Discus is fully GDPR compliant - find out more
In some areas of the site we ask you to provide information that will enable us to supply you with our services or contact you after your visit. We will also use this information to contact you to advise you of other services that may be of interest to you.
The personal information you provide will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed to third parties without your consent.
We will respect your personal information and undertake to comply with all applicable UK data protection legislation currently in force, both in respect of the personal information supplied by you on registration or as part of the recruitment process and in respect of any personal information which we may process.
In relation to the information provided by you on completion of recruitment application forms or other questionnaires, we will hold that information only for the purposes relevant to the form or questionnaire.
Under the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulation you have the right to request details of the information we hold about you. If you would like details about the personal information we hold about you please contact us directly.
Security of your data is our primary concern, and we take every possible step to ensure that your details are held in a highly encrypted environment on systems that are always kept maintained with the most recent security updates.
If you complete a registration form to become a user of one of our products, we will need to collect minimal information in order to process and maintain your account. In relation to this information, you agree that we may use such information in accordance with the purposes for which your information has been obtained on registration.
If any of your information changes, you have the facility to modify that information directly through your account settings. If you need assistance with this process, or you no longer wish to be registered with us, you can contact us directly from our e-mail contact form.
As a candidate you will be asked to provide minimal necessary information for the operation of the service, as well as additional contact information at your option. This information is maintained securely, and is shared only with the user who requested it, who has the ability to ensure that it is kept up to date at all times, or remove it at your request.
As part of the operation of our services, candidates will sometimes be ranked according to criteria defined by a user. These rankings are not fully automated, and human intervention is required before they may be used in decision-making of any kind.
A 'cookie' is a small file held on your computer that holds information needed by a Website, and we make minimal use of these to help to optimize your experience on our site. The cookies we use do not store personal information of any kind.
The site will display a notice when you first visit, and you can choose whether you wish to proceed. Note that your browser will also provide you with the ability to disable cookies if you wish to do so.
Further details of our and your legal obligations and duties can be found at the Information Commissioner's web site http://ico.org.uk.
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