Privacy Policy
Why Do We Operate A Privacy Policy?
CV Mate is 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?
CV Mate 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. It also enables us to ensure that you receive appropriate jobs by email offers
and that you are sent relevant information based on your selected job preference
criteria. 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, job boards, recruitment agencies, specialist
recruiters, consultants and head hunting firms in connection with the recruitment
process.
Why Do We Collect Candidate Age Information?
Cvmate.co.uk is Age Positive. We collect information on the age of candidates to
ensure that our clients and partners can comply with age discrimination laws. The
Government guidelines suggest that recruiters check how many candidates there are
in each age group at each stage of the recruitment process to ensure that they fully
comply. It is necessary for us to collect this information in order to pass it on.
Cvmate.co.uk itself does not do anything with the age data. All applications, registrations
are processed by computers which ignore the age values. For more information on
collection of age data for monitoring purposes, please visit the Department for
Work and Pensions website, specifically the Recruitment: Age Positive Guide: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/AP_Recruitment_Guide.pdf .
Do We Pass Data To Third Parties?
Where necessary, we may pass your data to third parties that help us process data
and to prospective or intended employers, job boards, recruitment agencies, specialist
recruiters, consultants and head hunting firms 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, job boards, recruitment agencies, specialist
recruiters, consultants and head hunting firms.
How Do We Let You Know If Our Policy Changes?
Any privacy policy changes, both 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 out of your account. This will remove all details
from the "cookie".
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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 cvmate.co.uk 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 cvmate.co.uk and also
means that their details will not be accessible by any recruiters using cvmate.co.uk.
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, cvmate.co.uk.
Privacy Policy - this is a statement by cvmate.co.uk 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.
cvmate.co.uk - cvmate.co.uk and its parent Red Advertising Ltd &/or associated
websites and companies in the group.
Sensitive Personal Data - personal data consisting or information as to the
racial or ethnic origin of the data subject, political opinions, date of birth,
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 cvmate.co.uk 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.