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GDPR Data processing modelRecruitment & Candidate Data Management

PrivateHuman resourcesMost common processing activities
Processing of candidate personal data for recruitment purposes, including sourcing, evaluation, matching of profiles, interview organisation, and candidate pool management.

Purposes (4)

A purpose is the objective pursued by the setting up of your file. It indicates what the processing of personal data will be used for, its purpose. This purpose must be clear and understandable

1
Candidate sourcing/identification
Legitimate interest
Art. 6(1)(f) UK GDPR – legitimate interest in recruitment.
2
Matching candidate profiles
Legitimate interest
Art. 6(1)(f). UK GDPR - legitimate interest
3
Management of candidate data for hiring
Contract
Art. 6(1)(b) UK GDPR – pre-contractual measures at request of candidate.
4
CV-library consultation
Legitimate interest
Art. 6(1)(f) UK GDOR – legitimate interest where data is made publicly available by candidates.

Data categories (1)

Personal data is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person. A natural person can be identified either directly (eg surname and first name) or indirectly (eg phone number, social security number, email or postal address, but also voice or image)

Candidate data

Data details


CVrequired
Professional trainingoptional
Emailrequired
Postal Addressrequired
Name and surnamerequired
qualifications and diplomasrequired
Genderrequired

Data conservation rules

Active base:

Archive (discrimination claims): up to 6 years post-decision.

Limitation Act 1980 – employment tribunal claims

Intermediate archiving:

Intermediate: up to 6 months after recruitment outcome for unsuccessful candidates (per ICO guidance on recruitment records). Extended retention (talent pool): only with candidate consent; max. 2 years from last contact.

Data subject (1)

A data subject is any person whose data is collected, retained or processed by the data processing. e.g. In a recruitement process, any candidate for a position proposed in recruitement management process

  • Job applicants

Created at:07/08/2023

Updated on:08/01/2025

License: © Creative commons :
Attribution / Pas d'utilisation commerciale
CC-BY-NC AttributionPas d'utilisation commerciale

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