EMPLOYEE AND PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEE DATA FAIR PROCESSING NOTICE (PRIVACY POLICY)

Pay Per Close Limited is committed to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality and security of your personal information. This Employee Fair Processing Notice describes the personal information that Pay Per Close collects from or about you, and how we use and to whom we disclose that information.

What Personal Information Do We Collect?

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information is any information about an identifiable individual, other than the person’s business title or business contact information when used or disclosed for the purpose of business communications. Personal information does not include anonymous or non-personal information.

We collect and maintain different types of personal information in respect of those individuals who seek to be, are, or were employed by us, including the personal information contained in:

• CVs and applications;
• references and interview notes;
• photographs and video;
• letters of offer and acceptance of employment;
• policy acknowledgement sign-off sheets;
• training and personal development records;
• payroll information; including but not limited to national insurance number, banking and deposit information;
• wage and benefit information;
• forms relating to the application for, or in respect of changes to, employee health and welfare benefits; including, short and long term disability, medical and dental care; and
• beneficiary and emergency contact information.

In addition to the examples listed above, personal information also includes information such as name, home address, telephone, personal email address, date of birth, employee identification number and marital status, and any other information necessary to Pay Per Close business purposes, which is disclosed in the course of an employee’s application for and employment with Pay Per Close.

As a general rule, Pay Per Close collects personal information directly from you. In most circumstances where the personal information that we collect about you is held by a third party, we will obtain your permission before we seek out this information from such sources (such permission may be given directly by you, or implied from your actions). An example of this would be an employment reference.

From time to time, we may use the services of third parties and may also receive personal information collected by those third parties in the course of the performance of their services for us. In that case, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such third parties have represented to us that they have the right to disclose your personal information to us.

Where permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements, we may collect information about you without your knowledge or consent. 

Why Do We Collect Personal Information?

The personal information collected is used and disclosed for our business purposes, including establishing, managing or terminating your employment relationship with Pay Per Close. Such uses include:

• determining eligibility for initial employment, including the verification of references and qualifications;
• administering pay and benefits;
• processing employee work-related claims (e.g. worker compensation, insurance claims, etc.)
• establishing training and/or development requirements;
• conducting performance reviews and determining performance requirements;
• assessing qualifications for a particular job or task;
• gathering evidence for disciplinary action, or termination;
• establishing a contact point in the event of an emergency (such as next of kin);
• complying with applicable labour or employment statutes;
• compiling directories;
• ensuring the security of company-held information; and
• such other purposes as are reasonably required by Pay Per Close.

Monitoring

The work output of Pay Per Close employees, whether in paper record, computer files, or in any other storage format belongs to us, and that work output, and the tools used to generate that work output, are always subject to review and monitoring by Pay Per Close.

In the course of conducting our business, we may monitor employee activities and our premises and property. Pursuant to the Pay Per Close Data Protection Policy and your contract of employment, we have the capability to monitor all employees’ computer and e-mail use.

This section is not meant to suggest that all employees will in fact be monitored or their actions subject to constant surveillance. It is meant to bring to your attention the fact that such monitoring may occur and may result in the collection of personal information from employees (e.g. through their use of our resources). When using Pay Per Close equipment or resources employees should not have any expectation of privacy with respect to their use of such equipment or resources. 

How Do We Use Your Personal Information?

We may use your personal information for the purposes described in this Policy, or for any additional purposes that we advise you of and where your consent is required by law we have obtained your consent in respect of the use or disclosure of your personal information.

We may use your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements to do so, for example to provide HMRC with salary and taxation data.

When Do We Disclose Your Personal Information?

We may share your personal information with our employees, members, contractors, consultants and other parties who require such information to assist us with establishing, managing or terminating our employment relationship with you, including: parties that provide products or services to us or on our behalf and parties that collaborate with us in the provision of products or services to you. An example of this is the provision of payroll services by WNJ a third party organisation providing processing services to Pay Per Close.

Also, your personal information may be disclosed:

• as permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements. In such a case, we will not disclose more personal information than is required under the circumstances;
• to comply with valid legal processes such as search warrants, subpoenas or Court orders;
• as part of Pay Per Close regular reporting activities;
• to protect the rights and property of Pay Per Close;
• during emergency situations or where necessary to protect the safety of a person or group of persons;
• where the personal information is publicly available; or
• with your consent where such consent is required by law.

Notification and Consent

Privacy and employment laws do not generally require Pay Per Close to obtain your consent for the collection, use or disclosure of personal information for the purpose of establishing, managing or terminating your employment relationship. In addition, we may collect, use or disclose your personal information without your knowledge or consent where we are permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements to do so.

To the extent that your consent is required, we will always specifically ask you to provide it for that purpose. Where your consent was required for our collection, use or disclosure of your personal information, you may, at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice, withdraw your consent. All communications with respect to such withdrawal or variation of consent should be in writing and addressed to the Human Resources Manager. 

How is Your Personal Information Protected?

Pay Per Close endeavours to maintain physical, technical and procedural safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity of the personal information in question. These safeguards are designed to protect your personal information from loss and unauthorized access, copying, use, modification or disclosure.

How Long is Your Personal Information Retained?

Except as otherwise permitted or required by applicable law or regulatory requirements, Pay Per Close will retain your personal information only for as long as it believes is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which the personal information was collected (including, for the purpose of meeting any legal, accounting or other reporting requirements or obligations). We may, instead of destroying or erasing your personal information, make it anonymous such that it cannot be associated with or tracked back to you. In most cases your data will be deleted 6 years after you have left the company. If you have applied to work for Pay Per Close and have been unsuccessful we will retain your data will be deleted after 6 months. 

Updating Your Personal Information

It is important that the information contained in our records is both accurate and current. If your personal information happens to change during the course of your employment, please keep us informed of such changes.

In some circumstances we may not agree with your request to change your personal information and will instead append an alternative text to the record in question.

Access to Your Personal Information

You can ask to see the personal information that we hold about you. If you want to review, verify or correct your personal information, please contact the Human Resources Manager. Please note that any such communication may be required in writing.

When requesting access to your personal information, please note that we may request specific information from you to enable us to confirm your identity and right to access, as well as to search for and provide you with the personal information that we hold about you. We may charge you a fee to access your personal information; however, we will advise you of any fee in advance. If you require assistance in preparing your request, please contact the Human Resources Manager.

Your right to access the personal information that we hold about you is not absolute. There are instances where applicable law or regulatory requirements allow or require us to refuse to provide some or all of the personal information that we hold about you. In addition, the personal information may have been destroyed, erased or made anonymous in accordance with our record retention obligations and practices.

If we cannot provide you with access to your personal information, we will try to inform you of the reasons why, subject to any legal or regulatory restrictions.

Your other legal rights

Data protection legislation also provides you with certain other rights. These are not always absolute rights and must be considered in the wider scope of the legislation. These rights are:

• right to erasure, also known as the right to be forgotten. The broad principle underpinning this right is to enable an individual to request the deletion or removal of personal data where there is no compelling reason for its continued processing. In some circumstances this is not an absolute right;
• right to restrict processing. You have the right to ‘block’ or suppress processing of personal data. Again this is not an absolute right and will depend on the circumstances and any other legal/statutory obligations Pay Per Close may have;
• right to data portability. This is unlikely to apply in the circumstances of employment;
• right to object to processing based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest/exercise of official authority (including profiling). This is unlikely to apply in the circumstances of employment;
• rights related to automated decision making including profiling. This is unlikely to apply in the circumstances of employment;

Any questions you may have regarding the processing of your personal data should be directed at the Human Resources Manager of Pay Per Close.