Glenveagh Properties plc and its subsidiaries, (together “Glenveagh”, “the Group”, “us”, “we” or “our”), is the Data Controller, operate Glenveagh websites, and has created this privacy notice to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy and it sets out how we collect and use personal data on our websites.
This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, process, and protect your personal data when you apply for employment opportunities with Glenveagh.Please read this Notice carefully. If you have any questions about this Notice, please contact us using the contact details below.
This Notice sets out detailed information regarding our privacy practices in respect of personal data relating to all prospective employees who submit an application, attend an interview, or are otherwise considered for an employment role with Glenveagh. This includes applications submitted through our recruitment platform, our careers site, recruitment agencies, and other application channels. This Notice applies to all employment candidates regardless of the nature of the opportunity, including applications for permanent and fixed-term employment, part-time roles, internships, graduate programmes, apprenticeships, educational scholarship programmes, work placements, and other student-related programmes.
For the purposes of this Notice, “personal data” includes any information about identified or identifiable individuals and includes sensitive information such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, or trade union membership, genetic data, biometric or health data or sexual orientation.
We may update this Notice from time to time. If any of the changes are unacceptable to you, then you should cease interacting with Glenveagh immediately. When required by applicable privacy laws, we will notify you of any changes to this Notice by posting an update on our website and/or seek your consent before making material changes to the way we handle personal data previously collected from you. This Notice was last amended on 6 August 2026.
This Notice is provided by your data controller. Your data controller is typically Glenveagh Contracting Limited.
Depending on the Group company to which you have applied for an employment opportunity, your data controller may alternatively be either NUA Manufacturing MMC Limited, The Freight Building Limited, or Glenveagh Homes Limited.
Any third-party websites through which you may apply for an employment opportunity with us, such as recruitment platform and agency websites, are not covered by this Notice. Glenveagh accepts no responsibility or liability for the use and protection of any personal data which you provide to such third-party websites. You should exercise caution and read the privacy notice of the relevant third party before providing any personal data.
We collect different categories of personal data about you depending on the nature of your application, your interactions with us in the recruitment process, and the particular employment opportunity for which you are being considered. These include personal identification, recruitment information, and right to work information.
Glenveagh only collects personal data that is strictly necessary for legitimate business purposes, including:
Where you choose to complete our voluntary Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion (DEI) survey during the application process, information relating to protected characteristics such as ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and disability status is collected on an anonymous basis and is not linked to your identity. This information cannot be attributed to you, does not constitute personal data, and falls outside the scope of this Notice. We aggregate and analyse this demographic information to monitor diversity and inclusion trends across our candidate population and to inform our diversity and inclusion initiatives.
Certain personal data is required for us to process your application and, where applicable, to enter into an employment contract with you. Where the provision of personal data is necessary for these purposes, this is identified below (see How We Use Your Personal Data). You may choose not to provide this information. However, failure to do so may limit our ability to process your application or progress your candidacy through the recruitment process.
We collect Personal Data about you from several sources, including directly from yourself, from third parties, and through automated means. [Read More]
We collect Personal Data about you in several ways including:
We use your personal data throughout the recruitment process and, where applicable, in connection with educational programmes that may lead to future employment opportunities with Glenveagh. The purposes for which we process your personal data are set out below. [Read More]
We may use your personal data in the following ways:
We use Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled tools within our recruitment processes to support candidate matching, candidate sourcing, and recruitment reporting. These tools are used to assist our teams by generating insights to support these activities. Recruitment decisions are made by our Talent Acquisition Team and hiring managersand are not based solely on automated outputs.
We use AI functionality to compare candidate profiles against the requirements of a role and generate indicative match scores, and to search candidate databases and professional networking platforms to identify individuals whose profiles may match our role requirements.The resulting match scores and search results are used to assist our Talent Acquisition Team and hiring managers in identifying and reviewing candidate profiles as part of the recruitment process. No recruitment decision is made solely by automated means or on the basis of AI-generated outputs.
We also use AI to analyse recruitment data and generate aggregate reports, including insights relating to recruitment and hiring trends for workforce planning and business reporting purposes. Reports are aggregated and do not identify individual candidates. They are used to understand broader recruitment trends and patterns and are not used to evaluate or make decisions about individual candidates.
In processing your personal data for the purposes set out in this Notice, Glenveagh relies on a number of lawful bases as permitted by applicable data protection laws, including to enter into a contract with you, to pursue a legitimate business interest, or to comply with a legal obligation. [Read More]
We rely on the following lawful bases for processing your personal data:
We may share your personal data with Glenveagh subsidiaries and affiliates, third-party suppliers, service providers, law enforcement and other government agencies.
We may disclose your personal data with the following categories of recipients:
In some instances, we may need to transfer your personal data to another jurisdiction for processing. Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we implement appropriate legal mechanisms to ensure that its remains adequately protected upon reaching its destination, as required by applicable privacy laws.
While Glenveagh primarily processes and stores personal data within the EEA, some of the technology providers we use may process or host personal data outside the EEA, including the United Kingdom (UK), which benefits from an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission, and the United States. Where personal data is transferred to the United States, we rely on appropriate transfer safeguards in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including participation the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses and, where necessary, UK International Data Transfer Agreements.
We keep your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Notice, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
The length of time for which we retain personal data will depend on the nature of the information, the purpose for which it is processed, and any legal, regulatory, or contractual requirements that apply. We retain unsuccessful candidate records for 12 months following our last interaction with you. Where your application is successful, your recruitment records become part of your employment record and are retained in accordance with our employee privacy notice and applicable retention schedule. CCTV footage is generally retained for up to 30 days. Once the applicable retention period has expired, and unless continued retention is required or permitted by law, we securely delete, anonymise, or otherwise dispose of the personal data in accordance with our retention protocols.
Individuals whose personal data we process are afforded a number of rights in relation to such data. To exercise your data protection rights please contact us using the contact details below. We will respond to reasonable requests in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
The specific data protection rights applicable to you are detailed in below. Please note that these data protection rights are not absolute and there may be circumstances where we may legitimately deny a request as permitted by applicable privacy laws. You will not normally have to pay a fee to access your personal data (or to exercise any of the other rights stated below), although we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is unfounded, repetitive, or excessive. Alternatively, we may refuse to comply with your request in these circumstances.
We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your data protection rights. This is a security measure to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response. We will only collect strictly necessary information to ensure that we only honour legitimate requests received from you or your authorised representative. We strive to respond to all legitimate requests within a month. Occasionally it may take us longer to respond if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of different requests. In this case, we will notify you of estimated response timelines.
We take the security of your personal data seriously and have implemented appropriate safeguards designed to keep it protected.
Glenveagh has implemented technological and operational security procedures designed to protect your personal data against accidental or unlawful disclosure, loss, misuse, alteration or use. We limit access to your personal data only to those Glenveagh employees, other staff and third parties on a business need to know basis. They will only process your personal data upon our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have implemented procedures to respond appropriately to any suspected personal data breach or security incident and will notify you and relevant data protection regulators where we are legally required to do so.
If you have any questions concerns, and/or complaints regarding this Notice, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us using the contact details below. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the data protection authority in the territory where you are located, should your matter remain unsettled or otherwise unsatisfied.
The Company Secretary
Glenveagh Properties plc
Block C, Maynooth Business Campus
Straffan Road, Maynooth
Co. Kildare, Ireland
Email: dataprivacy@glenveagh.ie