Privacy policy & data protection

1.0 Overview

This privacy policy sets out how Arcadian Technology Ltd uses and protects any information that you give us through this site.

You are not required to provide any personal information to use or view the public pages of our website. However, where you provide your personal information – such as to apply for a job, contact us generally, reach out to a named individual or register with us – this Privacy Policy will govern how we collect, use and process your provided information.

Each time you provide personal information you will be asked to confirm that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy, and give explicit consent via ticking an ‘opt in’ box.

Since it is not our intention to collect personal information from children, no child specific policy is described.

We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

1.1 Changes to our privacy policy

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. If we change our privacy policy, we will advise you of changes or updates through means of a notice on our website and we will update this privacy policy accordingly. Continued use of this website or our services after this time will constitute your acceptance of the new policy.

If you have any questions or concerns about our privacy commitment, please e-mail us at david@arcadian-technology.com

You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

2.0 Relevant Legislation

Arcadian Technology and its website is designed to comply with the following national and international legislation concerning user privacy and data protection:

Arcadian Technologies compliance with the above legislation (all of which are stringent in nature) means that this site is likely to be compliant with the data protection and user privacy legislation set out by many other countries and territories as well.

If you are unsure about whether this site is compliant with your own country of residences’ specific data protection and user privacy legislation, you should contact our data protection team (details of which can be found in section 8.1 at the end) for clarification.

3.0 Personal information that this site collects, how it uses it, how it stores it and how long it is kept

3.1 Candidates

We may collect, after gaining your consent, the following information:

  • Name and job title
  • Contact information including email address and telephone number
  • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences, salary and interests
  • Other information relevant helping you find job opportunities (your CV)

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Finding you relevant job opportunities.
  • Forwarding your CV (after discussing it with you and gaining your consent) to clients whom we both feel may be interested in your services.
  • To inform you of job opportunities we believe will be of interest to you.
  • Internal record keeping
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you to keep in touch with you. We may contact you by email, phone or mail
  • We may also release information relating to you to regulatory or law enforcement authorities.

You can submit your CV to us via the website or by direct email. Your CV and the personal data you provide will be stored in our Customer Relationship Management (CRM) database. Only authorised personnel who work for Arcadian Technology will have access to this CRM database.

If you take up contract work, you will need to input your timesheet data online, which we will process so we can invoice employers and pay you. We will store the timesheet data in our head office.

3.2 Employers

We may collect, after gaining your consent, the following information:

  • name and job title
  • contact information including email address and telephone number
  • information about the company you work for (address, telephone number, customer base etc)
  • demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
  • other information relevant to providing you and your company with our recruitment services

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

  • Finding you relevant candidates.
  • To inform you of good candidates we believe will be of interest to you and when they become available.
  • Internal record keeping.
  • From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you to keep in touch with you. We may contact you by email, phone or mail.
  • We may also release information relating to you to regulatory or law enforcement authorities.

We will store this information in our CRM database, as discussed in section 3.1 above.

3.3 How long we will keep your data

We will store your data in our database securely for 3 years. The purpose for this will be to keep in touch with you and your situation, and update our records. If an individual’s relationship with Arcadian Technology has become inactive their personal data will be retained electronically for 3 years. After this period, we will permanently and safely delete your data if we have not got an on-going relationship with you, or if you are no longer requiring our services. If you want us to delete your data before this period, you may request for us to do this and your data will be permanently deleted from our database. The removal of all personal data (including email contact details) will result in Arcadian Technology no longer being able to carry out work on your behalf.

4.0 Job alerts/ Email Newsletter

To subscribe to job alerts and newsletter emails, you will be required to provide your email address. We will use your email address to keep you informed of the latest jobs relevant to your skills and/or provide you with industry news via job alerts. If you no longer wish to receive this information, you can email us directly to unsubscribe.

5.0 Curriculum vitae (‘CV’)

We provide you with the option of submitting your CV via our website or by sending your CV via email to one of our consultants. You can do this in order to apply for a certain advertised job or to be considered by our recruitment consultants for positions as they come up. Your CV will be stored in our database, and will be accessible by our recruitment consultants. You can update your CV at any time, simply by following the same procedure to submit a new CV.