Data Protection and Privacy Policy/Website Disclaimer

Data Protection and Privacy Policy

Principal People provide a safe and secure online service to protect the privacy of our users. We will use our best efforts to ensure that the information you submit to us remains private, and is only used for the purposes set out in this policy.

Information about Principal People online visitors

The information and statistics we gather helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users and how we can continually improve our online services to ensure our commitment to offer and deliver a quality service. 

Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small data file which is sent from a web server to a web browser when that browser visits the server's site.  Cookies are used, with your consent, on the Principal People website to remember your login.  We reserve the right to use other tracking technologies in the future but if we do so, we will amend this policy to explain their use.

Curriculum vitae ("CV")

We give you the option of submitting your CV via this website.  You can do this either to apply for a specific advertised job or for consideration by our recruitment consultants for positions as they come up.  Your CV will only be accessible by Principal People recruitment consultants, working both inside and outside the European Economic Area.  Our recruitment consultants will review your details and enter them onto our central in-house database.  This database, including the information relating to you, can be accessed by any of our recruitment consultants working for our office both inside and outside the European Economic Area.

You can update your CV at any time, simply by following the same procedure to submit a new CV.  Your old CV will automatically be replaced.  You have the right at any time to ask us for a copy of the information supplied by you that we hold.  We have the right to charge a small fee for this service.  If you would like to make a request for information, please contact admin@principalpeople.co.uk.  You also have the right to ask Principal People to stop using your information.

Your CV will be sent to prospective employers but only where you give your consent.  Such employers may be located both inside and outside the European Economic Area.

The Information We Collect and How We Use It

Your personal details, including your name, e-mail address and CV, are held and used by us for the following purposes:

•  For matching your coded details with job vacancies, to assist us in finding you the position that most suits you;
• For keeping you informed of Principal People services, news and wider developments in your chosen field;
• For tailoring the version of the principalpeople.co.uk website you see when you log on to make it relevant to you; and/or
• For compiling salary and other surveys of our candidates.

It is possible that Principal People could merge or be acquired by another business.  If this happens, we may share the information that relates to you with the new owners of the business and their advisers.  You will be sent notice of such an event.  Other than in these circumstances, we do not and will not disclose your information to third parties without your consent.

We may also release information relating to you to regulatory or law enforcement authorities, if required to do so.  We also reserve the right to disclose the information we have collected about you to our professional advisors and to other persons to the extent that Principal People contracts out any aspect of the operation of its recruitment agency/ employment business services.  These third parties will be acting under similar undertakings of confidentiality as Principal People.

The Data Protection Act 1998

The information that you give us, including your CV and e-mail address, is termed "personal data" under the Data Protection Act 1998. We must therefore follow the principles set out in that Act when we process your personal data. All the personal data that we obtain from you is held on our in-house database. Principal People which is a member of the First Principal Group, are each a "data controller" for the purposes of the Data Protection Act.

Please note that clicking on to links and banner advertisements may result in your transferral to another website, where data privacy practices may be different to that of Principal People.  Visitors should consult the other websites' privacy policies as we are not responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these third parties.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be changed by Principal People at any time.  If we change our privacy policy in the future, we will set out those changes here, so that you will always know what personal information we gather, the purposes we might use it for and to whom we might disclose it.  If, at any time, you have questions or concerns about Principal People’s online privacy commitment, please feel free to e-mail us at admin@principalpeople.co.uk or call our office to speak to one of our representatives.

Website Disclaimer

Whilst Principal People uses reasonable care in compiling and presenting the information found on this website, it is provided purely for information and you should seek further guidance and make independent enquiries before relying upon it.

The information included in this website has been compiled from a variety of sources and is subject to change without notice.

Principal People makes no representation or warranty whatsoever regarding the completeness, accuracy, currency, adequacy, suitability or operation of this website, or of the information it contains nor makes any such warranty in respect of any information carried on any website operated by a third party which may be accessed from this website, nor that the information on this or any third party website has in any way been verified by Principal People.

All information contained on this website is provided on an "as is" basis.  Principal People assumes no responsibility for information contained in this site and disclaims all liability arising from negligence or otherwise in respect of such information.

Principal People makes no representation in respect of the existence or availability of any appointment advertised on this site.

Principal People does not guarantee that any employer or client will ask for a candidate's information, ask to interview a candidate or hire a candidate, or that any candidates will be available or will meet the needs of any employer or client.  Principal People cannot guarantee that any employer or client will keep confidential any candidate information or data provided to the employer or client.

Principal People makes no representation or warranty as to the final terms and duration of any appointment obtained through this website.

By using this website you assume the risk that the information on this website may be incomplete, inaccurate, out of date or may not meet your requirements.

This website was created in England.  Any interpretation of its content, claims or disputes (of whatever nature and not limited to contractual issues) shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts under English law.

Copyright Notice

All information incorporated within this website is © Principal People 2005.
This website has been created for and on behalf of Principal People.
All copyright is the property of Principal People and any unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.   Unauthorised use of Principal People trade marks, trade names and logos is prohibited.