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PRIVACY POLICY

Introduction

Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd. (Sigmar) is committed to protecting the privacy of our website visitors and customers. The purpose of this Privacy Notice is to outline how we collect and use any personal information about you (which is known as "personal data" under data protection legislation).

You have the right to object to us processing your personal data for direct marketing and also to processing which is carried out for the purposes of our legitimate interests. For more information, see the below Notice.

Change to Data Protection & GDPR

The law in relation to data protection is changing with effect from 25th May 2018. This Privacy Notice has been updated for new guests registering with effect from April 2018 to reflect your new rights and for existing customers to update how we process your personal data.

Read through this to fully understand the basis upon which we collect, use and store your personal data and to whom it is disclosed.

Sigmar will always keep your data safe and comply with applicable data protection legislation.

Who we are

Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd. (Sigmar), 13 Hume Street, Dublin D02 F861, Ireland

(Registered company number in Ireland: 353252)

The above lists the Owner, Operator and Data Controller (within the meaning of data protection laws applicable) of this website. References in this notice to "we" or "us" are to the above.

Your rights

By law, you have a number of rights when it comes to your personal data. Further information and advice about your rights can be obtained from the data protection regulator in your country (within Republic of Ireland, visit the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner).

Rights & Explanation

to be informed

You have the right to know what personal data is being collected, our identity and your data protection rights (as per this Privacy Notice).

subject access

You have the right to request and obtain access to your personal data

to have inaccuracies corrected

If your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to have the data rectified, by the controller, without undue delay.

to have information erased

This is also known as the 'right to be forgotten', you have the right to have your data erased, without undue delay.

data portability

This right only applies where processing of personal data is carried out by automated means. You have rights to obtain and reuse your personal data for your own purposes across different services. For example, if you decide to switch to a new provider, this enables you to move, copy or transfer your information easily between our IT systems and theirs safely and securely, without affecting its usability.

to object to direct marketing

You have the right to object to direct marketing processing (which we do only with your consent) of your personal data where the processing relates to direct marketing.

to restrict the processing of your information, including automated decision-making

You have a limited right of restriction of processing of your personal data by a data controller. You have the right to not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.

What personal data do we collect

The term "personal data" means any information relating to a living person who is identified or identifiable (such a person is referred to as a "data subject").

We collect the personal data you provide to us during the registration and order checkout processes and any further personal data you provide to update your registration details from time to time. This personal data includes:

name and job title
contact information including email address, telephone numbers etc.
demographic information such as postcode and preferences
CV’s and employment history
Such information is only collected from you if you voluntarily submit it to us.

Non-Personally Identifiable Information

Like most websites, we also gather statistical and other analytical information collected on an aggregate basis from website visitors to our website. This data comprises information that cannot be used to identify or contact you, such as for example, user browser types and other anonymous statistical data involving the use of our website. We use this data in an aggregate form to get a better understanding of where our visitors come from and to help us better design, organise and market our website. Should you have any queries regarding this data, please contact us at privacy@sigmar.ie

The purpose for which we hold your information

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

To provide recruitment and job-seeking services that you have requested either in relation to a specific job or for other job opportunities in the future
To share your information with clients against specific job opportunities where you have given your consent for us to do so.
On occasion your details may be shared with clients or other third parties e.g. background checking companies in the delivery of our service who may in turn share your details outside the EEA.
We may periodically send promotional emails about new job opportunities or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
For convenience, we may share your information with other consultants within the Sigmar Group.
To enable you to submit your CV, apply online for jobs or to subscribe to alerts about jobs which may align with your preferences
To third parties where we have retained them to provide services you or our client have requested, such as references, qualifications and criminal reference checking services, verification of the details you have provided from third party source, psychometric evaluation or skill test etc.
We may contact you from time to time with information on events that we believe may be of interest to you.
From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, Social media sites like LinkedIn, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website per your interests.

In addition, we may disclose your personal data:

if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to protect the rights, property or safety of our business, our customers or others. This includes, in specific cases, exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection; and
In the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of our company we may provide your personal data to a third party provided that the third party only uses your Personal Data for the purposes that you provided it to us.

Legal basis for us using your personal data

The lawful grounds for processing your personal data are:

To provide the recruitment and job-finding services you request (performance of contract).
To send you marketing communications (after obtaining your consent).
To better understand our customer base and improve our service offering (our legitimate interest to do so, having taken into account whether your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms are overridden by this type of processing).
All the personal data is processed by our staff in Ireland, however for the purposes of IT hosting and maintenance this information is located on servers within the Ireland and the UK.

How long we keep your personal data for

We will not keep your personal data for any purpose for longer than is necessary and we will only retain the relevant personal information that is necessary in relation to the purpose. If you tell us, at any time, that you no longer want to have an account, then we will delete your personal data from our records.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

How we contact you

If we have your consent, we may contact you by post, e-mail, SMS text messages, telephone or other means including other electronic means and social media applications, and only using such contact details as you provide to us from time to time.

If you no longer wish to receive such or certain communications, you can let us know by contacting us using one the privacy@sigmar.ie address. You may also update your preferred contact details from your account preferences after logging on to the website.

Making a request

We are required by law to act on requests and provide information free of charge, except where your requests are manifestly unfounded or excessive (in particular because of their repetitive nature) in which case we may charge a reasonable fee (taking into account the administrative costs of providing the information or communication, or taking the action requested), or refuse to act on the request.

Please consider your request responsibly before submitting it. We’ll respond as soon as we can. Generally, this will be within one month from when we receive your request but, if the request is going to take longer to deal with, we will let you know.

Changes to This Notice

Any changes to this Privacy Notice will be posted on this website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.

Who can you speak to at Sigmar about this Privacy Policy?

Questions, comments and the exercise of your rights regarding this Privacy Policy and your information are welcomed and should be addressed to the Data Protection Officer by email at privacy@sigmar.ie with subject “FAO Data Protection Officer” or by post at Data Protection Officer, Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd., 13 Hume Street, Dublin D02 F861, Ireland.

If you wish to make a complaint on how we have handled your personal information, you can contact our Data Protection Officer, Hazel Skelton. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your personal information not in accordance with the law you can complain to the supervisory authority in Ireland responsible for the implementation and enforcement data protection law: The Data Protection Commissioners Office. You have the right to complain to the DPC about our collection and use of your information. You can contact the DPC via their website – or +353 57 8684800