(Last updated: October 2011)
This Privacy Policy applies to and governs visits to, use of and interactivity with the websites of Ochre House Limited and its associated companies (as defined by the Companies Act 2006) (“the Group”) only; it does not apply to other offline products or services.
Collection of your Personal Information
Ochre House is registered as a data controller for the purposes of the Data Protection Act 1998. Ochre House is committed to protecting website users’ privacy and will ensure that the data entered through it is processed with skill and care and in accordance with applicable legislation and codes.
When you register to use a website as a jobseeker, we will record your name, address, telephone number, email address, social network profiles, year of birth, sex, current salary level, education level, current and desired location, ideal job description and all other details contained within the curriculum vitae ("CV") submitted by you (“personal information”).
Some personal information of job seekers applying to work with the Group, through the sites, is collected and used to process your application as described in this Privacy Policy.
Personal Information of job seekers applying for vacancies through the Group websites is stored during the vacancy application process. In providing these details, you have given your consent to be contacted by the Group about this/these/other position/s.
We keep track of the pages visited within our websites, in order to determine the most popular pages and services.
Use of your Personal Information
We may use your personal information to provide you with information about our services and to help us analyse and improve our services. In addition we may need to collect Sensitive Personal Data such as your racial background or your state of health to ensure compliance with legislation including that requiring diversity monitoring. By providing your personal information and sensitive personal data, you expressly consent to our use of such information for these purposes.
We may email you with information updates, news or promotional material from the Group from time to time, which you have subscribed to or which may be of interest to you.
We are required by law to hold your personal information and sensitive personal data for as long as is necessary to comply with our statutory obligations. We will use reasonable endeavours to ensure your personal information is maintained and up-to-date. You must inform us of any changes to your personal information to ensure that it is up-to-date. We will not pass your personal information to any third party.
Security of your Personal Information
We are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure. We will keep your information confidential except where disclosure is required by law.
Use of Cookies
A "cookie" is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser from a web server and stored on your computer's hard drive, used to store and track information about you. Generally, we use cookies on our website during the login process so as to create the most user-friendly navigational environment we can for you, and to:
- remind us who you are and to access your personal information (stored on our computers) in order to deliver a better and more personalised service;
- record searches you have made whilst visiting our websites; record voting on polls; collect anonymous data for direct marketing and promotional purposes.
You may wish to block or restrict cookies which are sent by the Group websites to your browser. By using your browser’s Help function you should be able to alter your browser settings to achieve this (though it may adversely affect the functionality of the Ochre House websites).
The following is a list of the main cookies which the Group sets:-
- ASP.NET_SessionId
- poll_4 (poll_UNIQUEPOLLID)
- __utma (Google analytics)
- __utmb (Google analytics)
- __utmc (Google analytics)
- __utmz (Google analytics)
We also collect Internet Protocol ("IP") addresses. Your IP address is the address your web browser or email application automatically gives to the computer whose web page or email you are trying to access over the Internet. IP addresses may be used for the system administration of our website and to gather broad demographic information, to estimate the total amount of users visiting our websites from various locations.
Use of Web Beacons
The Group websites only use electronic images known as web beacons or single-pixel gifs, which allow users of the site to be tracked and interacted with, for the purpose of monitoring website traffic and measuring communication effectiveness.
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should contact Ochre House at info@ochrehouse.com.
Changes to this Statement
Occasionally we will update this Privacy Policy to reflect feedback and make improvements. When we post changes to this Policy, the date of the most recent update will appear at the start of the Policy. If there are material changes to this Policy or in how we will use your personal information, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the changes in question. We encourage you to review this Policy from time to time, in order to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
Contact Information
We welcome your comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you believe that any member of the Group has not adhered to this Policy, please contact Ochre House by email or write to:
Marketing Department
Ochre House Limited
Gray's Inn House
127 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1R 5DB