Privacy Policy

1 Introduction
2 Aggregate Information about Public Practice Online Visitors
3 Jobs Newsletter
4 Positions Wanted / Add CV
5 Info Collected and How Used
6 Changes to Policy
7 Statistical Information
8 Use of Cookies

9 Data Protection Act 1998

For the purposes of this privacy statement, the site www.publicpractice.co.uk is referred to as Public Practice.

Privacy statement last updated 1st April 2008.

1 Introduction

Public Practice online website is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. We want to provide a safe and secure user experience. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to the site remains private, and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.

2 Aggregate Information about Public Practice online visitors

We gather information and statistics collectively about all visitors to this website, which area users access most frequently and which services users access the most. We only use such data in the aggregate form. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users and how we can continually improve our online services to create a better overall experience for our users.

3 Jobs Newsletter

To utilise the Jobs Newsletter service you will be required to provide us with your e-mail address. Any details submitted apart from the email address will be used in future to target the users more successfully in terms of Jobs of interest.

Users can choose to unsubsribe at any time by a return email request.

4 Info Collected and How Used

Your personal details, including your name, e-mail address and resume, are held and used by us for the following purposes:
a) For potentially extending the outbound emailing capabilities of Public Practice to match specific job posting to the site.
b) For keeping you informed of Public Practice services, news and wider developments in the finance field.
c) May in future be used for tailoring the version of the Public Practice website you see when you log on to make it relevant to you.

If in future Public Practice is ever merged or acquired by another business, we may share the information that relates to you with the new owners of the business and their advisers. Other than in these circumstances, we do not and will not disclose your information to third parties without your consent.

We may also release information relating to you to regulatory or law enforcement authorities, if required to do so. We also reserve the right to disclose the information we have collected about you to our professional advisors and to other persons to the extent that Public Practice may in future wish to contract out any aspect of its operations & services. These third parties will be acting under similar undertakings of confidentiality as Public Practice.

5 Changes to Policy

This privacy policy may be changed by Public Practice at any time. If we change our privacy policy in the future, we will set out those changes here, so that you will always know what personal information we gather, the purposes we might use it for and to whom we might disclose it. If at any time, you have questions or concerns about Public Practice online privacy commitment, please feel free to e-mail us at chris@publicpractice.co.uk

6 Statistical Information

We provide aggregate statistical information about site visitors and users to recruiters (such as the number of CV's on the database, or the number of visitors to the site) and for other lawful purposes. We provide this information to customers, advertisers, suppliers and other reputable third parties. This will not include any information that enables them to identify individuals.

7 Use of Cookies

Cookies are utilised on the site. Cookies are currently utilised to offer remember username and password options for users. Cookies are also utilised to improve the user experience.

8 The Data Protection Act 1998

The information that you give us, including your profile CV and e-mail address, is termed "personal data" under the Data Protection Act 1998. We must therefore follow the principles set out in that Act when we process your personal data. All the personal data that we obtain from you is held on our central online database. Chris Carr is the "data controller" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act.

Please note that clicking on to links and banner advertisements may result in your transferal to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of Public Practice. Visitors should consult the other websites' privacy policies as we are not responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.

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