Data Privacy Statement

Introduction

At SimoTech, protecting your privacy is very important to us. Our goal is to treat the personal information you provide to us with the utmost discretion and respect.
The SimoTech website is intended to provide information about our company and the services we provide. The website also collects both general information related to how visitors interact with the website and personal information where this is voluntarily submitted by the visitor.

SimoTech does not use the services of third party data processors of personal information and any personal information submitted by visitors through the SimoTech website is collected and controlled by SimoTech in the pursuit of the company’s legitimate business interests.

This Web Site Data Privacy Statement explains how SimoTech uses information collected through our website and you are asked to read this statement carefully to understand how your personal information will be treated.

You should note that by using our site and our services or submitting any personal information to us, you will be deemed to have read and explicitly accepted this Data Privacy Statement.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

SimoTech collects personal information which you volunteer (for example by submitting your CV, completing an enquiry form or subscribing to our newsletter).
By submitting your personal data to SimoTech you have consented for us to use and store your data.

Any personal information which you volunteer, will be treated in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988 and Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003. We will not retain any information which is not relevant to your role i.e. a candidate/subscriber.

Why We Collect This Information and How We Use It?

SimoTech collects personal information for the purposes of conducting the legitimate business activities of the company. By submitting your personal information to SimoTech, you have consented for us to use your information in the following ways:

• Communicate with you as part of our business, including providing recruitment/talent acquisition services to you.
• Assist you to apply for advertised jobs or potential client project opportunities.
• Provide you with information on suitable opportunities and jobs that may be of interest or relevance to you.
• Provide and enhance our services to you.
• Manage our infrastructure and business operations.
• Comply with internal policies and procedures.
• Resolve queries, complaints, and handle requests for data access or correction.
• To enable SimoTech to provide feedback to you.
• To provide information about you and your potential interest within SimoTech.
• To provide you with news and updates about SimoTech which are related to your interests.
• To provide with your consent your personal details to a 3rd party vendor.

You may modify your consent to any of the points above by contacting us.

How We Use Cookies

We use general traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic in order to improve our website and tailor it to our viewer’s needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes of our website.

The data collected via these cookies is anonymous and does not contain personally identifiable information. For more information on the cookies we use please see link attached or contact us.

What Sensitive Data Do We Collect?

In some circumstances SimoTech collects data defined as Sensitive or Special Category Data in the Data Protection Act 1988 and Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003. This data is sometimes required to carry out an employment or other contract (e.g. process payroll or payments), to benefit the data subject (pension, medical insurance or other benefits) or for other legitimate business, health and safety or statutory reasons. SimoTech will advise you or seek your consent where it is necessary to collect sensitive or special category data about you for specified purposes.

How We Store Your Information

Your Personal Information is stored on a secure server and will be retained in line with the SimoTech Data Privacy and Retention Policies and Procedures or until such time that you request your data to be modified or removed. SimoTech may periodically contact you to update and review this information.

How We Protect Your Information

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable and up to date systems and procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

Who We Share Your Information With

We may pass on your personal information to third parties as part of our legitimate business processes for specific purposes as indicated above (Section 3). We will only do so where passing on this information is in accordance with the specific reasons you submitted the information to SimoTech (e.g. your information may be submitted to a client in support of your application for a job vacancy) and you are aware of or consent to the sharing of the information for the specific purpose.

Marketing

We may provide you with regular news and updates about SimoTech which are related to your interests, gathered from the information you provided us. If you do not wish to be included in regular news and updates, please contact us as per below.

Changes to Our Policy

Any changes to our Policy will be made and communicated on this page.

Request for Data

You have a right to be given a copy of any of your personal data submitted to us through the SimoTech website, in accordance with the Data Protection Acts.

Queries relating to your personal data submitted through the SimoTech website can submitted to us at: