Our Privacy Policy
Lacuna Talent Privacy
Privacy Policy for Lacuna Talent
Effective Date: 1/4/2024
Lacuna Talent, part of Lacuna Partners, is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in compliance with relevant privacy and data protection laws, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other applicable international data protection regulations.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website, interact with our services, or apply for roles through Lacuna Talent.
1. Who We Are
Lacuna Talent provides recruitment and talent acquisition services, specializing in AI, data, and cybersecurity roles. We process personal data to match candidates with employers and facilitate the recruitment process.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We collect and process various categories of personal data about you, depending on the services you use and your interactions with us.
Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address.
Employment Information: CVs/resumes, employment history, education details, references, qualifications, and certifications.
Identifiers: Government-issued IDs (e.g., passport, driving license) where required for background checks.
Online Identifiers: IP addresses, browser type, and cookies, as detailed in our [Cookie Policy].
Sensitive Personal Data: We may collect sensitive personal data such as health information or diversity data (e.g., gender, race) only with your explicit consent and for specific lawful purposes (e.g., equal opportunity monitoring).
3. How We Use Your Data
Lacuna Talent processes your personal data for the following purposes:
Recruitment Services: To evaluate your application, communicate with you about opportunities, and facilitate the hiring process with our clients.
Client Services: To provide our clients with information about potential candidates for roles they wish to fill.
Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, such as conducting background checks, ensuring data protection compliance, and maintaining accurate records.
Marketing Communications: With your consent, we may send you recruitment-related updates, job alerts, and industry news. You can opt out at any time.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
Consent: We rely on your explicit consent to process sensitive data and send marketing communications.
Contract: Processing your personal data may be necessary to fulfill a contract or take steps at your request before entering a contract, such as providing recruitment services.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services, provided such interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.
Legal Obligation: We may process your data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
5. How We Share Your Data
We share your personal data with third parties in the following cases:
Clients: We share candidate information with employers as part of the recruitment process.
Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers, such as background check services, cloud storage providers, or IT service providers, to support our business.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose personal data to law enforcement agencies or regulatory bodies when required by law.
International Transfers: As a global company, we may transfer your data to countries outside of your home jurisdiction. When doing so, we ensure that appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), are in place to protect your data.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
Right to Access: You can request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format for transfer to another service.
Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process your data based on consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, such as the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) or your local data protection authority.
7. How We Protect Your Data
Lacuna Talent takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Once it is no longer necessary to retain your data, we will securely delete or anonymize it.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed at individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we discover that we have collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete such information.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational changes. We will notify you of any significant updates by posting a revised version on our website.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:
Email: finance@lacunatalent.com
By using Lacuna Talent's services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data as described herein.
Effective Date: 1/4/2024
Lacuna Talent, part of Lacuna Partners, is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in compliance with relevant privacy and data protection laws, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other applicable international data protection regulations.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal data when you visit our website, interact with our services, or apply for roles through Lacuna Talent.
1. Who We Are
Lacuna Talent provides recruitment and talent acquisition services, specializing in AI, data, and cybersecurity roles. We process personal data to match candidates with employers and facilitate the recruitment process.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We collect and process various categories of personal data about you, depending on the services you use and your interactions with us.
Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address.
Employment Information: CVs/resumes, employment history, education details, references, qualifications, and certifications.
Identifiers: Government-issued IDs (e.g., passport, driving license) where required for background checks.
Online Identifiers: IP addresses, browser type, and cookies, as detailed in our [Cookie Policy].
Sensitive Personal Data: We may collect sensitive personal data such as health information or diversity data (e.g., gender, race) only with your explicit consent and for specific lawful purposes (e.g., equal opportunity monitoring).
3. How We Use Your Data
Lacuna Talent processes your personal data for the following purposes:
Recruitment Services: To evaluate your application, communicate with you about opportunities, and facilitate the hiring process with our clients.
Client Services: To provide our clients with information about potential candidates for roles they wish to fill.
Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, such as conducting background checks, ensuring data protection compliance, and maintaining accurate records.
Marketing Communications: With your consent, we may send you recruitment-related updates, job alerts, and industry news. You can opt out at any time.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
Consent: We rely on your explicit consent to process sensitive data and send marketing communications.
Contract: Processing your personal data may be necessary to fulfill a contract or take steps at your request before entering a contract, such as providing recruitment services.
Legitimate Interests: We may process your data for our legitimate business interests, such as improving our services, provided such interests are not overridden by your privacy rights.
Legal Obligation: We may process your data to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
5. How We Share Your Data
We share your personal data with third parties in the following cases:
Clients: We share candidate information with employers as part of the recruitment process.
Service Providers: We may share your data with trusted third-party service providers, such as background check services, cloud storage providers, or IT service providers, to support our business.
Legal Authorities: We may disclose personal data to law enforcement agencies or regulatory bodies when required by law.
International Transfers: As a global company, we may transfer your data to countries outside of your home jurisdiction. When doing so, we ensure that appropriate safeguards, such as Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), are in place to protect your data.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:
Right to Access: You can request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
Right to Erasure: You can request that we delete your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
Right to Restrict Processing: You can request that we limit how we use your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format for transfer to another service.
Right to Object: You can object to the processing of your personal data for certain purposes, such as direct marketing.
Right to Withdraw Consent: If we process your data based on consent, you have the right to withdraw it at any time.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, such as the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) or your local data protection authority.
7. How We Protect Your Data
Lacuna Talent takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption, access controls, and regular security assessments.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. Once it is no longer necessary to retain your data, we will securely delete or anonymize it.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our services are not directed at individuals under the age of 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we discover that we have collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will take steps to delete such information.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or operational changes. We will notify you of any significant updates by posting a revised version on our website.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:
Email: finance@lacunatalent.com
By using Lacuna Talent's services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your personal data as described herein.