Privacy Policy

Recruitment Rebellion Limited (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a fixed-fee recruitment consultancy based in the United Kingdom. We provide recruitment services to employers (“clients”) and work with candidates seeking employment.

Data controller: Recruitment Rebellion Limited
Contact: simon@recruitmentrebellion.co.uk
Telephone: 07711 876 033
Company registration number: 12904744
Registered address: Unit B2, Bird In Eye Farm, Bird In Eye Hill, Framfield, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5HA, United Kingdom

If you have any questions about how we handle your personal information, please contact us using the details above.

We may collect and process the following categories of personal information, depending on whether you are a candidate, a client contact, or a website visitor:

Candidates

• Name, contact details (email address, telephone number, postal address)
• CV, covering letter, work history, qualifications and skills
• LinkedIn profile information and other publicly available professional information
• Information provided during interviews or screening calls
• References and information provided by referees
• Right-to-work documentation [CONFIRM whether collected directly]
• Salary expectations and employment preferences

Client contacts

• Name, job title, business email address and telephone number
• Information about your organisation and its recruitment requirements
• Correspondence and notes from meetings or calls

Website visitors

• Technical data such as IP address, browser type and pages visited, collected via cookies or analytics tools [CONFIRM which tools are in use]
• Information submitted through contact forms

We collect personal information:

• Directly from you when you contact us, submit a CV or complete a contact form
• From your LinkedIn profile or other publicly available professional sources
• From clients who refer candidates to us
• From referees you provide
• Automatically when you visit our website, through cookies and similar technologies

Candidates

We use your personal information to:

• Assess your suitability for specific roles we are recruiting for
• Present your details to prospective employers (clients) where relevant
• Communicate with you about opportunities and the progress of applications
• Verify your identity and right to work, where required [CONFIRM]
• Maintain records of our recruitment activity

Clients

We use your personal information to:

• Provide recruitment services and manage our relationship with your organisation
• Communicate about vacancies, candidates and the recruitment process
• Comply with our contractual and legal obligations

Website visitors

We use technical and analytics data to understand how our website is used and to improve it.

We rely on the following lawful bases under UK GDPR:

• Legitimate interests — to operate our recruitment business, identify suitable candidates and maintain business relationships, where our interests are not overridden by your rights
• Contract — where processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract, or to perform a contract with you
• Legal obligation — where we are required to process information to comply with a legal requirement
• Consent — where we have asked for and received your consent, for example for certain marketing communications [CONFIRM whether any consent-based processing applies]

We may share your personal information with:

• Prospective employers (clients) — we will share candidate information with clients for the purpose of filling specific vacancies. We will not share your details without a relevant opportunity or, where appropriate, your knowledge
• Service providers — third parties who provide services to us, such as IT systems, email platforms or website hosting, who process data on our behalf under appropriate data processing agreements [CONFIRM which providers are used]
• Regulatory or legal authorities — where we are required to do so by law

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

We aim to keep personal information within the UK and European Economic Area. Where we use service providers based outside the UK or EEA, we take steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK GDPR. [CONFIRM whether any international transfers occur in practice.]

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. [CONFIRM specific retention periods for candidate records, client records and website data before publication.]

If you would like us to delete your information sooner, please contact us using the details in section 1.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss or disclosure. [CONFIRM specific security measures in place.]

You have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

• Right of access — to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
• Right to rectification — to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• Right to erasure — to ask us to delete your information in certain circumstances
• Right to restriction — to ask us to restrict how we use your information
• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to data portability — to receive your information in a structured, machine-readable format in certain circumstances
• Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, to withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at simon@recruitmentrebellion.co.uk. We will respond within one month.

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your experience and to understand how the site is used. [CONFIRM which analytics tools and cookies are in use, and whether a cookie consent mechanism is required.]

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the website.

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us in the first instance using the details in section 1. We will do our best to resolve your concern promptly.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection:

Information Commissioner’s Office
Website: ico.org.uk
Telephone: 0303 123 1113

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be available on this page. We will notify you of significant changes where we are able to do so.