LSC Education: recruiting outstanding leaders in education
Last updated August 2025
This privacy notice explains how LSC Education looks after your personal information, including what you tell us about yourself, what we learn when working with you, and your marketing preferences. It also outlines your rights and how data protection laws protect you.
LSC Education is a leadership search consultancy. To learn more about us, visit www.lsceducation.com.
If you have questions or want more details about how we use your personal data, contact us:
We promise:
Your personal information is protected by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, as amended by the Data Use and Access Act (DUAA) 2025. We’re allowed to use personal data only if we have a proper legal reason. This includes sharing data with others.
Our lawful bases include:
How we use your information:
| Purpose | Legitimate Basis | Legitimate Interests |
| Active Recruitment | Legitimate Interest | Communicating about your application; seeking consent to send your data to a client |
| Passive Recruitment | Consent | Retaining data for future career opportunities |
| Marketing / Research | Consent | Telling you about our services, events, or seeking feedback |
| Payroll | Contract | Paying staff, complying with financial/legal obligations |
Types of Personal Information we use:
| Type of personal information | Description |
| Financial | Salary details, bank information for payments or reimbursements |
| Contact | Name, address, phone number, email |
| Socio-Demographic | Nationality, education, dependents, professional history, etc. |
| Contractual | Terms of service, employment, or client agreements |
| Behavioural | Interactions with our communications and platforms |
| Communications | Content from calls, emails, or letters with us |
| Documentary Data | Identification verification and background check documentation, i.e. Passport, qualification certificates, proof of identity |
| Consents | Your permissions and preferences |
We may collect your data from:
We may share data with:
We may transfer data internationally. Where we do, we use approved safeguards like International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTAs) to ensure your data remains protected to UK standards. Data transfers to countries with an adequacy decision (like the EU) are also permitted under the UK GDPR.
Under DUAA 2025, LSC Education confirm that no decisions are made using automated processing of special category data.
We may contact you about events, services, vacancies, or research opportunities if:
To clarify, Legitimate Interest is used when working with a candidate on an initial and ongoing application, whereas Consent is used when a candidate has agreed that LSC Education can retain their contact details for future opportunities.
You can update your preferences or opt out at any time by contacting dataprotection@lsceducation.com.
DUAA 2025 allows low-risk cookies (e.g. analytics) to be used without prior consent. We provide clear opt-out options.
We keep your data while you are an active client or candidate. After that:
You have the right to:
To submit a DSAR:
Upon receiving a DSAR request, LSC Education will conduct a "reasonable and proportionate search" and if necessary "stop the clock" on the one-month response deadline if we need to verify the requester's identity or ask for clarification.
If you're unhappy with how we use your data:
LSC Education will acknowledge complaints within 30 days of receipt and respond without undue delay.
It is a formal requirement under the DUAA 2025, to complete this internal process prior to escalating to the Information Commission (IC), formerly known as “Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)”
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This privacy notice will be updated as required to reflect legal or operational changes.
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