Privacy

NOWpeople have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.

This privacy statement discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices and relates only to the NOWpeople authorised web sites at www.nowpeople.co.uk. Links to external web sites are not covered.

NOW people does not capture and store any personal information about individuals who access this web site, except where you voluntarily choose to give us your personal details via email, or by using an electronic form, or enquiring about any of our services.

In these latter cases, in compliance with the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications the personal data you provide electronically to NOWpeople will be used exclusively for providing you with the information you have requested.

We do not pass any of your personal data to outside organisations and/or individuals, except with your express consent.

Use of cookies

NOWpeople do not use cookies for collecting user information.

NOWpeople only monitors the IP addresses of visitors to assess which pages are the most popular. These IP addresses are not linked to any personal data so all visitors to our site remain anonymous.

Data Protection Policy

Our data protection policy can be viewed online. If you have any specific enquiries about how we use (or may use) your personal information, please contact us.

Registration and Authentication

Our site may require you to register and be authenticated with us. This would be to allow access to extra services eg jobsite or talent bank. The information is not used for sending you newsletters or other information/ promotions unless stated.

Third party sites

Our site is linked to other websites. We may, on occasion, share non-personal aggregated information to these third parties.

Surveys

On occasion we may conduct online surveys. This is used to guage our service, collect demographic information and other information that we may find useful. These surveys are optional. We may share non-personal, aggregated information with third parties.

Affiliates

Many of our pages contain links to sites operated by third parties. The content on these sites are not under our control. If you have any questions concerning these sites and the usage of them we suggest that you contact the webmaster of the site directly.

Security

While we strive to keep the information that you supply directly or indirectly secure, please be aware that the Internet is not a fully secure medium.

Competitions/Promotions

From time to time we may operate competitions and promotions. Participation in these is optional. Information submitted may be submitted to third parties, you are advised to check individual competition rules. You may also be given an option to sign up for a free email newsletter.

Usage of information

If requested we may submit your information to law enforcement or government authorities.

Policy changes

By using our site you agree to accept this privacy policy and are aware that our policy may change with time. Any changes to this policy will appear on this web page.

Summary of terms used above

NOWpeople – NOWpeople comprise members of the NOWpeople recruitment advertising consortium which currently includes Blackpool Borough Council; Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Stockport, Tameside, and Trafford Metropolitan Borough Councils; Wigan Council, and Salford City Council together with any further bodies accepted into membership of the consortium by the NOWpeople Management Board and includes consortium members’ affiliated organisations such as Sports Trusts and arms length companies any successor organisations and any body to which all or part of the functions of those consortium members may lawfully be transferred.

Browser - used to locate and display Web pages via a software application. The most popular ones are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Cookie - a message given to a web browser by a web server. The message is then stored by the browser in a text file called cookie.txt. Each time the browser requests a page from the server, this message is sent back. A cookie's main objective is to identify users and personalise their visit by customising web pages for them for example by welcoming them by name next time they visit the same site. A site using cookies will usually invite you to provide personal information such as your name, e-mail address and interests.

IP (Internet Protocol) - all networks connected to the Internet speak IP, the technical standard that allows data to be transmitted between two devices. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is responsible for making sure messages get from one host to another and that the messages are understood.

IP address - if you are connected to the Internet you have one, for example it may look something like this: 128.124.88.4

Web Server - delivers (serves up) web pages to your computer.