Allen Lane Limited is a “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding how we hold and use personal information about you. This privacy policy explains the purposes for which we collect your data, what data we collect, how we store it and for how long. If you are applying for work with us (whether as an employee, worker or contractor) then please refer to our Candidate Privacy Policy which sets out specifically how we work with our candidates. It provides you with certain information that must be provided under the General Data Protection Regulation ((EU) 2016/679) (GDPR).
This Privacy Policy applies to the personal data of our Website Users, Candidates, Clients, Suppliers, and other people whom we may contact to find out more about our Candidates or whom they indicate is an emergency contact. It also applies to the emergency contacts of our Staff.
Please note that we may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time so please check our website to stay up to date.
We will comply with data protection law and principles, which means that your data will be:
Set out below is a description of the type of information that we may collect, in addition to any personal data we are required by law to process in any given situation.
CANDIDATE DATA: We will collect several types of information from you to enable us to offer you employment opportunities which are tailored to your circumstances and your interests. Such information includes, but is not limited to, your name, date of birth, photograph, address, education details, employment history, referee details etc. Further details about the type of information that we will need is set out specifically in our Candidate Privacy Policy. The information we need to collect from you to fulfil our legal obligations to you under our terms of representation is in addition to the information that will be collected from you through your use of our website, such as cookies. Please refer to our cookies policy for further information.
CLIENT DATA: To comply with our obligations to our clients, Allen Lane Limited will need to have your contact details or the details of individual contacts at your organisation (such as their names, telephone numbers and email addresses) to enable us to ensure that our relationship runs smoothly. We also hold information relating to your online engagement with Candidate profiles, which we use to ensure that our communications to you are relevant and timely. We may also hold extra information that someone in your organisation has chosen to tell us. [In certain circumstances, such as when you engage with our Finance and Debt Recovery teams, our calls with you may be recorded.]
The information we need to collect from you to fulfil our legal obligations to you under our respective legal arrangements (please contact us for further details info@allenlane.co.uk) is in addition to the information that will be collected from you through your use of our website, such as cookies. Please refer to our cookies policy for further information.
SUPPLIER DATA: To ensure our relationships with our suppliers run smoothly, we will collect the details for our contacts within your organisation, such as names, telephone numbers and email addresses. We’ll also collect bank details, so that we can pay you. We may also hold extra information that someone in your organisation has chosen to tell us.
The information we need to collect from you to fulfil our legal obligations to you under our respective relationships (please contact us for further details info@allenlane.co.uk) is in addition to the information that will be collected from you through your use of our website, such as cookies. Please refer to our cookies policy for further information.
THIRD PARTIES: This category of people includes people who have been referred to us by candidates or employees, such as referees and emergency contacts, whose personal contact details we need in specific circumstances such as ensuring a candidate or potential employee has the experience required for a position or contacting someone in the event of an emergency. To ask for a reference, we’ll obviously need the referee’s contact details (such as name, email address and telephone number). We’ll also need these details if our Candidate or an employee has put you down as their emergency contact so that we can contact you in the event of an accident or an emergency.
WEBSITE USERS: We collect a limited amount of data from our Website Users which we use to help us to improve your experience when using our website and to help us manage the services we provide. This includes information such as how you use our website, the frequency with which you access our website, your browser type, the location you view our website from, the language you choose to view it in and the times that our website is most popular.
Please refer to our cookie policy for further information.
CANDIDATE DATA: We collect Candidate personal data in three primary ways:
This data is collected in various ways including, but not limited to, you providing hard copies of information at interviews with us; emailing us soft copies of information; and applications through job websites and social media websites. In addition, we will collect information on our Candidates from Third Parties and Clients.
Further details of how we collect data in relation to our Candidates can be found in our Candidate Privacy Policy.
CLIENT DATA: We collect Client personal data in three ways:
The data that we receive directly from you includes phone or email details. Such information may also be provided to us by your colleagues or managers or from other Third Parties and Candidates, as well as through social media websites such as Linkedin or Facebook and through use of our website.
WEBSITE USERS: When you visit our website, there is certain information that we may automatically collect, whether or not you decide to use our services. This includes your IP address, the date and the times and frequency with which you access the website and the way you browse its content.
We collect your data automatically via cookies, in line with cookie settings in your browser. If you are also a Candidate or Allen Lane Client, we may use data from your use of our websites to enhance other aspects of our communications with or service to you. If you would like to find out more about cookies, including how we use them and what choices are available to you, please click here.
We generally use your personal data to comply with our legal obligations to you under our relevant terms and conditions of business (please contact us further for more information info@allenlane.co.uk). Where our grounds for processing differ from this we will tell you, with further information being set out below. You have the right at any time to stop us processing your data but please note that we may not be able to comply with our obligations to you without such data.
CANDIDATE DATA: We generally use Candidate data in four ways:
Further details of how we use Candidates’ data can be found in our Candidate Privacy Policy.
In addition to our recruitment activities, we may also send you information from time to time about roles that you may find interesting or to ask for your help with connecting other Candidates with jobs. In particular, we may wish to use your data for the purposes listed below. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. To:
Where the grounds for processing data in relation to these activities is not covered by legal obligation or legitimate interests, we will contact you for your explicit consent. You have the right, even if you have opted in, to opt out of any marketing from Allen Lane Limited.
Please note that where you have previously engaged with us (for example by submitting a job application or CV, or registering a vacancy to be filled), and we are marketing other recruitment-related services that we believe to be of relevance to you, then we will assume that you have consented to this contact and that it is in our legitimate interests to contact you further. You can choose not to receive any further information from us at any time and we will use all reasonable endeavours to remove you from any further mailing lists.
We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment processes are aligned with our approach to equal opportunities. Some of the data we may (in appropriate circumstances and in accordance with local law and requirements) collect about you comes under the umbrella of “diversity information”. This could be information about your ethnic background, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or other similar beliefs, and/or social-economic background. We may also disclose this (suitably anonymised where relevant) data to Clients where this is contractually required or the Client specifically requests such information to enable them to comply with their own employment processes.
In addition to “diversity information” that we may need to collect, there may also be a need to collect other sensitive personal data about you, such as health-related information, religious affiliation, or details of any criminal convictions. This information is what is called ‘sensitive’ personal information and therefore we need to obtain your explicit consent before we can use it. We’ll ask for your consent by offering you an opt-in. This means that you must explicitly and clearly tell us that you agree to us collecting and using this information.
Please note that in accordance with our statutory obligations we also have a legitimate interest to process your data and may share that data in connection with crime detection, tax collection or actual or anticipated litigation.
Again, if you are unhappy at any time with the way we use your data, then you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us at the following address 33 King Street, London, SW1Y 6RJ.
CLIENT DATA: We use Client information for:
We will principally use your data to contact you in relation to suitable Candidates for your role. As part of that work we will keep records of any conversations or meetings that we may have and we will also retain any feedback that we get from you in relation to our work and the Candidates that we propose to you.
Allen Lane will also market to you where we believe such marketing is relevant to you and it is in our legitimate interests to do so. If you are not happy about this, you have the right to opt out of receiving marketing materials from us and can find out more about how to do so by contacting Allen Lane in writing either at info@allenlane.co.uk or c/o Data Controller, Allen Lane, 33 King Street, London SW1Y 6RJ.
Again, if you are unhappy at any time with the way we use your data, then you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us at the following address; info@allenlane.co.uk.
SUPPLIER DATA: We only use your information to ensure we have the correct details with regards the services you provide to us or vice versa; to perform certain legal obligations and to help us to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Allen Lane will also market to you where we believe such marketing is relevant to you and it is in our legitimate interests to do so. If you are not happy about this, you have the right to opt out of receiving marketing materials from us and can find out more about how to do so by contacting Allen Lane in writing either at info@allenlane.co.uk or c/o Data Controller, Allen Lane, 33 King Street, London SW1Y 6RJ.
Again, if you are unhappy at any time with the way we use your data, then you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us at the following address; Allen Lane, 33 King Street, St James’s Street, SW1Y 6RJ
THIRD PARTIES: We will only use the information that our Candidate or employee gives us about you for the following purposes:
Allen Lane will also market to you where we believe such marketing is relevant to you and it is in our legitimate interests to do so. If you are not happy about this, you have the right to opt out of receiving marketing materials from us and can find out more about how to do so here by contacting Allen Lane in writing either at info@allenlane.co.uk or c/o Data Controller, Allen Lane, 33 King Street, London SW1Y 6RJ.
Again, if you are unhappy at any time with the way we use your data, then you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Please contact us at the following address; Allen Lane, 33 King Street, St James’s Street, SW1Y 6RJ.
WEBSITE USERS: We use your data to help us to improve your experience of using our website, for example by analysing your recent job search criteria to help us to present jobs or Candidates to you that we think you’ll be interested in.
If you would like to find out more about cookies, including how we use them and what choices are available to you, please click here.
Where appropriate and in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, we may share your personal data, in various ways and for various reasons, with the following categories of people:
Individuals and organisations who hold information related to your reference or application to work with us, such as current, past or prospective employers, educators and examining bodies and employment and recruitment agencies;
Allen Lane takes your privacy very seriously and we are committed to taking all reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the personal information that we hold from misuse, loss, or unauthorised access. We do this by having in place a range of appropriate technical and organisational measures. These include measures to deal with any suspected data breach.
If you suspect any misuse or loss of or unauthorised access to your personal information please let us know immediately. Discover details of how to contact us.
We will delete your personal data from our systems if we have not had any meaningful contact with you (or, where appropriate, the company you are working for or with) based on the following:
After this period, it is possible that your data will no longer be relevant for the purposes for which it was collected.
For those Candidates whose services are provided via a third-party company or other entity, “meaningful contact” with you means meaningful contact with the company or entity which supplies your services. Where we are notified by such company or entity that it no longer has that relationship with you, we will retain your data for no longer than three years from that point or, if later, for the period of three years from the point we subsequently have meaningful contact directly with you.
When we refer to “meaningful contact”, we mean, for example, communication between us (either verbal or written), or where you are actively engaging with our consultants or social media websites. If you are a Candidate we will consider there to be meaningful contact with you if you submit your updated CV onto our website. We will also consider it meaningful contact if you actively communicate with us about potential roles, either by verbal or written communication or click through from any of our marketing communications.
You have various rights under GDPR in relation to any data of yours that we hold even after we have collected it. In order to access your data, please contact us and we will send you our data subject access request (“DSAR”) form. This form will set out what data we hold in relation to you and give you the opportunity to modify, update or delete such information. We will aim to respond to you as soon as reasonably possible and in any event within one month (subject to any extensions to which we are lawfully entitled). Furthermore, there will be no charge for accessing such information unless we deem your request to be “manifestly unfounded or excessive”. Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues which you raise and, in certain circumstances where we are legally allowed to do so, we may refuse your request with an explanation accordingly.
In addition, you have the following rights:
We would only be entitled to refuse to comply with your request if it jeopardised our ability to exercise our right of freedom of expression and information; to comply with legal obligations or for the performance of a public interest task or exercise of official authority; for public health reasons in the public interest; for archival, research or statistical purposes; or to exercise or defend a legal claim.
As we share data with third parties including Client in the case of Candidates, we will notify them about the restricted processing unless this is impossible or involves disproportionate effort. We will, of course, notify you before lifting any restriction on processing your personal data.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, or withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data (where consent is our legal basis for processing your personal data), you can contact us directly Allen Lane, 33 King Street, St James’s Street, SW1Y 6RJ. Please note that we may keep a record of your communications to help us resolve any issues which you raise.
Although Allen Lane is based in the UK, it is our duty to let you know that your data may be transferred:
We want to make sure that your data are stored and transferred in a way which is secure. We will therefore only transfer data outside of the European Economic Area or EEA (i.e. the Member States of the European Union, together with Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) where it is compliant with data protection legislation and the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards in relation to your data, for example:
To ensure that your personal information receives an adequate level of protection, we have put in place appropriate procedures with the third parties we share your personal data with to ensure that your personal information is treated by those third parties in a way that is consistent with and which respects the law on data protection.
Should you have any queries on the policy above or on how we process, collect or store your data, please contact us by email, post or telephone in accordance with the following:
Allen Lane, 33 King Street, St James’s Street, SW1Y 6RJ
020 3031 9613
Approved by
Maurice Goldstone, CEO
Date: 11/02/2022