Privacy policy

Our contact details

Name: Ka Plunk Ltd  

Address: 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, W1W 7LT

E-mail: [email protected]

Web Address: www.kaplunk.co.uk

The type of personal information we collect, how we get the personal information, and why we have this personal information.

Disclosure of personal information

When you register, we store some information about you in your account, but it is protected by your password and may only be accessed by you. It does not form part of our candidate database and cannot be searched or accessed by KA Plunk Ltd. You can delete your account at any time. Your CV will be accessible directly to the employer.

Please do not submit your personal information to us if you do not want us to collect it. We ask employment applicants not to include information on their CV that is considered sensitive personal data, for example, your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, genetic data, biometric data, health, sex life or sexual orientation.

Applicant account and CV information

When you register as an applicant at Kaplunk Ltd your details, including your CV, will be made available directly to an employer if you have applied directly for that specific vacancy on the kaplunk site. In addition, your CV will only be made available to the courts or the police should they request these details.

Your personal information

When you register with us as an applicant, we will process your data on the basis set out in this policy, as it is in our legitimate interests to do so following your registration. We will collect personal information from you, such as your name, contact details, details of the kind of work you are looking for, the location where you want to work and your CV

We will use your data to manage your account and to email you about our services which include job alerts and emails about courses that are relevant to your profile.

Data protection

We use the information that you have given us as applicants/employers to provide employers/applicants with your cv.

We may share this information with https://www.ico.org.uk

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

1. Your consent.
   You can remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting: [email protected]
2. We have a contractual obligation.
3. We have a legal obligation.
4. We have a vital interest.
5. We need it to perform a public task.
6. We have a legitimate interest.
7. Access to, or correction, update, or deletion of your personal information may be denied or limited by Kaplunk Ltd if it would violate another person’s rights and/or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

How we store your personal information

1. Your information is securely stored. You can correct or remove this information by accessing your account settings.
2. We do not share contact information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. You may still use your private resume to apply online for a job. If you apply with a private resume, it will be transferred to the relevant employer, who may retain a copy of it.
3. You may control the status of your resume by visiting your account settings.
4. If you are in the UK and you do not sign into your account or interact with our services for more than 5 years, we will delete your profile and cv information.
5. On occasion a new client may ask us to post a job advertisement on their behalf as they are trialling the site. On these occasions, we will have access to your CV which will be transferred to the client.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

1. Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
2. Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
3. Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
4. Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
5. Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or you, in certain circumstances.
6. You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at: [email protected] if you wish to make a request.

Address: 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, W1W 7LT

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at: [email protected]

Address: 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London, W1W 7LT

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s address:           

Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

ICO website: https://www.ico.org.uk