Employee Privacy Policy

General Personal Data Types

• Name, title, addresses, telephone numbers, and personal email addresses
• Dates of birth, marriage and divorce
• Gender
• Marital status and dependants
• Copy of driving licence and or passport
• Next of kin, emergency contact and death benefit nominee(s) information
• Photographs, videos

Financial Information

• National Insurance number
• Bank account details
• Payroll records and tax status information
• Salary, annual leave, pension and benefits information.

Employment Information

• Start date, leaving date, Location of employment or workplace
• Recruitment information (including copies of right to work documentation, references and other information included in a CV or cover letter or as part of the application process)
• Employment records including contract, terms and conditions, job titles, work history, working hours, promotion, absences, attendances, training records and professional memberships
• Performance and appraisal information
• Disciplinary and grievance information
• Secondary employment and volunteering information

Monitoring Information

• CCTV footage and other information obtained through electronic means such as swipe card records. Information about your use of our information and communications systems
• Information about your use of company vehicles

Medical Information

• Accident book, first aid records, injury at work and third party accident information
• Information about your health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records.
• Information associated with Covid-19 such as test results, details of self-isolation and contacts in the workplace
• Genetic information and biometric data.

Other Information

• Security clearances
• Information about criminal convictions/allegations and offences

We are using your personal information to manage your employment and also to make Softcat better for you and for everyone. To help you understand this we’ve set out the typical examples below.

• Making a decision about your recruitment or appointment
• Paying you and deducting tax and National Insurance contributions
• Liaising with your pension provider, providing information about changes to your employment such as promotions, changing in working hours
• General administration of the contract we have entered intowith you
• Business management and planning, including accounting and auditing
• Conducting performance reviews, managing performance and determining performance requirements
• Ensuring your work environment is suitable for your needs
• Making decisions about salary reviews and compensation
• Equal opportunities monitoring
• Assessing qualifications for a particular job or task, including decisions about promotions
• Monitor your business and personal use of our information and communication systems to ensure compliance with our IT policies
• Complying with health and safety obligations

• To ensure network and information security, including preventing unauthorised access to our computer and electronic communications systems and preventing malicious software distribution
• Monitor use of company assets, such as company vehicles
• Gathering evidence and any other steps relating to possible grievance or disciplinary matters and associated hearings
• Making decisions about your continued employment or engagement
• Education, training and development requirements
• Dealing with legal disputes involving you, or other employees, workers and contractors, including accidents at work
• Determining the terms on which you work for us
• Checking you are legally entitled to work in the UK and to provide you with the security clearance appropriate for your role
• Ascertaining your fitness to work, managing sickness absence
• To conduct data analytics studies to review and better understand employee retention and attrition rates

Yes, quite a few. When we share your information we will make sure it’s shared in a secure way and not allow other companies to abuse the information we trust them with.  

Any time data is shared with another organisation its use should always be consistent with this privacy notice.

On rare occasion it’s possible we may also have to share you information as required by law or when we need to protect you or other people from harm.

We will hold this information for as long as you are employed by us. Following this we will only retain the information necessary. When we retain information we will always consider the points below.

• We hold your information for as long as required to do the activities in this notice
• We think about what type of information it is, how sensitive it might be and any legal requirements
• We always think about the potential risk from anyone using or sharing this information without permission

The right to be informed

You have a right to knowledge on what data we hold and how your data is used, this policy sets that out.

The right to update your data

We should make reasonable efforts to keep your data up to date and enable you to easily rectify any incorrect personal data we hold on you.

The right to know what data we hold on you

This is called the right to access and it allows you to ask for full details of the information we hold on you.

If you’d like to make a request for this information please speak with HR and provide them with as much information as possible about the information you require to assist us in locating the data you require.

The right to request your information is deleted

This is known as the right to erasure, also known as “the right to be forgotten” and means you can request your data is deleted.

In practice as an employee there are many reasons this could be problematic and is most likely to be a request for those ceasing their employment.

Sometimes we can delete your information but other times it’s just not possible, like if the law prohibits us from doing so. If you would like to request the deletion of your data please speak with HR or contact dataprotection@softcat.com to discuss this further.

The right to request your information is not used

This is known as the right to object and is your right to tell us to stop using your personal data.

In practice as an employee there are many reasons why this could be problematic. If you are concerned about how your data is being used please speak with HR or contact dataprotection@softcat.com

The right to object also allows you to object to automated individual decision making, this may impact your ability to benefit from some services. If you are concerned about the use of automated decision making in Softcat you can contact. dataprotection@softcat.com

Requesting your information is transferred

This is called the right to data portability. If you have a need for us to help transfer some of your personal data to another employer please speak with HR.

The right to lodge a complaint with the ICO

If you have any concerns about our processing of your personal data, you can contact us through dataprotection@softcat.com.

Alternatively, or if you feel we have not resolved your concern, you have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).

If you live in a country or territory located in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA), you can complain to your national data protection regulator. You can find contact details of national data protection regulators in the EU and EEA, please refer to the European Data Protection Board website.

​​​​Where it is necessary to transfer data outside the EU we will ensure an adequate level of protection is in place and not allow other companies to abuse the information we trust them with. 

If you have any questions about this policy or the use of your personal data please contact HR or dataprotection@softcat.com