Privacy Notice – Seetec Outsource Training & Skills Ltd

We, Seetec Outsource Training & Skills Ltd, are committed to protecting your privacy and promise to collect, process and share your data safely and securely when you participate in the programmes or use the www.seetecoutsource.co.uk. Our Privacy Notice tells you how we do this and what your rights are. Any personal data processed in line with our Privacy Notice is being done in our capacity as either a data controller or joint data controller.

We want you to be confident that your personal data will be kept Safe and Secure whilst in our care, that’s why we will always tell you what we collect and how we use it. We only share your data with our network of trusted partners.

We will never sell your personal information to third parties.

Your data is important to us, that’s why it is protected by industry best practice systems and processes, is stored securely and we are committed to maintaining the Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability of your information at all times.

Data Controller details:

Seetec Outsource Training & Skills Ltd 75-77 Main Road,

Hockley. SS5 4RG

Company Registration No.: 02291188

This privacy notice tells you what to expect when Seetec Outsource Training & Skills Ltd collects personal information. It applies to information we collect about:

  • Apprenticeships
  • Training & Recruitment
  • Job applicants through our website
  • Voice Recording
  • Visitors to our website or any website used for the purpose of delivery of services
  • Online courses
  • Referrals

Information we collect about you

The information we collect about you is obtained either from the Apprenticeship Service (AS) or from one of the Employers that we provide apprenticeship services to.

  • Personal and contact information when you are referred to us by the NAS or an Employer, including your name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth and
  • Details (and copies) of your communications and interactions with us via our Contact Centre otherwise, including by email, telephone (voice recordings) and
  • Copies of documents you provide to prove your identity (including driving licence and passport) where there is a legal reason to request this from
  • Information about how you use our website, and which websites you came to our website from. For more information, please see the Visitors to our website
  • We may also receive personal data directly from you or from various third parties and public sources, including from social media channels (if you interact with us through those channels), or other third parties including

How and why we use your personal data

We have set out all of the ways we use your personal data, and why in the table below. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

It is sometimes necessary for us to process your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you, or to satisfy a contractual requirement (referred to as ‘performance of a contract with you’ below), or to comply with a statutory requirement.

How we use your personal data Why we use your personal data
Referral/Sign-up We use your personal and contact information to register you onto our client management database. Necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
Verification of Identity We may require copies of documents to verify your identity. Necessary for compliance with a legal or contractual obligation.
Eligibility We may require copies of documents to verify your eligibility. Necessary for compliance with a legal or contractual obligation.
Communicating with you We use the personal and contact information provided by you and copies of your communications with us to manage our relationship with you. For example:

  • to notify you about appointments;
  • to communicate with you in response to any query, request or complaint you may have including by email and telephone.
Necessary for the performance of a contract with you. Necessary to comply with a legal obligation. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to evidence our interactions).
Staff training We may use copies of your communications with us (including voice recordings) in order to train our staff. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service to you).
Contractual delivery Whilst on programme, we will use your information to manage appointments, complete action plans and assessments, support your progression and to support evidence of our interactions Necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

How your information is shared

We sometimes share the data we collect from you with the following trusted third parties:

  • Supplychain partners who are contractually linked with the delivery of our programmes on behalf of us. A list of our partners is available on our
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers – for the purposes of providing consultancy, legal, insurance and accounting
  • Employers who are seeking to recruit
  • Auditors – to audit our systems and processes for the purposes of ensuring efficiency, or regulatory or contractual
  • Education and Skills Finding Agency (ESFA) or such other regulatory body for the purposes of regulatory and contractual
  • We will disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or

How long do we keep your information?

  • We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or contractual requirements. This is usually for a period of 24 months, but can differ depending on contractual requirements or the nature of the data collected.
  • At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted or anonymised (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical
  • To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
  • In some circumstances you may be entitled to ask us to delete your data: see ‘Your rights’ below for further

Training & Recruitment

Information we collect about you

The information we collect about you is obtained from the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) or employers.

  • Personal and contact information when you are referred to us by the NAS or employers, including your name, address, email address, telephone number, date of birth and
  • Details (and copies) of your communications and interactions with us via our Contact Centre otherwise, including by email, telephone (voice recordings) and
  • Copies of documents you provide to prove your identity (including driving licence and passport) where there is a legal reason to request this from
  • Information about how you use our website, and which websites you came to our website from. For more information, please see the Visitors to our website
  • We may also receive personal data directly from you or from various third parties and public sources, including from social media channels (if you interact with us through those channels), or other third parties including from employers.

How and why we use your personal data

We have set out all of the ways we use your personal data, and why in the table below. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

It is sometimes necessary for us to process your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you, or to satisfy a contractual requirement (referred to as ‘performance of a contract with you’ below), or to comply with a statutory requirement.

How we use your personal data Why we use your personal data
Referral/Sign-up We use your personal and contact information to register you onto our client management database. Necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
Verification of Identity We may require copies of documents to verify your identity. Necessary for compliance with a legal or contractual obligation.
Eligibility We may require copies of documents to verify your eligibility. Necessary for compliance with a legal or contractual obligation.
Communicating with you We use the personal and contact information provided by you and copies of your communications with us to manage our relationship with you. For example:

  • to notify you about appointments;
  • to communicate with you in response to any query, request or complaint you may have including by email and telephone.
Necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to evidence our interactions).

Staff training We may use copies of your communications with us (including voice recordings) in order to train our staff. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service to you).
Contractual delivery Whilst on programme, we will use your information to manage appointments, complete action plans and assessments, support your progression and to support evidence of our interactions Necessary for the performance of a contract with you.

How your information is shared

We sometimes share the data we collect from you with the following trusted third parties:

  • Supplychain partners who are contractually linked with the delivery of our programmes on behalf of us. A list of our partners is available on our
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers – for the purposes of providing consultancy, legal, insurance and accounting
  • Auditors – to audit our systems and processes for the purposes of ensuring efficiency, or regulatory or contractual
  • Education and Skills Finding Agency (ESFA) or such other regulatory body for the purposes of regulatory and contractual
  • We will disclose your personal information to third parties if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal or regulatory obligation or

How long do we keep your information?

  • We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or contractual requirements. This is usually for a period of 24 months, but can differ depending on contractual requirements or the nature of the data collected.
  • At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted or anonymised (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical
  • To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

In some circumstances you may be entitled to ask us to delete your data: see ‘Your rights’ below for further information.

Job applicants through our website

Information we collect about you

  • Personal and contact information when you complete the online application, including your name, address, email address, telephone number(s), employment history, qualifications. We may collect some of that contact information when you interact with us including during the application process.
  • Details (and copies) of your communications and interactions with us via our recruitment team or otherwise, including by email, telephone (voice recordings) and
  • Copies of documents you provide to prove your identity (including driving licence and passport) are requested once you have a job offer, or where there is a legal reason to request this from
  • Information about how you use our website, and which websites you came to our website from. For more information, please see the Visitors to our website
  • We may also receive personal data directly from you or from various third parties and public sources, including from social media channels (if you interact with us through those channels), or other third parties including from employers or recruitment

How and why we use your personal data

We have set out all of the ways we use your personal data, and why in the table below. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

It is sometimes necessary for us to process your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you, or to satisfy a contractual requirement (referred to as ‘performance of a contract with you’ below), or to comply with a statutory requirement.

How we use your personal data Why we use your personal data
Initial Application We use your personal and contact information to register you onto our recruitment database. Necessary for the legitimate interest of your application for a vacancy.
Verification of Identity We may require copies of documents to verify your identity. Necessary for compliance with a legal or contractual obligation.
Communicating with you We use the personal and contact information provided by you and copies of your communications with us to manage our relationship with you. For example:

  • to notify you about interview appointments;
  • to communicate with you in response to any query, request or complaint you may have including by email and telephone.
Necessary for the legitimate interest of your application for a vacancy.

Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to evidence our interactions).

Staff training We may use copies of your communications with us (including voice recordings) in order to train our staff. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service to you).
Progressing an application We will use your personal information to enable us to progress you through each stage of our recruitment process. Necessary for the legitimate interest of your application for a job vacancy.
Vetting & Background Checks We will provide your information to third parties to enable us to conduct vetting and background checks as required by the role applied for. Necessary to comply with a contractual obligation. Necessary to comply with a legal obligation.

How your information is shared

We sometimes share the data we collect from you with the following trusted third parties:

  • As a successful applicant, with Payroll, pension providers as part of your contract of employment and our legal
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers – for the purposes of providing consultancy, legal, insurance and accounting
  • Police or other such regulatory authority – as part of an investigation or otherwise for legal or regulatory
  • Auditors – to audit our systems and processes for the purposes of ensuring efficiency, or regulatory or contractual

How long do we keep your information?

We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or contractual requirements

  • We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or contractual requirements. This is usually for a period of 24 months, but can differ depending on contractual requirements or the nature of the data collected.
  • Unsuccessful applicants: We only keep your personal information as provided to us during the recruitment process for 6
  • Successful applicants: Your information will be saved in your employee file and will be deleted in accordance with terms of your contract of employment and Employee
  • At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted or anonymised (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical
  • To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
  • In some circumstances you may be entitled to ask us to delete your data: see ‘Your rights’ below for further

Voice Recordings

Information we collect about you

  • Personal and contact information when you contact us via

How and why we use your personal data

We have set out all of the ways we use your personal data, and why in the table below. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

It is sometimes necessary for us to process your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you, or to satisfy a contractual requirement (referred to as ‘performance of a contract with you’ below), or to comply with a statutory requirement.

How we use your personal data Why we use your personal data
Staff training We may use copies of your communications with us (including voice recordings) in order to train our staff. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service to you).

How your information is shared

Depending on the nature of your enquiry, we sometimes share the data we collect from you with the following trusted third parties:

  • Supplychain partner who are contractually linked with the provision of the recording
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers – for the purposes of providing consultancy, legal, insurance and accounting
  • Police or other such regulatory authority – as part of an investigation or otherwise for legal or regulatory
  • Third-party security companies – for the purposes of ensuring that we comply with the law and have adequate security measures in
  • Auditors – to audit our systems and processes for the purposes of ensuring efficiency, or regulatory or contractual

How long we keep your information

  • We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or contractual requirements. This is usually for a period of 24 months, but can differ depending on contractual requirements or the nature of the data collected.
  • At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted or anonymised (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical
  • To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
  • In some circumstances you may be entitled to ask us to delete your data: see ‘Your rights’ below for further

Visitors to our website

Information we collect about you

  • Information about how you use our website, and which websites you came to outsourcetraining.org website from.
  • Technical information about your device or browser when you use our website, including geolocation data to determine what country you are accessing our website from, your internet protocol (IP) address, device ID, browser type and version and time zone setting, which may in some circumstances be personal

How and why we use your personal data

We have set out all of the ways we use your personal data, and why in the table below. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate.

It is sometimes necessary for us to process your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you, or to satisfy a contractual requirement (referred to as ‘performance of a contract with you’ below), or to comply with a statutory requirement.

How we use your personal data Why we use your personal data
Maintaining the website? We use browsing history and online ID to provide a better service to you. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service to you).
Staff training We may use your browsing history to train our staff. Necessary for our legitimate interests (to ensure that we are able to provide the best service to you).

How your information is shared

Depending on the nature of your enquiry, we sometimes share the data we collect from you with the following trusted third parties:

  • Law enforcement agencies and third-party security companies – for the purposes of ensuring that we comply with the law and have adequate security measures in

How long do we keep your information?

  • We will only keep your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal or contractual requirements. This is usually for a period of 24 months, but can differ depending on contractual requirements or the nature of the data collected.
  • At the end of that retention period, your data will either be deleted or anonymised (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical
  • To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.
  • In some circumstances you may be entitled to ask us to delete your data: see ‘Your rights’ below for further

How we protect your personal data

We have put various technical and organisational measures in place to protect your personal data:

  • Our online security controls maintain confidentiality at all
  • As described in this Privacy Notice, we may in some instances disclose your personal data to third parties. Where we do, we require that third party to have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place to protect your personal data; however in some instances we may be compelled by law to disclose your personal data to a third party, and have limited control over how it is protected by that
  • Our website and technical security controls are regularly audited by an independent auditor to ensure we maintain our security
  • Your personal data is not processed or transferred outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).

Your rights

You have the right:

  • to ask us not to use your personal data for direct
  • to ask us not to process your personal data where it is processed on the basis of legitimate interests, if there are no compelling reasons for that processing;
  • to request from us access to personal information held about you (see below);
  • to ask for the information we hold about you to be rectified if it is inaccurate or incomplete;
  • to ask that we stop any consent-based processing of your personal data after you withdraw that consent;
  • to ask, in certain circumstances, to delete the personal data we hold about you;
  • to ask, in certain circumstances, for the processing of that information to be restricted; and
  • to ask, in certain circumstances, for your data to be moved to another

Get in touch with us

If you have any questions about our Privacy Notice, including any requests to exercise your rights, please contact the Data Protection Officer using the details set out below:

By post to:

Data Protection Officer

Seetec Outsource Training & Skills Ltd 77-75 Main Road,

Hockley,

Essex, SS5 4RG

By email to: dataprotection@seetec.co.uk

In order to request a copy of the personal data that Outsource Training & Development Ltd holds about you, please send your request in writing to the Data Protection Officer at the above address. To enable us to verify your identity and process your request, please include all of the following information and documentation with your request:

  • your full name;
  • a description of the data that you are requesting, including a date range;
  • a copy of your current and valid photo ID (e.g. passport photo page);
  • proof of your address in the form of a photocopy of a utilities or service provider bill; and
  • the date of the

If you are unhappy with our processing of your personal data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) at any time. The ICO contact details are available here: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ .

We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with any concerns before you approach the ICO, so please contact the Data Protection Officer in the first instance.