Among the types of Personal Data that this Application collects, by itself or through third parties, there are: first name; last name; phone number; company name; profession; physical address; country; county; email address; ZIP/Postal code; various types of Data; city; field of activity; number of employees; website; Tracker; Usage Data; geographic position; unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example); answers to questions; clicks; keypress events; motion sensor events; mouse movements; scroll position; touch events; number of Users; device information; session statistics; latitude (of city); longitude (of city); browser information; Data communicated while using the service.

Complete details on each type of Personal Data collected are provided in the dedicated sections of this privacy policy or by specific explanation texts displayed prior to the Data collection.

Personal Data may be freely provided by the User, or, in case of Usage Data, collected automatically when using this Application.

Unless specified otherwise, all Data requested by this Application is mandatory and failure to provide this Data may make it impossible for this Application to provide its services. In cases where this Application specifically states that some Data is not mandatory, Users are free not to communicate this Data without consequences to the availability or the functioning of the Service.

Users who are uncertain about which Personal Data is mandatory are welcome to contact the Owner.

Any use of Cookies – or of other tracking tools — by this Application or by the owners of third-party services used by this Application serves the purpose of providing the Service required by the User, in addition to any other purposes described in the present document and in the Cookie Policy.

Users are responsible for any third-party Personal Data obtained, published or shared through this Application.

Methods of processing

We process personal data using appropriate organisational, technical and administrative measures designed to protect it against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.

Processing may include collecting, recording, organising, storing, reviewing, analysing, using, sharing, updating and deleting personal data. Access is restricted to individuals who require the information for legitimate business purposes.

Place

Personal data may be processed at our offices, by authorised personnel working remotely, and by service providers supporting our operations.

Depending on the services provided and the location of the individuals or organisations concerned, personal data may be processed in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, the United States or other countries where we or our service providers operate.

Where personal data is transferred internationally, we will implement appropriate safeguards where required by applicable data protection law.

Retention time

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including recruitment, executive search, client relationship management, legal compliance and the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.

Retention periods vary according to the nature of the information, the purpose of processing, our relationship with you and applicable legal requirements.

When personal data is no longer required, we will securely delete it, anonymise it or otherwise dispose of it in accordance with our retention procedures, unless we are legally required or permitted to retain it for longer.

We may process personal data for the following purposes:

Executive search and recruitment: identifying, assessing and contacting prospective candidates; evaluating suitability for current or future opportunities; managing applications and introductions; conducting interviews; obtaining references where appropriate; and facilitating recruitment processes.

Client services: understanding recruitment requirements, delivering search assignments, communicating with clients, managing professional relationships and fulfilling contractual obligations.

Candidate relationship management: maintaining professional networks, recording relevant career information and contacting candidates about suitable opportunities where permitted by law.

Business administration: managing enquiries, appointments, contracts, invoices, internal records and other operational activities.

Website operation and security: maintaining the functionality, performance and security of our website, diagnosing technical issues and understanding how visitors use our online services.

Marketing and communications: sending relevant business updates, invitations, insights and other communications where permitted by law and in accordance with your preferences.

Legal and regulatory compliance: complying with applicable legal obligations, responding to lawful requests and establishing, exercising or defending legal claims.

We will not use personal data for purposes that are incompatible with those described in this Policy unless we have a lawful basis to do so and provide any additional information required by law.

Nexus Search processes personal data for a range of purposes connected with our executive search, recruitment and business activities. The information we collect and how we use it will depend on your relationship with us.

Executive Search and Recruitment Services

We process personal data to identify, evaluate and contact potential candidates for executive and professional opportunities. This may include reviewing professional profiles, assessing relevant experience and qualifications, managing recruitment assignments and facilitating introductions between candidates and clients.

Where appropriate and lawful, we may retain relevant professional information to consider individuals for future opportunities that match their experience and career interests.

Candidate and Client Relationship Management

We process personal data to establish and maintain professional relationships with candidates, clients and business contacts. This includes responding to enquiries, maintaining relevant records, communicating about assignments and providing updates about our services.

Website Enquiries and Communications

When you contact us through our website, by email or through other communication channels, we may use the information you provide to respond to your enquiry, supply requested information and maintain a record of our communications.

Marketing and Business Communications

Where permitted by applicable law, we may use relevant contact information to send business updates, industry insights, event invitations and information about Nexus Search’s services. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time.

Website Analytics and Cookies

We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate our website, understand how visitors interact with it, monitor performance and improve functionality. Where required by law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

Third-Party Service Providers

We may use external providers to support our business operations, including website hosting, recruitment and customer relationship management systems, email services, analytics and IT support. These providers may process personal data on our behalf where necessary and subject to appropriate safeguards.

We will process personal data only where we have an appropriate legal basis and will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is handled securely and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Nexus Search may use advertising and marketing activities to promote its services, share relevant industry insights and reach individuals who may be interested in our executive search and recruitment services.

Where our website uses third-party advertising services or advertising technologies, these providers may collect information about your interactions with our website, such as your IP address, browser information, device details and browsing activity, through cookies or similar technologies.

This information may be used to measure advertising performance, understand audience engagement and, where permitted, deliver relevant advertisements.

Where required by applicable law, Nexus Search will obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies for advertising purposes. You can manage your cookie preferences through the available website settings and adjust your browser settings to restrict or block cookies.

Third-party advertising providers may process personal data in accordance with their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review those policies to understand how your information is used.

Nexus Search does not sell personal data to advertisers. Any advertising-related processing will be carried out in accordance with applicable data protection and electronic privacy laws.

Nexus Search may use analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website, monitor website performance and improve the functionality and user experience of our online services.

These services may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, pages visited, time spent on our website, referral sources and interactions with website content.

We may use this information to analyse website traffic, identify usage trends, measure the effectiveness of our content, troubleshoot technical issues and improve our website and services.

Where we use third-party analytics providers, those providers may process information on our behalf in accordance with their own privacy policies and our applicable contractual arrangements.

Our website may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect analytics information. Where required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before placing or accessing non-essential analytics cookies on your device.

You can manage your cookie preferences through the available website settings and may also restrict cookies through your browser. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some website features.

Nexus Search will ensure that analytics-related personal data is processed in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and retained only for as long as necessary for the relevant purposes.

Nexus Search may collect and process personal data to operate, maintain, secure and improve its website and digital services.

When you visit or interact with our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, access times, pages visited and technical error reports.

We use this information where necessary to ensure that our website functions correctly, maintain system security, identify and resolve technical issues, prevent fraudulent or unauthorised activity, and improve the performance and reliability of our online services.

We may use third-party service providers to host, maintain, monitor or support our website and associated systems. These providers may access or process personal data on our behalf where necessary to perform their services and subject to appropriate contractual and security safeguards.

Where cookies or similar technologies are used for purposes that require consent, we will seek your consent before using them in accordance with applicable law.

Personal data collected for these purposes will be processed only where we have an appropriate legal basis and retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the relevant purposes or meet our legal obligations.

Nexus Search may use your personal data to communicate with you in response to enquiries, in connection with our executive search and recruitment services, or as part of our ongoing professional and business relationships.

We may contact you by email, telephone or other communication channels using the contact details you have provided to us or that we have obtained from lawful sources.

Our communications may include:

• Responding to enquiries, requests for information or feedback.
• Discussing potential executive search and recruitment opportunities.
• Communicating with candidates about roles that may be relevant to their professional experience and career interests.
• Providing updates to clients regarding recruitment assignments and our services.
• Arranging meetings, interviews and professional discussions.
• Sending relevant business updates, industry insights and marketing communications where permitted by applicable law.
• Providing important information relating to our services, legal obligations or changes to our policies.

We process personal data for these purposes where we have an appropriate legal basis, such as taking steps at your request, performing a contract, pursuing our legitimate interests or obtaining your consent where required.

You may opt out of marketing communications at any time by following the unsubscribe instructions included in the communication or by contacting us at info@nexus-search.com. Opting out of marketing will not prevent us from sending necessary service-related or administrative communications.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that communications are relevant and that your contact preferences are respected in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Nexus Search may use content performance analysis and A/B testing to evaluate and improve the functionality, content and user experience of our website.

A/B testing involves displaying different versions of a webpage, content, layout or feature to different visitors to assess which version performs more effectively. This helps us understand how visitors interact with our website and identify opportunities to improve its usability, accessibility and performance.

For these purposes, we may collect and analyse information such as pages visited, clicks, navigation patterns, browser and device information, session activity and interactions with particular website features. Depending on the tools used, this information may be collected through cookies or similar technologies.

We may use third-party analytics or testing providers to assist with these activities. Such providers may process information on our behalf in accordance with applicable contractual arrangements and data protection requirements.

Where A/B testing involves the use of non-essential cookies or similar technologies, we will obtain your consent where required by applicable law. You can manage your preferences through our cookie settings or adjust your browser settings to restrict cookies.

Information collected through content performance testing will be used for website optimisation, service improvement and related analytical purposes. We will process personal data only where we have an appropriate legal basis and will take reasonable steps to protect it against unauthorised access or disclosure.

Nexus Search may display content from external platforms on its website, such as embedded videos, social media posts, maps or other third-party content.

When you interact with this content, the relevant third-party provider may collect personal data, including your IP address, device information and browsing activity, in accordance with its own privacy policy.

Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before enabling embedded content that uses non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of external providers to understand how they collect and use your information.

Nexus Search uses website hosting and platform services to operate, maintain and secure its website and online services.

These providers may process technical information, including IP addresses, device details and website usage data, to ensure the website functions correctly and securely.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that service providers handle personal data securely and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Where registration or authentication features are available on the Nexus Search website, we may process personal data such as your name, email address and login credentials to create and manage your account and verify your identity.

This information is used to provide secure access to relevant services and protect against unauthorised access.

We take appropriate measures to safeguard account information and process it in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Nexus Search may use remarketing and behavioural targeting technologies to promote its services to individuals who have previously visited our website or interacted with our content.

These technologies may use cookies or similar tools to analyse website activity and deliver relevant advertisements through third-party platforms.

Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before using non-essential advertising cookies or tracking technologies. You can manage your preferences through our cookie settings or the relevant advertising platform.

Third-party providers process personal data in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable data protection legislation.

Nexus Search may use spam detection and security tools to protect our website, contact forms and communications against spam, automated submissions, fraud and malicious activity.

These tools may process technical information, such as IP addresses, browser details and submitted form data, to identify suspicious activity and maintain website security.

Personal data is processed for these purposes where necessary and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. Third-party providers may process information under their own privacy policies.

Nexus Search may use tag management services to manage website tags, including analytics, marketing and performance tools.

These services help us manage tracking technologies and understand how visitors interact with our website. Depending on the tags implemented, technical information such as browser details, device information and website usage data may be processed.

Where required by law, we will obtain consent before activating tags that use non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

All personal data processed through these services will be handled in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Nexus Search may use services to optimise website performance, improve loading speeds and distribute website content efficiently and securely.

These services may process technical information, such as IP addresses, browser details and connection data, to manage website traffic, improve reliability and protect against malicious activity.

We take reasonable steps to ensure that any third-party providers involved handle personal data securely and in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

You may opt out of interest-based advertising through the settings provided by advertising platforms or by managing cookies and tracking technologies in your browser.

Where available, you can also adjust your preferences through Nexus Search’s cookie settings.

Please note that opting out may not stop all advertising, but it may reduce advertisements tailored to your interests. Third-party advertising providers operate under their own privacy policies and may offer additional opt-out options.

Nexus Search will respect your applicable data protection rights and consent preferences in accordance with relevant legislation.

Nexus Search processes personal data only for legitimate business purposes, including executive search, recruitment, client relationship management and website operation.

We take appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure. Access is limited to authorised individuals who require the information for legitimate purposes.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected or to meet legal and regulatory obligations.

You may contact us at info@nexus-search.com for further information about how your personal data is processed or to exercise your rights under applicable data protection legislation.

Nexus Search uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure our website functions correctly, improve user experience, analyse website traffic and, where applicable, support marketing activities.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They may be essential for website functionality or used for analytics, personalisation and advertising.

Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before using non-essential cookies. You can manage or withdraw your preferences through our cookie settings or your browser settings.

Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website. Third-party services may also place cookies in accordance with their own privacy policies.

For further information about our use of cookies, please contact us at info@nexus-search.com.

Users in the European Union may have rights under applicable data protection laws, including the right to access, correct, or erase their Personal Data, restrict or object to its processing, and request data portability where applicable.

Where processing is based on consent, Users may withdraw that consent at any time. Users may also lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority.

To exercise these rights or ask questions about how Personal Data is handled, contact info@nexus-search.com.

Legal action: Personal Data may be used to protect the Owner’s rights, address misuse of the Application, or comply with legal obligations.

System logs and maintenance: The Application and third-party services may collect technical logs to support operation, security, and maintenance.

Information not covered by this policy: Further details about Personal Data collection or processing may be provided when requested, subject to applicable law.

Changes to this Privacy Policy: The Owner may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Users are encouraged to review it periodically. Where required by law, significant changes will be communicated to Users.

Personal Data: Any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.

Usage Data: Information collected automatically through the Application, such as IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages.

User: The individual using Nexus Search.

Data Subject: The individual to whom Personal Data relates.

Data Processor: A person or organisation that processes Personal Data on behalf of the Data Controller.

Data Controller (or Owner): The person or organisation that determines the purposes and means of processing Personal Data.

This Application: The Nexus Search website and any related services covered by this Privacy Policy.

Legal references: This Privacy Policy is prepared with reference to applicable data protection laws, including the UK GDPR, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant legislation where applicable.