Privacy Policy

Clayton Recruitment Limited, trading as Clayton Legal, is a company registered in England and Wales (Company Number 04246008). Our registered office is Unit A, Telford Court, Gates Business Park, Chester CH1 6LT.

We are a specialist legal recruitment business operating in the United Kingdom and the United States. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal information when you use our services, submit information through our website or otherwise engage with us.

As a UK-based organisation, we process personal data in accordance with UK data protection law. Where we provide services to individuals and organisations in the United States, we also take into account applicable US federal and state legal requirements.

The Personal Information We Collect

In the course of providing recruitment services, we collect personal information that is relevant and necessary for those services.

If you are a candidate, this may include your name, contact details, employment history, qualifications, professional licensure, compensation expectations, and reference details. We will only collect information that is appropriate to assess your suitability for roles and to represent you professionally to prospective employers.

If you are a client or business contact, we may collect your name, role, contact details and information relating to hiring requirements or our communications with you.

When you visit our website, we may collect limited technical information such as your IP address, browser type and usage data. This information helps us understand how our website is used and how we can improve it.

How We Use Your Information

We use personal information to provide recruitment services, including matching candidates with suitable opportunities, presenting candidate information to clients with consent, managing recruitment processes and communicating with you about relevant roles or hiring requirements.

We may also use personal information to manage our business operations, comply with legal obligations and improve our services.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

Legal Basis for Processing

As a UK organisation, we process personal data under recognised lawful bases, including where it is necessary for the performance of a contract, where it is required to comply with legal obligations, where it is within our legitimate business interests, or where you have given consent.

Where sensitive personal data is involved, we will obtain consent where required by law.

International Processing

Clayton Recruitment Limited is based in the United Kingdom. If you are located outside the UK, including in the United States, your personal information may be transferred to and processed in the UK.

Where personal data is transferred internationally, we apply appropriate safeguards to ensure it remains protected in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for recruitment purposes or to comply with legal and regulatory obligations. Where there has been no meaningful contact for a prolonged period, we may securely delete your information from our systems unless we are required to retain it.

Security

We take the security of personal information seriously. Appropriate technical and organisational measures are in place to protect personal data from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.

In the event of a data breach, we will comply with our legal notification obligations under UK law and, where applicable, relevant US law.

Your Rights

You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to request correction or deletion where appropriate. You may also object to certain types of processing or withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

Requests relating to personal data should be directed to: [email protected]

We will respond in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

If you are dissatisfied with how your data is handled, you may raise the matter with us directly. As a UK organisation, our supervisory authority is the Information Commissioner’s Office.

COOKIE POLICY

Our website uses cookies to ensure it functions properly and to help us understand how visitors use it.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. Some cookies are essential to enable core site functionality, while others help us analyse performance and improve user experience.

We use necessary cookies to support basic website functions, including services such as Adobe Fonts to ensure consistent presentation of content.

We also use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use our website, such as pages viewed and time spent on the site. This helps us measure and improve performance. Analytics cookies are only used where you have provided consent.

Google may process analytics data outside your country of residence. Where this occurs, appropriate safeguards are applied in line with applicable data protection requirements.

You may manage or disable cookies through your browser settings at any time. Please note that restricting certain cookies may affect website functionality.

We do not sell information collected through cookies.