1. COLLECTION AND USE OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
1.1 We will only collect personal information from you (e.g. name, address, telephone number, email address, curriculum vitae) which you have provided voluntarily by completing the subscription or enquiry forms on this Site and/or which you have sent to us via email. If you do not want your personal data collected, please do not submit it to us.
1.2 You agree that we may obtain, hold and use the personal information you provide for the purposes of providing you with our services and ancillary services (the "Purposes"). These include, without limitation:
1.2.1 (if you are a candidate) keeping a discreet watching brief for the type of role that you are interested in, and presenting your information (including, if you so choose, any CV you supply to us) to potential employers on your behalf in accordance with any instructions you may have provided, and contacting you in respect of any such roles;
1.2.2 (if you are an employer) keeping a discreet watching brief for the type of candidate in which you are interested;
1.2.3 storing and processing information to better understand your needs and improve our products and services;
1.2.4 contacting you if we change our products and services or terms or if we need to give you notice of those terms;
1.2.5 for the purpose of marketing other products and services to you (by post, telephone, fax, email or other available method) unless you indicate in the registration process or other processes or subsequently notify us that you do not wish to receive such material;
1.2.6 for any purpose required by law;
1.2.7 for our own accounting purposes and other internal business purposes.
1.3 You agree that your personal information may be shared between our offices in various countries, either by means of a direct transfer of your information from one office to another, or by means of the information being stored on a central database to which all offices have access. Such processing may involve the transfer of your personal information to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, which may not provide the same protection for your personal information as under English law, and you agree to such transfer.
2. SHARING YOUR INFORMATION
2.1 As a general rule, we do not share, sell or distribute personal data with third parties except where you have consented to this or where the transfer of your data to third parties is necessary for the Purposes.
2.2 We may share with others, at our discretion, certain aggregate statistical data about the purchase and the use of our content, which data may include demographic data such as the age range and/or geographic location of groups of users. No personal information (such as names or email addresses) will be identifiable from such statistics.
2.3 We may transfer, sell or assign any of the information described above, including personally identifiable information, to third parties, as a result of the sale, merger, consolidation, change in control, transfer of substantial assets, reorganisation or liquidation of Shaw Chapman.
3. COOKIES
In addition to asking you to submit personal information, we may collect information about you automatically when you connect to the Site. This information is not personally identifiable and includes general information about your computer settings, your connection to the internet, your browsing patterns and your geographical location. We may collect this information through the use of cookies. A cookie is information which is sent to and stored on your computer when you first visit the Site, and allows us to identify your computer (but not you) the next time you visit the Site. We may use the information collected in this way to adapt this Site so that it better suits you and your interests. Most internet browsers give you the option to reject all cookies, accept all cookies, erase cookies stored on your computer or be notified before a cookie is stored on your computer. You will need to refer to your internet browser instructions to find out more about these options and how to use them.
4. SECURITY
Shaw Chapman strictly protects the security of your personal information and your choices for its intended use. We use current industry standard technology to maintain the confidentiality and accuracy of the information you provided to us. To protect your personal information, we use "secure servers" with industry standard SSL 128 bit key encryption. As you may be aware, no data transmission over the internet can be entirely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee that any information you submit to us will be free from unauthorised third party intrusion.
5. MONITORING EMAILS
Shaw Chapman may monitor and/or keep records of email communications which you send them in the interests of its business and in accordance with this policy.
6. LINKS
This Site may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that Shaw Chapman are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. You should be aware that when you leave the Site you ensure that you read the privacy policies of websites you visit which collect information about you. This privacy policy relates only to information collected by the Shaw Chapman through this Site.
7. YOUR RIGHTS
7.1 In addition to our safeguards your personal data is protected in the UK by the Data Protection Act. This provides amongst other things that the data we hold about you should be processed lawfully and fairly. It should be accurate, relevant and not excessive. The information should, where necessary, be kept up to date and not retained for longer than is necessary. It should be kept securely to prevent unauthorised access by other people. You have the right to see what is held about you and correct any inaccuracies.
7.2 For further information on the Data Protection Act and the Information Commissioner please follow this link www.dataprotection.gov.uk.
8. ACCESSING PERSONAL INFORMATION
8.1 You can ask to review the personal information Shaw Chapman hold about you and ask them to change or delete any of this information. You can do this by contacting:
8.2 Shaw Chapman at admin@shawchapman.co.uk or by writing to Shaw Chapman, Corner Oak, 1 Homer Road, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3QG.
8.3 Shaw Chapman may charge a small administration fee of £10 in relation to any requests for access to personal information.
8.4 Please help Shaw Chapman keep your personal information current and accurate by contacting them if your personal information becomes out of date.
8.5 Shaw Chapman may change this privacy policy from time to time without notification and they therefore advise you to regularly review the policy when you visit this Site.