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This Privacy Notice– Shell Group Recruitment provides information about personal data which is processed by a Shell company or companies within the UK (‘Shell’) in relation to individuals who apply to work for, or who attend a recruitment event or undertake an assessment with Shell.  This includes prospective employees, interns and contractors.

This notice explains what personal data is processed, for which purposes, how long we hold the personal data for, how to access and update your personal data and where to go for further information.

For individuals who are successful in their application for employment, internship or engagement as a contractor, the Privacy Notice- Shell Group Employee, Contractor and Dependents’ Personal Data will apply available from www.shell.co.uk.

Shell International BV, a company registered in The Netherlands with registered number 27155369 whose registered office is at Carel van Bylandtlaan 30, 2596 HR The Hague, The Netherlands is responsible for processing your personal data on behalf of itself and the relevant Shell company or companies within the UK.

Notice – if you are under 14 years old and wish to apply for a Shell sponsored education or innovation event or program

If you are under 14 years’ old please do not send us your personal data (for example, your name, address and email address). If you wish to contact Shell in a way which requires you to submit your personal data (such as for education or innovation events) please get your parent or guardian to do so on your behalf.

We process personal information relating to individuals who apply to work for, or who attend a recruitment event and/or undertake an assessment (‘Applicants’) only for legitimate purposes in the following categories:

Human Resources and personnel management

• Applications for employment, results of interviews and assessments:
• Personal contact details;
• Management reporting and analysis including statistical analysis and surveys regarding the quality of the recruitment process;
• Internal audits and investigations;

Pre- screening of Applicants

We carry out screening of all Applicants who we intend to make an offer of employment, engagement or internship (as the case may be) and prior to any offer being confirmed for the purposes of:

• verifying the information that an Applicant provides during the screening/interview process.  This will include verifying information with current/previous employers and educational institutions.  No steps will be taken in this respect until the Applicant confirms the verification can take place.
• screening Applicants against publicly available or government issued sanctions lists and media sources. This is to comply with legal and regulatory obligations, to protect Shell’s assets and employees/contractors and specifically to ensure that Shell can comply with trade control, anti-money laundering and/or bribery and corruption laws and other regulatory requirements.

In addition, personal data regarding suspected and actual criminal behaviour, criminal records or proceedings regarding criminal or unlawful behaviour may be processed as part of the pre-employment process but only for certain roles and as permitted under UK law.  If the role that you have applied for is subject to such a check you will be advised of this separately.

Automated decision making

All applicants must answer questions which are necessary to ensure that individuals can lawfully enter a contract with Shell if they are successful in their application. In addition, for graduate hires, we utilize an online assessment tool which scores individuals on their suitability for employment, based on automated decision making to ensure objectivity. In those cases, you will be notified of this and you will have the opportunity to have such automated decisions reviewed by or on behalf of a member of the Shell recruitment team. Save as specifically notified to you during the recruitment process, no other automated decision making will take place to determine suitability or eligibility for employment or engagement as a contractor.

Special categories of data (‘sensitive personal data’)

For the purposes of recruitment, personal data regarding health data may be processed only as strictly required for the purposes of making adjustments to the recruitment process, for assessing eligibility for positions and fitness to work and provision of facilities in the workplace to accommodate health problems.

In addition, in order to ensure equal employment opportunities as permitted or required by local law we may also gather data regarding Applicants, including their nationality, racial and/or ethnic origin.

Personal data of Applicants is only processed:

• in order to take steps at the request of the Applicant prior to entering into a contract;
• where it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation to which Shell is subject to ensure compliance with applicable UK laws relating to employment and social security;
• where it is necessary for the legitimate interests of Shell (such as ensuring compliance with legal obligations other than those related to employment or social security, the protection of Shell assets, reputation and Shell employees and contractors) except where such interests are overridden by the interests or fundamental rights and freedoms of the Applicant; or
• with the explicit consent of the Applicant. Please note that as a general principle, Shell does not seek or rely on the consent of Applicants for processing their personal data.

In those cases where processing is based on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. This will not affect the validity of the processing prior to the withdrawal of consent.

Your personal data is exclusively processed for the purposes referred to above (or for a secondary purpose where it is closely related, for example such as storing it) and will only be shared on a strict need to know basis with:

• Other companies within the Shell group of companies, including to those which may be located outside of the UK and the Economic European Area (“EEA”); and
• Authorized third party agents, service providers and/or subcontractors of Shell in particular authorised third parties who carry out reference and background checks on behalf of Shell;
• A competent public authority, government, regulatory or fiscal agency where it is necessary to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation to which Shell is subject.

Where the personal data is transferred to companies within Shell and/or to authorized third parties located outside of the UK and the European Economic Area we take organizational, contractual and legal measures to ensure that the personal data is exclusively processed for the purposes mentioned above and that adequate levels of protection have been implemented in order to safeguard the personal data. These measures include Binding Corporate Rules for transfers among the Shell group of companies and European Commission approved transfer mechanisms for transfers to third parties in countries which have not been deemed to provide an adequate level of data protection. You can request a copy of these by contacting privacy-office-SI@shell.com.

Given the nature of the Shell group of companies your personal data may be transferred to countries outside of the UK and the European Economic Area. Where that happens, we take steps to ensure that your privacy rights continue to be protected in line with Shell internal rules and applicable law.  

We have implemented technology and policies with the objective of protecting your privacy from unauthorised access and improper use and will update these measures as new technology becomes available, as appropriate.

We hold personal data of unsuccessful Applicants for no longer than two years after the recruitment process or assessment has completed.

In all cases information may be held for a) a longer period of time where there is a legal or regulatory reason to do so (in which case it will be deleted once no longer required for the legal or regulatory purpose) or b) a shorter period where you object to the processing of your personal data and there is no longer a legitimate purpose to retain it.

If you are successful in your application, the personal data gathered through the recruitment process will be retained in line with the Privacy Notice- Employees’, Dependants’ and Contractors’ Personal Data which you can access on www.shell.co.uk. 

Personal data requested and provided by Applicants is required in order to fulfil legal requirements and/or which is required for entering into a contract with you (or in the case of a contractor your employer/service provider). Failure to provide us with the information requested which is limited to that required for these purposes will negatively affect your chances of being selected for any potential employment, engagement or internship.

We aim to keep our information about you as accurate as possible. Applicants can access their personal data, request correction, or deletion of the personal data (but only where it is no longer required for a legitimate business purpose) or request that the processing of their data is restricted. Please contact http://www.shell.com/careers/contact-us.html

If you have any issues, queries or complaints regarding the processing of your personal data please contact us at Privacy-Office-SI@shell.com or Shell Group Chief Privacy Officer at Shell International B.V. The Hague, The Netherlands - Trade Register, No. 27155369 Correspondence: PO Box 162, 2501 AN, The Hague.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint to the Information Commissioners’ Office or the Dutch data protection authority as the lead supervisory authority for the Shell group of companies. Their contact details are:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113 (local rate) or 01625 545 745 if you prefer to use a national rate number.

If you are unsatisfied with the handling of your personal data by Shell, then you have the right to lodge a complaint to your own data protection authority or the Dutch Data Protection Authority whose address is Prins Clauslaan 60, 2595 AJ The Hague, Netherlands. Please visit https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en for more information. If you are unsatisfied with the handling of your personal data by Shell, then you have the right to lodge a complaint to your own data protection authority or the Dutch Data Protection Authority whose address is Prins Clauslaan 60, 2595 AJ The Hague, Netherlands. Please visit https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en for more information.https://ico.org.uk/

Dutch Data Protection Authority

Prins Clauslaan 60, 2595 AJ The Hague, Netherlands  https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en

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This Privacy Notice may be changed over time. This Privacy Notice was last updated on 1 May 2018.