Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 2026
1. Introduction
Scinergy Recruitment Limited ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This policy outlines how we collect, process, and protect your data in strict accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
As a specialist technical consultancy, we act as a Data Controller for the personal data provided to us by candidates, clients, and website users.
2. Information We Collect
To provide our specialist recruitment services, we process the following categories of data:
- 01
Identity & Contact
Full name, title, address, email address, and telephone numbers.
- 02
Professional Profile
Employment history, CVs, technical certifications, portfolio links, and references.
- 03
Compliance & Legal
Right to work documentation, passport copies, visas, and relevant background checks.
- 04
Financial & Special
Bank details for contractors/temps, and health data solely where required for workplace adjustments.
3. Our Lawful Basis for Processing
Under UK GDPR, we must have a lawful basis to process your data. We rely on the following:
- Legitimate Interests: To assess your suitability for roles, manage our relationship with you, and develop our recruitment services.
- Consent: When submitting your CV to a specific prospective employer, or for direct marketing (which you can withdraw at any time).
- Legal Obligation: To comply with statutory regulations, including verifying your legal right to work in the UK and reporting to HMRC.
- Performance of a Contract: To enter into or fulfil a contract if you are engaged as a temporary worker or contractor.
4. Data Sharing & International Transfers
We will only share your personal data with prospective employers with your explicit permission. We may also share data with trusted third-party service providers (e.g., CRM software, payroll providers, IT support) who are contractually bound to process your data securely and strictly on our instructions.
If we are required to transfer your data outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by utilising UK-approved International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTAs) or ensuring the destination country has an adequacy decision.
5. Data Security & Retention
We have implemented robust security measures to prevent your data from being accidentally lost, altered, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your personal data to employees and partners who have a strict business need to know.
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. By law, we must keep basic information about our candidates and placements for specific periods (e.g., Conduct Regulations require records to be kept for at least 1 year from the date of creation or last provision of service; HMRC requires financial records for 6 years). For candidate matching, we typically retain profiles for up to 3 years before seeking consent to continue holding your data.
6. Your Legal Rights
Under UK data protection laws, you have comprehensive rights over your personal data:
7. Queries & Complaints
If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using the details below. You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO.
Official Information
Scinergy Recruitment Limited
Company No: 16784985
Registered Address:
80 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5BJ
Data Privacy Email: info@scinergy.co.uk
Telephone: 020 3038 6115