Protection of Personal Data

TRUE QUALITY SERVICES is committed to full compliance with the requirements of the Data

Protection Act 1998 (the Act) as currently in force, or any successor legislation. The personal information which you disclose to us as part of the recruitment process will be used only for the purposes of that process and will be disclosed only to duly appointed members of staff. True Quality Services has enclosed an Equal Opportunities Monitoring form for completion with the application form. Any sensitive personal information given on the monitoring form will not be disclosed to the recruitment team and will be used only for monitoring purposes, with the sole exception that information about disability may be used by office staff to ensure that adequate access and other relevant arrangements are made for you when you visit the office.

If your application is successful and you accept an offer of employment, the application form, references and any other information you supply will be used to form the basis of our personnel record and for statutory purposes. You will have right of access to all such material as provided by the Act. All copies made for the purposes of the recruitment process will be destroyed

immediately after an appointment has been made. On becoming a member of staff of TQS, you will be given further information about our policy on use of personal information about employees for official purposes.

If your application is unsuccessful, your personal information will be retained securely for six months in the Human Resources Department, and then destroyed. All copies made for the purposes of the recruitment process will be destroyed immediately after an appointment hasbeen made.