Uplift's Privacy Policy

UpliftPeople Consulting OÜ (Registration number: 16381665) and its affiliates is a global recruitment and staffing business. We are committed to ensuring that when we collect and use information about our Candidates, we do so in accordance with all data protection legislation (including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)), as well as other global legislation where our offices are located.

Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your data privacy rights.

The Privacy Policy sets out what we do with your personal data, whether we are in the process of helping you find a job, continuing our relationship with you once we have found you a role, providing you with a service, receiving a service from you, using your data to ask for your assistance in relation to one of our candidates, or you are visiting our website. It describes how we collect, use and process your personal data, and how, in doing so, we comply with our legal obligations to you.

This Privacy Policy was last updated in March 2023. It is important to point out that we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy incorporates the highest standard and applies in relevant countries throughout our international network. This allows us to ensure that we’re complying with all applicable data privacy protections, no matter where you are.

This Privacy Policy incorporates the highest standard and applies in relevant countries throughout our international network. This allows us to ensure that we’re complying with all applicable data privacy protections, no matter where you are.

Uplift needs to know certain information about you in order to provide a tailored service. This will enable us to provide you with the best opportunities and should save you time in not having to trawl through information about jobs and services that are not relevant to you.

There are numerous ways you can share your information with us - it all depends on what suits you.

These may include:

  • Entering your details on the Uplift website or via an application form, as part of the registration process;
  • Leaving a hard copy CV at an Uplift’s recruitment event, job fair or office;
  • Emailing your CV to an Uplift’s consultant or being interviewed by them;
  • Applying for jobs through a job aggregator, which may then redirect you to the Uplift website;
  • Entering a competition/survey through a social media channel such as Meta or LinkedIn.

Upon entering your personal details to any of the following methods you agree for Uplift to process your personal data as data processors for the methods of recruitment, if you do not wish for us to process your personal data in this manner then please don’t submit personal data through the above methods.

Why do we need to process and share your personal information?

In order for us to help you find your next job we need to have access to your personal details to keep you up to date with all the latest opportunities.

What do we do with your information?

We use your data to keep a record of who you are on our database. Your data will never be shared for any other purpose other than for our job searching service.

With whom do we share your personal data?

Where appropriate and in accordance with local laws and requirements, we may share your personal data, in various ways and for various reasons, with the following categories of people:

  • Any of our group companies;
  • Individuals and organisations who hold information related to your reference or application to work with us, such as current, past or prospective employers, educators and examining bodies and employment and recruitment agencies;
  • Tax, audit, or other authorities, when we believe in good faith that the law or other regulation requires us to share this data (for example, because of a request by a tax authority or in connection with any anticipated litigation);
  • Third party service providers who perform functions on our behalf (including external consultants, business associates and professional advisers such as lawyers, auditors and accountants, technical support functions and IT consultants carrying out testing and development work on our business technology systems);
  • In the case of Candidates: potential employers and other recruitment agencies / organisations to increase your chances of finding employment in such manner as we believe is reasonably necessary.
  • If Uplift merges with or is acquired by another business or company in the future, (or is in meaningful discussions about such a possibility) we may share your personal data with the (prospective) new owners of the business or company.

How do we safeguard your personal data?

We are committed to taking all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss, or unauthorised access. We do this by having in place a range of technical and organisational measures. These include measures to deal with any suspected data breach.

If you suspect any misuse or loss of or unauthorised access to your personal information, please let us know immediately. Details of how to contact us can be found below.

Data Retention

Uplift will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary.

What are your data protection rights?

Uplift would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

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

Queries

If you have a query about this privacy notice or any of the procedures set out in it please contact us at info@uplift-people.com

(1) Personal details are defined as: name, home address, phone number, email address, CV, registration form, or any sensitive information you have made us aware of.