Privacy Policy

Darrall Macqueen is a “controller” in respect of personal data collected via its website (darrallmacqueen.com). This means that we are responsible for deciding how we process the personal data we hold about you. “Personal data” means information which identifies you as well as any information relating to you, and may include your name, your age and your CV.

This notice applies only to users of our website. If you use any other website (including where you access a website from our site) you should ensure that you read their privacy notice to understand how they will process your personal data.

We collect personal data via our website in only two circumstances:

1. Where you contact us: we will collect your name, contact details and any other personal data that you submit within your communication; and
2. Where you apply for a job with us: we will collect your name, application, CV and any other personal data that you submit with your application.
 

Darrall Macqueen will only use your personal data when permitted to do so in accordance with data protection laws, which means that we will only process your personal data where we have a lawful basis for doing so. In respect of your personal data, these bases are as following: (i) where the processing of your personal data is in our legitimate interests and these interests do not prejudice your own interests or your fundamental rights and freedoms; or (ii) where you have consented to our processing of your personal data.

Specifically, we will process your personal data for the following purposes and the applicable lawful basis are as follows:

• Responding to communications and queries that you send to us
  Lawful Basis: Legitimate interests so that we can respond to you / consent as this information was freely provided by you
• Considering job applications that you send to us
  Lawful Basis: Legitimate interests so that we can consider your application / consent as this information was freely provided by you
• Retaining information from job applicants for future roles
  Lawful Basis: Consent where you have freely stated that we may retain your information for future roles

In addition to the lawful bases set out in the table above, our lawful basis for processing criminal offence data is that we have a basis in applicable law.

Darrall Macqueen will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was received.

Where you contact us with a query, we will retain this information for no longer than 12 months except where the content of the communication requires us to keep it for longer (i.e. where it relates to a legal claim).

Where you send us a job application we will retain your information only for so long as is necessary to consider your application and to follow up with any further requests or to arrange interviews. If you are successful in your application then your personal data will continue to be processed by us in accordance with our staff’s privacy notice. If you are unsuccessful in your application then we will hold your personal data for no longer than 3 months if you don’t hear from us. We might contact you to ask if you would like us to hold your information for future roles which you may be interested in. If you decline then we will delete your personal data and if you accept we will continue to hold your personal data for no longer than 12 months. CV’s sent to us on an ad hoc basis will also be held for 12 months.

Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to:

• Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
• Request erasure of your personal data (commonly known as a “right to be forgotten”). This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).
• Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground and provided that we do not have compelling legitimate interests to override such objection.
• Request the restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
• Request the transfer of your personal data to another party.
• Portability of your personal data. This enables you to receive some of your personal data in machine readable format.  This right extends to you being able to request that such data is sent to a third-party controller.
• Complain to a relevant supervisory authority in respect of our processing of your personal data, which will be the Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK. However, if you have any concerns about how we handle your personal data, we encourage you to contact us in the first instance so that we can work with you to resolve them.

You can contact us to find out more or to ask any questions you may have about our use of your personal data.

If you want to review, verify, correct, request erasure of your personal data, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal data to another party, please contact us in writing.

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request for access is clearly unfounded or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with the request in such circumstances.

Please be aware that the rights above are not absolute and there may be circumstances where we are unable to comply with your request (either wholly or in part). In such cases we will explain why we cannot comply with the request.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access the information (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is another appropriate security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

We do not make any legally significant decisions about you based solely on automated decision-making.

In the limited circumstances where you may have provided your consent to the collection, processing and transfer of your personal data for a specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw your consent for that specific processing at any time. To withdraw your consent, please contact us. Once we have received notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your information for the purpose or purposes you originally agreed to, unless we have another lawful basis for doing so, which we will inform you of when responding to you. Please note, however, that in most cases we do not rely on your consent to process your personal data.

If you have any queries in relation to your personal data or how it is processed by Darrall Macqueen please contact:

020 3917 5000
info@darrallmacqueen.com
Shearwater House, The Green, Richmond Upon Thames, TW9 1PX