Last Updated: 29 October 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to Talent Bud. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains how Talent Bud collects, uses, stores, and shares personal information when you visit our website, submit your CV, apply for a job, or contact us about recruitment services.
By using our website, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following information:
- Personal information: Your name, email address, phone number, and contact details.
- Employment information: Your CV, work experience, qualifications, skills, professional references, and career interests.
- Recruitment information: Job applications, preferred roles, interview details, and communications relating to recruitment.
- Employer information: Company names, business contact details, hiring requirements, and recruitment enquiries.
- Website information: Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and website usage data, where collected through cookies or analytics tools.
We collect information you provide directly and, where appropriate, information obtained from professional sources or recruitment partners.
Please avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information through our website.
3. How We Use Your Information
Talent Bud may use your information to:
- Match candidates with relevant job opportunities.
- Review CVs and assess suitability for advertised positions.
- Share relevant candidate profiles with prospective employers, where appropriate.
- Respond to job applications and recruitment enquiries.
- Communicate with candidates, employers, and recruitment partners.
- Provide talent sourcing and recruitment services.
- Improve our website and user experience.
- Prevent fraud, maintain website security, and meet applicable legal obligations.
We will only use personal information for appropriate purposes and where we have a valid legal basis to do so.
4. Sharing Your Information
Talent Bud does not sell your personal information to third parties.
We may share relevant information with:
- Prospective employers: When your profile is relevant to a role and sharing is appropriate under applicable law.
- Recruitment partners: Where necessary to support recruitment activities and subject to appropriate safeguards.
- Service providers: Such as website hosting providers, email services, and other tools used to operate our business.
- Authorities: Where disclosure is required by law or necessary to protect our legal rights.
We take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is shared only when necessary and handled appropriately.
5. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no website or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We encourage users to share information carefully and avoid submitting unnecessary confidential details.
6. Cookies and Website Analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve functionality, understand visitor behaviour, and assess website performance.
Cookies may help us understand which pages visitors use and how they interact with our website.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Where required by law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies.
The cookies and analytics technologies used may change as our website develops.
7. Third-Party Services and Websites
Our website may use third-party services for hosting, communication, analytics, recruitment, or other business functions.
We may also link to external websites, including professional networking platforms and job sites.
These third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies. Talent Bud is not responsible for the privacy practices of external websites that we do not control.
We encourage you to review their privacy policies before sharing personal information.
8. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for recruitment, business operations, recordkeeping, and applicable legal requirements.
CVs and candidate profiles may be retained for future job opportunities where appropriate and permitted by law.
You may request the deletion of your information, subject to legal obligations or other lawful reasons for retaining it.
9. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to your personal information.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of your personal information.
- Object to certain uses of your information or request restrictions on processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
- Raise a complaint with the relevant data protection authority.
To exercise your rights, contact Talent Bud using the details provided below. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
We will respond to requests in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
10. International Data Transfers
Talent Bud may support recruitment involving employers, candidates, or service providers in different countries.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer and subsequent processing comply with applicable data protection laws.
Additional safeguards may apply depending on the countries involved and the nature of the information being transferred.
11. Children’s Privacy
Talent Bud’s recruitment services are primarily intended for adults seeking employment and organisations seeking recruitment services.
We do not knowingly collect children’s personal information for recruitment purposes without an appropriate legal basis and any required authorisation.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the matter.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, website features, or legal obligations change.
Any updates will be published on this page, together with the revised update date.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
13. Contact Talent Bud
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to access or correct your personal information, or wish to make a privacy-related request, please contact us.
We will review and respond to privacy enquiries in accordance with applicable laws.
This Privacy Policy is intended to explain Talent Bud’s approach to handling personal information. It should be reviewed and updated to reflect the company’s actual practices and applicable legal requirements.