The protection and privacy of your personal data, we respect the privacy of all personal information and data we receive and will ensure compliance to the personal data protection laws of Hong Kong and the strictest of security and confidentiality standards.
Collection of Personal Data
We collect personal data and confidential information (“Personal Data”) from our candidates upon their engagement of our recruitment services. This Personal Data will include, but may not be limited to the following information:
- your name;
- your HKID/Passport No.;
- your email address;
- your contact details;
- your date of birth;
- your citizenship;
- your academic qualifications;
- your resume; and
- your photograph/image
Purpose of Collection of Data
Your Personal Data is collected for the following purposes:
- To verify your identity;
- To assist you in your search for appropriate employment opportunities;
- To assist our vendors and employers in assessing your suitability for employment opportunities;
- To assist us in our partnership with you in your career planning and charting the course of your professional development;
- To obtain statistics about yourself and other candidates so that we may improve, further develop our business processes in order to become a more efficient, effective recruitment and search firm;
- To respond to requests and queries from our vendors and employers (if any) concerning yourself as a candidate;
- To carry out whatever is reasonable in our provision of recruitment services to you
Consent to the Collection, Use & Disclosure of your Personal Data
Your Personal Data
The provision of your Personal Data to us will be deemed as consent to
The Career Center Limited ( TCCL ) collection, use and disclosure of your Personal Data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy statement.
Others’ Personal Data
Please ensure that you speak to your reference and your next-of-kin before providing their Personal Data to us. Kindly inform them that our collection, use and disclosure of their Personal Data is solely for the purposes in our PURPOSE OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA paragraph
You are responsible for ensuring that your reference and your next-of-kin consents to our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy statement.
Disclosure or Transfer of Data
TCCL will keep all Personal Data private & confidential. We may, however, with your prior consent, disclose and/or transfer Personal Data to our subsidiaries, 3rd parties for the purposes set out in our PURPOSE OF COLLECTION OF PERSONAL DATA paragraph
These 3rd parties include, but will not be limited to:
- Our employers who are our corporate clients;
- Our strategic partners that work with TCCL to provide services and manage the TCCL websites;
- Educational institutes or professional qualifying bodies where you obtained your qualifications and accreditation;
- Regulatory bodies, governmental bodies or other authorities (if required or authorized to do so under law);
- Any party involved in or related to a legal proceeding (or prospective legal proceeding), for purposes of the legal proceedings;
- Otherwise permitted under any data protection legislation.
Access to Personal Data
TCCL is dedicated to ensuring that our handling of your Personal Data is transparent. If you have any queries concerning how your Personal Data has been or may be used or disclosed please drop us an email at support@tccl-hk.com
Correction of Personal Data
In the event that you wish to correct and/or update your Personal Data in our records, please drop us an email at support@tccl-hk.com
Protection of Personal Data
Your Personal Data (both in physical and electronic forms) are maintained securely in The Career Center Limited system and protected against unauthorised access.
These measures ensure that:
- Only authorised TCCL staff have access to your Personal Data; and
- Any disclosure and/or transfer of your Personal Data will be done in accordance with our clients.
Withdrawal of Consent to Use of Personal Data
In the event that you wish to withdraw consent to our use of your Personal Data, please drop us an email at support@tccl-hk.com stating the following details:
- your full name;
- your email address; and
- the name of your Sales Consultant.
Retention of Personal Data
We will retain your Personal Data for different periods of time (a “Time Period”) according to the classification set out below.
In the event that you are no longer interested in, or consent to the provision of our recruitment services and/or the retention of your Personal Data during the Time Period, kindly inform us of the withdrawal of your consent in the manner highlighted in our WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT TO USE OF PERSONAL DATA title in email.
Candidates interested in temporary, contract, outsourcing and permanent employment positions
If you have engaged us in this capacity, we will retain your Personal Data for the purposes of providing recruitment services to you in the course of your professional career as long as you are interested and consent to the provision of our recruitment services.
Disposal of Personal Data
We will dispose of your Personal Data in the following manner after the Time Period stated above.
- Shredding, destroying physical copies of your Personal Data;
- Removing, deleting the following details from our databases and software systems:
- your full name;
- your HKID/Passport No.;
- your email address;
- your contact details;
- your date of birth;
- your Citizenship;
- your resume
- Anonymisation of your Personal Data such that you, as an individual, will no longer be identified from the information.
We will be carrying out our removal of your Personal Data within a month of your withdrawal of consent. As such, we will not be contacting you or providing you with our recruitment services within a month of your withdrawal of consent.
Contacting
Telephone: 3188 2316
Email address: support@tccl-hk.com
If you have any input, feedback or queries on how TCCL uses and handles Personal Data, please contact us.