Welcome to Commit Careers. This page outlines the policy that governs how we use your data. By accessing or engaging with Commit Careers, you agree to comply with the following terms. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of our services.
By using Commit Careers, you confirm that you have read, understood, and accepted these Terms. If you are using our services on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that entity to these Terms.
We may update or revise this Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted here with a new “Last Updated” date. Continued use of our services after updates means you accept the revised Policy.
We are Commit Careers Ltd (“we”, “us”, “our”), a specialist recruitment business focused on DevOps and cloud engineering roles.
Commit Careers Ltd | Company Number: 17111280 | Registered Address: Bartle House, Oxford Court, Manchester, M2 3WQ | registered in England and Wales
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we use your personal data, you can contact us by email at: info@commitcareers.com
We are the data controller of the personal data we collect via this website and in the course of providing our recruitment services.
This Privacy Policy explains:
What personal data we collect about you.
How and why we use your personal data.
Who we share it with.
How long we keep it.
Your rights under data protection law and how to exercise them.
It applies when you:
Visit or use our website.
Contact us (for example by email, phone or via a form).
Use our recruitment services as a client or candidate.
The personal data we collect depends on how you interact with us.
3.1 Website visitors and enquiries
If you visit our website or send us an enquiry, we may collect:
Contact details: name, email address, phone number, company name, job title.
Message details: information you provide in forms or emails (for example, what you’re looking to hire or your career interests).
Technical IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and information about how you use our site (pages visited, time on page, clicks).
Cookies and similar technologies: information collected via cookies if you accept them. See our Cookies Policy for details.
3.2 Candidates
If you are a candidate and you share your details with us, we may collect:
Identification and contact details: name, email, phone number, location/region.
CV / career information: employment history, education, skills, certifications, salary information, notice period, work preferences, LinkedIn profile or similar.
Right to work information: for example, work status and visa information where relevant to roles and local law.
Notes from calls and interviews: what we discuss with you about roles, preferences and feedback.
We usually obtain this information directly from you. We may also receive information from:
Publicly available professional profiles (e.g. LinkedIn).
Referees you provide to us.
Clients who interview or engage with you.
3.3 Clients and prospective clients
If you are a client or potential client, we may collect:
Contact details: name, email address, phone number, job title, company name.
Business information: details about your organisation, roles you are recruiting for, hiring preferences and feedback.
Communications emails, call notes and meeting notes relating to our work together.
We only use your personal data when we have a lawful basis to do so under UK data protection law. These are the main ways we use it:
4.1 To respond to enquiries and provide our services
We use your data to:
Respond to your messages and enquiries.
Provide recruitment services to you as a client or candidate.
Match candidates to suitable roles and introduce them to clients.
Legal bases:
Taking steps at your request before entering into a contract and/or performing a contract with you.
Our legitimate interests in operating and growing our recruitment business and connecting candidates and clients in a professional context.
4.2 To manage our relationship with you
We use your data to:
Keep records of our interactions.
Send service‑related communications (for example, updates on roles or processes).
Update you about relevant roles (candidates) or suitable candidates (clients).
Legal bases:
Performance of a contract (where we have an agreement with you).
Our legitimate interests in maintaining business relationships in a B2B recruitment context.
4.3 Marketing communications
We may occasionally send you information about our services, insights or roles that we think may be of interest to you.
Legal bases:
Our legitimate interests in promoting and developing our services in a B2B context; or
Your consent, where required (for example, for certain direct marketing).
You can opt out of marketing emails at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions in the email or by contacting us directly.
4.4 Website operation and improvements
We use technical data and cookies to:
Operate, maintain and improve our website.
Understand how visitors use our site.
Keep our site secure.
Legal bases:
Our legitimate interests in running an efficient and secure website and improving user experience.
Where we use non‑essential cookies, we will ask for your consent via our cookie banner.
4.5 Legal obligations and protection of rights
We may use your data to:
Comply with legal, tax or regulatory obligations.
Respond to legal requests or disputes.
Protect our rights, property, or the safety of our business, clients, candidates or others.
Legal bases:
Compliance with legal obligations.
Our legitimate interests in protecting our business, rights and interests.
We may share your personal data with:
Clients (for candidates): if you are a candidate, we share your CV and relevant details with clients when putting you forward for roles, but only after discussing the opportunity with you.
Candidates (for clients): if you are a client, we may share your company name and role details with candidates when discussing potential opportunities.
Service providers: trusted third‑party providers who help us operate our business (for example, email, calendar and productivity tools, website hosting, applicant tracking/CRM, and analytics providers).
Professional advisers: such as lawyers, accountants and insurers where necessary.
Authorities: if required by law or to protect our legal rights.
We require third‑party service providers to handle your personal data securely and only according to our instructions and applicable law.
We do not sell your personal data.
Some of our service providers or their systems may be located outside the UK. Where personal data is transferred outside the UK, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:
The destination country has been recognised as providing an adequate level of data protection; or
Standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards approved under UK data protection law.
You can contact us if you would like more information about international transfers and the safeguards we use.
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes we collected it for, including:
To provide our recruitment services to you.
To comply with legal, accounting or reporting requirements.
To resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.
In general:
Candidate data may be kept for a period while we can reasonably consider you for suitable roles. You can ask us at any time to update or delete your details.
Client contact data may be kept while we have an ongoing relationship and for a reasonable period afterwards for record‑keeping and potential future work.
We regularly review the data we hold and delete or anonymise it when it is no longer needed.
Under UK data protection law, you have certain rights in relation to your personal data. These include:
Right of access – to ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to rectification – to ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Right to erasure – to ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances.
Right to restriction – to ask us to restrict how we use your data in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability – to receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used format and/or ask us to transfer it to another controller.
Right to object – to object to our processing of your data where we rely on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consent – where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
These rights are not absolute and may only apply in certain circumstances. If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details above.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.
If you have concerns about how we handle your personal data, please contact us first so we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the UK data protection regulator:
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
Our website and services are not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16.
If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we handle your personal data.