Privacy & Cookie Policy
Privacy and Cookie Policy – how we may use your personal information
UCAS Media are committed to protecting the personal information provided to us and recognise the importance of being clear about what we collect and how and why we use and retain it. To make this policy clear and easy to use, please select and read the relevant sections below.
This policy is effective from 25th May 2018 and applies to personal information we may process when you visit or use the services of this website as a Job Seeker or Recruiter. This could mean creating a profile or Account, uploading a CV, just browsing or contacting us. If we make any changes to this policy, we will let you know by revising the updated date, placing a banner on the homepage of the website, or contacting you by email.
Who we are and how to contact us
All personal information provided by you through this website is controlled by UCAS Media, who are responsible for taking care of your personal information in line with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Their registered office is Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Glos, GL52 3LZ.
GDPR lawful Basis for Processing
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contains a variety of purposes for which personal information can be used, and our uses of personal information must meet one of these. They are listed at Article 6 of the GDPR This is known as the ‘lawful basis for processing’.
Purpose 1 – Processing personal information to provide the Careerfinder Service
GDPR lawful basis for processing – Article 6 1 (b) ‘processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject if party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract’
Purpose 2 - Direct Marketing – Receipt of messages from UCAS on behalf of third parties
GDPR lawful basis for processing – Article 6 1 (a) ‘the data subject has given his consent to the processing of his or her personal data for one or more specific purposes’
How to contact us
If you have any questions about the use of your personal information, please contact us in any of the following ways:
- In writing; to the Data Protection Officer at UCAS, Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Glos GL52 3LZ; or
- By email; to careerfinder@ucas.ac.uk
- By UCAS social media (please read UCAS social media etiquette guidance)
- Facebook: facebook.com/ucasonline
- Twitter: twitter.com/ucas_online
What is Personal information?
Personal information is information alone or combined with any other information we may hold that can identify you. This can include your name, hometown, email address or current place of study or recruitment organisation. We do not consider Personal Information to include information that is anonymised so that it does not allow you to be identified.
Recruiters – What personal information we collect and how we use it
When you visit or use our website we may ask for the personal information of the chosen representative of your organisation so that they create an account, post vacancies, search for job seekers or contact us. We may collect the following personal information;
- If you create an account – your name, organisation name and contact details.
- To tell you about changes to this privacy notice – the nominated contact email address and preferred contact details – to tell you when changes are made.
- If you are happy to be kept informed about our products or services – the nominated contact email address, organisation postal address and telephone number – to keep you updated about our services.
- If we ask your opinion about our services such as asking you to provide feedback about this website or our services – your name, organisation and contact details.
- If you correspond with us - for example; by email, telephone or social media – we may record the information you provide.
If any of the personal details contained in your recruiter profile change, it is important that you update your account straight away so that it is kept accurate, up to date and secure. You can do this by logging into your Recruiter Account and amending the relevant fields.
All about cookies (including how to disable them)
A cookie is a small file, typically of letters and numbers, downloaded on to your device when you visit our website so that it operates in a way you are expecting it to. We only use session cookies for the functionality of this website and you are able to disable these cookies but this may result in loss of functionality, such as being able to enter your information, move from page to page or submit a request to attend an event. We do not use cookies to collect any personal information about you.
What is a session cookie?
A session cookie is stored in a computer's memory during your browsing session and automatically deleted when the browser is closed. They do not collect any other information from your computer. Below is a list of Session cookies that allow the website to function.
Name of cookie: Google analytics / DoubleClick for Publishers
Privacy information: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies
Set by: Google (3rd party)
Type of cookie: persistent
Lifespan: Up to two years
What's this?
DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) products provide ad management and ad serving solutions to companies that buy, create, or sell online advertising. It is technology that delivers advertisements to websites, and monitors progress and performance of ad campaigns.
Name of cookie: Google Ad Exchange
What's this?
DoubleClick Ad Exchange connects ad networks, agencies, and third party demand-side platforms with a vast global inventory, in real time. It is technology that delivers advertisements to websites, and monitors progress and performance of ad campaigns.
Name of cookie: Index Exchange
What's this?
A global advertising marketplace where premium digital media companies sell their ad impressions transparently and in real time. It is technology that delivers advertisements to websites, and monitors progress and performance of ad campaigns.
Name of cookie: Integral Ad Science
What's this?
Integral Ad Science is a global technology and data company that empowers the ad industry to effectively influence consumers on every device. Integral Ad Science (originally AdSafe Media) is a privately held technology company that analyses the value of digital advertising placements. Integral Ad Science is known for addressing issues around fraud, viewability, brand risk, and TRAQ.
Name of cookie: Lotame
Privacy information: https://www.lotame.com/about-lotame/privacy/
Set by: Lotame
Type of cookie: Persistent
Lifespan: Nine months
Used to ensure you receive relevant content and advertising.
You can edit the information in the anonymous profile that Lotame associates with the device you use to access digital content, by going to their website.
What's this?
A data management platform (DMP) that helps organisations build unique audience profiles so they can identify their most valuable segments, and use them across any digital channel.
Lotame allows us to collect information on user activities and interactions with the website, such as pages viewed and searches conducted. The data collected help us provide you with more relevant products, content, and marketing messages on the website, and advertising on third party sites.
Lotame is not designed to collect personally identifiable nor sensitive data, and any information collected cannot be used to personally identify you.
Name of cookie: Sovrn
What's this?
Sovrn is a global advertising marketplace. It is technology that delivers advertisements to websites, and monitors progress and performance of ad campaigns.
For more information about cookies and how to disable them, please visit click here.
Other websites you may be able to access from this one
Our website and privacy policy may contain links to other websites operated by other organisations or other websites operated by UCAS (such as: Careers@UCAS.com or UCAS.com ). When you click any of these links and leave our site you will see this image .We cannot be held responsible for the protection and privacy of any information you provide whilst visiting other sites. This privacy policy applies to this website only. Please make sure you read the privacy policy of the website you are visiting.
Sharing your personal information with others
The information we share with others will be the minimum necessary to enable them to provide a service to you. This includes;
- To UCAS employees who deal with the delivery of the UCAS career finder service to manage the website or to provide you with any information or services you are happy to receive.
- To the recruiters, prospective employees who enter into an Agreement with us to use our website for the purpose of recruitment, where you have opted-in to make your details or CV available to search.
- To training providers responsible for the delivery of courses, who have entered into an agreement with us to use our website for the purposes of offering training, where you have opted-in to make your details or CV available to search.
- To UCAS if you chose to engage with UCAS social media, such as through the UCAS Facebook page or Twitter account.
- To our suppliers engaged in supporting the delivery or management of the website, including those who may undertake a survey on our behalf.
- Where we are required to do so by law or we have your consent.
How long we keep your personal information and its security
All personal information we hold about you is subject to the controls of our data protection and retention policies and will be kept for;
Job-seeker: two years from the last time you visited our website.
Recruiter: seven years after you have accessed our services or a zero account balance.
Where will my personal information be kept?
We take steps to make sure we hold your personal information securely and share it with people or organisations who need to access it. This includes maintaining Information Security standards in line with the international standard ISO 27001:2013.
We also make sure any personal information we need to transfer to other organisations to provide our services commit to keeping your personal information secure and solely for the purposes it was provided.
Passwords
When you create a profile, you will be asked to choose a password to enable you to revisit your profile and account. You must take care to keep your password secure and should not disclose it to anyone. We will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of you sharing your password with an unauthorised third party.
All about our Marketing
We ask for your consent when you create your profile to receive further information from UCAS Media that may be of interest to you from about us or other related 3rd party organisations. We do not provide you details to any 3rd party for marketing purposes. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by re-visiting the ‘marketing preferences’ section of your account.
Each time you receive marketing information from UCAS Media, you will be asked if you are still happy to receive it. You can however stop us from contacting you at any time, please see the “how to stop marketing” section below.
How to stop Marketing
You can stop UCAS from contacting you for marketing purposes using any one of the ways below;
- Amending and saving your preferences within your account on the website;
- Replying to any opt out instruction detailed within each communication you receive from UCAS Media; or by emailing: careerfinder@ucas.ac.uk.
Display marketing and how to switch it off
We also use Google, Twitter and Facebook remarketing features which supports promotion of our services you have shown an interest in, if you have subscribed to Google, Twitter or Facebook. This may be based on anonymous information collected by cookies when you visit our website. This includes things like your mobile device location (if location features are turned on), browser cookie ID, mobile device identifier, hashed (anonymous) email address, and IP addresses. This helps us provide you with relevant adverts relating to UCAS if you have a Twitter, Facebook or Google account. You can opt out of audience advertising by:
- Unchecking the box in your Twitter or Facebook account settings that says, Tailor ads based on information shared by ad partners, and opting out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. This will not then match your account to information with us to tailor adverts for you.
- Turning on the Do Not Track setting in your web browser so that Twitter or Facebook do not match your account to browser-related information to tailor our ads for you.
- Enabling the Limit Ad Tracking setting (on iOS devices) or the setting to Opt out of Interest-Based Ads (on Android), so that Twitter or Facebook do not tailor our adverts for you by matching your device to information from partners.
Further details about cookies which are set when you use this website, including how to disable them can be found in the ‘all about Cookies’ section of this policy.
Access or amendments to your personal information
The DPA provides you with the right to request a copy of the personal information that we hold about you. If you want to make a request please put your request in writing by post or email using either of those contact details in section 10 above. There is a fee of £10 payable to UCAS. A cheque for this amount should be sent to UCAS when your request is made.
You may also request that we amend or remove your records held by UCAS Media Limited at any time. To do so, please email ucasmedia@ucas.ac.uk.
Changes to this privacy and cookie policy
We will regularly review this notice to ensure it reflects the personal information that we may request from you, and how it may be used. The date of subsequent revisions are recorded at the beginning of this notice and an alert banner will be placed on the home page of this website.
Statutory Basis for Processing
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) contains a variety of purposes for which personal information can be used, and our uses of personal information must meet one of these. They are listed at Article 6 of the GDPR This is known as the ‘lawful basis for processing’.
Purpose 1 - processing personal information to provider the Careerfinder service.
GDPR lawful basis for processing - Article 6 1 (b) 'processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject is party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract.'
GGDPR lawful basis for processing – Article 6 1 (b) ‘processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which the data subject if party or in order to take steps at the request of the data subject prior to entering into a contract’