Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 October 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how TalentHunter Ltd, a company registered in Ireland (company number 786317) ("TalentHunter", "we", "us", "our"), collects and uses personal data when you use the platform at www.talenthunter.me. TalentHunter is the data controller for the personal data described here. You can contact us about privacy at info@talenthunter.me.

1. Who this policy applies to

This policy applies to candidates and job seekers, to employers and their users, and to visitors to our website.

2. The personal data we collect

• Account data: name, email address, password, and account settings.
• Candidate profile and application data: CV, work history, skills, education, role preferences, and the content of your applications.
• Employer data: company details, job postings, and the details of users acting for an employer.
• Usage and device data: how you use the platform, collected in part through cookies and similar technologies (see our Cookie Policy).

We ask you not to submit special category data (for example data about health, religion, or nationality) unless it is necessary, and we do not require it to use the platform.

3. How we use your data, and our lawful bases

We use personal data to:

• Provide the platform, create and manage your account, and process applications (lawful basis: performance of a contract).
• Analyse CVs and match candidates to roles using AI assisted tools (lawful basis: our legitimate interests in operating an effective recruitment platform, balanced against your rights, and performance of a contract).
• Share data with one of our immigration partners where you opt in to sponsorship support and your employer chooses which partner receives it (lawful basis: your consent, see section 5).
• Communicate with you, provide support, and send service messages (lawful basis: contract and legitimate interests).
• Meet legal obligations and protect the platform against fraud and misuse (lawful basis: legal obligation and legitimate interests).

Where we rely on consent you can withdraw it at any time. The one exception is a sponsorship request, which can be withdrawn only until your details are sent to an immigration partner (see section 5). Where we rely on legitimate interests you can object.

4. How we use AI, and your rights over AI decisions

Our platform uses AI to assist human recruiters, not to replace them.

• A human recruiter reviews AI recommendations before any decision that affects you, and no candidate is rejected solely by automated processing.
• We tell you when you are interacting with an AI system, and we label AI generated and AI assisted content.
• Where an AI assisted assessment significantly affects you, you can request a clear and meaningful explanation of the main factors, and you can request human review.
• We ignore protected characteristics and monitor our systems for bias.

These measures reflect the General Data Protection Regulation (including the safeguards around automated decision making) and the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), under which recruitment tools are treated as high risk, with those obligations applying from 2 December 2027. We are preparing for them and apply voluntary measures as a participant in the EU AI Pact.

5. Sharing your data with third parties

We share personal data only as needed to run the platform and provide our services:

• Employers. When you apply for a role, the relevant application data is shared with the employer that posted it.
• Service providers. We use trusted providers to host and operate the platform. They process data on our instructions under written contracts and only for the purposes we set.

• Visa | Immigration Advisory Services. TalentHunter does not provide immigration advice. Some roles come with visa and permit sponsorship support. We then connect you with two independent immigration service providers: Lewis Silkin Ireland LLP and Future Direct.

  If you accept an offer for a role with sponsorship support and choose to opt in, your request goes to the employer first. The employer decides which of the two partners receives it, and nothing is shared with either partner until they have made that choice. We then pass on your name and email address, and nothing else from your application, so the partner can contact you and provide immigration services. We never send sensitive information such as your nationality or immigration status.

  This only happens when you clearly opt in, and we record your consent. You can withdraw your request until the employer sends your details to a partner. After that point, you can no longer withdraw through TalentHunter, as your data now moved to another platform. If you delete your TalentHunter account, we will ask the partner who received your details to delete your data as well.

  When an employer sends a request to a partner, we also share the name, email address and phone number (where one is saved) of the person at the employer who sent it. These come from their TalentHunter profile, so the partner can contact the employer about the introduction, and they are told before they send.

  Once the introduction is made, the immigration relationship is between you, the employer, and that partner. The partner is an independent controller of the data it receives, which means it is responsible for that data and handles it under its own privacy notice.

We do not sell your personal data.

6. International transfers

We store and process personal data within the European Economic Area where possible. If any data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we ensure an appropriate safeguard is in place, such as an adequacy decision or Standard Contractual Clauses.

7. How long we keep your data

We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described here, including to provide the service, meet legal obligations, and resolve disputes. When data is no longer needed we delete or anonymise it. Data shared for sponsorship support is retained by each party in line with the data sharing arrangement between TalentHunter and each of our immigration partners.

8. Your rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation you have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you;
• have inaccurate data corrected;
• have your data erased;
• restrict or object to certain processing;
• receive your data in a portable format;
• withdraw consent where we rely on it; and
• not be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects, and, in relation to AI assisted decisions, to receive an explanation and human review.

To exercise any of these rights, contact info@talenthunter.me. You can also complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission (www.dataprotection.ie). In relation to the EU AI Act, you can raise concerns with the relevant national competent authority or through the European Commission's AI Act complaint tool.

10. Security

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including access controls, encryption in transit, and logging. No system is completely secure, but we work to protect your data and to respond promptly to any personal data breach.

11. Children

The platform is not intended for anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect data from children.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Where changes are material we will give reasonable notice, for example by posting an updated version with a new last updated date.

13. Contact

For any privacy question or request, contact info@talenthunter.me. You can also complain to the Irish Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.