Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 2026

Altera Search respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal information when you use our website, contact us, submit an enquiry, apply for a vacancy or upload your CV.

Altera Search is a specialist executive search firm working with law firms, employers, candidates and professional contacts globally.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us at hello@alterasearch.com.

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1. Information we collect

We may collect personal information when you use our website, complete a form, contact us directly, apply for a role or upload your CV.

This may include:

Your name

Your email address

Your phone number

Your company name

Your job title

Your employer or professional background

Information included in your CV

Details about your skills, experience, qualifications and career interests

Information about roles, vacancies or services you are interested in

Information you choose to provide in a message or enquiry form

Any other information you voluntarily send to us

If you upload a CV, please avoid including sensitive information unless it is relevant and necessary for your enquiry or application.

We may also collect basic technical information about how visitors use our website, such as browser type, device type, pages viewed and general website activity. This helps us understand how the website is used and improve its performance.

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2. How we collect your information

We may collect personal information directly from you when you:

Complete a contact form on our website

Apply for a vacancy

Upload your CV

Ask us to contact you about a role, search mandate or career opportunity

Engage with us as a candidate, client, employer or professional contact

We may also receive information from professional sources, referrals, public profiles or business networks where this is relevant to our executive search and recruitment activity.

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3. How we use your information

We use personal information for the following purposes:

To respond to enquiries

To assess candidate suitability for vacancies or search opportunities

To contact candidates about relevant opportunities

To contact employers or clients about executive search services

To manage recruitment and executive search processes

To review CVs and professional profiles

To communicate with you about a role, mandate or enquiry

To introduce suitable candidates to relevant opportunities

To maintain business records

To manage client and candidate relationships through our CRM platform

To improve our website, services and user experience

To meet legal, regulatory or compliance obligations

We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful reason to do so.

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4. Lawful basis for using your information

Depending on the context, we may process your personal information on one or more of the following lawful bases:

Consent, where you have given us clear permission to use your information for a specific purpose, such as submitting your CV or asking us to contact you about an opportunity.

Legitimate interests, where we have a genuine business reason to use your information, such as responding to enquiries, managing candidate relationships, introducing suitable candidates to relevant opportunities or providing executive search services to clients.

Contract, where processing is necessary in connection with a potential or existing agreement with you or your organisation.

Legal obligation, where we are required to process information to comply with the law.

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5. CVs and candidate information

If you submit your CV or professional information to us, we may use it to assess your suitability for current or future opportunities.

This may include reviewing your experience, contacting you about relevant roles, discussing your profile with you and, where appropriate, sharing your details with a client or prospective employer in relation to a suitable opportunity.

We will not submit your CV or personal profile to a client without taking reasonable steps to confirm your interest in the relevant opportunity.

If you would prefer us not to keep your CV or candidate details for future opportunities, you can ask us to delete them by contacting hello@alterasearch.com.

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6. Who we may share your information with

We may share your personal information with selected third parties where necessary and appropriate.

This may include:

Clients or prospective employers, where you have expressed interest in a relevant opportunity

Webflow, which hosts our website and may process information submitted through website forms

Our CRM platform, which we use to manage enquiries, candidate details, client relationships and recruitment activity

Service providers who support our email, database, hosting, file storage or business systems

Professional advisers, where required for legal, accounting or compliance purposes

Authorities or regulators, where required by law

We only share personal information where there is a valid reason to do so and we take reasonable steps to ensure it is handled securely.

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7. International activity and data transfers

Altera Search works globally and may interact with clients, candidates and professional contacts in different countries.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK or European Economic Area, we will take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place. This may include using recognised transfer mechanisms, adequacy decisions, contractual protections or other safeguards required by applicable data protection laws.

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8. How long we keep your information

We will only keep personal information for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected.

For candidate information and CVs, we may retain your details so we can contact you about future relevant opportunities, unless you ask us to delete your information.

For client, employer and business contact information, we may retain details for as long as we have an ongoing relationship or a legitimate business reason to keep in touch.

We may also retain certain records where required for legal, accounting, compliance or dispute resolution purposes.

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9. How we protect your information

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.

Personal information submitted through our website may be processed through Webflow and stored or managed within our CRM platform. Access to these systems is limited to people who need the information for legitimate business purposes.

We also work with reputable third-party service providers and take reasonable steps to ensure personal information is handled securely.

However, no website, email system, CRM platform or online transfer of information can be guaranteed as completely secure. You should take care when sending information online.

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10. Your rights

Depending on your location and the laws that apply, you may have rights in relation to your personal information.

These may include the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you

Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information

Ask us to delete your personal information

Ask us to restrict how we use your information

Object to certain uses of your information

Withdraw consent where we rely on consent

Ask for a copy of your information in a portable format

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@alterasearch.com.

We may need to verify your identity before responding to certain requests.

If you are based in the UK and are unhappy with how we handle your personal information, you also have the right to contact the Information Commissioner’s Office.

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11. Marketing communications

We may contact you about relevant services, opportunities or updates where we believe there is a legitimate reason to do so or where you have given consent.

You can ask us to stop contacting you at any time by emailing hello@alterasearch.com.

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12. Cookies and website analytics

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies to help the website function properly, improve user experience and understand how visitors interact with the site.

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that some parts of the website may not work properly if cookies are disabled.

If we use analytics or tracking tools, these may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, browser type and general location data.

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13. Links to other websites

Our website may include links to third-party websites, including LinkedIn or vacancy-related platforms.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or security of third-party websites. You should review their privacy policies before submitting any personal information.

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14. Updates to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, website, legal obligations or how we handle personal information.

The latest version will always be published on this page.

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