Privacy Policy

Privacy

Your privacy and the information you share with us is important to TRANSEARCH International. We want to ensure you understand how we use and protect information collected about or provided by visitors to our website. We are mindful of data privacy and have adopted best practices in compliance with applicable privacy law and regulations, including the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”).

Use of this website

This privacy policy outlines the information collected from visitors to our site and how it may be stored and processed within TRANSEARCH International globally as described below. This website provides content and services for a professional and consumer audience and is not intended for individuals under the age of 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect or store personal data provided by anyone under 13 years of age. If you are a European Union (EU) resident, please note that there are a number of provisions in this privacy policy that apply uniquely to you.

What information is collected

We collect data about you that is limited to the kind of information that can be found on a typical business card: first name, last name, job title, employer/company name, work address, work email, and work phone number. In some cases, we may ask you to provide additional professional information such as the size of the company you work for, and industry type. To enhance and/or update any information provided, we may combine it with professional information or personal data collected from third party sources. Personal data referred to in this document is the personal and professional information you provide, as well as information that we obtain from third party sources, both of which is typically combined into one record. This site also collects and stores certain information automatically using cookies (see Cookie policy here) and similar technologies, including IP addresses, the region or general location of a computer or device accessing the internet, browser type, operating system, page view history, and other usage information. This information assists us in improving our website, and we only use this information for statistical analysis purposes. However, if any cookie can specifically identify a computer, mobile device, or tablet (“Device”), or the person using that Device, and you are an EU resident, under the GDPR, this is personal data. Therefore, this privacy policy shall apply to such personal data collected by TRANSEARCH International.

How we collect it

Data may be collected when you register to receive any of the content or services offered by TRANSEARCH International or other occurrences such as publications, subscriptions, contests, newsletters, memberships, premium content, webcasts, video, white papers, online seminars, conferences and events. TRANSEARCH International, will collect and use information acquired from professional recruiting sites, resumes and/or business- oriented social networking sites about you in a way that is consistent with our responsibilities and your rights under The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679. Primarily, TRANSEARCH’s offered services are executive search and leadership services for executive-level positions in our clients’ organisations.

What happens if you don’t provide personal data or choose not to consent to sharing personal data?

For us to provide requested content or services, your personal data is required. You are under no statutory or contractual obligation to provide data to TRANSEARCH International however if you do not consent to TRANSEARCH International storing your personal data or setting up a personal registration for you, we are unable to process your information without receipt of consent to process and store your personal information.

Who is TRANSEARCH International?

TRANSEARCH International is a leading global retained executive search company with representation in all the major economic capitals of the world with about 60 offices in over 40 countries. TRANSEARCH International was founded in 1982 and is today one of the largest growing global retained executive search organisations in the world. TRANSEARCH International is specialised in Senior Level Recruitment, Executive Search, Top Management Recruitment, Non-Executive Directors Recruitment, Executive Recruitment, C-Level Executive Recruitment, Leadership Consulting, Board Services and Management Assessment. Where permitted by law, data may be shared between TRANSEARCH International and its subsidiaries and associates, in order to provide you with relevant content, and for internal analytical and business development purposes.

How do we safeguard your personal data?

Data Security

TRANSEARCH International is committed to GDPR and data security. We recognise that information is a vital asset to any organisation and take our responsibilities under the GDPR seriously. We will comply with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 in the way we use and share your personal data. Among other things, this means that we will only use your personal data: • Fairly and lawfully • As set out in the legislation and this policy • To the extent necessary for these purposes Virtually all of our activities create information assets in one form or another and we have ensured that safeguards are in place to protect your personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised use, access, inadvertent disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We furthermore require the third parties we contract with to support TRANSEARCH International’s business operations to employ reasonable security measures as well (see “Sharing your information with others” below). In relation to the information that you provide to us, we are legally responsible for how that information is handled.

Data Storage

Your data may be stored using TRANSEARCH International’s own secure on-site servers or other internally hosted technology. Your data may also be stored by third parties, via cloud services or other technology, with whom TRANSEARCH International has contracted with, to support our business operations (see “Sharing your information with others” below). These third parties do not have access to or permission to use your personal data other than for cloud storage and retrieval, and TRANSEARCH International requires such parties to employ at least the same level of security that we use to protect your personal data (see “Data Security” above).

Notification of Breaches

We are aware of our responsibility as a data controller to protect your information and to only share details with third parties upon receipt of your explicit consent. All of our systems are protected and only TRANSEARCH International staff and consultants working for TRANSEARCH International have access to the personal information stored within our systems. In the unlikely event that our computer systems are compromised and there is a potential loss of confidentiality we will report this breach to you. In the unlikely event that personal data is taken or exposed from TRANSEARCH International records without our consent, we will provide reports surrounding that exposure within 72 hours of being notified of such an event and take any action necessary to restore security of your personal data.

What we do with the personal data we collect

We use the personal data that we collect to correspond with you, consider you for professional opportunities, action your requests, improve the services we provide, and present relevant information and services. • Your data may be used to send important announcements, such as communications about your registration, transactions, and changes to TRANSEARCH International’s terms and conditions, policies, and/or other purposes. • We may use your data for the performance of our retained executive search or other services. • Your data may be used to provide content or services you request. • Your data may be used for data analysis, and research to improve our content and services.

The legal basis we have for processing your personal data

GDPR requires data collectors, such as TRANSEARCH International, to have a legal basis to use the personal data of EU residents. This section applies to any such data collected by TRANSEARCH International, its subsidiaries and/or associates. We use the personal data that we collect to correspond with you, consider you for professional opportunities, action your requests, improve the services we provide, and present relevant information and services. Your data may be used to send important announcements, such as communications about your registration, transactions, and changes to TRANSEARCH International’s terms and conditions, policies, and/or other purposes. Per GDPR regulations, after May 25, 2018, in certain circumstances we may otherwise possess your personal data if we have a legitimate interest in doing so and your rights and freedoms are not being infringed upon. If we process your personal data for legitimate interests, we will do so in a considerate and balanced way taking your rights under data protection and any other relevant law into consideration. We will never share your personal details with a third party without your explicit consent, and then we will only share the personal information with that one company or individual.

Sharing your information with others

We may share your personal data to deliver content and services for business operations with clients, or to comply with valid legal processes. If you are an EU resident, we will only share your personal data with third parties outside of TRANSEARCH International, with your consent or based on entering contract or contracts.

International Data Transfers

This section shall apply to any personal data collected by TRANSEARCH International from EU residents. If TRANSEARCH International shares your personal data between TRANSEARCH International locations or with any other third party as described in this privacy policy and your personal data will be transferred to a State which is not a Member State of either the European Union or the European Economic Area, or deemed adequate by the European Commission, TRANSEARCH International (as a data controller/data exporter) will only conduct such transfer (to a data processor/data importer) if there are suitable safeguards in place, such as binding corporate rules, standard contractual clauses, approved Codes of Conduct, or approved certification mechanism. For more information, please contact our GDPR Compliance Officer at DPRComplianceofficer@transearch.com

How long we keep your personal data

We retain your personal data for the duration of your business relationship with us, and we hold your information only as long as necessary for each purpose we use it, unless we have obtained your consent to use for another or similar purpose.

Your rights and preferences

As a data subject, you have a number of rights. You can: • access and obtain a copy of your data on request; • require the organisation to change incorrect or incomplete data; • require the organisation to delete or stop processing your data, for example where the data is no longer necessary for the purposes of processing; and • object to the processing of your data where TRANSEARCH International is relying on its legitimate interests as the legal ground for processing. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact our GDPR Compliance Officer at GDPRComplianceofficer@transearch.com. If TRANSEARCH International receive a request for access to personal information we will verify your identify before releasing your personal data to you. We will not release information to any third party. If you would like to make a request for access to your personal information, please contact our GDPR Compliance Officer at GDPRComplianceofficer@transearch.com.

Contacting us, exercising your information rights and Complaints

If you any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your information rights in connection with the personal data you have shared with us or wish to complain, please contact: The GDPR Compliance Officer at TRANSEARCH International at GDPRComplianceofficer@transearch.com. We will process SARs within 20 days, SAR responses are usually free, but we reserve the right to charge for excessive or unfounded requests. We fully comply with Data Protection legislation and will assist in any investigation or request made by the appropriate authorities.

Cookies Policy

TRANSEARCH International (“us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies on the www.transearch.com website (the “Service”). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies. Our Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third-parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Service, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.

What are cookies

Cookies are small pieces of text sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the Service more useful to you. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.

How TRANSEARCH International uses cookies

When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookies files in your web browser. We use cookies for the following purposes: • To enable certain functions of the Service • To provide analytics We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we use different types of cookies to run the Service: Essential cookies. We may use cookies to remember information that changes the way the Service behaves or looks, such as a user’s language preference on the Service. Analytics cookies. We may use analytics cookies to track information how the Service is used so that we can make improvements. We may also use analytics cookies to test new advertisements, pages, features or new functionality of the Service to see how our users react to them.

Third-party cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on.

What are your choices regarding cookies

If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.

Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.

For the Chrome web browser, please visit this page from Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

For the Internet Explorer web browser, please visit this page from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835

For the Firefox web browser, please visit this page from Mozilla: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

For the Safari web browser, please visit this page from Apple: https://support.apple.com/en-za/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

For any other web browser, please visit your web browser’s official web pages.

Where can you find more information about cookies

You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:
AllAboutCookies: www.allaboutcookies.org/
Network Advertising Initiative: www.networkadvertising.org

Diversity and Inclusion

TRANSEARCH International embraces diversity and seek to promote the benefits of diversity in all of our business activities. We continuously develop a business culture that reflects that belief. We strive to make sure that our clients meet their own diversity targets. TRANSEARCH International is committed to diversity and will promote diversity for all employees, workers and applicants and adhere to such a policy at all times. We will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. TRANSEARCH International treats everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs or membership or non-membership of a Trade Union or spent convictions and places an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy. We are furthermore committed to providing training for its entire staff in equal opportunities practice. Our Diversity and Inclusion Code of Conduct underpins gender diversity and best practice for related search and leadership consulting activities.

Code of Conduct: Provisions

Succession Planning: TRANSEARCH supports chairpersons and their nomination committees in developing medium-term succession plans that identify the balance of experience and skills that they will need to recruit for over the next two to three years to maximise leadership effectiveness. This time frame will allow a broader view to be established by looking at the whole organisation, not individual hires; this should facilitate increased flexibility in candidate specifications.
Diversity Targets: When taking a specific brief, TRANSEARCH looks at overall composition of the team and, in the context of the organisation’s agreed aspirational goals on gender balance and diversity more broadly, explore with line management and human resources if recruiting women is a priority on this occasion.
Defining Briefs: In defining briefs, TRANSEARCH ensures that significant weight is given to relevant skills, underlying competencies and personal capabilities and not just proven career experience, in order to extend the pool of candidates beyond those with existing similar roles or conventional corporate careers.
Long lists: When presenting their long lists, TRANSEARCH ensures that at least 30% of the candidates are women – and, if not, explicitly justifies to the client why TRANSEARCH is convinced that there are no other qualified female options, through demonstrating the scope and rigour of our research.
Candidate Support: During the selection process, TRANSEARCH provides appropriate support, in particular to first-time candidates, to prepare them for interviews and guide them through the process.
Supporting Candidate Selection: As clients evaluate candidates, TRANSEARCH ensures that we continue to provide appropriate weight to intrinsic competencies and capabilities, supported by thorough referencing, rather than over-valuing certain kinds of experience. TRANSEARCH, as necessary, advises our clients on how to run their interview process to demonstrate the required rigour and professionalism and to avoid unconscious gender bias.
Integration: TRANSEARCH provides advice to clients on best practice in integration and ‘on boarding’ processes to help new executives settle quickly into their roles.
Embedding Best Practice: TRANSEARCH ensures that best practices in supporting clients on enhancing gender diversity are well documented and shared internally and that adherence to the Code is effectively monitored.
Signalling Commitment: TRANSEARCH signals our commitment to supporting gender diversity through our website and marketing initiatives as appropriate and invests time into developing relationships with the pipeline of future female candidates.

For further information please Download the AESC’s Report on Diversity As A Business Imperative.

Anti-Slavery Policy

TRANSEARCH International fully supports the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the following sets out the steps that TRANSEARCH International has taken and is continuing to take to ensure that modern slavery or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain. Modern slavery encompasses slavery, servitude, human trafficking and forced labour. TRANSEARCH International has a zero-tolerance approach to any form of modern slavery. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity and transparency in all business dealings and to putting effective systems and controls in place to safeguard against any form of modern slavery taking place. This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement highlights TRANSEARCH International’s commitment to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our business activities and the steps we have put in place with the aim of ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking both in our own business and in our dealings with clients/supply chains. We all have a duty to be alert to risks, however small. Employees are expected to report their concerns and management to act upon them.

Structure and Supply Chains

This statement covers the business activities of TRANSEARCH International which are as follows: Senior Level Recruitment, Executive Search, Top Management Recruitment, Non-Executive Directors Recruitment, Executive Recruitment, C-Level Executive Recruitment, Leadership Consulting, Board Services and Management Assessment. TRANSEARCH International is a leading global retained executive search company with representation in all the major economic capitals of the world with about 60 offices in over 40 countries.

Policies

TRANSEARCH International is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our business or in the business of our clients. TRANSEARCH International affirms its intention to act ethically in our business relationships. The following policies set down our approach to the identification of modern slavery risks and steps to be taken to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our operations. 1. Recruitment. We operate a robust recruitment process, including conducting eligibility to work in our various locations for all employees to safeguard against human trafficking or individuals being forced to work against their will. 2. Whistleblowing Policy. We operate a whistleblowing policy so that all employees know that they can raise concerns about how colleagues are being treated, or practices within our business or clients/supply chain, without fear of reprisals. 3. Code of Conduct. This code explains the manner in which we behave as an organisation and how we expect our employees and suppliers to act. 4. Ethics Policy. TRANSEARCH International is committed to the practice of responsible behaviour. Through its business practices the Company seeks to protect and promote the human rights and basic freedoms of all its employees and agents.

Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking

TRANSEARCH International undertakes due diligence when considering taking on new suppliers, and regularly reviews its existing suppliers. The Company’s due diligence process includes requesting slavery and human trafficking policies/statements building long-standing relationships with suppliers and making clear our expectations of business partners. TRANSEARCH International operates and maintains a preferred supplier list. We conduct due diligence on all suppliers before allowing them to become a preferred supplier. This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement will be regularly reviewed and updated as necessary. The Senior Management and Board of Directors endorse this policy statement and are fully committed to its implementation.

With a global network spanning 60 offices in 40 countries, TRANSEARCH delivers world-class executive search and leadership consulting solutions. Our deep local expertise, combined with international reach, enables us to connect organisations with top-tier talent that aligns with their culture and strategic goals. Through our proven methodology, we help businesses build exceptional leadership teams that drive sustainable success.