Privacy Notice

This privacy policy sets out how Career Mentor uses and protects any information given by individuals and organisations. Career Mentor is committed to ensuring that privacy is protected. This policy was updated on 23rd April 2020. It may change from time to time, and will be updated accordingly.

Any organisation must have a lawful basis to process any personal data, of which there are six bases: consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, and legitimate interests. Career Mentor processes personal data on the basis of consent. This Policy covers the Career Mentor website and our general Personal Information Policy.


Our Contact Details

Company Information
The Career Mentor website is owned and operated by: Career Mentor

Registered Office:
Harmonea Limited
3 Forge House
Summerleys Road
Princes Risborough
Buckinghamshire HP27 9DT

T: 07880 782 167


For all queries about this website please contact: info@careermentor.co.uk


What type of information we have

Career Mentor may collect and hold the following information of individuals (the data subject) with their consent:

  • Name and job title

  • Contact information, including email address


How we get the information and why do we have it

No personal information is collected on the Career Mentor website without consent, i.e. if a form is completed and submitted. Visits to the website that do not result in a form being submitted are anonymised: no personal data is collected through this process. SquareSpace automatically collect metrics and analytics based on customer engagement with the website but this is anonymised. This records page visits, engagement with forms and buttons, but does not record personal information.

If you consent and submit a form on our website, we use your personal information to support and enhance our relationship with you and your experience of our website and services. You can withdraw your consent at all time by unsubscribing from our emails or emailing us directly at info@careermentor.co.uk.


What we do with the information

Career Mentor requires this information to understand the needs of individuals and potential clients through our network, to keep them updated on Career Mentor’s latest blogs and offerings, as well as for the following reasons:

  • To improve our website and offerings

  • To periodically send blogs or updates relating to job searches, careers, CVs and cover letters, and industry trends

  • To promote our services to potential new clients

Should you submit a form on the website, such as to download an eBook or express an interest in our services, this information (your email address and name) is stored in Keap. You can unsubscribe from emails or email us directly to remove your data from Keap, should you no longer be interested in being part of our network.

Career Mentor will never directly sell or loan the information of individuals.


Security

Career Mentor is committed to ensuring that all personal data is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information that we collect both online and in person.


Your Data Protection Rights

a) Right of confirmation

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from Career Mentor confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning him or her are being processed. If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of confirmation, he or she may, at any time, contact info@careermentor.co.uk.

b) Right of access

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from Career Mentor free information about his or her personal data stored at any time and a copy of this information. Furthermore, the European directives and regulations grant the data subject access to the following information:

  • the purposes of the processing;

  • the categories of personal data concerned;

  • the recipients or categories of recipients to whom the personal data have been or will be disclosed, in particular recipients in third countries or international organisations;

  • where possible, the envisaged period for which the personal data will be stored, or, if not possible, the criteria used to determine that period;

  • the existence of the right to request from Career Mentor rectification or erasure of personal data, or restriction of processing of personal data concerning the data subject, or to object to such processing;

  • the existence of the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority;

  • where the personal data are not collected from the data subject, any available information as to their source;

  • the existence of automated decision-making, including profiling, referred to in Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR and, at least in those cases, meaningful information about the logic involved, as well as the significance and envisaged consequences of such processing for the data subject.

Furthermore, the data subject shall have a right to obtain information as to whether personal data are transferred to a third country or to an international organisation. Where this is the case, the data subject shall have the right to be informed of the appropriate safeguards relating to the transfer.

If a data subject wishes to avail himself of this right of access, he or she may, at any time, contact Career Mentor at info@careermentor.co.uk.

c) Right to rectification

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from Career Mentor without undue delay the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her. Taking into account the purposes of the processing, the data subject shall have the right to have incomplete personal data completed, including by means of providing a supplementary statement.

If a data subject wishes to exercise this right to rectification, he or she may, at any time, contact Career Mentor at info@careermentor.co.uk.

d) Right to erasure (right to be forgotten)

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from Career Mentor the erasure of personal data concerning him or her without undue delay, and Career Mentor shall have the obligation to erase personal data without undue delay where one of the following grounds applies, as long as the processing is not necessary:

  • The personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed.

  • The data subject withdraws consent to which the processing is based according to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, and where there is no other legal ground for the processing.

  • The data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for the processing, or the data subject objects to the processing pursuant to Article 21(2) of the GDPR.

  • The personal data have been unlawfully processed.

  • The personal data must be erased for compliance with a legal obligation in Union or Member State law to which Career Mentor is subject.

  • The personal data have been collected in relation to the offer of information society services referred to in Article 8(1) of the GDPR.

If one of the aforementioned reasons applies, and a data subject wishes to request the erasure of personal data stored by Career Mentor, he or she may, at any time, contact us at info@careermentor.co.uk . An employee of Career Mentor shall promptly ensure that the erasure request is complied with immediately.

e) Right of restriction of processing

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to obtain from Career Mentor restriction of processing where one of the following applies:

  • The accuracy of the personal data is contested by the data subject, for a period enabling Career Mentor to verify the accuracy of the personal data.

  • The processing is unlawful and the data subject opposes the erasure of the personal data and requests instead the restriction of their use instead.

  • Career Mentor no longer needs the personal data for the purposes of the processing, but they are required by the data subject for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

  • The data subject has objected to processing pursuant to Article 21(1) of the GDPR pending the verification whether the legitimate grounds of Career Mentor override those of the data subject.

If one of the aforementioned conditions is met, and a data subject wishes to request the restriction of the processing of personal data stored by Career Mentor, he or she may at any time contact any employee of Career Mentor. The employee of the Career Mentor will arrange the restriction of the processing.

f) Right to data portability

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator, to receive the personal data concerning him or her, which was provided to a controller, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format. He or she shall have the right to transmit those data to another controller without hindrance from Career Mentor to which the personal data have been provided, as long as the processing is based on consent pursuant to point (a) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR or point (a) of Article 9(2) of the GDPR, or on a contract pursuant to point (b) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR, and the processing is carried out by automated means, as long as the processing is not necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in Career Mentor.

Furthermore, in exercising his or her right to data portability pursuant to Article 20(1) of the GDPR, the data subject shall have the right to have personal data transmitted directly from one controller to another, where technically feasible and when doing so does not adversely affect the rights and freedoms of others.

In order to assert the right to data portability, the data subject may at any time contact any employee of Career Mentor.

g) Right to object

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to object, on grounds relating to his or her particular situation, at any time, to processing of personal data concerning him or her, which is based on point (e) or (f) of Article 6(1) of the GDPR. This also applies to profiling based on these provisions.

Career Mentor shall no longer process the personal data in the event of the objection, unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

In order to exercise the right to object, the data subject may contact any employee of Career Mentor.

h) Right to withdraw data protection consent

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to withdraw his or her consent to processing of his or her personal data at any time.

If the data subject wishes to exercise the right to withdraw the consent, he or she may, at any time, contact any employee of Career Mentor.

i) Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Each data subject shall have the right granted by the European legislator to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the Member State of his or her habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged infringement if the data subject considers that the processing of personal data relating to him or her infringes this Regulation.


How to complain

A complaint can be lodged with the ICO at the following website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/