Our Promise: 

 

Fortitude Search and our associates are here to service selective clients and candidates, providing you with the most bespoke, honest and transparent professional services. We are committed to data privacy, and your information matters to us. For this very reason, we are devoted to providing you with the confidence your data and confidentiality stays protected. This including our commitment to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486) (“Ordinance”), as we firmly believe the importance of your personal information is at our hearts of what we do to Redefine the future of Recruitment Solutions.

 

This Privacy Policy sets out the way we conduct, retain and disclose your personal information. “Personal information” means any information that directly or indirectly classifies you as an individual. Whilst visiting our Website, enquiring our services, applying for a search with us or otherwise providing us with your personal information, you here to provide consent to your personal information to be conducted, retain and disclosed as set out in this Privacy Policy. 

 

This Privacy Policy applies to all individuals (including our clients, the individuals’ personal information is collected from clients or other third parties, job applicants and potential employees) who provide us with their personal information. 

 

What personal information do we conduct? 

 

We conduct personal information usually includes your name, date of birth, contactable address, e-mail address and telephone number. In addition, we also may conduct the following personal information:  

 

For recruitment purpose: Your prior working history, performance review, qualifications, professional skills, information on previous workplace encounters but not limited to any prior history of personal or work history, character, opinions from provided referees, your job search criteria, expectations, preferences, any monetary expectations (salary, bonus), information in relations to leave taken from work due to absence or other reasons, other information contained in your CV and assessment of you as a potential candidate for recruitment including any personality test or psychometric skill-based testing instructed by our client.

 

For placement purpose: Your confidential personal information (including your legal name; date of birth; HKID or passport number; residential address, or other personal information would be needed at the time) these informations are necessary for us to collect from you in order to complete the later stage of the placement process, i.e. offer or onboarding stage to draft your offer letter.

 

Your confidential personal information will not be disclosed to other third parties, as it will only allow us to assist you in reaching your next search journey. However, failure to do so could result in your application being unsuccessful.

 

Why do we need to conduct personal information, and do we utilise it? 

 

When we conduct your personal information and utilise it for the purpose in which it was provided to us, other related purposes (and, in the case of confidential information, directly related purposes) or being permitted or required by law. Such purpose includes:

 

• Assist or providing our clients and/or you with our recruitment services;

• Provide assistance on placement operations and search opportunities for job applicants, including assessing your application for employment with the potential employers and undertake due diligence on your information;

• Assist or providing you with additional information regarding recruitment or search opportunities or services you requested;

• Collecting surveys of job applicants relating to the service we provide;

• Assist or providing you with the information about Fortitude Search and its activities that are of relevance to you (if you have consented to receive such information);

• Additional any other purpose identified by the time of conducting your personal information.

 

When do we disclose your personal information? 

 

Any of your personal information may be disclosed when appropriate to other third parties to assist onboarding or placement operations, such as verifying your details, marketing our services and handling our day-to-day business. Third parties may include: 

 

• Associate of entities, consultants and affiliates;

• Employs or our clients, involving your future potential employers and external business looking for talents;

• Educational institutions and reference check service providers to undertake due diligence check on your qualifications;

• Your selective representative referees, current and former employers;

• Our professional advisors, including our accountants, auditors and lawyers; and 

• Any other related third parties notified by the time when in need of collecting your personal information 

 

There is a slight chance, but unlikely so, we could potentially be forced to disclose personal information in response to any legal proceedings that are only required by the law, other directly related purposes or purposes to which require your otherwise prior written consent.

 

Security of your information

 

We will do the best we can to ensure your personal information we collect and hold to be secured. Electronic information is protected by various security systems, and access to any personal information and databases are only released to authorised associates of Fortitude Search that need access to the information in order to undertake their duties. 

 

All electronically conducted job applicant and client data are passed through a secure system to ensure your personal data is protected if it is sent over to the internet. 

 

You are responsible for making sure your personal information is protected (for example, by protecting any usernames and passwords), and you should inform us once you have detected a security breach. You should have an understanding that the internet is not a secure method of transmitting any of your personal information and, as such, we are not responsible for the security of any personal information sent or received over the internet.         

 

The right of our privacy policy:

 

We reserve all rights to make any amendments to this Privacy Policy or any part of this from time to time. Please ensure you are kept up to date on this Privacy Policy, as well as any future amendments of this Policy. Privacy Policy constitutes your deemed acceptance of the forthcoming amendments to this Privacy Policy.

 

How to contact us: 

 

If you require any more information or should have any questions about this Privacy Policy section, please feel free to contact us down below:

 

E-mail: info@fortitudesearch.com.