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Why Do We Operate A Privacy Policy?
Accountancy Jobs Board are committed to providing everyone
who accesses our website privacy. Under the Data Protection
Act 1984 and 1998 we must comply with certain regulations
which are designed to ensure that any data you provide to us
is processed with due care and attention.
What Sort Of Data & Information Do We Collect?
Accountancy Jobs Board collects personal data about you to
help you obtain the job position you are looking for. This
data consists of information such as your name, address,
email address, education and employment history and the
responses you give to and the results of the assessments
administered through this site, plus your nationality which
we are required to collect by law. We also collect
information in the aggregate to provide us with an
understanding of the visitors and users of our website as a
company, but which does not contain personally identifiable
information.
Why Do We Process This Personal Data?
We have to process this personal data to help you obtain the
job you are looking for. We may also use data collected in
the aggregate to help us to understand our users as a
company so that we may provide you with an ongoing improving
service.
Why Do We Collect & Process Sensitive Personal
Data?
We have to collect and process sensitive Personal Data only
as far as is necessary to ensure that we conform with legal
requirements such as equal opportunities laws. By you using
this website and registering your details on this site you
consent to us collecting and processing personal data
supplied by you and disclosing this information to
prospective employers and clients in connection with the
recruitment process.
Do We Pass Data To Third Parties?
Sometimes, where necessary, we may pass your data to third
parties that help us process data and to prospective or
intended employers or customers for the purpose of
recruitment. We may also share aggregate information with
selected third parties but we do not disclose individual
names or any identifying information.
How Is This Data Safeguarded?
The security of any data supplied to us by our customers or
users is of paramount importance to us. Access to your
personal data is only provided to our staff and third
parties who help us to process the data and, in order to
help with the recruitment process, to prospective employers
or customers.
How Do We Let You Know If Our Policy Changes?
Any privacy policy changes, either due to business reasons
or future changes in legislation, will be posted on this
page and, if substantial, may be promoted on the website or
through email notification.
What Are "Cookies" And Why Do We Use Them?
"Cookies" are ways of saving a small amount of personal
information. We use "cookies" to save your user name and
details about what type of job you are looking for. This
allows easy access to our site, with recommendations that
are relevant to you. If your computer is shared by other
people, we advise that you select the "don’t remember my
details" option when you sign our of your account. This will
remove all details from the "cookie".
Terminology
Aggregate
- this is when data is collected and processed as a total to
enable us to look at such information as demographic and
geographic trends, so that we can try and produce a better
service for the future.
Archiving
- this is the process where candidate users are asked if
they want their personal data to remain on the Accountancy
Jobs Board database. If a user does not indicate that
they wish their details to be retained, their record is
deleted from the database. This means that the candidate
will not be able to sign into Accountancy Jobs Board
and also means that their details will not be accessible by
any recruiters using Accountancy Jobs Board. Please
note that this process is carried out in accordance with the
Data Protection Act.
Data
- information which is being processed by equipment
operating automatically in response to instructions given
for that purpose is recorded with the intention that it
should be processed by means of such equipment, is recorded
as part of a relevant filing system or forms part of an
accessible record.
Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1998
- these are the Acts of Parliament which set
out principals relating to the use of data to ensure that
the rights of the person who is the subject of the data are
protected under the law.
Personal Data
- data which relates to a living individual who can be identified
from those data, or from those data and other information
which is in the possession of, or is likely to come into the
possession of Accountancy Jobs Board
Privacy Policy
- this is a statement by Accountancy Jobs Board which
explains the ways that we try to protect our users' privacy.
Recruitment Process
- the process of gaining employment and recruiting new staff and
the ongoing administrative process involved once a user has
gained employment or recruited new staff.
Accountancy Jobs Board
- Accountancy Jobs Board and its subsidiary/associated
companies.
Sensitive Personal Data
- personal data consisting or information as to the racial or
ethnic origin of the data subject, political opinions,
religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature,
membership of a trade union, physical or mental health or
condition, sexual life, the commission or alleged commission
of any offence or any proceedings related to any offence.
Third Parties
- these are companies and people other than Accountancy Jobs
Board and the group of companies of which it is part.
Users
- people who use our website and register their details with
us for the purpose of recruitment, either to gain employment
or for the purposes of recruiting new staff.
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