2. Collection, Use and Processing of your Personal Information
a) How we collect your information
We collect your information when you correspond with us by telephone, e-mail, networking events, business meetings or through such social media outlets such as LinkedIn, XING and should you complete any forms on our website site www.georgejames-training.com This includes information you provide when you:
- Submit your curriculum vitae / resume (hereafter called CV)
- Make an enquiry about one of the range of training, recruitment or consulting services we provide
- Respond to a marketing communication from us
We may also be given your name and basic contact information as a result of a referral from someone often in your network and/or in our own network.
b) What information we collect about you
We generally collect your name, job title, company and contact information. If you submit your CV to us we will also collect the details you submit which commonly includes, home address, marital status, number of children, date of birth, education record, career history, publications, personal / business references and the professional memberships that you have plus salary information. Excluding information you provide via a CV most of the information we collect is available in the public domain.Information we collect on you may be combined with information from other sources such as from LinkedIn, XING, specialist directories, exhibition attendance lists, networking events etc. and used for the purposes described below.We do not collect personal sensitive data i.e. that relating to an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, trade union activities, physical or mental health, sexual life, or details of criminal offences and we do not collect information on children.
c) How we use and process your information
We will use and process your data on the basis of Legitimate Interests.We use your personal information to provide certain services to you including providing marketing information for you at both an individual’s request and at our instigation where we believe the information will be of real value to you, assessing your suitability for current or future roles if you submitted a CV to us and engaged with our recruitment team and responding to your questions and enquiries to purchase one of our training, recruitment or consultancy services.We will also use your personal information for a range of other activities which may include sending you invitations to meet us at networking events, exhibitions, seminars where appropriate, to contact you to ask questions as part of any surveys we may be conducting; as part of a recruitment for NED/Chair, full time or consulting opportunity (your CV will never be shared outside of george james without your consent); and to get feedback on new products / services that we are intending to bring to market; and to bring to your attention other market news/information that may be of interest to you.We do not undertake any automatic processing of data and hence do not make decisions regarding candidate suitability for instance in such a way.
george james ltd does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties.
Certain george james ltd services may be co-branded and offered in conjunction with another company. If you register for or use such services, both george james ltd and the other company may receive information collected in conjunction with the co-branded services. In such cases a link to the other company’s privacy statement will be provided, which will provide you with information about how the other company will use the information and how you can contact the other company with requests to access the information or make other relevant inquiries.
d) Where we store your personal data
The data that we collect from you will be stored at locations within the European Economic Area (“EEA”) and will not be transferred outside the EEA unless we have your explicit consent to such transfer and storage. This will normally only arise when we have a contractual obligation to fulfil a specific recruitment contract where our customer resides outside the EEA and for in which in most cases an individual has submitted a CV for the role being filled.
