Last updated: October 2026

Privacy policy

This policy explains what personal information Kieran Knight Consulting collects, why we collect it, how we look after it and the rights you have. It applies to candidates, contractors, clients, referees and anyone who contacts us through this website.

Who we are

Kieran Knight Consulting Ltd ("we", "us") is a recruitment business that finds permanent and contract technology professionals for our clients. We are the controller of the personal information described in this policy.

Kieran Knight Consulting Ltd is registered in England and Wales, company number 06164379. Our registered office is 19-20 Bourne Court, Southend Road, Woodford Green, Essex IG8 8HD, and our trading address is 1st Floor, 227 High Street, Epping, Essex CM16 4BP. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under registration number ZA538340.

If you have any questions about this policy or your information, email info@kieranknight.co.uk or call 020 7613 6811.

Information we collect

Candidates and contractors

• Your name, contact details and location
• Your CV, work history, skills, qualifications and references
• Your salary or day rate expectations, notice period and the kind of roles you want
• Notes from our conversations with you and feedback from interviews
• Evidence of your right to work in the UK
• For contractors, the details needed to arrange your assignment and payment, such as your limited company or umbrella company details

We only collect more sensitive information, such as health information needed to make interview adjustments, where you choose to give it to us or where the law requires it for a particular role. Where a client requires background or criminal record checks for a role, we will tell you before any check is carried out.

Clients

Names, job titles and business contact details of the people we work with at client organisations, and records of our dealings with them.

Website visitors

If you use the contact form, we receive your name, email address, phone number if you give one, your message and any CV you attach. These are emailed straight to us and are not stored on the website. This website does not use advertising or tracking cookies.

Where we get your information

Most information comes directly from you. We may also collect it from job boards and professional networking sites such as LinkedIn where you have made your profile available to recruiters, from people who recommend you to us, from referees and from our clients.

How we use your information and our lawful basis

Data protection law requires us to have a lawful basis for each use of your information. We rely on the following.

• Legitimate interests. To run our recruitment business: matching candidates to roles, contacting you about relevant opportunities, keeping in touch with clients and keeping accurate records. We only do this where it does not override your own interests and rights.
• Contract. To arrange and manage placements and contract assignments, including timesheets and payment.
• Legal obligation. To carry out right to work checks and to keep the records required of recruitment businesses, tax and employment law.
• Consent. Where we ask for it, for example before sending you marketing. You can withdraw your consent at any time.

We will always speak to you and get your agreement before sending your CV or details to a client about a specific role.

Who we share your information with

• Clients, about roles you have agreed to be put forward for
• Referees, to obtain references you have agreed to
• Umbrella companies, payroll providers and other parties involved in contract assignments
• Service providers who help us run the business, such as our recruitment database, email and IT providers, and our accountants
• Regulators, HMRC or other authorities where the law requires it

We never sell your information.

International transfers

Some of our service providers, including our recruitment database provider, may store or process information outside the UK. Where this happens, we make sure appropriate safeguards are in place as required by UK data protection law, such as UK approved contract terms or an adequacy decision.

How long we keep your information

Careers in technology often span many years, and we regularly help people again long after we first worked with them. For that reason we keep candidate information for as long as it remains relevant to helping you find work, which can be a long time. If you would like us to delete your details at any point, email us and we will do so, unless we need to keep something for legal reasons. Records relating to placements and contract assignments are kept for as long as the law requires, which for financial and tax records is usually six years. When information is no longer needed, we delete it securely.

Keeping your information secure

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your information, including access controls and secure systems, and we only share it with people who need it.

Your rights

You have the right to:

• ask for a copy of the information we hold about you
• ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete
• ask us to delete your information
• ask us to restrict how we use your information
• object to us using your information, including for marketing
• ask us to transfer information you gave us to another organisation
• withdraw your consent where we rely on it

Some of these rights have exceptions, for example where we must keep records by law. To use any of them, email info@kieranknight.co.uk. There is normally no charge, and we will reply within one month.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please contact us first so we can try to put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page, with the date it was last updated.