Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Darcon Group Ltd provides executive search, specialist recruitment and workforce solutions across the construction, engineering and infrastructure sectors.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, Darcon Group Ltd will generally act as the controller of the personal information described in this policy.

2. Information We May Collect

The personal information we collect will depend on your relationship with Darcon Group. It may include:

• Name, address, telephone number and email address.
• CVs, employment history, qualifications, skills and professional experience.
• Information about your current and previous employment, availability, remuneration and career preferences.
• Professional profiles and information available from publicly accessible sources.
• References and information provided by referees.
• Right-to-work, identification, competency and compliance information where relevant to a role or assignment.
• Information provided during telephone calls, meetings, interviews, emails and other communications with us.
• Client and prospective-client contact and business information.
• Supplier and business-partner contact information.
• Information generated through your use of our website and communications, where applicable.

3. How We Obtain Personal Information

We may receive personal information directly from you when you contact us, submit a CV, apply for a role, discuss an opportunity, engage us to provide recruitment services or otherwise communicate with Darcon Group.

As part of our recruitment and executive search activities, we may also identify and obtain professional information from third-party and publicly available sources. These may include professional networking platforms, job boards, recruitment databases, company websites, industry sources, referrals and recommendations.

4. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

• Provide executive search, recruitment and workforce services.
• Assess your experience, suitability and availability for employment opportunities or assignments.
• Contact you regarding roles that may be relevant to your experience.
• Introduce suitable candidates to clients where appropriate.
• Manage applications, interviews, offers, placements and assignments.
• Verify qualifications, references, right-to-work information and other relevant compliance requirements.
• Maintain relationships with candidates, clients, prospective clients, suppliers and business contacts.
• Respond to enquiries and communicate about our services.
• Meet our legal, regulatory, contractual and compliance obligations.
• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary.
• Operate, protect and improve our website, systems and business.

5. Our Lawful Bases

UK data protection law requires us to have a lawful basis for processing personal information. Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:

• Legitimate interests — including providing and developing our recruitment services, identifying potential candidates, communicating with relevant business contacts and operating our business.
• Contract — where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract involving you.
• Legal obligation — where we need to process information to comply with applicable law.
• Consent — where consent is the appropriate lawful basis. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it subject to applicable law.

6. Special Category Information

In some circumstances we may need to process information that is given additional protection under data protection law, such as health information or other special category personal data.

We will only process this information where there is an appropriate lawful basis and an additional legal condition for doing so.

7. Sharing Personal Information

Where appropriate and lawful, personal information may be shared with organisations involved in the recruitment or employment process, including:

• Clients and prospective employers.
• Payroll, umbrella or employment service providers where applicable.
• Screening, referencing, compliance and verification providers.
• Professional advisers, insurers and other business service providers.
• Technology, communications, hosting and data-storage providers.
• Government bodies, regulators, law-enforcement authorities or other parties where required by law.

We do not sell personal information.

8. International Transfers

Some service providers or organisations we work with may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure the transfer is made in accordance with applicable data protection law and that appropriate safeguards are used where required.

9. How Long We Keep Information

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and to meet relevant legal, regulatory, contractual and business requirements.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, our relationship with you and any applicable legal or regulatory requirements. Information that is no longer required will be securely deleted, anonymised or otherwise disposed of where appropriate.

10. Keeping Information Secure

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, accidental loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

11. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law may give you rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to:

• Request access to your personal information.
• Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of your information in certain circumstances.
• Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
• Object to certain processing.
• Request transfer of certain information where the right to data portability applies.
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on your consent.

These rights are subject to conditions and exemptions under data protection law.

12. Marketing Communications

Where we send marketing or business-development communications, we will do so in accordance with applicable data protection and electronic communications law.

You can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time by contacting us or using any unsubscribe option provided.

13. Cookies and Website Information

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies for essential functionality and, where applicable, analytics or other purposes. Further information will be provided in our Cookie Policy.

14. Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy, how Darcon Group uses your personal information or you wish to exercise a data protection right, please contact:

15. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to address them.

You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection matters.

16. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, services, systems or legal obligations. The latest version will be published on this website with the relevant update date.