PRIVACY POLICY RELATING TO THE COMPANY’S USE OF PERSONAL DATA
This Privacy Policy forms part of the Terms and Conditions of Use and is a statement as to how we will process your Personal Data (as defined below).
By using the websites:
- www.cascaid.co.uk
- www.careersmatch.co.uk
- www.careerscapeonline.co.uk
- www.careers-match-accessible.co.uk
- www.kudosonline.co.uk
- www.adultdirectionsonline.co.uk
- www.cascaidmanager.co.uk
you accept the provision of this Privacy Policy and consent to our processing (as defined below) of your Personal Data in accordance with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
1. DEFINITIONS
1. The following words and expressions shall have the following meanings unless the context otherwise requires:
“Compliance Officer”:
the person referred to in paragraph 4 below appointed by us to deal with issues regarding our compliance with the DPA.
“DPA”:
the Data Protection Act 1998.
“Generic Data”:
anonymous information which does not specifically identify you.
“we”, “us”, “our” :
CASCAiD Limited, a company registered in England and Wales with the company registration number 3123004 and whose registered office is at The Finance Office, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU.
“you” and “your”:
the user or the person for whom the user is inputting personal data.
2. The following words and expressions shall have the same meanings attributed to them as in the DPA unless the context otherwise requires:
- “Data Controller”.
- “Data Processor”.
- “Personal Data”.
- “Process”; “Processing”.
- “Sensitive Personal Data”.
The full text of these definitions can be obtained from the Data Protection Act 1998 by visiting www.hmso.gov.uk.
“Sensitive Personal Data Protocol”: our protocol for the processing of your Sensitive Personal Data.
2. INTRODUCTION
We are the Data Controller in respect of Personal Data relating to you that we process from time to time. We take the security and privacy of you and your Personal Data seriously and we are committed to safeguarding your privacy online. Our primary reason for collecting your Personal Data is to enable us to provide an effective service by matching your details to suitable careers and to enable us to process your orders for subscriptions.
We may collect and process your Sensitive Personal Data when using our subscription websites to match your details to suitable careers. Collection or use of Sensitive Personal Data requires your explicit consent and you will be asked to accept our Sensitive Personal Data Protocol prior to your use of any of our subscription websites which require you to disclose Sensitive Personal Data.
This Privacy Policy may change from time to time, so please check it periodically.
Our website contains links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites and advise you to read the privacy statements of each website you visit that collects personal information.
3. OUR POLICY FOR PROCESSING YOUR PERSONAL DATA AND/OR SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA
1. What Personal Data do we process about you and where do we get it from?
When you register online (as the case may be) or simply contact us through the “Contact Us” link on the Site or by telephone, we may collect Personal Data from you (including, in particular, information such as your name, address, previous address, other contact details including your email address, telephone number and mobile telephone number).
Notwithstanding the above, your personal information may be obtained in any of the following ways:-
- online forms from time to time;
- through the “Contact Us” link on the Site;
- by dealing with one of our employees (or an employee of one of our Data Processors) over the telephone, by email or by post;
- by telephone recording by us (or by a Data Processor on our behalf); and/or
- automatically by your internet browser.
2. What do we do with your Personal Data?
We will process your Personal Data so that:
0. we (or a Data Processor on our behalf) can process your orders from us;
1. we (or a Data Processor on our behalf) can deal with general queries you raise from time to time through the “Contact Us” link on the Site or by telephone or by post;
2. we can process your matched job profile and send this to you;
3. we can send you information (by post, email or by telephone) about other products and services of ours, any companies that are part of the group of companies which we may be a part of from time to time, and/or other carefully selected companies, in each case that we think may be of interest to you. This is often referred to as ‘direct marketing’ and ‘host mailing’ respectively. If, at any time, you do not want to receive such information, please contact our Compliance Officer in accordance with paragraph 4 below; and/or
4. we can gather Generic Data about what pages you visit on the Site, how long you stayed on each page, and the route you took to navigate through the pages to help us monitor the accessibility of the Site and what your needs might be, so that we can develop and improve the Site generally, in direct response to your requirements.
Other purposes for which we will process your Personal Data are:
- the general administration of customer records by us or by a Data Processor on our behalf;
- the general maintenance of our database and other information databank by us or by a Data Processor on our behalf;
- for security purposes to protect your Personal Data and Sensitive Personal Data (if any) held and/or processed by us or by a Data Processor on our behalf in accordance with the DPA;
- for training our employees or those of our Data Processors in respect of providing our goods and services to you.
We (or Data Processors on our behalf) may from time to time use ‘cookies’ to store and sometimes track information about you and to personalise/customise the service that we provide to you through the Site. A cookie is a small amount of data sent from the server, which is then stored on your computer’s hard disc drive.
You can set your internet browser to refuse cookies. Alternatively, you can ask your internet browser to alert you when a cookie is being set up. Some of the services on the Site are only activated if a cookie is stored on your hard disc drive. Therefore, if you choose not to accept the relevant cookie, the particular service on the Site in question may not work as we intend it to work.
By accepting the provisions of this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to the processing purposes to be undertaken by us in relation to your Personal Data as set out in paragraph 2.
3. who else gets to see your Personal Data?
In light of the different purposes highlighted in paragraph 2 above, we will from time to time need to disclose your Personal Data to various third parties. These third parties are:
1. our Data Processors, which include without limitation: the persons who host the Site on our behalf; the persons who maintain, update and administer the Site on our behalf; the persons who carry out Customer Services on our behalf; the persons who provide credit card payment facilities (whether online or by telephone) on our behalf; the persons, unless you have notified us to the contrary, who carry out ‘direct marketing’ and/or ‘host mailing’ on our behalf; and/or the persons who carry out any training on our behalf;
2. other companies that are part of the group of companies which we may be a part of from time to time; and/or
3. unless you have notified us to the contrary, other carefully selected companies that provide goods and services which we think may be of interest to you.
By accepting the provisions of this Privacy Policy, you are consenting to the disclosure of your Personal Data by us as set out in this paragraph 3.
Otherwise, we will not disclose your Personal Data to other third parties unless we have your permission to do so or where we are required by law to disclose such information.
2. Your rights
You have the right to object to your Personal Data being used for ‘direct marketing’ and/or ‘host mailing’ purposes.
If you do not want to receive such ‘direct marketing’ and/or ‘host mailing’, please contact our Compliance Officer or such other person as we determine from time to time (such determination being made by updating this Privacy Policy accordingly) in writing as follows:
1. by post to:
The Data Protection Compliance Officer
c/o The Customer Services Manager
CASCAiD Ltd
2 Oakwood Drive
Loughborough Park
Loughborough
Leicestershire LE11 3QF
United Kingdom
2. or by email to: datamanager@cascaid.co.uk
As mentioned in more detail in paragraph 2 above, you can set your internet browser to refuse cookies or you can ask your internet browser to alert you when a cookie is being set up.
You have the right under the DPA to request from us information as to what Personal Data we (or our Data Processors in so far as they are processing your Personal Data on our behalf) are processing about you. Such requests should be made in writing to our Compliance Officer (see contact details above) and should be accompanied by a £10 fee. We will provide you with the relevant information within 40 days of receipt of the said fee.
You have other rights under the DPA in relation to our processing of your Personal Data.
3. Maintenance of Your Personal Data
We are committed to the security of your Personal Data.
Once your Personal Data is stored in our database or otherwise in electronic form by us (or our Data Processor on our behalf) it is password-protected and is only accessible by our employees (or those of our Data Processor on our behalf) authorised to access such information.
Any data (whether Generic Data, Personal Data, or Sensitive Personal Data) shall be held on our system for a period of 12 months.
4. General application of our privacy policy
It should be noted that this Privacy Policy only applies to the collection and use of your Personal Data provided to us (directly or via our Data Processors on our behalf) and not to Personal Data you may provide directly to other persons (including without limitation, Worldpay and third party advertisers to which links may be situated on the Site). Each of these persons (including our Data Processors) will have their own policies in respect of processing Personal Data you provide to them directly and/or to your Personal Data that we may disclose to them in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
5. Contact information
If you have any questions or queries about our processing or use of your Personal Data, you should write, in the first instance, to our Compliance Officer (see contact details at paragraph 4 above).
If you want to learn more about your rights regarding your Personal Data, you should contact the Data Protection Commissioner’s office information line on:
(0044) (0)1625 545745 or visit its website at www.ico.gov.uk.
6. Cookies
Information on how to block cookies can normally be found within the help features of your browser. Information can also be found on the main browser websites:
http://www.microsoft.com. (Internet Explorer)
http://www.opera.com (Opera)
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/default.jsp (Netscape)