Privacy and Policy

Company Contact details: 

Paul Vinas  
365 People Limited  
9 Newarke Street  
Leicester  
LE1 5SN  

Date: August 2020  

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

You may give your personal details to the Company directly, such as on an application or registration form or via  our website, or we may collect them from another source such as a jobs board. The Company must have a legal  basis for processing your personal data. For the purposes of providing you with work-finding services and/or  information relating to roles relevant to you we will only use your personal data in accordance with the terms of  the following statement.  

1. Collection and use of personal data  

a. Purpose of processing and legal basis  

We always ensure that we have a lawful basis for processing the personal data that we collect. In this case the  lawful basis for processing is: 

  • Consent  
  • Legitimate interest  
  • Legal obligation  
  • Contractual obligation  

b. Consent  

By giving consent you agree that the Company can hold and process personal information about you for a period  of 2 years. Examples of the information you may provide us with are as follows:  

Personal data  

  • Name  
  • Date of birth  
  • Contact details, including telephone number, email address and postal address 
  • Experience, training and qualifications  
  • CV  
  • National insurance number  
  • ID  

Sensitive personal data  

  • Disability/health condition relevant to the role  
  • Criminal conviction  
  • Bank Account details  

Your consent to the Company to process the above personal data will be for the following purposes:

  • For the Company to provide you with work-finding services.  
  • For the Company to process or transfer your personal data to their clients in order to provide you with work finding services, provided you agree with whom.  
  • We hold your data within our secure external cloud-based storage provider; Dropbox Inc, 77 New Cavendish  Street, London W1W 6XB. They place the upmost importance on data protection and were one of the first cloud  service providers to achieve ISO27018 – the internationally recognised standard for leading practices in cloud  privacy and data protection. Further information can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/en_GB/privacy.  Additional software we use include Microsoft Office 365.  
  • Enabling you to submit your CV, apply online for jobs or to subscribe to alerts about jobs we think may be of  interest to you;  
  • Allowing you to participate in the interactive features of our services, when you choose to do so;
  • Carrying out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between us;  
  • Carrying out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between 365 People Limited and third parties  in relation to your recruitment;  
  • Facilitating our payroll and invoicing processes;  
  • Carrying out customer satisfaction surveys;  
  • Verifying details, you have provided using third party resources (such as psychometric evaluations or skills tests),  or to request information (such as references, qualifications and potentially any criminal convictions, to the extent  that this is appropriate and in accordance with local laws)  
  • Send you details of reports, pro365s, offers, networking and client events, and general information about the  industry sectors which we think might be of interest to you  
  • Market excerpts of your details to our Client base with the purpose of generating interest and suitable jobs on  your behalf (only where we have obtained your express consent to do so in advance)  
  • You have a right to withdraw your consent at any time by informing the Company that you wish to do so.


c. The lawfulness of processing conditions for personal data are:  

  • Consent of the individual for one or more specific purposes.  
  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with the individual or in order to take steps at the  request of the individual to enter into a contract.  
  • Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation that the controller is subject to. 
  • Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another person.
  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official  authority vested in the data controller. 
  • Processing is necessary for the purposes of legitimate interests pursued by the controller or a third party, except  where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights or freedoms of the individual which  require protection of personal data, in particular where the individual is a child.


d. The lawfulness of processing conditions for sensitive personal data are: 

  1. Explicit consent of the individual for one or more specified purposes, unless reliance on consent is prohibited by EU  or Member State law.  
  2. Processing is necessary for carrying out data controller’s obligations under employment, social security or social  protection law, or a collective agreement, providing for appropriate safeguards for the fundamental rights and  interests of the individual.  
  3. Processing is necessary to protect the vital interests of the individual or another individual where the individual is  physically or legally incapable of giving consent.  
  4. In the course of its legitimate activities, processing is carried out with appropriate safeguards by a foundation,  association or any other not-for-profit body, with a political, philosophical, religious or trade union aim and on  condition that the processing relates only to members or former members (or those who have regular contact with  it in connection with those purposes) and provided there is no disclosure to a third party without the consent of  the individual.  
  5. Processing relates to personal data which are manifestly made public by the individual.
  6. Processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims or whenever courts are acting in  their judicial capacity.  
  7. Processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest on the basis of EU or Member State law which  shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respects the essence of the right to data protection and provide for  suitable and specific measures to safeguard the fundamental rights and interests of the individual.  
  8. Processing is necessary for the purposes of preventative or occupational medicine, for assessing the working  capacity of the employee, medical diagnosis, the provision of health or social care or treatment or the  management of health or social care systems and services on the basis of EU or Member State law or a contract  with a health professional and subject to the necessary conditions and safeguards.  
  9. Processing is necessary for reasons of public interest in the area of public health, such as protecting against serious  cross-border threats to health or ensuring high standards of quality and safety of healthcare and of medicinal  products or medical devices, on the basis of EU or Member State law which provides for suitable and specific  measures to safeguard the rights and freedoms of the individual, in particular professional secrecy.
  10. Processing is necessary for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific or historical research purposes or  statistical purposes, which shall be proportionate to the aim pursued, respect the essence of the right to data  protection and provide for suitable and specific measures to safeguard fundamental rights and interests of the individual.


e. Legitimate interest

Where 365 People has relied on a legitimate interest to process your personal data our legitimate interests is/are as follows:

  • When executing candidate sourcing services for our client(s) and a candidate has placed their details on a job board, we would process your data from a job board to contact you to discuss this opportunity or similar roles
  • When a candidate has made a direct application to one of our jobs via job boards and/ or directly through our website

Source of the personal data

365 People sourced your personal data/sensitive personal data directly from you, the data subject or by the following means:  

  • Job board & CV databases  
  • Company website
  • Social Media
    This information came from a publicly accessible 3rd party source.


f. Categories of data

365 People Limited has collected the following personal data on you ( as set out in S.1(b)):

Name/contact details

  • CV with details on your employment information and any other personal data you have included
  • Sensitive personal data

Eligibility to work in the UK / Visa requirements if stated on the job boards

365 People Limited has collected the following personal data on you ( as set out in S.1(b)):  

  • Name/contact details  
  • CV with details on your employment information and any other personal data you have included  Sensitive personal data  

Eligibility to work in the UK / Visa requirements if stated on the job boards

g. Recipient/s of data  

365 People Limited will process your personal data and/or sensitive personal data with the following recipients: 

CANDIDATE DATA:  

We may share your personal data with various parties, in various ways and for various reasons. Primarily we will  share your information with prospective employers to increase your chances of securing the job you want. Unless  you specify otherwise, we may also share your information with any of our group companies and associated third  parties such as our service providers where we feel this will help us to provide you with the best possible service.  Where appropriate and in accordance with local laws and requirements, we may also use your personal data for  things like marketing, profiling and diversity monitoring. Where appropriate, we will seek your consent to  undertake some of these activities.  

CLIENT DATA:  

We will share your data: (i) primarily to ensure that we provide you with a suitable pool of Candidates. Unless you  specify otherwise, we may share your information with any of our group companies and associated third parties  such as our service providers to help us meet these aims.  

SUPPLIER DATA:  

Unless you specify otherwise, we may share your information with any of our group companies and associated  third parties such as our service providers and organisations to whom we provide services. 

REFEREES AND EMERGENCY CONTACTS:  

Unless you specify otherwise, we may share your information with any of our group companies and associated  third parties such as our service providers and organisations to whom we provide services.  

h. Statutory/contractual requirement  

Your personal data is required by law and/or a contractual requirement (e.g. our client may require this personal  data), and/or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract. You are obliged to provide the personal data and if  you do not the consequences of failure to provide the data are:  

  • Information is necessary for the conclusion of a contract in the interest of the data subject between the controller  and another legal person, thus we would be unable to aid in setting up a contract of employment
  • In absence of compliance documentation, we would not be able to complete our obligation to our client
  • We would not be able supply our 3rd parties with your information to set you up on services i.e. timesheets  system and payroll  

2. Data Retention  

The Company will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary. Different laws 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.  

We must also keep your payroll records, holiday pay, sick pay and pensions auto-enrolment records for as long as  is legally required by HMRC and associated national minimum wage, social security and tax legislation.  

Where the Company has obtained your consent to process your personal and sensitive personal data, we will do so  in line with our retention policy Upon expiry of that period the Company will seek further consent from you.  Where consent is not granted the Company will cease to process your personal data and sensitive personal data.  

In addition to the above, Consent will be requested to keep personal and sensitive date for a 2-year period and  further consent will be requested after that time.  

If you would like us to delete your data and we don’t have a lawful reason to retain it you can make a deletion  request by email to paulvinas@365people.co.uk or writing to our Data Protection Officer Paul Vinas, 2rd Floor 40  Market Square South, Leicester LE1 5HB 

Your rights  

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

  • The right to be informed about the personal data 365 People Limited processes on you;
  • The right of access to the personal data 365 People Limited 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. 

How you can access your personal data 

You can ask us for a copy of the personal data that we hold on you by either emailing  

paulvinas@365people.co.uk or writing to Data Protection Officer, Paul Vinas, 2nd Floor 40 Market Square South,  Leicester LE1 5HB. We’ll ask you for copies of two types of approved identity in order to process your request (such  as a passport and driving licence).  

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