Privacy Notice (Recruitment)
This notice explains what personal information (data) about you we, Invicta Law, will hold, how we collect it, and how we will use that information about you during the application process. We are required to notify you of this under data protection legislation. Please ensure that you read this notice (sometimes referred to as a ‘privacy notice’) and any other similar notice we may provide to you from time to time when we collect or process personal information about you. Invicta Law is a company incorporated in England and Wales with company number 10079679 and its registered office is at 1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YT. Our Data Protection Officer is Adam Halsey. He can be contacted by email at info@invicta.law or by letter at Invicta Law, 1 Abbey Wood Road, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4YT. Data protection principles We will comply with the data protection principles when gathering and using personal information. Your data will:- be processed fairly, lawfully and transparently;
- be collected and processed only for specified, explicit and legitimate purposes;
- be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed;
- be accurate and kept up to date - any inaccurate data must be deleted or rectified without delay;
- be kept for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it is processed; and
- be processed securely.
- Your name and contact details (ie address, home and mobile phone numbers, email address);
- Details of your qualifications, experience, employment history (including job titles, salary and working hours) and interests;
- Information regarding your criminal record;
- Details of your referees.
- Information about your previous academic and/or employment history, including details of any conduct, grievance or performance issues, appraisals, time and attendance, from references obtained about you from previous employers and/or education providers;
- Information regarding your academic and professional qualifications;
- Information regarding your criminal record, in criminal records certificates (CRCs) and enhanced criminal records certificates (ECRCs);
- A copy of your driving licence
- Website usage data
- identification documents including passport and driving licence and information in relation to your immigration status and right to work for us; *
- information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, gender and sexual orientation;**
- Information around adverse media checks – this is necessary in respect of employee screening and ensuring we comply with Regulation 21 of The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017. The checks involve an online search of news articles and social media, to see if anything gives us reason to believe a prospective employee would present a risk to client money and the firm’s ongoing compliance with the regulations.
- to consider your suitability for any post for which you have applied;
- to take steps to enter into a contract;
- for compliance with legal obligations (eg. our obligation to check that you are eligible to work in the United Kingdom).