Privacy Policy

Synergy Compliance Solutions (SCS) EMEA Ltd. is the sole owner of the information collected on www.scs-emea.com . SCS is sensitive to your privacy. The following information gathering and dissemination practices for www.scs-emea.com reflects our commitment in protecting your privacy.

Our Privacy Policy

Covers how we treat personally identifiable information, if any, collected and received through the Website and in our business operations.
Has been updated in line with the recent changes to Data Privacy and Protection laws in Europe (GDPR)
Does not apply to the privacy practices or content of other web sites linked to www.scs-emea.com

Information Collection and Use :

Usually, you can visit our website without telling us who you are and without revealing any information about yourself. However, our web server may automatically receive and record information on our server logs from your browser, which includes your IP Address, the pages you requested and the pages you visited. Information gathered through this web site will be held in a database at our offices and be used periodically to assess the success of the web site and the actions generated from the levels of traffic generated. This information is used for research and development to improve web content and our services to you and to help diagnose problems with our server and /or administrator of our Website. We usually do not link IP addresses to anything personally identifiable. This means that users' session will be tracked but the user, usually, will be anonymous.
If you do not want to receive a cookie from our website, you may set your browser to refuse cookies or to notify you when you receive a cookie, which you may then refuse upon such notice. To understand how to do this, please consult your browser’s help section. However, refusing the cookies may prevent you from accessing some parts of the website. Please also see GDPR related notice below

Information Sharing and Disclosure:

We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information by maintaining utmost confidentiality. We currently do not share, sell or rent out personal information about you with third parties or nonaffiliated companies except to provide products or services that you have requested for, or under the following circumstances:

To investigate, prevent or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threat to the safety of any person or to establish or exercise our legal rights or defend against legal claims or otherwise required by law.
In the event SCS goes through a business transition, such as a merger, being acquired by another company, or selling a portion of its assets, users' personal information will, in most instances, be part of the assets transferred. If as a result of the business transition, the users' personally identifiable information will be used in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection they will be given choice consistent with our notification of changes section.

For Candidates applying for any roles with our clients, please read the below General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) related notice on Data Privacy : We are committed to protect your personal data as per the laws of your jurisdiction. We hereby notify you the following summarized information about your personal data processing -

Personal data elements collected: Synergy will collect personal identification information (including your full name, address, city, country, Post code, phone number, and where required, date of birth, gender, photograph, official identity proof, visa/permit etc.), educational information (including diplomas, degrees, certifications, licenses and others), and job-related information (including work authorization, previous employers, dates of service, work locations, current and/or expected remuneration and benefits arrangements, availability timelines, notice periods etc.) and where required, other background check related information (tax and financial information, credit check, criminal record etc.) and any extra information that our clients may require on your application or you or your referees may choose to tell us or is available on Job boards, social/professional networking sites or via search engines
Purpose of collection: Synergy uses the information for the following purposes: (i) Recruitment activities to assess the candidate’s suitability for a current role and help them make their next career move, and to recommend the candidate to our Clients and provide all details required by our Clients to help them reach a hiring decision; (ii) Recruitment activities to review the candidate’s fitment for other potential career opportunities through manual or automated profiling and communicate with the applicant regarding those career opportunities; (iii) Any promotional activities, if required, to enable us to identify other suitable candidates for specific roles; (iv) to comply with applicable laws and regulations and defend any legal claims;
Data Recipients / Accessible to: The Personal Data is accessible to those Synergy personnel and our client’s personnel who have a need to know this information in order to carry out their responsibilities. This may include Synergy’s recruitment consultants, delivery & data managers, relationship managers and our client’s Human Resources employees in Talent Acquisition, Compensation and Benefits, Compliance, and Onboarding, and employees participating in the hiring process. The data may also be accessible to third party service providers such as our accountancy and technology platform providers who may perform functions on our behalf. We may also be required to share this data in the future with third parties who may want to seek a reference on your services delivered (if as a contractor) working with us. The Personal Data may also be required to be disclosed to governmental entities in compliance with applicable law, such as those agencies authorized to review and enforce equal opportunity laws.
Data transfer (International): If necessary for the above stated purpose, the Personal Data listed above may be transferred to Synergy’s or our Client’s international offices located anywhere in the European Union, United States of America, India or other overseas countries where the Interviewer or processor may be based.
Data Security: Appropriate organizational and technical measures are in place and will be taken to prevent unauthorized access, unlawful processing, unauthorized or accidental loss or destruction of the Personal Data.
Data Retention: Personal Data that is no longer required to be retained as per legal and business requirements will be disposed in a secure manner. We will delete your personal data from our systems if we have not had any meaningful contact with you (or, where appropriate, the company you are working for or with) for two years or any such period that the law or relevant regulators require us to preserve your data for, if longer than two years.
Your Rights: Even if we already hold your personal data, you still have various rights to access, amend or take back the personal data that you have given to us. You will have the Right to Object, Right to Withdraw Consent, Rights to Confirm, Update or Delete data we hold about you, Right to Port Data to another provider, and Right to notify your local supervisory authority.

If you would like to contact us on any matter related to data privacy or protection please email us at dpo@synergy-emea.co.uk