Privacy Policy for TLP Consultancy Limited

TLP Consultancy Limited (company number 3161509) is the data controller of the personal information that we collect from you. You can contact us in relation to this privacy policy by telephone and email at 01737 824 000 or privacypolicy@tlpco.com
This privacy policy governs the collection, storage and use of personal information collected by TLP Consultancy Limited (“TLP“, “we” or “us”):
via our website at www.tlpco.com (the “Site”), or
as a result of you responding to an advertisement posted by us on a jobboard; or
as a result of us matching your CV, as uploaded by you onto a jobboard, to a vacancy we are seeking to fill for one of our clients; or
in the course of us providing permanent and/or temporary recruitment and resourcing services to you (“Services”) where “you” are a candidate or consultant or contact at one of our clients, personal service companies or umbrella companies.
Specifically, this privacy policy provides you with details about the personal information we collect and hold about you, how we use your personal information, and your rights regarding the personal information we hold about you.
References in this policy to:
“hirer” means the organisation to which the vacancy or temporary service requirement relates;
“client” means the hiring organisation to which TLP provides Services.
What this policy does not cover
This privacy policy does not cover any use of your personal information by:
an actual or potential hirers of your services
an umbrella company or other person through whom you contract to supply your services ; or
any other organisation involved in the supply of your services via us to a hirer or end-user.
Use by the above will be governed by the relevant organisation’s privacy policy.
Please read this privacy policy carefully – by accessing or browsing the Site or requesting the provision of Services from us, you confirm that you have read and understood this privacy policy in its entirety.
What information will we collect?
Candidates: the personal information we collect about you where “you” are a candidate or placed consultant.
When:
– you access and browse the Site (including when you submit personal information to us through data entry fields on the Site);
– you contact us by phone, email or otherwise;
– we provide Services to you or to an actual or a potential hirer of your services;
– we contact you with a view to providing Services to you;
– we download details uploaded by you onto a jobsite in relation to a vacancy we are seeking to fill for one of our clients; or
– we provide on-boarding services to a hirer of your services.
– we will usually collect the following information from or about you:
– your name;
– your postal address;
– your phone and e-mail details;
– your bank details
– a copy of your passport details including your passport photograph;
– your current and previous employment/work details, including job title and employer;
– recruitment-specific details such as any professional certifications, education and qualifications, skills, career history, salary range, right to work status, citizenship, referee details and any other information relevant to help us provide the Services;
– any other information which you include in your CV or a completed application form;
– any information which has been published or made available on a social media profile or job board (whether by you or a third party), or in any news media;
details of your umbrella company or personal service company;
– the contract for services we hold with your umbrella company or personal service company relating to the work you do or will do for our client, including timesheet data and charge rates relating to the work you perform under that contract;
– references from third parties such as previous employers and nominated referees;
– the results of pre-employment screening or vetting checks which we are asked or required to undertake in relation to you (including the results of any Disclosure and Barring checks and any information you provide relating to current and/or spent criminal convictions carried out on behalf of the hirer during the on boarding process);
– the results of right to work checks.
You can update your CV or personal data at any time by forwarding a copy to one of our consultants or to info@tlpco.com
Client contacts:  the personal information we collect about you where “you” are a contact at one of our clients or at an MSP, umbrella company or personal service company involved in the supply of a person’s services to a hirer.
When:
– we contact you with a view to providing Services to you;
– we provide Services to you  as an actual or a potential hirer of your services;
– we complete contractual documentation relevant to the Services
we will usually collect the following information from or about you:
– your name;
– your postal address;
– your phone and e-mail details;
– details of your role, title and responsibilities within your organisation;
where “you” are a client:
– any opinion or feedback you share with us regarding a candidate or consultant;
– details of any queries you raise with us regarding the Services;
– details of any recruitment and/or resourcing requirements or plans you share with us;
How we use your personal information and our lawful bases for processing your personal data
Candidates and individual consultants
We collect, store and use information that we obtain in relation to you for our legitimate interests:
– so that we can contact you (via email, SMS or phone)  about opportunities and assignments that we believe you may be interested in;
– to help us to provide suitable candidates and consultants for our clients who engage us to assist them fulfil their recruitment and resourcing requirements;
– to provide a channel through which you may submit your CV for general applications, to apply for specific jobs or to subscribe to our job alerts;
– to match your details with vacancies, to assist us in finding a position that is most suitable for you and to send your information to clients for potential jobs. Please note that we will always obtain verbal or written consent before presenting your personal details to a client.
for internal record keeping purposes;
– to carry out services that we, you or our client have requested including work-related references, qualifications and criminal references checking services, verification of the details you have provided from third party sources, psychometric evaluations or skills tests.
This storage and use of your personal information allows you to be contacted about roles which may be of interest to you, now or in the future, and we do not believe that this storage and use will unduly prejudice your rights or freedoms.
We will store and use your personal information in order to comply with relevant legal obligations to which TLP is subject, including to carry out:
– verification of your identity to comply with The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003;
– right to work checks to comply with relevant immigration legislation.
In other, relatively limited circumstances, we will carry out further relevant background checks as may be requested by our client.  In these circumstances we will be acting on behalf of our client and the handling of your personal data will be governed by the client’s privacy policy. Where you are successful in securing temporary assignment work with one of our clients we will store and use your personal information for the purposes of completing and administering contracts with your chosen personal service company or umbrella company and for processing payment to such company in respect of services you have performed for our client.  Such processing will be for our legitimate interests so that we can provide Services to you and our client.  We do not believe that this storage and use of your personal information will unduly prejudice your rights or freedoms.
Such processing will also be necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are party (i.e. your contract with the umbrella company or your personal service company relating to the supply of assignment services) and/or in order to take steps prior to you entering into such contract.
If our client requires us to collect, store and use your health data and/or any Disclosure and Barring Checks we will, on our client’s behalf, seek your consent to processing such data.  You can withdraw your consent at any stage but this may prevent us from being able to deliver our recruitment services to you.
Contacts at our clients and other third parties involved in the supply of resourcing services (e.g. umbrella companies and personal service companies)
We collect, store and use your name and contact details for our legitimate interests, so that we can:
send you the details of candidates and consultants and contact you about our Services; and
maintain our business relationship with you,
This allows you to be contacted to receive and administer any Services which you or your organisation has requested.
In the case of contacts at umbrella companies and personal service companies this allows you to be contacted to receive, on behalf of your employer, details of current and future assignments, related timesheet data and payment details.
We do not believe that this storage and use of your personal information will unduly prejudice your rights or freedoms.
All users of the Site and our Services
We collect, store and use your personal information for the following purposes:
to make the Site available to you; and
to provide any Services that you request.
Sometimes, our use of your personal information is for purposes which are ancillary to the provision of the Site and then Services, or which are desirable in order to make them to operate more effectively.  In those circumstances, we believe we have a legitimate interest in handling your personal information, and do not believe that this storage and use of your personal information will unduly prejudice your rights or freedoms.
The relevant circumstances are:
detecting and preventing fraud;
keeping our Site, apps, products and IT systems secure;
ensuring that our own processes, procedures and systems are as efficient as possible;
analysing and enhancing the information that we collect;
determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and advertising; and
where you have given us your consent, contacting you (including by SMS and e-mail) with products and services which we think may interest you.
In some, relatively limited, circumstances we need to handle your personal information in a certain way to be able to comply with our legal obligations.  For example:
– if we are requested to disclose your personal information to regulatory bodies;
– if we need to demonstrate our compliance with applicable law;
for the purposes of compliance with: the Conduct of Employment agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, and any tax and national insurance legislation relating to the payment of personal service company contractors and umbrella workers, and immigration law.
Anonymous data
We may collect anonymised details about visitors to our website for the purposes of aggregate statistics or reporting purposes.  However, no single individual will be identifiable from the anonymised details we collect for these purposes.
How we share your personal information and who we share it with
We will disclose information under the following circumstances:
Service and Site usage information: When we share anonymous information generated by our Services with our clients.
Third-party service providers: When we share information with third-party service companies for them to facilitate and support us in the provision of the Services. This includes:
IT support service providers;
providers of credit reference, vetting and screening services;
payment processors and software providers;
These organisations are appointed by TLP as data processors and authorised to use your personal information only as necessary to provide the relevant services to us. These organisations are required to process such information based on our instructions and in accordance with this privacy policy. They do not have any independent right to share this information.
Group companies: We provide your personal information to our subsidiaries or affiliated companies for the purpose of processing personal information on our behalf to provide the Site and the Services. These parties are required to process such information based on our instructions and in accordance with this privacy policy. They do not have any independent right to share this information.
Compliance with laws and legal proceedings: When we respond to court orders, or legal process, or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims. When we believe it is necessary to share information in order to investigate, prevent or take actions against illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the physical safety of any person, violations of our terms of use, or as otherwise required by law.
Merger or acquisition: When we need to transfer information about you if we are acquired by or merged with another company.  If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its assets, you will be notified by email and/or a prominent notice on our Site of any change in ownership or uses of your personal information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal information.
Recruitment and resourcing services: When we are using your personal information in the context of our recruitment and resourcing services, then we may share your personal information with our clients or hirers where we believe that you may be appropriate for a particular role or vacancy with that client or hirer.
Umbrella companies and personal service companies:  When you inform us that you are supplying or intend to supply your services via TLP to a client through an umbrella company or personal service company.
Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Managed Service Providers:  In certain cases, there may be an organisation such as a managed service provider acting as a gateway for the supply of Services made via TLP to the hirer.  Where this is the case, we will share your information with such organisations to the extent that it is necessary for the purposes of the supply.
Where personal information is shared with clients, hirers, umbrella companies, personal services companies or managed service providers in the circumstances described above, then those organisations will handle your personal information in line with their own privacy policies.
How long do we keep your information for?
We will retain information (including personal information) about you for a period of up to 3 years from the date on which you last received Services from us.  and will delete it after that time except where we need to keep any personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.
How we use Cookies
Technologies such as cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by us and our affiliates, or analytics or service providers. These technologies are used in analysing trends, administering the Site, tracking users’ movements around the Site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use cookies, for example, to remember users’ settings (e.g. language preference) and for authentication. Users can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level. If you reject cookies, you may still use our Site, but your ability to use some features or areas of our Site may be limited.
Please read more about how we use cookies and what information is collected using cookies in our cookie policy here https://www.tlpco.com/cookie-policy/
Security
Your information is held on servers hosted by us or our Internet Services Provider. The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at your own risk.
Your rights to your information.
You have certain rights in relation to your personal information. If you would like further information in relation to these or would like to exercise any of them, please contact us at privacypolicy@tlpco.com at any time. You have the right to request that we:
provide access to any personal information we hold about you;
update any of your personal information which is out of date or incorrect;
delete any personal information which we are holding about you;
restrict the way that we process your personal information;
prevent the processing of your personal information for direct-marketing purposes;
provide your personal information to a third party provider of services;
provide you with a copy of any personal information which we hold about you; or
consider any valid objections which you have to our use of your personal information.
We will consider all such requests and provide our response within a reasonable period (and in any event within any time period required by applicable law). Please note, however, that certain personal information may be exempt from such requests in certain circumstances.
If an exception applies, we will tell you this when responding to your request.  We may request you provide us with information necessary to confirm your identity before responding to any request you make.
You may request to unsubscribe from job alerts and marketing material at any time. If you wish to contact us with respect to the above matters please email us at info@tlpco.com.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
This privacy policy was last updated on 11/01/23.
Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this privacy policy. Where we make significant changes to this privacy policy, and we have your email address, we will send you notification of the changes.
Third party sites
This website contains links to other websites operated by third parties.  Please note that this privacy policy applies only to the personal information that we collect through the Site or the Services, and we cannot be responsible for personal information that third parties may collect, store and use through their website.  You should always read the privacy policy of each website you visit carefully.
Third Party Processors
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:
(i) Prospect Global Ltd (trading as Sopro) Reg. UK Co. 09648733. You can contact Sopro and view their privacy policy here: http://sopro.io. Sopro is registered with the ICO Reg: ZA346877 their Data Protection Officer can be emailed at: dpo@sopro.io.”
Complaints
TLP Consultancy tries to meet the highest standards when collecting and using personal information. We take any complaints we receive about this very seriously. We encourage people to bring it to our attention if they think that our collection or use of information is unfair, misleading or inappropriate.
In the EEA, you may also make a complaint to our supervisory body for data protection matters (the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK) or seek a remedy through local courts if you believe your rights have been breached.
If you wish to complain about this policy or any of the procedures set out in it please contact:
Data Controller
TLP Consultancy Ltd
Robert Denholm House
Bletchingley Road
Nutfield
Surrey
RH1 4HW
Telephone number: 01737 824 000
Email: info@tlpco.com