Privacy Policy

Introduction

Welcome to TopSource Worldwide Group Limited’s (collectively referred to as “we“, “us” or “our“) Privacy Policy.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy will inform you as to: 

  • how we look after your personal data:
    • when you visit www.topsourceworldwide.com and any other website operated by us (our “Website”) (regardless of where you visit it from);
    • if you are one of our suppliers and supply goods and/or services to us (“Suppliers”); 
    • if you are one of our clients and purchase services from us (“Clients”); and 
  • your privacy rights and how the law protects you. 

1. IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WHO WE ARE

Purpose of this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy aims to give you information on how we collect and process your personal data through your use of our Website, including any data you may provide through our Website when you register or make an enquiry in order to be able to purchase our services. 

The Website is not intended for children and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. 

It is important that you read this Privacy Policy together with any other privacy notice or fair processing notice we may provide on specific occasions when we are collecting or processing personal data about you so that you are fully aware of how and why we are using your data. This Privacy Policy supplements the other notices and is not intended to override them.

Controller

The TopSource Group is made up of different legal entities. This Privacy Policy is issued on behalf of the TopSource Group so when we mention “TopSource”, “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy, we are referring to the relevant company in the TopSource Group responsible for processing your data. We will let you know which entity will be the controller for your data when you supply goods and/or services to us or purchase services from us TopSource Worldwide Group Limited and/or its affiliates (as the case may be) is the controller and responsible for the Website. 

Our organisation has appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to be responsible for overseeing questions in relation to this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, including any requests to exercise your legal rights, please contact our DPO using the details set out below: 

Contact details

The contact details for our DPO are as follows:

Full name of legal entity: TopSource Worldwide Group Limited

Email address: data.protection@topsourceworldwide.com  

Postal address: PO BOX 630, DARLINGTON, DL1 9GB, UK

Registered address: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, United Kingdom, WC2H 9JQ

You have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO so please contact us in the first instance using the details above. 

Changes to the Privacy Policy and your duty to inform us of changes

This version was last updated on 4th  September 2024. 

It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your relationship with us.

Third-party links

Our Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our Website, we encourage you to read the privacy notice or privacy policy of every website you visit. 

2. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data). 

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows: 

  • Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name, username or similar identifier, title, date of birth and gender. 
  • Contact Data includes email address and telephone numbers. 
  • Where you are a Supplier, the following types of data (collectively Supplier Data):
    • Identity Data and Contact Data of Supplier personnel; 
    • Supplier bank account details; and 
    • details about payments to Suppliers and other details of goods and/or services provided to us by Suppliers. 
  • Where you are a Client, the following types of data (collectively Client Data): 
    • Identity Data and Contact Data of Client personnel; 
    • recruitment data about potential Client staff, including copies of right to work documentation, references and other information included in a CV or cover letter or as part of a job application process; 
    • employment data of Client personnel which we process in order to provide our services to you, including, in respect of each individual, payroll information, the start date and, if different, the date of their continuous employment, leaving date and their reason for leaving, location of employment or workplace, employment records (including job titles, work history, working hours, holidays, training records and professional memberships), compensation history, performance information, disciplinary and grievance information, other information obtained through electronic means such as swipe card records, information about their use of our information and communications systems, results of HMRC employment status check, and any other HR details; and 
    • Client bank account and payment card details, details about payments from Clients and other details of services provided to Clients by us. 
  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access our Website. 
  • Profile Data includes your username and password, purchases or orders made by you, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses. 
  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our Website and our services. 
  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences. 
  • Recordings Data may include recordings of our calls with prospective Clients using third party software tools, and we use this information for the purposes of training, quality control and marketing analysis purposes.

We also collect, use and share Aggregated Data such as statistical or demographic data for any purpose. Aggregated Data may be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your Usage Data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Website feature. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

We may also collect, store and use the following “special categories” of more sensitive personal information relating to Client personnel: 

  • Information about their health, including any medical condition, health and sickness records, including:
    • where they leave employment the reason for leaving is determined to be ill-health, injury or disability, the records relating to that decision; 
    • details of any absences (other than holidays) from work including time on statutory parental leave and sick leave; and 
    • where they leave employment and the reason for leaving is related to your health, information about that condition needed for pensions and permanent health insurance purposes. 
  • Their genetic information and biometric data. 

If you fail to provide personal data

Where we need to collect personal data by law, or under the terms of a contract we have with you and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you (for example, to provide you with our services). In this case, we may have to cancel a service you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time. 

3. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTED?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal data you provide when you: 
    • apply for our services;
    • create an account on our Website; 
    • request marketing to be sent to you; or 
    • give us some feedback.
  • Our provision of services to you. We may collect Identity Data, Contact Data and Client Data from you as a result of us providing our services to you. 
  • Our purchasing goods and/or services from you. We may collect Identity Data, Contact Data and Client Data from you as a result of us purchasing good and/or services from you. 
  • Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We collect this personal data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. We may also receive Technical Data about you if you visit other websites employing our cookies. Please see our Cookie Policy (https://topsourceworldwide.com/cookie-policy/) for further details. We may also collect Client Data and Supplier Data from you (as applicable) through our use of software and other technology solutions which we use to provide services to Clients and/or purchase goods and/or services from Suppliers. 
  • Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties and public sources as set out below:
    • Technical Data from:
      • analytics providers such as Google based outside the EU; 
      • advertising networks such as Google AdWords based outside the EU; and 
      • search information providers such as LinkedIn based inside the EU. 
      • telephony service providers and/or technical communication tools.
      • Contact Data from providers of technical and delivery services; 
      • Identity and Contact Data from data brokers or aggregators such as Start-up Overseas based inside the EU.
    • Identity and Contact Data from publicly availably sources such as Companies House and the Electoral Register based inside the EU.

4. HOW WE USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

  • Where we need to perform the contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you, (more specifically, where you are a Client, in order to provide services to you and, where you are a Supplier, in order to purchase goods and/or services from you).
  • Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
  • Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data other than in relation to sending third party direct marketing communications to you via email or text message. You have the right to withdraw consent to marketing at any time by contacting us using the details provided above.

Purposes for which we will use your personal data

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate. 

Note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below. 

Purpose/Activity Type of data Lawful basis for processing including basis of legitimate interest
To register you as a new Client or Supplier (a) Identity
(b) Contact
Performance of a contract with you
Where you are a Client, to process and deliver your order for services, including:

 

  • Providing employer of record services;
  • Providing payroll services;
  • Providing other HR services;
  • Managing payments, fees and charges;
  • Collecting and recovering money owed to us
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Client
(d) Marketing and Communications
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to recover debts due to us)
Where you are a Supplier, placing orders for and subsequently receiving goods and/or services from you (a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Supplier
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to procure goods and/or services for the successful operation of our business)
To manage our relationship with you which will include:

 

  • where you are a Client, asking you to leave a review or take a survey about our services
  • notifying you about changes to:
    • where you are a Client, the terms and conditions or client contract between you and us;
    • where you are a Supplier, the terms and conditions or supplier contract between you and us;
  • notifying you about changes to this Privacy Policy
(a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Client
(d) Supplier
(e) Profile
(f) Marketing and Communications
(a) Performance of a contract with you
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
(c) Necessary for our legitimate interests (to keep our records updated and to study how Clients use our services)
To administer and protect our business and our Website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting and hosting of data) (a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Technical
(a) Necessary for our legitimate interests (for running our business, provision of administration and IT services, network security, to prevent fraud and in the context of a business reorganisation or group restructuring exercise)
(b) Necessary to comply with a legal obligation
To deliver relevant Website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of the advertising we serve to you (a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Profile
(d) Usage
(e) Marketing and Communications
(f) Technical
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to study how Clients use our services, to develop them, to grow our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To use data analytics to improve our Website, products/services, marketing, client relationships and experiences (a) Technical
(b) Usage
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to define types of Clients for our, to keep our Website updated and relevant, to develop our business and to inform our marketing strategy)
To make suggestions and recommendations to you about goods or services that may be of interest to you (a) Identity
(b) Contact
(c) Technical
(d) Usage
(e) Profile
Necessary for our legitimate interests (to develop our products/services and grow our business)

Marketing

We strive to provide you with choices regarding certain personal data uses, particularly around marketing and advertising.

Promotional offers from us

We may use your Identity, Contact, Client, Technical, Usage and Profile Data to form a view on what we think you may want or need, or what may be of interest to you. This is how we decide which products, services and offers may be relevant for you (we call this marketing).

You will receive marketing communications from us if you have requested information from us or purchased services from us and, in each case, you have not opted out of receiving that marketing.

Third-party marketing

We will get your express opt-in consent before we share your personal data with any third party company for marketing purposes.

Opting out

You can ask us or third parties to stop sending you marketing messages at any time by contacting us at any time. 

Where you opt out of receiving these marketing messages, this will not apply to personal data provided to us as a result of a service purchase, warranty registration, service experience or other transactions. 

Cookies

You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Website may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

Change of purpose

We will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another reason and that reason is compatible with the original purpose. If you wish to get an explanation as to how the processing for the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, please contact us. 

If we need to use your personal data for an unrelated purpose, we will notify you and we will explain the legal basis which allows us to do so. 

Please note that we may process your personal data without your knowledge or consent, in compliance with the above rules, where this is required or permitted by law. 

5. DISCLOSURES OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We may have to share your personal data with:

  • Other members of the TopSource group.
  • External Third Parties as set out in the Glossary for the purposes set out in the table in paragraph 4 above.
  • Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets. Alternatively, we may seek to acquire other businesses or merge with them. If a change happens to our business, then the new owners may use your personal data in the same way as set out in this Privacy Policy. We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law.

We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

6. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

Due to the nature of our business, in particular where you are a Client and we provide services to you, some of our external third parties (including but not limited to our delivery partners) are based outside the UK so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside the UK.

Whenever we transfer your personal data out of the UK, we shall either:

  • where you are a Client, only do so to the extent that this is necessary to perform a contract with you;
  • obtain your explicit consent to any such transfer;
  • transfer your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data; and/or
  • use specific contracts approved for use in the UK which give personal data the same protection it has in the UK.

7. DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. 

We have put in place 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. 

8. DATA RETENTION

How long will you use my personal data for?

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, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

  • Details of retention periods for different aspects of your personal data are available in our retention policy which you can request from us by emailing data.protection@topsourceworldwide.com.

In some circumstances you can ask us to delete your data: see the “Request Erasure” section of Your Legal Rights below for further information.

In some circumstances we may anonymise your personal data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you.

9. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data to: 

  • Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”). This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
  • Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
  • Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground as you feel it impacts on your fundamental rights and freedoms. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal data for direct marketing purposes. In some cases, we may demonstrate that we have compelling legitimate grounds to process your information which override your rights and freedoms.
  • Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
  • Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
  • Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us. 

No fee usually required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights). However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.

What we may need from you

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

Time limit to respond

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

10. GLOSSARY

  • LAWFUL BASIS
    • Legitimate Interest means the interest of our business in conducting and managing our business to enable us to give you the best service/product and the best and most secure experience. We make sure we consider and balance any potential impact on you (both positive and negative) and your rights before we process your personal data for our legitimate interests. We do not use your personal data for activities where our interests are overridden by the impact on you (unless we have your consent or are otherwise required or permitted to by law). You can obtain further information about how we assess our legitimate interests against any potential impact on you in respect of specific activities by contacting us.
    • Performance of Contract means processing your data where it is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.
    • Comply with a legal or regulatory obligation means processing your personal data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal or regulatory obligation that we are subject to.
  • THIRD PARTIES
    • External Third Parties
      • Delivery partners (whether partly or wholly owned by TopSource, or acting as its subcontractor) that is located in the territory where a Client requires services and through which we may provide such services.
      • Service providers who provide IT and system administration services, such as Salesforce and Microsoft.
      • Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors and insurers who provide consultancy, banking, legal, insurance and accounting services, such as HSBC and Wright Hassall LLP.
      • HM Revenue & Customs, regulators and other authorities based in the UK who require reporting of processing activities in certain circumstances.