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Privacy

Your information,
handled straight.

Talisent is a New Zealand recruitment agency. Handling personal information is most of what we do, so here is exactly what we collect, why, who sees it, and how to get it deleted — in plain words, under the Privacy Act 2020.

Last updated 18 September 2026

What we collect

For candidates, only what's needed to match you to real roles:

  • What you send us — CV, contact details, work history, qualifications and licences, salary expectation, notice period, what you're looking for.
  • What we find publicly — professional profiles (e.g. LinkedIn) and public licensing registers (EWRB, PGDB, LBP) when a role needs a verified licence.
  • References — only with your explicit go-ahead, and only for a named role.

For clients: business contact details and the role information you brief us on.

Where we got it, if not from you. If we approached you off a public profile or register rather than an application, we'll tell you so in our first message and tell you what we hold. You can ask us to delete it on the spot — no hard feelings, no follow-up.

Why we hold it

  • To match you to roles and to prepare an honest shortlist read for a client.
  • To verify what needs verifying — licences on the public register, references you approved.
  • To stay in touch about roles that fit what you told us you wanted.

We don't sell personal information. We don't trade candidate lists. We don't use your CV as an example, a case study or a marketing asset.

Your CV goes nowhere without your say-so

This is the rule the business is built on: we never send your CV or details to a client without asking you first, for that specific client, every single time. You will always know the company name before you say yes.

AI, and where the human sits

We use AI tooling for the grind — mapping the market, searching, drafting and organising. It is designed and checked by a person with ten years in NZ tech and cybersecurity, and every shortlist is reviewed by a human before it is sent. No automated decision decides on its own whether you're put forward.

How long we keep it

Candidate information is kept for 12 months from our last contact with you. After that we delete it, or we ask if you'd like to stay on the books for another 12. Records we're legally required to retain — such as invoicing records for a completed placement — are kept as long as the law requires and no longer.

Keeping it secure

Candidate information is held on access-controlled systems with encrypted backups, and only the people working your role can see it. If something we hold about you is ever exposed in a way that could cause you serious harm, we will tell you and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, as the Privacy Act requires.

Seeing it, fixing it, deleting it

Under the Privacy Act 2020 you can ask us for a copy of everything we hold about you, ask us to correct anything wrong, and ask us to delete it. Email hello@talisent.nz and we'll respond within 20 working days. There is no charge, and asking never affects how we treat you as a candidate.

Not happy with how we handled it? You can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner — privacy.org.nz, 0800 803 909. We'd rather you told us first so we can fix it, but that's your right and we won't stand in the way.

Two things we will never do

  • Never charge a candidate. Not a fee, not an "admin cost", not a CV service. Employment premiums are illegal in New Zealand and we think charging the person looking for work is indefensible anyway. The employer pays us.
  • Never give immigration advice. We're not licensed advisers. If a role or your situation involves visas, we'll say so plainly and point you to a licensed immigration adviser or a lawyer.

Contact

Talisent — Auckland, New Zealand. Privacy questions, requests and complaints: hello@talisent.nz.

If we change this page in a way that materially affects how we handle your information, we'll update the date at the top and tell candidates currently on our books.