Professionals International Ltd. is an international specialist search and selection agency for permanent full-time positions. We operate in medical devices and the healthcare sector with focus on Europe and especially the DACH/ GSA region. Our clients and candidates value our high standards and professionalism that enable us to deliver the best results to them. We focus on commercial roles in Sales and Marketing and provide years of specialised experience with a proven track record in the healthcare market.

Professionals International Ltd.

Christine Beintner

West Hill House

Allerton Hill

Chapel Allerton

Leeds

LS7 3QB

UK

+44 (0)7903 855148

info@professionals-international.com

We treat the provided candidate’s and client’s data with the highest professionalism and respect.

We collect and process information necessary to assess eligibility and connect candidates and clients in suitable roles. Included information are curriculum vitae, employment history and documents, references, online profiles, educational documents and records and identification documents. We collect through you directly, publicly available social media such as LinkedIn and Xing, through references and word of mouth. Amongst others, this information includes:

·  Identity data such as first name, maiden name, last name, marital status, title, date of birth and gender.

·  Contact details such as address, email address, username, social medica names and telephone numbers. 

·  Financial data, such as bank account details (for clients and for candidates in cases like interview expenses reimbursement by a potential employer).

·  Employment data such as job title, current employer, work history, qualifications and training.

·  Etc.

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you. We will only process data when the law allows us to. After an initial contact during which we provide the candidate with information about opportunities, we will usually conduct an in-depth interview where basic information is collected, often with the help of a CV. Collected information is used for one of the following includedbut not limited to reasons:

·  Assessing the candidate’s eligibility for a specific position

·  Assessing the candidate’s current position in the market and what roles could be suitable for the candidate

·  Matching of candidate, client and position

We will only use personal data where necessary. We use the information that you have given us for the purpose for which it was collected and in order to pass them on to our client. The candidate is kept up-to-date throughout every step of the process. If you are selected as a suitable candidate, more information may be collected to progress in the recruitment process.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: 

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Professionals International Ltd. at info@professionals-international.com

(b) We have a contractual obligation.

(c) We have a legal obligation.

(d) We have a vital interest.

(f) We have a legitimate interest.

If you do not provide the personal data necessary, object or withdraw your consent, we may not be able to conduct the recruitment process as intended. A recruitment process could therefore not start, continue or be completed.

Your information is stored with appropriate security measures to prevent your data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed unauthorised, altered or disclosed. We limit access to your personal data to those employees or third parties who have a business need to know. They will only access necessary data on our instructions and are subject to a duty of care and confidentiality. 

We will only collect personal data where necessary and will retain them as in a reasonable way to fulfil the purposes we collect it for, mainly the recruitment process, but also including the purpose of satisfying any legal, tax, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements. An appropriate retention period for personal data is determined considering the amount, nature and sensitivity, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure, the purposes for which we access your data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, as well as the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting and other requirements.

As described in the section “Your data protection rights”, you can ask us to delete your data. 

In some circumstances, we will anonymise your data, so it can no longer be associated with you for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

Recruitment process: We may share your personal data with government authorities, law enforcement officials, regulators, tax and accounting agents where required.

Compliance with laws: If mandated by law or if required for the protection of our legitimate interests in compliance with applicable laws.

Third parties: We may share your personal information with third-party suppliers and organisations to assist us with the recruitment process and enable us to provide recruitment services. We may share personal data with the following parties:

-  RecruitSoSimple: Assistance with CRM used to support our company operations, storage of both client and candidate data.

-  Microsoft: Managing and storage of documents and internal communications.

-  GoDaddy: Web and Email hosting.

-  Apple: Video messaging and calls as well as cloud storage.

-  Accountant: Malcolm Jones LLP.

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. 

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to obtain access to your personal information. 

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at info@professionals-internatonal.com if you wish to make a request.

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at info@professionals-internatonal.com.

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:  

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

Helpline number: +44 (0)303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk