Privacy policy

Background

The 324 Consultancy, a Node4 Company, understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. we respect and value the privacy of all of our clients and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.

1. Information about us

The 324 Consultancy, a Node4 Company is a Limited Company registered in England and Wales under company number 12304291.

Unit 1a-1b Millennium Way, Pride Park, Derby, England, DE24 8HZ
VAT No. 342209136.
Data Protection Officer: Alex Coburn
Email address: alex.coburn@three-two-four.com
Telephone number: 07736 315 662

2. What Does This Notice Cover?

This Privacy Information explains how we use your personal data: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed. It also explains your rights under the law relating to your personal data.

3. What is personal data?

Personal data is defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

The personal data that we use is set out in Part 5, below.

4. What are my rights?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:

The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Notice should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 11.

The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 10 will tell you how to do this.

The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held  by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Part 11 to find out more.

The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold. Please contact us using the details in Part 11 to find out more.

The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.

The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.

The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, we are using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.

Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.

For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 11.

It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data.

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau. If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first, using the details in Part 11.

 5. What personal data do you collect and how?

We may collect and hold some or all of the personal data set out in the table below, using the methods also set out in the table. We do not collect any ‘special category’ or ‘sensitive’ personal data, personal data relating to children or data relating to criminal convictions and/or offences.

Data CollectedHow we collect data
Identify Data such as first name, last name, and job title.Direct Interactions: You may give us your identity data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, as a result of our Marketing through social media connections or specific requests or by the provision of CV's or other information about yourself for specific purposes e.g. apply for a career opportunity with 324 Consultancy.
Contact Data including email address and phone numberDirect Interactions: You may give us your contact details by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, as a result of our Marketing through social media connections or specific requests.
Business information including job title or profession.Direct Interactions: You may give us your business information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, as a result of our Marketing through social media connections or specific requests.
Marketing and Communications Data e.g. preferences for receiving marketing from us and your communication preferencesDirect Interactions and follow up marketing events: You may give us your business information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, as a result of our Marketing through social media connections or specific requests.
Financial Data includes bank account and payment card detailsDirect Interactions: You may give us your financial data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise, as a result of our creating you an account/your business with us.

What information do we collect for job applicants?

In connection with your application to potentially work with us, we will collect, store, and use the following categories of personal information about you:

  • The information you have provided to us in your CV and cover letter or email.
  • Any information you provide to us during an interview; and
  • Information you provide in relation to your right to work documentation.

We may also collect, store, and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information:

  • Information about your race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, and sexual orientation.
  • Information about your health, including any medical condition, health, and sickness records; and
  • Information about your criminal record.
  • the outcome of any assessments you have undertaken as part of our recruitment process.

We collect this personal information from the following sources:

  • You, the candidate.
  • Recruitment agencies.
  • Outsourced assessment providers
  • Search consultants.
  • Our employment background check provider.
  • Our credit reference agency.
  • Your named referees; and
  • Data from third-party publicly accessible sources. For example, professional memberships.

Why do we process personal data?

We need to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering a contract with you. We also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you.

In some cases, we need to process data to ensure that we are complying with our legal obligations. For example, we are required to check your eligibility to work in the UK before employment starts.

We have a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from you allows us to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm your suitability for employment and decide to whom to offer a job. We may also need to process data from you to respond to and defend against legal claims.

We process health information if we need to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process for you. This is to carry out our obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.

Where we process other special categories of data, such as information about ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health or religion or belief, this is for equal opportunities monitoring purposes.

We are entitled to carry out criminal record checks in order to satisfy ourselves that there is nothing in your criminal convictions history that makes you unsuitable for the role. We use a third party to do this on our behalf and may receive a copy of their report if you have consented for us to do so

We will not use your data for any purpose other than the recruitment exercise for which you have applied.

Who has access to data?

Your information will be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the HR and Recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy, and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.

We will not share your data with third parties unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment. We will then share your data with former employers to obtain references for you, our employment background check provider to obtain necessary background checks, including a criminal record check and our credit reference agency. All our third-party service providers are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information in line with our policies.

6. What do you use my personal data?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. We will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contact we are about to enter into or have entered into with you
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests
  • Where we need to comply with legal or regulatory obligation
  • Where you have provided your consent to us to use your personal data in a certain way such as direct marketing by email

We have set out in the table below, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so.

What we doWhat data we useLawful Basis
To register you as a new customerIdentity, Contact and Marketing & CommunicationsPerformance of a contract with you
To manage our relationship with you which will include 1) notifying your about changes to our terms or privacy policy 2) asking you to leave a review or take a surveyIdentity, Contact and Marketing & CommunicationsPerformance of a contract with you Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records up to date and to study how customers use our products/services) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To administer and protect our businessIdentity, Contact, Financial, Business Information, Marketing & Communications.Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context or a business reorganisation or group restructure exercise) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation

With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you by email or telephone with information, news, and offers on our services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. we will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the Data Protection Legislation and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out. We will always obtain your express opt-in consent before sharing your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes and you will be able to opt-out at any time.

We will only use your personal data for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s) and need to use your personal data for that purpose. If we do use your personal data in this way and you wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us using the details in Part 11.

If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis which allows us to do so.

In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.

7. How long will you keep my personal data?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

In general, unless still required in connection with the purpose(s) for which it was collected and/or is processed, we remove your personal data from our records five (5) years after the date it was collected unless different retention periods apply e.g. for job applicants who are not appointed data will only be kept for 12 months. However, if before that date (i) your personal data is no longer required in connection with such purpose(s), (ii) we are no longer lawfully entitled to process it or (iii) you validly exercise your right of erasure, we will remove or anonymise your personal data from our records at the relevant time.

If you request to receive no further contact from us, we will keep some basic information about you on our suppression list in order to comply with your request and avoid sending you unwanted materials in the future.

8. How and Where Do You Store or Transfer My Personal Data?

We will only store your personal data in the UK. This means that it will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation.

The security of your personal data is essential to us, and to protect your data, we take a number of important measures, including the following:

  • limiting access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality;
  • procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, your personal data) including notifying you and/or the Information Commissioner’s Office where we are legally required to do so;
  • Security controls such as privileged and identity access management, encryption and multi-factor authentication.

9. Do you share my personal data?

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exception:

Our carefully selected partners and service providers may process personal information about you on our behalf as described below:

Digital Marketing Service Providers

We periodically appoint digital marketing agents to conduct marketing activity on our behalf, such activity may result in the compliant processing of personal information. Our appointed data processors include:

Prospect Global Ltd (trading as Sopro) Reg. UK Co. 09648733. You can contact Sopro and view their privacy policy here: http://sopro.io. Sopro are registered with the ICO Reg: Z123456 their Data Protection Officer can be emailed at: dpo@sopro.io.

Experian

For job applicants we will undertake a fit and proper person check. Basic information that you supply will be used to set up the initial check and applicants will be asked by Experian to provide further information. Experian Ltd is registered in England and Wales (no. 00653331). Registered office: The Sir John Peace Building, Experian Way, NG2 Business Park, Nottingham NG80 1ZZ. Experian are registered with the ICO.

You can contact their Data Protection Officer at uk.dpo@experian.com. You can view their privacy policy here:

Privacy Policies | Experian

CV Insight

For job applicants outside of the UK we will undertake a fit and proper person check. Basic information that you supply will be used to set up the initial check and applicants will be asked by CV insights to provide further information. CV Insight Limited. a company registered in England and Wales under company registration number 5946060 whose registered address is located at 11 King Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1ET. CV Insight is registered with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (Registration Number: Z9572392.)

You can view their privacy policy here: https://www.cvinsight.co.uk/privacy-policy-data-protection-notice/

If any of your personal data is shared with a third party, as described above, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the third party’s obligations under the law, as described above in Part 8.

If any personal data is transferred outside of the UK, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation, as explained above in Part 8.

If we sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or assets, your personal data may be transferred to a third party. Any new owner of our business may continue to use your personal data in the same way(s) that we have used it, as specified in this Privacy Policy.

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

10. How Can I Access My Personal Data?

If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in Part 11. To make this as easy as possible for you, a Subject Access Request Form is available for you to use. You do not have to use this form, but it is the easiest way to tell us everything we need to know to respond to your request as quickly as possible.

There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.

We will respond to your subject access request within 21 days and, in any case, not more than one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.

11. How do I contact you?

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details: for the attention of the Data Protection Officer.

Email address: info@three-two-four.com
Telephone number: 0203 603 4733
Postal Address: Unit 1a-1b Millennium Way, Pride Park, Derby, England, DE24 8HZ
Data Protection Officer: Alex Coburn
Email address: alex.coburn@three-two-four.com

12. Changes to this privacy notice

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be made available via our website. This Privacy Notice was last updated on 24/01/2024.

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