Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Beyond the Job is operated by:

Beyond the Job Ltd — 20 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU, England, United Kingdom. Company number: 17286903.

For the purposes of UK data protection law, we are the data controller for personal information collected through the Website.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal data, please contact us at info@beyondthejob.co.uk.

2. What personal information we collect

Depending on how you use the Website, we may collect the following information:

3. How we use your personal information

We may use personal information collected through the Website to:

• Respond to enquiries and requests
• Provide information about Beyond the Job and our services
• Communicate with you where you have requested information
• Maintain and operate the Website
• Monitor Website performance and improve its content and functionality
• Understand how visitors use the Website
• Protect the Website against fraud, misuse and security threats
• Keep records where required for legal or regulatory purposes
• Comply with our legal obligations
• Establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary

We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis for doing so.

4. Our lawful bases for processing

Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal data.

Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on one or more of the following:

5. Contact forms and enquiries

If you contact us through a form, email address or other communication method provided on the Website, we will use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry and manage our relationship with you.

We will not use information submitted through an enquiry form for unrelated purposes unless we have a lawful basis to do so.

If you ask us to provide further information about Beyond the Job, we may contact you using the details you provide.

6. Marketing communications

We may occasionally send information about Beyond the Job, our services, updates or relevant news where we are legally permitted to do so.

Where applicable, we will obtain your consent before sending marketing communications.

You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the communication or by contacting us.

7. Cookies and similar technologies

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies are small text files placed on your device that can help websites function, remember preferences and understand how visitors use a website.

We may use:

• Strictly necessary cookies — required for the Website to operate properly.
• Analytics cookies — used to understand how visitors use the Website and improve its performance.
• Preference cookies — used to remember certain choices or preferences.
• Marketing cookies — where applicable, used to support advertising or marketing activities.

Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.

You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent mechanism or through your browser settings.

For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.

8. Third-party services

We may use third-party companies and services to help operate the Website and our business.

Depending on the services we use, these may include providers of:

• Website hosting
• Website analytics
• Cookie management
• Contact forms
• Email communications
• Website security
• Embedded content
• Payment or other business services

These providers may process personal information on our behalf or, in some circumstances, act as separate data controllers.

We only use third-party services where we consider them appropriate and, where required, we put suitable contractual and data protection arrangements in place.

A current list of third-party services used by the Website can be provided on request.

9. Social media and external links

The Website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms.

If you follow a link to another website, that website will have its own privacy policy and terms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites.

You should review the privacy policy of any external website before providing it with personal information.

10. How long we keep your information

We will only keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.

The length of time we retain information will depend on factors such as:

• Why we collected the information
• Whether we have an ongoing relationship with you
• Whether we have a legal or regulatory obligation to retain it
• Whether we need the information to establish, exercise or defend legal claims

When personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.

11. Sharing your information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share personal information with trusted third parties where this is necessary to operate our Website or business, respond to enquiries, provide services, maintain security or comply with legal obligations.

These third parties may include:

• Website hosting providers
• IT and technology providers
• Website analytics providers
• Email and communication providers
• Professional advisers
• Legal, regulatory or law-enforcement bodies where required

Where a third party processes personal information on our behalf, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that your information is handled securely and in accordance with applicable data protection law.

12. International transfers

Some of our service providers may process personal information outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is lawful and that your personal information receives an appropriate level of protection.

This may include relying on UK adequacy regulations, appropriate contractual safeguards or another lawful transfer mechanism.

13. How we protect your information

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against:

• Unauthorised access
• Accidental loss
• Destruction
• Misuse
• Alteration
• Unauthorised disclosure

However, no website or online transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

If you have reason to believe that your interaction with us is no longer secure, please contact us immediately.

14. Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have a number of rights in relation to your personal information.

These may include the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances
• Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
• Object to certain types of processing
• Request the transfer of certain information to another organisation
• Withdraw consent where we rely on consent as our lawful basis
• Object to direct marketing

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.

If you would like to exercise one of your rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

15. How to exercise your rights

To exercise your rights or ask a question about how we use your information, contact info@beyondthejob.co.uk.

We may need to request additional information from you to confirm your identity before responding to certain requests.

We will normally respond to valid requests within one month, although this may be extended where permitted by law if a request is particularly complex or you have made multiple requests.

16. Complaints

If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information, we would encourage you to contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.

You also have the right to complain to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). You can find information about making a complaint on the ICO's website.

17. Children's privacy

The Website is intended to provide information about Beyond the Job and its services.

We do not knowingly use the Website to collect personal information from children for purposes unrelated to the operation of the Website.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us and you would like us to review or remove it, please contact us.

18. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our Website, services, technology or legal requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.

We recommend checking this page periodically to make sure you are aware of the latest version.

19. Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our use of personal information or your data protection rights, please contact us at info@beyondthejob.co.uk.