Privacy Statement

Sellafield Ltd Careers – Recruitment Privacy Notice

We at Sellafield Ltd. and its affiliates (“we”, “us”, “our”) know that our users and candidates (“you”, “your”) care about how your personal data is used and shared and we take your privacy seriously. We are focused on protecting your personal data and your privacy rights.

  1. WHAT DOES THIS PRIVACY NOTICE COVER?

 This Privacy Notice applies to the processing of Personal Data collected by us when:

  • you visit https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk (our “Website”) or register as a user on any of our platforms (including Beamery and Talentlink)
  • you are being, have been, or will be considered for a position of employment at Sellafield Ltd (“Candidates”);
  • you are an employee of Sellafield Ltd;
  • you have subscribed to receive communications regarding Sellafield Ltd.’s marketing and publicity activities;
  • you register for, attend or take part in events, webinars, programs, training, certifications, sponsored, or attended by Sellafield Ltd;
  • you contact or communicate with us, for example, by registering your interest in vacancies, applying for vacancies, or registering to receive marketing content;
  • you participate in reviews, surveys, research or other similar activities facilitated by or on behalf of us
  • You are a young person looking to express an interest in Sellafield Ltd careers, or apply for Work experience. Visit: https://careers.sellafieldsite.co.uk/wp-content/blogs.dir/8/files/2024/09/SL-Privacy-for-Young-People-Aug-2024.pdf)
  1. WHAT LAWFUL BASIS DO WE RELY ON

 The lawful bases we use to process your personal data in relation to this process is Article 6(1)(a) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), where the data subject has given consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes.

In the case of collection or use of any Special Category Data we use Article 9(1)(a), where the data subject has given explicit consent to the processing of those personal data for one or more specified purposes.

  1. WHAT INFORMATION DOES SELLAFIELD LTD. COLLECT?

The Personal Data that we collect depends on our relationship with you.

  1. Information You Provide to Us:

Relationship: You are a User of our Website

Categories of Personal Data may include:

  • Contact information such as your name, job title, company name, address, phone number, email address, username and password, feedback or testimonials, other information you have voluntarily chosen to share.
  • Connection data (e.g. referrals and LinkedIn account), localisation data, communications, credentials, qualifications, any other data you provide to us.
  • If you choose not to provide us with any information, you may not be able to use all or part of the Website.

Relationship: Sellafield Ltd Candidates

Categories of Personal Data may include:

  • First and last name, employer contact information (employer, email, phone, employer address), personal contact information (email, phone, address).
  • Professional life data, employment information (title, position, employer, employment history), personal life (e.g. hobbies and interests), connection data (e.g. referrals and LinkedIn account), localisation data, communications, application forms, CV/resume, credentials or qualifications, any other data you provide to us.
  • We may also collect sensitive personal data such as: data related to diversity such as race/gender/sexual orientation/veteran status/disabilities; data related to citizenship or immigration information.
  • We may also use third parties to collect publicly available information/ Please see our Data Enrichment Policy for more information.

Relationship: You have subscribed to receive communications regarding Sellafield Ltd’s marketing and publicity activities

Categories of Personal Data may include:

  • Contact information, such as your name, job title, company name, address, phone number, email address, other information you have voluntarily chosen to share. We may also use third parties to collect publicly available information.

Relationship: You register for, attend, or take part in events, webinars, seminars, sponsored, attended, hosted, or run by Sellafield Ltd

Categories of Personal Data may include:

  • Contact information, such as your name, job title, company name, address, phone number, email address, other information you have voluntarily chosen to share. We may also use third parties to collect publicly available information.

Relationship: You visit our offices and/or site

Categories of Personal Data may include:

  • Contact information, such as your name, job title, company name, address, phone number, email address, other information you have voluntarily chosen to share.

Sensitive Information: We may collect sensitive information (for example, your race, gender, or sexual orientation) for our diversity and inclusion reporting but only where you voluntarily provide this. We may also collect sensitive or financial information if required by the relationship, for example, to make payments to you.

Pseudonymised Information: We may also “de-identify” Personal Data to reduce the chances of being individually identified (e.g. replacing a name by a random number and deleting the original name; grouping 30 individual Candidates from London into one group “Candidates from London”). We use pseudonymisation and/or aggregated information for visitor statistics and analysis of our Website and, Services.

Information Collected Automatically:

Cookies/similar technologies: Whenever you interact with our Website, we automatically process information on server logs by using “browser cookies” or similar technologies. These technical means are either transferred to or communicated with your computer or mobile device to remember that you have registered and are logged in to your Beamery / Talentlink account or to recognise the browser or mobile device and tell us how and when pages on our Website are visited. You can find more details about our use of cookies or similar technologies in our Cookie Policy

Log Data: When you visit the Website, our servers automatically record information about the browser or mobile app with which our Website is opened. Log Data includes your computer’s/mobile’s browser type, IP address, the requested webpage of our Website or feature of our Service, webpages visited before our Website, the time spent on those pages or features, subjects of searches on our Website and Services, access times and dates, and other related statistics. We use this Log Data to monitor and analyse the use of the Website and the Services and for the Website’s technical administration, to increase our Website’s functionality and user-friendliness, and to better tailor it to our visitors’ needs. Additionally, we use Log Data including your IP address for security purposes like whitelisting, prevention, and recognition of attacks and malware.

Third-Party Analytics: Our Website includes social media features, such as the Facebook® Like button and widgets such as the “Share This” button for Twitter® and LinkedIn®. These features may collect your IP address and the page you are visiting on our Website, and they may set a cookie or similar technical device to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing the feature.

Prevent or Opt-out: You can change the preferences on your browser or mobile device to prevent or limit your computer or device’s acceptance of these technical means, but this may prevent you from taking advantage of some of our Website’s or Service’s features. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your internet browser controls vary depending on the browser or device used, you should visit your device or browser’s help menu for more information.

We use cookies served by Google Analytics to collect limited data directly from end-user browsers to enable us to understand the usage of our Website and Services, including making use of the demographics and interests reports services of Google Analytics. Further information on how Google collects and uses this data can be found at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. You can opt out of all Google-supported analytics within the Website by visiting https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

If you click on any link to a third-party website or service, such third party may also transmit cookies to you. This Privacy Policy does not cover the use of cookies by any third parties.

  1. Information We May Receive from Third Parties:

We may receive information about you from third parties. For example, if you access our Website through a third-party connection or log-in, such as, through Facebook Connect, by “following,” “liking” etc. However, Sellafield Ltd.’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

  1. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR PERSONAL DATA?

We will retain your Personal Data for a period of time consistent with the original purpose of collection (for example, until consent is withdrawn or until there has been a 2 year period of inactivity).

  1. WHAT WILL SELLAFIELD LTD USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR / WILL SELLAFIELD LTD SHARE ANY OF THE PERSONAL DATA IT RECEIVES?

We will use your data as applicable to the relationship per the table above, to send you information about us, your career, opportunities, marketing content, or to consider you for a position of employment with Sellafield Ltd.

  1. Trusted Third Parties:
  • We engage other companies to either perform tasks on our behalf or to provide specific features to you at your request. Unless we tell you otherwise, such third parties do not have any right to use the Personal Data we share with them beyond what is necessary to assist us. This includes third-party companies and individuals employed by us to facilitate our Website, including the provision of maintenance services, sales and marketing applications, database management, web analytics, and general improvement of the Website, may also include online assessment providers. Please note Privacy notices of our key suppliers:
  1. IS MY PERSONAL DATA SECURE?

Sellafield Ltd implements appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect Personal Data from loss, misuse, and unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

  1. DO WE PROCESS DATA OF CHILDREN?

Yes we do. We may use data of children to complete an application for Work experience or summer placement etc. We may also share information when requested, to ensure any queries are dealt with by the appropriate team.

For further detail of how your data is managed, please see our Privacy statement for young people here.

  1. WHAT RIGHTS DO I HAVE AND HOW DO I EXERCISE THEM?

In relation to your Personal Data, you always have the following rights to the extent available under applicable law:

  • Right to obtain information about the processing of your Personal Data;
  • Right to obtain access to your Personal Data know what Personal Data we process on you;
  • Right to rectify inaccurate Personal Data concerning you;
  • Right to erase your Personal Data;
  • Right to restrict processing of your Personal Data;
  • Right to transmit your Personal Data to another provider;
  • Right to object to any data processing that is based on our legitimate interest;
  • Right to withdraw consent, to the extent we base processing on consent;
  • Right not to be subject of a decision solely based on automated processing including profiling;
  • Right to complain to a data protection authority; and
  • Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights described above.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at data.protection.team@sellafieldsites.com.

  1. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time and provide the new information to you on our Website. Please review this document occasionally to familiarise yourself with any changes.

  1. YOUR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN

If you are not satisfied with how Sellafield Ltd has handled a request, you can make a complaint to Data.Protection.Team@sellafieldsites.com

If you remain dissatisfied, you can make a complaint to the UK’s Independent Supervisory Authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).