Privacy Policy

AK Advance Career Ltd a company registered in the Republic of Cyprus with company number 264363, holder of License No.  206 under Private Employment Agency Law (Law No. 126(I)/2012) is a data controller for any personal data that you supply to us in relation to any HR Services whether you are a candidate or our client.

What information will we collect?

AK Advance Career Ltd collects personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the candidate concerned.

Below is the personal information we will request from our candidates in order to provide the best form of recruitment services;

  • Name/surname
  • General contact details including your email, home address and phone numbers
  • Your job search criteria, preferences and expectations
  • Date of birth
  • ID number
  • Passport size photo
  • Nationality
  • Marital status
  • Military obligations
  • Financial expectation sought and other benefits
  • Employment history/status
  • Qualifications, skills, experience and training
  • Education history
  • Immigration details/status – evidence of your right to work in Cyprus which may include a photograph, nationality, place of birth, passport details
  • Computer knowledge/skills
  • Language skills
  • References
  • Other information contained in your CV or that you choose to provide to us
  • We may also request information regarding any criminal convictions.
  • We will request you to inform us from which advertising source you learnt about AK Advance Career LTD, for statistical purposes.

How will we use it?

We give you the option of submitting your CV via our website or by providing your CV to one of our consultants. You can do this either to apply for a specific advertised position or for consideration by our recruitment consultants for positions as they become available. You can update your CV at any time, simply by following the same procedure to submit a new CV.
Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected. We will collect and use personal information solely for fulfilling those purposes specified below ;

  • To provide our recruitment services to you and to facilitate the recruitment process
  • To assess data about you against positions which we believe may be suitable for you
  • To send your information confidentially to our clients in order to apply for vacancies or to assess your eligibility for jobs
  • To send you details of new employment opportunities, networking and client events and general information about the industry sectors which we think might be of interest to you where you have consented to being contacted for such purposes
  • To answer your questions and assist you in the best possible way with new career opportunities
  • We may disclose your data to regulatory or law enforcement agencies, if required by law.
  • To disclose to third parties if required to provide services that you or our client have requested such as references, qualifications, verification of the details you have provided from third party sources, psychometric evaluations or skill tests.
  • To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered between you and us or between us and our client.

Our Clients

If you are a Client we will collect and process information about individuals working as a point of contact at your company, in order to enable smooth communication with them via email or over the phone to provide our services in the best possible way. Usually we process the individual’s name and business contact data only.

Disclosure of your personal data

We do not sell, distribute or otherwise make personal data commercially available to any party, except as described in this policy or with your prior permission.

Protection of your personal data

We will protect personal information by using reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

We take the security of the personal data we hold seriously.  Policies and procedures are in place to safeguard it from loss, misuse and improper disclosure.

We also have procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

We do not allow our clients to use your personal information for their own purposes.  We only permit them to process your personal information for specified purposes during the recruitment process and in accordance with our instructions.

To the extent that the processing of personal data involves the transfer of such data to a territory that does not provide an adequate level of protection, we shall implement appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

How long will we use your personal data?

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, regulatory or reporting requirements.

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How We Use Cookies

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Disabling Cookies

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The Cookies We Set

  • Forms related cookies

When you submit data to through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.

Third Party Cookies

In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.

  • This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solution on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
  • From time to time we test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the site is delivered. When we are still testing new features these cookies may be used to ensure that you receive a consistent experience whilst on the site whilst ensuring we understand which optimizations our users appreciate the most.
  • We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including; Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.

Your Legal Rights

You are entitled to withdraw or object at any time your consent for AK Advance Career Ltd to use your personal information however this may affect the services we offer to you.

You are entitled to:

  • Request access to your personal information;
  • Request the correction or erasure of your personal information;
  • Object to the processing of your personal information;
  • Request a restriction of processing of your personal information;

You have the legal right to request a copy of any personal data that we hold for you under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

AK Advance Career Ltd will endeavor to respond to all requests within 30 days. Please note that it may take us longer than 30 days if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you within 30 days of the receipt of your request and keep you updated.

For further information we can be contacted on dpo@advancecareer.com.cy