Guildwick Talent | Executive Search & HR Consulting in London

Privacy Policy for Guildwick Talent

At Guildwick Talent, we are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data with transparency and care. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you interact with our online platform and use our services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our human resources consulting services.

Personal Data: This includes information you voluntarily provide to us when applying for executive search and recruitment opportunities, submitting resumes, inquiring about our HR advisory services, or engaging with our online platform. This may include your name, contact details (email address, phone number, postal address), professional background (CV, work history, education), compensation expectations, and other information relevant to talent acquisition and HR services.
Usage Data: We automatically collect information when you access and use our online platform. This may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, approximate geographical location, pages viewed, time spent on pages, and referring website addresses. This data helps us understand how our platform is used and improve its functionality.
Information from Third Parties: In certain instances, and with your consent where required, we may receive information about you from third-party sources, such as professional networking sites, public databases, or references provided by you.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for various purposes related to our human resources consulting services:

Providing Services: To facilitate executive search and recruitment, deliver talent acquisition strategies, offer HR advisory services, conduct organisational development, and provide assessment solutions.
Communication: To respond to your inquiries, provide updates on applications, send relevant job opportunities, and communicate about our services.
Platform Improvement: To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with our online platform to improve its performance and user experience.
Marketing and Business Development: To send you information about our services, events, and insights that may be of interest to you, in accordance with your communication preferences and applicable laws.
Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms and conditions, and protect the rights, property, or safety of Guildwick Talent, our clients, or others.

3. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

With Clients: For executive search and recruitment services, we share relevant candidate information with prospective employers who are our clients, only after obtaining your consent or where we have a legitimate interest to do so.
Service Providers: We engage trusted third-party service providers to assist us in operating our business and providing our services (e.g., IT support, data storage, analytics). These providers are bound by confidentiality obligations and are only permitted to use your data for the specific purposes we define.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, provided the recipient agrees to adhere to this Privacy Policy.

4. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We regularly review our security procedures to consider new technologies and methods to ensure the ongoing security of your information.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When assessing the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location and subject to applicable data protection laws, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of Access: To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: To request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure ( "Right to be Forgotten"): To request the deletion of your personal data under certain circumstances.
Right to Restrict Processing: To request that we limit the way we use your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: To receive your personal data in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Right to Object: To object to the processing of your personal data in certain situations, particularly for direct marketing.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised policy on this page and update the "Effective Date" at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Guildwick Talent

2847 Bishopsgate, Floor 12, London, Greater London, EC2M 4NR, UK

Phone: +44 20 7946 0876

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