This policy explains what personal information AR Recruitment collects, how we use it, who we share it with, and the rights you have over it. It applies to candidates, employers, and anyone who contacts us through this website.
Who we are
AR Recruitment is a specialist recruitment business working exclusively in social care across England. For the purposes of UK data protection law, including the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, AR Recruitment is the data controller for the personal information described in this policy.
You can contact us about anything in this policy, including any request to exercise your rights, by email at recruitment@arrecruitment.co.uk.
The information we collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
- Identity and contact details, such as your name, email address, and any telephone number or postal address you choose to give us.
- Professional information, such as your CV, work history, qualifications, training, references, and right-to-work information.
- Enquiry details, such as the content of the messages you send us and the type of enquiry you are making.
- Employer details, such as the name of your organisation and the roles you are looking to fill.
- Technical information, such as the IP address and browser type recorded in our website hosting logs.
How we collect it
We collect most of this information directly from you, when you complete the enquiry form on this website, email or speak to us, or send us your CV. We may also collect professional information from public sources where you have made your details available for recruitment purposes, such as job boards and professional networks, and from referees you have asked us to contact.
How we use your information and our lawful basis
We use your information to provide recruitment services: to understand what you are looking for, to match candidates to roles, to introduce candidates to prospective employers, and to keep you informed. The lawful bases we rely on are:
- Consent, for example when you submit an enquiry through this website or ask us to represent you.
- Legitimate interests, where we process professional information to match candidates and employers, provided this is not overridden by your rights.
- Contract, where we need to process information to provide a service we have agreed to.
- Legal obligation, where we are required to keep or disclose information by law.
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. This will not affect any processing we carried out before you withdrew it.
Who we share it with
We share candidate information with prospective employers only with your knowledge, and only where it is relevant to a role you are being considered for. We may also share information with trusted service providers who help us run our business, such as email and website hosting providers, and with third parties where we are required to do so by law. We do not sell your personal information to anyone.
How long we keep it
We keep personal information only for as long as we need it. Enquiry records are kept for up to twelve months unless they become part of an active recruitment relationship. Candidate and employer records are kept for the duration of our relationship and for a reasonable period afterwards, after which they are reviewed and either securely deleted or kept only where we have a lawful reason to do so.
How we protect it
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your information secure and to prevent unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. Access to personal information is limited to those who need it to do their work.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law you have the right to:
- Access the personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Ask us to delete your information in certain circumstances.
- Ask us to restrict or object to how we use your information.
- Ask us to transfer your information to another provider where this applies.
- Withdraw your consent where we rely on it.
To exercise any of these rights, email us at recruitment@arrecruitment.co.uk. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK regulator for data protection, at ico.org.uk.
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Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date below shows when it was last revised. Any significant changes will be reflected on this page.
Last updated: 10 September 2026