This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use and protect the personal data or personal information we may hold about you, and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

Personal data or personal information means any data or information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the information has been removed (anonymised data).

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 9 July, 2018. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. If we do, the revised terms will be posted on our website. Your continued use of this website following the posting of any changes to this Policy will mean you accept these changes.

What personal information may we hold about you, and how is it collected?

We may hold your personal information because:

– you supplied it to us;

– someone else properly provided it to us; or

– it is publicly available.

The personal information we hold about you will generally consist of your full name, your contact and background information (addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, URLs), and details of your career and professional background, including your job title.

The data controller in respect of the personal information we hold about you is Career Milestones Limited.

Generally you have no obligation to provide us with your personal information, but if you do not provide information we ask for, we may not be able to deal further with you. It is important that the personal information we hold about you is accurate and current. Please let us know if your personal information changes during your relationship with us.

What does Milestones do with your personal information?

We will use your personal information:

– to provide our services;

– to run our business affairs, including internal record keeping;

– to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations, including any reporting obligations;

– to promote our services, including sending out business or marketing communications which we think may be of interest to you, and inviting you to events.

You have the right to ask us not to send you marketing communications by post, telephone, or email, or any combination of these, at any time. You can do this by replying direct to our marketing message, by unsubscribing from all marketing, or at any time by contacting us at george@careermilestones.com.

Who do we share your personal information with?

We may disclose personal information to appropriate persons, where this is needed to enable us to achieve the objective of our processing of the data as described above. These include:

– third party suppliers of services to Milestones, in the course of their supply of such services;

– regulatory bodies (as required by law); and

– third parties where you have given us specific consent to such disclosure.

Grounds for processing

The legal basis on which we hold your personal information is primarily for the purpose of pursuing our legitimate interests as a business providing career management advice and consultancy services. In some instances we may rely on your express consent to use your personal information, but we will let you know (and give you the chance to withdraw consent) if we do.

Transfer outside the EEA

Where needed to enable us to achieve the objective of our processing the data as described above, we may transfer your personal information to third parties outside the European Economic Area. The EEA includes all EU Member countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. Where we do, so we will only transfer your personal information to third parties outside the EEA if that third party (a) is situated in a country that has been confirmed by the European Commission to provide adequate protection to personal information, or (b) has agreed (by way of written contract) to provide all protections to your personal information as required by data protection legislation, or (c) if the transfer is otherwise permitted by law.

For how long does Milestones keep your information?

We will keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was provided.

Other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites which are outside our control and are not covered by this Privacy Policy. 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.

Cookies

Although we do not use cookies on our website, it allows third parties to download cookies in certain circumstances. For more details please see our Cookie Policy.

What rights do you have in connection with your personal information?

Data protection legislation gives you the following rights:

– you can ask what personal information we hold about you and be provided with a copy. This is called a subject access request;

– if your personal information is incorrect, out of date or incomplete, you can ask us to correct it;

– you can ask us to delete or cease the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, for example, where we no longer need that information;

– you can ask us to send you, or another organisation, certain types of personal information or personal data about you in a format that can be read by computer;

– you can withdraw your consent to our processing your personal information and personal data, where our processing is based on your consent;

– you can complain to the UK regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office, at www.ico.org.uk if you think that we are not complying with our obligations regarding your personal information and data.

Should you wish to exercise any of these rights, or if you have any queries or complaints in relation to how we use your personal information, please contact George Wilkinson,  who is the person responsible at Milestones for managing how we look after personal information, at george@careermilestones.com