Privacy Policy

Applications stored, submitted, and otherwise processed by candidates and processed by employers to which candidates have decided to apply and processed by World Careers Network plc on behalf of candidates and the employers' candidates have selected.

This site has multiple privacy statements:-

Statement 1: Basic Information
Statement 2: Cookies

Site Statement 1:- Basic Information

Why is this information collected?

Information is collected for limited purposes.

Information is collected to allow
- candidates to store, submit and otherwise process applications to employers
- these employers to process these application
- World Careers Network plc to process this information on behalf of candidates and employers

This candidate information is only processed in accordance with the permissions given by candidates and the employers' candidates have selected.

Information may be used for the technical support of the Web site and its computer system. For example, to secure and maintain the site, or to verify Web site activity.

Information may be used to enhance, evaluate, or otherwise review the Web site , service, product, or market.

Who has access to this information?

All personal information will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be distributed outside of World Careers Network plc and the employers that candidates have selected to show their information. In submitting information candidates consent to WCN processing and distributing worldwide their personal information (including any Sensitive Personal Information candidates have chosen to include) for consideration of employment opportunities within the employers they have selected. In submitted information recruiters consent to WCN processing and distributing worldwide for their own and candidates' use. World Careers Network plc system are audited by external security consultants to ensure that information is only accessed by candidates and their selected employers.

Sensitive Personal Information includes but is not limited to information of the following type:-

Race
Sex
Political opinion
Religion
Trade union activity
Health
Sex life
Criminal record

All information is physically located within the UK. Candidates and selected employers can access this information via the Internet from anywhere in the world.

How is accuracy of information ensured?

It is in the first instance the candidate's and employer's responsibility to ensure the information is accurate. Thereafter it is World Careers Network plc responsibility to maintain the accuracy of the data. World Careers Network plc undertake a number of measures to maintain the integrity of the data.

- Thirty key parameters are measured hourly to provide early indications of potential data corruption.

- Key tables and indexes are checked for corruption hourly.

- All tables and indexes are checked daily for corruption.

In this manner the continued accuracy of candidate and employers records is maintained.

How long is the information retained?

Information is retained for an indefinite time. Employers usually archive the information annually.

Do users have access to their information collected by the Web site?

All personally identifiable information.

Site Statement 2:- Cookies

What kind of information does this Web site collect?

Unique identifiers issued for the purpose of identifying an individual over time.

Why is this information collected?

Information is used to personalize the web site content to the individual user.

Information is used to enhance, evaluate, or otherwise review the Web site.

Who has access to this information?

All information will be treated in the strictest confidence and will not be distributed outside of World Careers Network plc and the employers and candidates you have selected to show your information.

How long is the information retained?

Information is retained for an indefinite time.

Do users have access to their information collected by the Web site?

All personally identifiable information.

How does this Web site handle disputes about collected data?

All information is processed and disputes resolved in manner consistent with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Please send all requests to info@wcn.co.uk. Requests shall be acknowledged within three working days.
Requests shall be targeted for resolution to the satisfaction of the Subscriber within seven working days.

If the personnel working on resolving the dispute are unable to do so within seven working days, then the dispute will be referred to a senior representative of World Careers Network plc and, if applicable, to a senior representative of the other party who shall co-operate in good faith to resolve the dispute.

If the senior representatives are unable to resolve the dispute within 48 hours then the dispute will be referred to or, if no such committee exists, then to a committee comprising three appointed senior representatives of each party which shall consider and use all reasonable efforts to resolve the dispute within an additional 72 hour period (or such other period as the parties may agree); and If after 6 days the dispute is not resolved, either party shall be entitled to initiate legal or other dispute resolution proceedings, save that either party shall be entitled at any time, without recourse to the above escalation procedure, to seek injunctive relief in relation to any misuse of its intellectual property rights or confidential information.