Privacy Policy

At A Human Resource, we are committed to protecting your privacy and safeguarding your personal information.  This Privacy Policy contains important information about how we use your personal information. 

In this privacy policy, references “A Human Resource”, “AHR”, “us”, “we” or “our”, are all references to A Human Resource Ltd.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns about any aspect of this policy or how we handle your information please email [email protected] .

What information do we collect?

We collect personal information from you in several ways; you may share information with us, or we may collect it using other means. In this section we explain the different ways we collect personal information from you and some ways in which that information will be used.

Some personal data may be collected about you from the forms and surveys you complete, from records of our correspondence, meetings and calls, and details of your visits to our website. 

We only collect the information needed so that we can provide you with marketing and consulting services, we do not sell or broker your data, although coincidentally there may be times when your information could be contained in data that we have purchased from a third-party list broker, or on behalf of a client.

Requesting information from us and responding to your queries
We process contact information such as name, email address, telephone number or postal address, preferences, and other declared personal information about you when you provide it to us. For example, when you fill out online forms, subscribing to our services, call, or text us, or enquire about our products and services.

Interacting with us via Social Media Channels
We process information relating to you when you interact with us through social media platforms such as LinkedIn or Facebook.

Registering for and attending our events, seminars, or conferences
If you choose to attend one our events, we collect your personal information that you share with us to provide you with details of the event and manage your attendance. For in-person events, we may ask you to provide us with accessibility information/ reasonable adjustments/ dietary requirements, if appropriate.

Interacting with our website
When you visit our website we may collect details of your website visit, including name, email, phone number, IP address (a unique identifier for your computer or other device), website URL and mobile device ID. We also use website cookies, cookies are pieces of information that a website stores on a visitor’s device, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. We use cookies to help us identify and track visitors and their website access preferences. Our website visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their devices should disable cookies via their browser settings, but should be aware that some parts of the site may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Applying for Associate work at AHR
We process information provided by you when you apply for / respond to a request to provide Associate work at/ for AHR (this may include sensitive personal information). Please see our Applicant Privacy Notice for further information.

Visiting our premises
We may collect information such as contact information (including name, email address, telephone number) and CCTV footage in respect to your visit to our office address.

Interacting with us as a client of AHR
When interacting with us as a client, we process information we may receive from you or from others in relation to our provision of services to our clients.

Interacting with us as a supplier or partner to AHR
We process information in relation to you as an individual if you provide services to us (or if you work for a company that provides services to us).

From public sources / third parties
We may process your contact information that we have obtained about you from public sources and our own suppliers such as credit referencing agencies.

How do we use it?

We will use your personal information in the following ways listed below. We are also required by law to state a “legal basis for processing”, i.e., to tell you on what legal grounds we are allowed to use your information, and this is also set out below:

Do we pass your information to third parties?

We may send your personal information to other group companies, affiliates and third parties to help us process your personal information to supply you with services and for the purposes set out in this policy.

We may disclose your personal information if we or any of our assets are the subject of a sale or similar corporate transaction. We will ensure that the third parties who receive your personal information are required to keep it confidential and handle it in line with all relevant data protection legislation.

We may disclose personal information to third parties when we reasonably believe we are required by law, and in order to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual unlawful or otherwise prohibited activities, including, but not limited to, fraud.

Where do we send your information?

We provide services primarily within the United Kingdom & Ireland but provide services globally and therefore we may transfer your personal information to countries around the world including the US and other countries outside of the UK and Europe. We will, where the country to which your data is to be transferred has not been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection, put in place appropriate safeguards (we use standard contractual clauses) to ensure your information is protected.

How long do we keep your information?

We only keep your personal information for as long as we need to, to be able to use it for reasons given in this privacy policy, and for as long as we are required to keep it by law.

How do we protect your information?

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that your personal information disclosed to us is kept secure, accurate and up to date and kept only for so long as is necessary for the purposes for which it is used.

Children’s Privacy

This website is not intended or designed to attract children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from or about any person under the age of 16. If you are under 16 years old and wish to ask a question or use this site in any way which requires you to submit your personal information, please get your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf. 

Your rights

At any point whilst we are in possession of, or processing your personal data, you have the following rights:

• Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
• Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
• Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
• Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply you have a right to restrict the processing.
• Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
• Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
• Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right not to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

Please contact us using the details set out below if you would like to exercise any of these rights.

You also have the right to make a complaint to the supervisory authority if you’re not happy with how we’ve handled your personal information. In the UK, the supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office (http://www.ico.org.uk).

How to contact us

If you wish to exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal information or if you have any queries about how we use your personal information, please let us know by contacting us by email at [email protected] .

Identity Verification to access data

In order to ensure data privacy, we will require copies of identity documents in order to verify your identity and respond to your request. The following forms of ID are accepted: a copy of a National ID card, driving license, passport, birth certificate and a utility bill not older than three months. A minimum of one piece of photographic ID listed above and a supporting document is required. If we are dissatisfied with the quality, further information may be sought before personal data can be released.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We review this privacy policy on a regular basis to ensure that it is up to date with our use of your personal information, and compliant with applicable data protection legislation.

We reserve the right, at our discretion, to revise this privacy policy at any time. The updated privacy policy will be posted on our website. You are encouraged to review this privacy policy from time to time.

All requests should be made to [email protected] or by calling UK: 07887 749455 / IE: 00447887 749455.