TechBrief.ai (“TechBrief”, “we”, “us”) is a specialist technology recruitment agency operating in the United Kingdom. We act as the data controller for personal data processed through this website and our recruitment activities.
Contact us about data protection at valentin@techbrief.ai.
When you submit your email address via our contact form, we collect:
We use this solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not add you to marketing lists without your explicit consent.
Our hosting provider (Vercel) may collect standard server logs including IP addresses, browser type, and pages visited. This data is used for security and performance monitoring only and is not used to identify you personally. We do not operate any analytics or tracking on this website.
As a recruitment agency, we may source candidate profiles from publicly available professional networks, including LinkedIn, using AI-assisted tooling. If you are sourced as a candidate for a specific open role, we may process:
We will provide you with this privacy notice within 30 days of sourcing your profile (as required by Article 14, UK GDPR), and no later than our first communication with you.
We only source candidate data in connection with a specific, active open position — not to build a general talent database. We will not contact you for roles unrelated to the one we sourced you for without obtaining your separate consent.
We have conducted a Legitimate Interests Assessment (LIA) for candidate sourcing activities, balancing our interest in filling specialist roles against candidate privacy rights. You may request a copy of this assessment by contacting us.
We use the following third-party processors. Each is engaged under a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) that meets the requirements of Article 28, UK GDPR:
We do not sell your data. We do not share your data with clients without your knowledge. Candidate profiles are only submitted to a hiring company after we have spoken with you and you have confirmed interest in the role.
Our processors (Vercel, Resend, and PlacementFlow) operate in the United States. We transfer data to them under the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, for which the European Commission issued an adequacy decision in July 2023 (reaffirmed July 2025). Transfers are additionally protected by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) as a fallback safeguard.
You may request details of the specific safeguards applied to your data at any time.
We apply the principle of storage limitation — we delete data as soon as we no longer have a legitimate reason to hold it.
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, email valentin@techbrief.ai. We will respond within one calendar month.
If you are a candidate we sourced via LinkedIn and have not been contacted, you may ask us to confirm whether we hold your data and request deletion at any time.
We use AI tooling (PlacementFlow) to assist in ranking and matching candidates to open roles. This tooling produces a shortlist score and recommendation, but no fully automated decision is made about you — a human reviewer assesses all AI-generated shortlists before any candidate is contacted or submitted to a client. This is consistent with the requirements of the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 and ICO guidance on AI-assisted recruitment.
This website does not use tracking or analytics cookies. We do not use advertising pixels or any third-party behavioural tracking. No cookie consent banner is presented because none is required.
If you use our contact form, a standard browser session may be created for security purposes. This does not persist after you close the tab.
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including encrypted data transmission (TLS/HTTPS), access controls, and regular review of our sub-processors' security posture. In the event of a data breach affecting your rights and freedoms, we will notify the ICO within 72 hours and affected individuals without undue delay.
We may update this policy as our services evolve or as regulatory requirements change. The “Last updated” date at the top will always reflect the most recent version. For material changes affecting candidates, we will provide direct notice where we hold your contact details.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, please contact us first at valentin@techbrief.ai. If you remain unsatisfied, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):