Privacy Policy
Our Commitment to Privacy
At AMC we respect the privacy and the confidentiality of the personal information provided by or on behalf of potential candidates, our clients recruiting such candidates, and outside parties who assist us in our search by providing references and other pertinent information. We are committed to keeping the personal information you share with us, whether over the Internet, on the telephone or through our branches and offices, confidential. The use of such information will only be for the purpose for which it was collected. This Privacy Policy explains how AMC collects, uses, discloses and protects the personal information we obtain.
What is Personal Information?
Personal information is any information about you as an identifiable individual and includes information with respect to your name, address, age, gender, income, marital status, financial situation, health, current employment and compensation package, and previous employment history and compensation package, together with your personal references and identification numbers (such as a National Insurance number).
Important Principles for Your Protection
Our Privacy Policy consists of the following key principles:
- Collecting and Using Personal Information
Either before or when we collect personal information about you, we will explain how we intend to use it. We will limit the personal information we collect to what we need for those purposes, and we will use it only for those purposes. We will obtain your consent if we wish to use your personal information for any other purpose. - Disclosing Personal Information
We may provide your personal information to clients only where we have your consent, or to others where we are required to do so by law. - Protecting Personal Information
We will protect the personal information we obtain about you with appropriate safeguards and security measures. We will retain your personal information only for the time it is required for the purposes we explain or as otherwise required by law. - Access to and Accuracy of Your Personal Information
We will give you access to the personal information we retain about you. We will provide you the opportunity to update the personal information we retain to ensure it is accurate. - Accountability and Openness to Your Privacy Concerns
We will explain your options of refusing or withdrawing consent to the collection, use and release of your personal information, and we will record and respect your choices. We will investigate and respond to your concerns about any aspect of our handling of your personal information.
The following sections will answer most of the important questions that you may have about how we fulfil each of these important principles, and how we will hold ourselves accessible and accountable to you.
Why we Ask for your Personal Information
If you are a candidate, we ask you for information to consider your qualifications and interest to be referred to either a specific client, for a specific position, or to other clients who may retain us to recruit an individual with interests and qualifications similar to yours. When you provide this information you will be asked to acknowledge your consent for us to provide it to those clients. This consent is optional and you can decide to withdraw it at any time. Please refer to Understanding Your Options, section 7 in this Policy.
If you are a client who has retained Odgers Ray & Berndtson to recruit candidates for your organization, we ask you for information so that we can do a proper search and discuss your needs, expectations, organizational culture and other relevant issues with potential candidates.
If you are a referee for one of our candidates, we ask you to answer specific questions to validate the information we have about our candidate and to explore his or her skills and experience relative to the role in question, to assist our clients in their selection process.
How we Collect Information About You
If you are a candidate, much of the information we collect comes directly from you. We may also obtain personal information about you from third parties to help us assess your eligibility and suitability as a candidate for positions for which are recruiting on behalf of our clients.
While we always try to protect the privacy of our candidates and clients, we understand you may choose to refuse or withdraw consent to the collection, use and release of your personal information and we will record and respect your choices. Please be aware that this may result in our inability to present you to our client as a candidate for the position in question.
When we Release Your Personal Information
We release your personal information to parties outside AMC only under the following circumstances.
We will disclose your personal information to our clients with your prior consent.
When Required or Permitted by Law - In certain circumstances, the law may require or permit AMC to disclose your personal information without your knowledge or specific consent. For example, such information may be disclosed if required to comply with a subpoena, warrant, or court order, or if requested by a government institution, which has the lawful authority to obtain the information.
In exceptional circumstances it may be necessary that we disclose your personally identifiable information if we believe, in good faith, that disclosure is otherwise necessary or advisable to protect AMC’s interests. We will seek to ensure that any proposed disclosure is required in the circumstances and then ensure that we disclose only the information that is required.
Under no circumstances do we sell personal information to other organizations.
