Privacy Policy

People Placed Limited (“the Company”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) is a recruitment business providing work-finding and recruitment marketing services to clients and work-seekers.

In order to provide these services, the Company must process personal data (including sensitive personal data). In doing so, we act as a data controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

You may provide your personal details to the Company directly — for example, by submitting an application or registering via our website — or we may collect them from another source, such as a job board or professional networking platform.

We are committed to being transparent about how we collect, store, and use your personal data, and to meeting our data protection obligations.

Data Protection Principles

People Placed Limited complies with data protection law. This means that personal information we hold about you must be:

  • Used lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent way;
  • Collected only for valid purposes that we have clearly explained to you and not used in any way incompatible with those purposes;
  • Relevant to the purposes we have told you about and limited only to those purposes;
  • Accurate and kept up to date;
  • Kept only as long as necessary for the purposes we have told you about; and
  • Kept securely.

What Personal Data Do We Collect?

We may collect, store, and process the following types of personal data:

  • Your name, address, and contact details (including email address and telephone number);
  • Details of your qualifications, skills, experience, and employment history;
  • Information about your current level of remuneration, benefits, and notice period;
  • Details of your eligibility to work in the UK;
  • Whether you have a disability for which we may need to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process; and
  • Any additional information you choose to provide in your CV or communications with us.

We may also collect aggregate data (non-personally identifiable information) to help us understand how users interact with our website and services. This data does not identify individual users.

Why We Process Your Personal Data

The Company collects and processes your personal data for the purpose of providing work-finding and recruitment-related services. This includes:

  • Contacting you about job opportunities;
  • Assessing your suitability for roles;
  • Introducing you to potential employers;
  • Updating our records and maintaining our relationship with you and our clients;
  • Managing payments and contracts where applicable;
  • Complying with legal obligations; and
  • Improving our services and website experience.

In some cases, we may need to process data to ensure compliance with legal obligations, such as verifying your right to work in the UK. We may also process data to respond to or defend against legal claims.

If your application is unsuccessful, we may retain your data for future suitable opportunities unless you request its removal.

How Long We Keep Your Data

In line with the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, we must keep candidate records for at least one year from the date of their creation or the last date we provided work-finding services.

To ensure continuity and potential re-engagement, People Placed Limited retains data for a maximum of three (3) years after your last interaction with us.

After this period, we will seek renewed consent to retain your data; if consent is not granted, all personal data will be permanently deleted.

Who Has Access to Your Data

Your data may be shared internally within People Placed Limited for recruitment and administrative purposes. We may also share your data with:

  • Clients, where you have been put forward for a role;
  • Legal or regulatory authorities, where required by law;
  • Third-party processors (such as payroll or IT providers) acting under written instruction and strict confidentiality;
  • External partners (such as background check or assessment providers), where necessary to deliver our services.

We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties.

In the event of a business sale or restructuring, your data may be transferred as part of the company’s assets under appropriate confidentiality arrangements.

How We Protect Your Data

People Placed Limited takes data security seriously.

We have internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused, or accessed except by authorised personnel in the performance of their duties.

When third parties process data on our behalf, they do so under contract and are required to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard your data.

Your Rights

As a data subject, you have several rights under UK GDPR. You can:

  • Access and obtain a copy of your data (Data Subject Access Request);
  • Rectify incorrect or incomplete data;
  • Request erasure of your data (“the right to be forgotten”);
  • Object to processing where we rely on legitimate interest as the legal basis;
  • Restrict processing while a dispute over accuracy or purpose is being resolved; and
  • Manage subscriptions for job alerts and marketing communications via your account settings.

You can exercise these rights through the “My Account” section of our website or by contacting us directly using the details below.

Cookies

Our website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to enhance your browsing experience and improve our services. Cookies allow us to remember preferences, track site usage, and display relevant job recommendations.

You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies at any time. For more details, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect legal, operational, or business changes.

Any updates will be posted on this page, and significant changes may also be communicated via email or website notice.

Registered Office and Contact Details

People Placed Limited

First Floor

85 Great Portland Street

London

W1W 7LT

Tel: 0207 874 7204

Email: info@peopleplaced.com

Terminology (for clarity)

  • Aggregate Data: Non-identifiable information used to analyse trends and improve services.
  • Personal Data: Information identifying a living individual.
  • Sensitive Personal Data: Information relating to race, ethnicity, health, religion, or criminal history.
  • Third Parties: External companies or individuals providing services on behalf of People Placed Limited.
  • Users: Individuals using our website or registering for work-finding services.