Privacy Policy

We value your privacy and will process your personal data in accordance with applicable General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law.

Visitors to our website

When someone visits our website we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to compile stats, such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is collected in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website and we will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifiable information from any other source either. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front about this: we will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to do with it.

Personal information

We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill our contract with you. Unless you ask us not to, we may use the information that you voluntarily give us via email (or other direct contact from you) to contact you via email in the future to tell you about new products or services, or exciting business updates which we would like to share with you.

You have the right to access, correct, update, and delete all personal information we hold about you by contacting us via email at info at any time.

Use of cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. This website uses cookies for the purpose of Google Analytics.

Google Analytics

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site, which we use to help improve it. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.

The information generated by these cookies about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google (including on servers in the United States). Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google undertakes not to associate your IP address with any other data held by Google

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org

Content management system cookies

This cookie is set by our content management system on a small number of browsers, upon arrival to the site. It is not used by us for any purpose. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser. These are often referred to as session cookies.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was published and last updated on 13th January 2020. We may change this privacy policy from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access our website.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this policy or the information we hold about you, please contact us at info.

Privacy Notice for Recruitment

Nu Quantum Ltd (“We”, “Us”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This Privacy Notice (together with any other documents referred to herein) sets out the basis on which the personal data collected from you, or that you provide to Us, will be processed by Us in connection with Our recruitment processes. Please read the following carefully to understand Our views and practices regarding your personal data and how We will treat it. 

For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) the Data Controller is Nu Quantum Ltd. 

We use Lever, an online application provided by Lever Inc, to assist with Our recruitment process. We use Lever to process personal information as a data processor on Our behalf. Lever is only entitled to process your personal data in accordance with Our instructions. 

Where you apply for a job opening posted by Us, these Privacy Notice provisions will apply to Our processing of your personal information in addition to Our other Privacy Notice which has been provided to you separately or is available on Our Website. 

Where you apply for a job opening via the application function on a job site or similar online service provider (“Partner”), you should note that the relevant Partner may retain your personal data and may also collect data from Us in respect of the progress of your application. Any use by the Partner of your data will be in accordance with the Partner’s Privacy Notice. 

Your Personal Information 

Information we collect from You 

We collect and process some or all of the following types of information from you: 

  • Information that you provide when you apply for a role. This includes information provided through an online job site, via email, in person at interviews and/or by any other method. In particular, We process personal details such as name, email address, address, telephone number, date of birth, qualifications, experience, information relating to your employment history, skills experience that you provide to Us, as well as your video in case you conduct your interview using the Video Interview feature. 
  • If you contact Us, We may keep a record of that correspondence. 
  • A record of your progress through any hiring process that We may conduct. Details of your visits to Lever’s Website including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, the site that referred you to Lever’s Website and the resources that you access. 

Information we collect from other sources 

Lever provides Us with the facility to link the data you provide to Us, with other publicly available information about you that you have published on the Internet – this may include sources such as LinkedIn and other social media profiles. 

Lever’s technology allows Us to search various databases – some publicly available and others not, which may include your personal data (including your CV or Resumé), to find possible candidates to fill Our job openings. Where We find you in this way We will obtain your personal data from these sources. 

We may receive your personal data from a third party who recommends you as a candidate for a specific job opening or for Our business more generally. 

Uses Made Of Your Information 

Lawful basis for processing 

We rely on legitimate interest as the lawful basis on which We collect and use your personal data. Our legitimate interests are the recruitment of staff for Our business. 

Where you apply for a job opening through Our service provider Partners (such as the job sites through which you may have applied), We rely on your consent, which is freely given by you during the application process, to disclose your personal data to  Our third party service providers on the basis described below. 

Purposes of processing 

We use information held about you in the following ways: 

  • To consider your application in respect of a role for which you have applied. To consider your application in respect of other roles. 
  • To communicate with you in respect of the recruitment process. 
  • To enhance any information that We receive from you with information obtained from third party data providers. 
  • To find appropriate candidates to fill Our job openings. 
  • To help Our service providers (such as Lever and its processors and data providers) and Partners (such as the job sites through which you may have applied) improve their services. 

Automated decision making/profiling 

We may use Lever’s technology to select appropriate candidates for Us to consider based on criteria expressly identified by us, or typical in relation to the role for which you have applied. The process of finding suitable candidates is automatic, however, any decision as to who We will engage to fill the job opening will be made by Our staff. 

Disclosure of Your Information 

As set out above, We pass your information to Our third party service providers, including Lever, who use it only in accordance with Our instructions and as otherwise required by law.  Where you have applied for a job opening through a service provider functionality (such as LinkedIn), and where you have consented to this disclosure, We will disclose to  Our third party service providers certain personal data that We hold, including but not limited to a unique identifier used by the service provider to identify you, and information about your progress through Our hiring process for the applicable job opening, as well as tangible, intangible, visual, electronic, present, or future information that We hold about you, such as your name, contact details and other information involving analysis of data relating to you as an applicant for employment (collectively “Disposition Data”). The service provider shall be the data controller of this data and shall therefore be responsible for complying with all applicable law in respect of the use of that data following its transfer by Us. 

How We Store Your Personal Data 

Security 

We take appropriate measures to ensure that all personal data is kept secure including security measures to prevent personal data from being accidentally lost, or used or accessed in an unauthorized way. We limit access to your personal data to those who have a genuine business need to know it. Those processing your information will do so only in an authorized manner and are subject to a duty of confidentiality. 

We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data security breach. We will notify you and any applicable regulator of a suspected data security breach where We are legally required to do so. 

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although We will do Our best to protect your personal data, We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted through any online means, therefore any transmission remains at your own risk. 

Where We store your personal data 

Where We store your personal data in Our own systems, it is stored in the EEA. 

The data that We collect from you and process using Lever’s Services may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for Us or for one of Our suppliers. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. 

In particular, your data may be accessible to i) Lever’s staff in the USA or ii) may be stored by Lever’s hosting service provider on servers in the USA as well as in the EU. The USA does not have the same data protection laws as the United Kingdom and EEA. A Data Processor Agreement has been signed between Lever, Inc and its overseas group companies, and between Lever, Inc and each of its data processors.

These data processor agreements are designed to help safeguard your privacy rights and give you remedies in the unlikely event of a misuse of your personal data. 

If you would like further information please contact Us (see ‘Contact’ below). We will not otherwise transfer your personal data outside of the United Kingdom OR EEA or to any organisation (or subordinate bodies) governed by public international law or which is set up under any agreement between two or more countries. 

How long We keep your personal data 

We will hold all the data for 12 months. 

Your personal information will be deleted on one of the following occurrences: 

  • deletion of your personal information by you (or by another person engaged by you); or 
  • receipt of a written request by you (or another person engaged by you) to us. 

Your rights 

Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have a number of important rights free of charge. In summary, those include rights to: 

  • access to your personal data and to certain other supplementary information that this Privacy Notice is already designed to address 
  • require Us to correct any mistakes in your information which We hold 
  • require the erasure of personal data concerning you in certain situations receive the personal data concerning you which you have provided to Us, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to a third party in certain situations 
  • object at any time to processing of personal data concerning you for direct marketing object to decisions being taken by automated means which produce legal effects concerning you or similarly significantly affect you 
  • object in certain other situations to Our continued processing of your personal data otherwise restrict Our processing of your personal data in certain circumstances claim compensation for damages caused by Our breach of any data protection laws. 

For further information on each of those rights, including the circumstances in which they apply, see the Guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on individuals rights under the General Data Protection Regulation. 

If you would like to exercise any of those rights, please: 

  • contact Us using Our Contact details below, 
  • let Us have enough information to identify you, 
  • let Us have proof of your identity and address, and 
  • let Us know the information to which your request relates. 

How to complain 

We hope that We can resolve any query or concern you raise about Our use of your information.

The General Data Protection Regulation  also gives you right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union (or European Economic Area) state where you work, normally live or where any alleged infringement of data protection laws occurred. The supervisory authority in the UK is the Information Commissioner who may be contacted at http://ico.org.uk/concerns/ or telephone: +44303-123-1113

Contact 

All questions, comments and requests regarding this Privacy Notice should be addressed to NQ-GDPR.

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