Privacy Policy for Cadence Hearth
At Cadence Hearth, your privacy is paramount. This Privacy Policy describes how our online platform, offering human resources services including talent acquisition, HR strategy consulting, and organizational development, collects, uses, and protects your personal information. We are committed to complying with applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Information We Collect
We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you:
- Personal Identification Information: This includes names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and other contact details provided when you register for an account, submit a query, apply for a position, or engage with our services.
- Professional Information: For recruitment and HR consulting services, we may collect professional histories, qualifications, employment details, salary expectations, and other information relevant to your career profile or organizational needs.
- Technical Data: Information about your device and how you interact with our site, such as IP addresses, browser types, operating systems, referral sources, and pages visited. This is collected through cookies and similar technologies.
- Usage Data: Information on how you use our services, including interaction patterns, features used, and time spent on certain sections of our platform.
How We Use Your Information
Your information is used for the following purposes:
- To Provide and Maintain Services: To manage your account, process applications, deliver HR strategy consulting, organizational development, performance management, employee relations, compensation and benefits design, and other HR services.
- To Improve Our Services: Analyzing usage data to understand how our site is used and to make improvements to functionality, content, and user experience.
- For Communication: To respond to your inquiries, provide customer support, send important notices, and deliver relevant information about our services.
- For Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our terms and conditions, and protect our rights or the rights of others.
- For Marketing and Promotions: With your consent, we may use your information to send you updates, newsletters, or promotional materials related to our services that might be of interest to you.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your information responsibly and for legitimate business purposes with:
- Service Providers: Third-party companies or individuals who perform services on our behalf (e.g., IT support, data analytics, recruitment platforms). These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes for which it was shared.
- Clients (for recruitment): If you are a job seeker, we may share your professional information with prospective employers who are clients of Cadence Hearth, strictly for recruitment purposes and with your implicit or explicit consent.
- Legal Requirements: When required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
- Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company.
Data Security
We implement robust technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes encryption, access controls, and secure data storage. Despite our efforts, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. The precise retention period will vary depending on the nature of the data and the purpose of processing.
Your Data Protection Rights (GDPR)
Under GDPR, you have the following rights concerning your personal data:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
- Right to Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Cadence Hearth
4502 Blossomfield Gardens,
Floor 3,
Manchester, Greater Manchester,
M2 7EB
UK