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C.A.R.E Ltd – Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice explains how C.A.R.E Ltd uses cookies and similar technologies on our website.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They can help websites operate, remember preferences, understand how visitors use a website and, where applicable, support marketing or other functionality.
2. How we use cookies
C.A.R.E Ltd may use cookies for the following purposes:
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function correctly. They may support features such as page navigation, security, form functionality and privacy preferences.
Analytics or performance cookies
Where enabled and where appropriate consent has been obtained, these cookies may help us understand how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors interact with the site. This information can help us improve the website.
Functionality cookies
These cookies may remember choices or preferences made by visitors and provide enhanced functionality.
Marketing cookies
If we use marketing, advertising or social-media tracking technologies, these may be used to measure campaigns or provide more relevant advertising. Such cookies will only be used where required consent has been obtained.
3. Your cookie choices
When you first visit our website, where required, you may be given the option to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings or consent-management options provided on our website, where available.
You can also adjust cookie settings through your web browser. Blocking or deleting cookies may affect how some parts of the website operate.
4. Third-party cookies
Some cookies may be placed by third-party services used on our website, such as website analytics, embedded content, forms, maps, social-media features or other online services.
The third-party providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
C.A.R.E Ltd does not control third-party cookies and recommends that you review the relevant provider's privacy information.
5. Cookies and personal information
Some cookie-related information, such as online identifiers or IP addresses, may constitute personal data under applicable data protection legislation.
Where this is the case, C.A.R.E Ltd will process the information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and applicable UK data protection law.
6. Consent
Where consent is legally required for non-essential cookies, we will not place those cookies on your device until you have provided the required consent.
You may withdraw consent at any time where the relevant consent mechanism allows you to do so.
7. Changes to this Cookie Notice
We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time to reflect changes to our website, the cookies and technologies we use, or legal requirements.
The latest version will be published on our website with the date it was last updated.
8. Contact us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Notice, please contact:
C.A.R.E Ltd
Email: Lynsey@carerecruitment.agency
Cookie Notice last updated: 17 September 2026
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C.A.R.E Ltd – Privacy Notice
C.A.R.E Ltd is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal information fairly, lawfully and transparently.
This Privacy Notice explains how C.A.R.E Ltd collects, uses, stores and protects personal information when you use our website, contact us, apply for work with us, make an enquiry about our care agency services or enquire about our companion-care services.
C.A.R.E Ltd is committed to complying with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable data protection legislation.
1. Who we are
C.A.R.E Ltd is a care recruitment and staffing agency providing staffing solutions to care providers and related services, together with companion-care services to individuals in their own homes.
For the purposes of data protection legislation, C.A.R.E Ltd is the Data Controller for the personal information we collect and process.
If you have any questions about how we use your personal information, you can contact us:
C.A.R.E Ltd
Email: Lynsey@carerecruitment.agency
2. Information we collect
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect:
Job applicants and prospective workers
- Full name
- Contact details, including telephone number, email address and address
- Date of birth
- Employment history
- Qualifications and training
- Professional registrations and relevant certificates
- References
- Right-to-work information
- Driving information where relevant to a particular role
- Availability and work preferences
- Information contained within your CV or application
- Information relating to your suitability for particular care roles
- DBS information and other relevant recruitment and safeguarding information
- Information relating to health or disability where this is necessary for recruitment, employment, workplace adjustments or safeguarding purposes
Any other information you choose to provide as part of your application.
Some information collected during recruitment may constitute special category data under UK GDPR. We will only collect and process such information where there is a lawful basis and an appropriate condition for processing.
Clients and care providers
- Your name, job title and organisation
- Contact details and business address
- Information about staffing requirements and services requested
- Information contained within correspondence
- Billing and contractual information where applicable.
Companion-care enquiries and service users
- Name and contact details
- Address or location where services may be provided
- Information about the type of support required
- Preferred days and times
- Relevant information about needs and circumstances
- Information provided by family members, representatives or authorised individuals
- Other information necessary to assess and arrange the requested service.
Where information about health, disability or care needs is provided, this may constitute special category data. We will only process such information where permitted by applicable data protection law.
Website visitors
We may collect technical information such as IP address, browser and device information, operating system, pages visited, dates/times of visits and information about website use. Some of this may be collected through cookies or similar technologies.
3. How we collect your information
We may collect personal information when you:
- Complete a job application form
- Submit a companion-care enquiry
- Submit an agency staffing enquiry
- Contact us by email, telephone or other means
- Communicate with us through our website
- Provide information during recruitment
- Provide references or employment information
- Use our website and cookies/similar technologies.
4. How we use your information
We may use personal information to:
- Process and manage job applications
Assess applicants for suitable employment opportunities
- Verify qualifications, experience and references
- Carry out appropriate recruitment and safeguarding checks
- Verify identity and right to work
- Communicate with applicants and workers
- Match suitable workers with available care assignments
- Provide staffing services to care providers
- Respond to enquiries about our services
- Assess and arrange companion-care services
- Communicate with service users, families and representatives
- Provide and manage services
- Manage contracts and business relationships
- Process payments and invoices
- Maintain appropriate business and employment records
- Meet legal and regulatory obligations
- Protect the safety and welfare of individuals
- Prevent and detect fraud or unlawful activity
- Improve our website and services
- Deal with complaints or concerns
- Establish, exercise or defend legal claims
- Contact you where necessary about a service, application or enquiry.
We will only use personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so.
5. Our lawful bases for processing
Depending on the circumstances, we may rely on:
- Consent
- Contract
- Legal obligation
- Legitimate interests
- Vital interests, where applicable.
Where we process special category data, such as health or disability information, we will also ensure that an appropriate additional condition under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 applies.
6. Recruitment and employment information
If you apply for a position with C.A.R.E Ltd, information you provide will be used for recruitment and employment-related purposes, including assessing suitability, contacting you about opportunities, obtaining references, carrying out identity and right-to-work checks, and completing appropriate safeguarding and background checks.
We may retain information about unsuccessful applicants for an appropriate period in accordance with legal, regulatory and operational requirements.
7. Sharing your information
We may share personal information where necessary and lawful with:
Care providers and organisations where necessary to facilitate suitable staffing placements
- References and previous employers
- DBS and other relevant checking services
- Professional or regulatory bodies
- Payroll, accounting and professional service providers
- IT, website hosting and software providers
- Legal or professional advisers
- Government bodies, regulators, law enforcement or other authorities where legally required
- Other organisations where consent has been given or sharing is otherwise permitted by law.
We only share information that is necessary and appropriate for the relevant purpose. We do not sell personal information.
8. How we protect your information
C.A.R.E Ltd takes reasonable and appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, accidental loss, destruction, misuse, alteration or unlawful disclosure.
Access is limited to people who need it for legitimate business, recruitment, care or legal purposes.
No electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
9. How long we keep your information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including where necessary to meet legal, regulatory, accounting, safeguarding or reporting requirements.
Different types of information may be retained for different periods. When information is no longer required, we take appropriate steps to securely delete or dispose of it.
10. Your data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including:
- The right to be informed
- The right to request access
- The right to request correction
- The right to request deletion in certain circumstances
- The right to request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
- The right to object to certain processing
- The right to data portability in certain circumstances
- The right to withdraw consent where consent is the lawful basis.
These rights are subject to legal exceptions and may not apply in every situation.
11. Cookies
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the website functions correctly, understand website use and, where applicable, improve your experience.
Where required, we will ask for consent before placing non-essential cookies. Please see our separate Cookie Notice.
12. Third-party websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. C.A.R.E Ltd is not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of third-party websites. We recommend reading the privacy notice of any external website you visit.
13. International transfers
Where personal information is transferred outside the United Kingdom, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place as required by applicable data protection legislation.
14. Children's information
Our services are primarily intended for adults and our recruitment services are intended for individuals legally able to work.
We do not knowingly collect children's information through our website unless necessary and lawful in connection with services we provide. Where information relating to a child is required for a legitimate service or safeguarding purpose, it will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
15. Changes to this Privacy Notice
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes to our services, website, legal requirements or processing practices.
The latest version will be published on our website with the date it was last updated.
16. Complaints
If you have concerns about how C.A.R.E Ltd has handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we can investigate.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent supervisory authority for data protection.
17. Contact us
C.A.R.E Ltd
Email: Lynsey@carerecruitment.agency
Privacy Notice last updated: 17 September 2026
