Privacy notice – job applicants

Dyslexia Scotland Job Applicant Privacy Notice

Data controller: Dyslexia Scotland, First floor, Cameron House, Forthside Way, Stirling FK8 1QZ

Data protection officer: Cathy Magee, [email protected]

As part of any recruitment process, the organisation collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The organisation is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.

What information does the organisation collect?

The organisation collects a range of information about you. This includes:

· your name, address and contact details, including email address and telephone number;

· details of your qualifications, skills, experience and employment history;

· information about your current level of remuneration, including benefit entitlements;

· whether or not you have a disability for which the organisation needs to make reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process;

· information about your entitlement to work in the UK; and

· equal opportunities monitoring information, including information about your ethnic origin, sexual orientation, health, and religion or belief.]

The organisation collects this information in a variety of ways. For example, data might be contained in application forms, CVs or resumes, obtained from your passport or other identity documents, or collected through interviews or other forms of assessment including internet search engines.

The organisation will also collect personal data about you from third parties, such as references supplied by former employers, information from employment background check providers and information from criminal records checks. The organisation will seek information from third parties only once a job offer to you has been made and will inform you that it is doing so.

Data will be stored in a range of different places, including on your application record, in HR management systems and on other IT systems (including email).