Flexworks HR Consulting Ltd is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This privacy notice contains important information about how we collect and use personal information about you, in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (the “UK GDPR”). It also explains your rights in relation to your personal data and how to contact us or supervisory authorities in the event you have a complaint.
Flexworks HR Consulting Ltd, is a data controller, which means that we are responsible for deciding how your personal data is processed and for what purposes. When we say ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’ in this policy, we are referring to Flexworks HR Consulting Ltd. We are registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office, with the below contact details.
Our details:
Flexworks HR Consulting Ltd provides HR consulting services to, and on behalf of a range of clients. We are a private limited company registered in England & Wales, under company registration number 13092672.
We are registered with the ICO under registration number ZB055226.
We can be contacted via the details below:
Data Protection Lead: Laura Majewski
Address: 16 Oakfield Road, Clifton, Bristol, England, BS8 2AP
Phone Number: 07979 773769
E-mail: lauramajewski@flexworkshr.com
Personal data and special categories of personal data
Personal data - The UK GDPR applies to ‘personal data’ meaning any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier (as explained in Article 6 of UK GDPR). For example name, passport number, home address or private email address. Online identifiers include IP addresses and cookies.
Special categories personal data - The UK GDPR refers to sensitive personal data as ‘special categories of personal data’ (as explained in Article 9 of UK GDPR). The special categories specifically include genetic data, and biometric data where this is processed to uniquely identify an individual. Other examples include racial and ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health data, trade union membership, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs.
Processing - Means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
Third party - Means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or body other than the data subject, controller, processor, and persons who, under the direct authority of the controller or processor, are authorised to process personal data.
The purpose(s) of processing your personal data
We may use your personal data for the following purposes:
The categories of personal data concerned
This may include but is not limited to the following categories:
How your personal data is collected
We collect most of your personal data from you direct. However, we may also collect information via third party sources. Those third-party sources include but are not limited to:
Legal basis for processing your personal data
We will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis for doing so.
Under the UK GDPR, the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
Contract- Where we have a contractual obligation. To decide whether to enter a contract with you or to perform that contract with you. We rely on this lawful basis to process your personal data to perform our contract for human resources services with you.
Legitimate Interests- Where we have a legitimate interest to process your information, provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. We may market our services to you on the grounds of legitimate interest, but we will always give you the option to opt-out of those communications.
Legal Obligations- Where the processing is necessary to comply with UK law and/or regulatory compliance. We will identify the source for the obligation and explain why your personal data is required to meet this obligation.
Some of the above grounds for processing can overlap and there may be several grounds which justify our use of your personal data.
How we store your personal data
Your information is securely stored electronically in our IT systems.
We only keep your personal information for as long as we need to, to be able to use it for the reasons given in this privacy notice, and for as long as we are required to keep it by law. We will then securely destroy and delete your data.
Your data protection rights
Unless subject to an exemption under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
Please contact us at lauramajewski@flexworkshr.com if you wish to make a request.
Transfer of Data Abroad
We do not transfer personal data outside the UK.
Automated Decision Making
We do not use any form of automated decision making in our business.
How to make a complaint
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint in the first instance to us at lauramajewski@flexworkshr.com
If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioners Office using the details below:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk