Privacy Policy
Last updated: 20 October 2026
Introduction
This policy explains how SevTech Limited (“SevTech”, “we”, “us”) collects and uses personal data when you visit sevtech.ie (the “website”), contact us, or apply for a job with us. SevTech Limited is the data controller for this personal data. SevTech Limited is registered in Ireland, company registration number 766306.
1. Personal data we collect
1.1 Information you give us
Contact details: your name, email address, phone number and company name when you complete a form on the website or email us.
Your message: anything you include when you contact us, including attachments.
Job applications: your CV, cover letter and any other information you send us when you apply for a role or send us your CV.
1.2 Information collected automatically
Technical information: your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system and time zone.
Usage information: the pages you visit, the time spent on them and how you arrived at the website.
IP addresses and other online identifiers are personal data, and we treat them as such. Analytics and advertising information is collected only if you accept those cookies.
1.3 Cookies
We use strictly necessary storage and, only with your consent, Google Analytics 4 and the LinkedIn Insight Tag. Our Cookie Policy explains each cookie and how long it lasts. You can withdraw your consent at any time using Cookie Settings in the website footer.
2. How we use your personal data and our legal basis
Purpose
Personal data
Legal basis
Responding to your enquiry and following up
Contact details, your message
Our legitimate interests in responding to and developing business enquiries, or steps you ask us to take before entering a contract
Providing our services and managing our client relationships
Contact details, correspondence
Performance of a contract
Considering your job application
CV and application details
Steps you ask us to take before entering an employment contract, and our legitimate interests in recruiting
Keeping your CV on file for future roles
CV and application details
Your consent
Website analytics
Technical and usage information
Your consent
Measuring and targeting our LinkedIn advertising
Technical and usage information, LinkedIn identifiers
Your consent
Keeping the website secure and working
Technical information
Our legitimate interests in operating a secure website
Meeting legal and regulatory obligations
As required
Legal obligation
Where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object (see section 6).
3. How long we keep your personal data
Personal data
How long we keep it
Enquiries that do not lead to work
24 months from our last contact with you
Client contacts and records
The length of the engagement plus 6 years
Applications for an advertised role
12 months after the recruitment decision
CVs sent when no role is advertised
12 months, unless you agree to us keeping your CV for longer
After these periods we securely delete or anonymise your personal data. Cookie durations are set out in our Cookie Policy.
4. Who we share your personal data with
We use service providers (processors) who handle personal data on our behalf, under contract and only on our instructions:
Framer B.V.: website hosting and website forms.
Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited: email and file storage (Microsoft 365), where enquiries and CVs are held.
Google Ireland Limited: website analytics, only with your consent.
For the LinkedIn Insight Tag, SevTech and LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company are joint controllers for collecting your information on the website and sending it to LinkedIn. LinkedIn’s privacy policy explains how LinkedIn uses that information.
We may also disclose personal data:
Legal requirements: if required by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities or regulators.
Business transfers: if SevTech Limited is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction.
We do not sell your personal data.
5. Transfers outside the European Economic Area
Some of our service providers, or their group companies, process personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. Where this happens, the transfer is protected by an adequacy decision of the European Commission, such as the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, or by the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses.
6. Your data protection rights
You have the right to:
Access: ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Erasure: ask us to delete your personal data.
Restriction: ask us to limit how we use your personal data.
Portability: ask for your personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Objection: object to our use of your personal data where we rely on legitimate interests.
Withdraw consent: where we rely on your consent, withdraw it at any time. This does not affect processing carried out before you withdrew it.
To use any of these rights, contact our Data Protection Officer (see section 11). We will respond within one month.
Right to lodge a complaint
If you are not satisfied with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland. For more information, visit www.dataprotection.ie.
7. Data security
We take the security of your personal information seriously. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure.
8. Third-party links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. This privacy policy does not apply to those websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
9. Children’s privacy
Our website is not intended for use by children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will take steps to delete such information.
10. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last updated.
11. Contact us
If you have any questions about this policy or how we use your personal data, please contact our Data Protection Officer, Fionnuala Healy.
Email: info@sevtech.ie
SevTech Limited, registered in Ireland, company registration number 766306.