Privacy notices - Recruitment
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Description
Your information is processed to enable us to shortlist and recruit to vacancies, ensuring compliance of the Equality Act, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, the Employment Rights Act and the Agency Worker Regulations. This information is held electronically, with an interface between IT systems (Talent Link and Resource Link).This may include information relating to:
• Health
• Racial or ethnic origin
• Religion or philosophical beliefs
• Person’s sex life or sexual orientation
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If you don't give us your information
We will not be able to employ you if you dont provide personal data and we would not be able to carry out our statutory duties in relation to employment. -
Conditions for processing personal information
Contract - we need to process this personal information to fulfil our contract with an employee (Article 6(1)(b) of GDPR).
Special categories of data relating to employment are processed under Article 9(2)(b) of GDPR. -
Your rights
- View personal data
- Change personal data
- Delete personal data
- Restrict processing of personal data
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Who we share your information with
In line with relevant legal obligations and/or data sharing agreements, we sometimes need to share your information with other organisations, such as:
• Border Agency
• Occupational Health Provider
• Registered Professional Bodies
• Disclosure Scotland
• Agency Provider (link to data sharing agreement)
There may be occasion when the following organisations require to process your information on our behalf:
• Employment Agencies
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How long we hold your information
Your data is held for the duration of your employment plus six years and then deleted. If you work with children or vulnerable adults your data is held for the duration of your employment plus 25 years. -
Automated processing
Your personal information is not subject to automated decision making or profiling.For senior vacancies we may use an external provider for the purpose of psychometric testing. If this is the case, you will be informed of this in the communication inviting you to interview -
Data Protection Officer
Data Protection Officer Highland Council Headquarters Glenurquhart Road Inverness IV3 5NX 01463 702029 dpo@highland.gov.uk
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Supervisory authority
If you are unhappy with the way we have processed your personal information you can contact the Information Commissioner:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 0303 123 1113
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/