athGADLANG is committed to protecting the personal data of individuals who apply for employment, register on our Talent Platform, are referred to us, or are considered for recruitment or placement opportunities.
This notice explains what personal data we collect, how and why we use it, who we may share it with, how long we retain it, and your rights under applicable data protection laws, including the UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 concerning the Protection of Personal Data and, where applicable, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Personal Data Protection Law and the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
GADLANG Management Consultants, operating under the athGADLANG name, is responsible for processing personal data submitted through this Careers portal.
Our registered address is:
Office 2804Where you apply for a position with another athGADLANG entity or for a role with one of our clients, that entity or client may separately process your personal data for its recruitment and employment purposes.
For privacy enquiries, please contact our Privacy and Data Protection Team at: info@athgadlang.com.
Depending on the role and stage of the recruitment process, we may collect:
Please do not provide sensitive personal data unless it has been specifically requested.
Where information concerning health, disability, criminal records, biometric identifiers or other sensitive matters is required, we will process it only where necessary, lawful and subject to appropriate safeguards.
We may obtain personal data:
Where you provide personal data relating to a referee or another person, you should ensure that the person is aware that their information may be shared with us for recruitment purposes.
We may use your personal data to:
If your application is successful, relevant personal data will become part of your personnel record and will thereafter be processed in accordance with the applicable employee privacy arrangements.
Depending on the purpose and applicable law, we process personal data where:
Where we rely on legitimate interests, these may include managing recruitment, verifying candidate suitability, protecting our business and clients, maintaining recruitment records and improving our recruitment processes.
Where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time. Withdrawal will not affect processing already carried out lawfully before the withdrawal.
Consent to retain your profile for future opportunities is optional and will not affect the assessment of your application for a current vacancy.
Certain information may be required to assess your application, verify your identity or eligibility, comply with legal requirements or prepare an employment offer.
Required information will ordinarily be identified in the application process.
Where required information is not provided, we may be unable to assess or progress your application. Other information is optional and not providing it will not ordinarily affect your application unless it is necessary for the relevant role.
Candidates are responsible for ensuring that information submitted during the recruitment process is accurate, current and not misleading. athGADLANG reserves the right to withdraw consideration or terminate the recruitment process where materially inaccurate information is identified.
Where relevant to the nature and seniority of the role, and permitted by applicable law, we may verify:
Checks will be conducted at an appropriate stage of the recruitment process and with your consent where consent is legally required.
We will not conduct checks that are excessive or unrelated to the requirements and risks of the position.
Your personal data may be disclosed, on a need-to-know basis, to:
Where a client is to receive your identifiable CV or application, we will ordinarily inform you of the client’s identity before disclosure unless the identity has already been stated in the vacancy or there is a lawful and justified reason for maintaining confidentiality at that stage.
Where you apply for a role or otherwise express interest in a position, you authorise athGADLANG to share your CV, profile and recruitment-related information with the relevant hiring client for the purpose of evaluating your suitability for employment or engagement opportunities.
We do not sell candidate personal data or use it for third-party advertising.
athGADLANG operates and supports recruitment activities across a number of jurisdictions. Our service providers may also host or process personal data in other countries.
Where personal data is transferred outside the country in which it was collected, we will use a transfer mechanism permitted under the applicable law. Depending on the circumstances, this may include:
We will apply reasonable technical, organisational and contractual safeguards to protect transferred information.
You may contact us for further information about the safeguards relevant to your personal data, subject to legal and confidentiality restrictions.
We may use recruitment technology to receive applications, organise candidate records, parse CV information, identify qualifications or skills and assist authorised recruitment personnel in reviewing applications.
Recruitment decisions are made or reviewed by authorised personnel and are not based solely on automated processing that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
If we introduce a process involving solely automated decision-making that significantly affects candidates, we will provide any additional information and protections required by applicable law.
We may retain candidate profiles and recruitment-related information for so long as reasonably necessary to consider individuals for current or future opportunities, maintain appropriate recruitment records, comply with legal, regulatory and contractual obligations, and establish, exercise or defend legal claims. Personal data that is no longer required for these purposes will be securely deleted, anonymised or archived where continued retention is required by law.
We maintain reasonable and proportionate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, use, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction.
These measures may include role-based access controls, authentication, secure transmission and storage measures, confidentiality obligations, system monitoring, staff awareness measures, supplier controls and security-incident procedures.
No electronic system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Candidates should therefore use the careers portal and approved communication channels rather than sending unnecessary sensitive information through unsecured means.
Subject to the law applicable to the relevant processing and any permitted exceptions, you may have the right to:
These rights are not absolute. We may retain or continue to process certain information where required or permitted by law, including where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
To exercise your rights or raise a complaint, email: info@athgadlang.com.
We may request information necessary to verify your identity and locate the relevant records.
Where you have a candidate account, you may be able to update certain information through your account settings. To request account closure or deletion, please contact us at the email address above.
Our careers portal is not generally intended for individuals under 18 unless a particular internship, training or similar programme expressly permits applications from younger candidates and applicable legal requirements have been satisfied.
Our careers portal may use cookies and similar technologies for authentication, security, preferences, analytics and portal operation.
Further information should be provided in the applicable Cookie Notice.
athGADLANG will never ask candidates to pay a fee as part of its recruitment process.
Candidates should verify recruitment communications sent in our name and report suspicious messages to: info@athgadlang.com.
We may update this notice to reflect changes in our recruitment activities, systems or legal requirements.
The “Last updated” date at the beginning of this notice identifies the current version. Material changes may also be communicated through the Careers portal or by other appropriate means.