data will vary. For example:
- Candidate Data: We typically retain candidate data for up to 12 months after the last contact, unless you request that we delete it sooner.
- Client Data: We retain client data for as long as we are providing services to that client and for a reasonable period thereafter.
8. Security of Your Personal Data
We take the protection of your personal data seriously. We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the data we process. These measures include encryption, access controls, and secure storage of data. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of any data transmitted to us.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
As an individual, you have the following rights under data protection law:
- Access: You have the right to request a copy of your personal data.
- Rectification: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Erasure: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request that we limit the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your personal data to another service provider in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
- Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
- Withdraw Consent: If we are relying on your consent to process personal data, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hr@mktpartnerships.com We will respond to your request within the legally required timeframes.
10. Complaints
If you are not satisfied with how we have processed your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator. You can contact the ICO at:
- Website: https://ico.org.uk
- Phone: 0303 123 1113
11. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Effective Date” at the top will be updated. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about how we are protecting your data.
Third party websites
From time to time our site may contain links to and from the websites of our partner networks, advertisers and affiliates. If you visit any of these sites please note that they have their own privacy policies and you should check these before submitting any personal data. We cannot accept any responsibility or liability for these policie
Website Terms & Conditions
Your use of this website is subject to this Disclaimer and Copyright Statement. By using this website you agree to the terms and conditions and Copyright Statement. If you do not agree with them please do not use this website. The information contained in this website is provided in good faith but no warranty, representation, statement or undertaking is given either regarding such information or regarding any information in (or any software at) any other website connected with this website through any hypertext or other links (including any warranty, representation, statement or undertaking that any information or the use of any such information either in this website or any other website complies with any local or national laws or the requirements of any regulatory or statutory bodies) and any warranty, representation, statement or undertaking whatsoever that may be expressed or implied by statute, custom or otherwise is hereby expressly excluded. The use of this website and any information on this website or any other website (or of any software at any other site) is entirely at the risk of the user. Under no circumstances shall MKT Partnerships Ltd or any of its subsidiaries be liable for any costs, losses, expenses or damages (whether direct or indirect, consequential, special, economic or financial including any losses of profits) whatsoever that may be incurred through the use of any information contained in this website or in any other website. Nothing contained in this website shall be deemed to be either any advice of a financial nature to act or not to act in any way whatsoever or any invitation to invest or deal in any form of investment including shares, bonds, ADSs or securities. This website may contain inaccurate information. MKT Partnerships Ltd is under no responsibility to update or correct any such information or to even maintain this website. MKT Partnerships Ltd reserves its right to change any information or any part of this website without notice.
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
Copyright on all of the images on this web site are owned by MKT Partnerships Ltd or by others and used under licence, in accordance with the terms of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Candidate Terms
1. Services Provided
MKT Partnerships operates as a recruitment agency, providing services to help connect job seekers like you with companies seeking candidates for permanent positions. Our services are limited to:
- Introducing you to potential employers.
- Assisting with the application process by sharing your CV and details with potential employers.
- Providing information regarding job roles, company culture, and expectations.
2. No Charges to Candidates
We want to clarify that MKT Partnerships does not charge candidates any fees for finding permanent employment. As per the Employment Agencies Act 1973, recruitment agencies are prohibited from charging job seekers for job placement services.
- No fees will be requested from you for any part of our services, including the introduction to employers or the placement in a permanent role.
3. Data Protection and Privacy
As part of our recruitment process, we collect and process your personal information, including your CV, contact details, and job preferences. We are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation).
- Your personal information will only be shared with potential employers who are seeking candidates for permanent positions.
- We will not share your personal details with any third parties without your explicit consent.
- You have the right to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you and request corrections or deletions if necessary.
4. No Employment Relationship with MKT Partnerships Ltd.
Please note that MKT Partnerships Ltd does not act as your employer. We are only acting as an intermediary, helping you connect with businesses seeking candidates for permanent roles.
- Any employment relationship will be between you and the employer who hires you, and the terms of that employment will be outlined in your direct contract with the employer.
5. Confidentiality
We will treat all information shared between us with the utmost confidentiality, including your CV, contact details, and any communication with potential employers. Similarly, we expect you to keep information shared by us confidential, especially information regarding employers and job opportunities.
6. Your Responsibilities
In order to ensure the best possible match with suitable employers, we ask that you:
- Provide accurate and up-to-date information about your skills, experience, and preferences.
- Notify us promptly if your job search status or availability changes.
- Cooperate with the recruitment process by attending interviews and responding to employer inquiries.
7. Termination of Agreement
You can terminate this agreement at any time by notifying us in writing. If you decide not to proceed with any introductions we make, please let us know as soon as possible so we can update our records.
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