Recruitment Data Privacy Policy

Generally, we collect your personal data either a). directly from you when submit a job application or CV to us or b). from third parties with whom you have registered an interest in working for the Company (e.g. from recruitment agencies).

In considering your application we may also obtain information from third party sources such as our business partners, employment agencies, past employers, referees that you specify, educational institutions, credit reference agencies, other background check agencies, sanctions and politically exposed person screening lists or public registers, publicly available sources including [LinkedIn, Facebook and Google+] ("Social Network Sites") when you choose to provide us with a link to your profile on any Social Network Site as part of your job application.

We may also obtain your contact details from publicly available sources, including content that you have made public on other Social Network Sites or similar sites for professional purposes to make initial contact with you for recruitment purposes. If we contact, you in this way you will be given the opportunity to opt-out of receiving any further information about career opportunities with the SSL Group and you can subsequently opt-out at any time by contacting the Company’s DPO by emailing privacy@wsl.com.

If you give us information about other individuals - for example, referees - or you are providing information about applicants to us in your capacity as a recruitment agency, you must first make sure that the individual knows that you might disclose information about them (either specifically to us or, at least, to potential employers) and you have obtained all relevant written consents from that individual to do so on their behalf. You are required to either confirm or to provide the Company with copies of all relevant written consents from that individual.

If you are a recruitment agency you should make sure that the Company’s Recruitment Data Privacy Policy is communicated to the applicant and all relevant written consents from the applicant had been obtained before sending the CV of the applicant to the Company.

Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of

• Assessing your suitability for the advertised role or other potential vacancies within the Company (if you opted-in to consent the Company to retain your CVs for such a purpose)
• Preparing for the on-boarding, such as employment visa application, reference checking and/or employment contract preparation;
• Complying with our legal obligations, such as assisting with proceedings or investigations as required by public authorities, law enforcement agencies and regulators;
• Administering Company's recruitment programme and compliance with related internal policies (such as our equal opportunity, modern slavery, and human trafficking policies) and for statistical purposes and
• Providing you with information about other job vacancies if you would like the Company to send you such notifications.

We permit our authorised third-party service providers and the Company’s other offices to use your personal data on our behalf for the purposes as set out above. Where reasonably necessary or required to do so by law, we may disclose your personal data to third parties in response to a legitimate request for assistance by law enforcement or regulatory investigations, to protect your vital interests or safety and to seek legal advice from the Company’s external lawyers or in connection with litigation with a third party.

Sometimes your personal data may be transferred to, and stored at, in different jurisdictions, where the personal data Protection Laws and practices are likely to be different and may be less stringent than those within the jurisdiction in which you are resident. In such cases, we will ensure that there are adequate contractual and technical measures to ensure that your personal data is processed strictly on a need-to-know basis for the purposes mentioned above and that an appropriate level of protection is given to the personal data.

No data transmission over the Internet, a website, mobile application or via email or other message service can be guaranteed to be secure from intrusion. However, we maintain commercially appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your personal data in accordance with the requirements of Personal Data Protection Laws.

We value the privacy of your personal data. All personal data we collect about you is stored on our or our subcontractors’ secure servers. We comply with our security policies and standards when accessing or using this information and we restrict access to your personal data to those persons who need to use it for the purpose(s) for which it was collected.

You have the right (subject to various exceptions and in accordance with applicable Personal Data Protection Laws in your country) to access certain personal data held about you and correct any inaccuracies. We may charge a reasonable fee for the processing of any data access request in accordance with applicable Personal Data Protection Laws in your country.

You also have the right to raise a complaint about our processing with the applicable Data Protection Authority in our country or with our Data Protection Officer at privacy@wsl.com. Any request to exercise these rights will be assessed by us on a case-by-case basis.

We keep records of your personal data for no longer than is necessary for the purpose for which we obtained them in accordance with our internal retention policies and procedures or as otherwise permitted by applicable law or to defend ourselves if we consider a complaint or dispute to be likely or until the position is filled.

If your application is unsuccessful, we may retain and use the information which you had provided for one (1) year from the date the job position that you had applied had been filled, this is to deal with any matter which may arise in connection with your application and for purposes of contacting you in connection with ongoing recruitment opportunities. If you do not wish to be considered for positions in the Company other than that you have applied for, please state in your cover letter the following: I do not wish to be considered for positions other than that I have applied.

If you are successful in your application, the information collected during your application and recruitment process will become part of your employment record and will be used and retained in accordance with our policies.