Privacy Policy – Candidates

This Privacy Notice for Job Applicants describes how LifeScienceLink will handle personal data received from prospective employees or freelancers (hereinafter referred to as “Candidates”) that have sent their contact details and their CVs to LifeScienceLink for recruitment purposes.

What is the purpose for collecting my data? What information is collected? What will my data be used for?

Your data is being collected to assess your suitability for the selected role (if your application was submitted for a specific role) and to contact you in relation to this role. In order to evaluate the applications for an open position at LifeScienceLink’s Clients, we may collect the following personal data: your name, your contact data, information about your professional qualifications and experience, medical specialization and sub-specialization, years of your professional experience.

If you agree to have your CV included in LifeScienceLink’s CV database for future roles, your personal data will be used to determine your suitability for future roles and to contact you in relation to any such role.

Who will control my data?

The data is being collected and controlled by Accelsiors CRO UK Limited (hereinafter referred to as “LifeScienceLink”), a company with its headquarters in 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU with the contact information as follows:

• Contact address: 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU
• E-mail: [email protected]

Do I have to share my data?

In accordance with the Data Protection Act of 2018 and UK GDPR, the data is being collected solely based on your consent. You are free to decide if you agree to submit your data or not. Without your consent to collect and handle your personal data, you may not take part in the selection process for current or future roles at LifeScienceLink.

Will my data be protected?

At LifeScienceLink, we are committed to protecting your privacy. LifeScienceLink is a company established in the UK and, consequently, your study data will be processed in accordance with the applicable laws.

How does LifeScienceLink share the collected personal data? Will my data be processed outside of the UK?

Depending on the location and role, in order to determine your suitability for a certain position, your personal data may be shared with LifeScienceLink Client’s, some of which may be located in countries outside of the UK or the European Economic Area. Since the list of recipients may vary according to roles, we do not consider it appropriate to provide a full list, but you may ask for a list of all entities that have received your personal data based on your right of access, presented below.

First LifeScienceLink will share an anonymized copy of your CV, based on which our Client can decide whether or not they want to move forward with the selection process. If they decide to have an interview with you, before we share your personal data with our Client we will reach out to you and share the details of the interview. In such a case you can object to sharing your personal data with our client (e.g. due to being employed by the Client).

LifeScienceLink will share your personal data with Client’s outside of the UK/EEA only if either:

1. The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision regarding the territory in which the receiving company is established and to which your personal data will be sent, ensuring an adequate level of protection;
2. The receiving company has signed an agreement containing standard data protection clauses adopted by the European Commission which ensures an adequate level of protection for your personal data.

How long will my data be kept?

If your application was for a particular position, and if you did not consent to your CV being stored in LifeScienceLink’s database for future roles, your personal data will be erased as soon as the recruitment process for the concerned position is completed. If you did consent to your CV being included in LifeScienceLink’s database for future roles, your personal data will be stored for a period of 1 year, or for longer if you have separately given consent for a longer storage period.

How to access and control my personal data? What rights do I have in relation to my personal data?

You have the following rights in relation to the processing of your data:

• You can request access, correction, updates or deletion of your personal information.
• You have the right to be informed which of your personal data are being processed, as well as the details regarding the processing. You may request a copy of your personal data that is being processed.
• You have the right to rectify any inaccurate personal data being processed, as well as the right to update any incomplete personal data.
• If you withdraw your consent, you will have the right to ask LifeScienceLink to erase all of your personal data.
• If you withdraw your consent or if LifeScienceLink no longer needs to process your data for the purpose they were collected for, you have the right to ask LifeScienceLink to keep your personal data, while restricting their use, without them being erased.
• You can ask LifeScienceLink that any information provided by you be communicated back in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format or ask that such data be transmitted to another Data Controller. The exact format of the data will depend on the data that was collected from you and the way it was used.
• You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. You may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected], or by mail to 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU.

Attention: Privacy. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and notify you of the action we have taken.