A4ID Privacy Notice
2022
Overview
As part of its recruitment process, A4ID collects and
processes personal data relating to applicants applying for volunteer and paid
positions. As a registered charity, and conscious of our legal obligations under
GDPR, A4ID is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses
that data, and in meeting its data
protection obligations.
Information Collected
A4ID collects a range of information about you during this
application process:
- your name,
address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;
- details of
your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;
- whether or
not you have a disability for which the organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments
during the recruitment process; and
- information
about your entitlement to work or volunteer in the UK.
A4ID may collect this information in a variety of ways. For
example, data might be contained in application forms, CVs or resumes, obtained
from your passport or other identity documents,
or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment.
A4ID may also collect personal data about you from third
parties, such as references supplied by former employers. A4ID will seek
information from third parties only once a volunteer or paid offer to you has
been made and will inform you that we are doing so. Data will be stored in a
range of different places, including on your application record, in HR
management systems and on other IT systems (including email).
Processing Personal Data
A4ID needs to process data to take steps at your request
prior to entering into a contract with you. We may also need to process your
data to enter into a contract with you. In some cases, we need to process data
to ensure that we are complying with its legal obligations.
A4ID has a legitimate interest in processing personal data
during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing
data from job applicants allows us to manage the recruitment process, assess
and confirm a candidate's suitability for employment and decide to whom to
offer a job. We may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to
and defend against legal claims.
A4ID may process special categories of data, such as information
about ethnic origin, sexual orientation or religion or belief, to monitor
recruitment statistics. A4ID may also collect information about whether or not
applicants are disabled to make reasonable adjustments for candidates who have
a disability.
A4ID processes such information to carry out its obligations
and exercise specific rights in relation to employment and volunteering. If
your application is unsuccessful, A4ID may keep your personal data on file in
case there are future employment and volunteering opportunities for which you
may be suited. We will ask for your consent before it keeps your data for this
purpose and you are free to withdraw your consent at any time.
Access to Data
Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of
the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the HR and recruitment team,
interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the area with a
vacancy and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of
their roles.
A4ID will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment
is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your
data with former employers to obtain references for you, employment background check providers to obtain necessary background
checks.
Data Protection
A4ID takes the security of your data seriously. We have
internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost,
accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our
employees in the proper performance of their duties.
Data Retention
If your application for employment is unsuccessful, the
organisation will hold your data on file for 6 (six) months after the end of
the relevant recruitment process. If you agree to allow us to keep your
personal data on file, we will hold your data on file for a further 6 (six)
months for consideration for future employment opportunities. At the end of
that period, or once you withdraw your consent, your data is deleted or destroyed.
If your application is successful, personal data gathered
during the recruitment process will be transferred to your Human Resources file
(electronic and paper-based) and retained
during your employment. The periods for
which your data will be held will be provided to you in a new privacy notice.
Your rights
As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:
- access and
obtain a copy of your data on request;
- require the
organisation to change incorrect or incomplete data;
- require the
organisation to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data
is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing; and
- object to
the processing of your data where A4ID is relying on its legitimate interests
as the legal ground for processing.
If you would like to find out more, A4ID full Privacy Policy is available at:
https://www.a4id.org/privacy-policy/
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please
contact Andrew MacKay, COO [email protected].
If you believe that A4ID has not complied with your data
protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner.