Privacy Policy

Pillar Recruitment Privacy Policy

Pillar Recruitment (referred to as "Pillar Recruitment," "we," "our," or "us") is a talent solutions company with expertise in specialised Health and Safety and Human Resources permanent and contracting recruitment and talent management. As a business built on trust, we are committed to safeguarding the personal information of our employees, clients, and candidates. Below, we provide details on how we collect and utilise the information shared with us.

The Pillar Recruitment Privacy Policy outlines the collection, disclosure, use, storage, and handling of your personal information.

1. Consent:

By accessing our websites or providing your personal information through any means, including third-party job boards and websites, you are consenting to the use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Policy. If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us through the provided contact details in the "Contact" section.

2. Processing Your Personal Information:

We process your personal information based on valid legal bases. This includes:

    1. Consent: We process your information if you have given us permission for a specific purpose, and you can withdraw your consent at any time.
    2. Performance of a Contract: We may process your information to fulfil our contractual obligations or at your request before entering into a contract.
    3. Legitimate Interests: We process your information when necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided they do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights.
    4. Legal Obligations: We may process your information to comply with legal obligations or to protect vital interests.
    5. Vital Interests: We may process your information to protect vital interests or those of a third party.

3.Collecting Your Personal Information:

We collect personal information through various means, including direct communication with you, our website, or in response to our online advertisements. The type of information collected depends on the services you use and any legal obligations. This may include contact information, identity information, professional information, financial information, information about other individuals, and immigration information. Failure to provide accurate and sufficient information may limit our ability to provide services to you.

4. Use & Disclosure of Personal Information:

We use and disclose your personal information to perform our business activities, including assisting you in finding or retaining work, career performance, analysing human resource and labour markets, marketing communications, and more. We may disclose your information to third parties for the purposes it was collected or for related business activities. This includes our related entities, prospective employers, clients, vendors, consultants, government authorities, and others. Your data may be transferred overseas in connection with our services, and we have measures in place to protect your information.

5. Data Quality:

If your personal information has changed or you believe it is inaccurate or incomplete, you may contact us to update and correct the information.

6. Data Security & Storage:

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from loss, unauthorised access, and misuse. Your information may be stored physically or electronically. While we have implemented security measures, no electronic transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

7. Information Collected on Pillar Recruitment's Website:

We collect information about users collectively to optimise the services provided. We may include links to external websites operated by other organisations, and we cannot guarantee their content or privacy practices.

8. Use of Cookies:

We collect information through cookies and similar tracking technologies for security, operation, analytics, and reporting purposes. You can find specific details about how we use cookies in our Cookie Notice.

9. Feedback Submitted to Pillar Recruitment:

Feedback submitted to us may be used for marketing purposes or further communication with you.

10. Contacting Pillar Recruitment:

You may contact our Privacy Officer for access to, correction of, or opting out from direct marketing emails, among other queries.

11. Privacy Complaints:

If you have a privacy-related complaint, you can contact our Privacy Officer, who will consider your complaint and provide a determination.

12. Changes to This Policy:

We may update this Policy from time to time, and the updated version will be effective upon publication. We encourage you to review this Policy frequently to stay informed about how we protect your information.

Last updated on 20th of July 2023.