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Privacy Policy.
What we collect, why, who sees it, how long we keep it and what you can ask us to do.
Last updated · November 3, 2026
Who we are
Lean Six Search is run by Lean Six Search Group Limited, company number 16011499, 4 Capricorn Centre, Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex SS14 3JJ, which is the controller of your information under UK GDPR. We work from offices around the world. Questions: hello@leansixsearch.com.
What we collect
- What you send us through our forms and chat, when you register, apply or sign up for our newsletter: your name, contact details, company, LinkedIn profile, CV and anything else you tell us.
- Events and our client portal: your RSVP and the details you give, and your sign-in and the reports we share with you.
- Cookies: your cookie choice and, only if you accept, how you use the site. If you arrive from one of our emails, your visits are kept with your record. See our Cookie policy.
- In our search work: your public professional profile, recommendations from people who know you, business contact details from data providers, and what you tell us.
- If you’re a client: your billing details and invoices, in our accounts.
We don’t ask for health, diversity or criminal-record information as standard. If a client needs it for a role, we tell you why and collect it only with your explicit consent.
Why we use it
- To reply to you, run searches and consider you for roles: our legitimate interests in running a search business, or steps you asked for. We always speak to you before your CV goes to a client.
- To understand how the site is used: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
- To send news about roles and our services: our legitimate interests, or your consent where the law requires it. Every marketing email has an unsubscribe link.
- To keep records the law requires, and to keep our systems secure.
People make every decision about candidates. We use AI tools to help the team, for example reading a CV, and a person always checks.
Who sees it
- Clients, when we put you forward for a role, after talking to you.
- Our sister firms in the Lean Six Search Group, which share our systems.
- Service providers who work on our instructions: website hosting and storage, email, analytics, our recruitment system and the tools in it, accounting, and business contact lookup.
- Authorities, where the law requires it.
We never sell personal information. Some of our team and providers are outside the UK; where that applies, your information is protected by the safeguards the law requires.
How long we keep it
We keep your details until you ask us to delete them, and we delete them when you ask. Accounting records are kept as the law requires.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of your information, have it corrected or deleted, limit or object to how we use it (including marketing, at any time), take it elsewhere, and withdraw consent. Email hello@leansixsearch.com and we’ll reply within a month.
If you’re unhappy, please tell us first. You can also complain to the ICO in the UK, or your local data protection authority elsewhere.
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Questions about this page? Email hello@leansixsearch.com.