Privacy Policy

Who we are

We are Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd (company number 13231677). A small family run business who specialises in helping candidates, clients and customers with Health and Social care services. Please check our website for more information. Our address is: https://samarashealthcare.co.uk. As a Data Controller of this company, we are committed to keeping your data secure and confidential as a visitor to this website and/or a customer.

This Privacy Policy is our commitment to keeping your data secure, lawfully processed, and confidential. It sets out how we will use your data from the information we gather on our website and the use of our services.

Law

The information contained in this Privacy Policy shall be governed and constructed in accordance with the laws of the UK and subject to exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the UK. Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd also abides by the principles set out in the GDPR Regulations.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

When we collect your data

We will collect personal data in a number of circumstances:

When you process a booking with us through Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd. We will endeavour to keep all bookings purely through our website or through contracted services
When you contact us for any services through Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd
When you visit our services.
When you sign up to the agency for jobs, support and consulting services.

The type of data we collect about you

There will be a variety of data we may collect about you, This is does not include everything as on occasions we may need to collect additional data for the purposes mentioned in when we collect your data. Some data maybe collected directly from the website or from you contacting us through Samaras Healthcare recruitment groups, online services, phone, text or emails sent to us. some data however maybe collected indirectly. We may also collect personal data from third Parties who have your consent to pass your details to us, or from publicly viably sources.

We will on occasions be collecting your data for third party companies which we will always consent with you prior to sending and for whom Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd have a contractual agreement with.

The types of information we may collect about you could be: (but not limited to)

Identification	Electronic Identification	Usage
Contact Details	Account	Payment Details
Training History	Employment Information	Studying history
Marketing	Services you wish to have	Background History
DBS/PVG information	References	Products required

How we would use your data

Your data will only be used when it is inline with the products and services, we are catering for you and when it is lawful for us to do so. If you wish to opt our of any services you will need to put this in writing and the types of services you wish for us not to use your details for.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We will also be sharing your data with any third parties who have your consent and whom we have contractual agreements with in-line with your preferences of what services you wish to obtain from us.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its data are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

We store data on you for different lengths of time depending on the type of user you are and your relationship with Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd. We will use a combination of criteria to determine how long we keep the different types of data we hold on you.

It is sometimes the law that states what data we need to hold of you, and we require to fulfil our contractual obligations with both you as a customer, client and candidate. We work with awarding bodies, memberships and CPD services that require this information for us to fulfil the services we are providing to you and to legally protect all parties.

You have certain rights under the GDPR to remove, transfer or change this data – please see the separate policy on this in our policy guide on our website under compliance & policies.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Please contact in**@sa***************.uk.

You have rights to request a copy of the information we hold on you. To request any information or all, please contact us on in**@sa***************.uk. We will endeavour to respond to your request within one month of receipt of your request.

If you wish to ever update your information, please contact us to ensure personal information is up to date and accurate.

You have rights to lodge an objection to the processing of your personal data if you feel you have rights to on the grounds relating to your particular situation. The only reason we will be able to deny your request is if we can show compelling legitimate grounds for the processing, which override your rights and freedoms, or the processing is for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claims.

Should you wish for us to completely delete all information that we hold about you. Please let us know on the email address provided, however please note that if the personal data you wish to delete is needed for lawful purposes and/or contractual fulfilment, it may not be possible for us to remove this.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Marketing

We may contact you from time to time to provide you with information which we think you may find of interest, unless you have opted out. If you have not opted out, you can send us an email to unsubscribe to our marketing. You can contact us at any time to withdraw your details and consent from our database by contacting: –

in**@sa***************.uk

We will not make available or sell your information to third parties for marketing purposes and any products or services that we may think that will be of interest to you, we will contact you first to obtain consent. However, if we sell, assign or transfer the assets of our business or if our business is merged or enters into a joint venture with another business entity, we reserve the right to sell or transfer the database maintained by us (including any personal information provided by you),

Subcontractors and Suppliers

In order for Samaras Healthcare Recruitment Ltd to provide you with a great and professional service via our recruitment, training, social media, education, consultancy services and any other future ventures we may do, we sometimes use services provided by other companies to assist us. This could be services such as: –

Accountants
Consultants
Training contractors
Criminal record check services
Providers or training and recruitment
Web hosting and developers
Payment providers
Payroll services

Where necessary, we may share your personal data with these companies for processing in order to fulfil certain services we are providing for/to you. This is always done in a secure confidential manner and your data is only held with the company for as long as necessary in each case. The organisation will also always have appropriate technical and organisational methods in place to protect your data.

If you require any information on who these providers are and the personal data they hold on you, why we send them the information and the length of time, this can be obtained if required by contacting in**@sa***************.uk.

Location and International Transfers

Your data is largely held and processed in the EEA, however we do have services and suppliers such as hosting, international studying and visas, customer support based in countries around the world and they would store and process the data in accordance to the laws of that country.

In these cases, agreements with these suppliers will use the Standard Contractual Clauses or the Model Contractual Clauses from the European Commission or similar agreements providing the same or greater levels of protection for international data transfers.

By submitting your data and agreeing to this policy, you agree to this transfer of storing and processing.

Security

We do our utmost to protect the systems we have implemented and use to protect any information provided by you from being accessed by anyone who is unauthorised to and that is not lawfully allowed to.

Any third-party data processors that we use, have confirmed that they use and employ the technical and organisational methods needed to keep your data safe and secure.

Except as otherwise expressly included in this Privacy Policy, we can only address the use and disclosure of information we collect from you that is addressed in this document. Information that you disclose to other parties may have different policies and processes on the information you disclosure to them and how they store this. Since we do not control the privacy policies of any third parties, you are subject to adhere to their privacy policy.

Complaints

If you believe we have processed your data unfairly or unlawfully, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, such as the Information Commissioners Office within the UK. You can find this information on https://ico.org.uk/

Changes to this Policy

We may need to change this policy over time. We will post changes to this Privacy Policy and update this when such changes are necessary. All amended terms shall automatically be effective immediately after they are posted onto the website.