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Privacy Statement

Oxford HR is a recruitment business which provides work-finding services to its clients and work-seekers. Oxford HR must process personal data (including sensitive personal data) so that it can provide these services – in doing so, Oxford HR acts as a data controller.

Oxford HR will collect your personal data (which may include sensitive personal data) and will process your personal data for the purposes of providing you with work-finding services. This includes for example, contacting you about job opportunities, assessing your suitability for those opportunities, updating our databases, putting you forward for job opportunities, arranging payments to you and developing and managing our services and relationship with you and our clients. 

Our legal basis to keep your data is legitimate interest. This is where Oxford HR has a legitimate reason to process your data provided it is reasonable and does not go against what you would reasonably expect from us. 

In some cases, we may be required to use your data for the purpose of investigating, reporting and detecting crime and also to comply with laws that apply to us. We may also use your information during the course of internal audits to demonstrate our compliance with certain industry standards.

When working with clients based overseas, Oxford HR may transfer only the information you provide to us to countries outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) for the purposes of providing you with work-finding services. We will take steps to ensure adequate protections are in place to ensure the security of your information. The EEA comprises the EU member states plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

The Company will retain your personal data for at least one year and only for as long as is necessary for the purpose we collect it. Different laws may also require us to keep different data for different periods of time. 

The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, require us to keep work-seeker records for at least one year from (a) the date of their creation or (b) after the date on which we last provide you with work-finding services.

Where Oxford HR has obtained your consent to process your personal data, we will do so in line with our retention policy (usually 3 years). Upon expiry of that period Oxford HR will seek further consent from you. Where consent is not granted Oxford HR will cease to process your personal data.

Please be aware that you have the following data protection rights:

  • The right to be informed about the personal data the Company processes on you;
  • The right of access to the personal data the Company processes on you;
  • The right to rectification of your personal data;
  • The right to erasure of your personal data in certain circumstances;
  • The right to restrict processing of your personal data;
  • The right to data portability in certain circumstances;
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal data that was based on a public or legitimate interest;
  • The right not to be subjected to automated decision making and profiling; and
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time.