PRIVACY NOTICE
Last updated: April 2026
1. The purposes of the document
MISFITS ENTERTAINMENT LTD (Company Number: 10368863) a company registered under the laws of England and Wales with a registered address at 22 Soho Square, London W1D 4NS (the “Company”, “us”, “our”) collects and processes personal data relating to you in the course of your engagement. This privacy notice (the “Privacy Notice”) has been prepared to provide you with an explanation of how and why we process the personal data that we hold about you in relation to your engagement with us.
If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Notice, please contact:
Ian Bonhôte (Executive Producer & Managing Director)
Ian: +44 7798 602 438
Ian: ian@misfitsentertainment.com
Prior to and throughout your engagement with us and for a period afterwards, we will collect, use and store personal data about you in order to meet our obligations in connection with your engagement with us.
When we collect and use information about you, we will likely do so as the “data controller”. This means that we are responsible for deciding the purposes and means for which the personal data that we hold about you is being processed. We will comply with all applicable data protection laws, including without limitation the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
It is important that you read, understand and comply with any policies, notices or other information regarding personal data.
This Privacy Notice does not form part of any contract of employment, other contract of engagement or any contract for providing services.
2. The types of information we hold about you
We may collect, store, and use the following categories of personal data about you:
Personal contact & background data
• Personal contact details such as your full name, title, marital status, home address, personal telephone numbers, personal email addresses, photograph, copy of or details of your driving licence and/or passport and immigration status.
• Date of birth.
• Gender.
• Next of kin and emergency contact information.
• National Insurance number / Social Security number or other taxpayer or government identification number.
• Bank account details, payroll records, student loan details (if any) and tax status information.
• Salary, annual leave, pension and benefits information.
Educational data
• Education records (including educational background, copies of diplomas, degree certificates, transcripts, training records or other evidence of academic achievement or work experience, technical skills, language capabilities).
Data relating to your engagement
• Date of hire, start date, dates of promotions, date of resignation or termination, reasons for resignation or termination and administration information such as references.
• Data produced during any immigration process.
• Location(s) of engagement.
• Recruitment information (including copies of right to work documentation such as copies of passport or work visas, correspondence and documentation relating to the engagement, references received and other information included in or with a CV or cover letter or as part of the interview process, such as photographs, video recordings, sound recordings and other audio-visual materials).
• Information from interviews (such as interview notes, photographs, video recordings, sound recordings and other audio-visual materials).
• Engagement records (including job title, work history, working hours, training records, and professional certifications, accreditations or memberships).
• On-boarding information (including acknowledgment of, where applicable, handbooks and policies, procedures and codes of conduct).
• Compensation history.
• Performance information (including internal reviews, performance appraisals, letters of recommendation or warnings, call sheets and other management records).
• Disciplinary and grievance information (including monitoring compliance with and enforcing our policies, procedures and codes of conduct).
• Sick pay, record of work absences, annual leave, maternity/paternity leave and other paid time off, entitlement and requests.
• Security information obtained through electronic means (such as swipe-card records).
• Information about previous interviews and/or applications for roles made available by us and any previous engagement history.
• Information produced over the course of your work engagement (including photographs, video recordings, sound recordings and other audio-visual materials, as well as emails, voicemails, correspondence, paper and electronic documents).
"Special categories" of personal data
• Information relating to race or ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation and political opinions.
• Any trade union memberships held.
• Information relating to health, including any allergies and sickness absence records.
• Genetic information and biometric data.
• Photographs and CCTV footage.
3. How your personal data is collected
We may collect personal data about you in a variety of ways. Mostly, we collect personal data directly from you (and/or your professional advisers) in circumstances where you (and/or your professional advisers) actively provide your personal data to us. For example, through application and interview processes, CVs or resumes, identity documents, forms completed by you, correspondence with you or through interviews or meetings as well as during the course of your actual engagement-related activities if you are engaged with us.
We may sometimes collect additional information about you from third parties, including employment agencies, talent agencies, casting directors, your former employer(s), background check agencies and (in the case of swipe-card data / CCTV footage) the landlord or building manager of any buildings or sites that we use in the ordinary course of our business.
You have obligations under your contract to provide us with certain information about you. In particular, you may be required to report absences from your engagement and provide information about disciplinary or other matters under the duty of good faith. You may also have to provide us with information in order to exercise your statutory rights. Failing to provide this information may mean that you are unable to exercise your statutory rights.
Certain information must also be provided by you in order to enable us to enter into a contract with you for your engagement. If you do not provide such information, this will hinder our ability to administer the rights and obligations arising as a result of our working relationship (such as an obligation to pay you). We may also be prevented from complying with our legal obligations (such as our obligation to ensure your health and safety).
4. Your duty to inform us of changes to your personal data
It is important that the personal data we hold about you is accurate and current. Please keep us informed if your personal data changes during your engagement with us.
5. How we will use information about you and on what basis
We need to process the information listed in paragraph 2 above in order to:
• perform our contract with you;
• enable us to comply with our legal obligations; and
• to pursue legitimate interests of our own or of third parties to operate our business, maintain safety, provided that the resulting impact on your interests and fundamental rights does not override those interests.
The purposes for which we will process your personal data include:
• Making a decision about your recruitment or appointment — Legitimate Interest
• Producing television shows and related content — Legitimate Interest
• Determining terms of work — Legitimate Interest
• Checking right to work / immigration — Legal Obligation
• Liaising with pension provider — Performance of Contract & Legal Obligation
• Paying you / tax deductions — Performance of Contract & Legal Obligation
• Administering contracts and benefits — Performance of Contract & Legitimate Interest
• Business management and auditing — Legitimate Interest & Legal Obligation
• Performance reviews — Legitimate Interest
• Salary and compensation decisions — Legitimate Interest
• Promotions and qualifications — Legitimate Interest
• Employment continuation decisions — Legitimate Interest
• Termination arrangements — Legitimate Interest
• Training and development — Legitimate Interest
• Legal disputes and grievances — Legitimate Interest & Legal Obligation
• Fitness to work — Legal Obligation
• Managing leave — Legitimate Interest
• Compliance obligations — Legal Obligation
6. How we use special categories of personal data
‘Special categories’ of personal data such as health data are granted higher protection. We will only process such data where appropriate and legally permitted.
We may process this data:
• With your explicit consent
• To carry out legal obligations
• In the public interest (e.g., equal opportunities monitoring)
We may also process it for legal claims, protecting interests, or where it is public.
Examples include:
• Managing absence (including sickness/family leave)
• Health and safety assessments
• Workplace adjustments
• Insurance and benefits administration
7. Information about criminal convictions
We do not generally process criminal conviction data. If we do, it will only be:
• Where legally justified
• Where necessary for the role
• Where permitted by law
This may include DBS checks or voluntary disclosures.
8. Data sharing
We may share data with:
Third party service providers
Only where necessary and under strict instructions.
Group companies
For reporting, restructuring, and system support.
Other third parties
Including:
• Benefits providers
• Professional advisors
• Government bodies (e.g., HMRC)
• In mergers or sales
9. International data transfers
If data is transferred internationally, appropriate safeguards will be used, such as:
• Standard contractual clauses
• UK IDTA agreements
• Adequacy regulations
10. Data security
We take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to protect personal data. However, no system is completely secure.
11. Data retention
We retain data only as long as necessary:
• Recruitment records — up to 12 months
• Employment records — duration + up to 6 years
• Payroll/tax — up to 6 years
• Health & safety — per legal requirements
Other data will be securely deleted or anonymised.
12. Your rights in connection with personal data
You have rights including:
• Access
• Correction
• Erasure
• Object to processing
• Restriction
• Data portability
• Complaint to ICO
• Withdraw consent
13. Changes to this Privacy Notice and applicability
We may update this Privacy Notice and will notify you of significant changes.
If unsure about applicability, contact the details on Page 1.