LinsPeople Social Enterprise CIC
Privacy
Policy
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This policy explains how LinsPeople Social Enterprise CIC collects, uses and protects your information when you use our website or contact us.
1. Who we are
LinsPeople Social Enterprise CIC is a Community Interest Company and part of the Linsco Group of companies.
For the purposes of data protection law, LinsPeople Social Enterprise CIC is the organisation responsible for your personal information where we collect it through this website.
2. Information we collect
We may collect personal information that you provide to us when you use our website or contact us. This may include:
- Your name
- Your organisation or company name
- Your email address
- Your telephone number
- Information contained in your enquiry or message
- Information you choose to provide about your employment, experience, qualifications or the type of opportunity you are looking for
We may also collect limited technical information about visitors to our website, such as IP address, browser type, device type and information about how the website is used. This information may be collected through website analytics or technical services used to operate and secure the website.
3. How we use your information
We may use personal information for purposes including:
- Responding to enquiries and requests for a call back
- Discussing employment, recruitment or workforce opportunities
- Connecting individuals with relevant employment, training or support opportunities
- Communicating with employers, candidates and community or training partners
- Managing and improving our services
- Maintaining the security and operation of our website
- Complying with legal and regulatory obligations
We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis for doing so under applicable data protection legislation.
4. Sharing your information
We do not sell your personal information.
Where appropriate and necessary to provide our services, we may share relevant information with organisations such as employers, recruitment partners, training providers, community organisations or other professional partners involved in supporting an employment or training opportunity.
We will only share information where there is a lawful basis for doing so and, where appropriate, with your knowledge or consent. We may also disclose information where required by law or where necessary to protect our rights, our organisation or other people.
5. Website enquiries
If you submit an enquiry through our website, the information you provide will be used to respond to your request and, where relevant, to discuss employment, recruitment, workforce or partnership opportunities.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the general website enquiry form unless we specifically ask you to do so through an appropriate process.
6. Cookies and analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the website functions correctly, understand how visitors use the site and improve our services.
Where analytics or other non-essential cookies are used, we will provide the appropriate information and, where required by law, obtain your consent before setting them.
You can also control or restrict cookies through your browser settings.
7. How long we keep your information
We will only retain personal information for as long as it is reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including where necessary to meet legal, accounting or reporting requirements.
The exact retention period will depend on the type of information and the reason we hold it.
8. Keeping your information secure
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental loss, misuse, unauthorised access, alteration or disclosure.
However, no transmission of information over the internet or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
9. Your rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have a number of rights in relation to your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to the personal information we hold about you
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information
- Ask us to delete your personal information in certain circumstances
- Ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain circumstances
- Object to certain types of processing
- Withdraw consent where we are relying on consent as our lawful basis
These rights are subject to certain legal conditions and exemptions.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
10. Complaints
If you have a concern about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve the issue.
You also have the right to complain to the UK's data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
More information about the ICO and your data protection rights is available at ico.org.uk .
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, the website or applicable legal requirements.
Any updated version will be published on this page.
12. Contact us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the way we use your personal information, please contact LinsPeople Social Enterprise CIC.
Last updated: September 2026