privacy policy

Data Protection Policy

Metier (UK) Ltd, and its franchisees are registered as data controllers for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. We ensure that the data you supply to us is processed with skill and care and in accordance with the legislation codes.

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 includes, for example, name, address, birth date, qualifications, employment history). We may collect this data in the aggregate and share it with selected third parties to help us understand our users better. You consent to us using the information provided by you (including, without limitation, sensitive personal data) in each of these ways.

We will collect your Sensitive Personal Data as may be necessary either to ensure compliance and be in accordance with legislation, for example diversity monitoring or where a client expressly requires it. Sensitive Personal Data may include for example personal data consisting of information as to the racial or ethnic origin of the data subject, political opinions, religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature, membership of a trade union, physical or mental health or condition, sexual life, the commission or alleged commission of any offence or any proceedings related to any offence.

We only allow access to your Personal Data to our staff and any prospective employers or clients.

We are required by law to hold your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data for as long as is necessary to comply with our statutory obligations. We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that the data held is up to date.

If we have no contact with you, then following the expiry of a period as we consider appropriate we will archive your file or may delete it.

After an appropriate period, we will contact you and ask if you wish for your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data to be maintained on our database. If you don not wish to have your details retained then we will archive your details.

Candidate Disclaimer

I understand and consent that in order to promote my career prospects, Metier (UK) Ltd may forward my details to clients at their sole discretion, and additionally display promotional excerpts from my details on the metiergroup.com website. I agree and accept that my present employer may access the metiergroup.com website and I waive any and all claims I may have against Metier (UK) Ltd as a result of any loss I may suffer as a result of information being displayed on the metiergroup.com website.

Employer Disclaimer

You agree and accept that the metiergroup.com website is open to all its customers and will contain Candidate Profiles of candidates seeking a new position. You undertake that you will not use the metiergroup.com database of candidate profiles for any purpose other than to search for candidates to fulfil specific job opportunities. You will indemnify and hold metiergroup.com harmless for any and all liability howsoever arising (to the fullest extent allowed by law). metiergroup.com may incur should you use the details herein for any other purpose other than that for which they were intended.