Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

MUK Recruitment Ltd ('we', 'us', 'our') is a recruitment business based in the UK. We act as the data controller for the personal information we collect and process during our recruitment activities.

Contact us about privacy matters: privacy@mukrecruitment.co.uk

2. What Information We Collect

Job seekers

• Name, email address and phone number
• CV, employment history, qualifications and skills
• Location and right-to-work status
• Any other information you choose to provide

Employers and clients

• Contact name, job title, email and phone number
• Company name and address
• Details of vacancies and hiring requirements

Website visitors

• IP address and browser information (via cookies)
• Pages visited and time spent on site

3. How We Use Your Information

Job seekers — we use your data to:

• Match you with relevant job opportunities
• Present your details to potential employers as part of the recruitment process
• Contact you about suitable roles and our services
• Comply with legal obligations

Employers — we use your data to:

• Provide recruitment services and find suitable candidates
• Communicate with you about vacancies and placements
• Manage our business relationship

4. Legal Basis for Processing

We rely on the following legal bases under UK GDPR:

• Legitimate interests — this is our primary basis. As a recruitment business, we have a legitimate interest in processing candidate and employer data to match people with suitable roles. Candidates who engage with us reasonably expect their information to be used for this purpose, including being presented to potential employers.
• Contract — where we have a service agreement or terms of engagement with you
• Legal obligation — where we are required to process data by law
• Consent — we rely on consent only for optional activities such as sending marketing emails or newsletters, or processing special category data (e.g. health or disability information). You can withdraw consent at any time.

5. Sharing Your Information

We may share your personal data with:

• Employers and clients — as part of the recruitment process
• Candidates — employers' basic contact details as part of the recruitment process
• IT and software providers who support our business (under data processing agreements)

We do not sell your personal data. We do not share it with third parties for marketing purposes.

6. How Long We Keep Your Data

We keep your data for as long as necessary to provide our recruitment services. You can ask us to remove your details at any time by contacting privacy@mukrecruitment.co.uk.

7. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Object to or restrict how we use your data
• Withdraw consent at any time (where consent is our legal basis)
• Receive your data in a portable format

To exercise any of these rights, email us at privacy@mukrecruitment.co.uk. We will respond within one month.

8. Cookies

We use essential cookies to make our website work. We may also use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use our site. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

9. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect your data from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. However, no internet transmission is completely secure.

10. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority for data protection.