Banner Default Image
Banner Default Image

Privacy Policy

We take your privacy seriously, and we want to be crystal clear about how we collect and use your data at ATA Recruitment. This page outlines our data processes, and provides you with the information required to make a subject access request or right to be forgotten.
Remember, we're ISO 270001 accredited, which means that we're completely compliant with data management and GDPR. You can be confident in working with ATA as an engineering recruitment supplier, or to find your next job. If you have any questions you can contact us here.

Our privacy policy

1. Scope


Our Privacy Notice describes the ways we collect your personal information and governs how we will deal with it. We aim to ensure that any personal information we obtain and use will always be held, used and transmitted in compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (or its successor) and the EU General Data Protection Regulations (together referred to as the ‘Data Protection Laws’).

 

Where this Privacy Notice contains hyperlinks to our website, we recommend you click on those links as they may contain additional important details about our Data Protection Policy. Ganymede Solutions Ltd (Ganymede and/or ATA Recruitment) is part of the RTC Group of companies.

 

The website containing this Privacy Notice may contain links to third parties’ websites. Ganymede assumes no responsibility for the privacy practices or the content of those websites. Therefore, please read carefully any privacy policies on those websites before either agreeing to their terms or using those websites.

 

This Privacy Notice applies with immediate effect to all Personally Identifiable Information collected either in person, through the Ganymede or ATA Recruitment website, or any other means.

 

Ganymede may occasionally amend this Privacy Notice to reflect regulatory requirements and changes in our information collection and disclosure practices. Any new Privacy Notice will automatically be effective when it is published on the website or issued to you directly. We also advise you to print a copy for your records.

2. Responsibilities

The RTC Group Data Protection Representative has overall responsibility for ensuring that this notice is applicable, compliant and in accordance with the RTC Group Data Protection Policy. Ganymede’s Head of Compliance and Assurance acting as the Ganymede Data Projection Representative (DPR) is responsible for ensuring that the contents of the Notice are implemented on behalf of the company.

 

All staff of Ganymede who interact with data subjects are responsible for ensuring that this notice is drawn to the data subject’s attention and where applicable, their consent to the processing of their data is secured.

3. Privacy Notice

3.1 Who are we?

Ganymede specialise in supplying large, trained workforces to undertake safety critical work across the rail, energy, construction, highways and transportation sectors across the UK. Whether it’s recruiting permanent and temporary technical, engineering and safety-critical roles or providing fully managed workforce solutions of recruitment, training, account management, contingent labour and fleet provision, we work closely with our clients to understand their requirements, keeping their goals in mind every step of the way. Our ATA Recruitment brand is a leading UK provider of recruitment services for engineering and manufacturing industries. Working as a trusted partner to several of the largest businesses in the UK, ATA has a proven track record of placements across engineering and manufacturing.

 

Our in-depth knowledge of the sectors we work in and the specific disciplines within them ensures we deliver tailored solutions to meet the individual needs of every client requirement. We work in line with our core values and strive to add value in all we do.

 

Ganymede Solutions Limited (Ganymede and/or ATA Recruitment) are part of the RTC Group Ltd. RTC Group Plc is an AIM listed recruitment business, providing temporary and permanent labour to a broad range of industries and customers in both domestic and international markets through its geographically defined operating divisions.

 

As part of our commitment to protecting our candidates, employees, clients, suppliers and third-parties’ data, we have implemented a stringent Information Security Management system to protect both the security and integrity of the data we process. We have appointed a Data Protection Representative, responsible for all Data Protection activities, to work alongside the RTC Group Data Protection Representative.

 

Our Ganymede Data Protection Representative (DPR) can be contacted directly here:

3.2 What information do we collect?

Personal data type

Source

Legal basis

Contact name, social media profile (In the public domain), job title, previous experience)

Social media profiles/3rd party job boards

Legitimate interest/contract

Contact Information, such as name, address and telephone number

Your submitted CV or details via our website / 3rd Party Job Boards/telephone business development sources, referrals, supplier details

Legitimate interest/contract

Online contact information, such as your email address

Social media profiles/Your submitted CV or details via our website / 3rd Party job boards business development sources, referrals, supplier details

Legitimate interest/contract

A copy of your CV

Social media profiles/your submitted CV or details via our website / 3rd party job boards

Legitimate interest/contract

Other personal information such as your preferred employment requirements

Your submitted CV/details via our website or personal interaction

Legitimate interest/contract

Personal health data that may be required from an occupational health screening perspective to confirm suitability for a role

Personal interaction

Legitimate interest/contract/consent

Right to work in the UK or required region

Personal interaction/submitted document(s)

Legitimate interest/contract

Details pertaining to our Equality and Diversity policies

Personal interaction/ our website

Consent

Navigation and click-stream data, the time of accessing the website, duration of your visit, pages and job vacancies you viewed or searched for

Our website

Legitimate interest/contract

Information from cookies or web beacons

Our website

Legitimate interest/contract

Your requested restrictions on our data processing such as preferred employers

Personal interaction/your submitted CV or details via our website

Legitimate interest/contract

Your Subject Access Requests

Personal interaction/email/telephone conversation or in writing

Legitimate interest/contract

It may be necessary for us to collect data, which under Data Protection Law is classified as Special Categories of Personal Data.

 

The special categories of personal data referred to within the EU GDPR are:

  • Racial

  • Ethnic origin

  • Political opinions

  • Religious beliefs

  • Philosophical beliefs

  • Trade union membership

  • Genetic data

  • Biometric data

  • Health data

  • Data concerning a natural person's sex life

  • Sexual orientation

  • Other

It is anticipated that the only Special categories of personal data required from a job seeker will be for the purposes of Health Screening in very specific circumstances, in accordance with our Equality and Diversity policy where it will be anonymised and where authorised by Law, Criminal Record checks.

 

Consent will always be sought prior to this data being stored and processed.

3.3 How we collect information if you're a job seeker, or prospective job seeker?

Ganymede obtains information from you in the following four ways:

 

a)       Personal Interaction

If you wish to apply for a vacancy by visiting our office or having a conversation with one of our staff members, we may ask you for your contact information and/or CV details and/or job specification details.

 

b)      Submitting your details

If you wish to apply for a vacancy online or submit your details to one of our staff members, we may ask you for you your contact information and/or CV details and/or job specification details as you proceed through the stages of the contact form or the conversation.

 

c)       Automatic collection

Like most websites, our website uses cookies and web beacons to enhance your visitor experience. Please visit our cookie policy for further details.

 

d)      Information from third parties

Ganymede may also obtain information about you directly from third parties, such as third-party job boards, social media sites and CV websites and online qualification and competency systems such as Sentinel. Ganymede will use this information to update our database records. If we have found your details on a social media website or if you have been referred to us, your data will only be retained during the process of establishing your consent for us to contact you. If you do not grant permission, your details will be removed from our systems.

3.4 How we collect information if you're a client, supplier, or prospective supplier?

Ganymede obtains information from you in three ways:

 

a)       Submitting your details

If you submit your details to us as a contact to enable us to manage a contractual obligation or provide information on our services or your products / services.

 

b)      Automatic collection

Like most websites, our website uses cookies and web beacons to enhance your visitor experience. Please visit our website use privacy notice for further details.

 

c)       Information from third parties

Ganymede may also obtain information about you directly from third parties, such as social media sites, referrals, your own company website. If we have found your details via a third party, and we do not require them for contractual purposes they will only be retained during the process of establishing your permission for us to contact you.

 

Independent of how we collect your data, we will always ensure that you have access to the relevant Privacy Notice. If we have gathered your information from a third-party we will always seek authorisation from you to store and process your data.

 

Additional Terms and Conditions associated with using our website, including our use of cookies, can be found at www.ganymedesolutions.co.uk.

 

If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies.

3.5. What will we do with your information if you are a candidate or prospective candidate?

We will process and store your information for any or all of the following purposes:

 

Whilst on assignment

The principal purposes for which we collect and store your personal information is to meet our contractual obligations, whilst you are engaged by us, and / or whilst we are your Primary or Secondary Sponsor. We may also be required to share this data with our clients for whom you are working for.

During the provision of job seeking activities

Ganymede may collect and store your personal information in order to process your job applications, respond to your enquiries, get in touch with you about other possible job opportunities and generally maintain the information you hold with us, together with improving our website. If we are in discussion with you about a particular role or assignment, we may be required to share your information with our client in order to assist us in providing you with job-seeking services. You will be given the opportunity to restrict this use at any time.

To validate competency and suitability

Ganymede may collect and store your personal information and validate it against external third party competency / experience management systems.

 

To assist with marketing of Ganymede services

In order to ensure that we provide you with the best possible employment and employment opportunities and our client with the best possible service, we may also use your data for marketing purposes.

Occasionally, Ganymede may contact you by telephone for the purposes of market research, marketing our services (and for telemarketing) where you have consented to us doing so. You are under no obligation to participate in the call.

In addition, we may use an IP address to identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you, which may be used to assist Ganymede in market segmentation activities, to help identify problems with our server and to administer our website.

3.6 What will we do with your information if you are a client or prospective client or supplier?


We will process and store your information for any or all of the following purposes:

 

1.       To meet contractual obligations

2.       To carry out new business development activities by offering you Ganymede services or products

3.       To procure / assess possible services or products that could lead to a contractual engagement.

Contractual Obligations

 The principal purposes for which we collect and store your personal information are to meet contractual obligations.In order to provide our services in an effective and efficient manner we need to ensure that we have the correct communication channels. This is managed through keeping a record of contact positions, email addresses, telephone numbers and business addresses.

 

New Business Development

Occasionally, Ganymede may contact you by telephone or email to inform you of our services and capabilities with the intention of developing new business.

 In addition, we may use an IP address to identify you and to gather broad demographic information about you, which may be used to assist Ganymede in market segmentation activities.

If you do not object to receiving marketing material at the time the information was collected from you, but subsequently change your mind and no longer wish to receive this information, you can opt out.

 

Service / Product Procurement

Ganymede may retain personal contact information in order to establish a supply chain of services or products required to ensure that Ganymede continues to provide an effective and efficient recruiting solution for our clients.

 

3.7 Sharing with Third-Parties

Ganymede will not sell your personal information to third parties. However, on occasions it is necessary for us to share personal information with third parties as described below for the purposes described above.

3rd party

Data and purpose

RTC Group

Ganymede is part of the RTC Group Plc family of companies. We will share your information with the RTC Group in order to meet our contractual and legal obligations, including those required for insurance and payroll. We may also provide your details to another of the RTC Group companies if we feel it is in your best interest with respect to job seeking.

Website analytics providers

Ganymede collates statistics about site traffic, sales and other commercial information. This information is collected through third parties to assist us in improving the services we provide to you. We also use demographic information to tailor the website to the interests of our work seekers and clients, which we share with third parties, again on an aggregate basis only so that they can build up a better picture of our customer base and general consumer trends

Recruitment and Communications Software

Ganymede may require to store or process your data with third parties as is necessary to process your application

Competency and Experience validation

Ganymede may share your information with industry specific safety systems to ensure your safety whilst on assignment.

Legal entities

Ganymede may disclose your personal information if necessary to comply with regulations or law or to assist with law enforcement, to enforce the terms under which you are contracted with Ganymede or to protect our or other third party’s property and other rights

3rd Party Recruiter/job board

You may have accessed our website via a hyperlink from another job board. Your personal details including behavioral patterns, may be shared between Ganymede and that 3rd party

Successor

In the event that Ganymede is sold, or some of its assets transferred to a third party, your personal information, as a valuable asset of the company, may also be transferred. However, use of your personal information will remain subject to this Privacy Notice. Similarly, your personal information may be passed on to a successor in interest in the event of a liquidation or administration of Ganymede.

Clients/ Potential Employers

Ganymede may require to share your data with our clients as is necessary to provide you with job-seeking services and process your application for a particular role.

Where possible all data processors will be within the EEA.If it is a requirement to transfer data outside of the EEA, this will be in accordance with 3.8 Transferring Data outside of the EAA.

3.8. Transferring outside of the European Economic Area (EAA)

Ganymede will only transfer data outside of the EAA if necessary.

Ganymede do not currently transfer your Data outside of the European Economic Area. However should there be a general business requirement to do so, we will record the details in the table below and re-issue this Privacy Notice.

Third country (non-EU)/international organisation

Safeguards in place to protect your personal data

Retrieve a copy of the safeguards in place here:

Should we be required to pass your information onto a country outside of the European Economic Area on an individual basis, we will seek your permission to do so.

3.9 Consent, permissions and contractual obligations

For the purposes of this Privacy Notice, Ganymede refer to Consents, Permissions and Contractual Obligations.

The difference between consent and permission can be seen below:

 

  • Consent; requires a physical record from yourself.

  • Permission; can be granted by you and recorded by a Ganymede representative.

 

By submitting your CV, applying for a specific role, or by providing your details, you are giving us permission us to retain your details in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

 

If we have been provided with your details via a third-party, we will seek your permission prior to starting the recruitment process. Should this permission not be granted, upon your request, we shall remove your details from our system.

 

By allowing Ganymede to act as your sponsor, or by entering into a contract with us to place you on assignment you are agreeing to Contractual Obligations, which will be implemented in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

 

Should you request that we refrain from contacting you in the future, we will, with your permission, retain and restrict minimal information to which we can record a note of your restrictions.

Ganymede will seek formal consent if data is to be used for the following activities:

 

1.       Processing of EU GDPR defined Special Categories of Personal Data, ( I.e. Any data associated with Health, or our Equality & Diversity Commitment).

2.       Adding of your contact details to a marketing list that is different from the uses stated in section 3.4 and 3.5 of this Privacy Notice and you contract.

Where we are asking you for Special Categories of Personal Data we will always tell you why and how the information will be used.

 

You may withdraw Consent or Permission at any time by contacting us at optout@ganymedesolutions.co.uk.

 

In the event that you are not already entered into a formal contractual agreement with us, the following permissions will be asked when you submit your CV/application to our website or during the initial engagement with a Ganymede staff member.

 

 

YES

NO

Would you like us to continue to contact you about possible job opportunities?

Would you like to receive periodical emails about industry news and opportunities?

3.10 Profiling and automated processing

Ganymede may utilise automatic profiling to establish whether a candidate meets the minimum requirements of job application or assignment. The exact details of these decisions can be made available upon request.

 

Automatic profiling is also employed whilst establishing suitability for assignments using information stored on third-party competency and training management systems.

3.11 Retention period

Ganymede will keep your information for the longer of the period required in order to meet our business, legal or regulatory responsibilities. Ganymede will process, store and dispose of Personal Data in line with our Document Control and Record Retention Procedures.

3.12 How will we contact you?

We will contact you in the following circumstances;

Circumstance

How

Why

If you submit your details to our website in response to a particular job advertisement

Telephone or email in the first instance

To inform you of the status of your application and to further the conversation

If you submit your details on a speculative basis to our website

Telephone or email in the first instance

To further the conversation and to find out more about how we can help you seek work

If we receive a referral

Telephone, email or social media where appropriate

To find out if you are content to be referred, communicate our Privacy Notice and to confirm permissions if appropriate

If we find your details on Social Media and think that you may be suitable for a current opportunity

Social Media, email and telephone

To find out if you are content to be referred, communicate our Privacy Notice and to confirm permissions if appropriate

If we receive your CV or contact details through a 3rd Party job board / website

Telephone or email in the first instance

To find out if you are content to be contacted, to communicate our Privacy Notice and to confirm permissions if appropriate

3.13 Your rights as a data subject

At any point while we are in possession of or processing your personal data, you, the data subject, have the following rights:

 

  • Right of access – you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.

  • Right of rectification – you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.

  • Right to be forgotten – in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.

  • Right to restriction of processing – where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.

  • Right of portability – you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.

  • Right to object – you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.

  • Right to object to automated processing, including profiling – you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.

  • Right to judicial review: in the event that Ganymede refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why. You have the right to complain as outlined in clause 3.15 below.

3.14 Requesting information on the data we hold

Ganymede, at your request, can confirm what information we hold about you and how it is processed. This is called a Subject Access Request. If Ganymede does hold personal data about you, you can request copies of the information we hold from the DPR on the contact details below.

 

A Subject Access Request form can be can be requested from our DPR SAR@ganymedesolutions.co.uk. Whilst you do not need to complete the Subject Access Request form to log a request, it will make processing easier.

 

We will need two different forms of identification to show a facial photograph and address, which can be:

 

  • Passport

  • Driving licence

  • Birth certificate

  • Utility bill (from last 3 months)

  • Current vehicle registration document

  • Bank statement (from last 3 months)

Your request should be emailed to the Ganymede DPR at SAR@ganymedesolutions.co.uk.

3.15. Complaints and contacts

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by Ganymede or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the ICO and the Ganymede Data Protection Representative.

 

The details for each of these contacts are:

Supervisory authority contact details

Data protection representative

Contact name:

Information Commissioners Office (ICO)

Compliance Manager

Address line 1:

Wycliffe House

The Derby Conference Centre

Address line 2:

Water Lane

​London Road

Address line 3:

Wilmslow

​Derby

​Address line 4:

SK9 5AF

​DE24 8UX

Email:

dpr@ganymedesolutions.co.uk

Telephone:

0303 123 1113

0333 011 2048

Online:

https://ico.org.uk/concerns/handling

Want to know more?

Use to buttons below to contact us, or find out more information about working with ATA as a recruitment supplier or to find you a new job.

CONTACT US

EMPLOYERS

VIEW JOBS