Friday 16th of May 2008
Privacy
Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Greenhill Group’s online service is committed to protecting the privacy of our users.
Greenhill Group Limited is registered as a data controller in the United Kingdom for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. We ensure that the data you supply to us is processed fairly and lawfully, and with skill and care and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy. We take our responsibilities in respect of your Personal Data extremely seriously.
The Information We Collect and How We Use It
We will collect your Personal Data in order to facilitate the recruitment process. This data will include the information you supply to us on your CV
(which would include, for example, name, address and qualifications). You consent to us using the information provided by you in order to facilitate the
recruitment process on your behalf and in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy.
We use this information for the following purposes:
- For matching your details with job vacancies, to assist us in finding you the position that most suits you;
- For keeping you informed of Greenhill Group services, news and wider developments in your chosen field;
- For tailoring the version of our website you see when you log on to make it relevant to you; and/or
- For compiling salary and other surveys of our candidates.
While we will not ordinarily seek any “sensitive personal data” (e.g. relating to health/disabilities, race/ethnicity, trade union membership, criminal convictions) from candidates, if you choose to provide any such data to us, you are giving us your explicit consent to the processing of such data in accordance with this Data Protection Policy.
Disclosures of your information
We will share your information within the Greenhill Group of companies where necessary in order to provide you with our recruitment services.
We reserve the right to transfer information (including your Personal Data) to a third party in the event of a sale, merger, liquidation, receivership or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of our company provided that the third party agrees to adhere to the terms of this Privacy Policy and provided that the third party only uses your Personal Data for the purposes that you provided it to us. You will be notified in the event of any such transfer and you will be afforded an opportunity to opt-out.
Your CV and related information will be sent to prospective employers but only where you give your consent.
We will also disclose your Personal Data if we believe in good faith that we are required by law to disclose it in connection with the detection of crime, the collection of taxes or duties, in order to comply with any applicable law, by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or in connection with legal proceedings.
We also reserve the right to disclose the information we have collected about you to our professional advisors and to other persons to the extent that Greenhill Group contracts out any aspect of the operation of its recruitment agency services. These third parties will be acting under similar undertakings of confidentiality as Greenhill Group.
Job Alerts
To subscribe to job alerts emails, you will be required to provide your e-mail address, which will be used for the purpose of keeping you informed,
by e-mail, of the latest jobs in your nominated industry and/or industry news via job alerts.
Should you decide that you no longer wish to receive this information, unsubscribe links are provided in every job alert email that you receive.
Curriculum vitae ("CV")
We give you the option of submitting your CV via this website. You can do this either to apply for a specific advertised job or for consideration by our
recruitment consultants for positions as they come up. Your CV will be e-mailed directly to our recruitment consultants who review your details and enter
them onto our central in-house database. This database, including the information relating to you, can be accessed by any of our recruitment consultants.
You can update your CV at any time, simply by following the same procedure to submit a new CV. Your old CV will automatically be replaced.
Aggregate Information about Greenhill Group online visitors
We also collect information about the way jobseekers and visitors use this website in order to improve our services. We do not use information gained in this way
in a way that any individual can be identified, and only use it to understand our users better, and to determine aggregate trends, most popular pages, etc, for all
the website’s users. We may share this kind of aggregate data with selected third parties to assist with these purposes.
Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small data file which is sent from a web server to a web browser when that browser visits the server’s site. Find out more about the use of
cookies on http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Cookies are
used on the greenhillgroup.com website to track web traffic on an aggregate basis so that no individuals are identified, to keep session information such as your
last search (this information is disposed of every time you close your web browser). Most browsers allow you to turn off cookies. If you want to know how to do this,
please look at the help menu on your browser. However, switching off cookies will restrict your use of our website.
Access
We are required by law to hold your Personal Data for as long as is necessary to comply with our statutory and contractual obligations and in accordance with our
legitimate interests as a data controller. We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that your Personal Data is maintained and up to date. However, you are under
a duty to inform us of any and all changes to your Personal Data to ensure that it is up to date and we will update or delete your Personal Data accordingly.
You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold. We have the right to charge an administrative fee for
this service. If you would like to make a request for information, please contact mg@greenhillgroup.com. You also have the
right to ask Greenhill Group to stop using your information.
Other websites
Please note that clicking on to links and banner advertisements may result in your transferral to another website, where data privacy practices may be different
to that of Greenhill Group. Visitors should consult the other websites’ privacy policies as we are not responsible for, and have no control over, information
that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.
Internet-based transfers
Your Personal Data is held on secure servers. The nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit
to us via the Internet. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we will take all reasonable steps
(including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to protect your Personal Data.
Given that the Internet is a global environment, using the Internet to collect and process personal data necessarily involves the transmission of data on an international basis. Therefore, by browsing this web site and communicating electronically with us, you acknowledge and agree to our processing of personal data in this way.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted on this website so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances,
if any, we disclose it. If at any time we decide to use Personal Data in a manner significantly different from that stated in this Privacy Policy, or otherwise
disclosed to you at the time it was collected, we will notify you by email, and you will have a choice as to whether or not we use your information in the new
manner. If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about Greenhill Group’s privacy commitment, please feel free to e-mail
us at mg@greenhillgroup.com or call the office to speak to one of our representatives.
Equal Opportunities
Greenhill Group is an equal opportunities employer and a company committed to diversity. This means that all job applicants and members of staff will receive equal
treatment and that we will not discriminate on grounds of gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, national origin, disability,
sexual orientation, religion or age.
As part of our commitment to equal opportunities we may from time to time use information provided by you for the purposes of diversity monitoring. Any such information will be used on an anonymised basis in accordance with the terms of our Privacy Policy.
