As part of any recruitment process, The Pharmaceutical Code Company Ltd trading as Acceler8 Clinical Research (ACCELER8) collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. ACCELER8 is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
What information do we collect?
ACCELER8 collects a range of information about you. This includes:
- 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, including benefit entitlements, and your notice period;
- whether or not you have a disability for which ACCELER8 requires to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process; and
- information about your entitlement to work in the country you are seeking employment
ACCELER8 may collect this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in applications via job boards or recruitment agencies, via CVs submitted directly, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment.
We may also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers.
We will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that we are doing so.
Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in HR management systems and on other IT systems (including email).
Why does ACCELER8 process personal data?
We need to process data to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with you. We may also need to process your data to enter into a contract with you. In some cases, we need to process data to ensure that we are complying with its legal obligations.
ACCELER8 has a legitimate interest in processing personal data during the recruitment process and for keeping records of the process. Processing data from job applicants allows us to manage the recruitment process, assess and confirm a candidate’s suitability for employment and decide who to offer a job to.
We may also need to process data from job applicants to respond to and defend against legal claims.
ACCELER8 may process special categories of data, such as information about whether or not applicants are disabled to make reasonable adjustments for candidates who have a disability.
We process such information to carry out our obligations and exercise specific rights in relation to employment.
If your application is unsuccessful, ACCELER8 may keep your personal data on file in case there are future suitable employment opportunities.
Who has access to data?
Your information may be shared internally for the purposes of the recruitment exercise. This includes members of the HR and recruitment team, interviewers involved in the recruitment process, managers in the business area with a vacancy and IT staff if access to the data is necessary for the performance of their roles.
We will not share your data with third parties, unless your application for employment is successful and we make you an offer of employment.
We will then share your data with current/ former employers to obtain references for you and employment background check providers to obtain necessary background checks.
How does ACCELER8 protect data?
We take the security of your data seriously.
We have internal policies and controls in place to ensure that your data is not lost, accidentally destroyed, misused or disclosed, and is not accessed except by our employees in the proper performance of their duties.
How long does ACCELER8 keep data?
If your application for employment is unsuccessful, ACCELER8 will hold your data on file for twelve (12) months after the end of the relevant recruitment process. At the end of that period, or once you withdraw your consent, your data is deleted or destroyed.
If your application for employment is successful, personal data gathered during the recruitment process will be transferred to your Human Resources (HR) file (electronic and paper based) and retained during your employment.
The periods for which your data will be held will be provided to you in a new privacy notice.
Your rights
As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can:
- access and obtain a copy of your data on request;
- require ACCELER8 to change incorrect or incomplete data;
- require ACCELER8 to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing; and
- object to the processing of your data where ACCELER8 is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer at admin@acceler8clinicalresearch.com
If you believe that ACCELER8 has not complied with your data protection rights, you can complain to the Information Commissioner.
What if you do not provide personal data?
You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to ACCELER8 during the recruitment process. However, if you do not provide the information, we may not be able to process your application properly or at all.