Privacy Policy

Privacy Notice

Privacy Jobs is a dedicated hiring platform built exclusively for the global privacy ecosystem. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you use our platform at privacy.jobs.

This notice was last updated on 14 July 2026.

Our Notice in Summary

We collect only what is relevant to connecting organisations with privacy professionals and facilitating the hiring process. We use your data for clear and limited purposes. We do not sell your data or use it for unrelated marketing or secondary purposes unless you have provided your explicit consent.

Who Does This Notice Apply To?

This Privacy Notice applies to:

  • Privacy professionals and job seekers using the platform to find opportunities
  • Visitors to www.privacy.jobs

Privacy Jobs is not directed at individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect or process personal data relating to children.

What Personal Data Do We Collect?

Depending on how you use the platform, we may collect the following:

From job seekers and professionals:

  • Name, contact details, and professional profile information
  • CV, cover letter, work history, qualifications, and references
  • Publicly available professional data (e.g. LinkedIn)
  • Application materials, communications, and interview-related notes
  • Job preferences, role alerts, and saved searches

From all users automatically:

  • IP address, browser type and version, device identifiers
  • Pages visited, time spent, and interaction data
  • Cookies and similar tracking technologies

We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data such as health, religion, race, ethnicity, or sexuality. If such data is inadvertently provided to us, it will be securely deleted without undue delay once identified.

What Do We Use Your Data For?

We use the data we collect for the following purposes:

  • To operate and improve the Privacy Jobs platform
  • To match job seekers with relevant roles and organisations with suitable candidates
  • To manage job listings, applications, and hiring workflows
  • To send role alerts, updates, and platform notifications where you have opted in
  • To respond to enquiries and provide customer support
  • To analyse platform usage and improve performance
  • To meet our legal and regulatory obligations

We only process your data when we have a valid legal basis to do so. We follow the principles of data minimisation and purpose limitation under GDPR — collecting and retaining only what is necessary for the stated purposes.

Legal Grounds for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal grounds:

  • Consent — where you have given your clear and informed consent to the processing of your personal data, for example in relation to direct marketing communications, job or role alerts, or the use of non-essential cookies.
  • Contract — where processing is necessary to provide the services you have signed up for, or to facilitate and administer applications submitted through the platform.
  • Legal obligation — where we are required to retain, disclose or use data by law.
  • Legitimate interests —where processing is necessary for the purposes of maintaining platform security, preventing fraud, carrying out analytics, and improving the user experience, provided that such processing is balanced against and does not override your rights and freedoms under applicable data protection laws.

Who Will Your Data Be Shared With?

Your data may be shared in the following circumstances:

  • With organisations on the platform, where you apply for a role or express interest in an opportunity.
  • With trusted third-party service providers (e.g. hosting, analytics, payment processing)
  • Where required by law or to enforce our Terms and Conditions

We do not sell your personal data. We do not share your data with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

Where personal data is transferred outside the UK or EEA, we ensure an equivalent level of protection is in place through adequacy decisions, standard contractual clauses, or other lawful mechanisms.

How Long Do We Keep Your Data?

We retain your data only for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected:

  • Active user accounts: for the duration of your use of the platform
  • Job applications: up to 12 months from submission, unless consent is given to retain for future opportunities
  • Organisation and billing records: as required by applicable law, regulation, or contractual obligation
  • All other data: a maximum of three years unless a legal obligation requires otherwise

Data retention periods are reviewed regularly to ensure compliance with GDPR principles of necessity and proportionality.

Cookies

Privacy Jobs uses cookies and similar technologies to collect usage data and improve the platform experience. For full details on how we use cookies and how to manage your preferences, please refer to our Cookie Notice.

Your Rights

Under applicable data protection law, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

  • The right to be informed about how your data is used
  • The right to access a copy of your personal data
  • The right to rectification of inaccurate data
  • The right to erasure (the right to be forgotten)
  • The right to restrict processing
  • The right to data portability
  • The right to object to processing, including for direct marketing
  • The right to withdraw consent at any time
  • The right not to be subject to solely automated decision-making
  • The right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) or your relevant supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the details below.

How Do We Protect Your Data?

We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, or loss. Access to personal data is restricted to to authorised personnel who require it to carry out their duties, and all third-party data processors are contractually bound to protect data to equivalent standards.

In the event of a data breach that poses a high risk to your rights and freedoms, we will notify you and the relevant supervisory authority, without undue delay, in accordance with GDPR requirements.

Keeping This Notice Up to Date

We review this Privacy Notice at least annually and update it as necessary to reflect changes to the platform, our services, or applicable law. Where changes are fundamental, a notice will be displayed on the platform for 30 days.

Contact Us

Privacy Jobs is the data controller responsible for the collection and processing of your personal data as described in this notice. If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

Privacy Jobs
Email: hello@privacy.jobs