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Privacy statement Mark Loucas Limited (trading as ML Partners)
ML Partners takes your privacy very seriously and treats all your personal information with great care. ML Partners always acts in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). This document sets out ML Partners privacy statement for the use of the website (www.ml-partners.com). It is recommended that you read this privacy statement carefully. If you have additional questions or would like further information on this topic, please feel free to contact us at info@ml-partners.com.
Table of content
1. Who is ML Partners and how can I contact ML Partners?
2. What personal data does ML Partners processes, why and on which legal basis?
3. Does ML Partners share my personal data with third parties?
4. Hyperlinks?
5. What are my rights?
6. How does ML Partners protect my personal data?
7. How long does ML Partners retain my personal data?
8. What are cookies and how does ML Partners uses them?
9. Can this privacy policy be amended?
10. Where can I lodge a complaint?
1. Who is ML Partners and how can I contact ML Partners?
ML Partners is a consultancy and recruiting firm that focuses on today’s online payments and FinTech world. The party responsible for the processing of personal data is Mark Loucas Ltd a private company with limited liability established and existing under the laws of the United Kingdom, having its registered office in 20 Hight Street, Chislehurst BR7 5AN, UK. All questions regarding the processing of your personal data by ML Partners can be addressed to info@ml-partners.com , by mail via ML Partners and by telephone via +44 208 3131926.
2. What personal data does ML Partners process, why and on which legal basis?
Upload CV
ML Partners gives you the option of submitting your CV via this website. You can do this in the Upload CV section, or for consideration by our consultants for opportunities.
Third Party Sources
As a business that actively sources talent within the niche markets of payments, banking and FinTech, consultants from ML Partners actively target potential candidates and/or clients from various third-party sources. We then add personal data to our internal database, only after our invitations to connect on these various third-party sources are accepted. Sources include but are not limited to: LinkedIn, Google, Meetup. The processing of your personal data in this context is necessary for the purpose of the legitimate interests pursued by ML Partners, namely being able to provide its services relating to consulting or recruitment.
Contact form
If you wish to contact ML Partners with any questions or if you need support with one of ML Partners services, you can fill in the contact form on the website. If you do so, ML Partners asks you to provide the following information: name, e-mail, subject, and your message or question. ML Partners uses this information to contact you and respond to your question or message. The processing of this personal data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by ML Partners, namely being able to serve you efficiently and to optimise ML Partners customer service.
Automatically generated data
ML Partners automatically collects generated data about your use of the website. This information consists of your IP address (a unique number, which makes it possible to recognise your device); account activity (including storage usage, number of log-ins); data displayed or clicked-on (including UI elements, links); and other log information (including browser type, IP address, date and time of access, cookie ID, and referrer URL). ML Partners requires this information in order for the website to work as optimally as possible (for example, to display content correctly and to keep the website secure), the processing of this personal data is therefore necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by ML Partners.
3. Does ML Partners share my personal data with third parties?
In certain circumstances, ML Partners may share your personal data, with third parties:
• To provide the services, ML Partners shares your personal data with service providers. These service providers process your personal data only on behalf of ML Partners. The processing by service providers is governed by a so-called data processing agreement in which ML Partners has ensured that that the service provider shall only process the personal data on instructions of ML Partners.
• ML Partners will also provide your personal data to third parties if it is obliged to do so on account of national or international laws, case law and/or regulations, if ML Partners considers it necessary to protect its own rights, if this is necessary for (the improvement of) providing the services/website to you or if you have given permission to do so.
4. Hyperlinks
The website may contain hyperlinks which take you away from the ML Partners environment and to the website or application of a third party. ML Partners has no authority over the services and/or websites of third parties to which is linked. It therefore may be the case that for the use of those services and/or websites of third parties another privacy statement is applicable. This privacy statement is exclusively applicable to the personal data that is obtained through the website of ML Partners. ML Partners does not accept any responsibility or liability for the (use and/or content of the) services and/or websites of third parties.
5. What are my rights?
Under the GDPR, you have a number of rights with regard to your personal data and the processing thereof:
• You have the right to obtain confirmation from ML Partners as to whether or not personal data concerning you is being processed, and, where that is the case, access to your personal data and additional information about the processing of your personal data;
• You have the right to request from ML Partners, the rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning you;
• In certain cases, you have to right to ask ML Partners to erase your personal data (right to be forgotten);
• In certain cases, you have the right to obtain from ML Partners a restriction of processing of your personal data, for example when you have contested the accuracy of your personal data;
• You have the right to receive the personal data which you have provided to ML Partners in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit this data to another controller, where the processing is based on your consent or on a contract (see legal basis);
• You have the right to object to the processing of personal data which is based on the legitimate interests of ML Partners. ML Partners shall no longer process the personal data unless ML Partners demonstrates compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which override your interests, rights and freedoms or for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
• Where personal data is processed for direct marketing purposes, you always have the right to object to the processing of personal data for such marketing. In that case, ML Partners shall no longer process your personal data for such purposes;
• Where the processing of your personal data is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
You may send your request to ML Partners at info@ml- International.com. ML Partners shall respond to your request without undue delay and in any event within one month of receipt of the request. That period may be extended by two further months where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. ML Partners shall inform you of any such extension within one month of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay. If ML Partners does not take action on your request, ML Partners shall inform you without delay and at the latest within one month of receipt of the request, of the reasons for not taking action. In this case, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority and to seek a judicial remedy.
6. How does ML Partners protect my personal data?
ML Partners takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your (personal) information against loss or any form of unlawful use.
7. How long does ML Partners retain my personal data?
ML Partners shall retain personally identifiable information only as long as reasonably necessary to provide the website and other services to you and others or as otherwise required for legal compliance purposes. If you fill out a contact form on the website, or send us an e-mail, the data that you send to us is stored for as long as is necessary by the nature of the form or the content of your e-mail to be fully answered and handled. If you apply for a position via the website, the ML Partners data retention policy is 5 years.
8. What are cookies and how does ML Partners use them?
When using the website, various cookies are saved on your computer, mobile device and/or tablet (“Devices”), which can then be accessed. Cookies are small pieces of information (in the form of text) that a server sends to the browser (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox) with the intention that the browser sends this information back to the server the next time a user makes use of the website. Cookies cannot damage your Devices, or the files saved on it. Please consult the ML Partners cookie policy for more information about how ML Partners uses cookies.
9. Can this privacy policy be amended?
It is possible for the privacy policy to be amended in the future. It is therefore recommended to regularly visit the section on the website in which we outline the privacy policy.
10. Where can I lodge a complaint?
In case you suspect a breach of data protection legislation and the matter is not solved amicably between you and ML Partners in negotiations, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]