Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 2026
Harrington Recruitment Ltd respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, who we may share it with and the rights you have in relation to your personal data.
Harrington Recruitment Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales under company number 07850824, with its registered office at Manor House, Station Road, Felsted, Dunmow, England, CM6 3EZ.
For questions about this policy or how we use your personal information, please contact info@harringtonrecruitment.com.
Information we collect
The information we collect depends on your relationship with us and may include:
your name and contact details
your CV, employment history, qualifications, skills and experience
information about your career interests, availability and remuneration
information you provide during conversations, interviews or correspondence with us
information relating to applications, opportunities and recruitment processes
information obtained from professional networking platforms, job boards, publicly available sources or referrals
information relating to our clients, prospective clients and their representatives, including business contact details and correspondence
technical information collected when you use our website
Where relevant to a particular recruitment process, we may also process additional or sensitive information where permitted by law.
How we use your information
We may use personal information to:
provide recruitment and search services
identify and assess potential candidates for opportunities
contact candidates about roles that may be relevant to them
manage applications and recruitment processes
introduce and provide candidate information to prospective employers and clients where relevant to our recruitment services
communicate with clients, prospective clients and other business contacts
maintain and develop our candidate and client database
respond to enquiries
improve and administer our services and website
send relevant information about vacancies, recruitment services or other professional communications
meet our legal, regulatory and administrative obligations
establish, exercise or defend legal claims where necessary
How we obtain information
We may receive personal information directly from you, including when you contact us, submit a CV, apply for a role or communicate with one of our consultants.
We may also obtain information from other sources, including professional networking platforms, job boards, publicly available sources, referrals and other contacts within our professional network.
Our lawful bases for processing
Under UK data protection law, we must have a lawful basis for processing personal information.
Depending on the circumstances, we may process your information because:
it is necessary for our legitimate interests, or those of a third party, in providing and operating recruitment and search services
it is necessary to take steps at your request in connection with a potential contract
it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation
you have given consent where consent is required
Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider whether our interests are balanced against your rights, interests and reasonable expectations.
Where we process special category personal data, we will only do so where an appropriate legal basis and additional condition under applicable data protection law applies.
Sharing your information
As part of providing recruitment services, we may share relevant personal information with:
clients and prospective employers
service providers and technology providers that support our business
professional advisers
regulators, public authorities or other parties where disclosure is required or permitted by law
other parties where necessary in connection with our business or the provision of our services
We only share personal information where there is an appropriate reason to do so and take reasonable steps to ensure that it is handled appropriately.
We do not sell personal information.
International data transfers
Harrington Recruitment works with candidates and clients in the UK and internationally. This means that, where relevant to our recruitment services, personal information may be transferred or made available outside the UK.
Some of the technology and service providers we use may also process information outside the UK.
Where UK data protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer, we take appropriate steps to ensure those safeguards are in place.
How we store and protect your information
Personal information may be stored in our recruitment CRM, business email systems and other systems and devices used to operate Harrington Recruitment.
We use reasonable organisational and technical measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
How long we keep your information
Recruitment relationships can continue over a number of years, and candidates may be relevant to future opportunities beyond the particular role or conversation through which we first became aware of them.
We therefore retain personal information for as long as it remains reasonably relevant to our recruitment services, business relationship or legitimate business purposes, or where we are required to retain it for legal or regulatory reasons.
We periodically review the information we hold and may delete or anonymise information that is no longer reasonably required.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods depending on its nature, the reason it was collected and any applicable legal requirements.
Marketing and professional communications
We may contact candidates about vacancies and opportunities that we believe may be relevant to them and may communicate with clients and professional contacts about our recruitment services.
Where applicable, you can ask us to stop sending marketing communications at any time by contacting us at info@harringtonrecruitment.com or by using any unsubscribe method provided in the communication.
Your rights
Depending on the circumstances, UK data protection law gives you rights in relation to your personal information. These may include the right to:
request access to personal information we hold about you
ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances
ask us to restrict the way we use your information
object to certain processing
request the transfer of certain information to you or another organisation
withdraw consent where we rely on consent to process your information
These rights are not absolute and may depend on the circumstances and the lawful basis on which we process your information.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact info@harringtonrecruitment.com.
Complaints
If you have concerns about how we use your personal information, please contact us in the first instance at info@harringtonrecruitment.com so that we can try to resolve the matter.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, business practices or legal requirements. The latest version will be published on this website.