HR4 Business

HR4BusinessLtd Privacy Notice

This privacy notice tells you what to expect us to do with your personal information.

Contact details

Telephone

07746763990

Email

[email protected]

What information we collect, use, and why

We may collect or use the following information to provide and improve products and services for clients:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Gender
  • Pronoun preferences
  • Occupation
  • Date of birth
  • Marital status
  • Third party information (such as family members or other relevant parties)
  • Payment details (including card or bank information for transfers and direct debits)
  • Financial data (including income and expenditure)
  • Transaction data (including details about payments to and from you and details of products and services you have purchased)
  • Usage data (including information about how you interact with and use our website, products and services)
  • Employment details (including salary, sick pay and length of service)
  • Health information (such as medical records or health conditions)
  • Criminal records data (including driving or other convictions)
  • Information relating to compliments or complaints
  • Video recordings
  • Audio recordings (e.g., calls)
  • Records of meetings and decisions
  • Website user information

We collect or use the following personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Purchase or service history
  • Account information, including registration details
  • Marketing preferences
  • Technical data, including information about browser and operating systems

We also collect or use the following information for the operation of client or customer accounts:

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Political opinions
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs
  • Trade union membership
  • Health information
  • Sexual orientation information

We collect or use the following personal information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of crimes:

  • Names and contact information
  • Client accounts and records

We collect or use the following personal information for information updates or marketing purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Profile information
  • Marketing preferences
  • Purchase or account history
  • Website and app user journey information
  • IP addresses

We collect or use the following personal information for research or archiving purposes:

  • Names and contact details
  • Addresses
  • Purchase or client account history
  • Website and app user journey information
  • IP addresses

We collect or use the following personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Name
  • Contact information
  • Identification documents
  • Client account information
  • Any other personal information required to comply with legal obligations
  • Criminal offence data

We also collect or use the following information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Political opinions
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs
  • Trade union membership
  • Health information
  • Sexual orientation information

We collect or use the following personal information for recruitment purposes:

  • Contact details (eg name, address, telephone number or personal email address)
  • Date of birth
  • National Insurance number
  • Copies of passports or other photo ID
  • Employment history (eg job application, employment references or secondary employment)
  • Education history (eg qualifications)
  • Right to work information
  • Details of any criminal convictions (e.g., Disclosure Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland checks)
  • Security clearance details (eg basic checks and higher security clearance)

We also collect or use the following information for recruitment purposes:

  • Racial or ethnic origin
  • Political opinions
  • Religious or philosophical beliefs
  • Trade union membership
  • Health information
  • Sexual orientation information

We collect or use the following personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims:

  • Names and contact details
  • Address
  • Payment details
  • Account information
  • Purchase or service history
  • Customer or client accounts and records
  • Financial transaction information
  • Correspondence

Lawful bases and data protection rights

Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.

Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:

If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.

To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide and improve products and services for clients are:

  • Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
    • We may use your personal data to enable us to learn from the services you have found most useful for your business to help us improve the services we provide to small businesses in the future

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the operation of client or customer accounts are:

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of crimes are:

  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for information updates or marketing purposes are:

  • Consent - we have permission from you after we gave you all the relevant information. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to object. To be clear, you do have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for research or archiving purposes:

  • Legitimate interests – we’re collecting or using your information because it benefits you, our organisation or someone else, without causing an undue risk of harm to anyone. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to portability. Our legitimate interests are:
    • We may use your personal data to enable us to learn from the services you have found most useful for your business to help us improve the services we provide to small businesses in the future

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to comply with legal requirements:

  • Legal obligation – we have to collect or use your information so we can comply with the law. All of your data protection rights may apply, except the right to erasure, the right to object and the right to data portability.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for recruitment purposes are:

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information for dealing with queries, complaints or claims are:

  • Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.

Where we get personal information from

  • Directly from you
  • Publicly available sources
  • Previous employment
  • Credit reference agencies
  • Providers of marketing lists and other personal information
  • Suppliers and service providers
  • Third parties:
    • Healthy Shoots Ltd
    • Safety Management Ltd

How long we keep information

We're working on our policy - this will be updated shortly.

Who we share information with

Data processors

Legal Advisors

This data processor does the following activities for us:

  • Provide specialist legal and case law advice

Occupational Health

This data processor does the following activities for us:

Onward referral to professional, specialist occupational health support

Others we share personal information with

  • Professional or legal advisors
  • Organisations we’re legally obliged to share personal information with
  • Suppliers and service providers
  • Professional consultants

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.

If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.

The ICO’s address:

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

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint

Last updated 19/05/25