Privacy Policy
1. Your privacy
1.1 Wilkinson Hardware Stores Limited (the “Company”, “We” or “Us”) is committed to protecting and respecting the privacy of the users of this website (the “Website”). This privacy policy explains how we collect, store, use and otherwise process any personal data that we collect from you, or that you provide to us.
1.2 You must read this privacy policy carefully. By accessing and continuing to use the Website you confirm that you have read, understood and agree to the terms of this privacy policy.
2. Who we are Wilkinson
Hardware Stores Limited is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 0365335 and whose registered office is at JK House, PO Box 20, Roebuck Way, Manton Wood, Worksop S80 3YY. The Company is registered as a data controller with the Information Commissioner’s Office (registration number Z6046528).
3. Information we may collect from you
3.1 We may collect and process the following personal information about you:
3.1.1 Information (including, without limitation, your name, address, telephone number, employment details, CV and related matters) that you provide in using our Website together with any other information that you provide at the time of registering and setting up your account and applying for any particular position with us.
3.1.2 If you contact us in writing or over the phone, we may keep a record of that communication.
3.1.3 Some roles that users of the Website may wish to apply for may require us to enquire about previous criminal convictions, carry out background checks or carry out criminal record checks. If this is necessary we’ll tell you about this as early as possible in the recruitment process.
4. Where we store your information
All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.
5. Uses made of the information
5.1 We (and our third party data processors) may collect, store, use and otherwise process information held about you in the following ways:
5.1.1 To process and consider your application;
5.1.2 To fulfil any legal obligations with which we must abide;
5.1.3 To include in your personnel records if we offer and you accept the job applied for; and
5.1.4 To contact any referees that you have provided to obtain references (and you agree to obtain the consent from those referees for us to contact them).
5.2 You must ensure that the information that you provide to us is true and not misleading.
6 IP addresses and cookies
6.1 This Website uses small data files known as cookies (“Cookies”) to collect information about the people that use our Website. When you use the Website, Cookies are transferred to and stored on your computer’s hard drive. They collect personal information about you to enable us to identify retuning applicants only. This means we can provide you with a more personalised application process.
6.2 You can reject these Cookies by changing the setting on your website browser but you should be aware this may impair the functionality of the Website. Aside from the Cookies to identify applicants returning to the Website, we will not use any other Cookies.
7. Your rights
If you would like to withdraw your application at any stage you can do so through the candidate portal on the Website or by emailing us at theresourcingteam@wilko.co.uk. If you would like a copy of the information that we hold about you during or after the application process, please email us at theresourcingteam@wilko.co.uk. We may charge a fee of £10 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.
8. Changes to our privacy policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you on the e-mail you provide.
9. Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and a statement of our key equal opportunities principles can be viewed at http://corporate.wilkinsonplus.com/story.asp?id=14. You may be required to provide evidence of your eligibility to work in the UK and we may ask you to provide further documentation in order to comply with any statutory obligations on us relating to such matters. Where we ask you for information relating to your sex, ethnic origin and culture, this information is used by us solely for our monitoring of the effectiveness of our equal opportunities policy.
