GPP Talent Solutions “Privacy Notice”

Last updated: 21st February 2022

Introduction

Thank you for visiting our website and taking your time to read our Privacy Policy.  GPP Talent Solutions are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.  This Privacy Policy is provided to let you know how we protect the privacy of personal information provided to us in connection with your use of this website.  We are a Limited Company established in the United Kingdom with a registered office at Mill Cottage, 3 Osmunda, The Square Stanley, Perth, Scotland, PH1 4LT.  This Privacy Policy describes our practices in connection with information that we collect through websites operated by us from which you are accessing this Privacy Policy (the “Websites”) through the software applications made available by us for use on or through computers and mobile devices (the “Apps”), through our social media pages listed below:

 

 

 

 


(collectively, our “Social Media Pages”) as well as through HTML-formatted email messages that we send to you that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, including the Websites, the Apps and our Social Media Pages, the “Services”).

This Privacy Policy also covers our cookies.

Our website address is http://globalpeopleplacement.local

Your privacy is important to us. Our policy is to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect from you across our website and other sites we own and operate.

We only ask for personal information when we truly need it to provide a service to you. We collect it by fair and lawful means, with your knowledge and consent. We also let you know why we’re collecting it and how it will be used.

Data provided is held confidential and is only used for placement; candidate data may be shared with potential employers located inside and outside the UK, with the candidate’s permission.

We only retain collected information for as long as necessary to provide you with your requested service.  What data we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We don’t share any personally identifying information publicly or with third parties, except when required to by law.

Our website may link to external sites that we do not operate. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and practices of these sites and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy policies.

You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired services.

Your continued use of our website will be regarded as accepting our practices around privacy and personal information. If you have any questions about how we handle user data and personal information, feel free to contact us at recruitment@globalpeopleplacement.local.

What type of information we have

We currently collect and process the following information:

  • Name
  • Contact Details
  • Resume with employment history
  • References
  • Other personal information related to placement
  • IP address
  • Location data

How we get the information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

  • For screening and placement of suitable candidates

We also receive personal information indirectly from the following sources in the following scenarios:

  • Our clients may request on their behalf to contact references if provided by candidates

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You can remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Recruitment@globalpeopleplacement.local

(b) We have a legitimate interest.

What we do with the information we have

We use the information that you have given us to screen and select potential candidates for placement.

We may share this information with clients who are potential employers of the candidates.

How we store your information

Your information is securely stored.

We keep the name, contact details, employment history and other personal information related to the placement of candidates for some time, as required to provide our services.  We will then dispose of your information, if requested, by deleting all our records.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access – You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification – You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure – You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing – You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your data in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability – You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at recruitment@globalpeopleplacement.local  if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

The lawful basis page of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Guide to the GDPR, has a useful table that shows the varying rights that apply (and don’t apply) depending on the lawful basis.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form and the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it.  The Gravatar service Privacy Policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.  After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included.  Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt into saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies.  This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited.  It expires after 1 day.

Suppose you complete our contact form. These cookies will last for one year.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves similarly as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, should you choose to disable, reject or block our cookies, some parts of our website will not function fully, or in some cases, our website will not be accessible at all.

This website also allows third parties to download cookies to your device.

When you use the social media sharing tools, like Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube or Whatsapp, through this website, the relevant third party websites also set a range of performance and other cookies onto your device.

Further information about these cookies is available from:

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/

https://twitter.com/privacy

https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875/

https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/

https://www.whatsapp.com/legal/updates/privacy-policy/

For more information on how to control your cookie settings and browser settings or delete cookies on your hard drive, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

How long we retain your data

We will retain Personal Data for as long as needed or permitted in light of the purpose(s) for which they were obtained and consistent with applicable law.

The criteria used to determine our retention periods include:

  • The length of time we have an ongoing relationship with you and provide the Services to you (for example, for as long as you have an account with us or keep using the Services);
  • Whether there is a legal obligation to which we are subject (for example, certain laws require us to keep records of your transactions for a certain period before we can delete them); or
  • Whether retention is advisable in light of our legal position (such as applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

Users who register on our website (if any) also store the personal information they provide in their user profile.  All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Users who contact us through our contact page can request to see the data held or request that all data is deleted through Recruitment@globalpeopleplacement.local.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.  You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.  This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Use of Services by minors

The Services are not directed to individuals under sixteen (16), and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from individuals under 16.

Sensitive information

We ask that you not send us, and you do not disclose, any sensitive Personal Data (e.g., national insurance numbers, social security numbers, information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, biometrics or genetic characteristics, criminal background or trade union membership) on or through the Services or otherwise to us.

Changes

The “LAST UPDATED” legend at the top of this Privacy Policy indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Any changes will become effective when we post the revised Privacy Policy on the Services.

The Data Protection Act

The Data Protection Act 2018 controls how organisations, businesses or the government use your personal information.

The Data Protection Act 2018 is the UK’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation.

Everyone responsible for using personal data has to follow strict rules called ‘data protection principles. They must make sure the information is:

  • used fairly, lawfully and transparently
  • used for specified, explicit purposes
  • used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited to only what is necessary
  • accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
  • kept for no longer than is necessary
  • handled in a way that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unlawful or unauthorised processing, access, loss, destruction or damage

There is stronger legal protection for more sensitive information, such as:

  • race
  • ethnic background
  • political opinions
  • religious beliefs
  • trade union membership
  • genetics
  • biometrics (where used for identification)
  • health
  • sex life or orientation

There are separate safeguards for personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences.

Your rights

Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to find out what information the government and other organisations store about you. These include the right to:

  • be informed about how your data is being used
  • access personal data
  • have incorrect data updated
  • have data erased
  • stop or restrict the processing of your data
  • data portability (allowing you to get and reuse your data for different services)
  • object to how your data is processed in certain circumstances

You also have rights when an organisation is using your data for:

  • automated decision-making processes (without human involvement)
  • profiling, for example, to predict your behaviour or interests

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) gives consumers more control over the personal information that businesses collect about them, and the CCPA regulations guide how to implement the law. This landmark law secures new privacy rights for California consumers, including:

The right to know about the personal information a business collects about them and how it is used and shared;

Businesses are required to give consumers certain notices explaining their privacy practices. The CCPA applies to many businesses, including data brokers.

 

Data and Privacy Protection in the UAE

Federal Law No. 5 of 2012 on Combatting Cybercrimes and its amendment by the Federal Law No. 12 of 2016, Federal Law No. 1 of 2006 on Electronic Commerce and Transactions, Article 378 of the UAE Penal Code, Article 31 of the UAE’s Constitution and Internet Access Management (IAM) policy ensure data and privacy protection in the UAE. 

Protecting data and privacy online

Federal Law No. 5 of 2012 on Combatting Cybercrimes and its amendment by the Federal Law No. 12 of 2016

Federal Law No. 5 of 2012 on Combatting Cybercrimes (PDF) makes it illegal to disclose any information obtained by electronic means, if such information was obtained in an unauthorised manner.

Article 21 of the law makes one liable if he uses an electronic information system or any information technology means for offending another person or for attacking or invading his privacy.

Article 22 of the same law makes one liable if uses without authorisation, any computer network, website or information technology means to disclose confidential information which he has obtained in the course of or because of his work. 

Internet Access Management (IAM) policy

Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) implements the Internet Access Management (IAM) policy in the UAE, in coordination with National Media Council and Etisalat and Du, the licensed internet service providers in the UAE. Under this policy, online content that is used for impersonation, fraud and phishing and/or invades privacy can be reported to Etisalat and Du to be taken down. 

Read more about UAE laws and resolutions concerning activities conducted online.

Electronic transactions

Federal Law No. 1 of 2006 on Electronic Commerce and Transactions provides security measures of electronic transactions and ensures that electronic data is authentic and reliable

Privacy protection in the UAE Penal Code

Article 378 of the UAE Penal Code makes one liable if he violates the private or familial life of individuals, by perpetrating one of the following acts, unless authorised by law, or without the victim’s consent: 

  1. If he lends his ears, records or transmits, through a device of any kind, conversations that took place in a private place or through the telephone or any other device.
  2. Captures or transmits, through any kind of device, the picture of a person in a private place. 

If these acts were done during a meeting in front of the attending persons, their consent shall be presumed.

The UAE’s Constitution

Article 31 of the UAE’s Constitution provides for the freedom of communication by means of post, telegraph or other means of communication and guarantees their confidentiality in accordance with the law.

Protection of copyrights, patents and trademarks

The following laws ensure protection of copyrights, patents and trademarks:

Dubai Data law

The government of Dubai passed the Dubai Data law. One of its aim is data protection and privacy of the individual.

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GPP Talent Solutions “Terms of use” (“Terms”)

Last updated: 21st February 2022

Please read these Terms of use (“Terms”,”Terms of use”, “Agreement”) carefully before using http://globalpeopleplacement.local     website (“website”, “service”) operated by GPP Talent Solution (“us”, ‘we”, “our”).  This Website is owned and operated by us.  These Terms set forth the Terms and conditions under which you may use our Website and services as offered by us.  This Website offers visitors information on our services and news items. By accessing or using the Website for our services or accessing any content through this Website, you approve that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms.

We accept no responsibility for any loss or damage that may result from accessing our content on our Website or links from our Website and disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all liability concerning acts or omissions made based on content on our Website or access to links through our Website.

Access to our Website is permitted on a temporary basis, and we reserve the right to amend the information or withdraw the services we provide on our Website without notice.  We will not be liable if, for any reason, our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

Age restriction

To use our Website and receive our services, you must be at least 18 years of age or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction, and possess the legal authority, right and freedom to enter into these Terms as a binding agreement. You are not allowed to use this Website and receive services if doing so is prohibited in your country or under any law or regulation applicable to you.

Privacy policy

Before you continue using our Website, we advise you to read our privacy policy regarding our user data collection. It will help you better understand our practices.

Information on this Website

This Website is not designed to provide any information that provides advice or agrees with the published opinion of others through our Website or linked websites.  We entirely disclaim all liability and all responsibility arising for such use of material posted by ourselves or others.  We do not warrant or guarantee the quality or availability of any service or information published on our Website.

Disclaimer of Liability

Every effort is made to provide accurate and complete information on our Website. However, we cannot guarantee that there will be no errors. We make no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in our Website’s contents.

 Neither our employees nor contractors make any warranty, expressed or implied or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, and the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose concerning content available from our Website. Neither do we assume any legal liability for any direct, indirect or any other loss or damage of any kind for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product, or process disclosed herein, and do not represent that use of such information, product, or process would not infringe on privately owned rights.

Our Website changes regularly

Our Website is updated regularly, and we may change the content at any time, without notice. Any of the material on our Website may be out of date at any given time, and we are under no obligation to update such material.  We may suspend access to our Website at any time or close it indefinitely, without notice.

Retention of right to change offering

We may, without prior notice, change the services: stop providing the services or any feature of the services we offer or create limits for the services.  We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend access to the services without notice and liability for any reason or no reason.

User accounts

You may be asked to register with us or complete our contact information providing your private information. You are responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the information provided, and you are responsible for maintaining the safety and security of your identifying information, if applicable. You are also responsible for all activities that occur under your account or password, if applicable.

Right to suspend or cancel the user account.

We may permanently or temporarily terminate or suspend your access to the Service without notice and liability for any reason, including if in our sole determination you violate any provision of these Terms or any applicable law or regulations. You may discontinue use and request to cancel your account and any services at any time. Notwithstanding anything contrary in the preceding, concerning automatically renewed subscriptions to paid services, such subscriptions will be discontinued only upon the expiration of the respective period for which you have already made payment.

Ownership of intellectual property, copyrights and logos

The Service and all materials therein or transferred thereby, including, without limitation, software, images, text, graphics, logos, patents, trademarks, service marks, copyrights, photographs, audio, videos, music and all Intellectual Property Rights related to it, are the exclusive property of us, Except as explicitly provided herein, nothing in these Terms shall be deemed to create a license in or under any such Intellectual Property Rights. You agree not to sell, license, rent, modify, distribute, copy, reproduce, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, publish, adapt, edit or create derivative works.

Copyright Statement

All content within our Website is our property unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved. No part of this Website may be reproduced, transmitted or copied in any form or by any means without our prior written consent.

Uploaded content 

You recognize and agree that by uploading any content (including, but not limited to designs, images, animations, videos, audio files, fonts, logos, illustrations, compositions, artworks, interfaces, text and literary works) through any means to our Website, you confirm that you own all the relevant rights or received the appropriate license to upload/transfer/send the content. You agree and consent that the uploaded/transferred content may be publicly displayed on the Website.

Linked websites

We may link our Website to the websites of others. We are not responsible for the use of other websites.  We also do not endorse or make any warranties about information found on other websites linked through our Website; we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage through the use of linked websites.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any demands, loss, liability, claims or expenses (including attorneys’ fees) made against them by any third party due to, or arising out of, or in connection with your use of the Website or any of the services offered on the Website.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall we be liable for any indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or exemplary damages, including without limitation, damages for loss of profits, goodwill, use, data or other intangible losses, arising out of or relating to the use of, or inability to use, the Service.

 To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we assume no liability or responsibility for any (i) errors, mistakes, or inaccuracies of content; (ii) personal injury or property damage, of any nature whatsoever, resulting from your access to or use of our Service; and (iii) any unauthorized access to or use of our secure servers and any personal information stored therein.

Right to change and modify Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms from time to time at our sole discretion. Therefore, you should review these pages periodically. When we materially change the Terms, we will notify you that material changes have been made to the Terms. Your continued use of our Website or our Service after any such change constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to any of these Terms or any future version of the Terms, do not use or access (or continue to access) the Website or the Service.

Promotional emails and content

You agree to receive from time-to-time promotional messages and materials from us by mail, email or any other contact form you may provide us with (including your phone number for calls or text messages). If you don’t want to receive such promotional materials or notices, please notify us at any time.

Preference of law and dispute resolution

These Terms, the rights and remedies provided hereunder, and any claims and disputes related hereto and to the services shall be governed by, construed under and enforced in all respects solely and exclusively following the internal substantive laws of England, without respect to its conflict of laws principles. Any such claims and disputes shall be brought in, and you now consent to them being decided exclusively by a court of competent jurisdiction located in London, England.