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Privacy Policy

This Policy sets out how Summit uses and protects any information that you give Summit when applying for a job. Summit is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and in line with GDPR.

What do we use your personal data for?

If you apply for a job at Summit then we process your personal data to facilitate the entire job application procedure (within a secure applicant tracking system) on the grounds of our legitimate interests for recruiting.  A member of the hiring team may contact you regarding this and relevant/similar roles to which you initially applied within this period.

We will delete your personal data 6 months from date of application, unless you advise us otherwise beforehand.  The following personal data can be processed for the job application procedure:

  • Any personal data that you provide through our job application form including, but not limited to:
    • Full name, email address, phone number, salary, picture, cover letter, résumé, LinkedIn profile, Indeed profile and which job you have applied for.
  • Statuses, notes and planning related to your job application
  • Email communications

Under European data protection law we are required to inform you that withholding personal data in your job application can give you a disadvantage in comparison to other candidates who are applying for the same role.

Your personal data has to be processed by LinkedIn and Indeed to allow for the ‘Apply with LinkedIn’ and ‘Apply with Indeed’ functionalities. LinkedIn and Indeed may use cookies. You can find their privacy policies on the following websites:

https://www.indeed.com/legal

https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Requests or questions

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding your personal data. You can also contact us with requests to exercise your rights under European data protection law. Such rights include the rights to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and object.

If you have any requests or questions with regard to your personal data you can contact our Data Protection Officer Nicole Graham at Nicole.Graham@summitmedia.com

Summit will be the controller responsible for processing your personal data according to laws and regulations. The address of Summit is

Albion Mills

Albion Ln

Hull

HU10 6DN