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Fame Recruitment Consultants Ltd — Last updated: June 2025
Fame Recruitment Consultants Ltd is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This notice explains how we collect, use, store and share your personal data, and sets out your rights under UK data protection law.
Please read this notice carefully. It applies to candidates, clients, suppliers and visitors to our websites at famerecruitment.com and fameaccountancy.com. If you have any questions, our contact details are at the bottom of this page.
Fame Recruitment Consultants Ltd is a specialist recruitment business based in London, placing candidates into roles across accountancy, finance, and professional services. We operate the websites famerecruitment.com and fameaccountancy.com.
We are the data controller of the personal data we process about you. This means we are responsible for deciding how and why that data is used, and for keeping it safe.
Fame Recruitment Consultants Ltd is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the United Kingdom as a data controller.
5 Technology Park, Colindeep Lane, Colindale, London NW9 6BX | Company No. 01882551 | VAT No. 421 5991 52
Depending on your relationship with us, we may collect and process the following categories of personal data:
| Category | Examples |
|---|---|
| Identity | Full name, date of birth, gender, nationality, right to work evidence |
| Contact details | Email address, phone number, home address |
| Career information | CV, employment history, qualifications, skills, references |
| Preferences | Job search criteria, location preferences, salary expectations, availability |
| Financial | Current and desired remuneration (for placement purposes only) |
| Technical | IP address, browser type, device data when using our websites |
| Special category data | Health or disability information, if you choose to share it and it is relevant (see below) |
We collect business contact information including name, job title, work email address, and telephone number, together with information necessary to fulfil our recruitment services and manage our business relationship with you.
We may collect technical data including your IP address and information about how you use our site, via cookies and analytics tools. Please see our Cookies section for more detail.
Certain types of personal data require extra care under UK GDPR, including information about health or disability, criminal convictions, and other sensitive attributes. We will only collect and use this type of data where there is a clear lawful reason to do so, and we will always inform you before processing it.
We collect personal data from a variety of sources, depending on how you interact with us:
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
UK GDPR requires us to have a lawful basis for processing your personal data. Depending on the purpose, we rely on one or more of the following:
| Lawful basis | When we rely on it |
|---|---|
| Contract | To fulfil our obligations as a recruitment agency — providing work-finding services and placing candidates |
| Legitimate interests | Matching candidates to roles, maintaining our candidate database, business development, and improving our services. We balance this against your interests and rights |
| Legal obligation | Right-to-work checks and other statutory requirements |
| Consent | Sending marketing communications; processing any special category data you voluntarily share; retaining your data beyond standard retention periods |
Where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object to our processing. Please see Your Rights for more information.
We use technology to help us match candidates to roles more effectively and to manage our recruitment process efficiently. Where we use automated or AI-assisted tools, we do so in a controlled and transparent manner.
All AI tools used by Fame Recruitment are deployed within a secure environment. We maintain full control of all data processed through these systems. No candidate or client data is shared with third-party AI providers in a way that would allow it to be used to train external models or accessed beyond what is necessary to perform the stated function. We are fully GDPR-compliant in our use of technology.
We use Bullhorn, a leading recruitment management platform, as our applicant tracking system (ATS). Bullhorn uses AI to assist with parsing CVs — this means it reads your submitted CV and extracts structured information (such as your employment history, skills, and qualifications) to populate your candidate record. This helps our consultants work with your data more accurately and efficiently.
Bullhorn processes data in accordance with its own privacy and security policies and is contractually bound to process your data only on our instruction. Full details of Bullhorn’s data processing practices are available at bullhorn.com.
We do not use fully automated decision-making (without human involvement) in relation to any significant decisions about candidates. Our consultants review all AI-assisted outputs and make placement and shortlisting decisions themselves.
We use standard web analytics tools to understand how visitors use our websites. This data is aggregated and anonymised where possible. Please see our Cookies section for further detail.
We do not sell your personal data to third parties, and we do not share it for third-party marketing purposes. We may share your data in the following circumstances:
We share candidate information with client organisations when we put you forward for a specific role. We will always do this with your knowledge, and we will only share what is necessary and relevant to that vacancy.
We work with trusted third-party suppliers who support our operations, including our ATS provider (Bullhorn), website hosting, email platforms, and IT support. All suppliers are subject to data processing agreements and are required to handle your data securely and in accordance with UK GDPR.
We may share data with our legal advisors, auditors, or regulatory bodies where required by law or to protect our legal rights.
We may disclose your personal data where required to do so by law, by a court order, or by a governmental or regulatory authority.
We are a UK-based business and our primary data processing takes place within the United Kingdom. Where any of our technology suppliers process data outside of the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place — such as UK International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTAs) or equivalent mechanisms — to ensure your data remains protected to UK GDPR standards.
If you would like further information about the safeguards in place for any international transfers, please contact us at the details below.
We retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes described in this notice, or as required by law.
| Type of data | Typical retention period |
|---|---|
| Active candidate records | Duration of active registration, plus up to 2 years from your last meaningful contact with us |
| Unsuccessful job applications (speculative) | 6 months from submission, unless you consent to longer retention |
| Placed candidates | Up to 7 years for legal and compliance purposes |
| Client and supplier contact information | Duration of business relationship, plus a reasonable period thereafter |
| Website usage data | As set out in our Cookie Policy |
At the end of the applicable retention period, your data will be securely deleted or anonymised. If you wish to be removed from our database at any time, please contact us using the details at the bottom of this page.
Protecting your personal data is important to us. We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect against unauthorised access, loss, destruction, or alteration of your information. These include:
While we take all reasonable steps to protect your data, no transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. If you believe your data has been compromised in any way, please contact us immediately.
Under UK data protection law, you have a number of rights in relation to your personal data. These are summarised below:
You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you (a Subject Access Request).
You can ask us to correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
You can ask us to delete your personal data in certain circumstances (“the right to be forgotten”).
You can ask us to limit how we use your data in certain situations.
You can object to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing.
You can request your data in a structured, machine-readable format in certain circumstances.
Where we rely on your consent, you can withdraw it at any time without affecting prior processing.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@famerecruitment.com. We may ask you to verify your identity before fulfilling a request. We will respond within the timeframe required by law (typically one month). In some cases, we may charge a reasonable administrative fee or decline a request — if so, we will explain why.
From time to time we may contact you with information about new roles, salary guides, market updates, and other relevant content. We will only send marketing communications where we have a lawful basis to do so — either your consent, or our legitimate interests as a recruitment business (for business contacts).
You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by:
Opting out of marketing will not affect our ability to contact you in relation to active job search activity, if you are registered with us as a candidate.
Our websites use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience, understand how our site is used, and support marketing activity. Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
We use the following types of cookies:
| Cookie type | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Essential | Necessary for the website to function. Cannot be disabled. |
| Analytics | Help us understand how visitors use our site (e.g. Google Analytics). Data is aggregated and anonymised. |
| Functional | Remember your preferences and settings to improve your experience. |
| Marketing | Used to deliver relevant advertising. Only placed with your consent. |
You can manage or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time via our cookie preference centre [link to be inserted by web team], or by configuring your browser settings. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our websites.
If you have any concerns about how we handle your personal data, we encourage you to contact us in the first instance at info@famerecruitment.com. We will investigate and respond to your concern promptly.
If you remain unsatisfied, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s supervisory authority for data protection matters:
Website: www.ico.org.uk
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. When we make material changes, we will update the date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this notice periodically.
If you have any questions about a previous version of this notice, please contact us.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice, or wish to exercise your data rights, please get in touch:
Email: info@famerecruitment.com
Phone: 020 8209 1858
Post: Fame Recruitment Consultants Ltd, 12 Russell Parade, Golders Green Road, London NW11 9NN
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