US candidate privacy policy - English

Real Staffing Group, a trading division of Specialist Staffing Solutions Inc. Hereafter refer to as "Real Staffing Group".

We are a leader in the recruitment industry. Our business requires us to collect and handle personal information and we want to reassure you that we take the collection, use and retention of your personal information seriously and below we specify how we use the information we have about you.

By using our services and viewing this website, you are consenting to the information collection, use and disclosure practices described in this privacy statement.

Collecting and using your information
We collect your information via our website, information provided to our consultants, data in the public domain or via our affiliates. Your information including your name, address, telephone number and email address is collected by us and processed at our offices to fulfil our legal and business obligations.

We will collect, use and retain personal information relevant to the provision of recruitment services to your company and this information will be retained by us for the following purposes:

• Maintaining the business relationship with you;
• Matching your details to job opportunities;
• Forwarding details of your skills and experience, without your contact data, to clients whom we feel may be interested in engaging your services;
• Keeping you informed of job opportunities and contract assignments which we think may be of interest to you;
• Carrying out necessary processing during a contract assignment;
• Keeping you informed of goods and services offered by us, our group companies or our business partners, relevant to your sector and your professional interests;
• To market our full range of recruitment services to you (permanent, temporary and contract). As well as keeping you informed of other products and services offered by us, our group companies or our business partners by sending you details of promotions, offers, networking and client events and general information about the industry sectors which may be of interest to you. Where we do so, you will be able to unsubscribe from such communications;
• to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us;
• To notify you about changes to our service;
• When required by law, to protect our interests or property or to enforce our corporate policies.
• To third parties in the event that we sell or buy any business or assets, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets.

We will only collect, process and disclose sensitive personal information in order to comply with legal obligations or if there is a compelling business reasons to do so, or with your consent.

Your rights
Please contact data-protection@realstaffing.com, in the event that you:

• have any queries about the information that we hold about you;
• have any requests with regard to our processing of your personal data;
• decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive marketing emails from us, please either email the above address or follow the unsubscribe link in one of our marketing email messages to you;
• wish to inform us of any changes to your information or wish to correct the information we hold about you;
• wish to access information held about you. On request, we will provide information in writing about your information stored on our database;
• do not wish us to hold your information, you are entitled to tell us at any time and we will remove all such information from our database.

If you submit a request to opt-out of receiving marketing emails you should assume that it has been successfully received and your request is being processed. Please allow us 21 business days from when the request was received to complete the removal, as some emails or marketing communication may already have been in process before you submitted your request.

Please note that even if you opt out of receiving marketing emails from us, we may still use your information to maintain the business relationship with you.

Sharing your information
We want to provide as full a service as possible and support you in the development of your career. Therefore, your information may be accessible by our associated companies which include Huxley Associates Inc., subject to strict security controls. This database, including the information relating to you, can be accessed by any of our consultants working in other offices of Real Staffing Group both inside the USA and also in the EEA.

Your information will not be forwarded to any parties outside our group (with the exception of our clients and agents who process data on our behalf with which we have a relationship are also subject to strict security controls) without your consent. Such third parties may use your data to send you information and marketing relevant to recruitment and your general professional interests.

Data quality
We rely on you to ensure that your information is complete, accurate and current. Please do inform Real Staffing Group promptly of any changes to your information.

Cookies
When you visit our website our web server stores the IP address of your Internet Service Provider and the date and duration of your visit. Our collection of website use information may involve the use of cookies.

Cookies are used in order to prepare statistics of users' preferences and to help you navigate the web site. Cookies are small text files that are temporarily stored on your local hard disc. Our cookies cannot run programs or bring viruses to your computer.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can deactivate this function at any time and set your browser to notify you whenever a cookie is sent. If you want to know how to do this please look at the help menu on your browser. However, switching off cookies may restrict your use of our web site.

Hyperlinks
Our web site may contain links to other web sites which are outside our control and are not covered by this statement. If you access other sites using the links provided, the operators of these sites may collect information from you which will be used by them in accordance with their privacy policy, which may differ from ours. We are not responsible for, and have no control over, information that is submitted to or collected by these other web sites.

Security measures
We have physical, technical and organisational security measures in place both at our offices and information systems to ensure the security of your information and to protect it against deliberate or accidental manipulation, misuse, disclosure, destruction, loss or unauthorised access.

While we strive to safeguard your personal information once we receive it, no transmission of data over the Internet or any other public network can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

Changes to our Privacy Statement
We may update this privacy statement from time to time. When we do so, we will post the new privacy statement on our website and change the date at the bottom of the policy. We encourage you to check the date of our privacy policy whenever you visit our website for any updates or changes.

This policy was last updated on June 18, 2010.