Veterinary Technician

The CityVet Candidate Privacy Notice outlines how personal information is collected, used, and retained during the employment recruitment process.

Data Protection Principles

• We will comply with data protection law and principles, ensuring your data is used lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
• We will only collect information necessary for assessing your suitability for the role and communicating with you throughout the recruitment process.
• Your personal information will be kept accurate and up to date, and only retained as long as necessary.
• Your personal information will be kept secure.

Information Collected

• Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter
• Application Form Information: Name, Title, Address, Telephone Number, Email Address, Employment History, Qualifications
• Interview Information

How Information is Used

• To assess your skills, qualifications, and suitability for the role.
• To carry out background and reference checks.
• To communicate with you about the recruitment process.
• To keep records related to our hiring processes.
• To comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
• To decide whether to enter into a contract of employment with you.

Data Sharing

• We may share your personal information with other companies within our ownership group if we consider they may have other relevant vacancies and with third-party service providers and other entities in the group who are required to take appropriate security measures to protect your personal information.

Data Security

• We have implemented appropriate security measures to protect your personal information.
• We limit access to your personal information to those who have a business need-to-know.
• We have procedures in place to deal with suspected data security breaches.

Data Retention

• We retain your personal information for a period of X years after communicating our decision about your application.
• We retain your personal information to show we have conducted the recruitment exercise fairly and to demonstrate non-discrimination.
• We securely destroy your personal information after the retention period.

Rights of Access, Correction, Erasure, and Restriction

• You have the right to request access to your personal information, correction, erasure, and restriction.
• You can withdraw your consent for processing at any time.

Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a data protection officer (DPO) to oversee compliance with this privacy notice. You can contact the DPO by email at privacy@CityVet.com.