Overview
WISE is aware of its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and is committed to processing your data securely and transparently. This privacy notice sets out, in line with GDPR, the types of data that we hold on you as a job applicant. It also sets out how we use that information, how long we keep it for and other relevant information about your data.
Data controller details
WISE is a data controller, meaning that it determines the processes to be used when using your personal data. Our contact details are: WISE Campaign CIC, Carlton House, Grammar School Street, Bradford, BD1 4NS. Telephone: 0345 527 0889.
Data protection principles
In relation to your personal data, we will:
- process it fairly, lawfully and in a clear, transparent way
- collect your data only for reasons that we find proper for the course of your employment in ways that have been explained to you
- only use it in the way that we have told you about
- ensure it is correct and up to date
- keep your data for only as long as we need it
- process it in a way that ensures it will not be used for anything that you are not aware of or have consented to (as appropriate), lost or destroyed
Types of data we process
We hold many types of data about you, including:
- your personal details including your name, address, date of birth, email address, phone numbers
- your photograph
- gender
- marital status
- whether or not you have a disability
- information included on your CV including references, education history and employment history
- documentation relating to your right to work in the UK
- driving licence
How we collect your data
During the recruitment stage we collect data about you in a variety of ways. This includes the information you would normally include in a CV or a recruitment cover letter, or notes made by our recruiting officers during a recruitment interview. Other details may be collected directly from you in the form of official documentation such as your driving licence, passport or other right to work evidence. In some cases, we will collect data about you from third parties, such as employment agencies and former employers when gathering references. Personal data is kept in personnel files on WISE’s HR systems.
Why we process your data
The law on data protection allows us to process your data for certain reasons only:
- in order to perform the employment contract that we are party to
- in order to carry out legally required duties
- in order for us to carry out our legitimate interests
- to protect your interests and
- where something is done in the public interest
All the processing carried out by us falls into one of the permitted reasons. Generally, we will rely on the first three reasons set out above to process your data. We need to collect your data to ensure we are complying with legal requirements such as:
- carrying out checks in relation to your right to work in the UK and
- making reasonable adjustments for disabled employees
We also collect data so that we can carry out activities which are in the legitimate interests of WISE. We have set these out below:
- making decisions about who to offer employment to
- making decisions about salary and other benefits
- assessing training needs
- dealing with legal claims made against us
Special categories of data
Special categories of data are data relating to your:
- health
- sex life
- sexual orientation
- race
- ethnic origin
- political opinion
- religion
- trade union membership
- genetic and biometric data
We must process special categories of data in accordance with more stringent guidelines. Most commonly, we will process special categories of data when the following applies:
- you have given explicit consent to the processing
- we must process the data in order to carry out our legal obligations
- we must process data for reasons of substantial public interest
- you have already made the data public
We will use your special category data:
- to determine reasonable adjustments
We do not need your consent if we use special categories of personal data to carry out our legal obligations or exercise specific rights under employment law. However, we may ask for your consent to allow us to process certain particularly sensitive data. If this occurs, you will be made fully aware of the reasons for the processing. As with all cases of seeking consent from you, you will have full control over your decision to give or withhold consent and there will be no consequences where consent is withheld. Consent, once given, may be withdrawn at any time. There will be no consequences where consent is withdrawn.
Criminal conviction data
We will only collect criminal conviction data where it is appropriate given the nature of your role and where the law permits us. This data will usually be collected at the recruitment stage, however, may also be collected during your employment. We use criminal conviction data under our Safeguarding Policy and Procedure to comply with the legal obligations placed upon us by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (England and Wales) and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (Scotland).
If you do not provide your data to us
One of the reasons for processing your data is to allow us to carry out an effective recruitment process. Whilst you are under no obligation to provide us with your data, we may not be able to process, or continue with your application.
Sharing your data
Your data will be shared with colleagues within WISE where it is necessary for them to undertake their duties regarding recruitment. This includes, for example, HR representatives and those who will be responsible for screening your application and interviewing you. In some cases, we will collect data about you from third parties, such as employment agencies.
Your data will be shared with third parties if you are successful in your job application. In these circumstances, we will share your data to process payroll and make pension contributions.
We do not directly share your data with bodies outside of the European Economic Area. Where a third party shares your data with bodies outside of the European Economic Area we ensure they have the relevant measures in place to process the data in a way required by EU and UK data protection laws.
Protecting your data
We are aware of the requirement to ensure your data is protected against accidental loss or disclosure, destruction and abuse. We have implemented processes to guard against this including an Information Security Policy and training.
How long we keep your data for
In line with data protection principles, we only keep your data for as long as we need it for and this will depend on whether you are successful in obtaining employment with us, this includes paid employment and voluntary positions such as the WISE Board and Young Women’s Board. If your application is not successful we will keep your data for 6 months once the recruitment exercise ends.
We may seek your consent to retain your data for a period of 12 months, in case other suitable job vacancies arise in WISE for which we think you may wish to apply. You are free to withhold your consent to this and there will be no consequences for withholding consent.
At the end of these periods we will delete or securely destroy your data.
Automated decision making
No decision will be made about you solely based on automated decision making (where a decision is taken about you using an electronic system without human involvement) which has a significant impact on you.
Your rights in relation to your data
The law on data protection gives you certain rights in relation to the data we hold on you. These are:
- The right to be informed. This means that we must tell you how we use your data, and this is the purpose of this privacy notice.
- The right of access. You have the right to access the data that we hold on you. To do so, you should make a subject access request.
- The right for any inaccuracies to be corrected. If any data that we hold about you is incomplete or inaccurate, you can require us to correct it.
- The right to have information deleted. If you would like us to stop processing your data, you have the right to ask us to delete it from our systems where you believe there is no reason for us to continue processing it.
- The right to restrict the processing of the data. For example, if you believe the data we hold is incorrect, we will stop processing the data (whilst still holding it) until we have ensured that the data is correct.
- The right to portability. You may transfer the data that we hold on you for your own purposes.
- The right to object to the inclusion of any information. You have the right to object to the way we use your data where we are using it for our legitimate interests.
- The right to regulate any automated decision-making and profiling of personal data. You have a right not to be subject to automated decision making in way that adversely affects your legal rights.
Where you have provided consent to use of your data, you have the unrestricted right to withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent means that we will stop processing the data that you had previously given us consent to use. There will be no consequences for withdrawing your consent. In some cases, we may continue to use the data where so permitted by having a legitimate reason for doing so.
If you wish to exercise any of the rights explained above, please send the request to Kirstie Whipp, People Partner at k.whipp@wisecampaign.org.uk
Making a complaint
The supervisory authority in the UK for data protection matters is the Information Commissioner (ICO). If you think your data protection rights have been breached in any way by us, you are able to make a complaint to the ICO.