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DSIT digital recruitment: privacy notice

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This notice sets out how we will process your personal data, and your rights. It is made under Articles 13 and/or 14 of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

This privacy notice covers information related to the hiring for digital recruitment roles at the Department for Innovation, Science and Technology.

For UK GDPR purposes, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is the data controller for your personal data relating to recruitment.

We will process the following personal data:

  • contact details (email and contact numbers)
  • NI number for successful candidates only  

    • We will process the following special category data:

  • reasonable adjustment information for disabilities 

    • This data is used only for monitoring fairness and diversity, and for understanding any reasonable adjustments for disabilities. It is not used to assess your application.

    We receive your data directly from your application.

    You may find our roles via platforms such as Linkedin where you will be redirected to DSIT job portals and our Greenhouse platform to complete your application. LinkedIn does not provide any of your personal data to us.

    The purpose(s) for which we are processing your personal data is:

  • To conduct the hiring process and tracking of potential applicants joining DSITs digital recruitment vacancies.
  • To ensure needed employment contracts are generated.
  • Gathering statistics from the DSIT hiring process to inform future planning and strategy.
  • To keep you informed, with your permission, about similar roles in the future. You can opt out of these communications at any time.
  • Special category recruitment data is collected and reported as part of statutory recruitment and oversight functions, particularly equality, diversity monitoring, and preventing discrimination.

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    Read the original at the source: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/digital-recruitment-privacy-notice

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