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1. General

a. Anderson Quigley of Tintagel House, 92 Albert Embankment, London, United Kingdom, SE1 7TY (“we” “us” “our”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. For the purposes of data protection legislation, Anderson Quigley Limited Registration No. 10653948 is the data controller, and we will process Your Data in accordance with articles 6 (1) (a), 6 (1) (b), 6 (1) (c), 6(1) (f) and 9 (1) (a) of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding Your Data and how we will treat it.

b. We process Your Data to enable you to make use of the various services we offer. We may also use your Data for marketing similar services we provide. Where this is the case, you will always have the right to opt-out of receiving such information (as further detailed in section 5 of this policy).

c. For individuals employed by us, we will retain Your Data for purposes directly relevant to your employment including but not limited to payroll, disciplinary, health & safety and for statutory reasons.

2. Your Data

a. For the purposes of this privacy policy, “Your Data” means any information about you from which you are personally identifiable, including without limitation your name, age, address, email address and telephone number and any other information which you can be identified (such as the information contained within your C.V.)

b. In order to provide you with our Services we may also need to collect personal data which the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) and the UK GDPR regards as sensitive or special categories of personal data, such as information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, physical or mental health or sexual orientation (Equal Opportunities Monitoring) and/or information relating to any criminal convictions you have or offences you may have committed (Criminal Records Information / Fit and Proper Persons Declaration) (Equal Opportunities Monitoring and Criminal Records Information / Fit and Proper Persons Declaration, together, being Sensitive Data).

c. Equal opportunities information is optional. If you provide it, we process it on the basis of your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time. We use it to monitor equality of opportunity, and we may share it with our clients for their own equal opportunities monitoring in anonymised or aggregated form.

d. For some roles, our clients are required to assess candidates’ criminal records or fitness and propriety, for example in safeguarding, regulated or board positions. Where this applies, we process Criminal Records Information / Fit and Proper Persons Declarations only where it is necessary for that role and permitted under Schedule 1 of the Data Protection Act 2018, with with your consent or where necessary to meet the regulatory requirements of the role. We hold an appropriate policy document setting out how we handle this data. If you choose not to provide this information, we may be unable to progress your application for that role.

3. How we collect Your Data

a. We may collect and process Your Data in the following circumstances:

  1. when you complete forms on our website (“Site”). This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Site, subscribing to our services, requesting further services;
  2. applying for a job with us;
  3. whenever you provide Your Data to us when reporting a problem with our Site, making a complaint, making an enquiry, or contacting us for any other reason. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence;
  4. whenever you complete our voluntary surveys and equal opportunities monitoring forms that we use for research purposes;
  5. details of your visits to our Site including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data, whether this is required for our own billing purposes or otherwise, and the resources that you access (see section 8 on Cookies below);
  6. when you register your interest in one of our advertised roles via a third party website; and
  7. whenever you disclose Your Data to us, or we collect Your Data from you in any other way, through our Site or otherwise.

b. As an executive search firm, we also identify potential candidates through our own research. We may collect your name, current and previous roles, professional background and business contact details from publicly available sources, such as professional networking sites (for example LinkedIn), organisation websites, published reports and professional directories, or from people who recommend you to us. We do this on the basis of our legitimate interests (see section 4b).

c. Where we obtain your data in this way, we will tell you that we hold it, and provide a link to this policy, when we first contact you, and in any event within one month of obtaining it. You can ask us to stop processing your data or to delete it at any time (see section 12).

4. How we use Your Data

a. We may use Your Data to:

    1. provide you with information, or services that you requested from us;
    2. carry out our obligations arising from any contracts or arrangements entered into between you and us;
    3. allow you to participate in interactive features of our services, when you choose to do so;
    4. ensure that content from our Site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device;
    5. improve our Site and services;
    6. notify you about changes to our services;
    7. process and deal with any complaints or enquiries made by you;
    8. as part of our due diligence process, to validate the information provided by you (and, in some cases, match it against information that has been collected by a third party, including background checks such as bankruptcy and insolvency registers, disqualified company director registers, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, social media and for proof of eligibility to work in the UK) and to check that the data we hold about you is accurate, consistent and up to date;
    9. advertise your feedback on our website and marketing materials (subject to obtaining your prior consent where necessary); and
    10. contact you for marketing purposes (see section 5 for further details).

b. We rely on the following lawful bases under the UK GDPR:

  1. Consent: where you apply through our website and agree to our terms, to share your CV and application with prospective employers, and to transfer your data to employers outside the UK. You can withdraw consent at any time (see section 12).
  2. Legitimate interests: to identify, assess and approach suitable candidates for roles our clients ask us to fill; to keep in touch with candidates about future opportunities; and to manage relationships with clients and contacts. Our legitimate interest is running an executive search business that connects people with suitable roles. We have balanced this against your rights, and you can object at any time (see section 12).
  3. Contract: where we have, or are about to enter into, a contract with you, for example as an interim placement or as a client.
  4. Legal obligation: to meet our obligations under employment agency, tax, right-to-work and other legislation.
  5. Explicit consent: for special category data you choose to provide, such as equal opportunities monitoring information (see section 2).

5. Marketing

a. In addition to the uses described in section 4 above, we may use Your Data to provide you with information about services which we think may be of interest to you. We will only contact you by email or post about services similar to those which were the subject of a previous enquiry or order from you.

b. You have the right to opt-out of receiving such information at any time. To opt-out of receiving such information you can:

    1. tick the relevant box situated on the form on which we collect Your Data;
    2. clicking the unsubscribe button contained in any such communication received; or
    3. email us at welcome@andersonquigley.com providing us with your name and contact details.

6. Disclosure of Your Data to third parties

a. We may disclose Your Data to third parties including:

    1. IT software providers that host our website and store data on our behalf;
    2. (in relation to candidates) with your consent we may disclose Your Data to our clients for their consideration as prospective employers;
    3. your current employer and/or any other individuals who you nominate as referees to verify certain information;
    4. for the purpose of delivering events, partnerships and other collaborative activities, where we are working with a third-party partner. We may share your name, organisation and email address in order to deliver on the agreed activity, which means the partner may retain and use your details to contact you about relevant or appropriate communications or opportunities. You can withdraw your consent to receive such communications at any time by using the unsubscribe facility provided by the partner;
    5. to a prospective buyer of some or all of our business or assets, in which case personal data including Your Data will also be one of the transferred assets;
    6. to the police, regulatory bodies, legal advisors or similar third parties where we are under a legal duty to disclose or share Your Data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our Website Terms of Website Use and other agreements; or to protect our rights, property, or safety of our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
    7. other companies in our group, including Anderson Quigley MENA FZ-LLC in the United Arab Emirates, where they support a search or provide our services in the Middle East and North Africa (see section 9);
    8. assessment and screening providers who carry out psychometric assessments, social media checks and similar services on our behalf, under contract and only on our instructions; and
    9. (with your consent) your equal opportunities information to our clients, as described in section 2c.

7. IP addresses

We may collect information about your device, including where available your Internet Protocol address, for reasons of fraud protection. We may also collect information about your device’s operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

8. Cookies

Our Site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our Site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and also allows us to improve our Site. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them see our cookie policy.

9. Where we store your personal data

a. All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our Site, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

b. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Site; any transmission is at your own risk.

c. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

d. Some of our IT providers, and our group company Anderson Quigley MENA FZ-LLC, may process your data outside the United Kingdom. Where we transfer your data outside the UK, we make sure it is protected by one of the following: UK adequacy regulations; the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, where the recipient is certified under it; or the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or UK Addendum to the EU Standard Contractual Clauses. For further details, please contact our Data Protection Officer at welcome@andersonquigley.com.

10. Retention of Your Data

We keep your data only for as long as we need it. In particular:

  1. Candidates in an active process: for the duration of the assignment, and then as set out below.
  2. Unsuccessful candidates and website applicants: for two years from your last activity with us, so that we can consider you for future roles. “Activity” means an application, an interview, or contact between you and us about a role.
  3. People we have identified through research but have not placed: for two years from our last contact with you.
  4. Placed candidates and clients: for six years after the end of the assignment or contract, to meet our legal, tax and contractual obligations.
  5. Marketing: until you tell us you no longer wish to receive it.
  6. Employees: for six years after employment ends.
  7. Unsuccessful applicants for roles at Anderson Quigley: for two years.

At the end of these periods, we delete your data or anonymise it so that it no longer identifies you.

11. Website links

Our Site may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of third parties. Please note that if you follow a link to any of these websites, such websites will apply different terms to the collection and privacy of Your Data and we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check before you submit any personal data to these websites.

12. Your Rights

You have the following rights over your data. You can exercise any of them by emailing our Data Protection Officer at welcome@andersonquigley.com.

  1. Access: you can ask for a copy of the data we hold about you. This is free of charge, although we may charge a reasonable fee, or decline, if a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
  2. Correction: you can ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
  3. Deletion: you can ask us to delete your data.
  4. Restriction: you can ask us to limit how we use your data, for example to hold it but not use it for marketing.
  5. Portability: where we process your data by consent or contract, you can ask for it in a commonly used format, or for it to be sent to another organisation.
  6. Objection: where we rely on legitimate interests, you can object at any time, and we will stop unless we have compelling grounds to continue. You can always object to marketing.
  7. Withdrawing consent: where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time. This does not affect processing already carried out.
  8. Automated decisions: We do not make decisions about you based solely on automated processing that have legal or similarly significant effects. See our AI policy for how we use AI tools in our work.

We will respond within one month, which may be extended by up to two further months for complex requests.

13. Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. We will try to email you if there are any changes to this policy that materially affect how we collect, store or process Your Data. However we encourage you to check this policy from time to time for any changes.

14. Contact

If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this policy or how we use Your Data please contact our data protection officer at welcome@andersonquigley.com. You can view our AI policy and AI Controls & Oversight policy here.

15. Data protection complaints

If you have concerns about how we collect or use your personal data, please contact us at welcome@andersonquigley.com. We will acknowledge your complaint within 30 days, investigate it without undue delay and keep you informed of its progress and outcome. We ask that you raise the matter with us first so that we have an opportunity to resolve it. You also retain the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at www.ico.org.uk.

Thank you for visiting our Site. Last updated: October 2026.