Privacy Policy v3
Privacy Policy
PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: May 3, 2024
This website is part of the SZN network and is operated by SZN OFFICIAL LTD. We provide advertising and candidate management software services to our clients.
This policy outlines how and why we collect personal data, how we utilize it, how we ensure its security, and your rights concerning it.
Processing your personal information
Should you opt to provide us with personal data for job searching or application purposes, it will be processed by us in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
We adhere to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in managing your personal data. You can find more details about GDPR at the Information Commissioner’s website (www.ico.gov.uk).
This privacy policy applies exclusively to the websites listed at https://sznofficial.com/. This policy does not extend to links to other websites found on our site.
How we use your personal information
We may use your personal information for the following purposes:
- Job Alerts: By registering for job alerts, your data will be stored to send you emails about relevant job opportunities listed on our site. This data includes your job preferences, locations, and any previous applications you’ve made.
- Job Applications: When you apply for a job, we securely transmit your application details to the respective employers. The handling of your personal data will then follow the employer’s privacy policies. We also store a copy of your application on our servers, accessible to employers via a secure login.
- Advertising Enquiries: If you inquire about our advertising services or if you have previously used our services, we store your data to provide you with information about our advertising options, including rates, features, and promotions.
- Advertising & Software Contracts: If you engage with us for advertising on our jobsite or use our candidate management software, we store your personal data to manage your advertisements and send you relevant updates, response reports, and promotional offers.
If you opt not to register or provide personal data, you can still visit our jobsite, but will be unable to apply for jobs, receive job alerts, or access areas restricted to registered users.
Legal basis of processing your information
- Job Alerts: We process this data based on your consent, which you provide when signing up for job alerts. You can withdraw this consent at any time.
- Job Applications: We process your job application data based on our legitimate interests in operating our jobsite and software.
- Advertising Enquiries: We process your information based on our legitimate interests in offering advertising services to our clients.
- Advertising & Software Contracts: We process your data under the terms of our contract to provide you with advertising and software services.
Retention of your personal information
The retention period for your personal data depends on its use:
Job Alerts: We retain your data for this service until you unsubscribe or request its termination.
Job Applications: We keep your application data available to employers for up to 10 years unless removal is requested earlier.
Advertising Enquiries: We retain your data for up to ten years after your initial inquiry or transaction unless you opt-out or request data deletion.
Advertising & Software Contracts: We retain your personal information for the duration of the contract. Post-contract, basic company data is kept in our financial records for six more years for compliance with HMRC regulations. We destroy all unnecessary financial information securely.
How we protect your personal data
We employ widely accepted technology and security measures to protect your data from loss, misuse, or unauthorized alteration. However, data transmission over the internet cannot be guaranteed as completely secure.
Your data is generally stored within the European Economic Area (EEA). We only transfer data outside the EEA for jobs with employers located outside this area.
Payments for our services are processed securely by our third-party payment gateway.
We will promptly notify you of any data breaches that pose a significant risk to you.
Who else has access to your personal data
Who else has access to your personal data?
We do not sell your personal data. We only share your data with third parties with your consent or as required by law.
Employers have access to your application data solely for job application processing. This data may be shared through secure means.
We may provide your data to third-party service providers acting on our behalf for specific tasks (e.g., sending job alert emails). We ensure these third parties adhere to strict data security standards.
Cookies Policy
This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are placed on to your computer’s hard drive by websites that you visit. Cookies are a means of storing information about you and your preferences in the hard drive of the computer you are using.
The cookies used by this website enable us to identify your device when you access our website. The information they contain can then be used to:
- Personalise your website experience by storing the preferences you select for the site
- Store information as part of the function of the website, such as using job search data to create job alert preferences
- Security enhancement including Cross-Site Request Forgery. More information on this is available at https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Cross-Site_Request_Forgery_(CSRF)
- Collect aggregated statistical information about the use of the website to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from pages they visited.
You have the opportunity to set your device’s browser to accept all cookies, to ask you when the websites sends a cookie, or not to receive cookies at any time. Not allowing cookies means that certain features of our website will not work and accordingly you might not be able to take full advantage of all of our services. Each browser is different, so check the “Help” menu of your browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences.
Most web browsers allow some user control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
To control or delete cookies on your mobile phone, you can set the ‘Limit Ad Tracking’ property located in the settings screen of your Apple iPhone, or by resetting your Android ID through apps that are available in the Play Store as well as referring to the device manufacturers instructions.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, you may not be able to use all the interactive features of our site if cookies are disabled. There are a number of ways to manage cookies. If you use different computers in different locations you will need to ensure that each browser is adjusted to suit your cookie preferences. You can easily delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser.
Children and minors
SZN is not intended for young children and we ask that no one under the age of twelve submits personal information to us or uses the site without supervision of a parent or guardian.
Your Rights
You have rights under the GDPR:
- to access your personal data *
- to be provided with information about how your personal data is processed
- to have your personal data corrected
- to have your personal data erased in certain circumstances
- to object to or restrict how your personal data is processed
- to have your personal data transferred to yourself or to another organisation in certain circumstances
- to complain about how we process your personal data to the Information Commissioner. More information on how to complain to the Information Commissioner is available at www.ico.org.uk/concerns.
* access is generally provided free of charge, but a reasonable fee may apply for access requests that are considered by us to be complex or repetitive.
We aim to respond to all information requests within one month of receipt, unless they are excessively complex or numerous.
Changes to this policy
If we decide to change this privacy policy, we would post such changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.
Please review the “Last Updated” line at the top of this page to determine when this Privacy Policy was last amended. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective on the “Last Updated” date indicated above. By using the Site or providing information to us following such changes, you will have accepted the amended Privacy Policy.
Any Questions?
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, the use of your personal information or if you wish to request us to stop using your information in any way, please write to:
The Data Protection Officer,
20 Wenlock Road, London, England, N1 7GU
You may also contact us by sending an email to privacy@sznofficial.com
If at any time you wish to update the information which we hold about you, or if you wish to stop receiving communications from us, please contact support@sznofficial.com