Privacy Policy

This privacy policy is effective as and from June 05, 2024

Introduction

This website (the “Website”) is operated by Landmark Digital Limited (a wholly owned Irish Times Group company) trading as Recruit Ireland (hereinafter referred to as “RecruitIreland.com”)

This Privacy Notice provides guidance and information to users/visitors of our website.

RecruitIreland.com ("us", "we" or "our") is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice together with the Terms and Conditions of use of the Website, Cookie Notice and the documents referred to in them sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you or that you provide to us (“data”) will be processed by us.

In this Privacy Notice, references to “you” means the person whose data we collect, use and process. We will use your data only for the purposes and in the manner set forth below, which describes the steps we take to ensure the processing of your data is in compliance with European Union Law including (EU) 2016/679 (known as the General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR) and any subsequent amendments (collectively referred to as “Data Protection Legislation”)

Identity of the data Controller

For the purposes of data Protection Legislation, the data Controller is The Irish Times DAC trading as RecruitIreland.com with an address at of 24-28 Tara Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.

We have appointed an internal data protection officer (DPO) for you to contact if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Notice. Please contact us at dataprotection@recruitireland.com

When does this Privacy Notice Apply?

This Privacy Notice applies to data that we collect, use and otherwise process about you in connection with your use of our website and your interactions with us.

Acceptance of this Privacy Notice

By using this Website and by disclosing your data to us, you consent to the collection, storage, processing, use and disclosure of your data by us as described in this Privacy Notice . If you do not agree with or are not comfortable with any aspect of this Privacy Notice , your only remedy is to discontinue using our website. We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Notice at any time. Your continued use of any part of our website following notification or posting of such changes will constitute your acceptance of those changes.

Information we collect and how we use it

Purpose of Processing Categories of personal data Legal Basis of processing  Retention 

To verify your identity

 First name , last name , email address Consent As a registered user of the Website, we will retain your Identity, Contact, Profile, Technical, Usage, Marketing and Communications data for as long as your user account is live unless you have exercised your Legal Right of erasure of that personal data before this.
HR Recruitment - Candidate creating an account on Recruit Ireland, Storing multiple CV's First name, last name, phone number, email address, CV details Contract As a registered user of the Website, we will retain your Identity, Contact, Profile, Technical, Usage, Marketing and Communications data for as long as your user account is live unless you have exercised your Legal Right of erasure of that personal data before this.
HR Recruitment - Candidate applying for a job when they have a registered account First name, last name, phone number, email address, CV details Contract The copy of your job application CV or resume and record of communication will remain on the Customer’s user account for no more than 18 months after the job specification has been archived. We will delete that copy of your application, CV or resume and record of communication from the Customer’s user account 18 months from the date the job specification is archived, unless you have exercised your Legal Rights of erasure of that personal data before this. Details of all the job applications you make through the Website can be viewed by you in ‘Your Account’
HR Recruitment (candidate applying for a role on the RecruitIreland.com website without registering for an account ) First name, last name, phone number, email address, CV details Contract The copy of your job application CV or resume and record of communication will remain on the Customer’s user account for no more than 18 months after the job specification has been archived.
To deliver marketing, promotions, content including newsletters, competitions , surveys & polls First name, last name & email address, Consent As a registered user of the Website, we will retain your Identity, Contact, Profile, Technical, Usage, Marketing and Communications data for as long as your user account is live unless you have exercised your Legal Right of erasure of that personal data before this
To deliver marketing, promotions, content including newsletters, competitions , surveys & polls First name, last name & email address, Consent As a registered user of the Website, we will retain your Identity, Contact, Profile, Technical, Usage, Marketing and Communications data for as long as your user account is live unless you have exercised Your Legal Right of erasure of that personal data before this
To understand how you use our services: To track how you gain access to or read our content Profile, Technical and Usage data Legitimate interest As a registered user of the Website, we will retain your Identity, Contact, Profile, Technical, Usage, Marketing and Communications data for as long as your user account is live unless you have exercised Your Legal Right of erasure of that personal data before this
To understand how you use our services: To measure the effectiveness of our email communications Profile, Technical and Usage data Legitimate interest As a registered user of the Website, we will retain your Identity, Contact, Profile, Technical, Usage, Marketing and Communications data for as long as your user account is live unless you have exercised Your Legal Right of erasure of that personal data before this

Data Retention

We will retain your personal data as indicated in the table above or if necessary to comply with our legal obligations.

Collection of Personal data from Children

RecruitIreland.com does not provide services to children. If you are under the age of 16, please do not submit any personal information through our website.

Special Category of data

Please do not provide any special categories/sensitive personal data such as personal data relating to racial or ethnic origin, political or religious opinions, membership of a trade union, physical or mental health or condition or sexual life or orientation. This type of personal data is subject to additional protections under EU law.

How We May Share Your Personal data

We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Notice.

Within our group We may share your personal information with any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company and its subsidiaries and use it in a manner that is consistent with this privacy statement.
With third parties We may share your personal information with third parties for a number of reasons as outlined below. We do not sell your personal information to anyone and only share it with third parties who are facilitating the delivery or fulfilment of our services and or are working on our behalf. We contractually require that our suppliers protect such information from unauthorised access, use, and disclosure.
Third-party service providers We may share your personal information with third-party service providers which perform services and functions at our direction and on our behalf such as our accountants, IT service providers, printers, payment providers, providers of security and administration services . This may also include other business advisers such as lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services
Advertising partners We disclose non-personally identifiable aggregate information to third-party advertisers and to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target. We share summary aggregate reports for our advertisers to measure the effectiveness of the ads they have served.

We also use data collected upon registration to estimate gender for the purpose of targeted advertising. Such online advertising helps support the content, products and services we provide.

We use cookies and similar technologies to facilitate our Services in the retrieving of your user preferences; to personalise your visits; for the operation of our website; to collect statistical information about our visitors for analytical purposes (we use Google Analytics, Google Signals and Comscore); to simplify any sign-in procedures; understand user numbers, demographics and interests; and to provide social media features.
Social networking sites Our website and mobile applications use interfaces with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others. If you choose to like or share information from our sites through these services, you should review the privacy policy of that service. If you are a member of a social media site and logged in, the interfaces configured on our Services allow the social media site to connect your site visit and browsing behaviour to the personal data held on your social media site. The Irish Times can use this information on an aggregate basis to place ads that are based on your interests on these social media sites. These practices are governed by the privacy statements of these social networking sites and you are advised to review these separately. Where we display social media plugins on our site this may allow social media operators to set cookies in other technologies when you visit the site. We are not responsible for how social media operators use your data and you should review their privacy policies separately. These cookies will only be set with your consent, which can be withdrawn at any time
Compliance with legal obligations We may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as: To comply with a subpoena or similar legal process; when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights; to protect your safety or the safety of others; to investigate fraud; or, to respond to a government request. Where possible and legally permissible, we will consult you in advance of any such disclosure. We will reject any third-party requests for personal information that are not legally binding.

International Transfer of Personal data

Your data may be transferred, stored and processed in one or more countries outside the European Economic Area ( “EEA" ), for example, when one of our service providers use employees or equipment based outside the EEA. For transfers of your data to third parties outside of the EEA, we take additional steps in line with data Protection Legislation. We will put in place adequate safeguards with respect to the protection of your privacy, fundamental rights and freedoms, and the exercise of your rights. 

Adequacy Decisions We rely on decisions from the European Commission where they recognise that certain countries and territories outside of the European Economic Area ensure an adequate level of protection for personal information. These decisions are referred to as “adequacy decisions”.
Standard Contractual Clauses

We utilise standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission (and the equivalent standard contractual clauses for the UK, where appropriate) for transfers to the United States.

While transfers to countries that don’t have an adequacy decision typically take place on the basis of the standard contractual clauses, in certain circumstances, transfers can also take place on the basis of exemptions provided for under data protection law. For example, sharing with law enforcement, in emergency situations where we learn that a person’s life is at risk.

Where we transfer personal information from a non-EEA country to another country, you acknowledge that third parties in other jurisdictions may not be subject to similar data protection laws to the ones in our jurisdiction. There are risks if any such third party engages in any act or practice that would contravene the data privacy laws in our jurisdiction and this might mean that you will not be able to seek redress under our jurisdiction's privacy laws.

How We Secure Your Personal data

RecruitIreland.com takes reasonable and appropriate steps to protect the security of Personal data against unauthorized or unlawful access, use, destruction, loss, alteration or disclosure. While we follow generally accepted standards to protect Personal data, no method of storage or transmission is 100% secure.

Security

Your Personal data is held on secure servers hosted by our Internet Service Provider. The nature of the Internet is such that we cannot guarantee or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us via the Internet. No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we will take all reasonable steps (including appropriate technical and organisational measures) to protect your Personal data.

Your Rights Relating to Your Personal data

You have certain rights relating to your Personal data, subject to local data protection laws. To exercise your rights in connection with Personal data processed by RecruitIreland.com on its own behalf, please contact us by using the information in the “Contacting us” section, below.

Request access to your personal information Commonly known as a "data subject access request". This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
Request correction to your personal information

This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.

Request erasure of your personal information

This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal information where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal information where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).

Object to processing of your personal information

Where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party).You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

Request the restriction of processing of your personal information.

This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it

Request the transfer of your personal information to another party.

This enables you to ask us to transfer your personal data to another controller

Right to Withdraw Consent

Where you have provided your consent to allow us to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw your consent to the processing of your personal data at any time . For example, you can withdraw your consent by updating your settings (e.g. opting out). In certain cases, we may continue to process your personal data after you have withdrawn consent if we have a legal basis to do so or if your withdrawal of consent was limited to certain processing activities. Where you withdraw your consent, it does not affect the lawfulness of any processing we carried out in relation to your personal data before your withdrawal.

Automated Decision Making

You have the right to not be subject to solely automated decision-making, including profiling, which has legal effects or other similarly significant effects on you. To exercise this right, you can: (a) request that a person reviews any such decision; (b) express your point of view; and/or (c) contest the decision. We do not currently use automated decision making or profiling.

Right to Lodge a Complaint

We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution of any complaint or concern about privacy. If, however, you believe that we have not been able to assist with your complaint or concern, and you are located in the EEA, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the data Protection Commission. www.dataprotection.ie or 076 110 4800 or 057 868 4800.

Changes To This Privacy Notice

We will update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements and other factors. If we do, we will reflect this in the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Notice