Sunstone Partners LLP (Sunstone) is a legal search firm based in London. We provide executive search and legal recruitment services to businesses looking to hire lawyers. 

This policy covers the personal information we collect, what we do with it, holding and sharing your information, your rights and who to contact if you have any concerns about the use of your personal information.

We collect information necessary to provide our services. This includes the different stages of the recruitment process. This personal information includes: name, email, telephone number, address, CV, education and work history, and references.

What do we use your personal information for?

We use your personal information for legitimate business interests. Initially we use this to provide services to potential employers, including matching your experience and education with their job role.

Through the recruitment process we may need to collect further information from you to improve the service to you and our clients.

How long will we hold your personal information?

We will only hold personal information for as long as necessary to carry out legitimate business services.

Who do we share your personal information with?

We only share personal information with your authorisation. We only share your personal information with clients looking to hire lawyers and do not share it with anyone outside of Sunstone, unless required by law to do so.

Your rights over your personal information

By law, you have rights including:

• Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. 

• Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete. 

• Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances. 

• Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances. 

• Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

• Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Contact

You have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if you believe Sunstone has not handled your request appropriately. For information: https://ico.org.uk/concerns/ 

Any questions about this policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact: James Gregory at jgregory@sunstone-partners.com