Recruitment and employee privacy notice

We may share your information with selected third parties including:

• business partners, suppliers and contractor organisations supplying services which require the use of your data for the purposes described in this privacy statement or for the performance of any contract we enter into with them or you, for example occupational health

• organisations specialising in the assessment of candidates, including psychometric, verbal and numerical reasoning testing

• to confirm factual information provided by you or to conduct necessary pre-employment checks, including contacting the referees you have supplied

• we are under a duty to protect the public funds it administers and to this end may use the information you have provided in your application for the prevention and detection of fraud. We may also share this information with other bodies responsible for auditing or administering public funds for the same reason, or parts of the council or other relevant organisations for purposes which may include enforcement

• if we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, our customers, or others