Privacy Policy

We have a company wide data privacy policy relating to the way in which we process the information provided by clients, candidates and anybody else on whom we hold data. Following is a summary of our policy and procedures:

Information collection
Ashley Harvey Associates collects personal data from individuals in the course of our work in order to be able to provide services as an executive search firm. Typically this data comprises what is included in a standard curriculum vitae/resume, (e.g., name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, employment history, degrees and other qualifications, languages and other skills). It also may include interview notes, comments from referees and a record of our contacts with individuals. In addition, our data may include biographical details found in the public domain as well as information gained from private sources.

We make every effort to ensure that any information held is accurate and kept as up-to-date as possible. We do not obtain information under false pretences. If you feel that any information that we hold may be out-of-date, please submit up-to-date information through info@ashley-harvey.com .

As a matter of policy, we do not solicit sensitive information (e.g., data on racial/ethnic origin, health, sexual orientation, political opinions, religious/philosophical beliefs, trade union membership). If an individual provides this information, he or she will be required to give explicit consent for us to hold such information.

Use and disclosure of information
All information collected/provided to us is entered into our proprietary database. Only Ashley Harvey Associates employees have access to this data, which is used only for the purposes of executive recruitment and related services that we provide.

Any individual who sends us an unsolicited resume or enters his or her personal data into our Candidate Profile System on our Website should be aware that this information might be added to our global database. If an individual does not wish this to happen, we regret that we will be unable to assist him or her in efforts to find a new challenge.

Data transfer
In order to provide an international service, information will be shared amongst Ashley Harvey Associates' worldwide offices. Any individual who might object to his or her data being made accessible to our colleagues in other offices should inform us of this concern.

Data transfer to third parties
An individual's personal data will only be disclosed to specific and named client companies with an individual's prior agreement. An individual's data will not be disclosed to any other third party unless Ashley Harvey Associates is required to do so by law.

Information security
Ashley Harvey Associates takes appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect against the loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction of personal information under our control.

All documents provided to clients contain a statement reminding them of the confidential nature of the information they receive as well as their obligation to comply with applicable national data privacy legislation.

Your rights
An individual may have the right to contact Ashley Harvey Associates to establish whether or not we hold personal data on him or her and the names of any people or organisations that may have received a copy of this data.

Any individual with a record in our database has the right to request a copy of any of his or her personal information accessible by means of a search on his or her name in our systems.

Any individual with a record in our database has the right to request that we rectify any inaccuracies in his or her personal data or that his or her record be removed from our database and other systems.

If for good reason we are unable to comply with such a request, we will let the individual know