Your Privacy & Gillespie People Solutions Ltd.

Gillespie People Solutions Ltd takes your privacy seriously. We appreciate the importance of maintaining and protecting confidential records and make every effort to comply with the 1998 Data Protection Act.

Gillespie People Solutions Ltd processes personal data in relation to work-seekers and individual client contacts. We will never pass on information about you to any company or organisation for any reason whatsoever without first seeking your approval.

We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What we Collect

We hold data on individuals for the following general purposes:

  • Administration and processing of work-seekers personal data for the purposes of work-finding services
  • Accounts and records
  • Advertising, marketing and public relations

The Data Protection Act 1998 requires Gillespie People Solutions Ltd as data controller to process data in accordance with the principles of data protection. These require that data shall be: -

  • Fairly and lawfully processed
  • Processed for limited purposes
  • Adequate, relevant and not excessive
  • Accurate
  • Not kept longer than necessary
  • Processed in accordance with the data subjects’ rights
  • Kept securely
  • Not transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area without adequate protection.

Personal data means data, which relates to a living individual who can be identified from the data or from the data together with other information, which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into possession of, Gillespie People Solutions Ltd.

Processing means obtaining, recording or holding the data or carrying out any operation or set of operations on the data. It includes organising, adapting and amending the data, retrieval, consultation and use of the data, disclosing and erasure or destruction of the data.

Data may only be processed with the consent of the person whose data is held.  Therefore, if you have not consented to your personal details being passed to a third party this may constitute a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998. By instructing Gillespie People Solutions Ltd to look for work for you and providing us with your personal data, you give Gillespie People Solutions Ltd consent to processing your details for work-finding purposes.

Security and Retention of Data

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. For this purpose, we will not hold your personal data for any longer than is reasonable. Further, we have taken reasonable steps to protect your information against unauthorised access and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, damage and destruction. Nevertheless, any personal data submitted by you is at your own risk.

We will not transfer your personal details to any third party for the purpose of direct marketing without your permission. We use certain third party service providers who may have access to your personal data so that they can provide services to us. When this occurs, we have a data protection compliant contract in place with these third parties. If you provided your details through our website then Moore Legal Technology who manages our online strategy will have access to your details.

Use of Cookies

This website uses cookies to better understand the users’ experience while visiting the website. Cookies are small files saved to the user’s computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about the user’s interactions and usage of the website. This allows the website, through its server, to provide the users with a tailored experience within this website.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the use and saving of cookies from this website onto their computer’s hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browser’s security settings to block all cookies from this website and its external serving vendors or use the cookie control system if available upon their first visit.

Measuring Website Usage (Google Analytics)

We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use this website. We do this to help make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users and to help us make improvements.

Google Analytics stores information about:

  • the pages you visit
  • how long you spend on each page
  • how you got to the site
  • what you click on while you’re visiting the site

We don’t collect or store your personal information (for example your name or address) so this information can’t be used to identify who you are. We don’t allow Google to use or share our analytics data.

Google Analytics sets the following cookies in accordance with Google’s privacy policy:-

Downloads & Media Files

Any downloadable documents, files or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third party antivirus software or similar applications.

We accept no responsibility for third party downloads and downloads provided by external third-party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third party antivirus software or similar applications.

External Website Links & Third Parties

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy policy. You should exercise caution and look at the appropriate privacy policy applicable to the relevant website being used.

Social Media Usage

While we may have official profiles on social media platforms, users are advised to verify authenticity of such profiles before engaging with, or sharing information with, such profiles.  We will never ask for user passwords or personal details on social media platforms. Users are advised to conduct themselves appropriately when engaging with us on social media.

There may be instances where our website features social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. You can find further information about some social media privacy and usage policies in the resources section below.

Resources & Further Information

Contact

If you have any questions, comments or concerns arising from the website, the Privacy notice or any other relevant terms and conditions, policies and notices or the way in which we are handling your personal information please contact Gillespie People Solutions Ltd at enquiries@gillespieps.com.  Or, write to us at Gillespie People Solutions, Curated House, Gordon Chambers, 90 Mitchell Street, Glasgow, G1 3NQ

By using this site, you show acceptance of our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our Privacy Policy we kindly ask you to refrain from using our website. If you would like us to remove your personal details from our system please email enquiries@gillespieps.com and the company will act on this immediately.