What do we mean by “Privacy Policy”?
Our Privacy Policy notes our commitment to the highest standards of care and privacy for everyone who accesses the site. Under the Data Protection Act of 1984 and 1998, we ensure that your information is managed in accordance with certain Government Regulations, designed to ensure that data collected is processed with due care and attention.
We collect basic information for the purpose of the recruitment process. This data consists of information such as your name, home and e-mail address, work and education history and your nationality, which we are required to collect by law. We also collect information in the aggregate to provide us with a better understanding of our website users as a collective. This information does not contain personally identifiable information.
We process more sensitive personal information only so far as is necessary to ensure we conform with legal requirement. By using this website and by registering your details with us, you consent to us collecting and processing sensitive personal information supplied by you and disclosing this information to prospective employers and clients in connection with the recruitment business
Where necessary we may pass data to third parties that help us to process data and to prospective or intended employers or clients for the purpose of recruitment. Also, we may share aggregate information with selected third parties, but we do not disclose individual names or identifying information.
Safeguarding your Data. Christopher Benn takes every step to safeguard your Data. Security is extremely important to us and access to your personal information is only provided to – our staff, those third parties who help us to process personal information and to prospective employers, in order to assist where necessary with the recruitment process.
Changes to our Policy Any policy changes, either due to updates to working practice or changes to current legislation will be posted on this page. However, if substantial changes are made, we will endeavour to draw your attention via our website. Please note that it remains the Users responsibility to remain informed regarding updates, amendments and changes to this policy.
‘Cookies’ More Information
‘Cookies’ are ways of saving a small amount of information on your computer. We only use them to save your user name or password to enable easy access to our site. We do advise you not to use ‘cookies’ if your computer is shared by any other people. For more information on ‘cookies’ please visit – http://www.cookiecentral.com/
Definitions:
Christopher Benn – Christopher Benn Associates and its subsidiary / associated companies.
Data Protection Acts 1984 and 1998 – Acts of Parliament, dealing with the principles of data usage to ensure that the rights of the person, who is the subject of the data, are protected under the law.
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 with the intention that it should form part of a relevant filing system or forms part of an accessible record.
Personal Information – 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 Christopher Benn Associates and its subsidiary / associated companies.
Sensitive Personal Information – personal data consisting of 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 condition, sexual life, the commission or alleged commission of any offence or any proceedings related to any offence.
Aggregate – this is when all data is collected and processed as a total to enable us to look at such information as demographic and geographic trends, so that, in the future, we can try to produce a more focused or tailored service.
Privacy Policy – A statement by which Christopher Benn notes the procedures and steps taken in order to protect our users’ privacy.
Recruitment Process – the process of gaining employment and advertising for and recruiting of new staff and the ongoing administrative process involved once a user has gained employment or recruited new staff.
Third Parties – Businesses or people other than Christopher Benn Associates or its subsidiary / associated companies
Users – people who use our website and register their details with us for the purposes of recruitment, either to gain employment or for the purposes of using our services in the recruitment of new staff.
