Student Job Centre is committed to privacy for everyone who accesses the site. Under the Data Protection Acts of 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.
Student Job Centre collects personal data about you to help in the recruitment process. This data consists of information such as your name, address, e-mail address, education history, plus 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 the users of our website as a group, but which does not contain personally identifiable information.
We process this personal data as necessary to aid the recruitment process. We may also use data collected in the aggregate to help us to understand our users as a group so that we can provide you with a better service.
We collect and process sensitive personal data only so far as is necessary to ensure we conform with legal requirements, for example under the equality of opportunity laws. By using this website and by registering your details with us, you consent to us collecting and processing sensitive personal data supplied by you and disclosing this information to prospective employers and clients in connection with the recruitment process. All personal sensitive information will be deleted from the system if you close your membership account with us.
Where necessary we may pass data to third parties that help us to process data and to prospective or intended employers or customers for the purpose of recruitment. We will aim not to pass on any sensitive information to third parties if they are not going to be using the information for recruitment purposes.
The data is stored in a secure database held offsite. All personal details will be encrypted so that they can not be accessed by unauthorized people.
Any 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 e-mail notification.
'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.
Under the Employment Agencies Act, studentjobcentre.co.uk is obliged to hold your data for 12 months after it was last used. After 12 months of non-usage we will remove your details from the database to protect both you and the Student Job Centre.
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 we can try to produce a better service in the future.
Archiving - this is the process where candidate users are asked if they want their personal data to remain on the studentjobcentre.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 in to studentjobcentre.co.uk and also means that their details will not be accessible by any recruiters using studentjobcentre.co.uk. Please note this process is carried out in accordance with the Employment Agencies Act and 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 with the intention that it should form 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 principles 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, Student Job Centre.
Privacy policy - this is a statement by Student Job Centre 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.
Sensitive personal data - 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 or condition, sexual life, the commission or alleged commission of any offence or any proceedings related to any offence.
Student Job Centre – Student Job Centre Ltd and its subsidiary/associated companies.
Third Parties - these are companies and people other than Student Job Centre.
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 recruiting new part-time staff.