Privacy Statement

Fortivum Consulting is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. We wish to be transparent on how we process your data and show you that we are accountable with the GDPR in relation to not only processing your data but ensuring you understand your rights as a client.

It is the intention of this privacy statement to explain to you the information practices of Fortivum Consulting in relation to the information we collect about you.

For the purposes of the GDPR the data controller is:

  • Fortivum Consulting
  • Contact details of Fortivum Consulting
  • When we refer to ‘we’ it is Fortivum Consulting

Please read this Statement carefully as this sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

 

Who are we?

Fortivum is an emerging engineering consultancy and service provider, specializing in serving the leading Data Centre Providers across Europe

 

Our Data Protection Officer / GDPR Owner and data protection representatives can be contacted directly here:

 

 

Purpose for processing your data

  • We don’t hold any client data on the web site , however we will use the web site to process candidates for potential roles within the company or for consulting opportunities.
  • CVs are submitted voluntarily by individuals seeking employment or engagement with Fortivum Consulting.
  • Fortivum Consulting reviews CVs submitted by candidates to assess suitability for current or future roles, ensuring confidentiality and data protection compliance. CVs are stored securely and accessed only by authorized personnel involved in the recruitment process. They are retained for a period necessary to fulfill the purpose of evaluation, after which they are securely deleted unless consent is provided for future opportunities.

 

Why are we processing your data? Our legal basis

Fortivum Consulting processes data submitted through contact forms to respond to inquiries and communicate with potential clients or partners, ensuring privacy and security in accordance with GDPR. CVs submitted for career opportunities are reviewed by our recruitment team to assess candidate suitability, with all personal information being stored securely and accessed solely by authorized personnel. Data from both contact forms and CVs is retained only as long as necessary for their respective purposes, after which it is securely disposed of.

In order for us to provide you engineering consulting,  Fortivum Consulting need to collect personal data for CV’s
Our reason (lawful reason) for processing you data under the GDPR is: A lawful reason for processing CV data under GDPR for Fortivum Consulting is “Legitimate Interests,” to assess candidates’ suitability for employment, balancing the company’s recruitment needs with individuals’ rights and freedoms.

In any event, Fortivum Consulting are committed to ensuring that the information we collect and use is appropriate for this purpose, and does not constitute an invasion of your privacy.

 

How will Fortivum Consulting use the personal data it collects about me?

Fortivum Consulting will process (collect, store and use) the information you provide in a manner compatible with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We will endeavour to keep your information accurate and up to date, and not keep it for longer than is necessary.

 

Who are sharing your data with?

Fortivum Consulting restricts the sharing of CV data to internal team members and clients within the EU actively searching for candidates, ensuring strict confidentiality and compliance with EU data protection standards.

We may pass your personal data on to third-party service providers contracted to Fortivum Consulting in the course of dealing with you. Any third parties that we may share your data with are obliged to keep your details securely, and to use them only to fulfil the service they provide on your behalf. When they no longer need your data to fulfil this service, they will dispose of the details in line with Fortivum Consulting procedures.

If we wish to pass your sensitive personal data onto a third party we will only do so once we have obtained your explicit consent, unless we are legally required to do otherwise.

The third parties that we pass your personal data to are:

  • Clients actively searching for candidates

 

We have issued all our third party processors with a Data Processor checklist asking them GDPR specific questions

If we transfer personal data to a third party or outside the EU we as the data controller will ensure the recipient (processor or another controller) has provided the appropriate safeguards and on condition that enforceable data subject rights and effective legal remedies for you the data subject are available.

 

Data subject rights:

Fortivum Consulting facilitate you, our clients, rights in line with our data protection policy and the subject access request procedure. This is available on request.

  • Right of access: you have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you.
  • Right of rectification: you have a right to correct data that we hold about you that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to be forgotten: in certain circumstances you can ask for the data we hold about you to be erased from our records.
  • Right to restriction of processing: where certain conditions apply to have a right to restrict the processing.
  • Right of portability: you have the right to have the data we hold about you transferred to another organisation.
  • Right to object: you have the right to object to certain types of processing such as direct marketing.
  • Right to object to automated processing, including profiling: you also have the right to be subject to the legal effects of automated processing or profiling.
  • Right to judicial review: in the event that Fortivum Consulting refuses your request under rights of access, we will provide you with a reason as to why.

All of the above requests will be forwarded on should there be a third party involved as we have indicated in the processing of your personal data.

 

Additional information we are providing you with to ensure we are transparent and fair with our processing

Retention of your personal data

Data will not be held for longer than is necessary for the purpose(s) for which they were obtained. Fortivum Consulting will process personal data in accordance with our retention schedule. This retention schedule has been governed by our internal governance.

Complaints

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how your personal data is being processed by Fortivum Consulting or how your complaint has been handled, you have the right to lodge a complaint directly with the supervisory authority and Fortivum Consulting  data protection representatives Data Protection Officer / GDPR Owner.

Failure to provide further information

If we are collecting your data for a contract (e.g. Life policy or motor insurance policy) and you cannot provide this data the consequences of this could mean the contract cannot be completed or details are incorrect.

Additional Processing

If we intend to further process your personal data for a purpose other than for which the data was collected, we will provide this information prior to processing this data.

 

Contact Us

Your privacy is important to us. If you have any queries, questions or comments regarding this Statement, please do not hesitate to contact us.