Privacy Notice

• Request access to your Personal Data. This enables you to ask to receive a copy of the Personal Data that we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of the Personal Data that we hold about you
• Request erasure of your Personal Data
• Object to Processing of your Personal Data where we are relying on our legitimate interest and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object to where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.
• Request the restriction of processing of your Personal Data
• Request the transfer of your Personal Data to another party

1. Personal Data collected and created in relation to our employee or service provider survey services; and
2. Personal Data relating to people who have asked to receive our newsletters and other information services or marketing materials; and
3. Personal Data relating to our people, which means those people working for our company, or providing services to us, including employees, consultants, temporary or casual workers and contractors.

All of our employees are required to abide by our Privacy notice when handling Personal Data and will be provided with appropriate data protection training. Any breach of data protection will be taken seriously and may result in disciplinary action. Our Data Privacy Manager will provide advice and guidance to our people on data protection issues, as is required.

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A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any personally identifiable information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

For more information, please see the WorkBuzz Cookie Policy.

It is important that the personal information that we hold about you is accurate and current. Please tell us if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.

The way your data is stored and Processed will depend on the nature of it and how we have received it:

• All Personal Data directly related to performing our Services and provided by survey respondents is only processed within the UK and EEA.  Section B (For our Survey Respondents) provides more information, including when this data is disclosed to third parties and how long it is retained for

• Some Personal Data gathered through other sources, such as when you download an eBook or guide through our website, may be Processed outside of the UK and EEA, provided this is adequately protected, as required by UK and EU GDPR, by trusted suppliers under the UK and EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) and Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs). See Section C.

In order to Process Personal Data, we must have valid legal grounds to hold and manage it in accordance with Data Protection Legislation.

In relation to our clients, it is likely that our legal ground will be that we are processing personal data, for which they are the Controller, in order to perform the services under our contract with them.

In relation to our employees, our grounds for Processing their Personal Data may be both (1) under contract; and (2) our legitimate interest in holding the data (for example, the need to hold certain employee records).

Where individuals have asked to be added (or opted-in) to our database, our reason for holding their data may be based on their consent (as well as in certain circumstances on our legitimate interest).

Where our processing of Personal Data is based on the Data Subject’s consent, it may be possible for the Data Subject to withdraw that consent (and thereby our ground for holding their Personal Data). In that event, we will stop the processing of their Personal Data.

We will only share your Personal Data with third parties on the same basis: where we have valid legal grounds to do so. We may share your Personal Data where necessary to perform a contract with you, where it is in our legitimate interest to do so or when you have specifically consented to it.

Finally, there are some other valid grounds for Processing (or sharing) Personal Data:

1. where there is a legal obligation that we must;
2. where it is of vital interest that we should share the Personal data (to protect someone’s life); or
3. where it is part of a public task or official function.

We are the Data Processor of the Personal Data supplied to us by our clients, who remain the Data Controller in respect of their Personal Data. We are therefore responsible for making sure that our systems, processes and people comply with the relevant data protection laws as a Data Processor of that Personal Data.

When entering into an agreement with WorkBuzz, your employer or service provider may share with us, or upload directly to our Platform, certain demographic and Personal Data, which may, for example, include name, age, gender, email address, job title, level of seniority, department, work or service start date, and primary location.

The other data we collect about you is provided by you in the survey itself:

• Survey data: we store the survey data (questions and answers) respondents complete or submit via our Platform
• Other data you submit: we may collect your personal information or data if you submit it to us in other contexts. For example, by giving us a testimonial, by entering a contest or entering into correspondence with us.

Each time you complete a survey or use our Platform, we may collect information about you including, when and how you use the Platform; any comments or feedback you provide to us; technical information about your computer or mobile device for analysis and system administration, such as your IP address, operating system and browser type.

We may use the personal information we hold in the following ways:

• To provide your employer or service provider with reports and analysis, summarising the information gathered through our Platform and surveys.  This may include demographic analysis, based on the respondent’s survey answers or demographic information provided by you
• We will take all reasonable steps to protect respondents’ confidentiality, like merging their feedback with other employees’ – please see our Confidentiality Promise for more information
• To notify you about changes to our Platform or our Services that you use
• To deal with any enquires, correspondence or complaints you have raised or have been raised by other parties relating to your use of our Platform or Services
• To compile usage reports of our Platform or Services

• In order to Process Personal Data, we must have valid legal grounds to hold and manage it in accordance with Data Protection Legislation
• In relation to our clients, it is likely that our legal ground will be that we are Processing their Personal data in order to perform the services under our contract with them
• In relation to our employees, our grounds for Processing their Personal Data may be both (1) under contract; and (2) our legitimate interest in holding the data (for example, the need to hold certain employee records)
• Where individuals have asked to be added to our database, our reason for holding their data may be based on their consent (as well as in certain circumstances on our legitimate interest)
• Where our processing of Personal Data is based on the Data Subject’s consent, it may be possible for the Data Subject to withdraw that consent (and thereby our grounds for holding their Personal Data). In that event, we will stop the processing of their Personal Data.
• We may only share your Personal Data with third parties on the same basis: where we have valid legal grounds to do so. So, we may share your Personal Data where necessary to perform a contract with you, where it is in our legitimate interest to do so or when you have specifically consented to it.
• Finally, there are some other valid grounds for Processing (or sharing) Personal Data: (i) where there is a legal obligation that we must; (ii) where it is of vital interest that we should share the Personal data (to protect someone’s life); or (iii) where it is part of a public task or official function

We collect and process the following data about you:

• Information you give us:
• When you contact us or subscribe to our content, such as our newsletter, we collect your contact details, including your name and email address
• We may collect your personal information or data if you submit it to us in other contexts. For example, by giving us a testimonial, by entering a contest or entering into correspondence with us.
• Personal Data may also be collected from you during the application and selection Process should we advertise any vacancies (for example via your application form and CV)

We may receive information about you if you use other websites we operate. We also work with third parties, including affiliate partners, sub-contractors, advertising networks, search engine providers and analytics providers and may receive information about you from them.

We may use the personal information we hold in the following ways:

• For marketing activities
• For recruitment purposes
• To deal with any enquires, correspondence or complaints you have raised or have been raised by other parties relating to your use of our Platform or Services

If you have opted in to receive our newsletters, other information services or marketing materials, we will use your personal information to distribute this/these to you.

If you have applied for a role with WorkBuzz, either advertised or speculatively, Personal Data will be used for HR administration and management in respect of the selection of people to work for us (including suitability, eligibility and/or fitness to work).

Data provided to WorkBuzz via any of our websites are provided in full knowledge of its future use, with explicit consent in relation to each of the proposed uses. Those who leave their details may opt-in to receive marketing updates from WorkBuzz. Until a person in our marketing database unsubscribes or requests to be forgotten, they will remain a part of it.

Upon unsubscribing, Personal Data will be retained for up to 90 days prior to deletion from our systems.

If you have shared your Personal Data in the form of a role application, WorkBuzz will keep the Personal Data of applicants who we do not employ for up to 12 months after we receive it.

Any changes we may make to our privacy notice in the future will be posted on our website, so please ensure that you are viewing the correct version. Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this privacy notice.